1841 William Miller Evidence from Scripture & History - A2Z.org

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.army of .ulo~ homemew, and aRa a long siejp
took trre city in the year la and bstqd the Eastern
Empire, which had stood mxe than ten centuries
from i@ f&&n by Coostantine
17th verse: ".hd thus I sawthebolees inthe vision,
and them that sat on them, having bxeastphtea of fire,
and of jacinth and brimstone; and the heads of the
h~ea were aa the heads of lionq and out of their
mouths issued tire, and smoke, and brimstone." ldth
versc, By these three aaa the third part of men killed,
by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone,
which issued out of their mouths." 19th vem, For
their power is in their molith, and in their tails ; for their
tnils were like unto serpents, and had heah and with
them they do hurt." In these verse3 which we have
now read, we are plainly informed that it was an army
of I~orses, and men on them, which John saw in the ti*-
ion. And the implements and manner of
aa the trapping of thelr horses, and the instruments offenaive
and gefens~ve, gunpowder and guns, are M exactly
described as any pmn could deucribe it without
knowing the name b which we describe it at the present
dry. Fire, srnole, and brimtone, would be the
rnwt vinil)le component parts of gunpowder. Fin and
elnoko we sllould eee, and brimtone we sl~ould smclL
And who over saw an army of horsemen enmged in nn
action but would think of Jolln's descripcon, out of
tlrcir 111outh~ issued tire, and smoke, and brimstone," and
in tlw brcjech of tile guns were bullets, "like heads,
ant1 with tlrem tlicy do hurt" Every part of this tlewcril)tiol~
id ~!xuctly applicable to an army of horsclnan
witlr lire-nrrrls ; and what is cqunlly strong in the evidonco
in, tlmt prns ~d fire-urns were inventcd but n
rllort ti1110 prcviol~+ to this trump-sounding al~d tlrc
'I'lrrkw c1nirnc.d tllc lionor (if honor it can be called) of
irrvc!~~tin gn~~powtler and guns ; and it is equally evido~rt
lly tlrc Iliatory that guna were firat wed by tho
'J'trrkr ut tlro ttlki~rg of Comtalrtioople, Uley having one
weglo CUIIIU)II tl~ut took 70 yoke of oxen to h w it at
UIU rrugc!, an enye Dr. Gill on thia passage.
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