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
Iew paid him And Arias Montanus paid Erostratus All Doctors should bee readie in that to defend their ground wherevpon all their doctrine must stande Of Law vowelled and vnvowelled The Law Copies were some vowelled and accented the commune vnvowelled and vnaccented because the tongue may by vse be read reasonablie without them but in doubtes to small certeintie Rabbi Iacob the bringer of the Massoreth into a Dictionarie forme with notes sheweth that Moses gaue vowells but the people had few vowell'd copies till Ezra made them commune and Aben Ezra saith well He that set the vowells and accentes was a perfect wise man for He neuer missed of the best sense But the 70. translated by vnvowelled that they might hide their minde when dull heathen would quarrell with trueth Of the 70. differing thirtie sixe hundred of yeares from the strickt Ebrew Many blaspheme Gods worde by the 70. differing from it Gen. 5. and 11. in opusculis Patrum one worke blameth the Ebrew and all Grecia still followed the 70. so Arabia so Abyssini so Muscouia The text Gen. 5. faith Adam liued 130. yeares and begat Seth and liued afterwards 800. The Lxx. Adam liued 230. yeres and begate Seth and liued after that but 700. Our notes not well set 1603. haue this note Adam liued 230. yeares and begate Seth wherein Moses omitted 100. yea c. This note dasheth all Moses authoritie if he were not true in his narration S. Augustine could not tell the reason of the difference Ciuit. Dei I haue shewed it in Concent Scrip. Melchitzedeke though my recompense hath beene but vngratefull scophing of vncleane spirites DD. that know not a letter vowell or accent what authoritie they haue from God such vncleane spirites are good helpes for the king of Locustes when they hinder the grounds of all prophecying Of Perfection in Scripture The text hath perfect Diuinitie The holy in all their ages knew the Trinitie and that Christ would be made man of a woman according to our kinde as of Mary of Ely of Adam Heere Anabaptistes and Lutheranes are in an heauie case All the holy knew that mans soule returneth in death presently to God to receyue the Aboundance of grace of the gift of Iustice in Christ and ioy vnder Gods throne or Anger for their sin and contempt of Gods loue in Christ before Gods angrie face Leuit. 26. Apoc. 14. The ancients liued by the law grauen in all hearts some few they had deliuered tokens of redemption But for all life the heart lawes serued Ier. 31. Rom. 2. Iob telleth what store of lawes hearts helde Moses for an whole great nation gaue law written but the most bent to Leui imperfect without the Gospell Iob and the Apostles haue no Lawes but such as wise heathen all would commend Authores for tongue Christians may passe in Ebrew very rare Ebrewes because the Apostles translate much in speciall elegancie Besides they allow very much in the 70. What they handle not ancient Hebrewes make plaine And they who will expound Ebrew beyonde this warrant as some doe for Hell place and Hell torment in life do not well Prayer is our seruice of God Maymoni in prayer from all Rab. God forbid that any should pray but to God Menachen vpon Gen. and Deut. 6. Mat. 4. and 6. neuer any holy prayed to a Created Angell or man Men the best had great faultes as Abraham long worshipped creatures Philo and Maym. in Idoll Bechaia sheweth exceedeth sinne of his for Sarah for which his posteritie smarted in Egypt Of the New Testament The soundnesse of text playnenesse in foure Dialects I handled in our Lordes familie against which booke I hope none will raue but for Ioakims buriall Conclusion Poperie hath no defence by any sound groundes of studie not to any one article Blasphemous groundes of Popistrie 1. That they say the Scripture is corrupt in text The Massoreth or Dictionarie for euery letter prick and accent checketh that for the old Testament And the new Testamēt can none blame but to his shame as I haue shewed Princes in Latin 2. That they say the scripture is doubtfull no booke was euer penned so certeine for Lawes meaning Visions Allegories bring no new rules as Ezekiel and Cantica The New Testament hath not one phrase but the easiest to learned Iewes not one from the beginning to the end 3. That they say the scripture is imperfect they might as well say God made not the world perfect But the Pope can make moo Creatures and better as Archangelles and Purgatories and soules departed to vnderstand our heartes and bold to teach God whom he should pitie and to make Mary commaund Christ Satan in his owne person durst neuer be so bold 4. They plead from the Law of Sanedrin where a man must stand to their iudgement The Sanedrin might be without any Leuit as Ierusalemy noteth though the Law speak of that which most vsually falleth out that Leui should bee readie in his owne profession But Esay saith to them who was so blind and Mallachi speaketh to the same effect the Leuites whole condemnation of holy Ieremie where one of Israel cleared him But the Pope his Cardinalls Archbuishops haue no more to do with Leui then apes to stand for men 5. The Pope maketh a spiritualtie a Clergie to tie learning to them Dauid had his warriers the best learned in Moyses that by foresight of Christ thence one frighted 1000. and kill'd 800. And in Babel Iuda in Daniel Ananias Azarias and Misael before Ezechiel of Leui came thither were the glorie of men 6. All wealthy should be brought vp in the Bible in frame of art to know it throughly what lawes it hath what disputations are vpon those Lawes what stories and how the sentences of Iob Dauid and Salomon comment vpon the stories All our nation might haue seene this plaine if wicked had not hindred by their spirituall keyes And in Popes proceeding they make him knowne to be wicked 7. By Gods Law Ecclesia the Sanedrin court should rule in all matters And old Wicklife in Walsingham did hit the naile vpon the head saying That if the Commune Lawes of England might take place the Pope should haue no more to do with vs then any other Yet frō Satan he will rule all and make Ecclesia to be not ciuill courts but his courtes Our commune Lawes praemune that sagely and the lawlesse resist God 8. The Pope from Rome will rule and the Rome-free-borne Apostle after he taught the Thessalonians of Pope from Rome giueth a charge to the Romans to keepe euery soule in obedience to the ciuill gouernement and by Ciuill gouernement S. Paul escaped from death by Scribes traditions How yong men learned in liberall artes might be rarely exquisite in the greeke new Testament GOD perfect in wisedome knew that the Iewes would marueile why the New Testament should be all in Greeke and not any whitt in Ebrew Therefore to shew
