Some  attempt  to  find  fault,  because  scripture  prophecy  does  not  point
out  the  year  and  day  ;  but  let  it  be  remembered,  that  when  the  prophecies
were  written,  our  mode  of  computing  time  was  not  in  use ;  therefore,  it
must  be  exhibited  in  emblems  to  answer  the  substance.
Many  persons  suppose  the  ten  horns  spoken  of,  (Rev.  xvii.  12,)  referred
to  the  horns  or  governments  of  Europe  supporting  the  papal  authority,  but
the  idea  is  founded  in  error ;  because  these  horns  are  said  to  have  no  king-
dom as  yet,  but  received  power,  which  was  delegated  to  act  in  conjunction
with  the  beast.  Hence,  it  is  evident  that  this  must  be  applied  and  con-
sidered as  the  same  horns  that  were  in  Rome  pagan,  then  Rome  papal,
but  now  under  the  influence  of  the  second  beast,  which  exerciseth  all  the
power  of  the  first  beast  that  was  before  him.
Henry  the  Eighth,  of  England,  who  was  styled  the  "  Defender  of  the
Faith,"  when  a  papist,  shook  off  the  papal  power,  and  retained  the  king-
dom and  title  in  his  own  hand  ;  which  shows  that  the  kingdom  was  his

*  The  "  forty-two  months"  then  ended — having  lost  his  power,  which  was  given  him  in
1143,  when  he  wore  the  triple  crown — three  of  the  ten  horns  of  Daniel.  The  same  year  the
power  of  choosing  a  pope  was  taken  from  the  people,  and  lodged  in  the  cardinals  alone.
The  intermediate  time  was  just  666  years,  which  was  the  number  of  the  beast.
