│ │ influence of the Bible in │ │ making the gospel known to │ │ the world. │ │ │ │ (c) The measuring of the holy │ │ city, chap. xi. 1, 2; │ │ the determining of what │ │ constituted the true │ │ church at the time of the │ │ Reformation. │ │ │ │ (d) The two witnesses, chap. │ │ xi. 3‒13. Those who bore │ │ faithful testimony to the │ │ truth in all the corruptions │ │ of the church; their trials │ │ and their triumph; fulfilled │ │ in the succession of true │ │ and sincere Christians │ │ whom God raised up from │ │ time to time to testify to │ │ the truth. They would be │ │ persecuted, and many of │ │ them would be put to death; │ │ they would seem to be │ │ finally silenced, and │ │ would be treated with great │ │ indignity, as if their │ │ dead bodies should remain │ │ unburied; they would, │ │ however, come to life again, │ │ that is, at the time of the │ │ Reformation they would rise │ │ and testify against the │ │ corruptions of the Papacy, │ │ and would triumph _as if_ │ │ they ascended visibly and │ │ gloriously to heaven. │ │ │ │ (7) The sounding of the seventh │ │ trumpet. The final triumph │ │ of the church, and the │ │ establishment of the kingdom │ │ of God in the overthrow