what_o sense_n the_o author_n say_v they_o be_v rise_v above_o thirty_o year_n ago_o daniel_n be_v semitime_n how_o illustrate_v by_o the_o apocalypse_n what_o the_o forty_o two_o month_n reign_v of_o the_o beast_n the_o extension_n of_o time_n in_o the_o witness_n rise_v not_o to_o be_v elude_v by_o the_o compare_v it_o to_o the_o fell_n of_o a_o tree_n at_o the_o last_o stroke_n in_o what_o sense_n the_o author_n make_v the_o day_n of_o the_o witness_n expire_v anno_fw-la 1652._o what_o be_v the_o full_a and_o large_a sense_n of_o the_o witness_n political_a death_n that_o the_o forty_o two_o month_n reign_v of_o the_o beast_n do_v not_o commence_v with_o the_o apostasy_n but_o fifty_o or_o sixty_o year_n after_o these_o three_o argument_n be_v produce_v to_o prove_v the_o same_o 1._o that_o the_o forty_o two_o month_n of_o the_o beast_n can_v begin_v till_o supremacy_n and_o idolatry_n be_v join_v in_o one_o sovereignty_n or_o seven_o head_n which_o be_v not_o till_o the_o empire_n be_v divide_v into_o ten_o kingdom_n which_o be_v fifty_o or_o sixty_o year_n after_o the_o apostasy_n appear_v in_o the_o empire_n 2._o as_o the_o empire_n be_v not_o account_v the_o kingdom_n of_o christ_n till_o the_o supreme_a head_n the_o caesar_n be_v turn_v christian_n so_o the_o christian_a empire_n can_v be_v deem_v the_o beast_n till_o the_o supreme_a head_n thereof_o become_v pagano-christian_a and_o this_o be_v not_o till_o it_o be_v actual_o ten-horned_n 3._o the_o beast_n do_v not_o come_v into_o be_v until_o the_o ten_o king_n rise_v in_o the_o empire_n and_o it_o become_v divide_v into_o ten_o kingdom_n forasmuch_o as_o the_o beast_n be_v represent_v with_o ten_o crown_n in_o the_o vision_n upon_o his_o horn_n which_o imply_v the_o actual_a division_n of_o the_o empire_n into_o ten_o kingdom_n which_o yet_o be_v not_o till_o about_o sixty_o year_n after_o the_o apostasy_n before_o i_o answer_v to_o these_o three_o argument_n i_o think_v it_o not_o amiss_o to_o profess_v that_o i_o agree_v with_o he_o that_o produce_v they_o in_o the_o conclusion_n they_o be_v produce_v for_o viz._n that_o it_o be_v not_o rational_a to_o begin_v the_o account_n of_o the_o beast_n forty_o two_o month_n reign_n soon_o than_o the_o empire_n become_v idolatrous_a in_o the_o supreme_a or_o sovereign_a power_n of_o it_o for_o this_o beast_n be_v under_o the_o seven_o head_n though_o eight_o king_n and_o therefore_o under_o a_o pagano-christian_a head_n but_o i_o can_v but_o here_o take_v notice_n of_o that_o passage_n of_o the_o prophecy_n that_o indicates_z this_o eight_o king_n chap._n 7._o v._n 11._o and_o the_o beast_n that_o be_v and_o be_v not_o he_o be_v the_o eight_o where_o he_o name_v the_o beast_n itself_o instead_o of_o the_o head_n thereof_o not_o sure_o as_o if_o he_o have_v no_o head_n but_o to_o intimate_v the_o difficulty_n to_o find_v who_o to_o make_v this_o seven_o head_n or_o eight_o king_n whether_o the_o secular_a caesar_n or_o that_o rex_fw-la sacrorum_fw-la the_o two-horned_n beast_n which_o from_o the_o beginning_n have_v in_o a_o manner_n all_o the_o sway_n in_o matter_n of_o religion_n and_o be_v the_o same_o with_o the_o woman_n on_o the_o beast_n which_o from_o the_o beginning_n of_o the_o apostasy_n she_o rid_v and_o guide_v and_o what_o be_v that_o but_o