came vp not all at once so 463. yeares may Spain and Italy holde him vp while Archbishops and Bishops Pastours and Curates have too much stipend and authoritie but litle learning in the holy booke for wisedome vnto life As Agamemnon sayd of Nestor that ten such would soone fel Priamus citie so ten Kinges that would clear the Revelation to Hebrewes Greekes Latines and all tongues might hasten the Iewes calling but I am afrayd none saving our own will performe any promise that way to agree with Iewes that the Arke in the Temple is the holy man which is golden within without and hath the tables of 613. letters to which answer 613. lawes into which all wisedome falleth and none fayleth written in his hart and vpon the mercy seat all of gold stay the Cherubims looke When Christ is seene in his Temple of humanitie thus Papistry fayleth and falleth and from the Church dayly till the end lightening and voices and thundrings and earthquake and great hayle would make Aegypt and Rome to quayle But few desirous of divinitie have maintenance and ambitious in wealth spurne at soules health and kings see how much is spent in vaine and how scholers bend to gaine and so courts fall at Sardis Ch. 3. and the Pope may live yet Hebers yeares this present and 463. That this Trumpet may then speak to Ezekiels dead bones make them arise Ch. 37. as Apo. 20. all arise Thus in seales and Trumpets God hath once shewed all By seavens spirits hornes seales and trumpets to teach the prophane world of resurrection The same shal be repeated in beastes seaven headed and seaven Angells vnto a newe mention of the resurrection CHAP. XII A goodly signe appeared in the heaven The faithfull company is a Woman their abundance of grace of the gift of justice in Christ and regeneration in putting on Christ is a garment of the sun their contempt of all things vnder the sun is an having of the moon vnder her feet their doctrine from the twelve Apostles is a crowne of twelve stars Their desire to teach Christ to other soules is a travelling of child As the Sun is all bright so is the soule iustified in Christ bright as the sunne Cant. 6. though in it selfe it is black Cant. 1. and as the Moone often not all lightened but when it hath the Sunnes full light it appeareth as the morning as faire as any moon Cant. 6. Our crowne is the twelve Apostles doctrine who were all of equall truth though S. Paul laboured more then they all and from Rome wrote enough to have warned that city not to fight against Christ and so much as might teach the world that Peter was never near Rome but kept where God scattered the twelve tribes as the 12. most laboured to call the Iewes to teach the Gentiles This travelling of child teacheth vs what a care wee should have to teach Christ and so first to learne GODS book God is our first Bishop Ioh. 20. 29. in the 70. for El the ebr the Almighty Of men the King should be best learned as King Moses was King Iesus King Samuel King David King Salomon King Ezekias the wealthier by wisedome and greater then many Kings Daniel Belt es-sar that brake out a flame of sorrow to the wicked Chaldean who thought that Bel tas a far Bel held wealth Kings might soone be learned who might learne the holy words of both testamentes in two moneths and the concent of scripture in an houre and might commaund that every sermon should either abridge the whole Bible as S. Paul doth to the revoulting Ebrewes or tell the afflictions of our Lords family as Daniel doth seaven times over or weaknes of Salomons Kinges or how Aharons twelve stones tell the tribes story or the golden chayn of Chronicle and Iubilees or the mysteries of Moyses Ceremonyes or collations of prophecies with event or like revolutions to shew Gods facility in teaching Christ or some whole book in one sermon So Kings without payne might passe all in learning And our Vniversities might be so ruled but that the God of this world doth hinder that our DD. should speak Ebrew and Greek better then English and be readier in the Bible then in any other book or from their first preferment in collegies fast oftener then the Iesuites do for S. Laurence and all the Sainctes in heaven or live without college allowance A Samuel would make a Naioth And an Archbishop worthy of his place would make Daniel plaine in one houre and the Apocalyps in an other It is a wonderfull sinn to give men honour without desert and to be doltish scholers to vnlearned teachers We travel as Esay speaketh but we bring foorth onely a wynd The God of this world being incarnate in the Romans is busy in his generation Pharaoh Esa 27. was not such a Dracon nor the Persian God Dan. 6. to whom onely prayer must be The Goddes borne in Asia as Aeschylus termes them The Dracon whom Babylon worship in the fable Apocryph These were not such Dragons as the Romane Pompey Crassus Iulius Antonius Brutus with Cassius Augustus with the whole Empire till it died and the Empire revived by Pope these seaven heads of the Divel teach vs to know the Churches danger when their whole corporation maketh a great Dracon and their hornes ten be not as they in Daniel then Kings of ten men but ten kingdomes And the tayle the Prophet that telleth lyes Esa 9. draweth the third part of the starres to be wandring starres Iud. v. 13. and cast them into the earth as Daniel 8. Antiochus made Iewes Pharisees and Sadducees When our tongues trauel of Christ the Divel would by Rome devour that But he is taken vp into heaven who wil bruse all nations with an iron rod And the Church fled into the wildernes as Ioseph and Mary with Christ into Aegypt and is nourished as Christ in his half seaven Dan. 9. in his persecutions dayes 1260. Michael who in the forme of God held it no robery to be equall with God Michael who in Dan. 10. is the chief of the chief Princes the holy Angels and defendeth Iudah against the enemies Michael his angels the marryrs overcome Satan the Caesars that the Church shuts thē out of all accompt though Satan still accused them to the ten Persecuters So the Dragons tayle is busy in the Popes But the Church had as Israel Exod. 19. two wings of an Egle to flee from Dracon Pharaoh into the wildernes to be again fed after Christs persecutions a yeare two yeares half a yeare from Pope serpent that the Thebanes borne of this serpents teeth gnash Where was your Church before M. Luthers time when the King of Locusts A bad one Abaddon a new Apollo had from his keyes of the pit brought a smoke to darken sun and ayer And although the cloysters Idolatrous deserved as Israel in Amos to be caryed as with the river of Aegypt
