muft reign before the Kingdom of Chriſt is erected ; therefore it muſt be meant of Ant.c'riſt 3 r The Greeks, Lombards, and Franks,
id al 2 0 whom he thruſt out of /raly to make way for himſelf. s This again Pol: WY ſome interpret of Antiocbus, ſome of Mahomer, ſome of the C/ars, 11:4 6 WM others of Antichriſt, all concurring in their Craft and Blaſphemies, 1c W& but yroperly it can be meant but of one, viz. Antichrilt, win l 9 I beheld till the thrones were caſt down #, and {vc WE the antient of days did fir, whoſe garment was white ere RY #5 now u, and the hair of his head like the pure wool =: b7 his throne was like the fiery flames y, and his wheels as 1; (W Porning fire z. - ME: 4 Ty t By Terones caſt down, muſt be meant the Kingdoms of this World, deſtroyed byChriſt the King,and Judge of all,called the Antrenr of days, 1 becauſe of his Eternal Deity 3 withour beginning and end of days, u Thus 95 (41 Kings Vice-Rys. were clothed, Cen. 41. 42. as Foſeph in ine Silk, and "4 4 Mordecai, Eft. $. 16. noting his Innocence and Righteoulnels 1n Judg- mac ment, J/z. 42. 4. x Rev. 1, 14+ noting nis Eternity, and the Maturity viel of his Counſels. » This notes his Majeſty in Judgment, Ke 7/2/. 50, ; 3,4» Mal, 4. 1- Rev. 19. 11, 12. ty Arguing the greateft and moſt - tormidable State of the laft Judge and Judgment: alluding to the ' 1" WW Kings who had moveable Thrones, and they bad Wheels. It notes eo al God's Swiftnels in Judgment, Mal. 3. 5. _ 110 A fiery ſtream iſſued, and came forth from before racie RON 2: * thouſand thouſands miniſtred unto him, and c cou, WY "<1 thouſand times ten thouſand ſtood before him, b : the ; £51 WE udement was ſer, and the books were opened c. nico WP 2 Tſul. 50. 3. Noting his Juftice and Wrath, in giving Sentence, 2, 00" id executing it, 6 This is the great Afſſize. c Kev. 20. I1,12. I his 1cit 01 WE fy ome is ſpoken agreeable to the Smedriam or Sanb:drim,and after > 7." ith manner of Men, and notes the Book of Life, of God's Eternal % an g eee, the Book of God's Omnilcience, Gc., : + Mm it | beheld then, becauſe of the voice of the great » 10 WMV 0rds which the horn ſpake : 1 beheld ever till the beaſt a0! is lain, and his body deſtroyed, and given to the burn- ; Lect ing flame d, 9 i , ©. ifis cannot but be meant of the Ruine and Judgment of Anz7-
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6. and 20. 6. and pofſe(s the Kingdom for ever, Mar. 19. 28. 1 Cor. I. 9. and 6. 2. 1 Pet. 2.9. Rev.4. 10. This ſhall be for ever, becauſe pings Kingdom is the laſt Kingdom ; never any ſha!l ſucceed after 19 Then I wonld know the truth of the fourth beaſt, which was diverſe -- from all the others », exceeding + Chald, dreadful, whoſe teeth were of iron, and his nails of braſs, #79 al which devoured, brake in pieces, and ſtamped the reſidue '%% with his feet.
7 1 would fain know it more perfealy and exaaly, becauſe the
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the fourth Beaft.
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any King or Emperor did, and was cruel againſt the Saints, v. 21. : 21 1 beheld, and the ſame horn * made war with the *ReY-17- ſaints, and prevailed againſt them 3 | ws 22 Until the antient of days came, and þ judgment was given to the Saints of the - moſt High ; and the,,,,,"**:, time came that the Saints poſſeſſed the kingdom q. Ge,
q This ſhews plainly the Horn is Antichrift of Rome, or the Whore + Chald, that rides the Beaſt ; and this is more apparent in the Interpretation hizb ores, of the fourth Beaſt and the ren Kings.
23 Thus he ſaid, The fourth Beaſt ſhall be the fourth Kingdom upon earth, which ſhall be diverſe from- all Kingdoms, and ſhall devour the whole earth, and ſhall
tread it down, and break itin preces. |
24 And * the ten horns out of this Kingdom are ten *yer.7,3, Kings 7 that ſhall ariſe : and another ſhall riſe after them,
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Chap. VILE.
TOOK might be a Type and Forcrunner of Antichriſt, and did many things | again the Fewiſh Church, with Craft, Cruelty and Blaiphemy : but he was no part of the fourth, but of the third Beaſt ; whereas Daniel here points mainly at the Roman Power and Periecution, eſpecially by the /ittle Horn, which laſted till his Ruine; atter which iz is clear the Lord Chriſt will reign in and over his Saints much more gloriout)y 3 which the Fews will never be beaten from, becaule there are {o many fignal Places in the Prophets ſpeaking of it, yer unfultilled, and in the Zrocalvn/> 10 the wiſe Reader,atter the Beaſt and Whore are deſtroyed $37] all their Supporters. But enough of that at preſent.
26. But the judement ſhall fir, and they ſhall take *C©h.5.25 away his dominion, to conſume, and to deſtroy t * un- to the end,
27. And the * kingdom and dominion, and the great- nefs of the kingdom under the whole heaven, ſhall be given I the people of the ſaints of the - moſt High, Oro whole kingdom 75 an everlaſting kingdom, and all || do- {5 minions ſhall ſerve and obey |! him.