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'cna1s'r's sxconn comma. 117s star 51.11 from heaven unto the earth; and to him wasgiven the key of the bottomless pit." After the downallof Pagan Rome, and the rise of the anti-Christianabomination, Mahomet promulgated a religion whichevidently came from the bottomless pit; for it fosteredall the wicked passions of the human heart, such as war,murder, slavery, and lust.2d verse, "And he opened the bottomless pit,randthere arose a smoke out of the pitas the smoke of agreat furnace; and the sun and the air was darkened byreason of the smoke of the pit." The figures used inthis text are, the bottomless pil, which denote the theoriesof men or devils, that have no foundation in theword of God. Smoke denotes the errors from such doctrine,which serve to blind the eyes of men, that theycannotsee the truth. .Hs the smoke qfagrcatfurnaecshows the great extent or effect of this error over theworld. The sun denotes the pel, which is the greatluminary of the moral worlgfs The air denotes themoral influence onthe mind, which iscfzmmonly called. As a.ir supports or 'ves to the ungslunge animadonphysical world, so drgs the piety of the heart tothe moral.This, then, is the true sentiment of this Andbyreason of the Mahometan errors whichpassge.wo d be believedor followed by a great multitude, the gospel andthe pious influence of the same would be in a greatmeasure hid or lost to the world.3d verse, "And there came out of the smoke locustsupon the earth; and unto them wasgiven power, as thescorpions of the earth have power." By these locust; Iunderstand armies. See Joel, lst and 2d chapters.Therefore I should read this text thus: And there cameout from th e Mahometan followers large armies, whichshould have great power to execute the 'udgments ofGod on this anti-Christian beast, which llxad filled theearth with her abominations.4th "verse, And it was commanded them that theyshould not hurt the grass ofthe earth, neither any greenthi,neither any tree, but only those men which havemingle seal of God in their foreheads." By gran, green