strong as hee But as vnder the Maccabees new corruption left scant any in faith for Christ his first comming so it will bee for the second that scant faith will bee found in the earth The true Elders complaine not for mens negligence but looke for Christ his second comming vpon the Popes full fall as vpon his first comming the Macedonians had not a foote of ground Of the Worldes end No man can tell when the world shall ende nor when the Pope shall bee vtterly consumed by the spirite of Christ his mouth But that many hundreth yeeres remaine yet we haue many arguments of likely-hood Of the Iewes calling S. Paul sheweth that the Iewes shall first be called Rom. 12. But Christians in name are miraculously bent against that very neere open Atheisme so their calling cannot bee yet when Christian states swear to hinder that Agent Barton moued a Iewe to request an explication of the newe Testament how it is the perfection to the old Two copies of one Epistle from a Rabbi the best learned in the East came to England in a strange Character such as was neuer seene in the West in stile vnlike all Christians veine And in date and particular circumstances so for the writers occasions that all the wittes in the world of the West could not feigne such a Character style and particular matter From England after long viewing these copies were sent to Basill to the partie for whose worke they were written The Epistle is printed and the summe as request was made commeth forth in English Now marke the recompence from a most thankfull nation Libellers the impudentest that euer were in the world that scoffe a Conclusion of their owne auctores allowed sillogisme a most learned worke that brake Gehennean torment the cause is well knowen these raue against him whom the Q. Agent made the Iew belieue to be the ablest of all Christians to handle our Gospell in Hebrew veine And this scoffe from a most vnlearned wight is allowed by the Buyshops Because your armes be the owles you thinke you must bring owles to Athenes and because the Rabbin saluteth you as you feigne you thinke you are the onely Thalmudique of the world The simple people were persuaded that the Epistle was forged thinking that no slaue of Satan durst euer be so impudent as to borrow the princes authority to a slander and seing two impressions of the Libel were soone sold vnder authority they held not as they ought the slanderers to be Anathema Maran Atha but supposed they spake true and ioyned with them to serue Satan Now Christians should haue the first benefite in shewing the Harmony of both Testaments and where Christians hinder their owne good GOD will giue them no honor for Iewes The like prank one of Geneua plaid being aduertised of the Iewes petitiō and being requested to lend Sadaias Arabique Moses kept a coile as though the matter was forged that many marueiled and gaue information of him and when the Senate gaue leaue to printe the Iewes Epistle and answere he by one Grinetus forbad to vse the Senates leaue and bred much coile Thereupon a Greeke oration accusing him of machmadisme is sent to the Senate They call him to his answere Then he saith he thought the Iewes Epistle was forged The Libell from England cited him and hardned him in that And others in Germany kept a stirre that therupon I called his diuinity to accompt and altered Princes from great promisses towards Ebrew opening of the Bibles Harmonie Of our Kinges rare bent to the honor of the Bible Our King vowed to the Bibles honor so that the partie would and might conueniently take the worke in hande 1596. a thousand poundes a yeare after that he reigned in England Satan hindred the workeman by one that made Gehennea torment of going to Paradise in the Creede And blamed the workeman as deceiued vntill he cleared himselfe no modesty would request the Kings pension nor no wisedome grant it The more religious promisses bee made the more circumspection is to be had to the worke of their ground which failing the Promisse is no Promisse Also the BB. would take the Bibles clearing in hand for which worke much of the old purpose began so the workman was cōtent to be freed After questions were cleared a cold letter moueth the king with mention of old bent The King most redily telleth by a Knight of a royall pension to open the Bible against Iewes the offer is accepted a booke is printed chiefe obiections are dissolued and after nobles an high preferred Clerke hath a copy He denieth the Kinges message and said he would stay the King from allowance to Ebrew clearing of the Bible where the King was so willing and a Clerke so crosse A learned man wrot vnto mee that God meaneth not yet to call the Iewes But of duty I haue now 12. yer celebrated the Kinges redy bent and most constant faith And I see that God stirreth vnlearned scholars to force a calling of them to accompt Now by Ebrew and Greeke Iewes must be taught and Zwitzerland would persuade mee that they knew none by story of my study that way and I thinke some hundred of yeares will passe before another of like paines will arise to call them Of the Popes scholars The Popes scholars in Latin Greeke and Ebrew are terrible to ours as D. Pistorius of Friburge was they so play vpon our errores that they haue turned millions so from vs. Geneueans checking of the Greeke Testament makes Iesuites vse the Latin reiect the Greeke many armies would not so much help them Besides rash termes as Deus agit excitat impellit mouet peccatores These giue Iesuites victorie God leadeth them into temptation to shew his iudgement but in light of cōscience warneth against ill But the wicked rebell against light Againe these asystate stand not together Deus operatur omnia in ominibus in good and bad and Deus non agit in malis Beza hath both And this no better Deus agit in impiis deserendo This trifling of vnlearned disputing increaseth papistry exceedingly So this cānot be denyed God hath set vnto anger all that he calleth not to faith But he furthereth not by inward instinct their destruction He hardeneth by patience or too great affliction This speach he praedestineth men to destructiō is not from God For that terme is vsed in furthering the meanes as in the godly for saluation So one rash terme of a weake schole will turne many away Of Daniel Long did Beza roare in french homilies against the Pope from Daniel Iesuites reply that no syllable there medleth with him so all their powder without pellet is lost till Lemanus-lake-fishers emend their nettes they shall not catch 153. great Fishes and they must launch on the right side Of the poore Indians calling Of loctan Gen. 10. come the East-Indians their names famous in heathen for nationes mountaines and riuers tell that Their