to_o be_v his_o sovereign_n or_o head_n as_o the_o man_n be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o head_n of_o the_o woman_n because_o he_o have_v the_o rule_n over_o she_o so_o in_o this_o sense_n may_v the_o woman_n be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o head_n of_o the_o beast_n and_o indeed_o from_o the_o time_n of_o the_o apostasy_n to_o the_o reformation_n the_o roman_a empire_n seem_v to_o have_v be_v sacerdotal_a or_o hierarchical_a as_o if_o the_o clay_n not_o the_o iron_n be_v the_o kingdom_n as_o daniel_n seem_v to_o intimate_v chap._n 2.41_o where_o he_o say_v the_o kingdom_n shall_v be_v divide_v but_o there_o shall_v be_v in_o it_o of_o the_o strength_n of_o the_o iron_n as_o if_o indeed_o the_o clay_n be_v the_o kingdom_n but_o it_o shall_v be_v strengthen_v with_o the_o iron_n so_o that_o by_o this_o rate_n the_o whole_a paganc-christianizing_a hierarchy_n as_o well_o eastern_a as_o western_a or_o the_o two_o horn_a beast_n which_o signify_v the_o same_o may_v prove_v the_o eight_o king_n or_o seven_o head_n of_o the_o beast_n whether_o this_o hierarchical_a pagano-christian_a head_n or_o whether_o the_o pagano-christianizing_a caesar_n or_o emperor_n till_o the_o pope_n over-toped_a they_o even_o in_o secular_a power_n be_v the_o seven_o head_n the_o prophecy_n seem_v shy_a in_o determine_v leave_v every_o one_o to_o his_o own_o judgement_n and_o true_o i_o have_v be_v always_o very_o prone_a to_o think_v that_o the_o pagano-christianizing_a caesar_n or_o emperor_n till_o the_o pope_n usurp_v jus_fw-la utriusque_fw-la gladii_fw-la be_v the_o seven_o head_n of_o the_o beast_n for_o they_o give_v their_o power_n to_o the_o two-horned_n beast_n and_o countenance_v or_o connive_v at_o or_o not_o oppose_v his_o pagano-christian_a institutes_n qui_fw-la non_fw-la vetat_fw-la peccare_fw-la cùm_fw-la possit_fw-la jubet_fw-la they_o themselves_o become_v guilty_a of_o paganochristianism_a beside_o that_o it_o be_v no_o question_n but_o they_o practise_v with_o the_o church_n those_o idolatrous_a superstition_n that_o refer_v to_o the_o mahuzzim_n etc._n etc._n but_o if_o any_o one_o will_v make_v the_o pagano-christian_a hierarchy_n the_o seven_o head_n there_o be_v so_o much_o to_o be_v say_v for_o it_o that_o i_o will_v not_o great_o quarrel_v with_o he_o and_o i_o be_o incline_v to_o think_v that_o this_o be_v the_o very_a mystery_n of_o that_o passage_n in_o the_o prophecy_n chap._n 17.11_o of_o name_v the_o beast_n himself_o instead_o of_o his_o head_n to_o leave_v it_o thus_o in_o medio_fw-la whether_o you_o will_v have_v it_o hierarchical_a or_o caesarean_a and_o have_v premise_v thus_o much_o i_o shall_v now_o brief_o answer_v to_o the_o argument_n 1._o to_o the_o first_o than_o i_o say_v that_o so_o soon_o as_o the_o apostasy_n come_v in_o which_o include_v in_o it_o pagano-christian_a superstition_n and_o some_o degree_n at_o least_o of_o idolatry_n there_o be_v a_o seven_o head_n of_o that_o very_a hue_n whether_o you_o will_v deem_v it_o the_o hierarchical_a head_n who_o be_v the_o introducer_n of_o this_o apostasy_n or_o the_o caesarean_a who_o by_o countenance_v comply_v with_o or_o not_o oppose_v this_o apostasy_n become_v guilty_a of_o the_o same_o and_o chargeable_a therewith_o in_o the_o prophecy_n