. Illustrations of prophecy : particularly the evening and morning visions of Daniel, and the apocalyptical visions of John . g. He averred that hewas sent to teach and propagate a religionin the world which was an improvement andperfecting both of the religion of Moses andJesus. Thus he magnified himself againstthe prince of princes, Dan. viii: 24, andspoke marvelous things against the God ofgods. Dan. xi: 36. See page 89 and pretences w^ould make the emblem ofa fallen star more appropriate to Moham-ed than Sergius, because the former didshine with a very conspicuous, though pes-tif
. Illustrations of prophecy : particularly the evening and morning visions of Daniel, and the apocalyptical visions of John . g. He averred that hewas sent to teach and propagate a religionin the world which was an improvement andperfecting both of the religion of Moses andJesus. Thus he magnified himself againstthe prince of princes, Dan. viii: 24, andspoke marvelous things against the God ofgods. Dan. xi: 36. See page 89 and pretences w^ould make the emblem ofa fallen star more appropriate to Moham-ed than Sergius, because the former didshine with a very conspicuous, though pes-tiferous light. The key given him to openthe bottomless pit, or the abyss of hell, wasa very suitable emblem of the power and in-fluence which Mohamed acquired, for thepropagation of his satanicai delusions, as ifhell itself had been opened by him, and itsdestructive exhalations obscured the sun andinfected the air. 328 ILLUSTRATIONS OF PROPHECY. 2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arosea smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace ;and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of thesmoke of the If Sergius was the fallen star, who openedthe door of the bottomless pit, then Moham-ed must have been the Apollyon, and hisdisciples, the locusts. Mohamed early be-gun to excite that smoke which soon dark-ened the eastern heaven. In this enterprisehe and his successors were so prosperous,that the light of Christianity was obscured,and in many parts of the Greek church,where once it shone in the clearest smoke from this abyss, occasioned al-most total darkness, throughout the easternchurch, * The sun and the air were dark-ened. SEVEN TRUMPETS. 329 o And there came out ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^of the smoke locusts upon V ^ ^ 5^ ^ ^ 5*^the earth ; and unto themwas given power, as thescorpions of the earth havepower.
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