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
they had coined Phrases to new vexation of our spirits and make the word seeme a nose of wax Thus we hinder our owne fight but some still hold the truth that the accusation cannot be generall The rest should be wise with them The Diuell and his Angels by MICAEL that standeth vp for his people who be his Angels are banished from the Church and knowen to be vnclean spirits A second and playner exposition of the Dragons warre And I heard a great voice saying in the heauen now is come the saluation and power and Kingdome of our GOD and the auctority of his CHRIST because the accusar of our brethren who accuseth them before GOD day and night is cast downe And they haue ouercome by the blood of the Lambe and by the word of his Testimony and despised their liues vnto death Therefore reioyce yee heauens and they who dwell in them wo be vnto them which dwell in the Land and the Sea because the Diuell is come to you hauing great wrath knowing that he hath but a litle while Where a company by Martyrdome shew that saluation commeth onely by the death of CHRIST and are constant in that Testimony then troupes that make the heauens kingdom heere protest they know how saluation cōmeth know Gods power that falleth the mighty state of the Pope and know wherein the Kingdome of God standeth And the auctority of Christ where the Pope had a Kingdome of Satan in his policy through all partes of all common weales euen from ruling Emperours to the poorest that had but a chimney to pay a Peter-peny The holy Testament playnelie shewing our Creatores And how the spirit of CHRIST flootereth vpon all the waters of both Testaments and cleared the holy story And cleareth our hearts to call vpon GOD with a good heart this sheweth in this plaine sum what the Kingdome of God and auctority of CHRIST is Gouernement standeth vpon plaine rules The wealthy that know CHRIST Kinges Dukes Earles Barons Knights will study to excell in Diuinity to be true Bishopps and Elders to eate vp the Booke of the Gospell and to see all miscariage sagely restreined being those that Saint Paul and the Talmudiques meant by Pastors And will see how by Church lands an infinite company may be made cunning in tongues and sense of both Testaments That the Angelos Ecclesiae and daylie Seniores may be so taught in Diuinity as men are in liberall artes to know the wholle facultie and the propre vse of euery holy booke And what concent all the scripture hath and where one error putteth all out of tune but may soone be remoued so a faithfull minde will often in a day runne ouer all the Bible and see all ages faithfull as trees planted by waters and all wicked as dust scattred by the winde And such will be true Bishopps as Cucullus non facit monachum so a courtiers fauor and title maketh not a Bishopp for saluation and power and kingdome of God and authority of Christ Buy-shopps mocke with GOD but all Mordecaies will vse them as Agagites and as leprous to the Church So when all Gouerners in state be learned Bishopps ioy will be in the Church that the Diuell must goe to Land or quiet state of the Pope or sea warres of Emperors bad to seeke whom he can deuour The learned dealers for the Church will finde for it meanes in persequution to be protected Yea and to make the Land or Papisticall state as King H. VIII did drie vp the riuers of the Popes persequution In the middle of Papistry he ouerthrew the Pope by Papistes Who were content to buy the Abbeies that fed Idolatrous Locusts could not for starke shame denie a common prayer booke made from the masse booke turned to English so so much was chosen from the masse booke to be in English as seemed not directly to fight with Gods trueth and subscription for allowance to that was no further meant but that the Papists could finde no fault with it Vnder K. E. 6. and Q. E. the best Bishopps allowed the communion booke no further and gaue others leaue to expresse that how they bare with it vntill fitt tyme of amendement Of the Dragons short tyme. This speach sheweth the tyme neere the seauenth trumpet for the worlds end by the Dragons tayle the Pope heere meant in his persecution that the Diuell is fierce knowing that he shall not be long the God of this world And the Pope feareth least his Kingdome shall soone fall And our Buyshopps that vrge his canons damned by our common Lawes are now in rumores that they incense some to begge all Buyshopps lands Leicester went farre to chaing 40000. lib. for rack rent but more harme is bred by Buyshopps tyranny now Bishopps vnder King Edw. haue beene such as none but of Satans spirite would deny them to bee lawfull Bishops And such as agreed well with Nobles Gentry and all The name troubleth none but the Barbarous They who hold the place without teaching the people the trueth and with tyranny breake the cōmon lawes of the realme which stand with reason that is the Law of God such should chainge their minde and obey the Gospell lest their short tyme be for Sarans seruice and for euer And when the Dragon saw that he was cast into the earth he persequuted the woman which brought forth the male child This common place toucheth all the Popes persequutions though it be vttered as at one tyme. The Pope had still ready cruell torment for all of his that descried wickednesse in his religion And to the woman were giuen two winges of an eagle to flee into the wildernesse into her owne place to bee nourished there a tyme and tymes and halue a tyme from the praesense of the Serpent The Pope driueth the Church into the Wildernesse as Pharaoh droue Israel Saul Dauid Antiochus the holy Iewes the Pharisees he Lord of glory for a tyme two tymes and halfe a tyme three yeeres and an halfe and as I shewed all tyme of persecution is called in remembrance of our Lordes a persecution of dayes 1260. as chap. XI or of a tyme two tymes and halfe a tyme As Beda and Carthusianus well noted In Exo. 19. God saith hee brought Israel from Egypt as with eagles winges so the persecutor heere is a newe Pharaoh and Rome is Egypt spiritually as in chap. XI And the Dragon Pharaoh is heere a new Dragon And the Pope which will bee worshipped for a God is as Darius Dan. 6. and in the fable vpon that as the Dragon which the Chaldeans worshipped The Phrase of the fable folowed a true storie Of the tyme of these persequutions And the Dragon did cast after the woman out of his mouth water like a riuer to make her riuer-caried But the earth holpe the woman and the earth opened her mouth and dranke vp the riuer which the Dracon cast out of his mouth And the Dracon was angry with the
