III. Jurieu France Will Start the Breakdown

In 1686 Jurieu, previously noted, writing a full century before the French upheaval, on The Accomplishment of the Scripture Prophecies, or the Approaching Deliverance of the Church, dealing in chapter 13 with the resurrection of the Two Witnesses, says:PFF2 726.1

“Now, what is this tenth part of this City, which shall fall? In my opinion, we cannot doubt that ‘tis France. This Kingdom is the most considerable part, or piece of the ten horns, or States, which once made up the great Babylonian City: it fell; this does not signify that the French Monarchy shall be riun’d; it may be humbled.” ^{11Jurieu, op. cit., part 2, chap. 13, p. 265.}PFF2 726.2

“But who must begin this last revolt? ‘Tis most probable, that France shall. Not Spain, which as yet is plunged in superstition, and is as much under the tyranny of the Clergy as ever. Not the Emperor, who in Temporals is subject to the Pope, and permits that in his States the Archbishop of Strigonia should teach, that the Pope can take away the Imperial Crown from him. It cannot be any Countrey but France, which a long time ago hath begun to shake off the yoke of Rome.” ^{12Ibid., p. 266.}PFF2 726.3

“Seeing the tenth part of the City which must fall, is France, this gives me some hopes that the death of the two witnesses hath a particular relation to this Kingdom.” ^{13lbid., p. 267.}PFF2 726.4