. Illustrations of prophecy : particularly the evening and morning visions of Daniel, and the apocalyptical visions of John . fourkingdoms shall stand up out ofthe nation, but not in his power. Soon after the death of Alexander the great,his kingdom was divided towards the fourwinds of heaven, but not to his of his generals, Ptolemy, Antigonus,Lysimachus, and Cassander, reigned overEgypt, Syria, Thrace, and Macedonia. Thekingdoms of Syria and Egypt, became af-terwards the most powerful. They subsist-ed as independent monarchies for a longerperiod than the other two, and as they
. Illustrations of prophecy : particularly the evening and morning visions of Daniel, and the apocalyptical visions of John . fourkingdoms shall stand up out ofthe nation, but not in his power. Soon after the death of Alexander the great,his kingdom was divided towards the fourwinds of heaven, but not to his of his generals, Ptolemy, Antigonus,Lysimachus, and Cassander, reigned overEgypt, Syria, Thrace, and Macedonia. Thekingdoms of Syria and Egypt, became af-terwards the most powerful. They subsist-ed as independent monarchies for a longerperiod than the other two, and as they wereimmediately connected with the land of Ju-dea, which was alternately reduced to theirdominion, they form the subject of the suc-ceeding predictions. 88 ILLUSTRATIONS OF TROPHECY. 23 And in the latter lime of tiieir kingdom, whenthe transgressors are come to the full, a king of fiercecountenance, and understanding dark sentences, up. 24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his ownpower: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shallprosper, and practice, and shall destroy the mighty andthe holy 25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft. MORNING VISION. 89 to prosper in his hand ; and he shall magnify himselfin his heart, and by peace shall destroy many ; he shallalso stand up against the Prince of princes j but heshall be broken without hand. An explanation has already been givenupon this part of the vision. (See parallelpart of morning vision, page 73.) To givethe reader a fair opportunity to compare theopinions of the writer with the old and ableexpositors on several important points,another extract from Scott, giving his viewsand the views of Faber of this passage illDaniel, is thrown into the margin below as anote. * It will be useful as a reference infuture, as different views are compared for * Daniel informs us, that he heard a certain saintinquiring How long shall be the continuance of thisvision, which treats of this daily sacrifice,
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