they would that none should be in the Commune Weale but of their marke by othe subscription or whole profession Of the marke in the forehead Aharon his garments conteined the summe of religion whereof one part was a plate of gold in his bonnet thus ingrauen HOLYNESSE FOR THE ETERNALL That is expounded chap. 14. where the Christians hating Idolatry haue the name of God written in their forehead As God will make knowen who be his and all who call vpon GOD must depart from wickednesse So heere the hauing of his name in the forehead is the profession of his decrees The saying of Aue Marie went ouer all to the poore beggars and reuerence to the Crosse and comming to their most wicked Masse and refraining from reading Gods Booke but for licenced and auricular confession briefly all differing from their Dracoes lawes was an heretique and might neither buy nor sell Of the name of the beast and the number of his name That is his owne name So vsuall in states the Antecedent is for the relatiue as Daniel chap. 9. The Gouernor shall destroy the Gouernor owne people for his owne Through the Bible the names giuen by the holy abridge the summe of their life God called the first man ADAM which is also our commune name MAN to tell vs euery moment that dust wee are and to dust we must returne Seth bare a warning that onely some of his should be setled when the flood made a moode of all the earth Enosh telleth of sorrow that profanenesse sprang instead of calling vpon the name of God Cainan telleth of Lamentation due for that Mahal-el how the Almighty bringeth a mixture by water vpon all Iared how all goeth downe He nameth his sonne Enoch consecrated to God to be an onely man in the cursed world and he told in his sonnes name when God would send the flood Methu-Schelach when he is deadp resently God sendeth it Lamech borne in tyme of all sorrowes in his dayes the fathers died and all to euery soule that called vpon God and looked to saue their life by the Arke els they had come to Noë to haue gone into the Arke Noë is conforter All these be fathers to all in the world and all degenerate who desire not to know the reasons of their names So through the old Testament the faithfull printed faith and story in their childrens names And the Booke of numbers hath vnder propre names moo sentences of faith then would make a great volume So that without Ebrew much of the Bible wil be vnknowen So before the Captiuity of Babell the Godly gaue names to their sonns shewing hope of their defense and helpe by Elam of whom came Cyrus one long before called his sonne Elam another also calleth his sonne Elam for instruction that Elam should send the Iewes home And God blesseth these two with most issue Ezra 2. Another calleth his sonne Bagoas by a famous Persian name Another calleth his sonne Adonikam God standeth aboue all Now the sonnes of Adonikam were 666. God then meant to apply that to further matter as seauens in the Bible call into minde the first Sabbath rested in hope of Christ so sixes are commonly a memory of the sad fall and vsed in sorrow Holy Lamech liued yeares 777. then he rested In the six hundreth of Noë the flood came Nabuchadnezar his cursed Image was in height 60. cubites In breadth 6. cubites The gold brought from Ophir to Salomon was 666. talents as no long blessing when after his death Sysac King of Aegypt hath all of the Temple for a spoyle Now Adonikam his sonnes 666. might shew that God would vse that text to some sad matter Let vs now examine the words of the Text. Heere is wisedome Let him that hath wisedome reckon the number of the Beast For it is a number attributed vnto a man And his number is six hundred sixty six Adams wisedome is shewed equall to Angells in giuing names to beastes and foules according to their nature so that mans first wisedome appeared how his soule bare the image of God in fit names His holy sonnes folowed that and all of wisedome will examine what names they haue giuen and see which of all them will fit the beast heere the mans name may soone be found by 666. for onely ADONIKAM of a man hath that number Now the wisedome standeth in the nation of Adonikam how the beast that hath hornes like a Lambe is fitted to that Let vs haue our stories to shew how the Pope is fitted to this Innocentius the third bragged to Emperor Philip that he would take from him the Diademe of the King or he should take from him the Apostolicall Apostaticall ensigne Christ saith by him Kings reigne and Princes decree iustice And he is truly ADONIKAM Lord standing vp sure for defense of his And Innocentius of Adam the earthly of Enosh the sorrowfull he will be ADONIKAM simply a Lord standing sure and haue two hornes of the Lambe though he speake like the Dragon Marke another when Albertus son to Rodulph following his fathers Example sought by entreaters the confirmation of his election of Boniface the eight which bragged that he was Lord of the whole world Then Boniface comming forth girded with a sword and wearing the Imperiall Crowne cryeth with a tyrannicall voice EGO SVM CAESAR ET PONTIFEX and in a chafe he reiecteth the election which was made without his Authoritie as of no force and friuolous and refuseth the confirmation and called the Emperour a murtherer so this Boniface had as brasen a face as Boniface the third which bought supremacie of the murtherer Phocas and vaunting that he is TOTIVS MVNDI DOMINVS LORD OF THE WHOLE WORLD the name of the MAN which hath 666. attributed ADONIKAM wil be his name with the two hornes of the Lambe A repetition of the terme Rocke Speciallie the terme Rocke claymed of the Pope to be his name proueth him to haue this name or notation of ADONIKAM In this Conceit thus hee reasoneth Peter is the Rock The Pope is as Peter Therefore The Pope is the Rocke So the Pope maketh himselfe God who only standeth sure ADONICAM A digression to a disputation at Mentz in the Promotion of a graduat in their commencement 1601. At Mentz in saluation yeere named a commencer gaue the question I then printing in their owne Towne a Greeke Oration of all my groundes in Religion was requested by Pater Nicol. Serarius their D. principall to come to the cōmencement There they requested mee most vehemently to dispute that Rector made shorte the first reply And I tooke the second This was the question Romana Ecclesia est vera Ecclesia Reply Quae facit hominem ex patris semine immediate Petram dici est hostis Dei At Roma facit hoc ergo est hostis Dei Promotus I deny the assumption Reply The terme Rocke is neuer vsed in commendation of Holinesse and Constancie but in God
