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impious will. The will of God he shall transgress by setting up a new religion, which he shall falsely pretend to be the revelation of God Himself; "and he shall be lifted up." What could be greater than the exaltation, both temporal and spiritual, to which Mahomet lifted himself? “He shall magnify himself against every god." This he did, whether we refer the expression "every god" to the heathen gods, against whose worship he declared war, or whether we refer it to the temporal rulers of all other nations, against whom Mahomet declared that he was sent to make war, and to subdue them to his faith and to his temporal dominion. "And he shall speak great things against the God of gods." Now surely, when we reflect on the blasphemies which Mahomet vomited forth against our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, the God of gods, we must at once admit that these words also were most literally and wonderfully fulfilled in him. "And he shall prosper till the wrath be accomplished;" that is, the reign of Mahomet shall continue until the anger of God against His people, that is, the Jews, shall be accomplished, and until the anger of God against His people, composed of the converted Gentiles, shall have been appeased. But when this happy day arrives, then shall Mahomet's pros-