serpent brought man to sinne Messias shall finde him iustice Satan bred death Messias life Satan brought all the world to wrack Messias the mightie God will make a new world and ye confesse in tongue that in this speach HE shall bruse thy head HE is here God to be praised for ever And this more ye say He hath decreed to destroy him out of the world as it is written Death shal be swallowed vp into victorie And I will destroy the vncleane spirit from out of the earth This is principally in time to come whē the dead shall arise Againe in Zohar Gen. col 298. Since the time that the serpent overruled man he ruleth also over all the sons of the world and he is busie to deceave the world and the world cannot escape his punishment vntill Christ the King doeth come and the holy and blessed God doeth raise vp them that sleepe in the dust as it is written Death is swallowed vp into victorie Also your selves say Christ shal be killed Therevpon is this allusion of Booz to Ruth Sleepe vnto the morning Zohar col 93. The ground of your allusions must be plain when you can draw common matter to it And the Angell Gabriels speech was your first ground and it is a wonder that you vnderstand it not Rab. El. In England Reinolds and Lively and Bar Lo scoff your accompt In Leyden Scaliger Br. Churches ken them colde thankes and wished the chief rare otherwise for this vnborne and Parkins for folowing Reinolds in 80. seavens rare otherwise by one rotten flie putrified a box of precious oinctment Reinolds was droven to graunt the Limites from the Angels speech to the death of Christ And for all Greeke accomptes Scaliger he were answered by Greekes What whole Kingdomes holde as Albion vpon our Bible Fraūce in Genebrard the Hebrew Professour at Paris Heydelberge vnder Tremelius well payd Zurick in their Hen Wolphlius Geneva in sage Calvin after old and sound Athanasius in his Questiones which work if it be not his for some later matters made by imitation of him hath double authoritie and Hector Pintus in Portugall these millions not one or twoo flaunting with an idle opinion of Greeke should have bene regarded of you Of Redemption day that it should be on Friday Rabbi Bachay saw by the case of Adams fall the six day that the Redeemer should performe his worke the sixt day Rab. All our Doctours graunt that Adam fell the day of his creation Br. And all ours not ridiculous and all simply that redemption was wrought that day The whole Sabbath our Lord rested in the grave and the first day hee arose and brought light vnto the world Your selves in Zohar graunt all this of Messias all this that I speak That Messias is God that this saying Let there be light is an inducing to his light And this The Spirit floothereth vpon the waters hath inducement to his Spirit flootring vpon the waters of the Law All this in Zohar vpon Gen. fol. 21. and much more That Messias was in the Garden and Adam was drivē from Messias Thus you heare the cause of our Lords day Rab. I never heard so much What saw Iohn on the Lords day Br. Visions of the Churches state vnto the end of the world Of the Trumpettes voice He heard the voice of a Trumpet behinde him when he was in the Spirit as was Ezekiel chap. 1. What should the Trumpet signifie Rab. Happie are they that know the trum pets sounde Psal 89. Br. And speaketh not Aethan there of the kingdome of Messias Rab. That we hold Brough So Trūpet here calleth that into minde Rab. And what sounded the voice of the Trumpet Br. That Messias is Eternall God The first the last in Esai And by imitation of Thalmudique Agr and ω. Rabhi What meaneth Agr and ω Of Agr and ω. In Isaac Ben Arama vpon Levit. 26. yee say Aharon kept the Law from Aleph to Thau In Greek not Thau but ω is the last So Agr and ω should meane Beginning and Ending in Greeke Of the Greeke tongue cōmended to all Christians vse in that the sonne of God doeth take a name from the Letters yea The Letters When the Iewes went to Babel by Gods counsell to teach the families that built the Tower by rebel Nemrod to worship starres and not the God of heaven wherevpon 70. tongues sprang from One of Adams God in Athens the oldest towne of Iavan stirred vp the minde of the Tyrant there one Pisistratus to winne fame over all of Iavan by braverie of language This I have often handled it must be often repeated for the strangenes before it wil be considered throughly Homer was a Poet of miraculous eloquence He wrote one Fable of Troy warres for the hore Helena teaching better then Chrysippus Crantor what is good and bad in the waves of foolish people where for all kings dotage Achivi smart Another of a subtile King by wit going through stitch through infinite miseries This Poets sonnets were scattered before his time But he causeth them to be set together And both workes to be parted into twentie foure partes Rab. So we call Law Prophets the Foure and twētie Br. The letters in Greeke bee 24. And he caused both workes to be argumented by 24. verses from Agr to ω in order