but_o if_o you_o will_v not_o have_v the_o christian_a caesar_n after_o the_o apostasy_n chargeable_a with_o idolatry_n till_o they_o make_v decree_n for_o it_o and_o incorporate_v it_o into_o the_o law_n of_o the_o empire_n as_o justinian_n do_v the_o orthodox_n faith_n out_o of_o the_o ecumenical_a council_n the_o reign_n of_o the_o beast_n will_v not_o begin_v till_o six_o or_o seven_o hundred_o year_n after_o christ_n and_o then_o the_o rise_n of_o the_o witness_n which_o be_v the_o final_a issue_n of_o the_o forty_o two_o month_n war_n and_o therefore_o must_v be_v at_o least_o in_o the_o last_o month_n viz._n the_o forty_o second_v will_v happen_v in_o the_o thirty_o first_o or_o twenty_o seven_o month_n so_o that_o all_o will_v break_v a_o piece_n 2._o as_o to_o the_o second_o i_o answer_v that_o the_o supreme_a head_n of_o the_o beast_n become_v pagano-christian_a before_o the_o empire_n be_v divide_v into_o ten_o kingdom_n even_o at_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o apostasy_n as_o be_v answer_v to_o the_o first_o 3._o to_o the_o three_o i_o say_v the_o beast_n be_v in_o be_v before_o the_o ten_o king_n rise_v in_o the_o empire_n for_o it_o be_v not_o the_o ten_o horn_n that_o make_v it_o a_o beast_n that_o be_v its_o be_v divide_v into_o ten_o kingdom_n but_o its_o pagano-christianizing_a its_o reintroduce_v old_a pagan_a rite_n and_o superstitious_a and_o idolatrous_a usage_n into_o christianity_n and_o so_o make_v the_o empire_n the_o beast_n that_o be_v be_v not_o and_o yet_o be_v this_o be_v a_o do_v and_o in_o some_o sort_n do_v at_o the_o sound_n of_o the_o first_o trumpet_n which_o begin_v with_o the_o epocha_n of_o this_o apostasy_n and_o bring_v in_o those_o commander_n of_o the_o northern_a nation_n who_o very_a invasion_n of_o the_o empire_n be_v the_o begin_n of_o their_o catch_n at_o crown_n and_o principality_n though_o it_o be_v about_o half_a a_o hundred_o year_n till_o they_o all_o ten_o be_v serve_v or_o speed_v the_o church_n advance_v still_o more_o and_o more_o in_o her_o apostasy_n as_o the_o time_n go_v on_o and_o the_o division_n of_o the_o empire_n into_o ten_o kingdom_n signify_v by_o the_o ten_o horn_n be_v a_o sure_a note_n of_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o apostasy_n it_o begin_v at_o a_o time_n of_o their_o catch_n
at_o kingdom_n which_o begin_v with_o the_o sound_n of_o the_o first_o trumpet_n and_o with_o the_o forty_o two_o month_n war_n or_o prosperous_a reign_n of_o the_o beast_n which_o end_v with_o the_o rise_n of_o the_o witness_n and_o last_o blast_n of_o the_o six_o trumpet_n so_o exact_a be_v the_o synchronism_n of_o the_o forty_o two_o month_n and_o the_o six_o first_o trumpet_n right_o understand_v nor_o be_v the_o beast_n represent_v in_o the_o vision_n with_o its_o ten_o horn_n crown_v to_o signify_v the_o empire_n be_v not_o a_o beast_n till_o it_o be_v thus_o actual_o divide_v into_o ten_o kingdom_n but_o that_o it_o be_v a_o bestianize_a while_n the_o ten_o horn_n be_v catch_v at_o and_o actual_o obtain_v one_o after_o another_o their_o respective_a kingdom_n so_o that_o the_o beast_n begin_v to_o be_v at_o least_o with_o the_o catch_n at_o and_o obtain_v a_o kingdom_n by_o the_o first_o of_o the_o ten_o horn_n but_o all_o the_o ten_o horn_n be_v exhibit_v as_o