...so predieted and so determined, and in the result we are bound to rejoiee. "Rejoiee over her, I hou heaven, .and ye holy apostles and prophets ; for God hath avenged you on her Allelulia: Salvation and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our (sod : for he hath judged...

...unto this great city? 19. And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich...costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate. The lamentation of the merchants over this figurative Babylon coincides with that of the merchants...

...city ! 19. And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, slas ! that great city, wherein were made rich all that had...costliness ! for in one hour is she made desolate. This whole chapter has a great resemblance with chap, xxvn. in the prophecies of Ezekiel. We there...

...unto this great city! And they cast dust upon their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas ! that great city, wherein were made rich...costliness ; for in one hour is she made desolate ! " This is, indeed, a striking picture of a great and luxurious city, which, having been the mart...

...perished with fallen Babylon shall not hinder the call from being fully and cordially responded to, " Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy Apostles and Prophets ; for God hath avenged you on hert" I,, i it not be said that we are now opening the door which we formerly closed, and sanctifying...

..."Lord, lay not this sin HI their charge." A> explained above, tlie martyrs' cry is perfectly natural. her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets ; for God hath avenged you on her ;" to which the adoring inhabitants of the upper world respond, " Alleluia ; salvation, and glory,...

...of devils, and the hold of every unclean spirit, and the hold of every unclean and hateful bird. — Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets, for God hath judged your judgment on her," Rev. xviii. 1. 20. " After these things, I heard, as it were, the voice...

...powers of the earth, and the gods of the nations. Thus, at the fall of Babylon, it is said, Rev. xviii. 20. ' Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets, for God hath avenged you on her.' And Eusebius speaks, in the following terms, of the times under Constantine, which succeeded the overthrow...

...power, on her behalf, against her enemies. Thus, at the fall of the mystic Babylon, it is said — ' Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets, for God hath avenged you on her.' Rev. xviii. 20. 12. ' Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.' 13. ' Mark...

...unto this great city ! 19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas ! that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costlihour is she ness ! for in one made desolate. 20 Rejoice heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets...