...of superstition are then chiefly over; and the days of Infidelity will be found to have commenced. And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great...was given unto him to continue forty and two months. This latter passage has perplexed, and I believe misled, expositors. It has induced them to think,...

...with it ? Is not the Roman empire which is at the head of it, invictissirmtm, (most invincible ?) * '" And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great...was given unto him to continue forty and two months ;" that is, there was given power to the emperor, (who may be considered the mouth of the Beast, as...

...with it ? Is not the Roman empire which is at the head of it, invictissimum, (most invincible?) * " And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great...was given unto him to continue forty and two months ;" that is, there was given power to the emperor, (who may be considered the mouth of the Beast, as...

...they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beas't ? who is able to make war with him ? 5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great...things, and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to eontinue forty and two months. 6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his...

...empire ; but it is really true, that the Christian world in general submitted to the pontificate. " And power was given unto him to continue forty and two months." This is exactly the same as the duration of Daniel's little horn, twelve hundred and sixty days, which,...

...power to continue and to make war by persecution forty and two (prophetic) months, (126O years). 6. And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God,...and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven, (giving them divine honours, and adoration). 7. And he was permitted to make war with the saints, and...

...In's letter to Hermammon. Con« cerning this too John had a revelation. For he 'says : Rev. xiii. 5. " And there was given ' « unto him a mouth speaking...blasphemies. And power was given unto him « to continue fortv and two months." It is wonderful to observe, how both these things were « fulfilled in Valerian...

...his deadly wound was apparently healed, and all the world, from this time, wondered after the beast, and there was given unto him a mouth, speaking great...blasphemies : and power was given unto him to continue 42 months" or 1260 days. He is supposed, therefore, to have been " the man of sin, who was to be revealed,...

...forth in tempting men to blaspheme his perfections : Thus some are represented as opening their mouths in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven, Rev. x'ni. 6. which they do by the instigation of Satan : However, there is a vast differencejbetween...

...to blaspheme his perfections : Thus some are represented as opening their mouths in blasphemy agamst God, to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven, Rev. xiii. 6. which they do by the instigation of Satan: However, there is a vast diffcrencejbetween...