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B09229	The apocalyps unveyl'd, or, A paraphrase on the Revelation of the holy apostle and evangelist John the Devine in which the syncronisms of Mr. Joseph Mede, and the expositions of other interpreters are called in question, and a new exposition given of the prophecies of the Revelation, never before extant in any author, from the 6th chapter to the 18th, with variety of reasons for the exposition / by An Orthodox Divine.	Hayter, Richard, 1611?-1684.; Mede, Joseph, 1586-1638. Clavis apocalyptica.	1676 (1676)	Wing H1224; ESTC R202384	176,063	254

of those signs unto the day of Judgment is but a short time as our Saviour also saith Mat. 24.33 therefore all the Prophecies in the Revelation from the sixth Seal to the nineteenth chapter v. 11. where the day of Judgment doth commence are to continue but a short time and consequently it is a long time before the four first Seals do end and for ought we know it is a long time before any of them shall begin 5. The opposition between the words 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 things that must shortly come to pass Rev. 1. ● and the words 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 things that must be done hereafter Rev. 4.1 intimate so much The first are a Preface to the things spoken of in the Epistles to the seven Churches and shew they were to begin shortly after Johns time the second are a Preface to the Prophecies in this chapter and in the chapters following and shew they were not to begin so soon but a long time after 6. The conjectural expositions of these Prophecies signifie as much for time is the best interpreter of Prophecies and if these Prophecies were fulfilled already men would not speak upon conjecture nor write so variously and uncertainly of the meaning of these Prophecies as they do CHAP. VII The Prophecy of the Sealed which were to be secured from suffering 1. ANd after these doleful sights were over I saw farther what should come to pass in the time of this Prophecy before the seventh Prophecy should begin to wit that four Angels should stand upon the four corners of the earth upon each corner one which should have power over the four winds that be in the earth to let them loose Mat. 24.31 or to keep them in that they should not blow upon the earth nor upon the Sea nor upon the Trees but as they pleased 2. And I saw that another Angel should then come with a Commission from the East and bring the Seal of the living God along with him and that he should cry with a loud voice to the four Angels which had power to hurt the earth and the Sea 3. Saying That they should not hurt the earth Ezeck 9.4 5 6. nor the Sea nor the Trees until we have sealed the Servants of God in their fore-heads 4. And I heard the number of them which were to be Sealed and they were a hundred and fourty and four thousand young men of the Iewish Nation which are to be reckoned in this manner 5. Of the young men of the tribe of Iuda shall be sealed twelve thousand of the young men of the tribe of Reuben shall be sealed twelve thousand of the young men of the tribe of Gad shall be sealed twelve thousand 6. Of the young men of the tribe of Aser shall be sealed twelve thousand of the young men of the tribe of Naphthali shall be sealed twelve thousand of the young men of the tribe of Manasse shall be sealed twelve thousand 7. Of the young men of the tribe of Simeon shall be sealed twelve thousand of the young men of the tribe of Levi shall be sealed twelve thousand of the young men of the tribe of Issachar shall be sealed twelve thousand 8. Of the young men of the tribe of Zabulon shall be sealed twelve thousand of the young men of the tribe of Ephraim shall be sealed twelve thousand of the young men of the tribe of Benjamin shall be sealed twelve thousand The Prophecy of the blessedness of the not sealed Martyrs after death 9. But lest any should be discouraged from suffering for the cause of Christ because they be not sealed and secured from suffering as the other were there was presented unto me the great felicity and transcendent bliss which the Martyrs should enjoy in Heaven at the same time that the sealed ones should be secured on earth and I saw they should be more in number than the other were to wit an exceeding great multitude which no man could number of all Nations and kindreds and people and tongues which should stand before t●e Throne of God and before the Lamb in white robes of Glory and Palms of triumph in their hands 10. Where they shall laud and praise the Lord for that Heavenly Glory and felicity which they shall be in at this time acknowledging and saying Salvation proceedeth from the Lord our God which sits upon the Throne and from Jesus Christ the Holy Lamb and to them be it ascribed for evermore 11. And not only they themselves but also all the Holy Angels which are in Heaven shall laud and praise the Lord for that Heavenly