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A43131	The meaning of the Revelation, or, A paraphrase with questions on the Revelation of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Divine in which the synchronisms of Mr. Joseph Mede, and the expositions of other interpreters are called in question, and a new exposition given of the prophecies of the revelation, never heard of before, nor extant in any author whatsoever, from the sixth chapter to the eighteenth, with variety of reasons for the exposition / by Richard Hayter ...	Hayter, Richard, 1611?-1684.; Mede, Joseph, 1586-1638. Clavis apocalyptica.	1675 (1675)	Wing H1225; ESTC R21644	180,756	260

as they were should be fulfilled therefore that Seal is to continue but a little season after the cry of the souls is over and consequently the seven Trumpets which contain Gods Judgments on their persecutors are to come shortly after ● The sixth Seal is a Prophecy of the signes which Prognosticate the day of Judgment and the second coming of Christ to be near at hand Mat. 24. 30. Mark 13. 26. Luk. 21. 27 28. therefore the fifth Seal is to continue and the Saints to suffer under it till those signs begin and because those signs are not yet begun therefore the fifth Seal is not yet fulfilled 4. From the coming of those signs unto the day of Judgment is but a short time as our Saviour also saith Mat. 24. 33. therefore all the Prophecies in the Revelation from the sixth Seal to the nineteenth chapter v. 11. where the day of Judgment doth commence are to continue but a short time and consequently it is a long time before the four first Seals do end and for ought we know it is a long time before any of them shall begin 5. The opposition between the words 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 things that must shortly come to pass Rev. 1. ● and the words 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 things that must be done hereafter Rev. 4. 1. intimate so much The first are a Preface to the things spoken of in the Epistles to the seven Churches and shew they were to begin shortly after Johns time the second are a Preface to the Prophecies in this chapter and in the chapters following and shew they were not to begin so soon but a long time after 6. The conjectural expositions of these Prophecies signifie as much for time is the best interpreter of Prophecies and if these Prophecies were fulfilled already men would not speak upon conjecture nor write so variously and uncertainly of the meaning of these Prophecies as they do CHAP. VII The Prophecy of the Sealed which were to be secured from suffering 1. ANd after these doleful sights were over I saw farther what should come to pass in the time of this Prophecy before the seventh Prophecy should begin to wit that four Angels should stand upon the four corners of the earth upon each corner one which should have power over the four winds that be in the earth to let them loose or to keep them in that they should not blow upon the earth nor upon the Sea nor upon the Trees but as they pleased 2. And I saw that another Angel should then come with a Commission from the East and bring the Seal of the living God along with him and that he should cry with a loud voice to the four Angels which had power to hurt the earth and the Sea 3. Saying That they should not hurt the earth nor the Sea nor the Trees until we have sealed the Servants of God in their fore-heads 4. And I heard the number of them which were to be Sealed and they were a hundred and fourty and four thousand young men of the Iewish Nation which are to be reckoned in this manner 5. Of the young men of the tribe of Iuda shall be sealed twelve thousand of the young men of the tribe of Reuben shall be sealed twelve thousand of the young men of the tribe of Gad shall be sealed twelve thousand 6 Of the young men of the tribe of Aser shall be sealed twelve thousand of the young men of the tribe of Naphthali shall be sealed twelve thousand of the young men of the tribe of Manasse shall be sealed twelve thousand 7. Of the young men of the tribe of Simeon shall be sealed twelve thousand of the young men of the tribe of Levi shall be sealed twelve thousand of the young men of the tribe of Issachar shall be sealed twelve thousand 8. Of the young men of the tribe of Zabulon shall be sealed twelve thousand of the young men of the tribe of Ephraim shall be sealed twelve thousand of the young men of the tribe of Benjamin shall be sealed twelve thousand The Prophecy of the blessedness of the not sealed Martyrs after death 9. But lest any should be discouraged from suffering for the cause of Christ because they be not sealed and secured from suffering as the other were there was presented unto me the great felicity and transcendent bliss which the Martyrs should enjoy in Heaven at the same time that the sealed ones should be secured on earth and I saw they should be more in number than the other were to wit an exceeding great multitude which no man could