be_v say_v to_o ascend_v up_o to_o heaven_n in_o a_o cloud_n it_o seem_v a_o allusion_n to_o christ_n ascension_n after_o his_o crucifixion_n which_o be_v also_o allude_v to_o here_o in_o the_o eight_o verse_n and_o the_o time_n of_o christ_n mournful_a prophecy_n before_o his_o resurrection_n be_v about_o three_o year_n and_o a_o half_a if_o we_o may_v believe_v chronologer_n to_o make_v the_o allusion_n still_o more_o perfect_a ver._n xiii_o and_o the_o same_o time_n there_o be_v a_o great_a earthquake_n and_o the_o ten_o part_n of_o the_o city_n fall_v and_o in_o the_o earthquake_n be_v slay_v seven_o thousand_o name_n of_o man_n and_o the_o remnant_n be_v affright_v and_o give_v glory_n to_o the_o god_n of_o heaven_n that_o a_o earthquake_n signify_v political_a commotion_n and_o change_n of_o affair_n be_v obvious_a to_o any_o one_o to_o note_v but_o that_o the_o city_n here_o mention_v shall_v be_v understand_v not_o of_o a_o city_n of_o brick_n or_o stone_n but_o a_o polity_n have_v not_o be_v so_o easy_a for_o every_o one_o to_o hit_v on_o but_o i_o conceive_v it_o be_v plain_a enough_o that_o this_o city_n be_v the_o very_a city_n mention_v in_o the_o eight_o verse_n which_o be_v call_v the_o great_a city_n and_o this_o great_a city_n be_v the_o whore_n of_o babylon_n and_o the_o whore_n of_o babylon_n be_v nothing_o but_o the_o body_n of_o the_o idolatrous_a clergy_n in_o the_o empire_n who_o appertain_v to_o the_o seven_o or_o last_o head_n of_o the_o beast_n which_o be_v a_o head_n of_o blasphemy_n as_o well_o as_o the_o six_o first_o that_o be_v to_o say_v a_o idolatrous_a head_n whence_o we_o may_v understand_v what_o be_v mean_v by_o these_o seven_o thousand_o name_n of_o man_n for_o neither_o seven_o nor_o thousand_o signify_v any_o determinate_a number_n though_o by_o a_o pleasant_a diorismus_n they_o seem_v to_o do_v so_o but_o only_o the_o nature_n or_o property_n of_o those_o name_n of_o man_n that_o be_v say_v to_o be_v slay_v namely_o that_o 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cause_v a_o thing_n to_o cease_v to_o be_v this_o i_o little_a question_n but_o be_v the_o true_a meaning_n of_o this_o place_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d will_v have_v a_o sense_n marvellous_a coincident_a therewith_o but_o that_o there_o be_v any_o design_n upon_o the_o brick_n and_o stone_n the_o wall_n and_o building_n of_o rome_n either_o in_o this_o present_a vision_n or_o any_o other_o in_o the_o apocalypse_v i_o do_v profess_v myself_o for_o the_o present_a so_o dim-sighted_a as_o not_o to_o discover_v the_o papal_a polity_n by_o a_o hylasmus_n not_o the_o material_a city_n be_v understand_v in_o all_o the_o denunciation_n against_o she_o so_o far_o as_o i_o see_v yet_o so_o that_o if_o she_o be_v to_o be_v burn_v or_o sack_v or_o sink_v by_o earthquake_n it_o may_v be_v but_o a_o by-accident_n and_o not_o direct_o point_v at_o nor_o prefigure_v in_o the_o apocalyptick_a vision_n but_o if_o such_o a_o thing_n shall_v happen_v in_o such_o circumstance_n as_o shall_v in_o a_o special_a and_o peculiar_a way_n fit_a with_o some_o of_o these_o prophecy_n it_o will_v be_v therein_o comprise_v by_o a_o henopoeia_fw-la of_o the_o second_o sort_n as_o i_o have_v intimate_v in_o my_o prophetic_a scheme_n but_o be_v this_o how_o it_o will_v i_o make_v no_o question_n but_o this_o thirteen_o verse_n of_o the_o chapter_n we_o be_v upon_o concern_v main_o if_o not_o only_o the_o idolatrous_a clergy_n itself_o but_o it_o be_v say_v of_o the_o rest_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o the_o remnant_n that_o they_o be_v indeed_o affright_v and_o amaze_v but_o give_v glory_n to_o the_o god_n of_o heaven_n as_o be_v just_a in_o his_o judgement_n 2._o out_o of_o what_o i_o have_v write_v here_o and_o in_o my_o mystery_n of_o godliness_n i_o think_v it_o be_v evident_a enough_o that_o that_o antichristian_a opposition_n that_o be_v make_v 8._o book_n 5._o ch._n 17._o sect._n 8._o against_o the_o prophetic_a and_o regal_a office_n of_o christ_n be_v clear_o