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A51309 Paralipomena prophetica containing several supplements and defences of Dr Henry More his expositions of the Prophet Daniel and the apocalypse, whereby the impregnable firmness and solidity of the said expositions is further evidenced to the world. Whereunto is also added phililicrines upon R.B. his notes on the revelation of S. John; Apocalypsis Apocalypseos. Supplement. More, Henry, 1614-1687.; More, Henry, 1614-1687. Plain and continued exposition of the several prophecies or divine visions of the Prophet Daniel. 1685 (1685) Wing M2669; ESTC R490816 301,149 543

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again_o isa_n 25.8_o the_o lord_n will_v wipe_v away_o tear_n from_o all_o face_n and_o 54.11_o oh_o thou_o afflict_a toss_v with_o tempest_n and_o not_o comfort_v behold_v i_o will_v lay_v thy_o stone_n with_o fair_a colour_n and_o thy_o foundation_n with_o sapphir_n i_o will_v make_v thy_o window_n of_o agate_n and_o thy_o gate_n of_o carbuncle_n and_o all_o thy_o border_n of_o pleasant_a stone_n and_o chap._n 60.19_o the_o sun_n shall_v be_v no_o more_o thy_o light_n by_o day_n neither_o for_o brightness_n shall_v the_o moon_n give_v light_a unto_o thou_o but_o the_o lord_n shall_v be_v unto_o thou_o a_o everlasting_a light_n and_o thy_o god_n thy_o glory_n thy_o sun_n shall_v no_o more_o go_v down_o neither_o shall_v thy_o moon_n withdraw_v itself_o for_o the_o lord_n shall_v be_v thy_o everlasting-light_n and_o the_o day_n of_o thy_o mourning_n shall_v be_v end_v what_o more_o exalt_a expression_n than_o these_o be_v there_o in_o the_o apocalypse_n in_o the_o description_n of_o the_o new_a jerusalem_n all_o which_o place_v notwithstanding_o be_v understand_v of_o a_o state_n of_o the_o church_n on_o earth_n and_o so_o the_o city_n which_o ezekiel_n describe_v by_o which_o be_v understand_v the_o church_n on_o earth_n the_o twelve_o gate_n the_o river_n tree_n and_o fruit_n they_o be_v all_o transcribe_v into_o the_o description_n of_o this_o new_a jerusalem_n in_o the_o apocalypse_n so_o assure_v a_o thing_n be_v it_o that_o the_o apocalyptick_a description_n of_o the_o new_a jerusalem_n do_v denote_v a_o state_n of_o the_o church_n here_o on_o earth_n wherefore_o it_o be_v a_o more_o fit_a thing_n to_o bring_v into_o view_v the_o plea_n of_o the_o other_o party_n who_o be_v so_o confident_a that_o it_o be_v a_o description_n of_o the_o state_n of_o heaven_n than_o to_o concern_v ourselves_o in_o any_o further_a proof_n that_o it_o be_v a_o state_n of_o the_o church_n on_o earth_n that_o we_o may_v give_v a_o right_a judgement_n of_o the_o matter_n alcazar_n who_o be_v very_o stiff_a for_o this_o opinion_n produce_v no_o few_o than_o seven_o argument_n for_o the_o same_o the_o first_o be_v the_o authority_n of_o s._n augustine_n who_o blunt_o say_v in_o his_o de_fw-fr civitate_fw-la dei_fw-la lib._n 20._o cap._n 17._o that_o it_o be_v mere_a impudence_n to_o assert_v otherwise_o because_o it_o be_v say_v absterget_fw-la deus_fw-la omnem_fw-la lacrymam_fw-la ab_fw-la oculis_fw-la eorum_fw-la &_o mors_fw-la jam_fw-la non_fw-la erit_fw-la neque_fw-la luctus_fw-la neque_fw-la clamour_n sed_fw-la nec_fw-la ullus_fw-la erit_fw-la dolour_n and_o at_o the_o end_n of_o that_o chapter_n he_o say_v that_o these_o thing_n be_v so_o clear_o speak_v of_o the_o world_n to_o come_v and_o the_o immortality_n and_o eternity_n of_o the_o saint_n that_o we_o must_v not_o pretend_v that_o any_o thing_n be_v manifest_a in_o scripture_n if_o this_o place_n be_v obscure_a the_o second_o be_v take_v
