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wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:

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11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his

15, 16: Thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it. And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.

* REV. xviii. 6: In the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.

Y REV xvi. 19 Great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.

2 DAN. vii. 11: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame. MAT. xxv. 41: Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. REV. xix. 20: And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. do. xx. 10, 14, 15: The devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. do. xxi. 8: The fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

a ISA. xxxiv. 10: It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever. REV. xviii. 9, 18: The kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and. lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning. And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning. do. xix. 3: And her smoke rose up for ever and ever.

b ISA. lvii. 20, 21: But the wicked are like the troubled sea. when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.

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* See on 2 THES. i. 7.

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forth conquering, and to conquer.

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cloud, 'Thrust in thy sickle, and reap for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest m of the earth is ripe.*

16 And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.

17 And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle. 18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, • Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.

19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. 20 And the winepress was trodden without

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the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.

1 JOEL, iii. 13: Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great. MAT. xiii. 39: The harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.

m JER. li. 33: Yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come. REV. xiii. 12.

See on REV. iv. 5.

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P REV. xix. 15: He treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

4 ISA. lxiii. 3: I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. LAM. i. 15: The LORD hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a winepress.

'HEB. xiii. 11, 12: For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the High Priest for sin, are burned without the camp. Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without

the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.

CHAP. XV.

1 The seven angels with the seven last plagues: 3 the song of them that overcome the beast: 7 the seven vials full of the wrath of God.

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another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled of God.

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2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and 'over his image, and over his

the gate. REV. xi. 8: And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

ISA. xxxiv. 7: And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness. Rev. xix. 14: And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. CHAP. XV.

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VER. 6, 7. REV. xii. 1,3: There appeared a great wonder in heaven. And there appeared another wonder in heaven.

REV.xvi. 1. do. xxi. 9: There came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues. REV. xiv. 10.

d REV. iv. 6: Before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal. do. xxi. 18: The city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.

ISA. iv. 4, 5: When the LORD shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning. And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence. MAT. iii. 11: He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire.

REV. xiii. 15, 17: He had power to give life to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. And that no man might buy or sell,

mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. 3 And they sing the h song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.'

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save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

REV. v. 8: The four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps. do. xiv. 2. h Exod. xv. 1, 6, 13: Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously. Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy. Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation. DEUT. xxxi. 30: And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended. REV. xiv. 3.

i Ps. cxi. 2: The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein. do. cxxxix. 14: Marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

* DEUT. xxxii. 4: All his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he. Ps. cxlv. 17: The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works. HoSEA, xiv. 9: Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein. REV. xiii. 10: He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. do. xiv. 9, 10: If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God. do. xvi. 7: Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments. do. xix. 2: True and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore.

1 EXOD. XV. 7, 11, 14-16: Thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble. Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness,