Babylon that great citie 3. For she made al nations drink of the vvine of her vvhordome The Paraphrase 1 And there folowed an other Angell saith S. Iohn which betokneth an other sort of preachers whose office is here appointed them of the holy Ghost to declare vnto the people the certenty of the fall of the aduoutrus cursed and malignant church of hipocrits here figured by wretched BabiloÌ„ For though al the true prophets and preachers haue but one worde of God in their mouth yet passeth it diuersly from them Unto each of theÌ„ is geuen a diuers vtteraunce of the spirit to edifie One is soft méeke gentle as was Dauid Iohn Peter an other is boysteous harde vehement as was Helias Esay Paule And all this worketh the selfe same one spirit This diuersitie of techers was neuer more plentuous in the world than now in our time figured here by these two angels Praysed be the Lord therefore 2 And the tenour or ground of this latter sort of preachers is this She is fallen she is fallen euen miserable Babylon the great citie of whoredom bicause she made all nacions to drink of the wrathful wyne of hir fornication So sure is it that the execrable church of Antichrist shal be ouerthrowen and vtterly destroyed as it wer now perfourmed in déede Nothinge shal be vnrooted out that the heauenly father hath not planted Sooner shall heauen earth perish than this promisse be vnfulfilled 3 For with the stinking whorishnes of hir supersticious worshippinges hath she poysoned all nacions peoples vnder heauen The great gouernours lerned lawiers of the world hathe she made in maner of beastly dronkerds wytlesse faythlesse and gracelesse by theyr prostibulous doctrine And this shal be declared more at large in the .xvij. cha folowing wheras she is more pleÌ„tuously described The texte 1 And the third Angell followed them 2. saying with a loude voyce 3. If any worship the beast and his Image 4. and receiue his marke in his forehead or on his hand 5. the same shall drinke of the wyne of the vvrath of god 6. vvhich is povvred in the cup of his vvrath 7 and he shall be punished in fyre brimstone 8. before the holy Angels 9. and before the Lambe The Paraphrase 1 The thyrd Angel also saith saint Iohn followed theÌ„ in the thyrd kinde of preaching of the same selfe message that in the mouth of two or thrée faithful witnesses all veritie might stand 2 And by this Angell are they signified that by the word of God stifly impugne theyr wicked lawes vngodly ordinaunces whose maner of earnest preaching is this 3 If any man worship the beast which is the great antichrist And his Image which are those gouernours that taketh vpon them his blasphemous titles names authoritie or defence If any man also receiue his mark in his forehead beléeuing theyr lawes to be a christen doctrine or haue the print of his seale vpoÌ„ his right hand which is to fashion his outward workes after the same The same man shall drinke of the wine of Gods wrath which are the dregs of the pure wyne poured in the cup of his high displeasure He shall taste of the euerlasting damnation that is reserued in the latter cursse or fearefull sentence of their moste terrible iudge To worship the beast and his Image is to accept them in conscience and in the outward obedience with ful consent of the hearte For that they blasphemously pretend without Gods authority As the Pope for Gods vicar or forgeuer of sinnes Mahomet for the greate Prophet of the Lord the rulers of the earth for the Popes elder or yonger sonnes for moste christian Kinges and defenders of the fayth of that holy church 4 To receiue the beastes marke in their forheads and hands is to agrée to such decrées traditious lawes constitucions actes proclamations as they vnder those titles haue made onely for theyr owne couetousnesse pomp and neither for the glory of god nor yet for the right maintenance of the christen common wealthe as I haue declared afore And also to be sworne to the same to subscribe to it to geue counsel or ayde to it to maintayn it by learning to minister in it to execute vnder it to accuse punish and put to death for it or to think it lawfull and godly with such lyke 5 These marked worshippers that tast of the cuppe of gods indignation of calamitie sorow wretchednesse in the dayes of theyr fal here after the last iudgement of vnspeakeable paines and most gréeuous torments in euerlasting fyre prepared for the diuell and his angels 6 The dregges that the Lord hath powred out sayth Dauid shall the wicked of the earth drynke Cleane coÌ„trary are these Angels to the horned ministers of antichrist For they maintaine the Popes errours these the onely verities of christ They labor for the glory of their pope these séeketh the only honor of god They prate that their holy Church shall continue thâ—se say it shall downe with shame They require worship to the beast and his Image these will report it blasphemous the reward therof damnation Marke in these two sortes the preachers of our time and iudge whiche are of god Against both beastes in Christes quarell shall these Angels contende Against the Pope and his bishops Mahomet and his doctours wyll these godlye ministers replye whom the Lorde hath sent in this latter age for that purpose condemniÌ„g by the scriptures their auctoryty iurisdiction power declaring also the plagues that wyl fall vpon them for witholding the truth of God in vnrightuousnes 7 For these Antichristes and their worshippers with so many as beareth their token shall be punished in fire and brimstone before the holy Angels and before the Lamb. Fyre shal be kindled saith Moyses in the anger of the Lorde shall burne vnto the bottome of Hell Upon the vngodly sayeth Dauid shall he raine snares Fyre brimstone storme and tempest shall be their porcyon to drynke The vehement indignation and mighty iudgement of God shall light vpon them as vpon Sodome and Egipt and shall both deuoure them and consume them 8 And this shal be in the sighte of Aungels which are not onely the spirites of heaueÌ„ but also the church of the faythfull Yea the righteous shall reioyce when he séeth the destruction and shall washe his handes it the bloud of the wicked 9 In the presence of the lambe shal it be also For he is euermore with his flock shal be vnto the end of the world wherin he shal sit coÌ„dem theÌ„ The Texte 1 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth vp euermore 2. And they haue no rest day nor night 3. vvhich worship the beaste and his Image 4. and vvhosoeuer receyueth the prynt of his name 5. here is the pacience of sayntes 6. Here are they that keepe the commaundements 7. and the fayth of Iesuâ— The Paraprhase 1 And the smoke of their
beleue his word which are the déere members of hys mitticall body No blasphemies false myracles lyes nor obprobryous slaunders rebukes spare they to blemish thy opinion to the worlde besides the most cruell kyndes of death The captaine of this wicked army is that tirrible beast whom Danyell also beheld in a vysiō with yron téeth deuouring and with nayles of brasse distroying and stamping the residue vnder hys féete 7 This horrible beast saith S. Iohn this filthy body of Antichrist comprehending all the great aduersaries of the Lord was taken sodainly 8 And with hym the false Prophet or beast rysing out of the earth betokening his false preachers 9 Which wrought vayne myracles before him as did Iannes Iambres the sorcerers of Egipt before Pharao in counterfaiting Moyses and Aaron Yea by their trāsubstauntiaciōs they can take from bread the substaūce the accydents still remayning They can hold the shadow whan the body is gone besides that they can doe in Purgatorie and hell by theyr sacrifices of satisfaction 10 With such deceitful myracles and lying signes shall those be deceyued by them that hath by a false beleue receiued into theyr cōsciences the vnwholsome mark of the beast or such a corrupt fayth as shall cause their damnacion 11 And they in lyke case shal be seduced by thē that hath worshipped the beastly Image of that great Antichriste or inclyned to any worldly potentate in the vpholdinge of hys false religion So sealed Cayphas the hartes of the wauerynge multytude of the Iewes wyth that markynge yron of Sathan that they coulde be but hys ministers In no case coulde they saue Iesus but Barrabas the murtherer Though they receiued him ioyfully not long afore into the citie with Benedictus qui venit in nomine domini yet could they at that time but crye Crucifige Crucifige eum No they had powre to doe none other but to crucifie him in déede whiche is to worship the beastes Image or to folow the wicked intēt of that beastly generation as their faithfull clyants doth yet still to this day 12 Both these twayne saith the text the head and the body the beast with hys false prophete were cast quicke by the mighty iudgment of god into a déepe lake of most terrible fyre boylynge with stinkinge brimstone For vnbewares shall destruction light vpon that cursed generatiō according to the faithfull request of Dauid and sodenly shal they fall into their owne mischiefe 13 Without warning shall the great day of the Lordes indignation light vpon them and bring thē to nought for euer Hastely shall death attache thē for their wickednesse sake and quicke shall they droppe into hel with Chore Dathan and Abyron As a waightye stone or leade shall they sinke to the bottome and the pit shal swallowe them vp for their exceding rebellion For like as they stode vp against Moyses Aaron so hath this beastely generatiō against God and his Christ. Therfore are they here specifyed after a moste strange terrible sort to be throwen foorth For thrée causes may it be that they are called here quick One is in that their stinking remnaunt shall at that dreadfull daye bée a liue after the doctrine of Paule An other in that they haue wilfully vpon a set mallyce resisted the knowen verytie detortinge it to their owne propre lust If I had not sayth Christ done among them such workes as neuer man did they should be fautelesse But they haue certienly knowen thē yet haue they hated both me and my father The Paganes not beleuing are iudged all ready and go to hell dead where as they knowing the will of their Lorde and not doeing it shall after an other sort be plaged Fyre shall they haue with heate and brimstone with stinke The thirde is in that they shall haue palpable darkenesse with weping and gnashinge of téethe their worme neither dying nor yet their fyre going out And lyke as the Diuell was throwne forth at the death of Christ and soone after that the prelates and Pharises of the Iewes as the head with the body so shall at that tyme Antichrist with his church the Pope with his clergy and Mahomete with his sectes as the head with the body also 14 The residue sayth saynt Iohan as Kinges captaynes strong weake high lowe greate and small were slaine with the sharpe two edged sword of hym that yet to this houre sytteth vpō the horse which is Christ Iesus in the gloryfied nature of his manhode 15 This mighty sworde proceded out of his reuerende mouth For it is the stronge worde of him that lyueth for euer and hath in it both sprit and life Necessary it is for thē that hath bene eyther seduced by their crafts or coacted by their threateninges to be towched with his sword For he that is not therby slayne from sinne the world shall not ryse vp to the lyfe which is in Christ. Hée that is not with hym dead from the ordinaunces of menne but styll is ledde with tradicions can not be clere from the cursse nor yet be the heyre of promise Therfore must they be slayne dead with this sword eyther to repentaunce amendement of life or else by the harde iudgements of the same to eternall dampnation 16 Which waye so euer it be all the aforesayd foules or peoples whome God hath raysed from this worlds affections shall be fulfylled with their fleshe Whether they be saued or dāpned they wil most highly reioyse cōsidringe it is the pleasure of GOD. Both wayes shall they be satisfied I◠they be saued than must they be glad for that their number is so muche the more increased and for the their selues hath escaped lyke daunger If they bée dampned than must they reioyce also to se the right iustice of God For the rightuous shall make mirth beholding the vengeaunce and shall washe their handes in the bloud of the wicked all fleshe abhorring to loke vpon them The xx Chapter THe laste enterprise of Sathan the common aduersary of mā doth this chapter folowing declare fetching an originall from the béeginning of Christes spiritull kingdōe to conclude with the whole for our necessarie instruction As a briefe rehearsall of all that is in a maner spoken afore was this vnto Iohn leaste hée shoulde of obliuiousnesse forget as mannes nature is forgetful these wōderfull misteries and singuler premonishments of the Lorde most expediēt to be knowen of his church That she might by them s◠aforehande the wily craftes of the diuell and his members and to beware of them Besids that to take courage patiently to suffer their cruell persecucions For a thing oft rehersed departeth not so soone the memory as that is but once tolde Which caused this Euangelist not onely here in this place but also in his Gospell first Epistle ofte to repeate the sayinges least he shoulde seme fayntely to passe them ouer and bycause the reader shoulde the more earnestly marke them THE TEXT 1 And I savve an Angell
voyce I doubt it not but the other thrée will shortly doe the same 7 The fowre yll Angels were prepared saith saint Iohn for an houre for a dae for a month and for a yéere At no time are the Antichristes vnready to doe mischiefe the hypocrits to deceiue the tiraunts to persecute and kyll Since Christes time to this day neuer ceased they but styll euermore they haue ben doyng Yet hath their fiercenesse bene more and longer at one time then at an other more vehement in some places then in some And at this time their continuance is some where longe some where short Some where is their crueltie more some wher lesse Their dayes are not alwayes alike nor their liues of one length 8 Notwithstandinge for their time they shrinke not but styll 〈◊〉 goe forward to slay the third part of men None other can the tyraunt be but a Tyraunt nor the Antichriste but an Antichriste None other parte can the hypocrite play but