...ftill obferve this wholefome counfel. Ibid. troverfy, he adds, ver. 1 8. " The woman thou " fawefl is that great city which reigneth over " the kings of the earth j" a character applicable to Rome only, termed in the days of the Apoftle John, the Miftrefs of the...

...of the beaft, and of his feven heads and ten horns ; and his explanation of the myftery of the woman is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth. And what city at the time of the vilion reigned over the kings of the earth, but Rome ? She hath too...

...heads are seven mountains upon which the woman sitteth."J And again," And the woman which thou saweft is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth."|| We have the evidence of history for St. Paul's having written the two epiftles to the Theffalonians,...

...and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled. 18 And the woman which thou sawest, is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth. CHAP. XVIII. THE FALLOF BABYLON. AND after these things, I sa\v another angel come down from heaven,...

...and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled. 18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth. CHAP. XVIII. tlabylon's destruction. I'D after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven,...

...kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God 18 shall be fulfilled. And the woman which thou Sawcst, is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of, the earth. Ver. 1. One of the seven angels ; &c.] This vision seems in some measure to be detached and separated...

...and judgement are the " habitation of his throne." Verfe iSth. — And the woman which thou faweft, is that great city which reigneth over the kings of the earth. i This verfe finimes the key or explication which the angel gave to John. And indeed this is one fo...

...sitteth. — And the Ten Horns which thou sawest are Ten Kings, which have received no kingdom as yet. And the woman which thou sawest is that great City, which reigneth over the kings of the earth1. Let the Christian, whose faith is sometimes clouded by doubt and embarrassed by objection,...

...mountains, on which the woman sitteth :" And hi the last verse of the chapter, it is said expressly, " The woman which thou sawest, is that great city which reigneth over the kings of the earth ;" which it is certain was at that time the city of Rome. This prophecy has also come to pass in the...

...fulfilled. CHAP. LXV. T7ERSE 18, and the last verse of this chapter. ^ And the woman which thou sawett, is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth. I have spoken of these things in this verse, in divers places before, so that I need not say any more...