The first vial, ver. 1, 2. The │ execution of │ first blow struck on the Papacy │ the purpose, │ in the French Revolution. │ Chap. xvi. │ │ │ 2. The second vial, ver. 3. The │ │ scenes of blood and carnage in │ │ that Revolution. │ │ │ │ 3. The third vial, ver. 4‒7. │ │ The calamities brought by │ │ the French invasions upon the │ │ countries where the most bloody │ │ persecutions had been waged――the │ │ north of Italy. │ │ │ │ 4. The fourth vial, ver. 8, 9. The │ │ overturning of the governments │ │ that sustained the Papal power, │ │ in the wars consequent on the │ │ French Revolution. │ │ │ │ 5. The fifth vial, ver. 10, 11. │ │ The direct assault on the Papal │ │ power; the capture of the pope │ │ himself, and the temporary │ │ entire subjugation of Rome by │ │ the French arms. │ │ │ │ 6. The sixth vial, ver. 12‒16. │ │ The decline of the Turkish │ │ power; the rapid extension of │ │ the gospel in the East; the │ │ rallying of the strength of │ │ Paganism, Mahometanism, and │ │ Romanism――represented by the │ │ three frogs that came out of the │ │ mouth of the dragon, the beast, │ │ and the false prophet: the │ │ preparation of those powers as │ │ if for some great conflict, and │ │ the decisive struggle between │ │ the church and its foes, _as │ │ if_ the issue were staked on a │ │ single battle――in Armageddon. │ │ │ │ 7. The seventh vial, ver. 17‒21.