kinges without all color of warrant from God shew himselfe in the temple of God as if he were God beeing in all policie sinfull and blaspeming true teachers so he must needes be hated of Princes that euery one will draw from him all that they can That is to eate the flesh of the Idolatrous towne and burning it in the fire For God hath giuen it vnto their heartes to doe his minde and to doe one minde and to giue their kingdom to the beast vntill the wordes of God be brought about Because they did not receiue the loue of the trueth vnto right happinesse to studie the Lawes of God day and night God gaue thē ouer to a foolish minde to pull downe the East Empire and to set vp one in the West and to set the Synagogue of Rome aboue all to rule all Empire and Kingdomes And to this day that cursed blindnesse abideth in men that they thinke it a shame for a King to be learned or for Noble men True Kingdome standeth in knowledge of the kingdome of heauen and Princes of cunning education might know both Testaments in Greek and Hebrew and veine of storie in yong yeeres that their hearts might a thousand times in a day runne ouer the heauenly frame of Gods booke and see their Ancestors from Adam to Noë the pillars of the world Then the noble warrier Abraham King Moses King Iosuah King Samuel King David King Salomon and noble Daniel the mightiest subiect in the world and greatest warrior best learned And his noble Cousins that quenched the fire refusing Idols should haue taught nobles to haue in equal sort hated Babelish idolatrie of cursed Rome that crucified Christ and by the serpents biting pierced his footestepp and handes and would naile fast all feete and handes from walking in Gods wayes and working in his trueth What a shame is it for Kings that they know not the familie of David penned of purpose to make kings wise David Salomō both wise began the glorie Ioakim Ioachin both vnwise ended the glorie all betwixt are a glasse for Kings to see their owne case Againe the pompe of this world is eminēt in Daniels Image afflicting the holy house of Nathā but beatē to pouder for their paines that madnesse of Counsell is expressed in Nebuchadnezars open madnesse His open madnesse of seauen yeres was not so madd as the Persians or Alexander that made themselues Gods and the parted Macedonians are a patron of slauery to Satan Heere in one Image all Greek and Latin to Liuie is cōteyned and Kings might make their teachers to bring such stately matter into commune knowledge to make a Bridge from the fall of Salomons house vnto the setting vp of Nathans Nabuchadnezar honored Daniel to Iudahs good For chiefe heads of this matter Kings further called should further delite in this kinde So for the Image of the beast Apoc. 13. if Kinges had bene happy they had learned from storie what Iohn foretold but because they despised Gods exhortation to read the Booke God gaue it into their hearts to giue their kingdome to the beast if they would make their people learned in this Booke the flesh of the harlot should soone be eaten All true soldiers should be Doctores of Diuinity such all will conquer with small losse as Israel vnder Iosua which studied Moses 40. yer And Dauids Capteins by knowlede of Moses were mighty in battell Doctors in bare title the Popes and ours deserue so much reuerence as so many apes and all that put any trust in them are like vnto them Now commeth a plaine condemnation of Rome The woman which thou sawest is the great Citie which hath the Kingdome ouer the Kings of the earth All be past shame that see not Rome heere damned vnto the end of wrath CHAPTER XVIII The King is Angelus to cause the word to be sounded After this I saw an Angell comming downe from heauen hauing great auctority and the earth was lightned by his glorie and he cried mightily with a great voice saying BABYLON the great City is fallen is fallen and is become a dwelling of Diuells and a prison of euery vncleane spirit and a prison of euery vncleane and hatefull bird because she hath caused all nations to drinke of the wine of the anger of her fornication and the Kings of the earth committed fornication with her and the merchants of the earth became rich by the might of her wealth c. THE like speach is in Ezekiel chap. 47. where the glorie of the Gospell shineth from Christ and waters of doctrine flow with life And the Angels glorie lightned the whole earth cha 10. taught this same matter where Iohn eateth the litle booke And Christ is the Angell he cōmeth downe when he setteth vp the light of his word by which hee shineth ouer the earth Though in vision sundry Angels expresse him And when Ierusalem is builded Babylon must needes fall and where the mighty Gospell is taught of millions there Christ speaketh with a great voice Anabaptistes be the chiefe helpe that the Papists haue to dispute that it is dangerous for the common people to medle with Gods word But a learned officer would with sagenesse soone teach them how they misse burning in fire the obstinat in haeresie Maymo in the treatise Chagigah Perek III. sheweth how the King should read the Law before the people in the feast of Tabernacles and in what sage reuerence A pulpit of wood was made for him in the court where all might come men and women and the synagogue keeper brought forth the booke of the Law gaue it to the Archisynagogue and he to Sagan of the Temple Strategos Act. chap. 4. 