exceeding great toward the South, and toward the East, and toward the pleasant land. And it waxed great even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them. Yea, he magnified himself even to the Prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down. And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground, and it practised and prospered,"
Here this Anti-Christian power is represented as waxing exceeding great from small beginnings, employing his fury against the host of heaven, by which the worshippers of God are meant; casting down some. of the stars, or in other words, the brightest luminaries of the Church, and stamping upon them; magnifying himself against Christ, the