prefigure_v in_o this_o vision_n of_o the_o two_o witness_n who_o be_v say_v to_o lie_v slay_v in_o the_o street_n of_o the_o great_a city_n during_o the_o conculcation_n of_o the_o outward_a court_n of_o the_o temple_n by_o the_o gentile_n and_o true_o though_o some_o please_v themselves_o in_o conceit_v this_o vision_n such_o a_o invincible_a puzzle_n i_o can_v but_o prosess_v that_o the_o fence_n thereof_o seem_v to_o i_o as_o clear_a as_o the_o meridian_n sun_n and_o for_o that_o special_a knot_n therein_o imagine_v to_o lie_v in_o the_o eight_o verse_n how_o these_o witness_n can_v be_v understand_v of_o christendom_n their_o body_n be_v say_v to_o lie_v dead_a in_o the_o city_n where_o our_o lord_n be_v crucify_v which_o must_v be_v jerusalem_n i_o have_v already_o intimate_v that_o this_o city_n be_v call_v the_o old_a jerusalem_n spiritual_o or_o mystical_o as_o well_o as_o sodom_n and_o egypt_n and_o if_o any_o one_o have_v a_o heart_n to_o hear_v for_o it_o require_v no_o great_a labour_n of_o the_o head_n to_o understand_v it_o the_o brief_a and_o plain_a sense_n of_o this_o verse_n be_v this_o that_o these_o two_o witness_n shall_v lie_v despoil_v of_o all_o respect_n and_o power_n in_o the_o precinct_n of_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o that_o church_n which_o hitherto_o have_v always_o be_v the_o great_a and_o be_v now_o very_o large_a indeed_o consist_v of_o mere_a formal_a carnal_a and_o hypocritical_a professor_n of_o the_o worship_n of_o the_o true_a god_n in_o which_o church_n our_o lord_n also_o be_v crucify_v what_o can_v be_v more_o easy_a and_o plain_a then_o this_o for_o it_o only_o suppose_v that_o this_o carnal_a hypocritical_a witness-slaying_a church_n of_o the_o christian_n be_v one_o succeed_a city_n synagogue_n or_o false_a church_n with_o the_o formal_a hypocritical_a prophet-murthering_a church_n of_o the_o jew_n which_o be_v a_o plain_a truth_n whether_o this_o prophecy_n suppose_v it_o or_o no._n but_o we_o proceed_v chap._n xiii_o 1._o that_o the_o little_a horn_n in_o daniel_n be_v a_o type_n of_o that_o power_n which_o shall_v oppose_v the_o regal_a office_n of_o christ._n 2._o that_o the_o four_o kingdom_n in_o daniel_n be_v not_o that_o of_o the_o lagidae_n and_o seleucidae_n but_o the_o roman_a prove_v from_o the_o universal_a consent_n of_o ecclesiastic_a writer_n 3._o from_o the_o eminency_n and_o greatness_n of_o the_o four_o kingdom_n 4._o from_o the_o distance_n of_o time_n betwixt_o the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o lagidae_n and_o seleucidae_n and_o the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o stone_n cut_v out_o without_o hand_n or_o the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o son_n of_o man_n which_o be_v also_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n or_o of_o god_n 5._o grotius_n his_o fond_a and_o profane_a interpretation_n of_o the_o son_n of_o man_n as_o if_o thereby_o be_v mean_v the_o people_n of_o rome_n 6._o the_o like_a extravagancy_n in_o his_o interpret_n the_o stone_n cut_v out_o without_o hand_n of_o the_o same_o people_n 7._o the_o unsoundness_n of_o that_o conceit_n more_o particular_o discover_v 8._o the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o lagidae_n and_o seleucidae_n far_a prove_v not_o to_o be_v the_o four_o kingdom_n from_o the_o coexistence_n of_o the_o ten_o king_n according_a to_o type_n 9_o from_o their_o vastly-differing_a period_n the_o one_o end_v according_a to_o daniel_n present_o after_o antiochus_n the_o other_z not_o before_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n 10._o from_o daniel_n make_v the_o great_a horn_n the_o first_o king_n in_o the_o three_o kingdom_n and_o four_o lesser_a to_o grow_v up_o after_o he_o on_o the_o same_o goat_n head_n 11._o from_o the_o four_o head_n of_o the_o leopard_n which_o be_v the_o four_o successor_n of_o alexander_n in_o this_o three_o beast_n or_o kingdom_n and_o from_o daniel_n reckon_n antiochus_n in_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o