teach there the trueth of saluation That which Ierem. speaketh chap. X. of our Gods prayse against idolls is heere repeated That Egypt and Babel teach the Pope what to look for Thus the holy protest their honor to God and labor to increase the Church that all nations may come and worship him And afterwardes I saw and behold the Temple of the Tabernacle of Couenant was opened in the heauen and the seauen Angells came forth hauing the seauen plagues from the Temple and they were clothed with cleane and pure linen and girded about the breast with golden girdles As Angells help Gods seruants to victories so proper Angells considered with men whom they strengthen may heere be meant Their clothing signifie syncere holinesse which men should desire and the golden girdle about the brest signifieth the binding of the minde in golden syncerity of heart Maymo in Beth Bechira handling Aharons garment citeth traditions from them that saw the high sacrificers manner that Aharon was girded about the brest that sheweth Iohn to speake most learnedly chapter 1. and heere 15. and wiser then any who would forge a booke could doe And one of the foure liue-wights gaue to the seauen Angells seauen golden cupps full of the anger of God who liueth for euer and euer The liuely wight is heere as orator of the whole Church and after the acknowledging of Gods goodnesse by Gods charge the Angells take in hand to poure Gods wrath vpon his enimies visibly by men but vnseene as the armie that guarded Elisaeus So as I told the punishment of Nabuchadnezar Daniel chap. 4. commeth by the decree of the watchfull and the petition of the holy What the Angells desire in reuenge for the Church God appointeth them to help forward in assisting men that be the fighters So millions of millions waite vpon Gods throne to rule the foure beasts that the house of Zorobabell afflicted should know that the heauens ruled and tyrants should soone be tamed by them The Pope should from Dan. 7. learne this and from Apo. chap. 6. where the profane Caesares be destroyed and know that after long angring of God hee must haue full payment Mortall Princes soone fade as a floure But God is euerlasting 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Daniel 7. 9. and liuing for euer Dan cha 12. and Apoc. X. and XV. who because men did not receiue the loue of the trueth to be saued sendeth workfull error that they belieue falshood that all may be condemned which belieue not the trueth but delite in badnesse This Booke was penned in such a style that it openeth not onely it selfe but also teacheth how all the old Testament belongeth to Christ And the Temple was filled with a smoke of the glory of God and of his power and none could goe into the Temple till the seauen plagues of the 7. Angells were finished When the Tabernacle of Moyses and the Temple of Salomon were consecrated then Moyses and the Leuites could not goe in while the glory of God filled them Here a cloud of Gods anger filled with defense the Church in the wildernesse that God will not giue the wicked grace to ioyne with them vntill they be cōsumed the sturdy wicked who fight against open light and be of the 666. sonnes of Adoni-kam which had rather haue 666. talents of Cethem from Ophir then all the knowledge of Iohns Reuelation such that striue against the light shall neither be forgiuen in this world nor in the world to come but heere haue a conscience stinged as by scorpions and in the world of soules death aeternall CHAPTER XVI As the Popes manner of rising plagued the World in a like manner God consumeth him As the Popes arisinge plagued the world vnder Angells Trumpets as 1. The earth 2. The Sea 3. Fountaines of waters 4. The Sun 5. By kingdom of Locusts 6. By raising vp the Turk 7. By earthquake So to him plagues come vnder the same terms but in another signification as 1. His earth hath boyles 2. Sea blood 3. Fountains blood 4. Susnn parching persecution 5. By darkned throne of spoile 6. By Euphrates by Turke 7. By whole earthquake And I heard a great voice from the Temple saying goe poure out the cupps of the anger of God into the earth In the heauen Christ is the Temple and the Church by him By his commandement and the Churches care the Popes world is plagued spirits being Gods messengers inuisiblie men visiblie And the first went and poured his cup into the earth and there came boiles sore and painefull vpon such as hath the marke of the beast and worshipped his image The plague of Egypt vnder Iannes and Iambres resisting Moyses is now vpon the minds of Papists which resist Law and Gospell the discouery of which Idolatry becommeth a sound meanes for Kings that made the beast a King of Locusts to eate vp the flesh of the beast The West Kings made the Pope mighty to ouerthrow the East weakned so that Machmad and Turcke ouerhtrew it And euer since the Pope came to be mighty he became auctor of haile and troubles and brought haile and fire of warre to be mixed with blood So now he looseth many Countreies vpon Martyrs telling that he held Satans throne and vpon diligent scholes detecting him in euery part bringing the Apocalyps to be dayly read and all the eloquent N. Testament in Greeke founteine of heauenly water to baptise the minde by the spirit into the kingdome of heauen And the second Angell poured his cuppe on the sea and it became blood as of the dead euery liuing soule dyed in the sea When the poore father of Rome forging S. Peters being there became by Saint Peters name of low and poore an high mountaine he became fiery and cast himselfe into the sea of Empires that by all his warres a third part of the liuing in one age were kill'd and destroyed Till a thousand yeeres hee became not a full mountaine till then Satan was tyed but in Ierusalems warre he was loose that 200. y. warres turned the third part of politicall sea and shipps into blood and destruction And what warrs haue bene since in Europe which the Pope hath not kindled So he payeth for it so hee looseth whole countreies as Netherland with the blood of 40. yeeres warres and wast of the Spanish nation That scant a third part escaped death in them that could warre for his killing of K. Philips sonne bent to heale the boyles of his religious This did they dead in blindnesse and known to be such And a third Angell poured his Cup into the riuers and fountaines of waters and blood came of it Heere lesser waters are lesse forces that continually he hath bad successe and great losse The yeare 1588. gaue him an open token of wrath in this sort and Flanders 1600. And if he had gone forward Venice had taught the same and Iuliaque will 1610. if he goe forward dayly litle riuers of 700.
