...is. Here again we may find an allusion to Gog ; to him, of whom the Almighty spoke in old times. " There are seven kings : five are fallen, and one is,...continue a short space. And the beast that was, and of Homer, and the blacksmith Cyclops of Virgil refer to the Chaldeans? If the 18th chapter of Isaiah...

...forms of power exercised in Rome, " the woman," and we may not go out of Rome to seek for them. "And there are seven kings : five are fallen, and one is,...and when he cometh, he must continue a short space " (xvii. 10). Now it is carefully to be noted, that this vision (xvii. 1) is shewn by "one of the seven...

...mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth ; 10 and they are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come ; and when he 1 1 cometh he must continue a short space. And the beast that was, and is not, he is both the eighth,...

...upon which Rome was built, as shewn by commentators generally. 10. " And there are seven kings : Jive are fallen, and one is, (and) the other is not yet come," &c. By these, I suppose, John meant those emperors who were remarkable for the part they took in the...

...is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is,...eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition." The seven kings are seven forms of government, which subsisted among the Romans. The 'five fallen'...

...is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. And there are seven kings : five are fallen, and one is,...eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition." The seven kings are seven forms of government, which subsisted among the Romans. The ' five fallen'...

...mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. 10. " And there are seven kings : five are fallen, and one is,...and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. 11. " And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into...

...the mind which hath wisdom. The seven " heads are seven mountains, on which the woman " sitteth. And there are seven kings, five are " fallen, and one...space. And the beast that was, and is not, even " he i^lie eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth " into perdition. And the ten horns which thou " sawest,...

...him. His son, too, was entitled King of Rome, and is expected to be the eighth head named in ver. 11 : "The beast that was and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition." In Rev. xii. 3, the seven heads wear crowns ; that passage signifying Rome Pagan. In chap. xiii. 1,...

...horn. But this figure of the seven heads seems also to have a second signification. For it is said, And there are seven kings, five are fallen and one is, and the other is not yet come ; a form of expression which seems to embrace succession, and not, like seven mountains, to set forth...