is un&uthentic in many details of words and phrases, most (but not all) of whioh are of comparatively little importance; but the authenticity of the book, considered as a whole, is not open to doubt. No one has ever hinted that ou.r 'Revelation of St. John the Divine ' is a totally different work from the original book similarly entitled; no chapter is supposed to be a later interpolation; no copyist or redactor is accused of having, to any large or serious ex.tent, wilfully corrnpted the text by mutilating or altering it in any way whatever. All references to the book by name, and all express quotations .from it, correspond with our present book so exactly as to furnish no ground for the least suspicion that a different book was at any time in circulation under the same title. The authenticity of the statements contained in the Revelation is pecu- liarly difficult to establish, owing to the character of its contents. A description of visions, written by the only person who beheld them; a record of words penned by the only human being who heard them; a series of prophecies that belong, at least in part, to the future ; these statements are, ·from their very nature, incapable of being tested and attested, con- firmed and verified, supported and illustrated, in the same way as ordinary historical statements of matters of fact. Bnt so far as the na.rmtive can be tested, it stands the tests well. The " isle called Patmos " was suited for a place of banishment; and banishment was a practice common in those times. The epistles to the seven Churches of Asia. are singularly in harmony with what is known from other sources concerning the respective communities to which they are addressed. The diction of the whole book remarkably corresponds with the period and the authorship to which it is generally ascribed. So far, therefore, as the authenticity of the book called, 'The Revelation of St. John the Divine,' and of the statements therein contained, forms a separate subject for consideration, we hold that it is satisfactorily estab- lished. § 11. ANALYTICAL CONSPECTUS. BOOK OF THE REVELATION, L EPISTOLARY PORTION, i, I-iii end. U. THlll REVBLATION PROPER, iv, 1-xxii. 7. T1111: CoNOLUBION, xxii. 8 1 -end, ( l Seal of ! Salutation, Introductory I3 1 The I Preliminary vision of The se&ls, J I 3 The 4 The trumpets, connected I 5 The I 6 The vials, I '1 A brief re,. harlot · capitulation I 8 The heavenly I l -,~-,1ll 1 genninenOIII l.'-8 and hlatorl• seven The The St. John'• vili.ll--- vislone xv. 1- and of the subject Jerusalem; bytbe Church, cal preface to tbe 1'.•~s, heaven and vt. 1- the heavenly vlll. l ld. end of the Ivi. end :Babylon, of the 1..t the Bride, dlrecclone moral attestation of the of the and I. l-3 epistles, w.end worehip, woman, Ivil. 1- three heads nl. 1-llil. 7 angel book, salutation, 1 &-end Iv.,"· the dragon, the first ldx. end under the concern• mi. :ail.18-21 &!Id second beast.s, and symbols of ing the 11-1T llebylon, xil. 1-Iiv. end the Mlllennfum, Gog, and Magog, n. !;{~;, ANALYSES 011' SUBORDINATE PORTIONS. TaE SEVBJr El>reTLBII, II. 1-111. end. Tu11 TRUlfPETS, viii. 2-xl. end. I I d, eh &pheeus, Smyrna, d) cl> ,J> Philadelphia, Pergamoe, Tbyatira, <J, SardiS, J, Lao~lcea, • I Introduction, (1) let I (2) 2nd I (3) 3rd 4th I cl) 5th Gtli <J> Dlgre88ion ci) 7th I - eh 11.1-T Ii. 8-ll 11.12-l'l il, 18-end Ill. 1 - ill T-13 Hi. 14-eud vilL 3-6 trumpet, trumpet, trumpet, trumpet, trumpet, trumpet, used as trumpet, viU. 1 viii. s, D viii.10,ll viii. 12 ix. l-12 ix. 13-<lnd solemn II. 15-eid Introduction to 7th trumpet, x. I-end; and to foretell the triumphant completion of the Christian's warfare, II, 1-13 Tall 8uu, vi, 1--vill. 1, Tm; W.uurAll:11 1111'.l'.WEEN Goon AND EVIL, xv. I-xvi. end. I r- cL, c1) I (1) Ouanected with the present life <' Connect&! with~ fdure life (i) or1:in or, The devil, The world, (4) The flesh. (J) The result, I I l<II. 7-10 xii. 1-6, xiii, 1-10 Jtil.'. 11-18 xiv. l-xix, end . ! [ }J tt horse, <I) ci J, J, c1) 13-end Digression by the
conqueror BI~ horse, Pale horse-- The flOttls of the The]udg. The ment, thede- heavenly writer, .xli. 11, 12 I on white lloree, vl. 1,1 vl. a,, vt. 6, 8 death, hell, 'ri.f,1 martyrs, etrndlonof life, Viii. 7 vi.-11 the earth, the terror of the (G) l Digression, J, Ditto, The · o2er cl of The !) Jestruo-- 1 ) cJ> Preparation ¥iie Final over- Trlumpla c~) cl> Wicked, the aafety of the foresbowing ehowlng the gospel tlon of Baby- for final over- vials, throw of of tha Jnst, vl. 11-Vil. end the victory of bli88ofthe to &11, Ion-the world- throw, Intro- Iv.!- every form faithful, the faithful, departed, l<iv. 6, 7 predicted, Iiv. 8 ; ductory to xvi. end of evil, m. "1v.1- Iiv. 13 of the fle•h, v,...12 the vials, Ivil.,xvtil. XIV. 14--20 THE
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