Vbiquitie and others iourney to hell be great spotts yet many are free from these and mo wil be in tyme. And out of his mouth commeth a sharpe sword to strike the nationes with it and hee shall bruise them with an yron Sceptre The sword of his word hath in all ages told that euery trespas should receiue iust recompence and by stories past wee should assure vs of them that be to come and the yron Sceptre taught by Dauid how Christ his enemies should fall And the Image beaten to dust Dan. 2. and the Romane ciuill warres taught them what it was to meddle with the Iewes and with Tully to say Barbara Iudaeorum superstitio Gens nata seruituti So Diui Caesares for 300. yeares were brused and now the Pope for 400. to come may still looke to bee plagued that by 6000. yeeres of the world he shall be as the Macedonians at our Lords birth voyd of all authoritie This short vision may endure a long time as that in Ezekiel of Gog and Magog 38. and 39. contayned matter of 300. yeeres And hee treadeth the presse of the wine of the anger and indignation of God of hostes and hee hath vpon his garment and vpon his thigh a name written KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS Esay 63. telling of the winepresse teacheth now by story of old euents and the other Attributes Nabuchad Dan. 2. giueth to Daniels God and the stories shew the works And students of iudgement would bee ready in heathen which open the holy Bookes from the first Greek stories to the last By garment and thigh written vpon open dealings of Christ teach men to contemne his mediation and to feele that hee ruleth all An open proclamation of the Popes destruction And I saw an Angell standing in the sun and hee cried with a great voice saying to all the birds that flee in the ayer come and assemble vnto the supper of the great God to eate the flesh of Kings and the flesh of Coronels and the flesh of the Mighty and the flesh of horses and of their Riders and the flesh of all free and bound This speach Ezekiel vsed ch 38. speaking of Macedonians that should afflict Iuda specially vnder Antiochus Epiphanes after whom that Kingdome fell dayly more and more with horrible destruction And as the speach in Ezekiel is caried hither so the names of Gog and Magog be in the next Chapter where the Popes chiefe ripenesse commeth to let Satan loose And I saw the beast and the Kings of the earth and their armies to make warre with him that sate vpon the horse and with his armie This short prophecie telleth that the Pope and Empire shall fight against the Restorers of the Gospell and still haue the worse Albion and Ierne haue shaked him off and much of Germanie and Netherland and halfe Zwitzerland and all Denmarke and his murthering of the French King will haue reuenge In Ireland his stirring of Papists vnder Desmond to rebell made greater death then kites wolues doggs could deuoure or men bury or riuers wash without poysoning their fish And Brabant now 40. yer hath seene great slaughters and the Kinges putting of his owne son to death was more losse to his house then many millions And his owne death was of a strange sicknesse So many French that persecuted the Gospell had strange death And one after another while they fight against Christ shall haue strange successe as the Popes haue strange deaths and boyles at home An abridgement of all Gods iudgements in one And the beast was caught and with him the false prophet which worketh signes before him by which he deceiueth them that receiue the marke of the beast and worshippeth his image Both were cast aliue into the lake burning with fire and brimstone Andreas vpon chap. 13. teacheth plainely that Antichrist setting vp the Empire is there meant So Pope Emperor must needes be meant heere to as euident destruction as if they were cast aliue into eternall flames this should be a faire warning for men to come out of Babel to vse no garments no prayers no lawes of the Popes making And the rest were killed with the sword of him which sate vpon the horse which went out of his mouth and all the foules were filled with their flesh The principall had open terrible miserie the others in vision had but death So in Daniel chap. 7. the fourth beast was cast into the fire and the common sort in Ezek. are eat of foules CHAPTER XX. The Diuells are not simply bound And I saw an Angell comming downe from heauen hauing the key of the Pit and a great chaine in his hand and he laid hold vpon the Dracon the old Serpent which is the Diuell and Satan and he bound him a thousand yeeres and cast him into the Pit and shut him vp and sealed vpon him that he should not deceiue the nations any more vntill the thousand yeeres were ended Afterwards he must be loosed a litle while THAT the Diuels are not simply bound one houre Iob. 1. and 1. Pet. 5. teach vs when they fell the sixt day misliking the charge of care ouer man the darke ayer wherin we breath a black Tartarus without starre-light is their lodging in chaines of Gods prouidence as if they were in prison So wee may not thinke that the Diuels were euer simply bound but they were in the Pit whence at the last the locusts came foorth among the company of the profance that they deceiued not the great number sealed chap. 7. and former martyrs ch 6. But for a thousand yeeres some reigned in all ages with Christ and many were martyred and moo vndeceiued to worshippe the beast and his Image to take the marke in the forehead or hand They liued the true life by the Gospell where all faithlesse aliue be dead in sinne as S. Peter saith and Zeror Hamor infinitely The Apostles in their ages liued reigned with Christ and Iustine Martyr and Athenagoras and such in their ages Athanasius and many of his tyme and so others in their ages liued heere the Christian life and reigned as Kinges sacrificing their owne affections chap. 1. Some in all partes of the thousand yeeres not altogether a thousand yeeres The rest of the dead did not reuiue vntill the thousand yeeres were ended as the profane Caesares and Idolatrous Locusts who had great occasion offred to the first resurrectiō with Christ Rom. 6. Eph. 2. But they being dead in sin despised the truth and reuiued not The first resurrection is by faith to be risen with Christ He is happy and holy that hath his portion in the first resurrection The second death shall haue no power ouer them but they shal be sacrificers of God and of Christ and there shall be such to reigne with him for a thousand yeares From Adam of 1000. yer Satan deceiued not generally while the Fathers liued that the flood was denounced in the old world
