│ │ the time of Decius, Gallus, │ │ Æmilianus, Valerian, and │ │ Gallianus, A.D. 243‒268. │ │ │ │ 5. The opening of the fifth seal, │ │ chap. vi. 9‒11. │ │ _The martyrs._――Fulfilled in │ │ the Roman empire in the │ │ persecutions, particularly │ │ in the time of Diocletian, │ │ A.D. 284‒304; the last of the │ │ efforts in the Pagan world to │ │ extinguish the Christian name. │ │ │ │ 6. The opening of the sixth seal, │ │ chap. vi. 12‒17. │ │ _Consternation and alarm as if │ │ the world was coming to an │ │ end_; fulfilled in the Roman │ │ empire in the threatening │ │ invasions of the Goths in the │ │ neighbourhood of the Danube, │ │ pressed on by the Huns, and │ │ producing universal alarm and │ │ consternation, A.D. 365, and │ │ onwards. │ │ {lvii} │ │ Intermediate vision between │ │ the opening of the sixth and │ │ seventh seals. A view of the │ │ persecution of the church, │ │ and the glory of the saints │ │ in heaven, designed to sustain │ │ the mind in the midst of so │ │ much gloom, and to furnish │ │ the assurance that innumerable │ │ multitudes of men would be │ │ brought to glory, chap. vii. │ │ │ │ (a) The impending storm of │ │ wrath that seemed to threaten │ │ universal destruction is │ │ suspended in order that the │ │ servants of God might be │ │ sealed, chap. vii. 1‒3.