The four horsemen which appear at the opening of the first four seals, have been well explained by Mr. _Mede_; excepting that I had rather continue the third to the end of the reign of the three _Gordians_ and _Philip_ the _Arabian_, those being Kings from the _South_, and begin the fourth with the reign of _Decius_, and continue it till the reign of _Dioclesian_. For the fourth horseman _sat upon a pale_ horse, _and his name was Death; and hell followed with him; and power was given them to kill unto the fourth part of the earth, with the sword, and with famine, and with the plague, and with the Beasts of the earth_, or armies of invaders and rebels: and as such were the times during all this interval. Hitherto the _Roman_ Empire continued in an undivided monarchical form, except rebellions; and such it is represented by the four horsemen. But _Dioclesian_ divided it between himself and _Maximianus_, A.C. 285; and it continued in that divided state, till the victory of _Constantine_ the great over _Licinius_, A.C. 323, which put an end to the heathen persecutions set on foot by _Dioclesian_ and _Maximianus_, and described at the opening of the fifth seal. But this division of the Empire was imperfect, the whole being still under one and the same Senate. The same victory of _Constantine_ over _Licinius_ a heathen persecutor, began the fall of the heathen Empire, described at the opening of the sixth seal: and the visions of this seal continue till after the reign of _Julian_ the Apostate, he being a heathen Emperor, and reigning over the whole _Roman_ Empire.