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A86457	An exposition, or, A short, but full, plaine, and perfect epitome of the most choice commentaries upon the Revelation of Saint John. Especially of the most learned and judicious authors, as Bullinger of Helvetia, Francis Iunius, Thomas Brightman, Aug. Marlorate, Aug. de Civitate dei, but especially (among many) the excellent and learned David Pareus. With severall remarkable notes, observations, and doctrines very profitable. / As it was for the most part delivered by way of commentary in the parish-church of Sutton-Valence, Kanc [sic]. By Hezekiah Holland Anglo-hibernus, Minister of the Gospell at Sutton-Valence.	Holland, Hezekiah, fl. 1638-1661.	1650 (1650)	Wing H2426; Thomason E606_1; ESTC R5543	143,079	206

these feet are the large grants of Emperours Canons of Councils His mouth as the mouth of a Lyon Now thus Antichrist roares in his Buls Excommunications and devoures very much as the Lyon who knows not the devouring Inquisition of Spaine and the covetous Clergy forgiving any sin for money And the Dragon gave him power All these things will I give thee said he to Christ Now all lawfull power is from God but the Beasts is as his key chap. 9. usurped and unlawful the Dragons power is his malice deceit power to hurt God permitting And his seat Or throne Satan is the Prince of this world and the Pope his Vicegerent or Vicar And great authority Thus Antichrists coming is after the working of Satan with all power and lying wonders Vers 3. And I saw one of his heads were wounded to death c Here is the weakning of the beasts power treated of understood by the Beasts head being wounded which Brightman doth refer to the Barbarians Goths Vandals Hunni and the like sacking Rome for by the space of 42. yeare she was by them taken and spoiled no lesse then five times but the wound was healed by Belisarius and Narses two famous Captaines who drove the Barbarians out of Italy and restored the Pope with enlarged dignities and power by command of Justinian the Emperour but in this sense the wound of the Beast is healed even before Antichrists rising which was not till after to wit at the reigne of Phocas who exalted Boniface the third to the Chaire this wound therefore with my Pareus I refer to the great schisme of Popes Anno 1378. wherewith the Papacy was afflicted more then 40. yeares when almost Antichrists kingdome was ruined this wound the Dragon not enduring the Beasts pride gave God permitting as a punishment for two or three Popes strove together for the Popedome so that all was endangered now also Jerom of Prague and especially John Husse in Bohemia began to stir two witnesses of the Gospel which encreased the deadly wound But the Council of Constance strove to be the beasts Chirurgion causing the two witnesses to be burnt displacing three Antipopes confirming Martin 5. the Bohemian war in behalf of the witnesses which opened the wound wider is husht up upon termes they being allowed their conscience in many things now Luther and Melancthons preaching like a sword wounded but now some Kings command upon paine of fire and fagot men to obey the Beast now many massacres healed the wound and many notable Jesuites as Cajetan Faber Staphylus applyed their skil who by writing boldnesse and craft have been with many others the Popes best Physicians at all times and our own dissentions saies my Pareus have been as wine and oyle powred into the wound to heale it And all the earth wondered after the Beast They wondered after the Beast I meane his followers before he was wounded but perchance the healing might encrease admiration they wondered at the seat of Peter at the keyes though false at his power though from Satan and even worshiped the Beast as God The whole earth Here observe 1 The admirers are men of the earth not Saints 2. The admiration is general their Catholick Church admires after him meaning the Romish Vers 4. And they worshipped the Dragon which gave power unto the Beast c To wonder thus after the Beast is to worship the Dragon for religious Worship and admiration in this sense is to be appropriated only to God thou shalt worship the Lord thy God and him only Deut. 6.13 Now it is to be feared for it is certaine these admirers give divine Worship to the Beast for they say Who can war with him Who is like him as if they had took up that of the Prophet Who is like the Lord our God Esa 40.18 or as Paul Who hath resisted his will Rom. 9 19. So who can war with the Beast Thus he is called Antichrist that is against