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A91909	The mystery of the two witnesses unvailed Wherein wee have a description of their persons time acts death and office. manner of prophecie. sufferings. resurrection. With the consequences that follow. Together with the seaventh trumpet, and the kingdome of Christ explained. by John Robotham, preacher of the Gospel in Dover.	Robotham, John, fl. 1654.	1654 (1654)	Wing R1732; Thomason E1469_3; ESTC R208689	148,859	409

also of internall light and glory This is part of the glory of the new Jerusalem and of the Kingdome of Christ when Antichrist shall be throwne downe from his throne and authority and when Christ shall be exalted and the Saints possesse his Kingdome Wee now proceed to the next observation Fourthly do the Witnesses ascend 4 Obser in a Cloud then observe That in the middest of the great confusion and darknesse upon the face of the world shall the Witnesses ascend There is a great thick cloud of darknesse distraction division and confusion upon the minds and actions of the men of the earth this day Now I say that in these thick mists and fogs of trouble and contention the Witnesses daily get ground and arise higher and higher and ascend gradually every day though the world neither sees it nor knows it Israel of old pass●d through the Wildernesse untill they came to Canaan by the conduct of a cloud So this cloud that hath this day over-shadowed the world shall not passe away untill the Israel of God are ascended up to the land of Messiah our new Jerusalem Suitable unto our purpose is that place Isa 51. 9 10. Awake awake put on strength O arme of the Lord. Awake as in the ancient dayes Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab and wounded the Dragon Art thou not it that hath dryed the Sea the waters of the great deep Thou hast made the depth of the Sea away for the ransomed to passe over God hath seemed in former times as it were to be asleep as if he had altogether forgotten the sorrows and sufferings of his people But now when the Lord shall arm himselfe with power and cloath himselfe with strength as with a garment as in the generations of old or auncient dayes when thou didst cut Rahab and wound the Dragon that 's meant of Aegypt and Pharaoh And how was this done by dividing of the waters and drying up the Sea he rescued his people from the bondage of Pharaoh and the oppression of Aegypt Thus God delivered his people from the captivity of Babylon by the same power as in the ancient dayes Now in the same manner when the Lord shall redeeme his people from those burthens of spirituall captivity that his people have endured under the tyrannicall dominion of Antichristian Babylon God will dry up the Sea and divide the waters that is he will wast and consume the state and strength of man and divide Peoples and Nations one against another a thicke Cloud of darknesse shall over-cover them all what a grosse thick Cloud hangs over all men this day upon all their Actings Counsels and Designes Most men grope in the darke and know no● what they doe what a darke cloud of feare anger division contention disquietnesse and confusion of face is this day upon the men of the earth Now in the midst of these confusions and divisions aomngst the men of the world in these Clouds of darkenesse the faithfull Witnesses of Christ they get ground and ascend higher and higher untill at last they shall fully ascend up unto the heavenly state and glory of Christs kingdome The Witnesses ascending in a Cloud the world sees it not 't is a misterie that few understand Then this thick cloud of darknesse fear division and confusion upon the world doth plainly demonstrate that the Witnesses are now arising shaking off their sackcloath and mourning and are now ascending up to Heaven to live in and enjoy the Kingdome of Christ to enjoy that freedome and peace that light and glory that we last spake of Fifthly and lastly do the enemies 5 Observ of the Witnesses behold their ascending up to Heaven Then observe That all the power and policie of the Enemies of the Witnesses shall not be able to hinder their ascention The Adversary doth behold them doth see them get ground arise and ascend and faine would hinder them but cannot This is the greatest and most amazing fight that ever the world did see the saddest spectacle that ever it beheld this fills the earth with astonishment and trembling to perceive the rising and ascending of these Witnesses formerly slain and it cannot in the least retard or hinder them This shall be the very glory and triumph of the Saints that they shall ascend in the view and ●ight of all their Enemies that hated persecuted and killed them Now as it was the sport and joy of these Enemies to kill and slay these witnesses how much more will it be their griefe and torture to see them arise from the dead and ascend into honour It could not be more grievous to Haman to see Mordecai advanced then it amazeth the world to see these ascend and that in their sight and presence This shall be the honour and joy of these Witnesses that they shall ascend in the view and sight of their Adversaries who shall look on them and be exceedingly troubled and vexed but yet shall not be able in the least to hinder them from ascending into the glorious liberty peace light and comfort of Christs Kingdome VERS 13. And the same hour was there a great earth-quake and the tenth part of the Citie fell and in the Earthquake were slaine of men seven thousand and the remnant were affrighted and gave glory to the God of heave HAving spoken of the resurrection and ascention of the Witnesses we now come to handle the great and notable effect that succeedeth thereon together with severall consequents thereunto annexed The same hour there was a great earth-quake and the tenth part of the Citie fell c. In the handling of which we may consider First the time of this Earth-quake in these words And the same hour c. Secondly the Earth-quake it selfe mentioned in the Text there was a great Earth-quake Thirdly the consequents thereunto annexed and they are three 1. The tenth part of the Citie fell 2. Seven thousand men are slain 3. The affrighted remnant give glory to God But first of the time The same houre there was a great Earth quake This terme of time is not to be taken restrictvely as if it should be meant of an hour consisting of so many minutes Some read the same day neither may wee take it for a naturall day of twenty foure hours It is an indefinite speech and holds no certainty for the space of time but it imports that the time of this great Earth-quake should answer the time of the Witnesses rising and ascending up to heaven Those words expressed in Chap. 17. 12. These receive power one houre with the beast import the same meaning the whole terme of their raigne with the beast Secondly the earth-quake it selfe follows And there was a great Earthquake The naturall cause of an Earth-quake is when the wind is pent up in the bowels of the earth and seeking vent from thence breaks forth into violent concussions and motions so that the earth shakes and rends contrary to its naturall firmenesse and

