85.
The ruin of Antichrist, with all that is comprehended under that name, being entirely consummated, and the King of kings remaining master of the field, St.John immediately continues in the 20th chapter, which thus commenceth: 'And I saw an angel come down from heaven, &c.

And I saw thrones, &c.

And when a thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison.' It is only necessary to know that the whole book from the first verse to the last is written in symbols, to be satisfied that the true meaning of this passage is simply, that only the great Confessors and Martyrs will be had in remembrance and honour in the Church after the establishment of Christianity throughout the Roman Empire.

And observe, it is the souls that the Seer beholds:--there is not a word of the resurrection of the body;--for this would indeed have been the appropriate symbol of a resurrection in a real and personal sense.
Ib.c.vi.p.

108.
Now this very thing St.John likewise declareth * * to wit, 'that they who have been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and they who have not worshipped the beast', these shall live, 'or be raised' at the coming of the Lord, 'which is the first resurrection.' Aye! but by what authority is this synonimizing "or" asserted?
The Seer not only does not speak of any resurrection, but by the word [Greek: psychas], souls, expressly asserts the contrary.