1. Chancelor we may terme him he to the high sacrificer and hee to the King and hee read Deuteronomie and of the King he saith 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 That is The King is Angelus to cause the word of GOD to be sounded If the Iew could thus honor the Law and shew the Kings duty which Iew saw not the true glorie of it by the SON of GOD how much more should wee bring vp our Kings to honor the holy Gospell to read speciall places as the first of Saint Matthew of 1800. yer story and 3. Luke of 3957. or Act. 7. or 2. Thess 2. or some speciall place to stirre nobles a learned reading would be as good as a commentarie And chapters expounding one another and Psalmes might so be chosen that by bare reading great light would come So millions would say that Babylon the great is fallen and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and Daemones be all one and Rome is a dwelling of Diuels and Cardinals bee vncleane spirits and Archbuy-shopps be vncleane and hatefull birdes and their keies be keies of the pit and their Idolatry making Peter the Rock against this THERE IS NO ROCK BVT THE ETERNALL had made the Kings of the earth madde in Idols from one error that
quiet words calmed boysterous preparation of warres But my hast cannot suffer stay And so sayd many strangers at Basil and French were earnest to bring me to their King And what will to my rare honour the state of Basil Zurick and Berne meant I will let them write Now for Iesuites humanity D. Pistorius himself four yeares agoe asked M. Hakewill of Oxford at Friburge of me whether I was alive He said he left me at Francfurt then said he I am hartily glad and gave high good words Now he is dead and I am sory for I hoped to turn him Now two Cardinalls of Rome Caesar Baronius as the Iesuites of Mentz told me and an other whose letters were intercepted at Heidelberge of him I heard no more obteyned of Pope Clement a principall Cardinalship for me and dealt with Mentz Iesuites to perswade me who when they could not Archb. Ioh. Adami would have had me of his court and obteyned that in Chapter saying that he reioyced more for my honouring of him with dedication of my Greeke translation of the Prophetes then for his late election to be Prince of the Empire And he should by order have part of his court Protestantes and he spake of me as not misliking my religion But then Q. E. died and I returned and he died soone after None but shamelesse will denie this Now this is past all deniall that Mentz gaue me leave to print in Greeke my owne Religion That brake the neck of Purgatorie besides other Papistique great poincts Of this the best of Paris wrote to Franckfurt to the Kings agent that of nine hundred yeeres so much was never obteyned of the Pope as that booke obteyned Rome must allow what Mentz alloweth And if Haides have but two places as they graunt Heaven and hell Purgatory must give back all the land that it wan Furthermore when my book of Concent came in Latin Pater Baltasar Ezelius in the hearing of his felowes in their college at Mentz spake as by common consent We allow all that that book hath This I have printed in Latin and I am sure he will not deny it and when we are both dead none may seing in my life time it is not denyed So this much is graunted me of Rome to assure the simplest so far how far the city is sunk And badnes or madnes geveth Nabal for name Nabala for fame to him that will not see how vpon this Rome graunt the comment vpon the Apocalyps is past reply I have turned the Apocalyps into Hebrew and so I would expound it if the Turky merchants would pay the charges If they refuse I will leaue them to try whether strange shipwrack shall revenge them Their agent L. Ed. Barton gave the beginning writing thus If M r. Br. may be brought to Const. that may turne to the common good of Christendome This he sent to M r. Stapers Seing our age fleeth wee should sell all to buy the Pearle of heaven Let the just be just still The summe of the Apocalyps IOhns Apocalyps telleth that Christ shewed the state to come to the ende of the world a vision of himselfe as vnto Daniel chap. 10. this doth hee chap. 1. And in singular sweetnes to the seaven starres in the seaven golden Candlestickes all these partes be applyed with addition against all Arrianes that the Eternall the sonne of God the Creator of the world is he that appeared vnto Daniel So Iohn expoundeth Daniel into Salvation of all Iewes of grace This goeth through chap. 2. 3. in easie facilitie Now for tymes to come this appeareth chap. 4. God on a throne fitteth a iudge like Iasper for Beniamins temple Sardius as Ruben to fight for the tribes And Christians in state Persones are 24. Bishops and besides goodly this in chap. 4. Then the Lambe and Lion openeth the Booke of seaven seales chap. 5. then hee cometh further against Caesares on horse white with plaguing riders vpon red blacke pale For the martyrs who crave to destroy the Empire but are bid to expect Diocletianes persecution Then shall their profane world be rowled vp chap. 6. After that a generall apostasie commeth chap. 7. Howe that falleth out the seaventh seale doth shew Christ standeth at the golden Altar to receive all prayers Rome bendes a policy against all this Therevpon Christ as in Ezekiel casteth fire into the earth and Angels trompetters sound howe haile and fire is mixt with blood by that Popes bee made a mountaine so a mountaine of fire cast into the worlds sea to set all on fire when the starre-Byshop falleth from his heavens to turne the Law-waters into wormewood and to darken the chiefe Sunne Moone and Starres comming vp by falling and by turning the Scriptures into gall soone darkening the third part of the Church that three woes are pronounced chap. 8. By his keies of the pitt whence he fetched the wormwood of his haeresies he