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which_o be_v but_o hard_a sense_n if_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o it_o must_v signify_v in_o a_o circle_n about_o he_o and_o therefore_o grotius_n judicious_o join_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d together_o and_o so_o the_o text_n run_v thus_o have_v each_o of_o they_o six_o wing_n and_o they_o be_v full_a of_o eye_n without_o and_o within_o and_o they_o rest_v not_o day_n and_o night_n say_v holy_a holy_a holy_a lord_n god_n almighty_a which_o be_v and_o be_v and_o be_v to_o come_v now_o that_o the_o four_o beast_n be_v say_v each_o of_o they_o to_o have_v six_o wing_n as_o the_o beast_n in_o ezechiel_n vision_n also_o have_v undoubted_o they_o have_v they_o for_o that_o use_n the_o seraphim_n be_v say_v to_o make_v of_o they_o in_o the_o prophet_n isaiah_n 2._o with_o twain_o to_o cover_v their_o face_n with_o twain_o to_o cover_v their_o foot_n and_o with_o twain_o to_o fly_v which_o imply_v a_o reverence_n of_o the_o divine_a majesty_n a_o activity_n and_o readiness_n in_o 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spirit_n say_v the_o lord_n of_o host_n it_o be_v the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n to_o zorobabel_n who_o be_v a_o type_n of_o these_o witness_n and_o a_o helper_n of_o god_n people_n in_o the_o babylonish_n captivity_n and_o it_o be_v say_v of_o the_o man_n in_o esdras_n come_v out_o of_o the_o sea_n 13.38_o and_o he_o shall_v destroy_v they_o without_o labour_n by_o the_o law_n which_o be_v like_a unto_o fire_n in_o which_o sense_n i_o will_v understand_v that_o which_o follow_v and_o if_o any_o man_n will_v hurt_v they_o he_o must_v in_o this_o manner_n be_v kill_v by_o the_o power_n of_o the_o spirit_n in_o conviction_n and_o prayer_n these_o be_v the_o weapon_n of_o their_o warfare_n 6._o these_o have_v power_n to_o shut_v heaven_n that_o it_o rain_v not_o in_o the_o day_n of_o their_o prophecy_n namely_o in_o the_o day_n of_o their_o mournful_a prophecy_n their_o prophesy_v in_o sackcloth_n this_o be_v figurative_o speak_v by_o a_o prophetical_a metalepsis_n or_o zoopoeia_fw-la 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the_o seal_a book_n prophecy_n and_o the_o open_v book_n prophecy_n make_v but_o one_o volume_n yet_o at_o chap._n 11._o there_o begin_v a_o new_a set_v of_o prophecy_n commence_v from_o the_o same_o epocha_n that_o the_o seal_n do_v m_o r_o mede_n argument_n to_o i_o seem_v sufficient_o solid_a the_o first_o whereof_o be_v his_o synchronism_n which_o if_o true_a as_o i_o have_v maintain_v they_o be_v plain_o prove_v that_o the_o prophecy_n of_o the_o open_v book_n contemporize_v with_o the_o vision_n of_o the_o seal_a book_n prophecy_n the_o second_o that_o there_o be_v a_o light_a touch_n chap._n 10._o vers_fw-la 7._o upon_o the_o seven_o trumpet_n and_o the_o seven_o thunder_n immediate_o succeed_v the_o six_o trumpet_n be_v in_o all_o reason_n to_o be_v conceive_v to_o fill_v the_o space_n of_o the_o seven_o trumpet_n as_o the_o seven_o trumpet_n fill_v up_o the_o space_n of_o the_o seven_o seal_n wherefore_o unless_o we_o will_v fancy_v the_o prophecy_n of_o the_o open_v book_n to_o run_v beyond_o the_o goal_n of_o the_o apocalypse_n after_o this_o they_o be_v to_o begin_v from_o the_o same_o list_n of_o the_o race_n again_o that_o be_v to_o commence_v from_o the_o same_o epocha_n that_o the_o prophecy_n of_o the_o seal_n do_v the_o three_o be_v take_v from_o chap._n 10._o vers_fw-la 11._o where_o upon_o john_n swallow_v down_o the_o open_v book_n