hys owne nor yet the spightfull murtherer Euer séeke they to kill the innocent people Euermore practise they to bringe out of the way the rightuous seruants of God taken héere for the third part of men or in the smaller number for so much as héere is neither bloud nor fyre wormwoode nor smoke 9 And the number of their horsmen lyke vnto the horsemen of armes in warre was twenty times tenne thousand or ten score thousand An innumerable multitude haue they sent forth the world ouer to deceiue and blinde to destroy and kyll Horsed they are with their beastly lawes and decrées and armed with their fierce authoritie and cruell power And who is not now an horseman of theirs and a cruell Saul making hauock of Christes poore congregation Euery where they by them and sell them betray them and accuse them persecute and emprison them indite them and burne them 10 And I heard the number of them saith sainct Iohn or knew certainly asorehand that the truth in those daies should haue many such enimies I vnderstood it in spirit I beléeued it and surely marked it vp for a warninge to them that shoulde come after 11 Consequently I saw the setting forth of them I behelde in a vision the horses frank fat and fearce which were none other then the aforsayd locustes that crept out of the smoke from the bottomlesse pyttâ— In the fift opening or blast of the Trumpet which was the rank time of their goynge forth they were but locustes leane bare and néedy In their beginning the Antichristes and hypocrites as Byshoppes Priestes Monkes Chanons and Fryers were poore abiecte and vntydy But vnder the sixt they grew vnto great horses They were so pampered with possessions fatted with pleasures and boldened with aucthorytie And when they were once comeÌ„ into the estimacion of the worlde then waxed they high heady fierce proud and cruell Then were they horses of pleasure for Princes and worldly magistrates to carye them at theyr owne lustes for they were vnbrideded No lawes had they for them The scepture Crowne sworde and power might then passe none otherwise in Emperours and kings then they had fantasied A faut then done against them could be no lesse then both heresy and treason If they sayde but burne then must they be both drawne hanged and burned no remedye For that that toucheth theÌ„ toucheth the princes honour also to make the matter more greuouse They shoulde not els be both partners in the vengeance of God for innocent bloud shedding Yet hurt they not the rightuousnes in all their mischiefe though â—t so appeareth vnto theÌ„ for so much as their death is precious in the sight of the Lord and their dwelling place the alter of god Christ ful of rest peace 12 And the men that sate on these horses had fyerye Habbergions of a yalow and brimstone coulour The Princes and Rulers prouoked by the craftes of these false Prophetes and deceiuable teachers to ryse against Christ and his worde are armed with crueltie in vnrightuousnesse with a false charitie and with a counterfeit wisdome In the examination of causes they wyll oft tymes séeme fauourable louinge and wyse when in effect they are nothing lesse For moue them once with the truth or the quick learning of the spirit and then wyll they do as doth the Brimstone that is touched with fier They flame out their malice they spit forth their wickednesse and their filthye iudgementes stinketh the worlde ouer Many such swéet sauers of their politique wisdome or rather fleshly foolishnesie haue they left behind them in the chronicles and histories that vnwholsoÌ„ly sauoreth yet to this day And this haue they of their vnbrideled horses their ghostly fathers confessours couÌ„sellers ouer whoÌ„ their selues haue neither power nor aucthoritie but as they list THE TEXT 1 And the heades of the horses were as the heades of Lyons 2. And out of theyr mouthes went foorth fyre and smoke and brymstone 3. And of these three was the thyrd parte of men killed 4. That is to saye of fyre smoke and brimstone which proceded out of the mouthes of them 5. For their power was in theyr mouthes 6. and in theyr tayles 7. For their tayles were lyke vnto Serpentes 8. and had heades and vvith them they did hurt 9. And the remnaunt of men vvhich vvere not killed by these plages 10. repented not of the deedes of theyr handes 11. that they shoulde not vvorship diuilles 12. and Images of golde and siluer brasse and stone and of vvoode 13. vvhich neyther can see neyther heare neyther goe 14. Also they repented not of theyr murther and of their vvitchcrafte 15. neyther theyr vvhoredome neyther of their thefte The Paraphrase 1 The heades of these horses were in similitude as the heades of Lyons which betokeneth their proude bold and mightie malice against gods veritie In the other age when they were but