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This is the time in which the witnesses are to prophecy in sackcloth- as see Revelations 11 3rd. It is not positively known when this period was to commence & consequently cannot be determined when it will end_ But there are some things predicted concerning the crossed out manner in which Antichrist shall terminate his reign which seem to be fulfilled in the events if this day & which give strong reason to believe his end is not far off_ It is said Revelation 17- 16th Speaking of the church of Rome under the metaphor of an apostate from virtue. And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate & naked & shall eat her flesh & burn her with fire- The comment of Bishop Newton on this passage in, that by a common figure of the whole for a part, some of the ten Kings, who formerly loved