comfort but the ioy of God As Iohn banished into Patmos hath in one day the Lordes day more ioy then all the world is worth when darkenesse couered Caesares and obscuritie nations But God shined ouer him and the glory of Christ was seene to him to shew him in wildernesse the state of the Church If he had not beene banished from Ephesus he should not haue had these visiones But now his comfort is the greater As one farre from his Countrey may study more in six yeeres then in 12. among much acquaintance at home and be lesse grieued from quarrelling of the wicked Now Iohn applying Esai vnto the LAMBE sheweth that all his comfortes cary vnto Christ And all the Prophets doe the same so this booke teacheth all the Myriades of Iewes that belieued to expound all the Bible So doe S. Pauls Epistles expounding all the Law and Prophetes how they speak of Christ And the chap. 61. ver 1. is plainly by our L. Luc. 4. of him selfe And the nations the saued shall walke in her light and Kings shall bring their glorie and honor into her Isai 60. And nations shall walke in thy light and Kings in thy brightnesse that ariseth to thee And her gates shall not bee shut in the day for night is not there that they may bring the glory honor of nations vnto her And they shall open thy gates continuallie day and night they shall not be shut that men may bring vnto thee the wealth of nations also their Kings shall be brought Thus God comforteth the xij Tribes from their knowen prophecies to goe forward to winne at the last so many as would furnish a Citie Fifteene hundred miles square in two thousand year Though the ten Tribes were scattred yet Hosea telleth them that as HE raiseth vp the dead so he can call them backe Cyrus called them from 120. nations vpon his owne charges and some of all Israel returned to haue hope in Christ at 490. yeares by holy Daniel And from all nations some were at Ierusalem the last yeare and men 120. receiued spirit to be sufficient to teach all nations many thousandes were turned and of them euery one would turne many thousand And Iohn stirreth vp their hope And there entreth not into it any common and practising lothsomenesse and lies But the written in the booke of life of the Lambe Prophane infidels vncleane in soule and lying in iudgements as all Papistes bee and old heathen estranged from Christ are not of this but they whom Christ hath chosen called and sanctified This matter is eloquently expressed by Manasses-saw-martyr chap 52. Arise arise put on thy glorie put on thy trimme apparell Ierusalem the holy Citie for no vncircumcised and vncleane shall come any more vnto thee This sheweth that they who be truely of the Church haue their minde brauely clothed and will haue none profane of their companie nor auctores of vntrueth vnfit for the Carbuncle walles of Ierusalem as the Apocrypha lies are with the Bible a meere leprous sorte whereby Papistes terme all the Bible lies yet they that can not read one word of the Law as a professor should will fight to keepe those wicked bookes with the holy and fight to hinder explaning of both Testaments in Saint Iohns Carbuncle veine and in Pauls Iaspers As none can be saued vnlesse hee be borne againe of water Isai chapter 55. so puddles of filthy pooles will marre those waters It is marueile that any dare chirpe to hinder the light of Gods worde seeing God is able and readie to reuenge The Pope putteth the wicked fable of Tobie in the heart of the holy Bible But it had beene better a milstone had beene hanged about his necke and that he had beene cast into the mayne Sea It is better to bee a dore-keeper in the holy Ierusalem then in Emperors Palaces in such mixture to the pure waters of Gods worde Iohn and Ezechiel shal be iudge CHAPTER XXII And he shewed me a pure Riuer of water of life so cleere as Christall issuing from the throne of God and of the LAMBE IN the song of songs liuely waters of CHRIST flow from Libanus they be waters of life Ioh. 7. to teach others life and the true MESSIAS commeth by waters blood and spirite 1 Iohn 4. Water of cleere doctrine blood of suffring and miracles of spirite And if a man bee not regenerated of this Water and Spirite he shall not see life And thus speaketh Ezekiel And he brought mee vnto the brim of a riuer and at the brim of the Riuer was much store of trees on both sides and hee said vnto mee these waters goe forth into Galile the first and descend to the plaine to sea of Tiberias then vnto another sea Lacus Asphaltites to the Ocean and those waters are made holesome And surely euery liuing soule which can creepe into any place where these Riuers come shall be liuely and the fish shall be great Thus Ezekiel telleth whence Christ shall begin to teach in Galilee And the Zohar vpon Geneses doth note that And Iohn saw the euent of this for at the sea of Galilee was hee and Iames and Peter and Andrew called to bee fishers of men And after the resurrection Ioh. chap. 21. at the sea of Tiberias Christ appeared to many of his Disciples fishing and all night they had taken nothing And in the morning the Lord commeth to the water side vnknowen and asketh whether they had any thing to eate they said No. Because they had taken nothing all night Then hee made them cast into the right partes and they make a draught of 153. great fishes whose spaume might match the 353000. Proselites in Chanaan Olde and late Prophecie and storie are thus contriued to make easie and sure the doctrine of life And God must needes hate the Pope that bent not all his wealth to haue so many as he could ready in the Law as were the Fishers of Galilee The Disciple whom IESVS loued hath now Apoc. 21. a third sight of Ezekiels prophecie In Iohn from the throne of God and the Lambe cometh the water In Ezekiel from the Temple so the Lord of Hostes and the Lambe bee the Temple In the middle of the streete of it and of the Riuer was a Tree of life bearing twelue fruites bearing his fruite euery moneth and the leaues of the tree did heale the nations Ezekiel chap. 47. And by the Riuer came forth at his brim on either side all kinde of trees for meate the leafe of none faded nor the fruite failed euery moneth they brought forth newe For the waters came forth from the Temple and the fruite was for meate and the leafe to heale The first psalme expoundeth this that the studie of the Law findeth Christ the tree of life and maketh others fruitfull trees to feede and heale An exposition followeth heere Chap. 22. And no Catanathema giuen ouer as cursed shall bee any more But
