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(1.) The progress of imperial domination from east
to west. p. 19.
(2.) The progress of conquest from west to east.
p. 21.
(3.) The mixed principles, on which the name of
Babylon is given to apocalyptic Rome. p. 22.
(4.) The principles, on which the bestial symbol of
the Roman Empire has been constructed.
p. 23.
II. The entire chronological duration of the image is seven
prophetic times or three times and a half duplicated : a
period mystically pointed out in the dream of Nebuchad-
nezzar. p. 25.
1. Nebuchadnezzar himself was a type of the image.
p. 30.
2. The analogous fate of the great compound Empire
is covertly pointed out in the peculiar phraseology,
by which the madness of Nebuchadnezzar is de-
scribed. p. 31.
3. Remarks on the two bands of brass and iron. p. 32.
4. The conclusion from the hieroglyphical picture.
p. 35.
III. The arrangement of the image recapitulated. p. 38.
IV. The purport of the remainder of the prediction. p. 40.
V. The dates of the numbers comprehended within the grand
· calendar of seven times. p. 41.
1. The 70 years of the Babylonian captivity. p. 41.
2. The 70 prophetic weeks. p. 41.
3. The 1290 prophetic days. p. 42.
4. The three times and a half of the little Roman horn.
p. 42.
5. The 5 months of the apocalyptic locusts. p. 43.
6. The day and month and year of the Euphratèan
horsemen. p. 43.
7. The three days and a half. p. 43.
CHAPTER II.
The vision of the four great wild-beasts. p. 44.
The chronology of the ascent of the four beasts. p. 44.
I. The Babylonian lion. p. 47.
1. The lifting up of the lion from the earth by the agency
of his two wings. p. 48.
2. The bringing of him down to the ground by the pluck-
ing of his two wings. p. 49.
3. The rampancy of the lion upon earth. p. 50.
4. His reception of a man's heart. p. 51.
II. The Medo-Persian bear. p. 53.
1. The two sides of the bear. p. 53.
2. His three tusks. p. 54.
3. His voraciousness. p. 56.
II. The Grecian leopard. p. 57.
1. His four wings are the four Grecian kingdoms. p. 58.
2. His four heads are his four dominant polities: viz.
p. 60.
(1.) The Limited Hereditary Monarchy; p. 60.
(2.) The Archistrategia; p. 60.
(3.) The Oriental Despotism; p. 61.
(4.) The Military Aristocracy. p. 61.
IV. The anonymous Roman wild-beast. p. 61.
1. Some fixed principle must be settled, on which his
ten horns are determined to be the ten primary
kingdoms founded by the ten Gothic nations. p. 64.
(1.) Difficulties attendant upon the lists, severally
proposed by Mr. Mede, Sir Isaac Newton,
and Bishop Newton. p. 64.
(2.) The principle on which the ten horns are to be
discovered. p. 67.
(3.) This principle will detect various errors. p. 71.
(4.) On the principle thus laid down, the following
are the ten Gothic kingdoms represented by
the ten horns: 1. The Vandalic ; 2. The
Suevic; 3. The Alanic; 4. The Burgundian;
5. The Francic; 6. The Visigothic; 7. The
Anglo-Saxon ; 8. The Herulic; 9. The Os-
trogothic; 10. The Lombardic. p. 72.
2. The little horn of the Roman beast is the spiritual
kingdom of the Papacy. p. 76.
(1.) We are compelled, by two notes, the one chro-
nological, the other geographical, to identify
the Papacy and the little horn. p. 76.
(2.) The little horn, however, cannot typify the tem-
poral kingdom of the Papacy. Therefore it
• must typify its spiritual kingdom. p. 77.
(3.) The little papal horn gradually springs up dur-
ing the period, in which the Roman Empire
is invaded, and the Western Empire is par-
titioned, by the Goths. p. 83.
(4.) The prophetic characteristics of the little papal
horn. p. 91.
3. The three eradicated horns can only be three king-
doms geographically planted in Italy. p. 97.
(1.) The import of the prediction. p. 97.
(2.) The three eradicated horns are: 1. The Herulic
kingdom ; 2. The Ostrogothic kingdom ; and
3. The Lombardic kingdom. p. 102.
(3.) By their eradication, the little horn gains a tem-
poral principality. p. 105.
4. The judgment and destruction of the Roman beast
and his little horn. p. 107.
CHAPTER III.
The vision of the ram and the he-goat. p. 111.
A statement of the vision of the ram and the he-goat. p. 111.
1. The-ram is the Persian Empire. p. 113.
1. His two horns are the two kingdoms of Media and
Persia. p. 113.
2. The pushings of the ram must denote, either the
conquests of Cyrus, or the conquests of Darius
Hystaspis. p. 115.
(1.) They cannot denote those of Darius Hystaspis.
p. 115.
(2.) Therefore they must denote those of Cyrus. p.
120.
3. The settling of this point greatly affects the right cal-
culation of the 2300 prophetic days. p. 122.
II. The he-goat is the Grecian Empire. p. 124.
1. The single great horn is the dominant kingdom of
Macedon, from its rise under Caranus or Perdic-
cas, to the extinction of the royal family of Alexan-
der. p. 126.
2. The four conspicuous horns, which arose upon its
disruption, are the four Greek kingdoms founded
by the four principal captains of Alexander. p. 127.
(1.) Greece and Macedon. p. 127.
(2.) Thrace and Bithynia. p. 127.
(3.) Syria. p. 127.
(4.) Egypt. p. 127.
3. The little horn of the he-goat is the spiritual king-
dom of Mohammedism. p. 128.
(1.) The little horn of the he-goat cannot be the same
Power as the little horn of the Roman beast.
p. 129.
(2.) Geographically, personally, and chronologically, the little horn of the he-goat is determined to be the spiritual kingdom of Mohammedism.
(3.) The prophetic characteristics of the little Mo-
hammedan horn. p. 146.
III. A discussion of the chronology of the vision. p. 163.
1. Respecting the entire length of the vision. p. 163.
(1.) The vision commences with the standing up of
the ram or with the rise of the Persian Empire.
p. 164.
(2.) It reaches to the time of the end or to the close
of the latter three times and a half. p. 172.
2. Respecting the chronological arrangement of the
2300 days. p. 173.
(1.) The 2300 days reach, from the commencement
of the vision or from the rise of the Persian Em-
pire, to the commencement of the cleansing of
the sanctuary from the abominations of the
great demonolatrous Apostasy. p. 174.
(2.) They reach, therefore, as the event has shewn,
from the year before Christ 784, to the year
after Christ 1517. p. 177.
IV. A recapitulation of the dates connected with the present
vision. p. 181.
1. The date of the commencement of the vision and of
the 2300 days. A.A.C. 784. p. 181.
2. The date of the commencement of the ram's push-
ings. A.A.C. 556. p. 181.
3. The date of the he-goat's furious attack from the
west. A.A.C. 334—331. p. 181.
4. The date of the completion of the Apostasy, or the
epoch when the apostates came to the full. A.P.C.
604. p. 181.
5. The date of the immediately consecutive standing up
of the king fierce of countenance or of the Moham-
medan little horn. A.P.C. 608 or 609. p. 181.
6. The date of the commencement of the cleansing of
the sanctuary and of the expiration of the 2300
days. A.P.C. 1517. p. 182.
* The date of the time of the end, to which the vision
reaches. A.P.C. 1864. p. 182.