This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1868 edition. Excerpt: ... the earth? The dynasty of Home. Now, beheading, as Dr Brown1 aptly remarks, ' was a well-known Soman mode of putting to an ignominious death, and is mentioned here to denote the Roman authority by which they were slain.' Or, extending the reference further than he does, the members of the first-class ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1868 edition. Excerpt: ... the earth? The dynasty of Home. Now, beheading, as Dr Brown1 aptly remarks, ' was a well-known Soman mode of putting to an ignominious death, and is mentioned here to denote the Roman authority by which they were slain.' Or, extending the reference further than he does, the members of the first-class mentioned in our passage are those on whom the power of this world has trampled. The members of the second-class are those who have resisted the contamination of the False Church under any of its forms, ' Who have not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither has received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands.' 1 Second Coming. But are these two classes to be regarded as distinct and isolated from each other? By no means. The two beasts were plainly never meant to be dissociated from each other; neither are their victims. The two classes mentioned above include, therefore, the entire body of the faithful, regarded under the two aspects which their testimony bears, as directed against the False Church and the Wicked World. This seems at any rate to furnish a rational account of the peculiar phrase about the beheaded ones, and to knit this passage to others in the book. Read as it ordinarily is, the whole passage is one of exceeding difficulty. Read literally; that is to say, it is hard to tell who the beheaded ones are, and how they are to be distinguished from those who have not received the mark. Are they the martyrs? Why should it not be said so? Why should a distinction be suggested between the beheaded ones and those who perished at the stake? Again, getting over this preliminary difficulty, why should the martyrs be honoured above all others? Was not John equally worthy with James, though the one perished with the..
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