Death of Bonaparte, and universal peace ; a new explanation of Nebuchadnezzar's great image, and Daniel's four beasts ... To which is added a chronological table of the sovereigns included in the number 666 / By L. Mayer.
- Lewis Mayer
- Date:
- 1809
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Death of Bonaparte, and universal peace ; a new explanation of Nebuchadnezzar's great image, and Daniel's four beasts ... To which is added a chronological table of the sovereigns included in the number 666 / By L. Mayer. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![A. D. 476; 9. the Saxons 476; 10. the Longo- bards, who began their reign in Hungary A. D, 526', and who were seated in the northern parts of Germany about the year 483*. Sir Isaac Newton enumerates them thus; ]. The kingdom of the Vandals and Alans, in Spain and Africa; 2. the kingdom of the Suevi in Spain; 3. the kingdom of the Visigoths; 4. the kingdom of the Alans in Gallia; 5. the kingdom of the Burgundians; 6. the kingdom of the Franks; 7. the kingdom of the Britons; 8. the kingdom of the Huns; 9. the kingdom of the Lombards; 10. the kingdom of Ravenna^. From the above statements it appears obvious, that the most learned men who have written on these prophecies, differ very much in opinion respecting their particular application, which is not to be wondered at, it being inconsistent with the nature of an hieroglyphic, to suppose if beasts represent empires, that the horns of a beast, the weapons nature has formed for its de- fence and protection, should indicate the dis- solution of the empire the beast represents, and refer to the kingdoms into which it would be divided : on the contrary, I presume they allude to the continuation thereof, and represent the kingdoms under its jurisdiction, by whose sup- port and power its existence would be preserved in defiance of its enemies, and from whose ex- ertions it would receive its regular supplies. Again, in the age in which the above part of the prophecies under consideration is supposed to have been accomplished, anarchy and con- fusion, in a great measure, extended their em- pire over the earth : mankind seemed to pursue * See the Addenda to Lowth’s Commentary, page 514. T See Sir Isaac Newton's Observations on the Book of Oamel, chap, vi. page 73,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22040377_0019.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
