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AN EXPOSITION

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REV. JAMES J)E PUI, .A.M.,


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SECOND EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED.

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An exposition
of the
prophecies of
the
Apocalypse

THE LIBRARY

to the eternal state.


extends down to the eternal state.

The escape and end of The coming of Christ


The universal Reno'\.nti-Christian corporate in final judb'lllent upon vation. The new world
lower.
the wotld Indefinite.
Eternal.

A short season.
CHAP, 20. 8-11.
The last contest between
Christian and Anti-Chris
tian power. The Anti
Christian party escaping
into notice attempts the
subversion of the polity
of the Church, and for
this purpose combines
together the fierce and
violent portion of man
kind, who are vanquished
by a storm of penal jus
tice from the high places
of authority.
While the deceived are
thus destroyed, the de
ceivers are doomed and
sent into an eternal re
probate state, to suffer
along with the beast and
the false prophet and all
who deceive men into
opposition to revealed
truth.

CHAP. 20. 11The general resurrec


tion.
The final general judg
ment.
The end of the present
world with no trace left
of its existence.
The end of the reign of
death and of corruption.
Men are judged accord
ing to their works.
The fearful doom of
those whose names are
not found written in the
book of life of the Lamb.
They are doomed to that
second death from which
there is no recovery to
the favor of God.
The thought of such a
doom fearful and over
whelming.
The doom is to us mys
terious.

CHAPTERS 21 and 22.


The universal renova
tion.
The new theocratical
polity.
It is furnished with
every attribute to render
its citizens perfectly and
immutably happy.
The intercourse between
God and his people is
now without mediation in
a triune equality of sove
reign authority, and in a
.visible form of sovereign
majesty, in the glorified
humanity of the Saviour.
God without mediation is
now everything to them:
He is to them all that
can be desired or imagin
ed, and will be so through
ages that never end.
Oh! Eternity.

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MISS HANNAH DE PUI,
in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, a_t Washington,

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PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.

THJs revelation of Jesus Christ to his servant John may


be regarded as a series of prophetic parables, the meaning
of which, like that of other parables, was not to be obvious
to the perverters and adversaries of revealed truth. This is,
however, no reason why the sincere lover and seeker of re
vealed truth should be discouraged in reading and studying
the book for the purpose of ascertaining the concealed mean
ing of its mysteries.
The book assures us, " Blessed is he that readeth, and
they who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those
things that are written therein." It contains supernatural
intelligence, which, being brought to public notice, is des
tint:d to make the Christian faith firm and universal through
out the earth.
When we have ascertained the true principles which are
to govern us in determining the meaning of the signs used,
it is no great difficulty to bring forth that meaning from its
concealment into the light.
Those pripciples are to be ascertained by recourse to the
writings of the ancient prophets; they are few and simple,
and need only to be stated in order to obtain assent.

IV

PREFACE.

In the present edition of the work the author has made


some corrections and additions. In no study has he found
greater pleasure and profit than in the study of these prophe
cies in connection with those of Daniel.
May the work
prove as pleasing and edifying to the faith of the reader as
it has proved to that of the writer !

PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.

THE author, having, in the course of a ministry of more


than twenty years, made prophecy a subject of frequent
reading and study, at length found time to write the follow
ing discourses.
He ventures to present them to the public in the hope
that they will be found to throw some additional light on
the hidden sense of the apocalypse, and be in some degree
instrumental in promoting attention and respect to the
teachings and admonitions of that wonderful book.
St. John has declared them blessed who read and hear
the words of this prophecy and keep the sayings written
therein.
The author asks of those to whom these pages may come,
that they will not prejudge them as fanciful and obscure,
but give them a candid investigation.

SKETCH OF THE AUTHOR.

THE author of this volume, Rev. JAMES DE PUI, was well


known to the writer of this sketch. During the greater part
of his ministry, to within a few years of his death, he was a
chaplain in the United States Army, and served principally
on our frontier posts. He took deep interest in the poor
Indians, using every means in his power to bring them to
the knowledge of the truth as it is in Jesus, and by the
grace of God, in some instances, they received the engrafted
word to the saving of their souls.
On his return to the East, he was called, in the latter part
of his ministry, to the Rectorship of Calvary Church at the
Summit, New Jersey. But soon afterward his health began
to decline. During his ministrations at the Summit, he dis
tinguished himself as a diligent,. faithful, and laborious
pastor. His sermons were prepared with much care, were
remarkable for sound argument, conveyed in simple yet
fluent, impressive language, and were delivered in a style
clear and plain, with a distinct and harmonious voice; so
that, while they proved highly acceptable to the scholar,
they were the delight and comfort of the pious believer.
He was endued with great powers of mind, readily com
prehended any subject to which his attention was directed;
and was a ripe scholar--deeply versed in the Scriptures.
Hut his chief praise was that all his talents were conse-

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SKETCH OF THE AUTHOR.

crated to the service of God. He was a man "full of


faith.''
His disposition was most kind and amiable, engaging the
affection of all who knew him. His manner had a benevo
lence and suavity rarely met with, even among good men,
which endeared him to his family and friends, and rendered
his intercourse with them peculiarly interesting and useful.
I visited him when he was very ill and expecting soon to
enter upon his heavenly inheritance. In the course of con
versation he said that he had a great desire to have this pre
sent work published, but that there were insurmountable
obstacles in the way.
At the close of that memorable interview, speaking of
his near approach to death, he said, "My dear brother, my
faith in Christ is without a cloud, and makes me happy in
the prospect of going home. The Gospel supports me;
but I lament that I have not been more faithful and zealous
for the Lord Jesus. I have no doubts nor fears. Jesus
the blessed Jesus-is my Lord and my God! 'For me to
live is Christ, and to die is gain.' "
WALTER WINDEYER.
FALLS OF SCHUYLKILL, PHILADELPHIA,
.
February, 1873.

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