Christ exalting himself above Kings nay Angels being called by some Jesuites God upon earth Now though the worshippers excuse themselves when they worship Antichrist and his Images Crucifixes and say they worship God I answer as Saint Paul 1 Cor. 10.20 the things which the Gentiles sacrifice they sacrifice to devils not to God yet I beleeve they aime at God in their sacrifice But enough Vers 5. And to him was given a mouth speaking great things c. By the Dragon for he gave him this power now by his speaking great things and blasphemies great blasphemies are understood as Antiochus in Dan. 7. did ver 20. who afflicted the Jews as Antichrist the Christians To do That is to rage and destroy Forty and two months Then the Beasts power is not absolute God hath set him a time by the 42. months the time of the Beasts treading down the holy City or Church is signified as chap. 11. then the Beast shall rage but 216. yeares more but last to the end Vers 6. And he opened his mouth in blasphemy c. Calling himself God upon earth Christs Vicar Peters successor highest Priest having the keyes of heaven alone forgiving sins and taking a was as he teaches iniquity from the world his blasphemies against God his Tabernacle and them that dwell therein against God for he opposeth and exalteth himself against all that is called God whether they be Judges as Magistrates or Angels for they are called Gods or that is worshipped shewing himself that he is God sitting in the Temple or insteed of a Temple God and Oracle Thus he arrogates to himself the name and worship of God against his Tabernacle that is his Church above whom he exalts himself as head and Lord thereof or against the flesh of Christ that Tabernacle of the Deity whom he saies he can create with some few words in the Sacrifice of the Masse also he utters his blasphemies against the Office of Christ boasting himself to be the greatest high Priest when Christ is called but the great high Priest And them which dwell therein His Tabernacle is chiefly his Church against whom the Beast blasphemes not only against the Church and Saints on earth but against the Saints and Angels in heaven for he exalts himself above Angels also obtrudes false worship upon the Saints and the Angels the Inhabitants of heaven for his own gaine sake setting them over Towns and Cities Horses Hogs as Tutelar gods as the Heathens did Vers 7. And it was given to him to make war with the Saints Here is another usurpation of his power this also is spoken of the little horne Dan. 7.20 that Type of Antichrist to which our Gospel Daniel here alludes This is the war spoken of chap. 11. with the two witnesses that is many as is said alluding to Moses and Aaron who were instead of a thousand this war is to last but 42. months of which already Note the Beasts swords usurped are two secular by Kings and Emperours but Chiefly Ecclesiastical by

the pale-horse He that sate opon his back was death c. Though Christ doubtlesse was carried up and down as rider in the Church for all profest him yet since in works they denied him death the effect of sin is said to sit upon his back drawing hell for that waits on death without Christ after him Now though by beasts beastly lusts raigning in the souls of the people through the negligence slothfulnesse and security of Bishops wounding and killing many may be understood And by famine that of the word Amos 8.11 By the sword the wounding tongue which cuts like a sharp rasor Psal 52.2 or false wounding doctrines of Hereticks suffered in the Church by death the spiritual death for want of Christ the life and the Gospel the food of the soule for I heare not of a persecuting sword in this age yet certainly there is a plain allusion to Ezech. 14.21 where the Lord threatens Jerusalem for her Apostacy with his foure sore that is some cruel punishments to which Christ likens here the cursed effects of security in teachers and hereticks wounding doctrines destroying a fourth part that is a great part of the earth under the Romane Empire Now follow Act. 2. Vision second Vers 9. And when he had opened the first Seal In this second Act are three things contained 1. What he saw and the place where 2. What they said 3. The answer they receceived The summe of all is to comfort the godly against the scandall of the crosse shadowed out especially under the red horse particularly least John should be daunted much at the effusion of so much blood of the Martyrs he sees their souls safe under the protection of Christ Observe then the soul is separable eternall I