...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...

...received it before one of the monster's heads was mortally wounded, when the beast (in consequence) fora time " was not." A wonderful cure of this wound revived...behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is." The same successive states,* therefore, were designated by the heads of the scarlet beast; and these...

...perdition. " ' From hence, the marginal note refers to verse the 8th of the same Chap., as follows : " The beast that thou sawest, was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and goeth into perdition : and they that dwell on earth shall wonder at the beast (whose names were not...

...following numbers, to make them more perspicuous for the contemplation of the reader. 1. The beast Was and Is not and shall Ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition. 2. It Was, and Is not, and yet /». 3. Five are fallen, and One I», and the Other is not yet come...

...the salvation of all believers ; or, whether the names of the persons implied in the language were written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, as the chosen and peculiar people of God. The doctrine in either case is the same, and both interpretations...

...amazement of all that dwell therein, when they behold their state, as it is written ; " they who dwell on earth shall wonder ("whose names were not written...the book of life from the foundation of the world j, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is ?" (Rev. xvii. 18.) When the fearful...

...mystery of the woman and of the beast that carrieth her, with seven heads and ten horns. The beast which thou sawest was and is not, and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit and go into perdition." That is to say, it is the same beast that the apostle had before seen, rising out of the sea, as described...