The traits of resemblance between the spiritual dominion of the Papacy, and that of the Power here described, as far as the lapse of time has already proceeded, are almost too obvious to require enumeration.

1st. As "the little Horn," indicative of the MAHOMETAN Power, which has so extensively, and for so many ages, pervaded the East, has been seen to have had its origin within the limits of the Grecian empire, founded by Alexander, which was symbolized by the third great Beast in the present vision of Daniel; so "the little Horn" here described, and which has exercised for so many ages such a despotic sway over the regions of the West, sprang out of the fourth great Beast in the same vision, which is no other than the Roman Empire. And the very title of " Bishop of Rome," points most unequivocally to this extraction. v. 8. 24.

2dly. This fourth Beast, or Empire, which was "diverse," in many respects, from all the preceding, was distinguished still more particularly, by its having "ten horns" growing out of" its head;" or "ten kings," or kingdoms, that should arise out of its anteriour, or more ancient, parts: for that which is anteriour, or foremost, in place or position, is emblematical, also, of that which has the priority in respect to time. Hence, after the division of the Empire, by Valentinian, into the Western and Eastern, in the year 365, the Prophecy evidently restricts the sprouting out of the ten horns to its most ancient portion, which was the Western, the original" head" of the whole; and it is inattention to this simple

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circumstance, which has been the chief cause of that diversity in the enumeration of these ten kingdoms, which we meet with in the works of some of the most eminent writers on this subject. If this axiom, however, be adopted for the basis of our research, the kingdoms of

The Huns, in Pannonia,

The Ostro-goths, in Moesia, as they are inand the Wisigoths, in Pannonia,) troduced into the schemes of Machiavel, and Bishop Lloyd, must evidently be struck off the list: for Masia and Pannonia were both provinces of the Eastern Empire. And the kingdom of the Huns, in Hungary, as noted in the respective schemes of Sir Isaac Newton and Bishop Newton, must share the same fate: for the modern Hungary formed a part of Pannonia. And, thus, the limits, assigned in the prophecy for the rising of these ten horns, are very considerably narrowed both in space and time: and, therefore, in the work to which the present is merely a supplement, I have given the list of these ten kingdoms, with the dates of their foundation, as follows

1. That of the Vandals,)

which extended over Bætica, in Spain, the Western part of Hispania

Tarraconensis, and the intermediate country which afterwards constituted the kingdom of Old Castile, A.D. 411. This kingdom was transferred to Africa in 428.

2. That of the Sueves, comprising the remaining part of

in Spain,

Hispania Tarraconensis, as well

3. That of the Alans, in Spain,

as all the South Eastern part of Spain, A.D. 411.

which extended over Lusitania, that part of the modern Estremadura to the North of the Guadiana, and the more Southern parts of the kingdom of Leon. A.D. 411.

4. That of the Burgun-occupying the two provinces, dians, in Gaul, S

which, till lately, retained, under the titles of duchy and county, the nominal appellation of Burgundy. A.D. 413.

5. That of the Wisigoths, whose capital was Toulouse, A.D.

in Gaul,

6. That of the Franks, in Gaul,

418. The same people, in 468,
entirely drove the Romans out of
Spain, and established their do-
minion in that country also.

A.D. circ. 418; but, in 498,
Clovis firmly established his do-
minion there, by expelling the
Romans.

7. That of the Saxons, in Britain . A.D. 457 under Hengist.

476... Odoacer.

8. That of the Heruli, in Italy 9. That of the Ostro-goths, in Italy . 493.. Theodoric. 10. And that of the Lombards, in Italy. 568... Alboinus.

It may be further remarked, under this head, that both Sir Isaac Newton and Bishop Newton particularize the Exarchate of Ravenna as one of the ten horns: but this assumption does by no means accord with the very characteristic of a horn, which is, that of being an independent kingdom, or sove

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reignty: the Exarchs of Ravenna were only vicegerents, or representatives, of the Emperors of the East; and therefore not independent. And, with regard to what the latter of these eminent writers has urged, respecting the claims of "The Senate of Rome" to be accounted one of the ten horns, or kingdoms, their usurpation, arising solely out of a defection from their rightful sovereigns, the Eastern Emperors, has never had the sanction of law, or history.

And it is still further worthy of observation, that no other kingdoms, besides the ten here enumerated, appear to have been ever formed within the limits of the Western Empire of the Romans, during the period of its decline and fall; and before the rise of the little Horn itself, as a temporal sovereignty. v. 7, 20, and 24.

3dly. From the preceding list of kingdoms it will be immediately seen which those three horns of the Beast were, that were to be "plucked up by "the roots," before the complete development of “the little Horn,” in its temporal capacity: and that they were the kingdoms formed respectively by the Heruli, the Ostrogoths, and the Lombards in Italy; the two former of which occupied the city of Rome herself, afterwards the capital of the Papal dominions; and the latter of them, besides being most dangerous neighbours, held territories, (Æmilia, the present Romagna, and Pentapolis, now called Marca d'Ancona,) which afterwards became portions of "the State of the Church." v. 8. 20. 24.

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4thly. The diversity of this horn, from all the preceding ten horns, is rendered evident from the circumstance of its being chiefly an ecclesiastical or spiritual dominion: for in this "were eyes like the eyes of man ;" he had also " a mouth that spake very great things, and a look more stout than his fellows:" so that, though, regarded in a merely secular point of view, he was indeed " a little Horn," yet, in his spiritual capacity, he claimed a dominion which was CATHOLIC, Or UNIVERSAL. In proof of all which, I would refer to the whole history of Popery, from the very time when the Bishops of Rome first obtained the title of "ECUMENICAL, Or UNIVERSAL, Bishops," to the present; and, in particular, to their own expressed and most solemn declarations, as set forth in the indisputable authorities that have been already cited. v. 8, 20, 24, 25.

5thly. By virtue of these false and extravagant pretensions, he has not confined himself to "speak

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'ing great words against The Most High,"-combining his worship with the most palpable idolatry, and with a multitude of other abominations, and "thinking to change times and laws,"-but has actually, for many ages past, " made war with the "Saints of The Most High,"-against those faithful servants of Christ, and true worshippers of GOD, who have, at any time, protested against his innovations, and refused to comply with his idolatrous practices; and has persecuted, and destroyed them, in every possible way, by secret conspiracy, and open violence, by wars, by massacres, and the