bliss and happiness which the Martyrs shall have in Heaven at that time when the sealed ones are sealed on earth 12. Saying Amen Blessing and Glory and Wisdom and Thanks and Honor and Power and Might be ascribed to the Lord our God for evermore 13. And that I might understand the meaning of the Vision one of the four and twenty Elders asked of me saying What be these comely persons whom thou seest arrayed in white robes of Glory and Palms of triumph in their hands and from whence came they to that blessed State and transcendent degree of happiness which thou seest them now to have 14. And I said Ah Sir thou knowest who they are and I would learn of thee who they be and from whence they came to that blessed State and transcendent degree of happiness which I see them in at this time and what it was that brought them hither Then he said unto me These be the Holy Martyrs of the Church which were in great affliction in the World and suffered death for the cause of Jesus Christ and shed their blood for professing of his Gospel for this cause it is that they be now in white robes of Glory which were made so by his blood and are given them as a reward for their suffering for him 15. For this cause it is that they be now before the Throne of God and serve him in the Church Triumphant as in their life-time they did in the Church Militant and God shall dwell with them and be their God 16. They suffered hunger heretofore but now they suffer it no more they suffered thirst heretofore but now they shall suffer it no more they suffered persecution heretofore but they shall suffer it no more 17. For Jesus Christ shall feed them with his Heavenly Food and give them drink of his Heavenly Well and God shall wipe all tears from off their eyes so that no sorrow shall come near them Disputation III. 1 Quest Whether the sealed ones be the Jews and they only Ans 1. The tribes of the Children of Israel be usually the Jews only as Gen. 49 16.28 Exed 24.4 and so in other places but the sealed ones here mentioned are one hundred fourty and four thousand of all the tribes of the Children of Israel v. 4. 2. Where the tribes of Israel are distinctly reckoned by their names there

in all the Revelation Read the Commission and consider of it Come out of her my People he doth not say begin a War with her my People but come out of her my People that ye be not partakers of her sins and that ye receive not of her plagues Rev. 18.4 12. And when the thousand years are expired Satan shall be loosed out of his Prison And shall go out to deceive the Nations which are in the four quarters of the Earth Gog and Magog to gather them together to Battle the number of whom is as the Sand of the Sea Revel 20.7 8. Therefore Satan is the procuring or fomenting cause of War and not the true Religion and sometimes he stirs up wicked men to begin a War against the Church as is evident in this place and in that other place Revel 16.13 14. And sometimes he excites the Church to begin a needless War against the enemies thereof as is plain in Ahabs Case 1 King 22.20 21 22 23. And which of these ways soever he takes his aim is to destroy the Church of God thereby And we may not think that God is the cause of War in any other sense then as he is the cause of death and that is only as the punishment or effect of sin and if there had been no sin there had been no death and because no Death no War for God made not death as the Wiseman saith Wisd 1.13 And Canonical Scripture saith so too Rom. 5.12 And because he made not death he made not War which brings death inevitable both on good and bad but ungodly men with their works and words have called it to them Here is the true cause of Death and of War too but God is the first original cause of neither but will destroy them both in his appointed time When Sin and Satan are destroyed then Death and War shall be destroyed together These are my Reasons for the Negative now let us see what may be said out of the Revelation for the Affirmative Object And I saw as it were a Sea of Glass mingled with fire and them that had gotten the victory over the Beast and over his Image and over his mark and over the number of his name stand on the Sea of Glass having the Harps of God And they sing the Song of Moses the servant of God and the Song of the Lamb c. Revel 15.2 3. Answ Suppose we that the Pope is the Beast which here is spoken of for so we must at this time yet this gratulation and rejoycing Song is not for the final overthrow of the Beast but for some particular victory which they obtained against him And this victory doth not import that they begun the War with him but that he begun with them and lost the day against them And so stands the case with us if the Papists begin a War with us we may defend our selves and if it please God to give us victory we may and must rejoyce and praise the Lord as these men did but to begin a War with them and expect to see an end of them and their Religion before the day of Judgment is more then can be gathered from this place Object And the sixth Angel poured out his Vial upon the great River Euphrates and the Water thereof was dried up that the way of the Kings of the East may be prepared Revel 16.12 Now what is meant by Euphrates But the Revenues of the Popedom And who be the Kings of the East but such Kings as God will stir up in these parts to be her ruine and overthrow the great defence which is in the River of worldly wealth being taken away as sometimes Euphrates was drained whereby Babylon was taken by Cyrus and Darius Eastern Kings And because the wealth of Spain is so great a means to strengthen this Kingdom yet I think it not amiss to bring that in also within the compass of this great River Dr. Mayer on the Revelation pag. 475. Answ Theologia symbolica non est argumentatio Mystical Theology is no sufficient argument for our faith and practice The literal sense of Scripture is That we must go and walk by that is the only rule both of faith and manners and it is the literal sense by which we must be judged at the last day Now what saith the literal sense of Scripture Thou shalt not covet thy Neighbors house thou shalt not covet thy Neighbors wife nor his man-servant nor his maid-servant nor his ox nor his ass nor any thing that is thy Neighbors Exod. 20.17 And who is our Neighbors Is not every man Though some be nearer Neighbors then other yet every man living is our Neighbor and we may not do wrong to any man whether he be within the Church or without 1 Thes 4.12 Yea Luk. 10.29 30 c. Christ shews by a Parable that a mans enemy is his neighbor 2. I say that by the River Euphrates is not meant the Revenues of the Popedom or the wealth of the King of Spain but by it is meant the River it self and by the Kings of the East is not meant the Kings in these Western parts but the Kings of the Earth spoken of Vers 14. which are beyond Euphrates They are much mistaken who think Euphrates was the strength of Old Babylon it was rather the nakedness of the City to have Euphrates pass through it then any way the strength thereof Cyrus found an easie way to drain away the Water and that being drained away he had an easie passage in whereby it doth appear that the Walls and Gates were the strength thereof and not the Water for the Walls and Gates kept him out but the Water being drained away let him have a passage in And the meaning of the Prophecy is that the Water of Euphrates shall be dried up by a special providence of God that the Kings which are beyond the River may pass over and help the Beast and False Prophet in their Wars So that here is no Commission for the Kings within the Church to begin a War with Papists and take away the Popes Revenues or the wealth of the King of Spain But here is a Prophecy That the Kings which are without the Church shall joyn with the Beast and False Prophet and war against the Church to their own undoing And this Church is not any Church in the Western parts but the Church of the Jews after their conversion So that this Prophecy shall be fulfilled then and not before Object And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the Beast these shall hate the Whore and shall make her desolate and naked and eat her flesh and burn her with fire Revel 17.16 Answ Suppose we the City of Rome to be the Whore that here is spoken of which is very uncertain as was said before yet we are to know that this destruction of the Whore who ever she be shall not come to pass in our days but in

Maton Mr. Mather and others have written of that subject See also Doctor Heilins Cosmography lib. 3. p. 95. it is not sense to say the end of the world shall be finished for then an end shall have an end but it is good sense to say the conversion of the Jews shall be finished or shall have an end that is an end of consummation not of annihilation as the world shall Rev. 20.11 CHAP. XIII The Prophecy of the first Beast and his rising and success against the Jewish Nation 1. THEN I saw a wild Beast representing a new Empire which shall be raised by the Devil out of the people and Nations of the world which shall be then in arms consisting of the same seven Kingly heads that the Dragon had Rev. 12.4 and the same ten horns but with Crowns added to them which they had not before 2. And this Empire shall be as cruel against the Christian Jews as ever the Greeks or Persian or Babylonian Empires were heretofore to that Nation and cannot sufficiently be deciphered by one cruel Beast alone but by variety of cruel Beasts made up together in one for it shall have the body of a speckled Leopard as the Greek Empire had and the feet of a cruel Bear as the Persian Empire had and the mouth of a devouring Lion as the Babylonian Empire had and to the making up of this Empire the Devil shall resign unto him his Militia his Imperial Throne and secular authority 3. But before he be established in his Throne