...on which the woman (the mother of harlots) sittclh ; and the ten horns are ten kings ; and the woman is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth," Rev. xvii. It appears, therefore, that Rome did not continue Christian, but relapsed into idolatry,...

..."Mystery, Babylon the Great :" and, ver. 18, it is explained to him, that "the woman which thou sawest is that great city which reigneth over the "kings of the earth;" and, ver. 15, " the waters where the whore sitteth are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues...

...body politic, is expressly defined by the interpreting angel ; — " And the woman which thou sawest is that great city which reigneth over the kings of the earth ;" ^City' here is to be understood in the sense of community. In like manner, other communities or...

...fulfilled. ' , CHAP. LXV. T7ERSE 18, and the last verse of this chapter; * And the woman which thou sawett, is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth. I have spoken of these tilings in this verse, in divers places before, so that I need not say any more...

...in the present ! SERMON III. THE CITY OF ANTICHRIST. REV. xvii. 18. " The woman which thou sarvest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth." THE city spoken of in these words is evidently Rome, which was then the seat of empire all over the...

...kingo doms unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled. And the woman which thou sawest is that great city which reigneth over the kings of the earth." The mystery, then, is explained by the angel, as far as it could be explained in the age of St. John,...

...what the scarlet-coloured beast ? " The woman which thou sawest," says the angel to St John, v. 18, "is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth," which sitteth, v. 9, on seven mountains — the city of Rome ; and she is arrayed in purple and scarlet,...

...kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled. And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth." Kev. xvii. 15—1s. they make—hauling and pulling every thingabout, breaking and destroying them...

...kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled. 18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth. CHAP. XVIII. Z The fall of Babylon : 4 God's people commanded to go out of her, &c. AND after these...

...mountains — and which is further confirmed by its being said (ver. 18), "And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth." They secondly signify " seven kings," who, as the head of any animal governs the body, should successively...