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A07226	A revelation of the Revelation wherein is contayned, a most true, plaine, and briefe manifestation of the meaning and scope of all the Reuelation, and of euery mystery of the same : whereby the pope is most plainely declared and proued to bee Antichrist / by Thomas Mason ...	Mason, Thomas, 1580-1619?	1619 (1619)	STC 17623; ESTC S1299	31,570	120

bee no interruption of the preaching thereof and that the Lord will hinder and punish such as offer to hinder and will not obey it CHAP. 12. AS in the eighth Chapter is a vision of a great Mountaine that fell burning into the Sea which there is interpreted to bee the Emperour taking the part of the superstitious Romanes against the faithfull in Christ Heere the Emperour is called a great red Dragon which sheweth the fiercenesse of his persecution against Gods Children for resisting superstitions The woman that was cloathed with the Sunne and the Moone vnder her feet and vpon her head a Crowne of twelue starres sheweth the flourishing estate of the Church by Constantine the Gospell shined from them as the Sun and Moone and the testimony of the twelue Apostles was their Crowne and reioycing and as twelue starres to direct them her trauelling with child was the increase of the faithfull which the Dragon the Emperour sought by all meanes to deuoure they are called a Man child because Christ the Man-child and they are but all one their taking vp into Heauen sheweth their preseruation of God In that it is saide they shall rule the Nations with a rodde of Iron it is because Christ their head shall doe so for them The Dragons Taile that drew the third part of the starres of heauen and cast them to the earth his taile signifieth his edicts and the executioners therof the starres are the faithfull Children of God which shine like starres in respect of Infidells the third part signifieth all the Popes iurisdiction for he neuer had dominion but in the third part of the World and the Heauen heere is the Church I leaue the interpretation of his 7. heads and ten hornes vnto the 17. Chapter where the Angell interprets them The flying of the woman into the wildernes sheweth what feare the faithfull were put in that they were faine to haue priuate meetings as if it were in a wildernes and this continued 1260. yeares concerning the battell in Heauen Michael and his Angells are Christ and his Preachers against the Diuell and Papists his Soldiers and Christ and his Children gatte the victory in the end and Christ and his shall raigne in inspeakeable glory when as the Diuell and all that tooke his part in resisting the Gospell shall inherit eternall paine and torments When this victory was Saint Iohn heard a loud voyce saying Now is Saluation in Heauen that is the Church and strength and the Kingdome of our God and the power of Christ for the accuser of our brethren is cast downe there was neuer any that so falsly accused the faithfull as the Papists haue and still doe like vnto the Diuell their Captaine which accuseth vs day and night before God but they ouercame him by the bloud of the Lambe and the word of their testimony and they loued not their liues vnto death this certifieth vs who were Christs Angells that fought against the Diuell Reioyce yee Heauens and they that dwell therein meaning the faithfull in the true Church woe to the Inhabitants of the earth and and sea The earth is often interpreted great men and the sea the common people meaning carnall men for the Diuell is come downe vnto you hauing great wrath knowing he hath but a short time this is since the 1000. yeares that the Diuell is let loose When the Dragon saw that hee was cast into the earth that is ouercome hee persecuted the woman but God preserued her as an Eagle saueth her selfe with flying aloft and as one that saueth himselfe by hiding in the wildernes and the Dragon cast out water after the woman like a flood that he might carry her away but the earth helped the woman that is God prouided men of the earth euer all this 1260. yeares to defend and succour his children by the Dragon is meant not only the Emperours but the Popes for since the Emperors power decaid the Popes were as Emperours Then the Dragon made warre with the seed of the woman which keepe the Commandements of God and haue the testimony of Iesus Christ these are the warres that long haue beene and now are betwixt the Papists and the Protestants CHAP. 13. THe two Beasts in the Prophesies of this Chapter are the two starres that the Prophesies are of in the 8. and 9. Chapters and both set out vnto vs the Popes The first Beast is said to arise out of the Sea that is from amongst the lower sort of men which is when Phocas had slaine his Maister Mauritius the Emperour all his Children and made himselfe Emperour he gaue Boniface Bishop of Rome preheminence to be highest aboue all other Bishops and sole ruler of them In that he is said to haue seauen heads and tenne hornes with Crownes vpon them the reason is set downe in the second verse because the Dragon gaue him his vertue and his throne and his great power to enable him to fight against the Children of God In that there was set vpon his head the name of blasphemie is because the Pope taketh to himselfe that which onely belongeth to Christ to haue all power in Heauen and Earth and whatsoeuer prerogatiue the Scripture attributeth to Christ the Pope most blasphemously taketh to himselfe In that he is like the Leopard no Beast is so beautifully spotted as the Leopard is so no Emperour or King was euer so richly or gloriously decked with gold and precious stones as the Popes haue beene In that his clawes are like the clawes of a Beare which hath the strongest pawes of all Beasts to catch and to hold withall it sheweth that neuer any Emperour or any else hath been such an exactor of the riches of all Lands as the Popes haue beene as Ecclesiasticall Histories make mention In that his mouth was as the mouth of a Lyon it sheweth his tyranny cruelty and mercilesnes in deuouring Gods children and well may the holy Ghost stile him a Beast that hath these beastly qualities his head that was wounded to death was the Emperour when Mauritius and his Children were slaine But Hiraclius the Emperour killed Phocas that slew them and restored the Empire againe And the superstitious gloried in the Pope being made so great by the Emperour and worshipped the Dragon that gaue power vnto him and they worshipped the Beast saying Who is like vnto the Beast Who is able to warre with him And the Beast blasphemed God and his name and his tabernacle and them that dwell in Heauen that is his faithfull Children and hee warred against the Saints and ouercame them and power was giuen him ouer euery Kingdome and tongue and Nation therefore all that are in the earth shall worship him whose names are not written in the Booke of life But heere is the benefit of the patience and faith of Saints if any lead into Captiuity he shall be led into Captiuity and whosoeuer killed them by the sword shall bee killed by the sword This second Beast

Rome the great whore that sitteth vpon many waters and sheweth that all Kings and Nations of the earth are drunken with the wine of her fornication In the vision Saint Iohn saw a woman sit vpon a skarlet coloured beast full of names of blasphemy which had seauen heads and tenne hornes and the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet and guilded with gold precious stones and pearles and had a cup of gold in her hand full of abominations and filthines of her fornications and in her forehead was a mystery written Great Babilon the Mother of whoredomes and abhominations and the woman was drunken with the blood of Saints and martyrs of Iesus and he wondred with great maruell then the Angell told Saint Iohn he would shew him the mystery thereof The Beast which thou hast seene was and is not and shall ascend out of the bottomlesse pit and shall be destroyed and all that are not written in the booke of life shall wonder at it that hee being so mighty could be destroyed this Beast is the Emperour which was before the Reuelation it seemeth at the time thereof the Emperour was dead and no other then chosen and the Pope should ascend out of the bottomlesse pitte and be aboue the Emperour and for all his greatnesse yet hee shall goe into perdition The Angell declareth the seauen heads to signifie seauen mountaines wheron the Whore sitteth which plainely sheweth the Citty of Rome to bee that Whore for that is builded vpon seauen Mountaines and so is no other Citty Againe the Angell interpreteth the seauen heads to bee seauen Kings that is seauen kinds of gouernment in Rome of which fiue were fallen and the Idolatrous Emperours did then raigne but Constantine should quite alter the gouernment of Rome from idolatry to Christianity and hee and the Emperours following him was the seauenth King and the Beast in this vision which is the Pope is one of the seauenth gouernment in name because he professeth the name of Christ but indeed he is the eighth gouernment for hee hath quite changed the gouernment of Rome from Christianity to Popery The Angell interpreteth the ten hornes to be ten Kings which at the time of the Reuelation had not receiued a kingdome but shall receiue power at one hower with the Pope and they shall be all of one minde and giue their power and authority to him and fight with Christ but hee shall ouercome them Then the Angell interpreteth the waters where the Whore sitteth to signifie people multitudes Nations and tongues which plainely declareth the Citty of Rome to bee the Whore for no Citty from Christ to this day hath so many Countries and People vnder her dominion as that Citty and in the eighth verse the Angell interpreteth the woman to be the great Citty which at the time of the Reuelation raigned ouer the Kings of the earth and then was the Emperours seate there In that the woman sitteth vpon a scarlet coloured Beast it is because the ordinary attire of the Pope and Cardinalls is scarlet and his fulnesse of names of blasphemy is because most blasphemously he attributes vnto himselfe all Christs names In that Saint Iohn saw the woman so richly arrayed in purple scarlet and guilded with gold and precious stones and pearles thus were the Popes Cardinalls Bishops Prelates Churches and Idolls arrayed and doth most euidently declare that these Prophesies are of Rome The golden Cuppe that she holdeth in her hand is her golden name that shee stileth her selfe withall calling her selfe the Catholique Church but her doctrines which shee teacheth are filthy and abhominable blasphemies Idolatries superstitions which are the wine of her fornication wherewith shee made all Nations of the earth drunken and shee is called the great Whore in that shee is departed her selfe and hath carried so many from Christ our Spowse and from his word and committed fornication with the Diuell and his wicked doctrines and for this cause it is that the mystery Great Babilon is written in her forehead because shee is the mother of whordomes and abominations of the earth as Babilon was If there were no other note wherby it might bee knowne that these Prophefies are of Rome this were sufficiēt to declare the same in that she is said to be drunken with the blood of Saints and Martyrs of Iesus for the Romane Gouernours crucified Christ and the Romane Emperours made the tenne persecutions and the Romane Popes haue slaine more Martyrs Saints of Iesus then euer were slaine in the world before The Angell telleth vs in the 16. verse that the ten Kings which did with one consent giue their Kingdomes vnto the Pope vntill the wordes of God which hee foretold were fulfilled are they that shall hate the Whore and make her desolate and naked and shall eate her flesh and burne her with fire and the performance heereof is contained in the two next Chapters CHAP. 18. AN Angell from Heauen cryeth mightily with a loud voyce Babilon that great Citty it is fallen it is fallen and nothing shall inhabite there but Diuels wilde Beasts and foules because all Nations haue drunken of the wine of the wrath of her fornication And there came a voyce from Heauen saying Goe out of her my people that you bee not pertakers of her sinnes and that you receiue not of her plagues rewarde her as shee hath rewarded you giue her double according to her workes because shee hath glorified her selfe and liued in pleasure and saith in her heart I sit being a Queene and am no widdow and shall see no mourning therefore shall her plagues come at one day death and sorrow and famine and she shall be burned with fire for strong is the Lord God which will condemne her And the Kings that haue committed fornication with her and the Merchants that haue beene made rich by her and euery ship Maister and all that occupie ships and ship-men shall stand a farre off for feare of her torments and cry when they see the smoake of her burning saying What Citty was like to this great Citty and they shall cast dust on their foreheads and cry Alas alas the great Citty wherein were made rich all that had ships on the Sea by her costlinesse for in one hower shee is made desolate O heauen reioyce of her and ye holy Apostles and Prophets for God hath giuen your iudgement on her and an Angell tooke a great Mill-stone and cast it into the Sea saying With such violence shall the great Citty Babilon bee cast and bee found no more and there shall bee no more Musicke nor Tradesmen nor Mill heard to grinde nor candle shine nor Bridegroomes voyce bee heard there any more CHAP. 19. IN this Chapter is declared the praysing of God in Heauen and Earth for the finall destruction of Antichrist but I will first make an end of the destruction thereof In the eleuenth verse Saint Iohn saw Heauen open and Christ riding vpon a white horse and