there shall be some opposition made against the setling and uniting of this Empire and in the opposition one of his seven heads shall receive a wound by a sword to all mens thinking unto death but his deadly wound shall be healed and after that there shall be no more opposition but all the Country far and near shall admire at it and yield subjection to the Beast without resistance 4. And they shall worship the Beast as the substitute of the Dragon and in so doing they shall worship not the Beast only but the Dragon also and in worshipping of him they ascribe unto him titles of transcendent honour saying who is so potent as the Beast who is able to war with him 5. And he shall take upon him and it shall be permitted to him to speak great and proud things amounting to blasphemy Dan. 7.8.11.25 Dan. 11.36 and he shall have power to continue three years and a half in great prosperity and after they are past he shall decay from day to day and never come into prosperity any more 6. And he shall open his mouth wide unto blasphemy and shall not be afraid to blaspheme the God of Israel and his name and his Church and the Jewish Nation 7. And he shall be permitted by God to make War against the remnant of the Church of Israel that shall not flie into the Wilderness with their brethren and to overcome them in the War and he shall have power over all kindreds and tongues and nations far and near to make them joyn with him and assist him in this War 8. And all the Inhabitants of the Earth both far and near shall worship him and yield subjection to him and they that shall so do are such whose names were never written in the Book of life which Jesus Christ hath purchased by his Blood for all that believe in him 9. Let every man take heed how he joyneth with the Beast and taketh part with him against the Saints whom he warreth with 10. He that leadeth any of Gods Saints into captivity shall himself go into captivity he that slayeth any of his people with the sword shall himself be slain by the sword which maketh much for the patience and the Faith of the Saints and is a great encouragement thereunto and they need not use unlawful means for their deliverance or renounce their Faith to save their lives let them believe and trust in God and wait with patience for his help and he will surely visit them and work Deliverance for them The Prophecy of the second Beast and his Actings and Atchievements for the settling of the first Beast 11. And I saw another Beast which shall arise from among the people of the Earth which live a civil life as the other did from the men that were in Arms and he shall have but one Head and on that one Head but two Horns of no great strength and magnitude but very small short and feeble and can do no hurt therewith Act. 13.6 2 Pet. 2.16 but he shall speak like a Dragon and be a false Prophet or Magician as wicked Balaam was and shall do more Mischief by his Witch-craft than the other by his Arms. 12. And he shall be a chief Officer of the first Beast to manage his Affairs in his behalf and he shall execute all the secular or civil Power and Authority of the first Beast in his behalf and he shall cause the Inhabitants of the Earth where the Beast doth live to worship and yield Obeisance to the first Beast who received a deadly Wound at his first arising and was healed thereof 13. And he shall do great signs and wonders and one of those wonders is that he shall cause fire to come down from Heaven in the sight of men Exod. 7.11.22 Exod. 8.7 2 King 1.10.12 Rev. 11.5 Job 1.6 as the true Prophets of the Lord have done and as the Devil himself hath also done 14. And he shall deceive the Inhabitants of the earth through the signs and wonders which shall be given him to do in behalf of the other Beast and one of these wonders whereby he shall deceive them shall be this that he shall say to the Inhabitants of the earth where the Beast doth live that they should make a Molten or a Carved Image in honor of the Beast which had the mortal wound of a Sword and did live 15. And he shall have power to give not life Dan. 3.5 6 7. 10 11 12.14 15.18 but breath to the graven or molten Image of the Beast in so much that the Molten or Graven Image of the Beast shall speak and cause and appoint and command that as many as will not fall down and worship it shall be killed 16. And he shall cause all both small and great rich and poor bond and free to take an engagement or an oath to be true and faithful to the other Beast and receive a visible mark in their right hand or in their foreheads whereby it may be known that they have so done 17. And he shall take special order with the Inhabitants of the earth that no man shall buy or sell any victuals or commodities save he that hath taken the engagement or the oath to be true and faithful to the first Beast and hath received a visible mark in his right hand or in his forehead in token that he hath so done and this mark which he