bringeth locastes of Monkes to devour all the West and able to make warres and becommeth King of Locusts and maketh warres and so becommeth a firie mountaine to make haile and fire mixt with blood This was one woe He weakned the East Empire to set vp the Saracens and is plagued from Euphrates as his Idolatry and treachery turned away the East chap. 9. Christ reviveth the Gospell when men eate the little booke teaching againe how hee is the Angell of Covenant and Mediator for the faithfull chap. 10. Martyrs bring policies to see what the king of Locusts his Citie or policie is and he falleth and the Gospell is restored and he falleth with worlds ende chap. 11. The same matter is repeated for Caesares and Pope in a dragon of Romane Armes As it was called Egypt chap. 11. and Pharaoh a Dragon Esai 27. The vpper parte of the Dragon is shewed to be the Romane Empire one compiled of the foure in Daniel and the taile is expounded to be the beast arising from the earth chap. 11. or King of Locusts chap. 9. he reuiueth the former empire so that none can live in it without his marke chap. 13. His marke is to force Christians to Idolatrie For which vilanie Romane Babilon is told of a fall chap. 14. By vrging Idolatry he driveth from his Aegypt the Church through a sea of fire and fagot into the wildernesse Where the Tabernacle built hath a smoke of Gods anger and Angels seaven plague him as hee plagued all vnder the seaven Trompets Chapter 16. For that our holy Martyrs calling for vengeance from vnder the Altar rowled vp also the Popes heaven as a booke rowled The Beast revived hath no difference from the former but in bloody color and the daughter Rome riding vpon it all bloody Chapter 17. Rome shall fall as Babilon Tyrus did Chapter 18. It shall fall when all nationes sing Halelu-Iah vpon the destruction of the wicked with vnderstanding Then the WORD of GOD will catch the Beast-false-prophet the whole Dragon revived
and continually and all the praise of Christ and he is seene riding vpon his white horse and we follow in white linen of justice then Christ will make proclamation to all kites as in Ezekiel 39. concerning the Macedonians to devoure the flesh of Papists slaine and will cast the beast and false Prophet into a lake burning with fire and brimstone CHAP. XX. The tyme of the Popes absolut ripenes in Sathan to deceive generally shall not be till a thousand yeares when the smoke of his pit hideth sun and ayre and his locusts have lions teeth and iron brestplates and winges of Chariots and war horses Satan was tied among Papists elder prophane 1000. yeares that many reigned heere with Christ for a thousand yeares they of the first resurrection that is from sinne in this world vpon them the second death shall have no power but they shall reigne with Christ and such wil be for a thousand yeares But after a thousand yeares the darknes of the pit will so extend it selfe that the old serpent shall trouble all the holy Citie and besiege the faithfull every where as though old Gog and Magog were alive and the old Ierusalem were a new to be defended The Pope deceived all the Princes of West to send all their force for to recover Ierusalem and Antioch and 200. yeres the greatest warres that ever were were made there That the old war of Gog Magog was nothing like this And yet Christ had tolde that Ierusalem should be desolate vnto the worlds end Mat. 24. as he caused Moses to tell Deut. 28. But the false Prophet to weaken Princes who would be deceived and not excell in Gods word as they most of all might do he caused them to go for 200. yeares from England France and all the West men women and children to recover the cursed land And now God began new mercie now first Rabbines made Grammers for Hebrew and Iarky the great D. commenteth vpon the Bible at a thousand yeares now 600. agoe and Aben Ezra at 500. a very great Rabbin Rabbi Sadaias was afore him who turned Moyses into Arabique that Christians might follow the truth not the 72. which hid their minde for 1600. yeares change as I have shewed in Conc. and Meschisedek That hiding not spied hath deceived all Arabia Abyssions Graecia Moscovia Englande vnto 1603. to breach of all Moyses authority Rabbi Sadaias did enough to have holpen this Another Rabbin put forth a Greek translation in Ebrew letters Ramban who at the last became a Christian he wrote finely foure hūdreth yeres agoe Aruc a Dictionarie for the Thalmud is 600 yeares old Isaak Ben Arama and Bechaiah both overthrow their owne side and helpe vs to tye Satan againe so doth David Kimchi teach vs from much Thalmudique that the title of the 22 Psalme is the morning star a matter worth much gold for Apoc. 2. and 22. Briefly from after 1000. yeares God pitying vs stirred Iewes to teach vs Christ by their best cōmenting though them selves could not see him Al be godles that wish not all helpe to turne them and how hath Satan bound them that labour to hinder all the good of their commenting for Christians speciall vse and hope for them Satan raged loose 500. yeares But now we looke for his fall not fearing any deceit with strength Therefore the vision passeth vnto the resurrection CHAP. XXI Because the Church should be long in the wildernes and seeme black to men God sheweth the heavenly Ierusalem how goodly it is from Esay 25. and 54. and from sixtie to the end and Aggei 2. Exod. 28. Ezekiel 47. and all the Prophetes and how great it is 144000. furlongs square As a thousand miles high building and so long and broad that if all the elect since Adam came as beastes into Noes Arke a citie of this largenes would but hold them Here Papists should see antiquitie and vniversalitie CHAP. XXII The lawes are golden and streames of life in Christ the morning star But this I have in Concent of Script handled at large and elswhere The grace of our Lord Iesus Christ open our eyes to see that to morrow we shall die that to day we may heare his voice Coloniae Iu. 1610. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gentle Reader where you see this title THE ARGVMENTS printed above almost of every page there read OF THE REVELATION And where you see OF THE REVELATION there read THE ARGVMENTS Good Reader vnderstand that this larger Scholion following in order of time was written afore these Arguments as thou maist perceive in the reading AN EXPLICATION OR REVELATION OF THE HOLY APOCALYPS AFTER that the Romanes had killed Christ persequuted his servants stirred vp by faithles Iewes whose rebellion ouerthrew their City state Domitian raising a cruell persecution and banishing Iohn into Patmos Our Lord and Sauiour reueleth the state of the heauenly IERVSALEM how it shal be afflicted by the Prophane Caesares till they be taken away and when power of state returneth to Rome a policy all wicked should be set vp to deceiue if it were possible the very elect so mighty shall it be to deceiue because men would not receiue the loue of the truth The stile of the booke is taken all from the old Testament to be plaine for learned Christians and darke to wicked that they should not see Gods counsels In my booke of Scripture Concent I opened the tropes and in my Advertisement I applyed the XII pretious stones to their tribes whereof Iewes called vnto Christ in all Countries taught vs heathen the way of life Now my bent is to tell properly the summe of the booke And first generally who be the persequutores Heere as often as we read that Christ was kill'd as Chap. 1. and 2. and 5. we must sagely consider Pilate and the Romane policy where Christ was crucified That Rome must be the state heere damned first for Tyrannie when their Ciuil lawes were good that S. Paul by Lysias the humane Chiliarch and by Festus the Proconsul and Iulius the noble Captaine found Neroes auctority long a defense But afterwardes a state all sinfull should come to Rome and deceiue and vex the Church vnto the end That Domitian banished Iohn Eusebius writeth it That Satans throne by Rome tryed in the Churches who would in Christ ouercome the seauen Epistles teach And where God sitteth vpon a throne of iudgement to builde his Temple by S. Paul of Beniamin his Iasper in Beniamin the old Temple was buit to defend his folke like the ruddy Sardius of Reüben sett a frontier against the Hagarenes to teach by the rainebow of his couenāt the summe of Leuies Smaragd Law This description is for terrible might against Rome their Idolatry So the Lābe as killed to whom all creatures whom Rome made Gods promise seruice for his Christians He being the Lion of Iuda by that name telleth of warrs greater then Dauid
contempt of Godly teaching Christ was great Noe Sem Arphaxad Selah Eber Phaleg brother to Ioctan hath cast thē of hitherto The West-Indians seeme to come of the East as both speake some Ebrew Now God driueth vs to both Indians not for Pepper and Tobacho but in tyme to shew his name And the Iesuites in teaching the holy Trinity Person and Iustice of Christ may saue many and the Pope shall haue an outward reward of longer successe and some hundreths of yeares must be spent this way Of the old opinion of 6000. yeares God hath cast old ages into a pleasant frame of measures of them for Iewes and from Iewes I dedicated an Ebrew worke to the Landtgraue of Hessia Now thousandes I will touch In 3000. exactly the Temple was fully furnished euen to the Arke In 4000. exactly the Romanes destroyed the seconde Temple if without it Messias dayes haue 2000. yeares from the yeare of Christ 1609. of Adam 5536. One as Heber may come to the worlds end by 464. yer The trueth God only knoweth reason telleth affaires in worke require such tyme But no particular person is sure of one day but all should watch when the Bridegrome commeth And to destroy them that destroy the earth Although no Creature but Angells and men know God yet the close bent of all Creatures is framed to serue man for Christ God bending them so And in that sense euery thing is weary of their toyle Eccl. 1. and groneth looking for the Redemtion of the Children of God Rom. 8. and being turned to seruice of Idolls grone in Gods estieme as corrupted such was the old world in corrupting their wayes such were Babel builders till heathen came to God and almost all to this day And Apoc. 5. All creatures giue glory to the Lambe in seruice of Christians But alas men to this day would neuer search Gods word the wealthie and principall of state but remit that ouer vnto others as a base worke for themselues to regard whereby God cast off the world And the Temple of God was open in the heauen and the Arke of his Couenant was seene in his Temple and there were lightnings voices thunders earthquake great haile After papistries ouerthrow Christ who is the Temple and the Arke who hath the Law within him is the mercy seat shall be opened to the few saued and God will pay Papists with warres for the haile and fire that they mixed with blood troublesome meteores eloquently expresse troubles of state as before our Lordes first comming the Romans miseries destroying themselues were a wonder to historiques because Crassus robbed the Temple and Pompei afore made Israel serue Rome and Brutus with Cassius and Antonius with Cleopatra and againe Iulius so Rome that still will crucifie Christ shall haue as great stirrs to warne them of vtter ruine But by warres profanesse breedeth to all sides that when the SON OF MAN commeth he shall scant finde faith vpon the earth The best way to keepe faith is to exercise our vniuersities in the Ebrew and Greeke Testament and to leaue ciuill gouernement to sage courtes fitt for it as Zuricke in Zuitzerland doth that Scholars tyrannie make not new papistrie And thus once all is reueiled vnto the end New visions tell the same matter for better clearnesse CHAP. XII A description of the Church AND a great signe was seene in the heauen a woman clothed with the sun With the moone vnder her feet