it_o be_v say_v to_o he_o thou_o must_v prophesy_v again_o before_o many_o people_n and_o nation_n and_o tongue_n and_o king_n which_o seem_v to_o import_v that_o he_o be_v to_o run_v over_o the_o same_o space_n of_o time_n again_o and_o that_o his_o vision_n will_v be_v of_o the_o like_a large_a extent_n as_o before_o the_o four_o and_o last_o be_v take_v from_o vers_fw-la 8._o and_o the_o voice_n which_o i_o hear_v from_o heaven_n viz._n as_o of_o a_o trumpet_n speak_v unto_o i_o again_o which_o be_v a_o introduction_n to_o the_o prophecy_n of_o the_o seven_o church_n chap._n 1._o vers_fw-la 10._o and_o to_o the_o prophecy_n of_o the_o seal_a book_n chap._n 4._o vers_fw-la 1._o and_o be_v set_v here_o again_o before_o the_o prophecy_n of_o the_o open_v book_n it_o be_v a_o sign_n that_o the_o prophecy_n of_o the_o open_v book_n be_v a_o new_a system_fw-la of_o prophecy_n begin_v from_o the_o same_o epocha_n with_o the_o former_a now_o to_o the_o first_o r._n h._n his_o answer_n be_v very_o obvious_a that_o he_o have_v confute_v m_n r_o mede_n synchronism_n but_o what_o a_o nothing_o it_o be_v which_o he_o have_v allege_v against_o they_o let_v any_o impartial_a reader_n judge_n to_o the_o second_o i_o do_v not_o see_v what_o material_a answer_n he_o do_v direct_a unless_o it_o be_v that_o the_o six_o trumpet_n be_v continue_v to_o chap._n 11._o vers_fw-la 14._o where_o it_o be_v say_v the_o second_o woe_n be_v past_a which_o argument_n be_v repeat_v again_o with_o a_o pretence_n of_o five_o more_o disp._n vii_o quaes_n 1._o but_o they_o be_v so_o lax_n and_o tautological_a i_o will_v comprise_v the_o strength_n of_o they_o that_o pretend_v to_o have_v any_o in_o these_o two_o the_o first_o therefore_o be_v that_o the_o close_a of_o the_o six_o trumpet_n be_v not_o set_v down_o at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o nine_o chapter_n nor_o at_o vers_fw-la 6_o or_o 7._o of_o the_o ten_o but_o at_o vers_n 14._o of_o the_o eleven_o nor_o be_v there_o in_o the_o other_o trumpet_n any_o heterogeneous_a vision_n intersert_v beside_o the_o visum_fw-la belong_v to_o each_o trumpet_n therefore_o all_o from_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o six_o trumpet_n chap._n 9_o v._n 13._o to_o the_o close_a thereof_o chap._n 11._o vers_fw-la 14._o be_v the_o visum_fw-la of_o the_o six_o trumpet_n it_o not_o be_v there_o say_v the_o first_o vision_n of_o
as_o of_o a_o trumpet_n make_v by_o m_n r_o mede_n be_v add_v with_o judgement_n and_o truth_n to_o the_o second_o part_n of_o his_o objection_n i_o answer_v brief_o and_o confess_v that_o this_o canorous_a voice_n like_o a_o trumpet_n in_o this_o chapter_n vers_n 8._o be_v no_o more_o a_o index_n that_o the_o prophecy_n of_o the_o little_a book_n do_v contemporate_a with_o the_o prophecy_n of_o the_o seal_n than_o the_o voice_n chap._n 4._o vers_fw-la 1._o be_v a_o index_n that_o the_o prophecy_n of_o the_o seal_n do_v contemporate_a with_o the_o vision_n of_o the_o seven_o church_n but_o withal_o i_o affirm_v that_o the_o voice_n chap._n 4._o vers_fw-la 1._o be_v a_o index_n that_o the_o prophecy_n of_o the_o seal_n do_v contemporate_a with_o the_o vision_n of_o the_o seven_o church_n and_o that_o the_o vision_n of_o the_o seven_o church_n be_v a_o prophecy_n commence_v with_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o church_n and_o reach_v to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n as_o i_o have_v make_v good_a by_o no_o less_o than_o twenty_o firm_a argument_n in_o the_o last_o chapter_n of_o my_o exposition_n of_o the_o vision_n