saw under the Altar the souls of them that were slaine for the word of God and for the testimony which they held To wit of all the Martyrs slain from Nero to Boniface the third the first Antichrist Vnder the Altar To wit Christ Heb. 13.10 We have an Altar not then in purgatory but in heaven Thou shalt be with me this day in Paradise Not under the robbes of Mary but under the safety of Christ the Altar not lost for they enjoy the presence of Christ and of God as far as created natures are able Vers 10. And they cryed with a loud voyce saying how long c. By this is shewed their earnest desire of the hastning Gods judgments 't was no vocall but visionall crying which imports no impatiency for the glorified Saints are free from such corruption their desire is just that Gods glory may be vindicated the Church finally delivered They do not prescribe God a time but closely submit to the same as unknown to them only they intimate that to them it seems just and equall that he should deliver his Church and no longer suffer the blasphemies of cruall Tyrants Vers 11. And white Robes were given unto every on of them They are answered in words and deeds for white robes were given them this notes the beginning of glory Moses and Elias talking with Jesus had such shining garments the perfect robe though this former be without spot is referred till the day of judgment Now for the word And it was said unto them that they should rest yet for a little season To wit by him that sate upon the Throne or the Altar under whose protection they are Now Christ is called an Altar because he was sacrificed as a Lamb upon the Altar of the Crosse or his divine nature which sanctified and made the sacrifice worthy and able to pacify divine Justice In the answer note many things 1. Antichrists time is short 2. God heares alwayes the prayers of his Saints 3. The cruelties of the wicked are not forgotten but shall be revenged 4. The cause of the forbearance is first to lead men to repentance that the full number of the Martyres may be accomplished 5. A communion between the Saints above and these below We ought not therefore to pray to them being our fellow servants Neither though they love us do they pray for us because it would derogate from Christ in whose presence they are as if his intercession were not satisfactory or he were asleep however we ought not to pray to them since they know not our particular wants though they be in the presence of GOD For Abraham knowes us not Esay 93. Act 3. Vision second Vers 12. I beheld when he had opened the sixth Seal and loe there was a great earthquake c. This Act consisteth of two parts 1. Treats of the greater and more horrible confusion of the Christian world under Antichrist vers 2.15 then and in the 7. Chap. is treated comfortable things as the sealing of the Elect to vers 8. I referre these Earthquakes to the last persecutions under Antichrist upon Phocas the Emperours proclaiming Boniface the 3d. universall Bishop and Prince of Priests or indeed Antichrist then the Christian world began to be horribly shaken for now Christ the Son of righteousnesse began to be obscured that is the doctrine concerning his offices and benefits darkened the Moon or Church turned into blood the Starres or Pastors fall from heavenly offices the opened Book of Scripture or the Heaven rolled up and forbidden to be read the mountains Kings and Princes for they are higher then the other people in Jeopardy The Ilands brought under Antichrists yoak and tyranny First of the earth-quake sometimes t is taken in a good sence as Heb. 12. I will shake heaven and earth meaning in reforming the world by Christ Note also that the signes foretold to be at the last day Math. 24. in the Sun and Moon shall litterally come to passe when the Isles shall fly away and mountains were not found to wit at the day of judgement But here the Earthquake signifies the shaking and oppressing the Church by Antichrist who darkened the Sun to wit Christ and the true light of the Gospel and the Hypocriticall Monkes who wore garments of sackcloth glorying of perfection do as by a true badge testifie that they live under this darknesse spoken of But say they the Pope professeth Christ against all Hereticks Answ Should he openly cast off the name of Christ then he could not have brought under his bondage the Christian world But his coming as the Apostle writeth is withall deceiveablenesse in them that perish Christ is darkned and Mary adored free-grace rejected for polluted works the Sacraments changed into Idols the Gospel into Traditions scarce any thing but the name of Christ remaining The Moon became as blood The Moon is the Church Now as the Moon borrowes light of the Sun so the Church all of Christ Into blood The cruell tyranny of Antichrist makes the Church red with the blood of the Saints the oft Massacres prove this in part Vers 13. The Starres of Heaven fell into the earth Starres do not really fall but false ones do so false teachers like