a_o appropriate_a sign_n of_o the_o incommunicable_a excellency_n of_o god_n be_v also_o idolatry_n and_o be_v to_o be_v refer_v to_o the_o first_o instance_n 11._o seven_o and_o last_o to_o worship_v the_o consecrate_a bread_n in_o the_o eucharist_n though_o upon_o full_a persuasion_n that_o it_o be_v transsubstantiate_v into_o the_o body_n of_o christ_n and_o so_o hypostatical_o unite_v with_o the_o divinity_n be_v notwithstanding_o this_o opinion_n conceit_v of_o it_o a_o real_a act_n of_o idolatry_n and_o be_v evident_o referrable_a to_o the_o last_o instance_n 12._o all_o these_o act_n or_o what_o other_o soever_o of_o the_o same_o nature_n that_o can_v be_v find_v though_o among_o christian_n and_o upon_o the_o pretence_n of_o worship_v god_n and_o christ_n be_v assure_o act_v of_o idolatry_n according_a to_o the_o undeniable_a notion_n and_o definition_n thereof_o which_o be_v the_o worship_v that_o which_o be_v not_o god_n by_o the_o appropriate_a sign_n of_o religious_a 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distinction_n but_o of_o aggravation_n or_o description_n as_o when_o we_o say_v alba_n nix_n or_o corvus_n niger_n which_o be_v not_o intend_v in_o common_a speech_n as_o note_n of_o distinction_n of_o crow_n or_o of_o the_o snow_n into_o white_a and_o black_a but_o as_o epithet_n denote_v their_o nature_n the_o practice_n therefore_o of_o such_o action_n as_o we_o have_v enumerate_v if_o they_o be_v introduce_v into_o the_o christian_a church_n will_v prove_v one_o branch_n of_o antichristianism_n and_o a_o chief_a one_o too_o and_o their_o doctrine_n that_o aver_v the_o warrantableness_n of_o they_o must_v be_v false_a and_o irrational_a chap._n xiii_o 1._o that_o the_o profess_v one_o only_o true_a god_n do_v not_o necessary_o quit_v a_o people_n from_o the_o guilt_n or_o capacity_n of_o be_v idolater_n 2._o that_o to_o exhibit_v such_o modes_n of_o worship_n as_o be_v proper_a to_o the_o true_a god_n to_o a_o creature_n though_o we_o take_v it_o for_o a_o creature_n be_v idolatry_n 3._o that_o the_o jew_n be_v idolater_n though_o they_o profess_v the_o only_a true_a god_n 4._o that_o the_o belief_n of_o the_o eucharistick_a bread_n be_v the_o real_a body_n of_o christ_n do_v not_o excuse_v the_o adorer_n thereof_o from_o idolatry_n 5._o the_o case_n of_o the_o heathen_a that_o worship_v the_o sun_n and_o this_o of_o the_o bread-worshipper_n compare_v 6._o a_o solution_n of_o a_o sophism_n the_o author_n once_o put_v upon_o himself_o in_o excuse_n of_o this_o bread-worship_n 7._o that_o their_o not_o think_v the_o bread_n to_o be_v in_o the_o eucharist_n do_v not_o excuse_v the_o worshipper_n of_o the_o host_n from_o idolatry_n 1._o have_v thus_o evidence_v the_o falseness_n of_o the_o mystery_n of_o iniquity_n in_o this_o first_o point_n according_a to_o my_o profess_a method_n i_o shall_v proceed_v to_o the_o fraud_n which_o as_o i_o have_v already_o intimate_v include_v the_o fallacious_a pretence_n and_o excuse_n together_o with_o the_o self-endedness_a of_o the_o driver_n on_o of_o this_o impious_a mystery_n and_o true_o the_o pretence_n and_o shelter_n under_o which_o they_o will_v shroud_v themselves_o be_v very_o slender_a and_o scant_a but_o their_o self-end_n may_v be_v gross_a and_o palpable_a as_o methinks_v that_o will_v be_v a_o very_a poor_a plea_n for_o the_o christian_n namely_o that_o they_o forsooth_o can_v possible_o be_v idolater_n because_o they_o apert_o and_o declare_o profess_v that_o there_o be_v only_o one_o true_a god_n of_o a_o nature_n infinite_o excellent_a above_o any_o creature_n and_o that_o therefore_o if_o they_o be_v idolater_n they_o shall_v contradict_v themselves_o wherefore_o no_o professor_n of_o christianity_n though_o they_o do_v religious_a worship_n to_o saint_n to_o angel_n to_o image_n to_o cross_n to_o a_o piece_n of_o consecrate_a bread_n can_v be_v idolater_n especial_o if_o they_o shameless_o stand_v out_o with_o it_o and_o outface_v the_o world_n they_o be_v not_o so_o but_o the_o insufficiency_n of_o this_o excuse_n be_v too-too_o apparent_a