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8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to "kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.

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: 9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held ;

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10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, * How long, O Lord, holy and true, "dost thou

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m ZEC. vi. 3: In the fourth chariot grisled and bay horses.

"EZEK. xiv. 13, 27: Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it. For thus saith the Lord Gon; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?

• 2 ESDR. xv. 5: Behold, saith the LORD, I will bring plagues upon the world; the sword, famine, death, and de

struction.

P LEV. xxvi. 22: I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate.

REV. viii. 3: Another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. do. ix. 13: The sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God. ` do. xiv. 18: Another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire.

REV. xx. 4: I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast.

See on 1 COR. i. 6.

ZEC. i. 12: Then the angel of the LORD answered and

not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should "rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.

12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and said, O LORD of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years? 2 ESDR. iv. 35: Did not the souls also of the righteous ask question of these things in their chambers, saying, How long shall I hope on this fashion? when cometh the fruit of the floor of our reward? do. xv. 8: Behold, the innocent and the righteous blood crieth unto me, and the souls of the just complain continually.

" DEUT. xxxii. 41-43: If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me. I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy. Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people. REV. xi. 18: And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants-and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.

REV. vii. 9, 14. See on do. iii. 4, 5.

" See on 2 THES. i. 7.

* HER. xi. 40: God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.

2 SAM. xxii. 7, 8: In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God, and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears. Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth. 1 KINGS, xix. 11: And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake.

the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;

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13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs,5 when she is shaken of a mighty wind.

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14 And the heaven departed as a scrowl when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.

15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bond man, and every free man, e hid themselves in the dens❝ and in the rocks of the mountains;

ACTS, iv. 31: When they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together. do. xvi. 26: Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. REV. xi. 13, 19: And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell. There were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake. do. xvi. 18: And there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.

Z See on MAT. xxiv. 29.

a ISA. xiv. 12: How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! REV. viii. 10: And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp. do. ix. 1: And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth.

b HEB. i. 12, 13: And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool? See on LUKE, xvi. 17.

JER. iii. 23: Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel. do. iv. 24: I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. REV. xvi. 20: And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.

Ps. Ixxvi. 12: He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of the earth.

• See on LUKE, Xxiii. 30.

16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

17 For the great day of his wrath is come; hand who shall be able to stand?

CHAP. VII.

3 An angel sealeth the servants of God in their foreheads: 4 the number of them that were sealed: of the tribes of Israel a certain number: 9 of all other nations an innumerable multitude, which stand before the throne, clad in white robes, and palms in their hands: 14 their robes were washed in the blood of the Lamb.

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AND after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind b should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.

2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, 3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea,

7 presence. Co. Ma. Cr. Gen.

f See on LUKE, Xxiii. 30.

8 ISA. xiii. 6, &c: Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty, &c. JER. XXX. 7: Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it. JOEL, ii. 11: The LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it? ZEP. i. 14, &c: The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly. REV. xvi. 14: To gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.

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b Ps. Ixxvi. 7: Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?

CHAP. VII.

DAN. vii. 2: I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.

See on REV. vi. 6.

See on REV. vi. 6.

nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.

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4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed fan hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.

5 of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand.

6 Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nepthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand.

7 Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand.

8 of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.

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9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, "of all nations, and kindreds,' and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, i clothed with white robes, and palins in their hands;

d See on REV. ii. 17.

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e REV. ix. 16: I heard the number of them-viz. the number of the army of the horsemen.

f See on REV. ii. 17.

* See on Roм. xi. 25.

b See on REV. v. 9.

i See on REV. iii. 4, 5, 18.

* LEV. xxiii. 40: And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.