as cōteyning all wit that Greek learning could affoord Eust vpon Iliad 1. noteth this Vpon this beginning Graecia in 200. yeres by Alexand. Macedons time grew to a miraculous perfectiō that all the West willingly learned it And the Macedonians in three hundreth yeares Dominion forced the rest too it that all Nations might vnderstande Greeke Of the Apostles Greeke And therefore the Apostles wrote for all Nations in Greeke that all might vnderstand it and wrote in most roiall Greeke to tell that the Roy of all wisedome ruled their penne Now where the Sonne Eternall nameth him selfe Agr and ω all that honour him should also regarde the tongue wherein he teacheth all nations next Adams kept by Heber And if the tongue of Agr and ω had bene kept vsuall the king of Locustes could never have made bitter the waters of the New Testament His treacherie had bene espied as all Graecia holdeth him Antichrist to this day Of the seaven golden Candlestickes Iohn turned him about and saw seaven goldē Cādlestickes expoūded to be seaven Churches now to have these last visions in Ephesus Smyrna Pergamus Thyatira Sardis Philadelphia and Laodicea Ephesus was famous for Diana a dreamed Goddesse of hunting for whom Kings 120. yeres bestowed a most costly temple which one set on fire the night that great Alexander was borne to winne fame wherevpon a jest came that Diana Goddes midwife was so busie about Alexanders birth that shee forgat the tuition of her owne Temple Here holy Paul taught three yeares much vexed by Dianeans And here he left Timothee and abridged to him Thalmud Thora how the Law should
Christ promoting the Gospell with speedy syncerenes and plaguing the enemies is resembled by a white horse with a Rider having a bow and a Crowne a conqueror alreadie and to continue a conquerour How hee conquered by the blood of his martyrs that is tolde vnder the fift seale This doeth appeare when the first seale is opened And present plagues in the three next seales II. A red horse hath a Rider with a great sword can not you tell what that must meane Rab. El. That peace should bâ—â— taken from the earth that men should kill one another 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 So plain is the vision This came to sight from vnder the â—â—cond seale shewing how the Caesars should bee killed and their armies and Caesars made in campes and soone oppressed For 300. yeares they had a most miserable life III. A black horse commeth and his rider hath a balance and a voice telleth amongest the foure Wightes that corne shal be deare though by Gods mercie oyle and wine be of some store Before in wicked Claudius dayes when the Senat had thought good to root out the Caesars names Claudius by soldiers was made Emperour voyd of all wit and full of all vice For him and his governement God plagued the world with famine For others in time the like shal come but with mercy As many Emperours after Domitian were moderate Old Nerva Traiane Adriane and they to whom Iustin Martyr florishing at 30. without a teacher saving one old man in a sodain speach gave an Apologie for Christians and from Homer for Monarchia and from Sophocles from double iudgement in Haides brake the vehemencie of persecution What the man was that told him doubting what he should folow telling of holy Prophetes that they only had true happines that could not he tell whether he was a man or an Angel being made froÌ„ the seaven spirits a Lion for courage fuller of eyes then all the Bridge-makers monaches to this day for soules cases in Haides stayed persecution and procured quiet successe to Emperours and Empire So easie hath God made the summe of salvation Only they whose God is their belly of professours marre the trueth Rab. El. You know I never resisted you in al your long disputatioÌ„ in Franc furt because I promised vnder pay of eternall death to speak in conscience Br. If your synedrioÌ„n had done so when they condemned the sonne of God in the very last day of 490. yeres since the Angel Gabriel told Angelike Daniel of redemption day and if you had sacrificed Messias as Abraham would have sacrificed Isaac God bidding otherwise you should have said we will not kill him he is the Saviour of the world it had bene well with you to this day But now for missing this much you have bene fewell for Gehenna and shal be for ever except some small remnant And of vs heathen few will in wit over-reach the angels that fell That the sonne of Enosh shall have all things put vnder his feet Rab. El. This is our only difference and if your Doctours had not doted in Persons time as Rome hath done true narrations had brought on vs to your faith But let me heare the next opening of seale the fourth Then came forth a Pale horse and his rider was death and a grave folowed him And hee had authoritie to kill the fourth part of the earth by sword hunger plague by the beasts of the earth Rab. El. Ezekiel spake the like of vs for our extreme desolation But what seale openeth the cause of