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A20217	The ruine of Rome: or An exposition vpon the whole Reuelation Wherein is plainly shewed and proued, that the popish religion, together with all the power and authoritie of Rome, shall ebbe and decay still more and more throughout all the churches of Europe, and come to an vtter ouerthrow euen in this life before the end of the world. Written especially for the comfort of Protestants, and the daunting of papists, seminary priests, Iesuites, and all that cursed rabble. Published by Arthur Dent, preacher of the word of God at South-Shoobery in Essex.	Dent, Arthur, d. 1607.; Culverwell, Ezekiel, 1553 or 4-1631.	1603 (1603)	STC 6640; ESTC S117456	184,102	332

Moises was carried vp to the top of mount Nebo that from thence he might take a view of the holy Land Which teacheth that none can take a right view of Heauen and heauenly things but onely such as fly an high pitch and mount far aboue this earth in holy affections and heauenly contemplation Moreouer Saint Iohn telleth vs that assone as hee tooke a sight of this new Ierusalem far passing all Sinai sights foorthwith he espied in it the very glory of God If he had said he had espied the glory of a King it had bene much If he had said he espied the glory of an Angell it had bene more But that he espieth the very glory of God it is most of all For vvho can conceiue or expresse vvhat the glory of God is beeing infinit The Apostle saith that God dwelleth in vnaccessible light or such light as none can approch vnto Then this is one vvord for all touching the beautie and superexcellencie of the new Ierusalem that it comprehendeth in it the very glory of God but yet for amplifications sake it is compared to a Iasper stone for neuer fading greennesse and to a Chrystall stone for bright shining and glittering for euer And had a great wall and high and had twelue gates ver 12 and at the gates twelue Angels and the names written which are the twelue tribes of the children of Israell On the East part there were three gates and on the Northside three gates on the Southside three gates ver 13 and on the West side three gates And the wall of the citie had twelue foundations ver 14 and in them the names of the Lambs twelue Apostles Now Saint Iohn procedeth to the description of the wall gates of this great citie This we all know that a strong wall serueth for the safety and defence of a citie and for the securitie of such as dwell in it For if it bee so high that none can it scale so thick that none can batter it then is it indeed impregnable and the Citizens in great securitie But the wall of heauen is so high as none can scale it as is set downe in this twelfe verse and so thicke that no double Cannon can pierce it as appeareth verse 17. therefore all the inhabitants of this new Ierusalem are out of all feare of dangers Moreouer this citie hath twelue gates to signifie an hard accesse for enemies to breake in and an easie passage for the Citizens themselues to goe in and out And at those twelue gates twelue Angels at euery gate an Angell as it were a porter to see that none bee let in but the true Citizens and free denisons and such as haue to doe there which are heere named to bee the twelue tribes of Israell that is all the elect of God both of the iewes and gentiles Moreouer it is said that there were three gates on euery side the citie both East West North and South to note that out of all quarters of the earth the redeemed should bee gathered and as our sauiour saith many shall come from the East and the West the North and the South and sit downe with Abraham Isaac and Iacob in the kingdome of God So that it is not materiall what countrey or nation a man is of whether English Scottish French or Spanish so hee bee a beleeuer for then he shall be sure to be let in at one gate or another either at the Eastgate or the Westgate the Northgate or the Southgate Moreouer the wall of this citie hath twelue foundations that is to say it is surely founded And in euery gate the name of an Apostle so that all the gates had the names of the Lambs twelue Apostles to signifie that the groundsell foundation of this citie is laid vpon the doctrine of the Apostles and Prophets Iesus Christ himselfe beeing the chiefe corner stone And he that talked with mee had a golden reed ver 15 to measure the citie withall and the gates thereof and the wall thereof And the citie lay foure square ver 16 and the length is as large as the breadth of it and hee measured the citie with the reed twelue thousand furlongs and the length and the breadth and the height of it are equall And hee measured the wall thereof an hundred forty and foure cubits by the measure of man ver 17 that is of the Angell Now S. Iohn telleth vs that the Angell which talked with him had a golden reed to measure both the citie and the gates and walls thereof Measuring with reeds was a thing of great vse in ancient times as wee read in the prophesie of Ezechiell and Zachary and as wee heard before in the eleauenth Chapter But because all things belonging to this celestiall Ierusalem are super excellent and glorious therfore the very measuring rod and reed is of pure gold This great and glorious citie is said to lye foure square to note vnto vs that it standeth fast and vnmoueable for round things are easily rolled mooued this way or that way hither and thither But square things are not apt to rolle