number of all Nations and kindreds and people and tongues which should stand before t●e Throne of God and before the Lamb in white robes of Glory and Palms of triumph in their hands 10. Where they shall laud and praise the Lord for that Heavenly Glory and felicity which they shall be in at this time acknowledging and saying Salvation proceedeth from the Lord our God which sits upon the Throne and from Jesus Christ the Holy Lamb and to them be it ascribed for evermore 11. And not only they themselves but also all the Holy Angels which are in Heaven shall laud and praise the Lord for that Heavenly bliss and happiness which the Martyrs shall have in Heaven at that time when the sealed ones are sealed on earth 12. Saying Amen Blessing and Glory and Wisdom and Thanks and Honor and Power and Might be ascribed to the Lord our God for evermore 13. And that I might understand the meaning of the Vision one of the four and twenty Elders asked of me saying What be these comely persons whom thou seest arrayed in white robes of Glory and Palms of triumph in their hands and from whence came they to that blessed State and transcendent degree of happiness which thou seest them now to have 14. And I said Ah Sir thou knowest who they are and I would learn of thee who they be and from whence they came to that blessed State and transcendent degree of happiness which I see them in at this time and what it was that brought them hither Then he said unto me These be the Holy Martyrs of the Church which were in great affliction in the World and suffered death for the cause of Jesus Christ and shed their blood for professing of his Gospel for this cause it is that they be now in white robes of Glory which were made so by his blood and are given them as a reward for their suffering for him 15. For this cause it is that they be now before the Throne of God and serve him in the Church Triumphant as in their life-time they did in the Church Militant and God shall dwell with them and be their God 16. They suffered hunger heretofore but now they suffer it no more they suffered thirst heretofore but now they shall suffer it no more they suffered persecution heretofore but they shall suffer it no more 17.

mind Read what is written at thy leasure and consider of it but read it in order and without prejudice for that will cloud thine Eyes and thou wilt not see the truth if thou read the Book with prejudice weigh one thing with another as well the series and order of the Prophecies as the words and exposition of them and the Lord who is the Author of the Prophecy and revealed it to John reveal the truth unto thee Farewell Richard Hayter A Paraphrase with Questions on the Revelation of the holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Divine from the sixth Chapter to the eighteenth CHAP. VI. The Prophecy of the first Seal 1. AND when Jesus Christ had opened the first Seal I heard the first living Creature say unto me Come and see what shall come to pass hereafter not shortly as the things thou hast seen already shall but a great while hence and that not in Europe but in Asia 2. And I saw that there should come a man riding on a white Horse which is a sign of conquest and that he should be a King and should have first a Bow and afterwards a Crown and should go forth Conquering and to Conquer but some things should be left unconquered by him The Prophecie of the second Seal 3. And when he had opened the second Seal I heard the second living Creature say unto me Come and see what shall come to pass hereafter not shortly as the things in the Epistles to the seven Churches shall but a great while hence and that not in Europe but in Asia 4. And I saw that there should come another man after the Prophecy of the first Seal is ended riding on a red Horse which is a sign of blood and that he should take peace from off the earth or the place where he lived and should cause that men should kill one another by intestine Wars and that he should have a great Sword to commit a great and mighty slaughter and slay many men therewith The Prophecy of the third Seal 5. And when he had opened the third Seal I heard the third living Creature say unto me Come and see what shall come to pass hereafter not long before the day of Judgment doth begin and that not in Europe or the Isles afar off but in Asia 6. Then I looked and saw that there should come a third man after the Prophecy of the second Seal is ended riding on a Black Horse with a pair of balances in his hand which are a sign of Civil Justice And I heard a voice among the four living Creatures say that in the time of this rider men should not live by rapine as in the time of War but should pay for what they took if any one would have a measure of Wheat he should pay a penny for it and if any one would have a measure of Barley he should pay a penny for it and if any man would have any Oyl or Wine he should pay good money for it and wrong no man therein The Prophecy of the fourth Seal 7. And when he had opened the