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torture and purgatory (B323), by masses for thedead and the sale of indulgences (B324), and bydevilish practices against His saints, toonumerous to name.And His tabernacle.— The church in thewilderness.— Rev. 12:6, 14.[And] Them that dwell in heaven.— God'sTabernacle is His true Church in the flesh, but,nevertheless, "Our citizenship is in Heaven."(Phil. 3:20, R. V.) Even here we have been madeto "Sit together in heavenly places in ChristJesus."— Eph. 2:6.Revelation 13:7.And it was given unto him to make war withthe saints.— See Rev. 2:20; Acts 9:32; Rom.15:25; 1 Cor. 6:1.And to overcome them.— See Rev. 6:8; Dan.7:21, 22.And power was given him over all kindreds,AND PEOPLES, and tongues, and nations.—This has been literally fulfilled, but will have asecondary fulfillment soon, through the beastlygovernments that are Papacy's livingrepresentatives in spirit if not in fact— Rev.17:15.Revelation 13:8.And all that dwell upon the earth shallworship him.— Yield either willing or forcedobedience to his mandates; bow the knee insubmission.Whose names are not written in the Book ofLife.— "The deception of Papacy was socomplete that the world was received, and all thechurch, except the overcomers, whose nameswere ‘written in Heaven,' were deceived in thesame way, and hastened to unite themselveswith, and to worship the Beast, and have it enrolltheir names on its books. From this has sprungthe delusion so common to all Protestants at thisday, viz., that their names must be connectedwith some such earthly system, or they are notthe Lord's saints. But the important item is, tohave our names recorded in the Lamb's Book of