. Illustrations of prophecy : particularly the evening and morning visions of Daniel, and the apocalyptical visions of John . hat leadeth intocaptivity shall go into captivity, so thegreat whore is found in the wilder-ness when her judgment is come. Itwas the custom of the Romans when theyexecuted criminals to place over their fore-heads their character and crime written incapitals. 9 And here is the mind which halh wisdom. Theseven heads are seven mountains, on which the womansittelh. 10 And there are seven kings : five are fallen, andone is, and the other is not yet come ; and when hecometh,
. Illustrations of prophecy : particularly the evening and morning visions of Daniel, and the apocalyptical visions of John . hat leadeth intocaptivity shall go into captivity, so thegreat whore is found in the wilder-ness when her judgment is come. Itwas the custom of the Romans when theyexecuted criminals to place over their fore-heads their character and crime written incapitals. 9 And here is the mind which halh wisdom. Theseven heads are seven mountains, on which the womansittelh. 10 And there are seven kings : five are fallen, andone is, and the other is not yet come ; and when hecometh, he must continue a short space. 11 And the beast ihat was, and is not, even he is theeighth, and is of the seven, and gceth into perdition. THE GREAT CITY. 399 s Here is a proper exercise for wisdom, todiscover what is meant by the beast winch was, and is not, and yet is. The ex-planation of the seven monntains are givenby the angel as denoting seven kings offorms of government, as heads of the paganbeast. Six of these governmental headswere kings, consuls, dictators, decemvirs,tribunes,and emperors. The first five had. fallen when John had the interview withthe angel, ^ one is, the impe-rial was then in existence,and the other is not yet come, but when he Cometh he mustcontinue for a short this last form of govern-ment is to be, has very verymuch perplexed writers of pastdays for the very good rea- ^. son that it was then future,and the type had not been fully since a tenth part of the city fell, thenature of this last head Avould have beenwell understood, if modern writers had not
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