...be his peculiar property and possession, 1 Pet. ii. 8, 9. To all which may be added, Rev. xvii. 8. " Whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world." All these texts are but as an handful to the har« vest ; and yet are both numerous and weighty enough...

...carriethher, which hath the seven heads and ten horns. Verse S s The beast that thou sawest was and it not, and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit and go into perdition. A further explanation of this take* place when the Apocalypse comes under consideration. Having thus...

...being of the popish reThisbeast is farther described by the angel toJohn by his ascent and descent; " And shall ascend out of the bottomless pit and go into perdition." The pope's office as Christ's vicar, and his titles as his holiness and head of the church, his murder...

...foreordained before the founda" tion of the world." " The Lamb slain from the " foundation of the world." " Whose names were " not written in the book of life from the founda" tion of the world."1 "In hope of eternal life, " which God, that cannot lie, promised before...

...are the same. The following verses are among the principal supports of Mr. Smith's scheme: Rev. xvii, 8. The beast that thou sawest was, and is not, and shall ascend out of the bottomless flit, and go into fierdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, (whose names were not...

...from the foundation of the world." That this is the true construction appears from Rev. xvii. 8. " whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world." And what reason can be assigned why election alone is thus represented as eternal, rather than justification...

...they will fight until their garments dip in blood. 2. Why did the angd say unto John, chapter xvii. 8, The Beast that thou sawest was, and is not, and shall ascend, &c ? Ans. Because it was Babylon. That creature which John saw was old Lucifer: for stature, for Feature,...

...the book of life of the Lamb who was flain from the foundation of the world, xvii. 8: Whofe names are not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world. Thefe are the only inftances I can find in which x;<rue; is applied by John to the original creation...

...preserved in Christ Jesus. Before, of old ordained. REV. xvii. g. Those destroyed, whose names are not written in the book of life, from the foundation of the world : against these the gates of Hell cannot prevail. >vii. 1-1. The Lamb's followers are chosen. xx. 12....

...cruelty, and the patience jf God. V. 7. / will tell thee the mystery — The hidden meaning of this. sawest, was, and is not, and shall ascend out of the...into perdition : and they that dwell on the earth, (whose naines are not written' in the book of life from the foundation of the world,) shall wonder...