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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 propbetic 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.

p. 132.

(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.

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