all this Br. The fift openeth Rab. El. What commeth thence Br. When the fift seale was opened Iohn saw vnder the altar the soules of them which were kild for the word of God for the testimonie which they had And they cryed How longe ô God the holy and iust dost thou not iudge and revendge our blood from the dwellers vpon the earth Millions of millions dyed for the truth and how could this be but by the spirit of God Wicked men repose their rest for this life wheÌ„ so many millions runne to death gladlier then any to a mariage and heathen men vpon Ebrew Prophetes how can this be but from the plane trueth of God You have the families of Messias you have the yeare day and houre of his death and daily stories to tell you that when these things and these come to 〈◊〉 then shall Messias redeeme So all fell out You shut your eyes Emperours persecute Christians die for the trueth ye Iewes and prophane Emperours die miserable Yee stirred persecutions and ye are plagued dayly and eternally That is here craved by the Martyrs They had white garmentes given them that is the iustice of God by Ghrist and they call for vengeance vpon the murtherers And they are bid to have patience a whyle till moe be made Martyrs with them to draw the wicked world vnto Christ Rah Eli. In Aboth and Rabbi Nathan Moyses soule and all the Iust soules are layde vnder the throne why say you vnder the altar Br. Christ being sacrificed for vs is our altar And vnder his protection the soules be that beleeved in him And that is meant by situation vnder the Altar You and we both holde truly that all holy ever went hence to the holy mountayne and Tabernacle of God We hold that none ever were holy but they who looked that God in the flesh should give them iustice and life VI. When Martyrdome had brought Countreys to affect the Gospell somewhat plentifully God revengeth the Empire After Diocletians persecution an earthquake of States followed the sunne of Empire was as black as saccloth and the moone was turned to blood and the starres of heaven fell as a figge tree casteth her figges being shaken of a great winde And the heaven was rouled vp like a booke and everie montaine and Island was remooved from their place Know you what these speaches in the Prophetes meane Rab. Eli. Very well An whole destruction of States In Ioel and Esay That the Kings of the earth and Potentates and the Rich and the Coronnels and the mightie and everie servant and every free man shall hide them selves in dennes and in rockes of mountaines Br. The Romanes who would rule over Iuda Gods kingdome in their civill warres begon betwixt Pompei and Caesar felt the greatest change that ever policie had that Nobles were solde for slaves and slaves were buyers of their Maisters And Ierusalem was tolde by our Lord that they should be faine to speak vnto the mountaines Fall vpon vs. And the hills Cover vs as in Es 2. 19. Iuda was warned for Babel and Samaria for Assyr Osee 10. 8. And Babel was told that their starres of heaven with Sunne and Moone should have passions Es 13. and it with other kingdomes Esay 34. shall have all the host of heavens molten and the heavens shal be rolled as a booke and all their hoast shall fall as a leafe falleth from the vine or
figge from his tree So here for the Martyrs blood the Empire was strangely shaken Twelve Augusti and Caesares of one kindred and friendship in steed of taming conquered nations fal out among them selves till all were consumed but Constantine the sonne of a Bretan Lady Helena rarely Godly but as women often are too zealous beyond knowledge At Yorke in our Albion his Father Constantius vpon his deathbed maketh him King for him and our endes of the earth and neare nations make him Emperour and he dasheth all the rest and at the end commeth vnto the knowledge of Christ and stablisheth Christianitie every where that all Countreys have kept it openly many hundreth yeres but in private companies still and now againe in Kingdomes full of Power and Learning Rab. El. Now tell what was vnder the seaventh Seale Of Apostasie Ye Iewes know how soone men fall from God Adams house falleth to make Goddes of starres at 200. yeares Before sorowfull Enos was borne to hasten the flood to drench their bodies and to imprison their soules And Noes house by Phalegs birth fell by rebell Nemrod to bee Nemrodes that is rebels against God And holy Hebers house in â—ocktan having so many holy warners Noe Sem Arphaxad Sala Heber fell away that the Indianes be of them East and West divelish to this day Israel in Egipt soone fell all IeroboaÌ„ drew ten Tribes after him Antiochus Epiphanes made you almost all Sadduces and Pharisees So soone men fall In like maner Christians common weales were never all good But as in Israell vnder David the godly were few alwayes so after Christians had free policie many were not sound But yet after the manifestation of redemption infinite many helde the main soundly the holy Trinitie and the incarnation of the Sonne of God