and a crowne of 12. starres vpon her head and beeing with child cried in trauaile and peigned to beare child THE woman is the church through the song of songes and there pure as the sun heere clothed with Christ the Sunne of Iustice And the state of the faithfull is called through this booke heauen and they are a great signe to the profane world to wonder at The Moone and all vnder the Sunne is contemned of the faithfull and the doctrine which the 12. Apostles equall in knowled and authoritie deliuered to the world is the Crowne and they be 12 starres Iudas Iscariot fell a starre from heauen and Matthias became a sonne of consolation in his stead to keepe still the number of XII for the XII tribes and as S. Paul trauailed of the Galathians that is of Christ to be formed in them that they frustrate not the Gospell by holding circumcision nowe abrogated So the faithfull trauailed in soule to haue Christ brought forth to heathens knowledge that all might knowe that all this world was made obedient to a man At the first which man fell from God his first day and then God opened his Counsell that the Sonne Eternall would be made man of a woman to destroy the workes of the Angels that fell who all are collectiuely satan the enemie Satan brought Adam to lose the life of his soule and his body to death and dust and all this world to corruption Christ kindled light in Adams soule and after 930. yeares heauinesse for sin tooke it to his ioy and will raise vp the body and make a new world that all men who will receiue the abundance of grace of the gift of iustice may reigne by Christ and all who will not regard this mercy so cleare as the sunne they all by Adams fall dead in sin shal be damned for euer with the Diuils This is the trauaile of the Christian minde Speach of this is in all books of the Old Testament in Adams tongue in all the newe in Greeke made most common for this Gospell And Lawe with Gospell expounded by groundes of art which enemies grant should bee the trauaile of our minde And if Academies had brought vp their scholars in Ebrew and Greek exercises for the holy eternall Trinitie in Vnitie and for kissing the SON to happinesse Psal 2. By likely-hood of mans reason the world had benefull of true Christians where as now our Papes Archbuyshopps and Buyshopps know not one letter prick accent of the Law what authoritie it hath from God A pitifull matter that such blinde should bee leaders But the blinde will no other leaders So God cannot pittie them who will make knowen them that be his and despise them that despise him that they poore Caytifes shall perish for euer and feele the aeternall wrath of him whose mercy they haue despised while they counted the mercies offred in Christ to be but folly Of the Prophane Caesar and Pope reuiuing of him both comprised in the body and taile of one Dragon Another signe was seene in the heauen For beholde there was a great ruddie Dragon with 7. heades and ten hornes and vpon his heades seauen diademes And his taile draweth a third part of the Starres of heauen and cast them vnto the earth Iohn saw with his eyes in Vision that which hee and all the Apostles as S. Paul 2. Thess 2. saw in their minde That from Rome the Ruler should rule till hee were taken away After thence man of
and blood by scholars made a mountaine of fire cast into the sea by the starr falne from his place c. 81 The 9. Chap. pag. 82. THe fift Trumpet sounding out the Popes cleerely ibid. Whence the Pope chalengeth keies pag. 83. A digression to shew a scandall laid to Iewes 84 Of the Locusts most liuely describing the Popes subiects to make him King of Locusts distinguished from all other policies that be c. pag. 86 A distinction of those Loc. from the proper Locusts in Ioel that these be as scorpions 87 A further illustration of distinction from naturall Locusts and scorpions ibidem A further distinction how their sting is not of naturall scorpions but of spirituall ibidem Of the scorpions stings 88 Of the Locusts strength and auctority 89 Of the Loc. King 90 Of Oathes ibidem Of the Popes aduancing learning pag. 91 Of Popes blindenesse in Ebrew easiest matters ibidem How blindely the Papists wrest Ieroms words that c. 92 Of the Popes names ibidem Of the Popes Greek name 93 A digression to our prayer booke made from the Popes 94 Of Antic his Chaldy name 95 The Epilogue for the description of the Pope 97 Of Machumed or Machmad or Moamed in Piel Hiphil and Hophal the participles three are vsed in Arabique and Rabbins 98 Chapter 10. ibid. HOw Christ helpeth his Church by ruling warr and guile not to passe boūds c. ibid. Of Angell Christ ibidem Comming downe from heauen 99 Of the cloud ibidem Of the rainebow about his head ibid. Of the face of Christ like the sunne pag. 100 Of his feete like a pillar of fire ibid. Of the litle booke opened ibid. Of the right foote set vpon the sea and the left vpon the Land 101 Of the little bookes eating ibidem The XI Chap. pag. 102. THe measuring of the Temple pag. 102 Of measuring the faithfull 103 Of the Court within the Temple to bee cast out in condemnation of Iudaisme 104 A digression to compare the old Temple or Tabernacle with the spirituall 105 Of the holy Synagogues 106 Of the Synedrion 107 Of Athean imitation of Aaron 108 How BB. were made in Israel ibid. Of Excommunication 109 A iust but strang doctrin ibidem A digression to expound the terme Bishop 110 Of the 42. mone 111 Of Prophecying 112 Of the Decalogoue ibid. Of the Popes theft 113 Grounds which all should know that soundly prophecie or expound scripture ibid. Of Arias Montanus works of diuers readings 115 Of Lindanus quarreling with the text and one Erostratus ibid. Of Law vowelled and vnvowelled ibid. Of the Lxxij differing 3600. yeares from the strict Ebrew 116 Of Perfection of script ibid. Autores for the tongue 117 Prayer is our seruice of God ibidem Of the New Testam 118 Conclusion ibid. Blasphemous groundes of Popery