with the theatrical author exhibited,

The Tyrant of the Church. 12mo. price and with the number of the seat that fell to the bearer's lot. (Aischylus: Hemi cycle. IA, 11. IB, 12.)

25. Ogles, London. 1816.

Now, till the nature of the marks on the forehead, those in the hand, the device, and the number of the device, is ascertained, there seems to be little ex

There is mind in this little perforinance and, to say truth, it is on this ac count chiefly we notice it. But, the writer must know, that mind, however exquisite, without competent informa-pectation of explaining the mystery sation, is, to say the least, liable to error from causes of all kinds; even from contradictory causes, and from the misconceptions of ta ent, and ingenuity themselves.

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tisfactorily. Nor is this at all cleared by the remark that onoma does not in all cases import name or appellation, but distinguishing device; that by which a person, or thing, is distinguished from all others. Not" names of blasphemy;" but devices of blasphemy; not, that the spirituality of Scripture prophecy," in all cases, "directs to a spiritual and Scriptural interpretation," only. There are allusions to customs then prevalent, throughout the Revelations: some Christian; some Jewish; some Heathen.— Whoever attempts to explain the book, or any part of it, without possessing a complete familiarity with the manners of time and place, will certainly fail; and deficiency in this respect, has been, hitherto, among the most powerful causes of failure: what was familiar to the mind of the writer, has scarcely been thought on by the learned illustrator.

The object of enquiry is, the mark of the Beast, in the Revelations, and the number of his name. Now, this ought to have been preceded by some account of the use of marks, and of their different kinds, at the date of the original (say A. D 96). There can be no doubt, but what the Hindoos of that day, employed the marks on their foreheads, of which devices may be seen in Sonnerat, amounting to many scores. The practice dates from deep antiquity; for certainly, Ezekiel alludes to it, chap. ix. when he orders the pious in Jerusalem to be marked on their foreheads with the let ter Tau; and the form of that letter was simply (see Bayer on the Ancient He brew Medals) the letter X, and no other. So that the Christian Fathers were correct, when they said, that those who were saved in Jerusalem, on that occasion, were sealed with the sign of the cross. To this, there is undoubtedly, a reference in the Apocalyptic writer, Rev. vii. 3, where the Jews, the servants of God, are marked in their foreheads, ac-enable him to discern our intention, and cording to their tribes, with a seal, or impression, denoting their relation and character.

Our friends will have observed, that, on. various occasions, we have hinted at acquisitions beyond those usually obtained, as necessary to illustrate the Revelations; and this Gentleman, in his turn, has afforded us an opportunity of repeating, and explaining, the sentiment. His talents are more than sufficient to

to avail himself of our advice. If he

has, -as we suspect he has--the command of a respectable library, Fortune may happily direct him into a course of reading rather among antiquaries than divines, to which he will acknowledge himself beholden, for new, and more correct views of things.

We add his notion of the name in his own words.

But, beside these marks on the forehead, there were others in use, answering the purpose of our admission tickets. They were given, for instance, to those to whom were allotted certain seats at the Theatre; and two examples of this we have in the Antiquities of Herculaneum, Vol. IV. Pretace, where many We observe, in the last place, the Oppoothers of a like kind are referred to. sition of Person, with its demonstrative Title These tickets, or marks, are not only HIMSELF to be God." This is the grand as the Name of the Beast. "Shewing impressed with the device of a theaarcanum that completes the Mystery of Intre, but with that part of the thea-quity, binds the allegiance of souls to the tre to which they admitted the bearer; person of a man, and places the crown of Vol. V. LIT. PAN. 27. N. S. Dec, 1816,

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Christ upon the head of the usurper. IPSE, | is, to receive and to hold the Roman power,
ECCLESIE
VISIBILE as the Visible Head of the Catholic Church:
CAPUT.

CATHOLICE

The following table will, more concisely, exhibit the correspondence between the character and the name, with the numerical

estimate of the latter.

TEMPLE

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100

to have the Number is, to hold in all it's multitudinous annexations, the Roman system of Doctrine: the first, grounded on the principle of Supremacy; the second, on that of Infallibility. The perfect correspondence between the antichristian authority and title, is strikingly exhibited in the victory over the adversary, chap. xv. 2. where the Name is omitted: the Number, however, 50 having a distinct reference, that distinction O is marked. In the first representation of O the Beast, as at his rise, we find the Name of Blasphemy inscribed upon his heads: in the last, before his destruction, we discover the Beast Himself, (who yet is styled a head,) to be full of Names of Blasphemy, indicating, perhaps, the complete body of O antichristian sovereigns. It is not, however, to be doubted, that some of these passages have a further reference.

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