shall they tread c. By an allusion to Jerusalem the Saints are called the holy Citie which was a figure of the spirituall Church and Temple of God in which respect they are called Jerusalem from above Gal. 4. 26. The new Jerusalem the holy City Revel 3. 12. Mount Sion Heb. 12. 22. So that by the holy Citie is meant the Saints called the holy people Dan. 8. 24. and 12. 7. Now the best use that these Gentiles make both of the outward Court and of the holy Citie is but to prophane and trample upon them As for all the externall formes of service government ordinances and all acts of Religion the best use they make of them is like beasts and swine to tread them under feet not knowing how to make a better use of them And for the Saints the holy City these they abuse and persecute they know not how to make a better use of these then swine doe of pearles Fifthly and lastly How long Forty and two moneths The terme of forty-two moneths allowing thirty dayes to every moneth allowing thirty dayes to every moneth make the same number of 1260 dayes mentioned in the next verse In the next Chapter and sixth verse The woman flies into the wildernesse there to be nourished a thousand two hundred and sixty dayes and in verse 14. it 's expressed by a Time times and halfe a time by a time is meant a year by times two yeares by halfe a time halfe a yeare which is three yeares and a halfe being resolved into dayes make 1260 dayes if into moneths they make forty two moneths To which agrees the terme of three dayes and a halfe in vers 9. of this Chapter These dayes being put for yeares they make just three yeares and a halfe So that the Gentiles treading downe the holy City forty two moneths and the beast continuing forty two moneths Chapt. 13. 5. And the space of 1260 dayes that the Witnesses shall prophesie as also the woman being nourished in the wildernesse and the time times and halfe a time with the three dayes and a halfe that the Witnesses shall lie dead I say all these various expressions of time appeare to be all one and the same space And so it appeares that the time of the prophesie of the Witnesses and the continuance of the raigne of the beast to be one and the same Some would have this number 1260 dayes turned into yeares and so would measure the whole terme of the raigne of the beast and the prophesie of the Witnesses to continue 1260 yeares I shall not contradict this opinion but shall thus far close with it as to conclude that the terme of time signified by forty two moneths and 1260 dayes is the whole time of Antichrists raigne and of the Witnesses prophecying in sackcloth But I intend not to make it my businesse to calculate the years of Antichrists powerfull raigne or the time of the Witnesses prophesie but rather to search out something from the mystery of truth that is contained therein This terme of forty two moneths doth not onely h●ld forth the whole time and age of Antichrist in which he shall tread under the holy City and scatter the power of the holy people but doth also import the different and changeable appearances and workings of his so that various shapes and formes the severall disguises and habits that Antichrist doth cloath himselfe withall and come forth in to act his part and deceive the Nations are held forth unto us under the Terme of forty two moneths Therefore here we are to note that the time of the Witnesses prophesie is said to be 1260 dayes Now a day is measured out by the Sun as a moneth is by the Moon the course of the Sun is by dayes which is a time more constant and of more light then the night But now the time of the raigne of Antichrist is expressed by forty and two moneths now a moneth is a season measured out by the Moon and shews that in all things there is but a Moon light a weak and dim light a light borrowed from the Sun Besides the Moon is variable and changeable and is alwayes up and downe never at one stay sometimes increasing at other times decreasing now in the wane then in the full and the like Suitable hereunto is the variable state and changeable appearance of Antichrist in his stations and formes First he comes forth in the forme of a Dragon Secondly in the shape of a Leopard Thirdly in the likenesse of a beast with two hornes And lastly in the image of the beast Every one of these have their moneths and seasons measured out unto them in which they variously appeare and act their parts But more of this hereafter having explained the words let us proceed to the Observations they offer unto us First That all externall formes and professions 1 Obser of Christ without the life and spirit of Christ are but the shaddow and outward part of heavenly things All formes of worship order government with all the acts of Religion all things that lie within the compasse of man are but the outward Court the superficiall part of things which a carnall man a Gentile professor may take up and use and yet never know what it is to worship in the Temple of God or to offer upon his Altar or to be a reall and true worshipper of the Lord in spirit It was the Priest onely that might enter into the inner Court or into the Temple and holy place So the Saints alone are made Priests to God Revel 1. 6. And have accesse or liberty of speech as the phrase is to enter into the holy place by a new and living way Heb. 10. 19 20. And by Christ to offer up spirituall sacrifices to God 1 Pet. 2. 5. But now for all Gentiles Christians and worldly professors they dwell upon and live in the externall part of things in the forme and shaddow of heavenly things they never goe farther then the outward Court or circle of the things of God Thus it was with the carnall Jewes as plainly appeares in 1 Cor. 10. from vers 1. to verse 7. Moreover brethren I would not that ye should be ignorant saith the Apostle how that all our fathers were under the cloud and all passed thorow the Sea and were all Baptized unto Moses in the Cloud and in the Sea and did all eat the same spirituall meat and did all drinke the same spirituall drinke for they dranke of that spirituall Rock that followed them and that Rock was Christ but with many of them God was not well pleased for they were overthrown in the Wildernesse c. Now mark notwithstanding the Manna came downe from heaven and the water out of the Rock being as signes and symbol●● yea as most lively representations and images of Christ in which respect it was called spirituall meat and spirituall drinke but it was not so to the carnall Jewes for they saw