Woe to the idol shepherd, the worthless shepherd, that leaveth the flock, neglecting his chief duty toward its members. The sword shall be upon his arm, causing him to lose this important member of his body, and upon his right eye, also a most precious possession; his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened. It will hardly do to limit this prophecy to an earthly, temporal power. It seems rather that the Spirit of the Lord, looking forward in the history of the Church, outlined in a few strokes the kingdom of Antichrist erected in the midst of those who rejected the Redeemer in the fullness of His grace and mercy, indicating at the same time that his power would be broken by the power of the Lord, as it was in the Reformation.

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