prophetic_a henopoeia_fw-la that_o embellish_v the_o rind_n of_o the_o prophecy_n which_o consideration_n destroy_v also_o all_o the_o force_n of_o the_o four_o and_o five_o particular_n for_o there_o be_v a_o successive_a political_n and_o sometime_o natural_a death_n inflict_v on_o the_o witness_n in_o a_o manner_n all_o along_o the_o three_o day_n or_o three_o time_n and_o a_o half_a or_o twelve_o hundred_o and_o sixty_o prophetical_a day_n there_o be_v torment_v with_o their_o testimony_n and_o suffer_v a_o political_a death_n at_o least_o in_o a_o large_a sense_n for_o their_o testimony_n and_o rejoice_n at_o their_o suffering_n all_o along_o in_o a_o manner_n nor_o be_v the_o beast_n any_o long_a time_n provoke_v till_o he_o take_v his_o revenge_n in_o some_o degree_n or_o other_o these_o be_v entangle_v inference_n from_o the_o blending_a or_o confound_v the_o pulp_n with_o the_o rind_n and_o to_o the_o six_o i_o say_v that_o during_o the_o time_n of_o their_o prophecy_n they_o may_v be_v dead_a according_a to_o that_o 〈◊〉_d the_o prophecy_n intimate_v they_o to_o be_v so_o namely_o political_o as_o have_v no_o power_n or_o stroke_n to_o reform_v thing_n amiss_o in_o the_o church_n and_o god_n worship_n and_o yet_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n though_o at_o their_o own_o peril_n may_v prophesy_v and_o testify_v against_o the_o miscarriage_n of_o thing_n and_o may_v in_o that_o sense_n which_o be_v intend_v be_v olive-tree_n candlestick_n and_o in_o a_o mystical_a sense_n do_v such_o wonder_n as_o relate_v to_o elias_n and_o moses_n methinks_v there_o be_v no_o difficulty_n at_o all_o in_o this_o and_o now_o to_o the_o last_o their_o political_a death_n and_o sometime_o be_v martyr_v be_v a_o effect_n of_o their_o prophetic_a testimony_n but_o both_o the_o cause_n and_o the_o effect_n be_v successional_a through_o many_o age_n and_o one_o do_v not_o begin_v considerable_o late_a than_o the_o other_o their_o political_a death_n late_a than_o their_o testimony_n but_o go_v on_o continued_o and_o repeated_o in_o a_o manner_n hand_n in_o hand_n though_o by_o a_o prophetic_a henopoeia_fw-la in_o the_o rind_n the_o death_n seem_v inflict_v at_o the_o end_n only_o and_o at_o once_o wherefore_o if_o the_o objector_n consider_v well_o what_o be_v say_v hitherto_o he_o will_v easy_o find_v it_o possible_a that_o the_o witness_n shall_v be_v as_o dead_a carcase_n as_o to_o any_o political_a power_n or_o efficacy_n and_o yet_o as_o to_o another_o life_n of_o spirit_n and_o prophecy_n as_o occasion_v require_v be_v in_o action_n all_o the_o while_o they_o be_v political_o dead_a and_o lay_v as_o carcase_n in_o the_o street_n as_o a_o man_n may_v be_v dead_a as_o to_o this_o world_n but_o alive_a to_o the_o other_o according_a as_o i_o note_v above_o if_o we_o but_o heed_n not_o to_o confound_v the_o pith_n and_o the_o rind_n these_o thing_n will_v appear_v as_o clear_a as_o the_o sun_n consider_v the_o latter_a part_n of_o chapter_n the_o twenty_o six_o where_o we_o define_v what_o be_v the_o full_a and_o large_a sense_n of_o the_o witness_n political_a death_n chap._n xl._n whether_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d apoc._n chap._n 11._o may_v signify_v the_o sacred_a revenue_n of_o the_o city_n of_o babylon_n how_o far_o the_o woman_n be_v help_v from_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o the_o spew_v of_o the_o dragon_n through_o the_o nicene_n council_n of_o the_o dead_a die_a in_o the_o lord_n apoc._n ch._n 14._o and_o of_o the_o harvest_n and_o vintage_n and_o whether_o the_o prophecy_n of_o the_o destruction_n of_o babylon_n chap._n 17_o and_o 18._o imply_v the_o ruin_n of_o the_o material_a city_n of_o rome_n in_o answer_n to_o three_o more_o objection_n from_o the_o same_o hand_n in_o the_o abovesaid_a letter_n objection_n the_o first_o upon_o pag._n 108._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d seem_v not_o to_o bear_v the_o exposition_n of_o tithe_n if_o we_o consider_v the_o sense_n of_o language_n and_o no_o more_o but_o earthquake_n shake_v city_n and_o ruin_v they_o wherefore_o a_o event_n analogous_fw-la thereto_o must_v come_v to_o pass_v in_o this_o great_a earthquake_n and_o another_o correspondent_a to_o the_o slay_v of_o seven_o thousand_o name_n of_o man_n consequent_a thereupon_o these_o thing_n natural_o cohere_v and_o it_o seem_v to_o be_v upon_o the_o account_n of_o these_o event_n that_o those_o word_n be_v immediate_o subjoin_v the_o second_o woe_n be_v past_a it_o seem_v sir_n a_o great_a force_n upon_o the_o text_n to_o make_v seven_o thousand_o name_n of_o man_n signify_v no_o more_o than_o estate_n of_o man_n belong_v to_o the_o seven_o head_n of_o the_o beast_n answ_n that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o