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»11with the same ,authoritpas the .Roman Emperorspbefore. him.. lit is evident, then,that it is the -next -succeeding ecclesiasticalRoman power to the imperial power ofRome, and must, of course, mean the Papa.-cy; .for the Emperor gave this its power,and seat, and great authority. The Papalpower of Rome did copy after the old Roman.form and laws of government; althoughthis wasthe-eighth, yet it is of the seven,Rev. xvii. 11. Papacy did pretend towbrk Lrniracles; »tb call fire down from heaven,to bum. heretics, and to forgive sin.'Thea this kingdmix, which arises out of thefourth or Bsoman kingdom, 'is no less thanthe Papalooclesisstical power. The prophethaving in the precedingverses described thecivil power of the same, new us a prophetic-description of his ecclesiastic authori-.ty, which 'he exercised ,over the saints.12. And he exerciseth all the power of the iirstbeast before him,and causeth the earth and them_which dweli therein, to worship the tint beast, whosedeadly Wound was healed.In this verse the prophet describes thePope as exercising all the Roman Paganpower fwhich~emis1ed in the Latin kingdombefore him. .And he causes men to wor-in like mmnerms did the Roman Em-shipperors #under the Bagan wonship, which