or mooue This euerlasting Ierusalem therfore lieth foure square because it can neuer be moued but standeth fast for euer As the Apostle saith Seeing we receiue a kingdome which cannot be shaken let vs haue grace whereby we may so serue God that we may please him with reuerence and feare The Angell with his golden measuring rod measureth the square sides of the citie both the length breadth height and depth of it and findeth each of them to bee 12000 furlongs which after eight furlongs to the mile maketh in our accompt 1500 miles and so the whole square of this great citie commeth to sixe thousand miles which is a goodly compasse noteth vnto vs the great largenesse of gods kingdome that there is romth inough for all the inhabitants thereof Yea most pleasant commodious roomes as our Lord Iesus saith in my fathers house are many dwelling places If it were not so I would haue tolde you for I goe to prepare a place for you After this hee measureth the thicknesse of the wall and findeth it to be an hundred forty and foure cubits which after our common accompt of two cubits to a yard amount to seauentie and two yardes which is a iolly thicknesse euen so thick as no Cannon can pierce and therefore altogether in expugnable as hath beene said before ver 18 And the building of the wall of it was of Iasper and the citie was pure gold like vnto cleere glasse ver 19 And the foundations of the wall of the citie was garnished with all manner of pretious stones The first foundation was Iasper the second of Saphire the third of a Chalcedonie the fourth of an Emeraud the fit of a Sardonix ver 20 the sixt of a Sardius the seauenth of a Chrysolite the eight of a Beryll the ninth of a Topaze the tenth

be cared for to be made much of and to want nothing For indeed a good Minister is a Iewel of price A good Minister is as a friend in court which we say is better then penny in purse A good Minister is like a candle which spendeth it selfe to giue light to others A good Minister is like a cocke which by the clapping of his wings awaketh himselfe and by his crowing awaketh others For a good Minister by his priuate studies praiers meditations awaketh him selfe and by his publike preaching awaketh others The scripture affirmeth a good Minister to be the very glory of Christ And againe that a good Minister is a singular blessing of God For the Lord himselfe saith I will take you one of a citie and two of a tribe and will bring you to Zion and I will giue you Pastors according to my heart which shall feede you with knowledge vnderstanding Now then if a good Minister be so great a blessing of God and so pearelesse a pearle how great is the sinne of those which contemne them and treade their Ministrie vnder foote as vile and nothing worth Our Lord Iesus saith of all such He that despiseth you despiseth me Let those scoffers and scorners therefore take heede how they despise Christ for assuredly he wil not long put it vp at their hands If any man demaund a reason why all these Epistles are specially sent and directed to the Angels or Pastors of the Churches seeing Iohn before chap. 1. verse 11. is commanded to write them to the Churches of Asia I answer that he writing to the Pastors excludeth not the Churches but in them or vnder them he writeth to the whole Churches as it plainely appeareth in the conclusion of euery Epistle when hee saith Let him that hath an eare heare what the spirit saith to the Churches Then that which is spoken to the Angell of the Church is spoken to the Church The reason why the speech is specially directed to the Pastor of euery church is because the good or bad estate of the church for the most part dependeth vpon the Minister For commonly we see it commeth to passe Such a Pastor such people Such a shepheard such sheepe Such a builder such building Such a husbandman such husbandrie And as the Prophet saith Like Priest like people For we may obserue in all these Epistles that where the Minister is commended the people are coÌ„mended and where the Minister is discommended the people are discommended also So that they stand and fall sinke and swim together As concerning the person from whom these Epistles are sent it is Iesus Christ who is very gloriously described of his diuerse qualities in the entrance of euery one of these Epistles First in the Epistle to the Church of Ephesus it is said These things saith he that holdeth the seuen starres in his right hand and which walketh in the middest of the seuen golden Candlestickes Secondly in the Epistle to the church of Smyrna These things saith hee that is first and last which was dead is aliue Thirdly to the church of Pergamus Thus saith he which hath the sharpe sword with two edges Fourthly to Thyatira These things saith the sonne of God who hath eies like a flame of fire and his feete like fine brasse Fiftly to the church of Sardis These things saith he that hath the seuen spirits of God and the seuen starres Sixtly to the church of Philadelphia it is thus said of Christ These things saith he that is holy and true which hath the key of Dauid which openeth no man shutteth shutteth and no man openeth Lastly to Laodicea it is thus said These things saith Amen the faithfull and true witnesse the beginning of the creatures Now then wee doo plainely see how gloriously Iesus Christ is described of his seuerall properties in euerie one of these Epistles and what honourable and magnificent titles