Scorpions of the earth have power The Locust being a little weak creature has power only to hurt herbs and flowers which it destroyes much but these Locusts in the text have a power like a Scorpion now the Scorpions hide under stones and clifts of wals and hurt and poyson unawares those that passe by also a Scorpion is a little worme and no way terrible to the sight Thus the Romish Clergy seem little but have great power from Antichrist and Satan God permitting to punish those that obey not the truth they seem as friends no way terrible but destroy both estates and souls for their own gains and as Scorpions lie hid so Monks and Fryars out of Cels Monasteries and Fryeryes unawares wound those that come to them by false doctrines confessions and the like Vers 4. And 't was commanded them that they should not hurt the grasse of the earth to wit by God who hath a secret restraining Providence so that these locusts cannot rage and range over all by grasse understand the godly and perchance the same may be understood by green things though some understand the Civil Magistrate for by green things some conceive green wood is meant which is strong no doubt the Civil Magistrate may deal with wicked men such as the locusts Antichrist and those that are without Now Christ defends these Magistrates who withstand popish doctrines from the hurt of the locusts By trees understand such godly Pastors and Teachers who are strong and rooted in Christ Jesus as contradict the wicked devices of Antichrist none can pluck these out of the fathers hand thus God had an unhurted Church in the Papacy before Luther yet not the Papacy here the seeding perchance of the spiritual locusts is noted not on grasse herbs or the like but on cates and delicates but chiefly hence observe that the locusts can hurt only the disobedient and that by a just power and punishment from God on them and the unsealed ones as chap 7. ver 2. Vers 5. And it was given them that they should not kill The first limitation was that the Popish locusts should hurt only the unsealed ones of which sort Antichrist and the locusts are the elect Christ preserves from the mortal biting of the locusts 2. They should not kill men but torment them 3. The limited time should be five moneths these Ecclesiastical locusts were not as the Gothes and Vanda's had to kill presently but perchance by a worse lingring disease to torture and torment the consciences of men as by penance satisction merits of good works pilgrimages purgatory images by which deceitful doctrines the souls of men as on a rack are continually wracked not being taught true Justification by the blood of Jesus Thus God by the locusts justly punisheth those that receive not the knowledge of the truth Five moneths doubtlesse here is a definite and certain number put down for an indefinite and uncertain by it is meant a short time which God had set these locusts and their biting which they cannot passe Now if it be objected that their biting hath lasted long know a thousand years with the Lord are but as one day God be thanked long since many kingdomes feel not the smart of these locusts their biting in my native countrey Ireland and other places has begun long since not to be forcible and sure the five moneths with us in England are already expired we fear none of those Popish locusts And their torment was as the torment of a scorpion c. when a scorpion biteth a man to take the sense of the place the pain at the beginning is not great but suddainly so increaseth that if remedy be not had it will within few houres kill the wounded person so though men regard not at first the biting of the spiritual locusts yet at the houre of death if not before all things appear horrible and mortal Vers 6. And in those dayes men shall seek death and shall not finde it Here is noted the condition of mad men shewing how this biting shall infatuate befoole and besot people these little spiritual Locusts have many yeers even befooled many Kings of the earth and otherwise wise men some have layed down the Scepter and taken themselves to Monasteries perswading themselves