if_o we_o consider_v how_o easy_a and_o ordinary_a a_o thing_n it_o be_v for_o man_n to_o contradict_v the_o profession_n of_o their_o own_o faith_n for_o how_o many_o be_v there_o even_o of_o those_o that_o do_v true_o believe_v there_o be_v a_o life_n to_o come_v that_o do_v not_o live_v as_o if_o there_o be_v any_o such_o thing_n and_o so_o contradict_v their_o belief_n by_o their_o action_n how_o many_o be_v there_o that_o profess_v a_o particular_a providence_n of_o god_n and_o faith_n therein_o yet_o in_o time_n of_o strait_n do_v not_o depend_v thereon_o but_o divert_v to_o some_o unlawful_a practice_n or_o do_v some_o wicked_a action_n to_o relieve_v themselves_o in_o distress_n or_o secure_v themselves_o from_o danger_n how_o many_o that_o will_v zealous_o declaim_v against_o cruelty_n and_o injustice_n as_o thing_n abhort_v of_o god_n and_o man_n and_o yet_o be_v themselves_o notorious_o unjust_a and_o cruel_a in_o the_o judgement_n of_o all_o the_o disinterest_v though_o they_o themselves_o will_v make_v a_o more_o favourable_a construction_n of_o their_o own_o action_n and_o will_v stand_v it_o out_o as_o stout_o for_o their_o justification_n as_o these_o professor_n of_o christianity_n that_o they_o be_v no_o idolater_n it_o may_v so_o fare_v therefore_o that_o as_o the_o apostle_n speak_v to_o titus_n man_n 16._o tit._n 1._o 16._o may_v profess_v to_o know_v god_n but_o in_o their_o work_n deny_v he_o they_o may_v say_v there_o be_v one_o only_o true_a god_n yet_o do_v that_o homage_n which_o be_v due_a to_o he_o alone_o unto_o this_o or_o that_o creature_n without_o say_v or_o intend_v that_o this_o creature_n shall_v be_v take_v for_o the_o true_a god_n or_o that_o they_o do_v that_o religious_a worship_n to_o it_o as_o to_o the_o true_a god_n which_o be_v such_o a_o piece_n of_o idolatry_n as_o never_o be_v among_o the_o heathen_n themselves_o nor_o can_v explicit_o fall_v 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sudden_o evince_v the_o folly_n of_o that_o pretence_n by_o actual_a error_n that_o have_v be_v in_o the_o church_n of_o god_n as_o sure_o the_o church_n of_o the_o jew_n be_v as_o real_o the_o church_n of_o god_n as_o the_o visible_a christian_a church_n and_o have_v as_o magnificent_a promise_n as_o it_o in_o isaiah_n for_o what_o be_v speak_v chap._n 54._o rebound_v upon_o the_o church_n of_o the_o jew_n first_o as_o grotius_n have_v observe_v and_o there_o it_o be_v say_v that_o they_o shall_v all_o be_v teach_v of_o god_n and_o that_o with_o everlasting_a kindness_n god_n will_v have_v mercy_n upon_o they_o and_o yet_o this_o church_n be_v in_o so_o gross_a a_o mistake_n that_o the_o governor_n and_o grandee_n thereof_o know_v not_o their_o messiah_n when_o he_o be_v come_v into_o the_o world_n but_o put_v he_o to_o a_o most_o shameful_a death_n but_o even_o in_o those_o time_n when_o there_o be_v a_o more_o palpable_a residence_n of_o god_n miraculous_a power_n with_o they_o 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also_o christ_n handkerchief_n and_o the_o shirt_n which_o the_o bless_a virgin_n make_v for_o he_o as_o likewise_o the_o cradle_n in_o which_o he_o be_v rock_v 15._o furthermore_o the_o virgin_n mary_n veil_n with_o which_o she_o use_v to_o cover_v her_o head_n her_o comb_n her_o hair_n her_o girdle_n her_o needle_n sowing-thread_n and_o work-basket_n nay_o the_o very_a house_n in_o which_o she_o dwell_v and_o wrought_v transport_v as_o i_o say_v before_o out_o of_o palestine_n into_o italy_n by_o the_o hand_n of_o angel_n the_o reed_n with_o which_o they_o smite_v jesus_n the_o rope_n with_o which_o they_o hale_v he_o to_o execution_n the_o very_a sponge_n also_o with_o which_o the_o jew_n give_v he_o vinegar_n mingle_v with_o gall_n to_o drink_v and_o some_o of_o the_o coin_n for_o which_o judas_n betray_v he_o nay_o the_o very_a lantern_n he_o use_v in_o that_o work_n of_o darkness_n and_o the_o die_n wherewith_o the_o soldier_n play_v for_o christ_n seamless_a coat_n moreover_o 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