Dissertations on the prophecies, which have remarkably been fulfilled, and at this time are fulfilling in the world

of the Greek church among them; p. 124. The
Latin or western church not at all reclamed by the
ruin of the Greek or eastern church, but still persist
in their idolatry and wickedness; p. 124, 125, 126.
CHAP. X. a preparatory vision to the prophecies re-
lating to the western church; p. 126---130.
angel with the little book or codicil to the larger
book of the Apocalyps; p. 128. This pie

The

difpofed under the fixth trumpet, to describe the

ftate of the western church after the defciption

of the state of the eastern; p. 128. Cannot be

known what things were meant by the feven

thunders; p. 129. Tho' the little book defcribes

the calamities of the western church, yet it is

declared, that they fhall all have a happy period

under the feventh trumpet; p. 129. St. John to

publish the contents of this little book as well as

the larger book of the Apocalyps; p. 130.

CHAP. XI. ver. 1--14: the contents of the little

book; p. 130, &c.The measuring of the

temple to fhow that during all this period there

were fome true Chriftians, who conformed to the

rule and measure of God's word; p. 133. The

church to be troden under foot by Gentiles in

worship and practice forty and two months;

p. 133 Some true witneffes however to protest

against the corruptions of religion; p. 133,

134. Why faid to be two witneffes; p. 134.

To prophecy in fackcloth, as long as the grand

corruption itself lafted; p. 135. The character

of these witneffes, and of the power and effect

of their preaching; p. 135, 136. The paffion,

and death, and refurrection, and ascension of the

witneffes; p. 137-140. Some apply this pro-

phecy of the death and refurrection of the

witneffes to John Hufs and Jerome of Prague,

whofe doctrin revived after their death in their

followers; p. 140, 1411 Others to the protef-

tants of the league of Smalcald, who were entirely

routed by the emperor Charles V in the battle of

Mulburg, but upon the change of affairs the
emperor was obliged by the treaty of Paflau to
allow them the free exercife of their religion;
P. 141, 142, 143. Some again to the mailacre
of the proteftants in France, and to Henry III's

afterwards granting them the free exercise of their

religion; p. 143, 144. Others again to later

events, Peter Jurieu to the perfecution of the

proteftants by Lewis XIV, Bishop Lloyd and

Whifton to the Duke of Savoy's perfecution of

the proteftants in the valleys of Piedmont, and

his re-establishing them afterwards; p. 144, 145,

146. In all thefe cafes there may be fome re-

femblance, but none of thefe is the last perfecu-

tion, and therefore this prophecy remains yet to

be fulfilled; p. 146. When it fhall be accom-

plifhed, the fixth trumpet and the fecond woe

fhall end; p. 147. An hiftorical deduction to

fhow that there chave been fome true witneffes,

who have profeffed doctrins contrary to thofe of

the church of Rome, from the feventh century

down to the Reformation; p. 147, &c. Wit-

neffes in the eighth century; p. 148, 149, 150.

The emperors Leo Ifauricus and Conftantine
Copronymus, and the council of Conftantinople;
P. 148, 149. Charlemain and the council of
Francfort; p. 149, 150. The British churches

: and Alcuin; p. 150. The council of Forojulio;

p. 150. Paulinus bifhop of Aquileia; p. 150.

Witneffes in the ninth century; p. 150--156.

The emperors of the eaft, Nicephorus, Leo Ar-

menius, &c. and the emperors of the weft, Charles

the great, and Lewis the pious; p. 151. The

council of Paris; p. 151. Agobard archbishop

of Lyons; p. 151, 152. Tranfubftantiation firft

advanced by Pafchafius Radbertus, and opposed

by many learned men; p. 152. Rabanus Mau-

rus; p. 152, 153. Bertramus; p. 153,
154.

Johannes Scotus; p. 154. Angilbertus and the