well_o as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d may_v not_o signify_v tithe_n and_o that_o the_o sacred_a revenue_n of_o the_o church_n i_o see_v no_o reason_n for_o the_o same_o tithe_n may_v be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o reference_n to_o the_o substantive_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o neuter_n gender_n as_o well_o as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o reference_n either_o to_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o feminine_a nay_o we_o may_v see_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d promiscuous_o use_v in_o one_o and_o the_o same_o verse_n levit._fw-la chap._n 27._o v._n 32._o and_o concern_v the_o tithe_n or_o ten_o of_o the_o herd_n of_o the_o flock_n even_o of_o whatsoever_o pass_v under_o the_o rod_n the_o ten_o shall_v be_v holy_a to_o the_o lord_n in_o the_o first_o place_n it_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o in_o the_o latter_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o in_o both_o place_n by_o vatablus_n render_v decima_fw-la and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o same_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d occur_v frequent_o in_o the_o book_n of_o moses_n numb_a chap._n 18._o v._n 24_o 26_o 28._o deut._n 12._o v._o 11._o and_o chap._n 26._o v._n 12._o also_o 2_o chron._n chap._n 31._o v._n 6_o 12._o and_o elsewhere_o so_o that_o about_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d there_o can_v be_v no_o scruple_n but_o now_o these_o tithe_n or_o sacred_a revenue_n can_v not_o fall_v from_o the_o pontifician_n party_n but_o that_o part_n of_o the_o city_n where_o they_o fall_v will_v fall_v with_o they_o and_o the_o earthquake_n require_v it_o shall_v as_o the_o ingenious_a objector_n well_o observe_v and_o i_o will_v allow_v that_o it_o chief_o imply_v the_o ruin_n of_o the_o ten_o part_n of_o the_o city_n itself_o or_o roman_a polity_n be_v a_o analogous_n effect_n to_o that_o of_o the_o earthquake_n but_o this_o fall_n of_o the_o city_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o dissolution_n of_o such_o a_o share_n of_o the_o papal_a hierarchy_n which_o be_v not_o by_o kill_v of_o man_n but_o dissolve_v that_o pontifician_n power_n to_o such_o a_o extent_n under_o the_o seven_o head_n of_o the_o beast_n nothing_o can_v be_v more_o natural_a than_o the_o expound_v the_o seven_o thousand_o name_n slay_v of_o extinguish_v those_o several_a order_n and_o office_n of_o man_n and_o null_v their_o power_n in_o such_o and_o such_o kingdom_n or_o country_n so_o that_o they_o be_v only_o political_o slay_v as_o the_o witness_n mostwhat_a be_v before_o this_o be_v extreme_o congruous_a and_o natural_a consider_v what_o be_v say_v on_o the_o text_n in_o apocalypsis_n apocalypseos_fw-la object_n 2._o upon_o pag._n 120._o it_o ought_v to_o be_v consider_v how_o much_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a help_v the_o woman_n rev._n 12.16_o who_o be_v never_o in_o so_o much_o danger_n and_o distress_n as_o after_o that_o time_n all_o the_o world_n almost_o turn_v arian_n and_o christendom_n be_v make_v a_o cock_n pit_n of_o fight_v rage_n and_o all_o manner_n of_o enormity_n what_o if_o we_o shall_v wave_v the_o council_n of_o nice_a with_o their_o term_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o may_v be_v of_o good_a interpretation_n but_o it_o may_v be_v also_o of_o bad_a interpretation_n and_o refer_v this_o help_n that_o be_v afford_v the_o woman_n to_o julian_n defeat_n by_o the_o persian_n which_o be_v a_o signal_n help_v to_o the_o woman_n indeed_o answ_n this_o be_v a_o material_a objection_n but_o i_o answer_v that_o the_o dragon_n spue_v out_o such_o a_o flood_n of_o heresy_n and_o contention_n that_o the_o woman_n may_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thereby_o that_o be_v may_v be_v carry_v away_o drown_v and_o lose_v the_o most_o proper_a mean_n to_o obviate_v this_o evil_n be_v a_o ecumenical_a council_n and_o though_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a do_v not_o so_o far_o absorb_v this_o flood_n as_o that_o the_o heresy_n and_o contention_n utter_o cease_v