2. The three kingdoms were then plucked up, the Heruli, Vandals, and Ostrogoths,the last of which was the Roman kingdom, in 538.

3. Justinian, emperor of Constantinople, (called the dragon,) gave the pope of Rome "his power," meaning a code of laws, on which his power was established, and which were continued until the French abolished them, when Italy was made a republic, in 1798,-" and his seat," the city of Rome, the capital of the Roman empire,-" and great authority:" he made the bishop, or pope, head over all others, both in the Greek as well as in the Latin churches.

4. The remainder of the kings acknowledged the supremacy of the pope, and became subject to his ecclesiastical domination, about the same time. Thus was the rise and establishment of that power, which Daniel calls the "little horn," and the "abomination that maketh desolate;" Paul calls, "the man of sin," "that wicked;" John calls the same power, "beast," and "woman," "mystery Babylon, mother of

harlots."

This power, thus described by these inspired prophets, as they tell us, was to exercise power over the kings of the earth, and war against the saints, "time, times, and a half," or "forty-two months," which, in prophetic language, means twelve hundred and sixty years. If this time began

others, both east and west, and when the city of Rome was made the seat of papal power, and when that power began to be exercised over the kings of the ancient Roman empire,. and a war of extermination began against the saints, who would not yield obedience to the idolatrous worship of papacy; then it must have had its rise in A. D. 538, to which add twelve hundred and sixty, and it will end in A. D. 1798. We will now see if the prophecy of the end will warrant us in the beginning.

THE END OF PAPAL DOMINION.

Daniel says, (vii. 26,) "And they (the ten horns, or kings) shall take away his (the pope's) dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end." Who, I ask, can be so ignorant as not to know, that the power or dominion of the pope was taken away in the year 1798? Two hundred and ten years before, or seven months" in prophecy, England had broken off the yoke of papacy, and some of the German states had joined England in the protestant declaration of rights, against the catholic league: but for the year 1798 was reserved the final stroke, which broke the last link of papal dominion over the kings of the earth, and a

consumption was fastened upon papacy which has caused them who worship the beast, to gnaw their tongues with pain. (See the letters of the pope to the priests, of late date.)

Paul says, (2 Thessalonians ii. 8;) "Whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth (preaching of the gospel) and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming." Surely no one can deny, but that the gospel, as it has been preached for more than forty years, has produced a consumption on papacy, and has fulfilled this part of Paul's prophecy to the very letter. Even the pope himself is our witness.

John says, (Revelation xiii. 9, 10,) "If any man have an ear, let him hear. He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints." It is evident that the prophet is here telling every man, who is not a bigot, or prejudiced against the truth who has an ear to hear, how this power would come to its end, of forty-two months, spoken of in the fifth verse. As he would lead into captivity the kings and their subjects during the fortytwo months, so, in the end, would they, the kings and their subjects, lead this power into captivity. This was literally fulfilled in 1798. The pope was taken from his throne on the 15th day of February 1798, and by

the French army made a captive, and kept a prisoner until 1799, when he died in captivity, in France. This power had wielded the sword of his civil authority over the the kingdoms and states of Europe for many centuries, and had pulled down and set up at his will, and by the power of his armies had destroyed kings and their subjects. He now must be killed in like manner. When the twelve hundred and sixty years should be finished, his power would be killed, or taken away by armies, or by the authority of the kings. And sure enough, when the twelve hundred and sixty years had come to their end, behold, the power which the pope had exercised over others was now exercised over him, and he became a dependant on the breath of Bonaparte for his mere nominal existence as a bishop of the church of Rome.

"Here is the patience." Paul had told the brethren not to be troubled as that the day of Christ was at hand. 2 Thessalonians ii. 3: "Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come except there come a falling away first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition." This is the same power of which we have been speaking, which Paul tells us would precede the coming of Christ; and would make war with the saints, a time, times, and a half, as Daniel says; and continue forty-two months, as John tells us. Therefore the saints were

to have patience, to wait for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, until this man of sin should be led into captivity, and his power be destroyed by the sword of kings. This would try their patience, and when they would see these things take place their "faith" would teach them that they might look for his coming, even at the door. Therefore, when they see these things come to pass, the true saints will believe. "This is the patience and the faith of the saints.”

Again; John has another rule by which we may know when the end of this power will come. Revelation xvii. 16: "And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and make her desolate, and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire."

The ten kings of the Roman kingdom, shall hate the false church of Rome, and shall make her desolate, by the means of separating from her communion, taking away her benefices and tithes, confiscating her property, and abolishing her laws and ordinances, and renouncing her power by which she had ruled over the kings of the earth. See the 18th verse: "And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth." This prophecy has been literally fulfilled; and yet how many, who pretend to be teachers in Zion, deny the fulfilment as soon as they will the prophecy itself; for they