so these Locusts have wrought on them that eternal life was comprehended under a Monks hood and that a little holy water as they call it can purge sin whereby their consciences have been so troubled wanting the true peace and comfort of Christ that they desired rather to die then live so that they might be out of this torment but they shall not obtaine death nor lay violent hands on wayes terrible to men not acquainted with Christ yet to shun the former torment like mad men they seek it Vers 7. And the shapes of the Locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battel John really in the Vision as I may so say saw this strange monster as 't is here described which signified the Romish Clergy now by the effects and adjuncts we may see how these Locusts are shaped like horses for these Locusts are fatted in their Cloysters as horses in a stable and being strengthned by the King of Locusts the Pope having the Devil as a furious rider on their back they oppose the Gospel of Jesus and are ready upon command given to destroy either King or Prince thus they furiously rush upon any as the Horse into the battle Note that as Christ in the Primitive times had a godly company of Teachers that carried him on the white horse so Satan Antichrist are in some sense carryed by the Locusts or spiritual war-horses And crownes on their heads Either because the Fryers cut and shave their haire crown-wise or in respect of the great kingly power the Popish Clergy usurpe over the consciences of men though according to the letter it may be taken for the King of Locusts the Pope wears a triple crown of pure gold upon his head O brave Vicar and the Cardinals Bishops Abbots shine like Princes that one may demand is this thy sons garment And their faces were as faces of men Meaning the Popish Clergy who because they do not marry yet do worse as others do but live retiredly and separate themselves from men and the world as Monks because they also are more wily and subtile then ordinary men and for many other reasons which for brevity sake I omit they are said to be but like men Vers 8. And they had haire as the haire of women They delight to cherish and soften and dresse their haire and by a synecdoche other things practised by women are comprehended here thus the Romish Locusts are effeminate using much curiosity to shave and compose their haire to wear gorgeous and silken apparell as women And their teeth were as the teeth of lyons Here is noted their cruelty though they pretend mercy piety religion many poor souls have they crushed by their tortures

Lords Vers 18. That yee may eate the flesh of Kings c. Who by the unclean spirits chap. 16.14 were to be gathered to Armageddon Both the Kings of the earth suppose Persians Tartarians Indians and those of the ten Kings who forsooke not the Whore who shall be a feast for birds indeed for hell for the Lord shall overtake these his enemies combining against him and utterly destroy them for ever I meane the judgment day shall overtake them for they shall warre against him and last in some sort till then And the flesh of horses and of them that sit on them c. So it is after a battel but here at the last day though all shall be destroyed yet only the Beast and the Kings shall be cast into hell not the horses together with their Armies which being plain in vers 19. I passe Vers 20. And the Beast was taken alive c. The Beast and false Prophet here are one as the Beasts chap. 13. v. 1. 11. are one for the false Prophet is but Antichrist as a Deceiver together with the Cardinals and Clergy of Rome as chap. 13. v. 11. who hath two hornes as a Lamb and doth wonders in the sight of the Beast as this doth here and the Beast is Antichrist as a secular Prince as I have noted chap. 13. and are but one Beast called by John chap. 13. vers last They shall be cast alive into hell either because being taken alive at the last day they shall only be made incorruptible changed and cast into hell-fire and never dye a temporal death or because they shall alwayes live in hell in torment and never die a living death or dying life however by a double punishment he shall be plagued as a secular wicked Prince and as a false deceiving Prophet the Lord having long since begun to destroy Antichrist by the preaching of the word as by the spirit of his mouth 2 Thes 2.8 now finally casts him into the lake of fire and his friends thus the brightnesse of Christs coming shall destroy Antichrist 1. By preaching 2. By this spiritual not proper slaughter or destruction in hell Vers 21. And