are giuen vnto him and all to this ende to moue attention and to worke in vs a reuerence of so great a personage that wee might more seriously regarde and deepely ponder the things which proceede from so great a maiestie For we see and know by coÌ„mon experience that almost euery mans words are heeded and regarded according to the opinion reuerence which is had of his person Sith then that euery one of these Epistles is fronted with this great authoritie Thus saith the sonne of God Thus saith Christ Thus saith Alpha Omega therefore wee ought to giue diligent heede to the things herein contained So likewise we reade in the Epistle to the Hebrewes that after the holy Ghost had very notably described the person of Christ and extolled him far aboue the Angels all other creatures hee giueth the vse of it in the beginning of the second chapter saying Therfore we ought to giue more diligent heede to his doctrine And thus much concerning the Exordium or entrance of these seuen Epipistles touching the person to whom and the person from whom these Epistles are sent Now it followeth to speake a word or two of the generall propositioÌ„ contained in these words I know thy workes We read in all these Epistles how the Son of God doth praise some of the churches dispraise others commend some of the Pastors and discommend others Now hee that will praise or dispraise must specially looke to this that he be vpon a good ground and therefore Iesus Christ before he enters into any praising or dispraising commending or reprouing doth first protest that hee knoweth their workes is priuie to all their particular actions yea their very thoughts and therefore cannot erre or be deceiued in his censures True it is indeed that men may erre in their opinions censures of others because they know not mens harts with what affections things are carried Men I say may praise or dispraise too much or too little But Iesus Christ whose eies are as a flame of fire and which searcheth the raines cannot faile one iot nor erre a haire breadth as we say either in commeÌ„ding or discommending and therefore he stoppeth their mouthes at the first dash so as they can haue nothing to reply when he saith I know thy works I know wel inough what thou art what thou hast bin I am not deceiued in thee I know thy sitting downe rising vp am accustomed to al thy waies And this briefly of propositioÌ„ The narration as is aforesaid coÌ„taineth the matter of the Epistles consisting of praises dispraises admonitions reprehensions threates and promises Touching the first we find that some churches are wholy commended others wholy discommended others partly commended partly discommended As for example the Pastor people of Smyrna and Philadelphia are generally commeÌ„ded for all things and discommended for nothing there is no fault found with them that is no grosse fault as in others for they were not without commoÌ„ corruptions and infirmities

and of the straunge accidents and euents which followed vpon the opening of euerie seuerall seale For in this chapter sixe of the seales are opened by the Sonne of God and the mysteries thereof disclosed vnto Iohn that he might declare theÌ„ to the Church for the comfort and instruction thereof This chapter containeth sixe principall things arising from the seuerall opening of the six seales and they are these vers 1.2 vers 3.4 vers 5.6 vers 7.8 vers 9.10.11 The spreading of the Gospell Great persecutions following therevpon Famine Pestilence Complaints of the Martyrs vers 12.13.14.15.16.17 Fearefull vengeance vpon the worlde for sheading the bloud of Gods Saints vers 1 After I beheld when the Lambe had opened one of the seales and I heard one of the foure beastes say as it were the noise of thunder Come and see Now after all these former matters Iohn did verie intentiuely fixe his eye vpon the Lambe being now about to open and vnclaspe the first seale of the booke and all on the sudden hee was admonished and stirred vp by one of the Cherubins that he should drawe neare and come vp and take knowledge of these great and important matters which were now to be reuealed vnto him And to the end that he might be throughly awaked and stirred vp to attention in so waightie matters it is saide that the voice of the Angell which spake vnto him was like the voice of a thunder So that hereby Iohn was throughly rowsed fitted and prepared to receiue these heauenly visions Therefore I beheld and loe there was a white horse vers 2 and he that sate on him had a bowe and a crowne was giuen vnto him and he went forth conquering that he might ouercome Iohn keeping his eye steadie vpon the Lambe hauing now opened the first seale doth in a vision see a white horse c. By this white horse is meant the ministerie of the worde of God and the first preaching of the Gospell by Christ and his Apostles and the successors in the Primatiue Church chapter 19.11 The white horse is taken in this sense in the 19. chapter of this Prophesie where our Lorde Iesus beeing vpon this white horse beateth downe all his enemies before him For who is able to resist his worde and the ministrie of it In the first chapter of the Prophesie of Zacharie our Lord Iesus purposing to build vp his church being in a very ruinous estate after the captiuitie is brought in by the Prophet on horsebacke both for the reedifying of his Church and also for the punishment of the Babilonians his enemies and the enemies