the throne of God and the Lambe shall bee in it and his seruants shall serue him and shall see his face and his Name shall be in their forehead They that were cursed are healed by the waters of repentance and by the leaues of the tree of life and their seruice to God only and sight of his fauor is meat and drinke to them and they haue Gods marke in forehead as Papistes haue theirs They Gods worde and Baptisme and breaking of bread Papist prayers to saintes and images and profaner theirs And night shall be not there neither shall they neede candle nor light of the Sunne for the Lord God lightneth them and they shall reigne for euer and euer They who know God in Christ shall not bee to fearch Philosophi for better happinesse in natiue studie nor Iewes Talmudique studie wherein they aduenture their soule But seeing Christ they see all and reigne with Christ first heere and shall reigne for euer The Epilogue The Angells speach And he saith vnto me These wordes be faithfull and true The Lord God of the holy Prophetes hath sent his Angell to shew what is to come quicklie Because this booke applieth all the Prophets vnto Christ and taketh away all couering from their meaning he calleth the Lord the God of the holy Prophetes This conuicteth all to be godlesse who contemne to know the Prophetes and to make them plaine by Iohn How the Reuelation would force any Iew or Gentile of learning without rancor to yeeld vnto faith First the learned stile of Iohn should be shewed and infinite fulnesse of eyes howe euery phrase from first to last is couched with circumspection admirable for common Greeke for readinesse in expressing the 70. for ouermatching Talmudiques in their kinde and prouing the Gospel by their grant and visions passing mans wit expressing plaine matter from 2. Thes 2. by all plainesse and maiestie that heauen can affoord This beeing granted the sequel foloweth The sequel by any Iewes grant When the visions are seene to passe the wit of men as Esai chap. 60. as Ezekiels as Daniels and Zacharies and all drawn to Christ with a commentary from God Iohn being a simple fisher and in transe no Iew nor Gentile could denie but that this booke hath Gods authoritie and expoundeth it selfe and sheweth how all the old Test speaketh of Christ A Digression to Iewes desire to know the proofe of the New Test by the Law Twentie yeeres ago I disputed in Francfurt Synagogue with a Rabbin the Iewes chosen for skill with this promise that I would make him confesse that Moyses draweth vnto Christ or speake against his conscience and we both agreed to call God to strike him presently that spake vntruely I requiring nothing of him but that which I well knew he perceived and might iudge all past denyall He was content and neuer crossed mee But desired a large treatise And ten yer agoe at Basill requested a full treatise and all the New Test translated in such Hebrew as I spake to him and the Apocalyps applied in order of bookes to all the old Test Also hee moued the Iewes of Germanie to request the same who haue made him their Orator they of Hanau that if hee yeeld they all will And the Iewes of Wormes and Mentz beeing commanded by the Bishops to read my Books said that they could deny nothing But requested Moyses the Prophets opened at large to full measure of their 613. Lawes shewing which stand still for all nations and ages and which were giuen as vnto children to be remoued in riper knowledge The Rabbi my friend chiefe requester of Catechese their Orator is called Rabbi Eliah Why nowe I accomplish not request I will tell omitting their particular iniuries because when all this age is dead this description of Ierusalem may stand The greatnesse of the Iewes request in due articles 1. The translating of the New Testament into Ebrewe should haue with it a Dictionary of foure Dialectes and I should haue many Scribes learned who by direction may helpe me much to speed 2. Faire Copiers of my translation and learned Printers will require States helpe 3. A treatise of MESSIAS from Gen. 3. to the end of Malachi from all Rabbins of whom often I neede but line out what I would haue copied that would require much money for learned Scribes 4. The comparison of all Moses 613. making a commentary from the New Testament vpon them and a table from them to the New Test this will bee of greater paynes then my goodly recompense can heartely take in hande 5. Iewes request me to require our owne side first to yeeld to mee which I could make them doe or refuse with shame enough But that I cannot force superiors to iustice 6. To these positions I must require consent that the text of both Test is pure that of the tongue the enemies may best be made iudges to their ouerthrow and our victorie For all speaches hard in the New Test to vs are easie to them That for gouernement of the Church to make many learned in the Law they and the Apostle haue yet to eye-sight the same rules 7. As the Iewes grant all that I haue yet printed in Ebrew I would request Princes to force their Scholars to yeeld from their crossing of their owne Gospell or to combat with me brieflie 8. Because vnlearned wightes shall not prate against any thing but that many nations may iudge I would haue abilitie for helpers to turne all that I doe into other tongues many Princes helping in this I would hasten the workes and till then I leaue all hinderers as murtherers of soules out of Ierusalem the holy Citie The speach of Christ Behold I come quickly c. vnto c. The grace of our Lord Iesus Christ bee with you all Amen Chap. 1. 23. needed no comment nor the chap. 18. nor this Epilogue Therefore I may not with idle wordes weary the Reader ΤÎλος A BRIEFE TABLE FOR THE MORE READY FINDING of the Chapters in their pages and some principall matters in the same Chapters handled THE 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Chapters are handled in the 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. pages The 8. Chap. beginneth to be handled in the 59. page conteyning these things principall as foloweth The sum of the Bible contempt of which caused God to cast off the open Church 59. Of the 7. Trumpets generally 60. The first Trumpet there handled ibidem Of the names Papas and Pope handled 61 The second trumpet expounding the first 62 The third trumpet expounding the second ibid. Articles of the Popes corruption of scriptures 63 The 4. trumpet expounding the third pag. 66. The occasions of the Churches fall from heauen ibid. How the old Testament came turned into wormewood 67 Of the new Testam 68 Of the new Testam elegancie 70 How the Papes of Graecia vsed the Bible and the Popes refused it pag. 76 A Cry expounding the first trumpets warning of fire
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