Not only was the section on Catholic persecution removed, but his
interpretation of Daniel and Revelation was changed from historicist
to futurist.
Halley used the traditional historicist viewpoint without any Adventist
or BI influence. The four empires were Babylon, Persia, Greece and
Rome. Rome divided into ten kingdoms in 476 AD. Three kingdoms
were plucked up and a little horn emerged which was the Papacy or
AntiChrist.
He believed in the year day principle.
Revelation was written in 96 AD and the fifth and sixth trumpets
were the Arabs and the Turks.
Lateinos was the solution to 666 and he followed Horae Apocalypticae
pretty closely for the seals and the trumpets. Unlike Horae, he did
not see the vials as having an historical fulfillment.
He added a little history and some asides in the interpretations which
made it interesting. It was very readable and of course concise.