fourth Seal I heard the forth living Creature say unto me Come and see what shall come to pass hereafter not in Europe but in Asia a little before the day of judgment shall begin 8. And I saw that there should come a fourth man after the Prophecy of the third Seal is ended riding on a pale Horse which is a sign of Death and that should be this riders name because so many people should be killed and destroyed by him that death it self should go along with him where ever he went and the compass they should fetch should be the fourth part of Asia to slay men with Sword and with Famine and with Pestilence and with the Wild ravenous beasts that should be therein The Prophecy of the fifth Seal 9. And when he had opened the fifth Seal I saw the Souls of them which had been slain for the word of God and for the witnessing of Jesus Christ a long time before this Prophecy should begin 10. That they should now cry to God for vengeance of their blood and it should be a loud and earnest cry which they should make as if they did expostulate with God and say How long Lord holy and true dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on the bloody inhabiters of the earth why dost thou delay the time so long 11. And hereupon I saw that some addition should be made unto their present happiness and as for the revenging of their blood it was said unto them that it should be deferred a little longer until their fellow Servants and their Brethren which should profess the same Faith which they did should be slain as they were and this is to be done in the time of this Seal before the sixth Prophecy shall begin and when this slaughter of their fellow Servants and their Brethren should be over then God will revenge their blood all together The Prophecy of the sixth Seal 12. And when he had opened the sixth Seal I saw that there should be a great shaking and concussion in the Heavens and that the Sun it self should become as black as Sack-cloth made of Goats hair and the Moon as red as blood 13. And divers Meteors should fall from Heaven to the earth in clusters like as unripe Figs of a latter spring fall off from the Tree in heaps when the Tree is shaken of a mighty wind 14. And black gloomy clouds should cover the face of all the Sky and the Heaven should depart from mens eyes and sight like a scroll of Parchment when it is folded up and rolled together and a Star should not be seen in all the Sky no more than a letter is discernable in a roll of Parchment when it is folded up and rolled together and by the many earthquakes which should happen every mountain in the earth should be removed out of his place and every Island in the Sea 15. And men of all sorts should be astonished at the sight of these things the Kings and Great men of the earth the Soldiers and their chief Commanders the rich men and the poor men the bond-men and the free men should be astonished all together as well the one as the other and should seek a place to hide themselves some in Dens and Caves that be below the earth and some in Rocks that be upon the Hills and Mountains 16. And such a fear should come upon them all that they would cry unto the Mountains to fall upon them and to the Rocks to cover them from the presence of that angry God which sits upon the throne and from the face of Jesus Christ represented by the Holy Lamb. 17. For they shall now perceive and know that the great day of his revenging wrath is come and who is able to stand before it Disputation I. 1. Quest. Whether John received and wrote the Revelation in the

the Revelation are of a short continuance but the meaning rather is that they shortly shall begin but after they are once begun they are to be of long continuance before they have an end for they are to teach to the last Judgment and beyond it too Rev. 20. 1● 12 13 14 15. Rev. 21. 1 2 3 c. 5. Quest. Whether the scope of the Revelation be to comfort the seven Churches of Asia against the persecution of the Jews by acquainting them with their destruction near approaching Ans. 1. The destruction of the Jews was past before the Revelation was made known to John the one was in the time of Vespasian the other in the time of Domitian 2. John knew of the destruction of the Jews before he was banished into Patmos but he knew not of the Revelation till after he was there 3. Christ had sufficiently foretold his Disciples of the destruction of the Jews in his life-time Mat. 24. Mark 13. Luk. 21. and therefore there needed not a second Revelation of the same thing to John again 4. There is not one Syllable of the destruction of the Jews by Vespasian in all the Revelation That Prophecy Rev. 11. 13. is not meant of the destruction of the Iews but of the Gentiles rather and is not yet fulfilled 5. There is not one Syllable of consolation to the Churches taken from the destruction of the Iews near approaching 6. The Epistles to the seven Churches are not spent in consolations taken from the destruction of the Jews near approaching but in reproofs and menaces for their sins threatning them with their own destruction unless they did amend as you may see Rev. 2. 