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of a great eagle, that she might fly into the 'wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.

15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.

16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.

17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her i

and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself. DEUT. xxxii. 11, 12: As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: so the LORD alone did lead him, [Jacob, his people] and there was no strange god with him. ISA. xl. 31: But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

e Ver. 6.

f 1 MAC. ii. 29-31: Then many that sought after justice and judgment went down into the wilderness, to dwell there: both they, and their children, and their wives, and their cattle; because afflictions increased sore upon them. Now when it was told the king's servants, and the host that was at Jerusalem, in the city of David, that certain men, who had broken the king's commandment, were gone down into the secret places in the wilderness. REV. xvii. 3: So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness.

DAN. vii. 25: They shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. do. xii. 7: It shall be for a time, times, and an half.

h ISA. lix. 19: So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the

enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.

'GEN. iii. 15: And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. REV. xi. 7. do. xiii. 7.

seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the 'testimony of Jesus Christ.

CHAP. XIII.

1 A beast riseth out of the sea with seven heads and ten horns, to whom the dragon giveth his power: 11 another beast cometh up out of the earth: 14 causeth an image to be made of the former beast, 15 and that men should worship it, 16 and receive his mark.

AND I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.

2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the

1 names. Chap. xvii. 3. A. V.

* REV. xiv. 12: Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

1REV. xx. 4: I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. See on 1 COR. i. 6.

CHAP. XIII.

a DAN. vii. 2, 7: I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea. After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.

b See on REV. xii. 3.

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DAN, vii. 6: After this I beheld, and lo another, like, a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.

d DAN. vii. 5: Behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.

DAN. vii. 4: The first was like a lion, and had eagl

'drágon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.

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3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed and all the world wondered after the beast.

4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, 'Who is like unto the beast? m who is able to make war with him?

5 And there was given unto him a "mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and

2 Gr. slain. A. V.

wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.

REV. xii. 9.

REV. xvi. 10: And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain.

h REV. xii. 4.

i Ver. 12, 14.

*REV. xvii. 8: The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder.

'REV. xviii. 18: [Every shipmaster, &c.] cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!

mŘEV. xvii. 14: These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.

"DAN. vii. 8, 11, 25: I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things. I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame. He shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.

power was given unto him to continue 3 forty and two months.

6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his P tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.

7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome thein: and "power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.

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8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the "foundation of the world.

3 to make war. A. V.

do. xi. 36: And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that

that is determined shall be done.

• REV. xi. 2, 3: It [the court without the temple] is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months. And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. do. xii. 6.

P JOHN, i. 14: The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us.-COL. ii. 9: In him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.

HEB. xii. 22, 23: But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and Church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men. made perfect.

* REV. xii. 17. See on Rev. xi. 7.

LUKE, iv. 6: And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. REV. xi. 18. do. xvii. 15: The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

REV. XX. 15: And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. See on LUKE, X. 20. See on 2 TIM. i. 9.

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9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.

10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

11 And I beheld another beast coming up out

of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.

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12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, a whose deadly wound was healed.

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b 13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,

14 And a deceiveth them that dwell on the

▾ See on REV. ii. 7.

" ISA. xxxiii. 1: Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.

* See on MAT. xxvi. 52.

Y HEB. vi. 12: That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises. REV. xiv. 12.

2 REV. xi. 7: When they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. a Ver. 3.

b See on MAT. xxiv. 24.

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c1 KINGS, Xviii. 38: Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. 2 KINGS, i. 10, 12: Elijah answered-If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and con sumed him and his fifty. And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

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d REV. xii. 9: The great dragon was cast out, that old ser