...and a more particular account is there given of his origin, and the meaning' of the seven heads. " The beast that thou sawest, " was, and is not: and shall ascend out of the bot" tomless pit, and go into perdition : and they that " dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names...

...mystery of thé woman, and of thé beast that carrietli her, which hath thé seven heads and ten horns. 8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not ; and shall ascend out of thé bottomless pit, and go into perdition : and they that dwell on thé earth slmll wonder, (whose...

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

...appear, that Jesus of Nazareth should be the Messiah. So the names of the true servants of God were written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, Rev. xiii. 8 -, xvii. 8. Events determined are often spoken of in Scripture as already accomplished....

...shall kill them*:" in the prediction relative to the yet future revival of the wild beast, we read ; " The beast, that thou sawest, was, and is not, and " SHALL ASCEND OUT OF THE ABYSS -f." Now, by putting these two passages together, and by esteeming the word ABYSS the connecting...

...It is there said of him, xai fA&ket ufK^Kiveiv kx rtjs afivasov, xai tis Kffaktiuv vTrayeiv, and he shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition ; and from these words I myself did once, like Mr. Irving, conclude, that the beast was to endure only as...

...than in Rev. xiii. 8. and \ vii. 8., in both whicb passages mention is made of those "whose names were written in the book of life, from the foundation of the world." (See Wesley in loco, on the former passage.) Now it is clear that this could only be done with accuracy,...

...mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns. The beast that thou sawest was, and is not ; and shall...world, when they behold the beast that was, and is liot, and yet is. And here is the mind which hath wisdom 260 The seven heads are seven mountains, on...

...mystery of:thc woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns. The beast that thou sawest was, and is not ; and shall...shall wonder, whose names were not written in the boo\i of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and...

...riding on that beast. — The first circumstances predicated concerning this wild beast are as follows : 8. The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and...wonder, whose names were not written in the book of v 290 The Mystery of the [Part IV. Scr. ii. ^ xv. life from the foundation of the world, when they...