of his people In the 45. Psalme the church the spouse saieth thus to her beloued husbande Christ Gird the sworde vpon thy thigh Ã´ thou mightie one the sworde of thy glorie and comely beautie and with thy comely beautie ride on prosperously for the businesse of truth and of meeke righteousnesse c. Now in all these places of the scripture wee do plainely see that when Christ goeth about either to broach his Gospell or build vp his Church or to be reuenged on the enemies thereof hee is brought in on horsebacke And this doth strongly confirme and warrant this exposition seeing it is not any imagined sense or new deuice of mans braine but such a sense as other places of scripture will verie fully beare out Moreouer if wee doo seriously consider and deepely weigh the purpose and intendment of the holy Ghost in all this it will not a little helpe and further this exposition For the chiefe scope and drifte of all is to describe the state of the Church from the Apostles time to the ende of the worlde chapter 1.1 For this Prophesie serueth to shewe vnto Iohn the thinges that must shortlye come to passe Now wee all knowe by blessed experience that the first estate of the Church did consist in the preaching of the Gospell by Christ and his Apostles and therfore this must needs be vnderstood of that time estate of the church For Iesus Christ is he that sitteth vpon this white horse that is by the ministery of his Gospell he conquereth and subdueth the nations vnder him There may bee three reasons alledged why this horse is saide to be of a white colour First because the doctrine of the Gospell which was preached by Christ and his Apostles was pure and sincere being without all spots and blots of error and heresie For the white colour in the scripture doth signifie puritie sinceritie innocency ioy glory and beautie Secondly because the doctrine of Christ and his Apostles was full of ioy and comfort As it is saide of Samaria after Phillip had set the Gospell abroache there that there was great ioy in that Citie Thirdly because the ministery of Christ and his Apostles was very glorious and beautifull as it is written How beautifull are the feete of them which bring the glad tydings of peace c. And againe with thy comely beautie ride on prosperously for the businesse of truth c. If any man demaund a reason of Christs sitting on horse-backe and riding forth on horse-backe I answere that it doth most fitly represent that maruellous swiftnesse wherewith the light of the Gospell should be carried and spread not only throughout all Iudea Samaria and Galile but also throughout all the kingdomes of the world For is it not a wonder to consider how swiftly and as it were on horseback and also how farre ouer the Heathen nations within a fewe yeares after Christs ascention the doctrine of the Gospell was preached and of multitudes imbraced He rode forth indeed prosperously and swiftly vpon this white horse euen the ministrie of the Gospell for the businesse of truth and of meeke righteousnesse and his right hande wrought fearefull things as saith the Psalmist Moreouer it is here saide that Iesus Christ hath a bowe in his hand And in the 45. Psalme from whence it seemeth all these phrases and speeches are borrowed hee is saide to haue sharpe arrowes in his hande whereby he pierceth the heart of his enemies Now this bowe and arrowes doo signifie the piercing power of the Gospell whereby the world hath bene subdued vnto Christe For all the arrowes of the Gospell which Christ shooteth out of this bowe which is euen the tongue of his ministers doo sticke in the hearts of men yea they pierce into all the secret places of the soule For the ministrie of the Gospell is liuely and mightie in operation sharper then any two edged sworde and entreth through euen vnto the deuiding asunder of the soule and the spirit of the ioynts and the marrowe and is a discerner of the thoughts and the intents of the heart Heere is yet further mention made of a crowne which was giuen vnto Christ and that hee went forth conquering that hee might ouercome This crowne signifieth the victorie which he getteth ouer the worlde with his bowe and arrowes For the Psalmist

all the cursed helhounds that barke and bite and take their part shall euer bee able to stand in his hands For rage they neuer so much hee will hamper them all well enough For though he haue giuen them the reine a long time and let them alone and suffred them to play the tyrants with the woman his spouse yet now he will no longer put it vp at their hands but will vp and maintaine the womans cause and beare her out against them all nay hee will make readie his bow that he may shoote off and make his arrowes drunke in the bloud of her and his enemies and will whette his glittering sword that hee may sheath it in the heart of Antichrist and all his adherents Therefore now let both the great beasts and their Sire looke to themselues for heere comes in one that will knocke them all downe and lay them in the dust that they shall neuer rise vp againe For this cause now at length Saint Iohn in a vision seeth a Lambe stand vpon mount Sion that is Christ present with his Church For mount Sion was an ancient figure of the Church as it is written Mount Sion lying Northward is faire in situation it is the ioy of the whole earth and the citie of the great king And againe The law shall goe forth of Sion and the word of the Lord from Ierusalem