Second advent library

2_17. And the 'angel said unto me, Wherefore didst=thou marvel! I 'will tell thee the mtery of thevsman, .and uf -the 'beast that earrieths her, which.birth the seven headsand ten horns.The angel inquires of John why 'heshould marvel -? He then informs him thathe will tell him the mystery of this falseChurch, that has her Epower, seat and great-authority from the Roman empire ; and alsoof the :Roman .empire, which had theseven forms of government and ten kings.8. 'The beast that ;thou'sa.wmt, was, and #is-not:,gndshall ascend outof the: bottomless ypit and go into,pqldltionz and they ,that dwell on the earth shallW d h n t written in the boqkon; er, (w ose names were o~0i` ll&'&0I|l the foundation of the world,) when -theybehold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.was al-'The kingdom thou sawest John,ready in existence before you saw it in yourvision. It is not yet under the power of theLi1lse~Chumh of Rome. But this 'Church;shall;a;rise 'out -of the gross darkness that'shall eoverthevearth, whenfthe Church shallfall away,,as Paul tellsrus, .2 Thess. ii. ~3,into ignorance, superstition, will-worship,,pride,,bigotry _and idolatry ; and shall _go intoperdition, or be' _destroyed i_by the brightnessof Christ's coming, .when he shall lcome toonfalse vengeance them that know not'God,_gn¢l'ebey'not»'thejGfospel.And then