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Watch, for ye know not what Hour the Son of Man cometh. Suppose then some of the Events described in this Prophecy should be of doubtful Application, suppose the precise Time of the Downfall of the Beast, the Slaying and Resurrection of the Witnesses, and the Beginning of the thousand Years happy State of the Church, should not be so determined, but it would admit of different Calculations; may it not be wise, and therefore fit, it should be so? The Certainty of those Events in a proper Time, tho' that Time should not be precisely determined, will answer the greater Ends of useful Instruction. ⟨p. 132⟩And if the Revelation should go no further than this, it would yet be a Revelation, of great Benefit and Advantage; as the Certainty of the Day of Judgment in its proper Time surely is, tho' of that Day and Hour knoweth no Man.

Ans. 3. Tho' it is not for us to know the precise Time of the Fall of Antichrist, ye• I humbly conceive that we have no Reason to suppose the Event principally intended in the Prophecies of Antichrist's Destruction to be at so great a Distance, as Mr. Lowman places it; but have reason to think it to be much nearer. Not that I would set up my self as a Person of equal Judgment with Mr. Lowman in Matters of this Nature. As he differs from most others of the most approved Expositors of the Apocalypse, in this Matter, so I hope it will not appear Vanity and Presumption in me, to differ from this particular Expositor, and to agree with the greater Number. And since his Opinion stands so much in the Way of that great and important Affair, to promote which is the very End of this whole Discourse, I hope it will not look as tho' I affected to appear considerable among the Interpreters of Prophecy, and as a Person of Skill in these mysterious Matters, that I offer some Reasons against Mr. Lowman's Opinion. 'Tis surely great Pity, that it should be received as a Thing clear and abundantly confirmed, that the glorious Day of Antichrist's Fall is at so great a Distance (so directly tending to damp and discourage all earnest Prayers for, or Endeavours after its speedy Accomplishment) unless there be good and plain Ground for it. I would therefore offer some Things to Consideration, which I think may justly make us look upon the Opinion of this learned Interpreter, of this happy Event's