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THE FRENCH REVOLUTION PREDICTED

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THE FRENCH REVOLUTION PREDICTED

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  1. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION PREDICTED

  2. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION PREDICTED

  3. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION PREDICTED ‘By the tenth part of the city, I understand some one tenth part of Europe. By earthquake here is meant a great concussion or shaking of states, politic, or ecclesiastical. By this earthquake' so falling out in a tenth part of the city, this tenth part of it is so shaken that it falls; that is, ceaseth to be a tenth part of the city, or to belong to its jurisdiction any longer. The effect of this earthquake, and fall of this tenth part of the city, is killing seven thousand of the names of men. Now, by men of name, in scripture, is meant men of title, office and dignity; these having killed the witnesses, themselves are to be killed, by being bereft of their names and titles, which are to be rooted out forever.’Goodwin, ‘An Explanation of the Book of Revelation’, 1639

  4. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION PREDICTED ‘The saints and churches of France, God has made a wonder unto me in all his proceedings towards them, first and last; and there would seem some great and special honor reserved for them, yet, at the last; for it is certain that the first light of the gospel, by the first and second angel's preaching, in Rev.xiv., which laid the foundation of Antichrist's ruin, was out from among them, namely those of Lyons, and other places in France. And they bore and underwent the great heat of that morning of persecution, which was as great, if not greater, than any since. And so, as that kingdom had the first great stroke, so now it should have the honor of having the last great stroke in the ruin of Rome.’Goodwin, ‘An Explanation of the Book of Revelation’, 1639

  5. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION PREDICTED ‘That an earthquake signifies political commotions and change of affairs, is obvious to any one; but that the city here mentioned should be understood not of a city of brick or stone, but a polity. For I conceive it is plain enough that this city is the very city mentioned in the eighth verse, which is called the great city, and this great city is the whore of Babylon, and the whore of Babylon is nothing but the body of the idolatrous clergy in the empire, who appertain to the seventh or last head of the beast, which is an head of blasphemy, as well as the six first, that is to say, an idolatrous head.’Moore, ‘Mystery of Iniquity Contained In the Kingdom of AntiChrist’, book 2, chapter 12, 1663

  6. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION PREDICTED ‘As under the seventh head, that is become idolatrous and antichristian, and this number seven is multiplied into a thousand, it signifies a perfect nulling of all such offices and orders of men; for no men at all here are necessarily implied to be slain, but only all antichristian OFFICES and FRATERNITIES to be dissolved and abrogated, and things to be reduced to the purity of the first four hundred years. For to slay by a diorismus, signifies nothing else but a causing a thing to cease to be. This, but little question, is the true meaning of this place. And the tenth part of the city will have a sense marvellously coincident therewith.’Moore, ‘Mystery of Iniquity Contained In the Kingdom of AntiChrist’, book 2, chapter 12, 1663

  7. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION PREDICTED ‘It is a truth which must be held as certain (being one of the keys of the Revelation) that the City, the Great City, signifies, in this book, not Rome alone, but Rome in conjunction with its empire; the name of this great city is Babylon. This being supposed and proved, that the city is the whole Babylonish and Antichristian empire, it must be remembered, that this empire of Antichrist is made up of Ten Kingdoms, and of ten kings, who must give their power to the beast. A tenth of the city fell, i.e., one of these ten kingdoms which make up the Great City, the Babylonish empire, shall forsake it. Now, what is this Tenth of the city which shall fall? In my opinion we cannot doubt that it is France. The 'kings' who yet remain under the empire of Rome must break with her, leave her solitary and desolate.’Pierre Jurieu, ‘Accomplishment of the Scripture Prophecies’, 11 chapter 13, 1687

  8. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION PREDICTED ‘What is this 'tenth' part of this City which shall fall? In my opinion, we cannot doubt that it is France. This Kingdom is the most considerable part or piece of the ten horns or states which once made up the great Babylonian City [of Rome]… The Tenth part of the City which here fell, will, at some future time, appear to be the Kingdom of France, where a Revolution will take place about the year 1785, and a separation from the Papacy follow, when the Names of Monks and Nuns, of Carmelites, Augustines, Dominicans, etc., shall perish forever; and all those vain titles and amorial bearings which serve for ornament and pride, shall vanish, and brotherly love make all men equal.’Pierre Jurieu, ‘Accomplishment of the Scripture Prophecies’, II chapter 13, 1687

  9. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION PREDICTED ‘As the King of France did his utmost to enhance the glory of Popery - it will be the King of France who will mostly contribute to her ruin… The city here mentioned is Babylon - that is the Papal Empire, the Church of Rome, the Empire of the AntiChrist. France is one of the ten horns of the Beast, one of the ten Kingdoms which would be formed according to Daniel out of the debris of the Roman Empire… According to St. John, she would rise at the same time with the Beast… The French monarchy, like all the neighbouring states, was established upon the ruins of the Roman Empire and grew at the same time as the Bishop of Rome… France is a place and a part of the City; that is, of the Papal Empire.’Jacques Phillipot, ‘Clarifications of St. John's Revelation’, 1687

  10. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION PREDICTED ‘Before Antichrist's fall, one of the ten kingdoms which supported the beast shall undergo a marvelous revolution. Rev.xi.13: ‘And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven;’ by which tenth part is to be understood one of the ten kingdoms into which the great city, Romish Babylon, was divided. This many take to be the kingdom of France, it being the tenth and last of the kingdoms, according to the rise, and that which gave Rome the denomination of the beast with ten horns, and also it being the only one of the ten that was never conquered since its rise. However unlikely this, and other prophesied events, may appear at the time, yet the almighty hand of the only wise God can soon bring them about when least expected.’Reverend John Willison, sermon, 1742

  11. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION PREDICTED ‘Rome, therefore, will finally be destroyed by some of the princes… As the Kings of France have contributed greatly to her advancement - it is not… improbable that some time or other they may also be the principle authors of her destruction. France has already shown some tendency towards a reformation - and therefore may appear more likely to effect such a revolution.’Bishop Thomas Newton, ‘Dissertations on the Prophecies’, volume II, page 380, 1748

  12. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION PREDICTED ‘By "the city" is meant the city of Rome, the great city, mentioned in Re 11:8; and by "the tenth part" of it may be designed either Rome itself… or rather one of the ten kingdoms, into which the Roman western empire was divided. ...I rather think the kingdom of France is meant, the last of the ten kingdoms, which rose up out of the ruins of the Roman empire, which will be conquered, and which will be the means of its reformation from Popery.’John Gill, ‘Commentary On the Bible’ 1748

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