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A43131	The meaning of the Revelation, or, A paraphrase with questions on the Revelation of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Divine in which the synchronisms 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 heard of before, nor extant in any author whatsoever, from the sixth chapter to the eighteenth, with variety of reasons for the exposition / by Richard Hayter ...	Hayter, Richard, 1611?-1684.; Mede, Joseph, 1586-1638. Clavis apocalyptica.	1675 (1675)	Wing H1225; ESTC R21644	180,756	260

every high thing that exalteth it self against the knowledge of God and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. And Heb. 4. 12. For the W●rd of God is quick and powerful and sharper then any two edged sword 〈◊〉 even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit and of joynts and marrow and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart Here be the Weapons by which Christians should fight and by which the man of sin shall be consumed and that is by the Word of God and by the spirit of his mouth And as for the time when this shall be accomplished it is at the brightness of his coming and what is meant by the brightness of his coming but the day of judgment And therefore the man of sin shall not have a final end until the day of judgment when Christ shall come in person and destroy him and if any man doth think that he shall live to see it done before he feeds himself with vain hopes and has no ground to think that it shall come to pass See M●●lius Accomplishment of Prophecies pag. 148 166 167. 8. And when they shall have finished their Testimony the Beast that ascend●● out of the bottomless Pit shall make War against them and shall overcome them and kill them Rev. 11. 7 8 9. Therefore the two witnesses do not begin a War with the Beast but he begins with them and prevails therein this were enough to deter us from seeking or beginning War with Papists lest we meet with the same Catastrophe that the two Witnesses are said to meet with in this Prophecy for if God delivered them into the Beasts hands who were his peculiar Prophets and had such eminent power to work Miracles as they had v. 4. 5. 6. What hope or ground have we to think that he will not deliver us if we begin a War with Papists and will not be quiet when we may To which may be added that when the two Witnesses revived and returned to life again they did not renew the War with the Beast neither was the Beast or any of his men slain by them or by their procurement that we read of but by an Earthquake which it pleased God to send amongst them and when the tenth part of the City fell it fell by reason of the Earthquake and not by their means or procurement and in the Earthquake were slain seven thousand men and no 〈…〉 which makes not a total nor a final destruction of the Beast but a partial and a temporal only 9. And it was given him to make War with the Saints and to overcome them Rev. 13. 7. Here you see the Beast begins a War with the Saints and not the Saints with him and there is a time set by God in which the Beast shall prevail against the Saints and this time is said to be forty two moneths v. 5. but can we tell that this time is over for if it be not over we may not think to prevail and if we think it is over what ground have we for that we had need be sure of it before hand lest instead of overcoming we be overcome Perhaps it may be said that the Vials are begun already ●nd that is some ground to think that the forty two moneths are ended to this I answer no following their own interpretation of the Revelation for they think themselves but falsely 〈◊〉 the Vials were begun in the time of the Witnesses when they wrought their miracles Rev. 11. 5. 6. and yet they were slain after that so put the case that the Vials be begun already yet the forty two months according to their interpretation may not be ended for all that It were more material to the business if they could shew us that the Vials were expiring for then the 〈◊〉 of the Beast were near at hand indeed but where have they any certainty of the near expiring of the Vials how far they have proceeded and how much of them is yet behind and unaccomplished what man among them can determine 10. He that leadeth into Captivity shall go into Captivity he that killeth with the Sword must be killed with the Sword Rev. 13. 10. Therefore we had need take heed how we begin a War with any either with Papists or any other since so little benefit comes thereby and the success is so various and so doubtful he that hath the best of it at one time hath the worst of it at another time which may be the cause that the Saints are exhorted unto patience in the same Verse Here is the patience and faith of the Saints A man may reap some good by patience but by War he shall have none put the case he prevail at one time yet mischief may befall him at another time therefore Christs advice to Peter is very seasonable and suitable in this case Put up again thy Sword into his place for all they that take the Sword shall perish with the Sword Math. 26. 52. see also 1 King 20. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21. and 2 King 14. 8 9 10 11 12 13 14. 11. What Commission have we to begin a War with Papists 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 argumentati●● 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 they 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 Neighbor 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 And the meaning of the Prophecy is that the Water of Euphrates shall be d●ied 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 the time of the seventh Vial not long before the day of judgment and they which think it shall be accomplished in our days and begin a War on that account may do well with the men of Issachar to understand the times a little better before they put themselves on such a hazard 1 Chron. 3. 32. I knew a Divine an old Man not far from the place where I live who was perswaded in his life time That the Pope should have an end in the year 1654. And he would wager half the estate he had that it should come to pass but he lived to see his Prophecy come to nought So they which thought the Beast should have an end in the year 1666. did the like And they which expect the destruction of the Whore in our days thinking that they shall live to see it done may look till their eyes be out and not see it come to pass 2. Who ever the Whore be yet this destruction shall not put an end to the Whores Religion for after this is done the Kings which committed fornication with her are alive still and bewail her ruine Revel 18. 9. Which they would not do if they were not of her Religion still and because they cannot commit fornication any more in that particular place they shall seek to do it elswhere 3. Though this destruction puts an end unto the Whore yet it shall not put an end unto the Beast for after this is done the Beast shall continue still and find another ●est as the Popes have done already some of whom had their seats at Avignion in France for seventy years together and yet were Popes of Rome while they were in that place yea after this is done the Beast shall have a puissant Army still which shall put the Church in such a hazard that Christ himself shall come in person and destroy him Revel 19. 20. 4. Suppose we all this to be true viz. That Babylon is the City of Rome and the Pope the Beast that here is spoken of Suppose we also that this destruction shall come to pass in our days and put an end unto the Beast in respect of Temporals and Ecclesiasticks too yet when all this is granted a Question