the remnant were slaine with the sword of him that sitteth upon the horse c. Alluding to Ezek. 39.15 Go ye cursed Now as literally Gog and Magog were slaine and birds eat their flesh so shall allegorically this be fulfilled in the destruction of Antichrist after such a manner as the last judgment requires for the Devil shall have enough and hell shall be even filled with reprobates by reason of this Armageddon CHAP. XX. Preface to Vision 7. or last Act. 1. Vers 1. And I saw an Angel come down from heaven having the Key of the bottomlesse pit and a great chaine in his hand THis Vision is in some sense the recapitulation of all the former and concludes the marriage of the Lamb and history of the Church from Christs incarnation to the last day or the consummation of all things the Angel is Christ who came down from heaven being incarnate for us being the womans seed and to bruise the Serpents head having the Key that is power of hell and death chap. 1.18 or the bottomlesse bit and that by right not as Antichrist who usurps it And I saw Noting the order of the Vision not the order of the events for after the day of judgment now mentioned chap 19. there shall follow no binding and loosing Satan so that here is not a continuation of history and times observed A great chaine in his hand Noting Christs omnipotency and power above and over Satan a chaine of providence shewing how Christ by his Birth Passion Burial Resurrection Ascention sending the spirit cheifly preaching by the Disciples bound up and hindred Satans tempting the world to Idolatry of which see my Glimps of Christs love page 48. and margin Vers 2. And he laid hold on the Dragon c. In the Vision this is the battle betwixt Michael and the Dragon chap. 12. v. 9. there he is bound from accusing the brethren and cast out of heaven and Church and packt into the earth wildernesse heathens and dry places here lest he seduce the Nations keeping them from beleeving being but almost the same with the former So Satan was not so bound the thousand yeers absolutely for he tyrannized by the Romane Emperours over the Saints in the red horse chap. 6. and overspread the face of the Church with Heresie in the black horse chap. same v. 5. but in respect of seducing the Nations Now since the thousand yeers began many Nations have beleeved which Satan could not hinder Thus Christ beheld Satan fall like lightning Luke 10.18 thus the Prince of this world was judged John 16.11 when Christ in earth And he bound him a thousand yeers Though from Christs Nativity Satans Kingdome began to be ruined yet his death and resurrection did him most hurt but the Jewes much hindred the calling of the Gentiles with any great efficacy till the ruine of the Temple from which time chiefly the thousand yeers of Satans binding are reckoned being Anno 73 according to my Pareus who conceives them to be ended anno 1073. when Gregory the seventh a Monke and a Magician poysoning Alexander the second invaded his chaire at Rome and so the divel began to be let loose by him who gave himselfe to all manner of loosenesse yet from the Angels descent or Christs incarnation Satan began to be bound for then temples idols oracles were forsaken fell down and were silent as histories testifie See Master Smiths arrow against Atheists Thus however Satans loosing hath been 577 years or thereabout Vers 3. And cast him into the bottomlesse pit and set a sea upon him that he should deceive the People no more Into hell and confirmed him there as with his seal now though truly Satan had been cast into hell from his fall according to Peter and Jude yet he had more liberty to range abroad then after Christs incarnation for a thousand years after which he was To be let loose a little season No doubt from the expiration of a thousand years after the Angels descent to the end of the world Satan shall be loosed called A little season either in respect of God with whom a thousand years are but as one day or in respect of years past since the Creation or of eternity or in respect of the Scripture wont who cals the Generation since Christ the last houre Now Satan is to be let loose to manifest his rage against the Church to increase his future torment 2. For the triall of the Saints 3. Justly I mean in respect of Gods punishment upon the nations to seduce them that will not beleeve the truth unto salvation Act. 2. Vers 4. And I saw thrones and they that sate upon them and judgement was given unto them c. The former act answered to ch 6. about Christs riding on the white horse and to ch 12.

