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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

                                 ~The Response of History to the Revelation~

                                       Chapter 16 – The Plagues Poured Out
                   in  its  duration,  as  was  the  similar  one  on


               Egypt. Exodus 7:17-21, 25.



               VERSE 8. And the fourth angel poured out his



               vial upon the sun; and power was given unto


               him to scorch men with fire. 9. And men were


               scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the


               name  of  God,  which  hath  power  over  these


               plagues:  and  they  repented  not  to  give  him


               glory.



               The Fourth Plague.  — It is worthy of notice


               that  every  succeeding  plague  tends  to


               augment the calamity of the previous ones and


               heighten  the  anguish  of  the  guilty  sufferers.


               We  have  now  a  noisome  and  grievous  sore


               preying upon men, inflaming their blood, and


               pouring  its  feverish  influence  through  their


               veins. In addition to this, they have only blood


               to allay their burning thirst; and, as if to crown
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