Moreouer Saint Iohn seeth heere with the Lambe an hundred fortie and foure thousand that is the particular members of the Church putting a certaine number for an vncertaine and specially alluding to the sealing of the twelue tribes of Israel as before hath beene shewed For it might bee demaunded where the Church was chapter 7.4 when all the world wondred and followed the first Beast and also when all both small and great rich and poore receiued the marke of the second Beast Saint Iohn answereth that euen then in the middest of the heate of persecutions God had his hid inuisible church whom Iesus Christ did protect and preserue euen in the verie flames of persecutions being alwayes present with them and amongst them as he said to his Disciples a little before his bodily departure from them Lo I am with you euen vnto the end of the world And heere hee is said to stand vpon mount Sion with his hundred fortie and foure thousand And it is added that this number of Gods faithfull elect children had the Fathers name written in their foreheads That is they did professe and practise the doctrine and religion of God their Father onely vtterly renouncing and abhorring the worship and religion of the Beast For the Fathers name in this place is set opposite to the marke of the Beast to signifie that as the worshippers of Antichrist receiued his marke so the true worshippers of God receiued his brand which is his Spirit and the fruits therof whereby they were perfectly discerned from those which had the beasts marke So then it cleerely appeareth from this place that God preserued many thousands of his true worshippers euen in the daies of the great Antichrist when there seemed to bee verie fewe or none remaining vppon the earth as it was in the dayes of Elias In vaine therefore doe the Papists aske vs where our Church was before Luthers time sith the holy Apostle heere stoppeth their mouth and telleth vs plainely that Christ had his little flocke in the wildernesse euen then when it was in greatest streightes and as wee say driuen to the wals And therfore visibilitie is no sound note of the Church as the Papists doe most ignorantly dispute For it is a fond and absurd kind of reasoning to say there is no Church at all because it doth not visibly appeare as if a man should reason that there is no Moone in the heauens because sometimes there is none seene as in the change And I heard a voice from heauen vers 2 as the sound of manie waters and as the sound of a great thunder and I heard the voyce of Harpers harping with their harpes Heere is set forth how this companie of true worshippers doe magnifie and praise God for his great mercies towards them First Iohn heareth a voyce from heauen that is an heauenly voice or the voice of the Church praising and glorifying God For wee haue heard before chapter 8.1 that heauen in this Booke is sometimes put for the Church vppon the earth and the reasons thereof Whersoeuer therfore the Church is assembled to heare the word and to pray and giue thanks there is a voice from heauen or an heauenly voice Now this voice is compared to three things first to the sound of manie waters Secondly to the sound of a great thunder Thirdly to y e voice of harpers harping with their harps It is likened to manie waters because it proceedeth from sundrie sorts of people of sundrie nations countries and kingdomes as the word Waters is taken afterwards in this Prophesie It is compared to Thunder because the prayers and inuocations of the true Church are as loud in the eares of God as any thundercracke It is compared to Harpers harping with their harpes both because their spirituall worship and seruice is as sweete vnto God as any musicke vnto men as also because all Gods faithfull people doe tune together among themselues and in their worship as the strings of a well tuned instrument of musicke or as manie musitians playing together which make a sweete harmonie and most melodious dittie vers 3 And they sung as it were a newe song before the throne and before the foure beasts and the Elders and no man could learne that song but the hundred fourtie and foure thousand which were bought from the earth Now is shewed how this holy societie of the faithful do continue their praising and glorifying of God They are not weary of well doing but hold on constantly in the course of Gods worship hauing new songs of thanksgiuing in their mouthes and seruing God dayly with renewed affections as men inflamed with the zeale of Gods glory and all this they doe performe before the throne before the foure beasts and the Elders that is in the presence of God and his Angels and his holy congregation And no man could learne that song but the hundred fortie and foure thousand that is none of the reprobates and vngodly worldlings could inwardly feele and vnderstand this spirituall worship but onely the elect to whom it is giuen to vnderstand the secrets of God and the mysteries of his sonnes kingdome These are they vers 4 which are not defiled with women for they are virgins these follow the Lambe wheresoeuer he goeth these are bought from men being the first fruits vnto God and to the Lambe And in their mouthes was found no guile vers 5 for they are without spot before the throne of God This holy coÌ„pany are not defiled with women that is with grosse diuers sins or rather with idolatrous pollutions

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