about the womans travelling for when Satan was bound this was done and as some in this fourth verse appear beheaded being part of Act. 1. so ch 6. there was a red horse of which see the Commentary this also belongs to the three former trumpets chap. 8 7. about fire and blood mingled viz. persecution and death the burning mountain and the starre falling as in this verse some worshipped not the Beast so it belongs to chap. 13 about the Beasts raging The second act is comfort about the safety of the souls chap 6. under the altar of Christs Protection here upon thrones By which the cohaerence and parallel of this Church with the preceding may be understood I saw Souls are not to be seen but Iohn saw them visionally perchance after the forme of a body for they were sitting upon thrones Thrones note judiciary and royal dignity Sitting notes the souls resting from their labours for ever And Iudgement was given To the souls Noting not the day of Judgement of which after The Royal dignity given them fitting for the Kingdome of which anon So the Psalm Give thy judgements to the King Psal 72. The souls of them that were beheaded Not them that were beheaded as if in bodies as the Millenaries foolishly dream but their souls as Augustine observs For the witnesse of Iesus Meaning the Gospel for the Romane tyrants for three hundred years cruelly killed those that were servants to Christ Chiefly meaning those under the Altar chap. 6. And for the Word of God c. Meaning Christ who is the essential word Iohn 1. And them that worshipped not the Beast The former were Martyrs these are Professours who in all the time of Popery adhered to Christ being the sealed ones now in heaven and the 144000. chap. 14. glorified of which some perchance might escape without beheading See chap. 13 of the Beasts slaying those that worshipped not his image after 606 years of the thousand the Beast arose trampling underfoot the Saints whom Iohn also saw happy reigning with Christ from the very time of Satans binding for his binding and the Saints reigning with Christ began together being the same thousand years from what time however many Saints bodily perished by Romane tyrants That worshipped not the beast This shews they were such as were slain partly under Antichrist who raigned in part of the thousand years Also this proves the Papists fiction of Antichrist raigning four years towards the very end of the world to be a lye since he killed some of these now on thrones in the thousand years mentioned and it proves his raigne to be longer for the thousand years are past and yet Antichrist raignes And they lived and raigned with Christ a thousand years I see no difficulty in this place if well perpended which the Millenaries wrested to prove the Saints bodily raigning with Christ a thousand years before the generall resurrection The souls never die the souls of Saints whether Professours or Martyrs from Christs binding Satan and perchance here Stephen and John the Baptist with those primitive Professours as Symeon Anna Zachariah Magdalen may be thought on live gloriously and raigne with Christ in heaven So all that either were slain for the Word or however were not vassals or marked ones of Antichrist of which chap. 13. lived and as they dyed by degrees raigned with Christ a thousand years or some part of the thousand for there is no necessity to beleeve that they raigned at once But as 't is said of the ten Kings they received power with the Beast one houre chap. 17.12 That is by degrees as they were converted to the faith so these raigned with Christ according as in the thousand years they were gathered to Christ as if many travellers come to their Inne some at one houre some at another he that comes a five a clock comes but that day and so doth he that comes at twelve at noone he that was received into glory some few years before Antichrists raigning was but there in the thousand years so was he that was received into glory some few years before Satans loosing These then raigned in the Kingdom of grace first with Chrst and now in glory to wit in soul not in body of which in order Vers 5. But the rest of the dead lived not again till the thousand years were past All naturally who even were borne in the thousand years of Satans binding are dead in sin but Christ quickened those who belonged to him in the thousand years and after death received them to raigne with him But Satan was not so absolutely bound but that he hindred many from beleeving or living the spirituall life of grace and after of glory in the thousand years The rest of the sons of men dead in sin were not quickened when these mentioned before were who did raigne with Christ and shall for ever when the thousand years are past Quest Why was the thousand years mentioned Answ To shew what great events should happen in so short a time Paganisme and Iudaisme being much destroyed that the name of Christ should be spread over great part of the world Till the thousand years Not as if any of these dead should live a spirituall life afterward but to note 1. How in such a beleeving age many should not beleeve or be quickened 2. That after the thousand years many should live again we God be thanked are quickened though the thousand years be past and shall raigne with Christ a thousand years even to all eternity after death 3. That the common resurrection belongs to them and all at the last day but not the first to wit this of regeneration and grace which belongs to the Elect only This is the first resurrection To grace sayes Aug. not to glory Which against the Millenaries may be many wayes proved 1. Because were this a corporall resurrection 't were not the first for many in Old and New-Testament were risen before 2. At the last day some shall rise to glory some to shame but all together almost the Saints somewhat first the dead in Christ shall rise first not one a thousand years before the other but one for glory presently the other for shame 1 Cor. 15. but that is to be common to all not to the Saints only therefor this must be some other resurrection 3. The first death was to the soul a separation by sin from God and eternall life therefore the first resurrection must be to grace Ver. 6. Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection on him the second death hath no power c. Here is perseverance to eternall life proved They have part of the first resurrection who by faith and repentance turne to Christ from the death of sin to the life of grace and are holy in part having by faith purified themselves and layd hold on Christ Now their blessednesse who have part in the first resurrection is set forth in three wayes 1. The