4 5 14 16 20 22 23. Rev. 3. 2 3 15 16. 7. The destruction of the Jews did not terminate the persecution of the Christians but they were persecuted afterward more than they were before and there was but one general persecution before the destruction of Jerusalem by Vespasian and that was in the Reign of Nero but there were nine general persecutions afterward 8. If any will extend the destruction of the Jews to the time of Adrian this will not terminate the persecutions of the Christians neither for there were but three persecutions before his time the fourth was in his Reign and there were six persecutions afterward Disputation II. 1. Quest. Whether the six first Seals were fulfilled in Judaea at and before the destruction of Jerusalem by Vespasian Ans. No Prophecy is fulfilled before it be revealed but these six first Seals were revealed to Iohn in the Reign of Domitian and therefore not fulfilled at and before the destruction of Jerusalem by Vespasian 2. No man was ever cast into a trance to behold things which he was told of before but Iohn was told by Christ in his life-time the things which should happen in Iudaea at and before the destruction of Ierusalem by Vespasian therefore he was not cast into a trance for such a Revelation 3. No man did write the Prophecies of the Revelation except Iohn but if the six first Seals be meant of the things which shall happen in Iudaea at and before the destruction of Ierusalem by Vespasian Mathew Mark and Luke did write thereof as well as Iohn and that more copiously and plainly than is here delivered see Mat. 24. Mark 13. Luk. 21. 4. No Prophecy is of things useless or needless but if the six first Seals be meant of the affairs of Iudaea at and before the destruction of Ierusalem by Vespasian this Prophecy might very well have been spared for it was well known before and Iohn might have said unto the Angel which shewed him these things Why am I cast into a trance and made believe that I should see things which no man ever saw before and of such concernment as no man in Heaven or in the earth or under the earth was counted worthy to reveal save Christ alone and now I have seen the six first Seals opened of this so highly praised commended magnified and extolled prophetical Book as no Book ever was the like alas what am I the better for it I have seen no more than I knew before 5. Let us take a view of the several Seals in order and we shall find that not any one of them was fulfilled in Judaea at or before the destruction of Jerusalem by Vespasian as some would make us believe they were Begin we with the first Seal which is a Prophecy of a white Horse and he that sate thereon had a Bow and a Crown was given unto him and he went forth conquering and to conquer but no such thing was fulfilled in Iudaea at or before the destruction of Ierusalem in a literal sense which is the cause they fly unto a mystical and understand the Prophecy of the conquest of the Gospel but it will not serve their turn for the Scene of the Gospel is the World and not the narrow confines of Judaea from whence it was removed before this Prophecy was revealed Mat. 21. 43. Act. 13. 46. To which may be added that the first Seal ends before the second Seal begins but the Gospel shall continue to the Worlds end The second Seal is a Prophecy of a red Horse and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth and that they should kill one another and there was given unto him a great Sword but when was this Tragedy acted in Judaea The intestine slaughters of Jews among themselves will not amount unto a War and if they would yet they were not such noted ones nor so numerous as these shall be to which may be added that the rider on this Red Horse was to take peace from the earth which word is too large to be confined to the narrow compass of Jerusalem where the Zelots slew their Brethren not on Horse-back but on Foot and the Sicarii had not great Swords as this Rider had but short Pocket Daggers to slay men with a weapon fitter for Thieves and Robbers than such noted Warriers as this Prophecy aimeth at The third Seal is a Prophecy of a Black Horse and he that sate on him had a pair of balances in his hand And I heard a voice in the midst of the four Beasts say A measure of Wheat for a penny and three measures of Barley for a penny c. which words are either meant of Famine or of civil Justice but the broiles and tumults in Judaea would not suffer civil Justice to be used And if we understand this Prophecy of Famine where shall we find a noted Famine in Judaea except that which Agabus spake of Act. 11. 28. or that which happened in the City in the time of the Siege but neither of these can be meant in this place not the first because the adequate Scene of that Famine was not Judaea but the World and the time when it happened was in the second year of Claudius which was before Iohns banishment into Patmos