...Faber, at page 54, vol. ii. 3d edition, says: " The two witnesses are expressly said by St. John to be the two olive trees and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth. Bat both an olive tree and a candlestick are t qually symbols of a church, consequently the two witnesses...

...expreffed. In Rev. xi, 4, the two witneffes to the truth in the time' of the great apoflary, are faid to be the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks, standing before the God of the earth. If thefe be the fame, they reprefent all thofe who maintain the trv.th againft idolatry, and the corruption...

...howsoever with much opposition on the part of their enemies, and trouble and sorrow on their part. XI. 4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth. These are they, whom I will raise up, as the noble and profitable instruments and means of much grace,...

...witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and three score days clothed in sackcloth. These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth. * The loly city here mentioned cannot mean the literal "Jerusalem, because the treading of it under...

...yourself at liberty to depart from that meaning. § The two witnesses are expressly said by St. John to be the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks, standing before the God of the earth. But both an olive tree, and a candlestick* are equally symbols of a church.\\ Consequently the two...

...witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. 4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks, standing before the God of the earth. 5 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies :...

...condemned it, and bare witness to the truth. ! The character of these witnesses is next described. " These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth." Here is an allusion to the description, which, in the book of Zachariah, is given of Joshua and Zerubbabel,...

...pre-eminent title, as martyrs and confessors of God, to be called in prophecy bis two witnesses, — the. two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.* The reason why so monstrous a wickedness and cruelty, (as the prophecies ascribe to the spiritual tyrant...

...the church the ground and pillar of truth ; and so they are explained to be : " These two witnesses are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks, standing before the God of the earth," Rev. xi. 4. Tn Zechariah, to which the allusion is made, Zerrubbabel representing the Jewish body politic,...

...uncertainty and doubt to the wise and careful observer, we are further told in the 4th verse, That they are the two olive trees and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the fcarth. One would have imagined that this description would have prevented the application to a succession...