...heaven, haling great flower : and the earth ii'as enlightened with hi» glory. V. 2. And he cried out with a strong voice, saying: Babylon the great is...is fallen : and is become the habitation of devils, andthe hold of every uncleansfiirityanJ tli£ hold of every unclean and hatiful bird: V. 3. Because...

...violence, like a great millstone cast into the sea, and shall be found no more at all, and shall become an habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird." Now shall she be stripped of all her glory, and riches, and ornaments, and shall be cast out as an...

...Immediately previous to his prediction of the fall of Babylon, St. John says, and after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened (or rather enlightened1} with his glory. The explication that follows is from Brenius. He says, ' that...

...angel proclaims the awful decree saying, " Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and " is become the hold of every foul spirit, and a " cage of every...bird. For " all nations have drunk of the wine of her for" nications, and the kings of the earth have com" mitted fornication with her, and the merchants...

...the plague of the hail : for the plague thereof was exceeding great. xviii. 1. And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having...power ; and the earth was lightened with his glory. 2. And he cried * The whole habitable v:or!d.~] That is, the Roman empire, which was wont to be styled...

...the plague of the hail : for the plague thereof was exceeding great. xviii. 1. And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having...power ; and the earth was lightened with his glory. 2. And he cried * The whole habitable TOorW.] That is, the Roman empire, which was wont to be styled...

...heaven is like unto a net that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind. ' Rev. xviii. 2. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying,...of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean siftd hateful bird. Rom. xi. 18. G 4 Soatt Nevertheless, there shall be always a church on earth to...

...may devour. Unclean birds and evil spirits are taken in the same sense in this passage — Babylon is fallen, and is become the habitation of Devils, and the hold of every foul Spirit, a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. Which expression refers us » as we should expect from the...

...them to declare her, " the habitation of devils" — (which are there worshipped as sainted gods) — "and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird" (Rev. xviii. 2.) " Therefore " shall' her second fall now come quickly — " her plagues shall come...

...keep lapdogs and parrots. This comment is published by an angel from heaven : " And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having...spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird," Rev. xviii. 1, 2. Thus Moses's collected aviary and the angel's cage are now found together. " A sword...