pag. ibid. How yong men learned in liberall artes might be rarely exquisite in the Greek N. Testam 120 Of Poper names 121 The Epilogue ibidem The restorers of the Gospell be as Elias 122 The Martyrs be as Moses 123 Of the Citie which crucified our Lord 124 Of all souls passage at death 128 Of Purgatorie ibid. Of the 2. Macca 129 Of Iudahs sacrifice 130 The Conclusion 131 VVhat the Greeke Fathers thought of Purgatorie ibidem Of the third wo and last trumpet pag. 133 The sum of the Bible 134 Of the worldes end 137 Of the Iewes calling ibid. Of our Kings rare bent to the honour of the Bible 139 Of the Popes scholars 140 Of Daniel 141 Of the poore Indians calling ibid. Of the old Opinion of 6000. yeares pag. ibidem Chap. xij pag. 143. A Description of the Church ibid. Of the profane Caesar Pope reuiuing of him both comprised in the body and taile of one Dracon pag. 145 Of the taile 147 The combat of the Romane Empire with the Church ibid. A Commentary of the former vision of MICA-EL defending the Church 148 Of MICA-EL 150. Of Tobies fable 151 Of Michaels Angels 152 Of wicked spirits names ibid. Of old Serpent 153 Of Diuel ibid. Of trapps laid by our selues 154 The Diuell and his Angels by Michael are banished from the Church pag. ibidem A plainer exposition of the Dragons war ibid. Of the Dragons short tyme 157 Of the tyme of the persecutions by the Dragon 158 Chap. 13. pag. 160. OF two speciall points to be noted 161 The second point 162 How the Romans armes are taken from the Kingdomes in Daniel pag. 163 A most plaine description of the Pope by the beast arising from the earth pag. 169 Of the Lambes two hornes ibid. Of one error in the Pope which maketh him next the Diuell where the Diuell would tremble to bee so impudent openly 170 Of the Dragons speach 171 Of the two hornes counterfaiting the Lambe 172 Of the Popes succession 173 Of the Ancient facility in teaching the Law 174 An application of the Popes calling to that 178 A doubt for the manner of policy now what way is best to be taken 179 The answere ibidem What may we thinke of BB. of which sort many Popes and Cardinales bee 180 Of the Pope King of Kings 181 How long the Popes the starres falling could not become mountaines of fire to cast themselues into the sea of Empire 182 By what Iudaique cursedly reuiued Ceremonie the chiefe Diuinitie D. of Rome bewitched Emperors 184 Of Papists Miracles 186 An oration of the Popes Legate very remarkeable 194 Of subiection in all matters to the Pope ibidem Of the marke in the forehead 196 Of the name of the beast and Number of his name ibidem A repetition of the terme Rock 199 A Digression to a disputation at Mentz 200. Chap. 14. pag. 205. THe heauen cōmonly in the Aposignifieth the Chruch 206 What the song of the rediemed was 207 A Digression to shew the Concent of all the holy bookes and first of Geneses 208 Obiections of them that are not rediemed from the earth against that ibid. Of Iob 209 Of Exodus ibid. Romes error against the song of the Lambe barbarous 210 Error Athean ibid. Of Leuiticus ibid. How the Pope disannulleth all Leuiticus 211 Of Numeri ibid. The Contradiction of the Pope against that book 212 Of Deutero ibidem The Contrarie also ibid. Of Iesus son of Num. ibid. The Popes contrarie 213 Of the booke of Iudges ibid. Of Samuel c. 214 The Popes Contrariety 217 Of the N. Testaments musique the Gospell ibid. Of the Acts 218 Of the Ep. Romanes 219 Of the 1. Corint 220 Of the 2. ibid. Against Purgatoris ibid. Of the Epist to the Galat. 221 To the Ephesians ibidem To the Philippians ibidem To the Colloss ibidem To the Thess 1. and 2. Epist. 222 To Timothie 1. and 2. Epist 213 To Philemon ibidem How the seruant of seruants is concordant to Onesimus 224 Of the Epistle to the Hebrews 225 The Popes contrarietie ibidem Of the Epist-Iames ibidem Of 1. and 2. Pet. 226 Of 1. 2. and 3. of
Iohn ibidem Of Iude 227 Of the Combat of 144000. 228 Comparisons of Phrases for holy soules departed 231 Reuenge for Christ his iustice 232 Reuenge for the prayers of the Church ibid. Reuenge by the iniuried themselues 233 The sure euent of Gods iudgements 234 The 15. Chap. pag. 235. A Plaine exposition of the woman fleeing in the wildernesse ibid. The Chap. 16. pag. 238. AS the Popes manner of rising plagued the world in a like manner God consumeth him ibid. Chap. 17. pag. 251. IOhn like Daniel ibidem A plaine description of the Popes comming vp 259 Of the Popes fall 261 A plaine condemnation of Rome pag. 263 Chap. 18. pag. 264 THE King is Angelus to cause the word to be sounded pag. ibid. Chap. 19. pag. 267. ISai Ieremy and Ezekiel compared with this chap. bring great light ibid. Of the Hebrew terme of Hallelu-Iah 268 Of the best way to ouerthrow the Pope 269 The warres of Christ and Christians against the Empire and Pope 273 An open proclamation of the Popes destruction 275 An abridgement of all Gods iudgements in one 276 Chap. 20. pag. 277. THE Diuells are not simply bound ibid. The Pope deceiued not generally till 1000. yeares 279 The Pope weakned the West in superstition prouoking to warre for the holy Land 280 The Pope is a Beast of Empire by his might 281 A liuely description of the latter Iudgement ibid. Chap. 21. pag. 284. THE second discourse vpon the 21. and 22. Chapters of the Apocalyps ibid. Iohn began the N. Testam and he likewise ended it ibid. Of Iohn 285 Of Ierusalem ibidem Of Melchitzedeke and Isaack causing glory to Ierusalem 286 Of Saint Pauls heauenly Ierusalem 287 Of the Iewes error to this day ibid. Of Alpha and Omega 292 Of ignorance in Alpha how it bred daylie error 293 Of Vowells 294 Of Tiphereth Israel ibid. Of Cethib and Kery 295 Of the Papists interlinear Bible 296 Of a most wicked slander ibid. Of Cetib and not Kery and Cery and not Cetib ibid. Of Iod not condemned 297 Of Omega ibid. Of Greeke stile 298 Of 4. Dialects in the Greeke 299 Of Attique Greeke ibidem Of the 72. Greeke 301 Of the Thalmu Greeke ibidem Of forgiuenesse in this