of_o the_o seven_o church_n so_o fit_o do_v all_o thing_n fall_v in_o together_z m_o r_o mede_n way_n but_o no_o sense_n to_o be_v make_v of_o they_o any_o other_o way_n nor_o be_v that_o which_o r._n h._n take_v notice_n of_o disp._n ii_o ques_n 5._o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v the_o preface_n to_o the_o vision_n of_o the_o seven_o church_n synchronize_v rev._n 1._o but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o preface_n to_o the_o prophecy_n of_o the_o seven_o seal_n chap._n 4._o vers_fw-la 1._o as_o if_o the_o event_n of_o the_o seal_n shall_v be_v after_o the_o event_n of_o the_o vision_n of_o the_o seven_o church_n and_o begin_v a_o good_a while_n after_o they_o of_o any_o validity_n against_o the_o contemporize_a of_o the_o vision_n of_o the_o seven_o church_n with_o the_o prophecy_n of_o the_o seven_o seal_n for_o this_o be_v but_o another_o notable_a example_n of_o which_o i_o have_v give_v several_a in_o my_o note_n of_o that_o apocalyptick_a figure_n which_o we_o call_v lemmatosynechia_n or_o the_o hold_v together_o of_o the_o external_a cortex_fw-la of_o the_o apocalyptick_a narration_n but_o according_a to_o the_o sense_n of_o all_o interpreter_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d have_v no_o reference_n here_o to_o the_o thing_n of_o the_o seven_o church_n but_o only_o signify_v thing_n which_o shall_v be_v hereafter_o which_o hinder_v not_o but_o that_o they_o may_v contemporize_v with_o the_o future_a thing_n of_o the_o seven_o church_n all_o take_v it_o in_o that_o sense_n which_o beza_n translate_v it_o in_o quae_fw-la oportet_fw-la fieri_fw-la posthac_fw-la which_o must_v be_v hereafter_o as_o our_o english_a right_o render_v it_o which_o have_v be_v good_a sense_n though_o it_o have_v be_v say_v in_o the_o very_a beginning_n of_o the_o apocalypse_n according_a to_o ribera_n his_o own_o interpretation_n who_o without_o any_o reference_n to_o what_o belong_v to_o the_o seven_o church_n understand_v by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o thing_n which_o must_v be_v hereafter_o decursum_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la à _fw-la tempore_fw-la johannis_n ad_fw-la finem_fw-la seculi_fw-la aperit_fw-la say_v he_o argumentum_fw-la sequentis_fw-la prophetiae_fw-la to_o which_o i_o may_v add_v that_o it_o be_v a_o mistake_n in_o r._n h._n that_o he_o make_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o proper_a preface_n to_o the_o vision_n of_o the_o seven_o church_n whenas_o it_o be_v rather_o a_o general_a preface_n to_o all_o the_o three_o prophecy_n of_o this_o book_n and_o true_a of_o they_o all_o that_o they_o contain_v some_o thing_n that_o be_v then_o to_o come_v to_o pass_v quick_o as_o it_o be_v true_a of_o they_o all_o that_o they_o be_v the_o revelation_n of_o jesus_n christ_n which_o god_n give_v unto_o he_o etc._n etc._n rome_n and_o what_o i_o be_v a_o go_v to_o say_v that_o there_o can_v be_v no_o sense_n make_v of_o the_o apocalypse_n but_o m_o r_o mede_n way_n a_o notable_a pledge_n of_o the_o truth_n thereof_o be_v in_o that_o that_o egregious_a learned_a writer_n hugo_n grotius_n who_o so_o humane_o when_o he_o see_v the_o romish_a interpreter_n so_o foul_o stick_v in_o the_o mire_n and_o make_v such_o pitiful_a sense_n of_o thing_n offer_v his_o help_a hand_n in_o their_o behalf_n but_o with_o so_o little_a success_n that_o r._n h._n himself_o to_o give_v he_o his_o due_n have_v all_o along_o notable_o well_o confute_v the_o grotian_n way_n though_o to_o enemy_n at_o all_o to_o the_o romanist_n but_o