And all the conveyance of Gods counsell for the salvation of the world The holy Fathers of old had a smaller companie because they were not perfited by the open storie as we are when the historie was plainly knowen then millions beleeved where few could afore by reason of the matter aey foolishnes to the naturall man and specially when it was taught by darke tokens only and the fulnes of time was not yet come to bring all into opeÌ„ shew But in time policies wolld fall The time of their standing God telleth not For they needed no comfort touching the case of quietnes But a generall state of fall commeth in cha 7. An abridgement of the Churches state vnto the end of the world CHAP. 7. FOure Angells helde the fower Windes of the earth that they should not blow vpon anie tree Know you what this must meane Rab. El. I guesse somewhat In Cantic 4. 16. this speach commeth Arise North-wind come South winde breath on the Garden Let the spices flow Let my beloved come eate his fruite Brought This speach meant the Spirit of grace to the speciall soules which delite in Messias But after Salomons death tenne Tribes as was tolde fell away and the windes blew not So here stay of Grace of the holy Spirit must be meant that in all quarters a fall shal be and from God This speach would be plain to all the nation of the Iewes And this argueth that East-ward Agarenes Southward Aethiopians North-ward Tartarians and Turkes Westwarde Hesperia should fall from God But an Angel sealeth the chosen as in Sedekias dayes chap. 9. that Gods chosen should not perish but a secret sorte hee would have still though an open Church of long time should not appeare Of every Tribe 12000. were sealed and of Heathen a companie innumerable saved by Martyrdome or readinesse to martyrdome which is all one So the seaventh Chapter abridgeth the state of the Church vnto the worldes end Romylus in the Chaldy Es cap. xi his fall and the appearing of Chist shal be neare together If Princes had knowledge soone found by a little studie they might fell him in one yeare But the Spirit doeth breath where it will and a certen number is sealed and the chosen be few yet many Princes as well as other specially in this present age as learned as well bent as their subiectes Ch. 8. How the Bridgemaker of Rome came great Great Constantine hate old Rome deadly and removed to Byzantium and enlarged it and made it the Empire seat with name of new Rome or Byzantias Rome and did all for commodities to it that could be graunted of a wise Emperour Hence Rome in Italie was vndone and often overrun and had continued a filthie cotage of hogges but that the Pontificatus was set vp as Steuchus the Popes owne defendour confesseth But when the Pontificalitie was set vp by the decree of God then all Nations froÌ„ East to West worship the Pope no lesse then they did the old Caesars as Steuchus wordes set forth his owne maister So the Angell of the covenant with the golden Altar and Censer to receave the holyes prayers was angred and as in Sedekias dayes casteth fyer into the earth And seaven Trumpets sounde the mischiefes that wicked Rome should cause I. Haile of state and fyer mixt with blood should this Egypt cause II. It breadeth a new mountain of fyer mixt with blood and that mountain bridge-maker is cast into a sea mixt with fyer III. A Starre falleth from heaven Nuntius Ecclesiae if hee had kept his place and maketh the Waters of the Law so bitter by idolatrie as Ieroboams Calves taunted in holy Amos. Ieroboams Calves and the Popes Masse have equall religion And vther Chiron Eloquent Viretus shall iudge who ioyned the Popes Masse and prophane Poets iestes fitly togeather And our old Father Wiclif from Albion whitely taught Prage Wittenberghe Zurick Basill Berne whole kingdomes what Apollyon was and I hope the moderne King of Albion shall teach the king of Locustes what it is to sende his Locustes with scorpions stinges to torment countreys Albion was the last in the West that receaved the Bridgemaker and Albion first cast him off and still had lawes of treason for seeking to the Bridgemakers superioritie And Lady Margaret my Patronesse that built Christes Colledge and S. Iohns in which both I had a felowship bred a familie to his fall IV. The fourth Trumpetter telleth of the Sunne Mone and Starres to be stroken for their third part Rab. El. In Iosephs dreame Gen. 37. this speech is plain That speciall esteemed personages must bee meant Gagnaeus a Papist telleth that Popes Bishops and Cardinals be here meant Ch. 9. V. The fift Trumpeth openeth a deepe and Locust come forth able to devour all Policy which plagued the world continually Ch. 10. VI. Ch. 11. The sixt looseth the Agarenes from Euphrates to plague Idolous and then the Gospell by Martyrdome and power of Kingdomes reviveth That now the K. of Locustes shall daily consume VII And with the seaventh Trumpet the last state shal be to shew Gods mercy to Iocktanes sonnes the Indians and to you miserable Iewes who for your