locustes they had the faces of men for some reason yet appeared in their lawes and dooings though they stoode not all with Gods word But since they grew vp in courage and becam furious horses they haue layde away those faces and nowe takeÌ„ to them fierce Lions heads Now is there nothyng in them but open malice crueltie and spight Now are they termagauntes all togither and very diuilles incarnate where their dyrtie tradicions be not kepte So eger they are theyr horse men can not restraine them their princes can not rule them in suche a matter vnlesse they will be torne in péeces as many of their predecessours haue béene afore tyme both Emperours Kings and other gouernors 2 For out of theyr mouthes goeth fyre smoke brimstone Gods worde they preach not for they are become horses Their office is now to carrie whither it shall please them and to leade the princes at their lust Nowe roare they lyke Lyons with theyr great grandsyr SathaÌ„
chosen sake Thus after S. Paul also before the Lordes cōming There must be a departing The quier or chauncell must be cast out that the man of sin the sun of perdition the aduersary exaltinge hymself aboue God may be known in his colours It may not be motē or alowed by gods word but reiected as that plant which the heauenly father hath not planted that the mistery of iniqutye may be vttered and perceiued of thē which shal be saued It must be geuen to the gentiles or addict to their supersticions with al lying power signes and wonders in all deceiuable doctrine by the subtile working of sathan They must also be permitted to do al mischif in vnrightuousnes vpō the citizens of God til he vtterly consūe thē with the mighty breath of his mouth THE TEXT 1 And I wyll geue power 2. Vnto my two witnesses 3. And they shall prophecie a thousand two hundred and threescore dayes 4. Clothed in sack clothe 5. These are two oliue Trees 6. And two Candlestickes 7. Standing before the God of the earth The Paraphrase 1 And I will geue powre saith the Lorde vnto my faithfull witnesses and they shall prophesye a thousande two hundred and lx dayes against those enimies to the comforte of my people So that though my citie be troden downe by their cruel lawes of persecution to death yet shall it not be forsaken And though my people be ouer loaded with their heathen supersticions and blasphemous worshippinges yet shall they not be lost nor left all wtout succour 2 They shal haue my two witnesses with thē to solace thē in their troubles to comfort them in their cares Both Moyses and Christ both the law and the Gospell both the Prophets and the Apostles shal stande vppon theyr side and be vpon their parte yea for so much time as their enimies shall vexe them and for so much space as their aduersaries sholl trouble them Euen a thousand two hundred and thréeskore dayes which maketh thrée yeares and an halfe and is more thē the two and fourty monthes by iiii skore dayes and fowre Which signifieth that the enimies shal not euermore kepe down his word but their daies shall be shortned for his electe sake The schoole Doctours with their sophestry hath fantasied the sayd two witnesses to be Enoch and Helyas and that they should come then frō Paradice terrestre for the same purpose because that Enoch was taken away of God and Helias was carried hence in a fyery Charet neither vnderstanding what Paradice is nor yet knowing what it is to be taken from hence Paradice is the swéete rest of God appoynted vnto them that departe hence in faith The peculier translations of Enoch and Helias were not only for a confirmation or strenthning of the faith of the fathers for their times but also that they shuld be figuers of Christes assention And what godly wise man can geue more to the figuer than to the verytie More were not they priuiledged frō death then was Christe though God wold not then haue it so openly knowen to declare his wonderfull power Unlike is it that god should cal witnesses frō the dead not promising it by his word hauing power also frō stones to raise vp Abrahās children and to geue the spirit of Helias to whō he pleaseth like as he dyd to Iohn Baptist as he doth now to many other more in our age as al the world may sée and heare These witnesses are two for so much as the truth of the Lorde in the mouth of two or thrée godly persons ought to stand 3 These two witnesses or faithfuli protestours of the aforsayde two testaments hath continued with the people of god since the death of Stéeuē for the more part secretly vnknowne to the world But now they are come abroade by the appointment of God to the vtter confusion of the great aduersary and man of sin as Paule doth call hym And vnto them in this sixt age of the church the Lord hath geuen the great power of his liuinge worde or the spirit of his inuincible verytie in much more ample wise then aforetime for the abatement of the sayd enimies or synagoge of perdition 4 Clothed they shall be in sackcloth sayth the Lord No pomp shal appeare in their apparrell no glorye of the world in their behauiour Neither shall they be accompanied with a garde of ruffelynge rutters Neyther shall they with Annas and Caiphas sit vpon life and death Neither shal they blesse in the streate with miter crosse and cope Neither claim the higher seates in side gownes shauen crownes and tippetes Neyther shall their be sack Fryers nor Franciscans monks Chanons nor Hypocrits They shall not disfigure themselues to séeme religious nor say long prayers to appere holy but in a sober conuersacion auoyding superfluitie they shall constantly witnesse the trueth of god to the vniuersall world to his glory and their edification For sackcloth in the scriptures is a signe of sobrietie sadnesse and temperaunce as in Helias and Iohn Baptist. 5 These witnesses are two swéete oliue trées shedding forth the fatnes of the scriptures and dulset sanour of the spirit God hath so blessed them that their lyps are full of grace He hath annoynted them with the oyle of gladnesse aboue their felowes of Myrre Bawme and Aloes they delectably smell None other thinges vtter thei but his infallible verities 6 They are also two shininge Candlesticks setting forth the light or clearly opening of the hidden misteries of the scriptures to the comfort of the gētiles glory of the Israelits They are not the light it self but only instrumēts ordeined to beare witnes of the light For there is but one light for al. Only are they the vessels of electiō as was Paule to carrie that lyght the world ouer 7 They stand in the presence of the God of the earth or the Lorde of all as men of moste high acceptacion before him readie to doe his will and to fulfill his commaundement and pleasure hauyng the oyle of hys spirite and the light of his eternall veritie THE TEXT 1 And if any man vvill hurt them 2. Fyre shall proceed out of their mouthes 3. cōsume their enimies 4. And if any man vvill hurte them this vvise must he bee killed 5. These haue povver to shut heauen 6 that it rayne not in the dayes of their prophesying 7. and haue povver ouer vvaters to turn them to bloud 8. and to smyte the earth 9. vvith all maner plagues as often as they vvill The Paraphrase 1 If any man will attempte to doe them scathe or presumptuouslie séeketh by craftie colours subtile reasōs and deceiptful arguments vpō daungers doubtes doctours old customes and aucthoritie of fathers to hynder their office blemishe their message and darken their light such fyre shall procéede out of their mouthes as shal consume their enimies 2 The eternall word of the Lorde that they shall declare which is the consuming fyre
therefore I passe it ouer here Onely haue I rehearsed their names as I could doe yet many more to put â—ée in remembraunce that God hath alwayes had some in the world which hath not in all poynts coÌ„sented to their blasphemies though they haue not had the lyght of this trueth so open as wée haue it now Many godly Emperours and CouÌ„seilâ— general haue attemted this reformacion in the church but euermore haue they fouÌ„d vngodly princes against theÌ„ to houlde the Antichristes stil in their wickednes Yet doubt I not but Pharao with his hoast shall perishe in the sea and the proud Iewishe priestes in the cittie for theyr manyfolde blasphemyes at the tyme now appointed of the Lord. 5 For the sinnes of this whore or abhominacions without number of the false religion hyr stinkeing Idolatry and slaughter of InnoceÌ„ts are gone vp vnto heauen against hyr requiring the great vengeaÌ„ce of God The filthines of theÌ„ hath moued him to wrath and kinled his displesure towards hir putting hym in rememberaunce of his eternal decrée coÌ„cerning hir destructyon The greatnes of hir mischiefs hath touched heauen and hath axed with Sodome and Gomor the fearfull plages threatned hyr 6 And the merciful Lorde beholding the affliction of his people pittying their miserable thraldoÌ„ in the spiritual Egipt hath coÌ„sidered hir vngodly behauiour wayed hir wilfull wretchednesse and measured hir vnmerciful murther coÌ„maunding his appointed ministers to execute vpoÌ„ hir his iudgmentes without mercy 7 Rewarde hir nowe saith he in euery coÌ„dicioÌ„ as she hath rewarded you afore Measure agayne vnto hir lyke as she hath measured to you nowe that ye haue the iudgement seates Crye out vpon hir as she hath cried out vpon you Snare hir as she hath snared you Destroy hir as she hath destroyed you As she hath taken vengeaunce of you so take you vengeaunce againâ— of hir Lyke as she hath afflicted you Iudgeâ— you and condemned you by the lawes of meÌ„ so scurge you hir againe iudge hir an harlot and condemne hir to hell by the mightie worde of God 8 Sée that you giue hir two folde in punishment according to hir wicked deseruings Where as she hath taken from you no more but the life of the bodie take you away from hir againe the lyfe both of bodie and soule 9 Into the same bitter cuppe of sorowâ— that she hath filled vnto you in hir mallice powre you in double again to hir Where as she hath geuen you a temporal death giue hir the death euerlasting doubling vnto hir both the griefes and continuance of them 10 Yea consider how greatly she hath glorified hir selfe against God in blasphemous errours in pride in pleasures and in wanton liuing 11 And so muche let hir tast of moste terrible punishmentes sorowfull plages waylinges gnashinges of téeth An holy priesthod hath she pretended a regal dignitie hath she vsurped and both those powers moste shamefully hath she so abused therefore let hir haue the penalties dew vnto such presumption Take from hir hir plesauÌ„t Euphrates with the spoyles and profites wherein she hath inordinatlye delighted and throwe hir into mostâ— depe wretchednesse here besides that shal follow in an other worlde THE TEXTE 1 For she sayth in hir hart 2. I sitte beyng a queene 3. am no widovv 4. and shal see no sorovv 5. Therefor shal hir plages coâ— at on day 6. death and sorovv and honger 7. And she shal be brent with fyre 8. For stronâ— is the Lord God 9. vvhich shall iudge hyr The commentary 1 For hyghlye shée standeth in hyr owne conseit as yet boasting hyr selfe to be the great goodnesse of the earth 2 I sit here in wealth and pleasure saith she being a glorious quéene yea the holy church hir self hauing authoryty in heauen in earth and in hel with power to lose and bynd saue damne With me is it not as with them that are not of this world or haue no dwelling place here for all is at my wyll and pleasure 3 I am no desolate widow The powers of this world standeth by me The mighty princes and potentates defendeth me with the death of innocente peple Neuer was Nero Domicianus Traianus nor Marencius with other cruel tirrauntes more sure vpon my side in defence of supersticions than they are yet still to this houre 4 Therefore I can take no seathe nor yet féele of any sorrowe I shal be lady for euer Neuer shall my seate be remoued Neuer shall I fall nor any mâ—shappe light vpon me Such are the bold bragges of the papistes that Peters lytle shippe may well be moued with the tempest of heretiques but neuer shall it be ouerthrowen thynking therby the whorish church shal euermore continue and neuer come to naught 5 They coÌ„sider not how stroÌ„g the Lamb is against whoÌ„ they dayly fight And therfore shall the terrible plages which God hath appointed hir to suffer heauily light vpon hir and all in one day 6 At once shall he powre vpon that wicked congregation death sorowe hunger lyke as he did fyre and brimstone vpon the sinfull cyties Perpetually shall they be depriued of the lyfe which is in Christ Iesu. Continuall wéeping and téeth gnashing shall they haue their worme neuer dying Still shal they inwardly famish and neuer with felicitie be satisfied 7 With vnquencheable fire shall this whore be brent with hyr whole generation of hypocrites prepared for the diuil and his Angels 8 Effectual and trwe is the sentence for mightye is the Lorde that shall iudge hir condemne hir by his word 9 Iust is he in his promise true in his sayings gloryous in his works holye terrible and fearefull in his iudgements against the wicked None shall be founde able at that day to restrayne the least part of his purposed vengeance neyther Mary throwyng in hir beades into saint Michaels balaunce Iohn Baptist with his Lamb Peter with his key nor yet Paule with his long sword Though Moyses and Samuell the chosen Prophetes of the Lorde yea with Noe Daniell and pacient Iob should stand before hym at that day yet should they not be haâ—d THE TEXT 1 And the kings of the earth shall be vvepe hyr 2. and vvayle ouer hyr 3. vvhich haue coÌ„mitted fornication 4. and lyued vvantonlye vvith hir 5. vvhan they shall see the smoke of hir burning 6. and shall stand a farre of 7. for feare of hir punishment saying 8. Alas alas that great citie 9. Babilon 10. that mightie citie 11. For at one houre commeth thy iudgement The Commentary 1 Moreouer the carnally mynded kings of the earth sayth the aforesayde Angell which hath for hyr pleasure abused their aucthoritie and power shall take hyr sodayne distruction in thys lyfe very heauily 2 Yea they shall moste sorrowfully bewayle them selues ouer hir as men very ill contented with that ordinance of God They shall be sorie in their heartes that his worde is become so stronge agaynst hyr that they can resist it with