. Illustrations of prophecy : particularly the evening and morning visions of Daniel, and the apocalyptical visions of John . p the commandments of God, and the faithof Jesus. 13 And I heard a voice from heaven, saying unto me,Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord fromhenceforth : Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may restfrom their labors ; and their works do follow them. As the character of the Romish Churchbecame more and more developed and un-derstood, the wrath of God would be moreand more justly deserved by all who still* worshipped the beast and his image. SECTION XVIII. THE
. Illustrations of prophecy : particularly the evening and morning visions of Daniel, and the apocalyptical visions of John . p the commandments of God, and the faithof Jesus. 13 And I heard a voice from heaven, saying unto me,Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord fromhenceforth : Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may restfrom their labors ; and their works do follow them. As the character of the Romish Churchbecame more and more developed and un-derstood, the wrath of God would be moreand more justly deserved by all who still* worshipped the beast and his image. SECTION XVIII. THE HARVEST AND VINTAGE OF THE WICKED. We come now again to consider eventsstill future, and instead of the guidance, wehave only the analogy of past events, for ourdirection. After rapidly glancing at theevents of the harvest and vintage of thewicked, the apostle will conduct us backto the period of the Reformation, and showus a regular succession of divine judgmentsupon the wicked, anti-Christian powers, inthe seven last plagues, contained in the sev-en vials, in the two subsequent chapters. 376 ILLUSTRATIONS OF Chap, xiv : 14 And I looked, and behold, a white cloud,and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man,having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand asharp sickle. The last section was closed with the 12t^and 13th verses, where the predictions wer^brought down to scenes of persecution, andgreat trials of the patience of the Zion is in trouble, her king is near; I will not leave you comfortless. I willbe a wall of fire round about you. WhenJohn was about to describe a new scene, heusually said, ^ I beheld, &.C., so here, Ilooked, and behold, a white cloud, and uponthe cloud sat one like unto the son of will test the patience of thesaints, till Babylon is utterly destroyed fromthe earth. Blessed are the dead who diein the defence of the truth. HARVEST OF THE WICKED. 377 15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying^^•i
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