out_o of_o like_a kindness_n to_o they_o that_o grotius_n seem_v to_o have_v bear_v he_o to_o wipe_v off_o that_o charge_n from_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n that_o she_o may_v not_o be_v take_v for_o the_o whore_n of_o babylon_n by_o a_o marvellous_a invention_n make_v she_o as_o innocent_a and_o clear_a of_o that_o fault_n as_o the_o child_n yet_o unborn_a namely_o by_o lay_v the_o scene_n of_o the_o affair_n of_o the_o apocalypse_n not_o in_o europe_n no_o by_o no_o mean_n but_o in_o asia_n and_o by_o affirm_v that_o all_o the_o vision_n be_v to_o be_v fulfil_v in_o their_o literal_a sense_n and_o that_o there_o be_v no_o mystical_a meaning_n of_o they_o in_o any_o place_n but_o where_o they_o be_v explain_v and_o acknowledge_v to_o be_v such_o in_o the_o very_a book_n itself_o and_o consequent_o that_o none_o of_o these_o vision_n be_v yet_o fulfil_v and_o he_o add_v not_o to_o be_v fulfil_v but_o in_o such_o order_n as_o they_o be_v set_v and_o therefore_o no_o whore_n of_o babylon_n to_o appear_v upon_o the_o stage_n no_o not_o so_o much_o as_o in_o asia_n itself_o much_o less_o in_o europe_n at_o rome_n in_o italy_n till_o there_o be_v a_o great_a shake_n and_o concussion_n in_o the_o heaven_n and_o the_o sun_n itself_o become_v as_o black_a as_o sackcloth_n make_v of_o goat_n hair_n and_o the_o moon_n as_o red_a as_o blood_n and_o the_o star_n fall_v from_o heaven_n in_o cluster_n to_o the_o earth_n and_o that_o there_o be_v such_o great_a earthquake_n that_o every_o mountain_n in_o the_o earth_n shall_v be_v move_v out_o of_o its_o place_n and_o every_o island_n in_o the_o sea_n also_o which_o be_v the_o event_n of_o the_o six_o seal_n rev._n chap._n 6._o vers_fw-la 12._o and_o that_o there_o be_v just_a 12000._o young_a man_n of_o every_o tribe_n of_o israel_n seal_v with_o the_o seal_n of_o god_n in_o their_o forehead_n chap._n 7._o moreover_o it_o must_v rain_v hail_n and_o fire_n and_o blood_n upon_o the_o land_n of_o asia_n and_o a_o sulphureous_a mountain_n burn_v with_o fire_n must_v be_v cast_v into_o the_o asiatic_a sea_n and_o the_o three_o part_n of_o that_o sea_n be_v turn_v into_o blood_n and_o a_o great_a blaze_a star_n fall_v from_o heaven_n burn_v and_o flame_v like_o a_o torch_n which_o shall_v break_v asunder_o and_o fall_v into_o the_o three_o part_n of_o river_n and_o into_o the_o three_o part_n of_o the_o spring_n of_o water_n throughout_o the_o land_n of_o asia_n and_o the_o three_o part_n of_o the_o sun_n shall_v be_v smite_v with_o darkness_n and_o the_o three_o part_n of_o the_o moon_n and_o the_o three_o part_n of_o the_o star_n chap._n 8._o there_o shall_v be_v also_o a_o bottomless_a pit_n open_v out_o of_o which_o such_o a_o smoke_n shall_v arise_v that_o man_n shall_v not_o see_v the_o light_n of_o the_o sun_n in_o the_o land_n of_o asia_n and_o strange_a kind_n of_o locust_n with_o tail_n of_o scorpion_n head_n with_o crown_n of_o gold_n on_o they_o face_n like_o man_n and_o hair_n like_o woman_n and_o with_o wing_n that_o make_v such_o a_o dreadful_a noise_n as_o if_o it_o be_v the_o noise_n of_o chariot_n draw_v with_o horse_n run_v furious_o to_o battle_n these_o shall_v swarm_v in_o the_o land_n of_o asia_n and_o sting_n and_o vex_v man_n very_o sore_o there_o will_v also_o appear_v in_o the_o say_a land_n a_o innumerable_a number_n of_o strange_a kind_n of_o horse_n with_o their_o rider_n upon_o they_o the_o head_n of_o the_o horse_n in_o shape_n like_o the_o head_n of_o lion_n and_o out_o of_o the_o mouth_n of_o every_o one_o of_o they_o shall_v come_v forth_o