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APPENDIX,

IN TWO PARTS;

REFERRED TO IN PAGES 293, 294, 295, OF THE PRECEDING WORK.

PART I.

Comparison of the Prophecies of Daniel, of St. Paul, and of the Apocalypse, alluded to in p. 294 of

DAN. vii. 8, 24, 25; 21. 11.

Ίδου, κερας ἑτερον μικρον ἀνεβη (11.
ἐν μέσῳ αυτων και ίδου, ὀφθαλμοι
ώσει ὀφθαλμοι άνθρωπου ἐν τῷ κερα-
τι τουτῳ, και στομα λαλοῦν μεγαλα.

Ος ὑπεροισει κακοις παντας τους
έμπροσθεν, και τρεις βασιλεις ταπεινω-.
σει και λογους προς τον ύψιστον
λαλήσει, και τους άγιους ύψιστου
παλαιώσει, και υπονοήσει του άλ-

λοιωσαι καιρους και νομον -
—και
δοθησεται ἐν χειρι αυτου έως καιρου
και καιρων και γε ήμισυ καιρου.

Και το κέρας έκεινο ἐποιει πολεμον μετα τῶν ἁγίων, και ίσχυσε

προς αυτους.

this work.

REV. xiii. 11-18; xix. 20, 21.

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αλλο θηριον ἀναβαῖνον ἐκ τῆς γης,
και είχε κερατα δυο όμοια ἀρνιῳ και έλα-
λει ὡς δράκων.

2 THESS. ii. 3-5, 8, 9, 10, 11.

Ο άνθρωπος τῆς ἁμαρτίας, ὁ υἱος
τῆς ἀπωλείας,-ἐν πάσῃ ἀπατῃ τῆς
ἀδικιας,—ὁ ἀντικειμενος και ὑπεραι-

12. Και την έξουσίαν τοῦ πρωτου θηριου πασαν ρόμενος έπι παντα λεγόμενον θεον ή
σεβασμα, ώστε αυτον εις τον
τοῦ Θεοῦ καθισαι ἀποδεικνυντα ξαυ-

ποιει ενωπιον αυτού.

Και ποιεί την γην και τους κατοικούντας ἐν (τον, οτι εστι θεος.
αυτῇ, ινα προσκυνήσωσι το θηριον το πρωτον
οὗ ἐθεραπεύθη ἡ πληγη τοῦ θανατου αυτού.
13. Και ποιεί σημεία μεγάλα, ινα και πυρ ποιῇ
καταβαίνειν ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανου εις την γην
ἔνωπιον τῶν ἀνθρώπων.

έπι
14. Και πλανα τους κατοικούντας ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς
δια τα σημεία, ἡ ἐδοθη αυτῳ ποιησαι ένω-
πιον τοῦ θηριου λεγων τοῖς κατοικοῦσιν
έπι
ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ποιησαι εικόνα τῳ θηριῳ, ὁ
έχει την πληγην τῆς μαχαίρας, και έζησε.

ναον

Οὗ ἐστιν ἡ παρουσία κατ ενερ
γειαν τοῦ σατανά, ἐν πάσῃ δυνα-
μει, και σημείοις, και τέρασι ψευ-
δους.

ἡ ἀποστασία τευσαι αυτούς τῳ ψεύδει.

εις το πιστ

Έως άνηρεθη το θηριον και απωλετο, και το σωμα αυτου έδοθη εις καυσιν πυρος.

15. Και έδοθη αυτή δουναι πνεύμα τη εικόνι του θηριον, ίνα και λαλήσῃ ἡ είκων του θηρίου,

και ποιηση, όσοι αν μη προσκυνήσωσι την εικονα του θηρίου, ἵνα ἀποκτανθωσι.

16. Και ποιει παντας, τους μικρους και τους μεγαλους, και τους πλουσίους και τους πτω χους, και τους έλευθερους και τους δουλους, ἵνα δωσιν αυτοις χαραγμα έπι πι της χειρος αυτων της δεξιας, η έπι των μετωπων αυτών.

17. Και ίνα μη τις δυνηται ἀγορασαι κ. τ. λ.

Chap. xix. 20. Και έπιασθη το θηριον, και

ο

οι

ὁ μετ' αυτῳ ψευδοπροφητης ὁ ποιησας τα σημεια κ. τ. λ.—ζωντες ἐβληθησαν οἱ δυο εἰς την λίμνην του πυρος την καιομενην ἐν τῳ θείῳ.

21. — οἱ λοιποι ἐπεκτανθησαν εν τη ρομφαία τοῦ καθημενου ἐπι τοῦ ἱππου, τῇ ἐξελθουσῃ ἐκ

του στόματος αυτού.

Ον ὁ Κύριος Ιησους ἀναλώσει τῳ

πνευματι του στόματος αυτού,

και καταργησει τῃ ἐπιφάνεια τη παρουσίας αυτου.

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In comparing these descriptions of Antichrist we must observe, that the prophecy of Daniel is the most general, and the most obscure of the three. This is agreeable to the analogy of prophetical Scripture, which is found to afford additional information, as it approaches nearer to the times foretold. The prophecy of the Apocalypse exhibits a nearer view of the common subject, and discovers objects which had not been discerned before; while the words of St. Paul may be taken as a comment on those of Daniel; and, being the comment of an inspired writer, may be considered at the same time as illustrating, by the Holy Spirit, the prophecy of the Apocalypse. The little horn, which, in the vision of Daniel, had appeared somewhat more than a common horn, (for it had eyes, and a mouth, and spake, and fought, and conquered,) upon a nearer view, as presented to the apocalyptic prophet, becomes a separate wild beast; and yet, between him and the other wild beast, there is, as in the prophecy of Daniel, a very close connexion and resemblance. He exerciseth all the power of the first beast; renders him an object of worship; becomes great through his influence; partakes all his fortunes; and perishes with him at the last.

This nearer view discovers to us also the two-fold ecclesiastical power which Antichrist was to establish, and which did not appear distinctly at the distance at which it was shown to Daniel. This me

1 Bp. Lowth's Prælect. xx. p. 197.

2 Yet it is remarkable, that the three horns rooted up, the three kingdoms destroyed by the little horn, though represented by Daniel, are not at all noticed in the vision seen by St. John. This part of the prophecy of Daniel appears to me to be of difficult solution. The three kingdoms, which by modern expositors are assigned for this purpose, "the exarchate of Ravenna, the kingdom of the Lombards, the state of Rome," (Bishop Newton, &c. &c.) taken all together, make so petty a territory, that they seem to compose only

thod of sacred prophecy, wherein one vision, under the same or different imagery, enlarges upon another vision, and refers to and illustrates the same original archetype, may be frequently observed. Instances occur continually in the visions of Daniel, "which, as Sir Isaac Newton remarks, "all relate to one another, every following prophecy adding somewhat new to the former." The vision of the beasts is only that of the image enlarged, yet represented under other symbols; and thus the vision of Antichrist, in the Apocalypse, is no more different from those of Daniel, than those of Daniel are from each other. All look to the same times, all are from the same sacred inspiration, and unfold and confirm each other.

a part of one of those ten kingdoms into which the Roman empire, (whether we consider either the whole of it, or the western part only,) was divided. Yet if these be the kingdoms, they belong to one horn only, of the second apocalyptic beast, and to that horn which is to be viewed more particularly in ch. xvij.: and thus perhaps in some degree the omission is to be accounted for.

i Sir Isaac Newton on Daniel, part i. ch. 3.

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