Memoirs of William Miller - Sylvester Bliss

them stated; till then, we shall believe the little
horn rising up amidst the ten horns, and having
three of them plucked up before it, to refer to the
rise of the Papacy in the midst of the kingdoms into
which the Roman empire was divided in the sixth
century.”[11]
Dr. Dowling, Dr. Hamilton, and others, who
admitted that the fourth beast symbolized the
Roman empire, also applied its little horn to the
Papacy.
3. The Little Horn of the eighth chapter of
Daniel, that became exceeding great. -- This Mr.
Miller believed to be a symbol of Rome. In this
view he was sustained by Sir Isaac Newton, Bishop
Newton, Dr. Hales, Martin Luther, Dr. Prideaux,
Dr. Clarke, Dr. Hopkins, Wm. Cunninghame, and
others.
Dr. Horne said of the first three above named:
“Sir Isaac Newton, Bishop Newton, and Dr.
Hales, have clearly shown that the Roman power,
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