Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: DAY-FATALITY OF ROME, Written by Mr. John Pell, D.D. from whom I had it. THEY that called the city of Eome, Urbs Sterna, seemed to believe that Eome could never be destroyed. But there have been great numbers of men, that did verily believe, that it shall have an irrecoverable overthrow. Writers have proceeded so far, as to foretell the time of Rome's final ruin. Some said that Rome's perdition should happen in the year of Christ 1670, they have now been decried nine whole years : so that few take care to know what reasons moved them to pitch upon that number. A Lutheran historian, anno 1656, wrote thus, Fintm Jubileorum Ecclesiasticorum omniitmque temporum in Scriptura revelatorum, desinere in Annum Christi Mille- simum sexcentesimum and septwagesimum, antehac obser- vavit Beatus Gerhardus cum Philippo Nicolao. But all men are not of Dr. Gerhard's opinion. Many men believe, that some of the prophecies in the Revelations do reach far beyond our times, and that the events of future times will unclasp and unseal a considerable portion of the Apocalypse. One of the reasons, that recommended the number of 1670, was because it is the sum of 410, and 1260. Historians agree, that in the year of Christ 410, in the month of August, Rome was trampled under foot, and her heathen inhabitants were miserably slaughtered by the victorious army of Alaric, a Christian King of the Goths. Paulus Diaeonus saith, August the 24th was the day of King Alaric's taking Rome. Kedrenus saith, it was August the 26th, perhaps the army first entered the 24th, and the King followed not till two days after. As for the other number 1260. It is twice found in the Revelations of St. John, ch. 11, 3. "My two witnesses shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and sixty days." And chap. 12, 6. " Should ...