THE

SACRED CALENDAR

OF

PROPHECY:

OR

A DISSERTATION ON THE PROPHECIES,

WHICH TREAT OF THE

GRAND PERIOD OF SEVEN TIMES,

AND ESPECIALLY OF ITS SECOND MOIETY OR THE LATTER
THREE TIMES AND A HALF.

BY GEORGE STANLEY FABER, B.D.

RECTOR OF LONG-NEWTON.

For the true account of Times in Scripture, we must have recourse to that SACRED CALENDAR
and GREAT ALMANACK OF PROPHECY, the four kingdoms of Daniel: which are a prophetical chro-
nology of Times measured by the succession of four principal kingdoms. Mede's Apost. of the
Latter Times, chap. xii. Works, book iii. p. 654.

LONDON:

FRINTED BY R. GILBERT,

ST. JOHN'S-SQUARE.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME III.

BOOK V.

AN EXPOSITION OF THE LITTLE OR OPEN BOOK OF THE

APOCALYPSE. p. 1.

CHAPTER I.

Respecting the proper division of the little open book. p. 3.

The little open book commences synchronically with the fifth

trumpet or the first woe-trumpet and it contains five

chronologically parallel sections. p. 3.

I. The first section is contained in Rev. xi. p. 4.

II. The second section is contained in Rev. xii. p. 5.

III. The third section is contained in Rev. xiii. 1—10. p. 5.

IV. The fourth section is contained in Rev. xiii. 11-18. p. 6.

V. The fifth section is contained in Rev. xiv. p. 6.

CHAPTER II.

Respecting the first section of the little open book, or the vision

of the two witnesses. p. 8.

The first section of the little open book comprehends the vision

of the two witnesses. p. 8.

I. The first clause of the vision. Rev. xi. 1, 2. p. 8.

1. The holy city with the temple and outer court. p. 9.

2. The figurative Gentiles, who are left unmeasured.

p. 9.

3. The worshippers of God, who are measured. p. 13.

II. The second clause of the vision. Rev. xi. 3-6. p. 17.

1. The period of time, within which we are to seek the

two witnesses, is the latter three times and a half or

the second moiety of the seven times. p. 18.

2. In the abstract, the two witnesses, being symbolised

by two olive-trees and two candlesticks, must

inevitably be two Churches; whatever may be the

two particular Churches intended. p. 19.

3. An inquiry, as to what two Churches are meant by

the two witnesses. p. 22.

(1.) They are two faithful Churches, separated from

the great general body of the individual mea-

sured worshippers, and collegiately bearing

testimony to the truth during the latter three

times and a half. But, to such a character, the

two Churches of the Vallenses and the Albi-

genses will alone be found to answer. p. 22.

(2.) The origin of the two witnessing Churches.

p. 24.

(3.) The continuance of the two witnessing Churches

throughout the whole period of the latter three

times and a half. p. 39.

4. Respecting the charge of Manichèism, which, by the

Romanists, has frequently been alleged against

them. p. 43.

(1.) The ancient Confessions of the Vallenses prove

them to have not been Manichèans. p. 46.

(2.) The ancient Confessions of the Albigenses prove
them to have been free from Manichèism.

p. 52.

(3.) The acknowledgment of their enemies evinces

them to have been sound in the faith. p. 55.

(4.) The origination and ground of the charge of

Manichèism. p. 58.

5. A comparison of the prophetic character of the two

witnesses with the historical character of the two

Churches. p. 64.

(1.) The first particular. p. 64.

(2.) The second particular. p. 65.

(3.) The third particular. p. 66.

(4.) The fourth particular. p. 68.

(5.) The fifth particular. p. 69.

III. The third clause of the vision. Rev. xi. 7-14. p. 71.

1. An abstract consideration of the several particulars

set forth in it. p. 73.

(1.) The time when the two witnesses are slain. P. 73.

(2.) The nature of the death which they suffer. p. 81.

(3.) The foe by whom they are slain. p. 82.

(4.) The place where they are slain. p. 84.

2. The application of the prophecy to historical matter

of fact. p. 86.

(1.) The history of the war of the two witnesses, com-

prehending their death, their revival, and their

ascension. p. 86.

(2.) The history of the synchronical earthquake.

(3.) The history of the death and revival and ascen-

sion of the two witnesses, checked by the

already known duration of the second woe or

the 3961 years allotted to the successful ra-

vages of the Euphratèan or Turkish horsemen.

p. 101.

IV. The fourth clause of the vision. Rev. xi. 14—19. p. 104.

1. The introduction and syllabus of the seventh trumpet

or the third woe-trumpet. p. 105.

2. This syllabus is afterward evolved, in the larger

sealed book, by the prophetic account of the seven

vials. p. 106.