fire_n smoke_n and_o brimston_n their_o tail_n also_o shall_v be_v like_a serpent_n with_o head_n and_o mouth_n and_o by_o the_o fire_n smoke_n and_o brimston_n come_v out_o of_o their_o mouth_n and_o by_o the_o serpent_n head_n and_o mouth_n at_o the_o end_n of_o their_o tail_n shall_v the_o three_o part_n of_o man_n be_v slay_v in_o asia_n about_o the_o river_n euphrates_n paraph._n r._n h._n 9_o furthermore_o before_o the_o whore_n of_o babylon_n be_v in_o be_v that_o empress_n of_o the_o world_n and_o debaucher_n of_o the_o king_n of_o the_o
earnest_n for_o the_o conversion_n of_o the_o jew_n though_o he_o be_v utter_o mistake_v in_o the_o application_n of_o the_o apocalyptick_a vision_n to_o that_o event_n with_o the_o seven_o vial_n synchronize_v the_o tread_v of_o the_o wine-press_n and_o also_o the_o battle_n of_o the_o rider_n of_o the_o white_a horse_n and_o how_o necessary_o these_o three_o vision_n be_v tie_v together_o in_o one_o time_n my_o exposition_n of_o the_o apocalypse_n do_v clear_o demonstrate_v &_o that_o the_o fulfil_n of_o all_o these_o three_o vision_n be_v a_o utter_a destruction_n of_o babylon_n the_o roman_a hierarchy_n and_o as_o it_o be_v a_o universal_a conversion_n of_o the_o heathenish_a unbeliever_n to_o the_o faith_n of_o the_o gospel_n wherefore_o the_o city_n babylon_n be_v thus_o destroy_v with_o the_o second_o thunder_n natural_o synchronize_v the_o descent_n of_o the_o new_a jerusalem_n that_o city_n or_o polity_n come_v down_o from_o heaven_n and_o quite_o contrary_a to_o the_o carnal_a and_o tyrannical_a city_n or_o polity_n of_o babylon_n under_o the_o second_o thunder_n therefore_o be_v the_o constitution_n of_o law_n for_o universal_a christendom_n by_o a_o true_o holy_a and_o true_o ecumenical_a council_n real_o inspire_v from_o heaven_n with_o which_o time_n therefore_o natural_o synchronize_v the_o lay_v hold_v of_o satan_n and_o this_o city_n or_o polity_n the_o new_a jerusalem_n thus_o constitute_v be_v the_o kingdom_n of_o christ_n the_o duration_n thereof_o do_v of_o necessity_n immediate_o follow_v under_o the_o next_o that_o be_v the_o third_z thunder_z and_o be_v that_o millennial_a reign_n of_o christ_n proper_o so_o call_v wherein_o his_o law_n and_o discipline_n be_v vigorous_o and_o faithful_o execute_v and_o observe_v whence_o with_o this_o millennial_n reign_v the_o close_o imprison_v of_o satan_n for_o a_o thousand_o year_n be_v right_o conceive_v to_o synchronize_v which_o time_n of_o his_o imprisonment_n his_o let_v loose_a again_o immediate_o follow_v it_o be_v evident_a that_o his_o let_v loose_a synchronize_v with_o the_o four_o thunder_n and_o the_o besiege_v the_o holy_a city_n by_o gog_n and_o magog_n as_o a_o effect_n of_o this_o with_o the_o five_o and_o the_o come_n of_o christ_n to_o judgement_n to_o defeat_v the_o besieger_n with_o the_o six_o thunder_n from_o whence_o it_o follow_v that_o the_o new_a jerusalem_n or_o holy_a city_n continue_v all_o the_o time_n of_o the_o three_o four_o five_o and_o six_o thunder_n though_o the_o millennial_a reign_n of_o christ_n proper_o so_o call_v be_v contain_v within_o the_o space_n of_o the_o three_o thunder_n and_o the_o palm-bearing_a company_n within_o the_o space_n of_o the_o second_o and_o three_o for_o when_o the_o devil_n have_v get_v loose_a again_o their_o palm_n may_v be_v just_o conceive_v to_o wither_v in_o their_o hand_n and_o yet_o consider_v they_o be_v still_o in_o their_o hand_n you_o may_v fancy_n if_o you_o will_v that_o they_o reach_v from_o 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