Revelation 22:21

The grace — The free love. Of the Lord Jesus — And all its fruits. Be with all — Who thus long for his appearing!

It may be proper to subjoin here a short view of the whole contents of this book. In the year of the world,

3940. Jesus Christ is born, three years before the common computation. In that which is vulgarly called, the thirtieth year of our Lord, Jesus Christ dies; rises; ascends.

A.D. 96. The Revelation is given; the coming of our Lord is declared to the seven churches in Asia, and their angels, {Rev. i., ii., iii.}

97, 98. The seven seals are opened, and under the fifth the chronos is declared, {C. iv.-vi.}

Seven trumpets are given to the seven angels, {C. vii., viii.}

Century, 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, the trumpet of the 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th angel, {C. viii.}

510-589 The first woe, {C. ix.}

589-634 The interval after the first woe, {C. ix.}

634-840 The second woe, {C. ix.}

800 The beginning of the non-chronos many kings, {C. ix., x.}

840-947 The interval after the second woe, {C. ix., x.}

847-1521 The twelve hundred and sixty days of the woman, after she hath brought forth the man child, {C. xii. 6}

947-1836 The third woe, {v. 12}

1058-1836 The time, times, and half a time, and within that period, the beast, his forty-two months, his number 666, {to C. xiii. 5}

1209 War with the saints: the end of the chronos, {v. 7}

1614 An everlasting gospel promulged, {C. xiv. 6}

1810 The end of the forty-two months of the beast; after which, and the pouring out of the phials, he is not, and Babylon reigns queen, {C. xv., xvi.}

1832 The beast ascends from the bottomless pit, {C. xvii., xviii.}

1836 The end of the non-chronos, and of the many kings; the fulfilling of the word, and of the mystery of God; the repentance of the survivors in the great city; the end of the "little time," and of the three times and a half; the destruction of the east; the imprisonment of Satan, {C. xix., xx.}

Afterward The loosing of Satan for a small time; the beginning of the thousand years' reign of the saints; the end of the small time, {C. xx.}

The end of the world; all things new, {C. xx., xxii.}

The several ages, from the time of St. John's being in Patmos, down to the present time, may, according to the chief incidents mentioned in the Revelation, be distinguished thus:

Age II. The destruction of the Jews by Adrian, {C. viii. 7}

III. The inroads of the barbarous nations, {v. 8}

IV. The Arian bitterness, {v. 10}

V. The end of the western empire. {v. 12}

VI. The Jews tormented in Persia, {C. ix. 1}

VII. The Saracen cavalry. {v. 13}

VIII. Many kings, {C. x. 11}

IX. The ruler of the nations born, {C. xii. 5}

X. The third woe, {v. 12}

XI. The ascent of the beast out of the pen, {C. xiii. 1}

XII Power given to the beast, {v. 5}

XIII. War with the saints, {v. 7}

XIV. The middle of the third woe,

XV. The beast in the midst of his strength,

XVI. The Reformation; the woman better fed,

XVII. An everlasting gospel promulged, {C. xiv. 6}

XVIII. The worship of the beast and of his image, {v. 9}

O God, whatsoever stands or falls, stands or falls by thy judgment. Defend thy own truth! Have mercy on me and my readers! To thee be glory for ever!