“Connection,” vol. ii. p. 465. Footnote 63: Genesis xlix. 11, 12, 25, 26. The above passages are improved a little by reference to the Septuagint, of which see a Translation according to the Vatican edition, just published by Bagster and Sons, from the pen of Sir L. C. L. Brenton, Bart. Footnote 64: The character of the present age, which is remarkable for vulgar _Infidelity_, and the entire worship of _Mammon_, especially in the metropolis, has made many of the people of God sigh and cry for the abominations of the land, and fear that the Apocalyptic vials of wrath are about to be poured out upon this devoted country; for to whom much is given, of them much will be required. The crying sin, in our estimation, is that which makes a _gain of godliness_, and which puts men into the _priest’s office_ for a piece of bread; for by this _craft they have their_ ἐυπορια, _wealth_, Acts xix. 25; or, as it might be rendered, _respectability_. This age indeed makes vast pretensions to _respectability_, but it is only that which arises from _wealth_. Now it is very remarkable that the letters of the Greek word ἐυπορια, which was used by the craftsmen who made silver shrines for Diana, when they complained of the spread of the Gospel, and set Ephesus in an uproar for _two hours_, added up according to their value in the Greek system of notation, make the sum of 666, the well-known number of the Beast! Thus:— Ε Υ Π Ο Ρ Ι Α 5 + 400 + 80 + 70 + 100 + 10 + 1 = 666. What does this indicate, but that the beast reigns triumphant in the present age; for the whole world has gone a wondering after him, and the image which he has set up? And what is this image but _wealth_ or _respectability_, which all are so anxious to acquire and maintain? Let Christians beware of falling into this snare, and let them attend to the warning voice of the beloved Apostle; Rev. xviii. 4. For the discovery of the above singular numerical coincidence, we are indebted, through the publisher, Mr. Bagster, to the author of a work just published, entitled “WEALTH, The Name and Number of the Beast, &c.” Footnote 65: The similarity of this description to that of Hesiod, is in some points, even more marked in the Septuagint. Footnote 66: Ἀρχη σοφιας which is the same as ‏‘ראשית‎ signifies literally the _beginning_ or _summit of wisdom_, and consequently the _highest wisdom_. Footnote 67: Here Virgil, by a Poetic licence, melts the _Iron age_ and the _Cumæan age_ into one. This was natural for him to do, as a Roman; for no doubt he was aware that the ascendancy of the _Roman Power_ had been predicted in ancient prophecy under the figure of _Iron Rule_: and he might hope that the _Fifth Monarchy_ would spring from the same source. Footnote 68: