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offered up to her and how papal Rome likewife hath arrogated to herfelf divine titles and honors, there will be a fitter occafion of fhowing in the following part of this description.

As Daniel's fourth beast (VII. 7.) was without a name, and devoured and brake in pieces the three former: fo this beaft (ver. 2.) is alfo without a name, and partakes of the nature and qualities of the three former, having the body of a leopard, which was the third beast or Grecian empire, and the feet of a bear, which was the fecond beast or Perfian empire, and the mouth of a lion, which was the first beaft or Babylonian empire and confequently this must be the fame as Daniel's fourth beaft, or the Roman empire. But ftill it is not the fame beaft, the fame empire entirely, but with fome variation; and (2)

Tertia de Præftant. & Ufu
Numm. Ant. Sect. 3. p. 138.
Vol. I.

(2) Imperium Romano-Papale tunc natum videtur, quum papam omnium ecclefiarum caput effe dixit Juftinianus.V.Còd. L. 1. T. 1. A. D. 533, et 534. idque non verbo tantum fignificavit fed miffis ad eum epifcopis, quafi legatis. Id Gregorius I. in fine feculi fexti in epifcopos Hifpaniæ, Galliæ, &c fatis fuperbe exercuit; fucceffores fe

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culi feptimi multo etiam magis. In utroque feculo faventibus papis invaluere imaginum cultus, et fanctorum invocatio: nam hic ipfe Gregorius litaniis inferuit nomen beata virginis Mariæ. En igitur blafphemias. Seculo octavo A. D. 727. imperium civile Romæ, et ducatûs Romani, excommunicato pulfoque imperatore Græco, arripuit papa (tefte Anastasio et Sigonio de Regno Italiæ L. 3.) Gregorius II. Interea non orthodoxi, i. e. a papis diffentientes,.

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the dragon gave him his power duvaju or his armies, and his feat Sgovov or his imperial throne, and great authority or jurifdiction over all the parts of his empire. The beast therefore is the fucceffor and fubftitute of the dragon or of the idolatrous heathen Roman empire: and what other idolatrous power hath fucceeded to the heathen emperors in Rome, all the world is a judge and a witness. The dragon having failed in his purpose of restoring the old heathen idolatry, delegates his power to the beast, and thereby introduces a new species of idolatry, nominally different, but effentially the fame, the worship of angels and faints instead of the gods and demigods of antiquity.

Another mark, whereby the beast was peculiarly distinguished, was (ver. 3.) one of his heads as it were wounded to death. It will appear hereafter, that this head was the fixth head, for five were fallen (XVII. 10.) before St. John's time and the fixth head was that of the Cæfars or emperors, there having been before kings, and confuls, and dictators, and decemvirs, and military tribunes with confular authority. This fixth head was as it were wounded to death,

infames, extorres, inteftabiles impp. legibus facti funt. V. Cod. in quo canones æquantur

legibus &c. Nonne hæc omnia fatis clare preflant magnam illam beftia jam orta poteftatem

death, when the Roman empire was overturned by the northern nations, and an end was put to the very name of emperor in Momyllus Auguftulus or rather, as the government of the Gothic kings was (3) much the fame as that of the emperors with only a change of the name, this head was more effectually wounded. to death, when Rome was reduced to a poor dukedom, and made tributary to the exarchate of Ravenna: and Sigonius, who hath written the best of these times and of thefe affairs, includes the hiftory of the Gothic kings in his hiftory of the western empire. But not only one of his heads was as it were wounded to death, but his deadly wound was healed. If it was the fixth head which was wounded, that wound could not be healed by the rifing of the feventh head, as interpreters commonly conceive; the fame head, which was wounded, muft be healed: and this was effected by the pope and people of. Rome revolting from the exarch of Ravenna, and proclaming Charles the great Augustus and emperor of the Romans. Here the wounded imperial head was bealed again, and hath fubfifted ever fince. At this time, partly thro' the pope,

a dracone traditam, &c. Mr.
Mann's M. S.
(3)-regnum veteris impe-
VOL. III.

rji ex omni parte fimillimum. Sigonius de Occidentali Imperio. Lib. 16. Ann. 494. e (4) See

pope, and partly thro' the emperor, fupporting and ftrengthening each other, the Roman name again became formidable: and all the world wondered after the beast, and (ver. 4.) they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast, and they worshipped the beaft, faying; Who is like unto the beat? Who is able to make war with him? No kingdom or empire was like that of the beast, it had not a parallel upon earth,' and it was in vain for any to refift or oppose it, it prevailed and triumphed over all; and all the world in fubmitting thus to the religion of the beast, did in effect fubmit again to the religion of the dragon, it being the old idolatry with only new The worshipping of demons and idols is in effect the worshipping of devils.

names.

Wonderful as the beaft was, his words and actions (ver. 5-8.) are no lefs wonderful. He perfectly resembles the little born in Daniel. As the little horn (Dan. VII. 8, 25.) had a mouth Speaking great things, and spake great words against the moft High; fo there was given unto the beaft a mouth Speaking great things, and he opened his mouth in blafphemy against God. As the little horn (Dan. VII. 21.) made war with the faints, and prevailed against them; so it was given unto the

beaft

(4) See the Introduction to Barrow's Treatise of the Pope's Supremacy,

beast to make war with the faints, and to overcome them. As the little horn prospered (Dan. VII. 25.) until a time, and times, and the dividing of time, that is three prophetic years and a half; fo power was given unto the beast to continue, to practife and profper, forty and two months, which is exactly the fame portion of time as three years and a half. and a half. We fee that not only the fame images, but almost the fame words are employed; and the portraits being so perfectly alike, it might fairly be prefumed, if there was no other argument, that they were both drawn for the fame perfon; and having before clearly discovered who fat for the one, we cannot now be at any lofs to determin who fat for the other. It is the Roman beaft in his laft ftate or under his feventh head: and he hath a mouth Speaking great things and blafphemies; and what can be greater things and blafphemies, than the (4) claims of univerfal bishop, infallible judge of all controverfies, fovran of kings, and difpofer of kingdoms, vice-gerent of Chrift, and God upon earth! He hath alfo power on to continue or rather to practise, to prevail, and profper, forty and two months. Some read momsai woreμov, to make war, not rightly understanding, I suppose,

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Supremacy.

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