world what Talmudiques meane ibid. Of the Apostles peculiar Greeke pag. 302 Of S. Pauls most eloquent expressing Moses ibid. Of the Talmudique agreement with the N. Testam 303 Of Idolaters 306 Of the Popes barbarous Answere pag. 307 An answere to his ibidem Concerning the second death 308 Of the great City Ierusalem 311 Of Arias Montanus placing the Altar of incense in the most holy 317 Of Prayer 318 The order of the Tribes 319 Reason of their order 320 Of the terme Iasper in the third place 323 Of the second fundation ibidem Of the Carbuncle 324 Of the Smaragde ibidem Of Sardomix 325 Of Sardius ibidem Of Chrisolite ibidem Of Beryll 326 Of Topax 327 Of Chrysophrase ibidem Of Hyacinth ibidem Of Amethyst 328 A plaine conclusion from Esai 6. and 51. and Ezeck 47. of the Gentiles Ierusalem 331 Chap. 22. pag. 334. THE Epilogue the Angells speach 336 How the Apoc. would force any Iew c. to yeeld c. 337 A sequell by any Iewes grant ibid. A digression to Iewes desire ibidem The greatnesse of the Iewes request pag. 338 The speach of Christ To whom be Kingdome power and glorie for euer and euer Amen 339. FINIS “ An Ebrician must teach the word to the simple the discourse would be harsh †Eph. 5. 27. In Iulian the Apostata †Beracoth Perek evening prayer fol. 28. †Iohn followeth the 70. most wisely hiding the Eb. propriety from dull heathen 2. Thess 2. Chap. 1. Chap. 2. and 3. Isai 54. 9. Chap. 4. Chap. 5. 2. Pet. 1. Chap. 6. Psal 21. Psal 45. 1. Seale 2. Seale 3. Seale 4. Seale 5. Seale In Aboth R. Nathan So the Israelites in Aegypt were sealed Exod. 12. 7. 13. 22. 13. 7. Seale Mat. 1. 11. Psal 141. 2 Rom. 5. Ephes 2. Psal 22. Ephes 3. Hebr. 2. Exod. 20. Iliad 3. †Chap. 1. the 7. stars be seauen sergeants of the Church Genes 49. Act. 17. 18 Attique Greeke The septua greek The Apostles Greeke 2. Cor. 5. Moses and Paul teach one thing Rom. 10. Psal 71. 20 Heb. 11. The Thalmudgreek Maymo Saned Mat. 18. compared with Rom 8. 38. 2. Cor. 11. 23 24. c. Act. 26. 21 22. Mat. 7. 2. Cor. 4. 6. Maymo in Hagigah 1. Tim. 3. 1. Cor. 2. 8. Iohn 3. So Babell and Antio Daniel 7. Isai 9. 1. Iohn 3. 2. Thes 2. Eph. 3. 16 17. 18. 19. 1. Cor. 5. Iohn 2. Heb. 9. and. 10. But when it pleased the Lord to make the Gentiles his people saith Esai Make larger Curtaines Chap. 54. 2. 1. Cor. 14. 22. Heb. 10. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 2. Cor. 5. 9 Mat. 16. Psal 109. Act. 1. Zach. 4. That the Popes iudgmēt must stād Heb. 11. By faith these turned to flight the armies of the aliens Mat. 12. Maymo poenit Apoc. 1. Maymo Beidh Apo. 20. Isai 22. Vzielides 1. King 19. 10. Rome hath all the plagues of Aegypt but two Note how and why Rome is called Egypt Sodom Babel ch 18. and compare the old stories of the old Test with Rome Hester 9. 1. Cor. 3. Such the Apost only speakes of Tit. 1. 14. many other places and he writing by the spirite could not crosse the spirit Rom. 15. 4. New Visions opening the former Gen. 3. 1 Iohn 1. 1. 3. 8. 5. 20. Eph. 2. 1. Rom. 5. The seauē heads afflicting the Church Rome is condemned both in these the other of Kinges Consuls Decemvires Dictatores Triumuires c. psalm 2. The Angell of his praesence saued thē Isai 63. †Commentarie or Register 2. Cor. 4. 3 The seauē heades afflicting 1. Pet. 1. 1 Ioh. 3. In Bar. his booke for D. Bil. syll 1. Chronic 24. 10 †This word signifieth an earnest pressing of men in suing for offices and bribing thē Adri. 63. distinct Auentinus lib. 4. Or Auentinus lib. 7. seq Naud others Naucler Gene. 44. A Miracle of the Popes transubstantiating the bread into Poyson These fables God hated and forbiddeth Tit. 1. 14. 1. Timoth 1. 4. and 4. 7. and so his people will Naucl. Gen. 44. C. 1. de Iure Iure in Clem. Abbas Vsp Naucl. Gene. 44. Cuspinianus in vitae Alberti Naucl. Genet 44. Psalm 2. The Concent of all the holy Bookes Geneses 1. Iohn 1. 1. 3. 8. Heb. 11. Exodu◠Exo. 15. Leuiticus Ioh. 2. Numbers Act. 26. 22. 23. Deutero Iosua Psal 95. Iudges Samuel Psalmes Canticles Prouerbes Ecclesiaastes Ruth 1. and 2. Kings Chronicles Daniel Hosea Ionas Ioel. Amos. Isaiah Michah Nahum Habba Ieremie Ezechiel Daniel Aggei Zacharic Malachie Ezra Nehemias Esther Matthew Marke Luke Iohn Acts. Romanes 1. Corint 2. Corint 2. Cor. 4. Galatians Ephes Philippi Colossi 1. Thess 2. Thess 1. and 2. Timot. Titus Philemon Hebrews Iames. 1. and 2. Pet. 1. 2. and 3. Iohn Iude. Ier. 10. Isai 21. Ier. 51. Psal 75 Psal 21 Esa 34. Ioel 3. 13. Against the law of nature against the lawe of England Rome cōpared to Aegypt the old Israel with the Spirituall This song is more fully described chap. 19. 2. Cor. 4. Ion. 3. 1 Cor. 15. 29. Rom. 6. 2. Coll. 3. 3. A myracle This Chap. is a plaine speach opening all the former Visions Iohn like Daniel Phll. 1. 27. Rome passeth al the enemies of the Church in cruelty and Idolatrie So Antio tooke away Moses Law The seauē heades afflicting * Walsingham Psalm 19. * Isa 41. 2. 3 Psalm 22. 2. Sam 22. The Gospell is the ioy of the godly As old Isratel praysed the Eternall IAH for their deliuerāce frō Aegypt Canaars Babel Antiochus all their enemies so heere the holy doe for deliuerāce frō Rome which is called and compared with Aegypt c. because that the cruelty Idolatr of all the enimies the the Gospel since the beginning was in Rome Psal 135. Psal 136. 9. 15. 24. Psal 78. 2 Tim. 2. This is made famous in 1588. and 1605. for our Albion Psalm 2. 1. Tim. 5. 6. Rom. 10. Paul taught nothing but Moses and the Prophets Act. 26. Rom. 4. 22. 23. 24 Heb. 12. Ier. 10. 11. Ioh. 3. The of God is not boūd consider the A post speach ◠Rō 15. 19. and the◠Lord gaue great victorie * that is perfected Heb. 2. 89. 1 Cor. 15. 27. Act. 14. 17. Eph. 2. 1 Cor. 1. 2 Pet. 3. Rom. 2. Rom. 11. Gen. 9. 1 Pet. 4. 3. Col. 3. 1 Virg. Georg. Lib. 2. This is the ancient faith this is that which the Apostle saith Eph. 2. 20. Heb. 6. Luc 2. 49. Luc. 2. 37 Iarchi vpō Iud. 18. from the Thal. Act. 2 20 Isai 61. 1. Iohn 3 Ezek. 47. 2. Chron. 2. 17.