And he shall speak great words against ue
Most High ; and he shall wear out the saints
of the Most High; and he shall thiiiJk to change
times and laws ; and they shall be given into
his hand, until a ^une, and times^ and the
dividing of a time. But the iudsment shall
sit, and tkey shall take away his dominion, to
consume and to destroy it, unto the end/'

Now, kt MS hear the Apostle Paul: — ** That
latter day of the Lord will not come, except
there come the grand apostasy first ; and ths
Mait of Sin be revealed, the son of perdition:
who opposeth, and exalteth himself above aD
that is called God, or is worshipped ; so that
be as Grod, sitteth in the temple of God, show^
ing himself that he is God*''

** And now, ye know what withholdeth, that
he might be revealed in his time. For the
mystery of iniquity doth already work ; only
He who now lettbth, will let, until he be
t^Iien out of the way. Then shall that wicked
one be revealedr whom the l^ord shall ooosuim



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with the spirit of his mouth, and shall desthoy
by the brightness of hb coming/'

" Now the Spirit speaketh expressly^ that in
the latter times, some shall depart ftom the
faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and
the doctrines of demons,** (departed spirits
deified), "Forbidding to marry, and command-
ing to abstain from meats.**

Once more : — ^ I saw another Beast rise out
of the earth," — said John the Apostle. — ^** He
exerciseth sJl the powers of the 4rst Beast
before him, and he causeth the earth and them
which dwell therein, to worship the first Beast,
whose deadly wound was healed.-«-And he
had power to give life to the image of the
first Beast, that the image of the Beast should
both speak, and cause as many as would not
worship the image of the Beast to be killed.'* — ^
" Here is wisdom. Let him that hath under-
standing, count the number of the Beast ; for
it is the number of a man; and his number is
six hundred and sixty-six.'*

" And they that dwell on the earth shall
wonder, when they behold the Beast that was,
and is not, and yet is. 