crown_v in_o counter-distinction_n to_o the_o representation_n of_o the_o roman_a empire_n pagan_a where_o there_o be_v seven_o head_n and_o ten_o horn_n but_o the_o horn_n without_o crown_n that_o we_o may_v be_v sure_a the_o vision_n belong_v to_o the_o empire_n after_o it_o have_v become_v christian_n and_o thus_o the_o forty_o two_o month_n of_o the_o beast_n and_o the_o sound_n of_o the_o first_o trumpet_n beginning_n with_o the_o time_n of_o the_o apostasy_n it_o be_v evident_a the_o twelve_o hundred_o and_o sixty_o day_n of_o the_o mournful_a prophecy_n of_o the_o witness_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o synchronize_a medial_a vision_n commence_v from_o the_o same_o epocha_n and_o consequent_o that_o the_o twelve_o hundred_o and_o sixty_o day_n expire_v about_o thirty_o year_n ago_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o most_o material_a thing_n in_o your_o letter_n i_o will_v answer_v very_o brief_o what_o you_o allege_v therefore_o out_o of_o myself_o that_o i_o allow_v of_o a_o double_a rise_n of_o the_o witness_n synop_n prophet_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 7._o sect_n 7_o 11._o one_o quoad_fw-la speciem_fw-la the_o other_o quoad_fw-la gradus_fw-la you_o be_v to_o take_v notice_n that_o that_o distinction_n be_v mention_v by_o i_o only_o to_o this_o end_n that_o no_o man_n shall_v expect_v at_o the_o expiration_n of_o the_o forty_o two_o month_n a_o universal_a rise_n of_o the_o witness_n or_o total_a fall_n of_o babylon_n but_o only_o speciminal_a but_o that_o after_o this_o speciminal_a rise_n i_o allow_v the_o follow_a victory_n of_o christ_n against_o antichrist_n to_o be_v call_v the_o further_a rise_v of_o the_o witness_n this_o though_o by_o some_o analogy_n it_o may_v be_v call_v and_o be_v so_o by_o i_o call_v a_o further_a gradual_a rise_n of_o the_o witness_n yet_o i_o must_v confess_v i_o think_v it_o now_o more_o proper_a and_o safe_a to_o call_v nothing_o the_o rise_n of_o the_o witness_n but_o what_o be_v include_v within_o the_o time_n of_o the_o forty_o two_o month_n and_o intimate_v by_o the_o partial_a fall_n of_o the_o city_n whatever_o other_o accession_n be_v make_v to_o the_o kingdom_n of_o christ_n under_o the_o vial_n must_v take_v their_o denomination_n from_o the_o vial_n they_o happen_v under_o and_o look_v upon_o the_o thing_n itself_o those_o that_o bear_v testimony_n in_o those_o time_n that_o the_o cause_n of_o truth_n seem_v so_o obscure_a in_o that_o none_o will_v own_v it_o but_o those_o witness_n these_o i_o say_v have_v a_o more_o special_a right_n to_o that_o title_n but_o the_o cause_n be_v now_o plain_o decide_v by_o the_o manifest_a judgement_n of_o god_n in_o give_v victory_n to_o the_o witness_n and_o fulfil_v exquisite_o the_o prophecy_n record_v apoc._n 11.11_o in_o the_o bless_a reformation_n so_o that_o further_a witness_v in_o a_o decide_v cause_n seem_v superfluous_a man_n now_o that_o stick_n to_o the_o truth_n decide_v be_v rather_o honest_a conscientious_a professor_n of_o the_o truth_n than_o witness_n to_o it_o and_o they_o that_o suffer_v for_o it_o may_v rather_o be_v say_v to_o be_v murder_v than_o martyr_v for_o the_o truth_n though_o the_o merit_n of_o their_o suffer_v be_v muchwhat_a alike_o to_o the_o other_o and_o now_o in_o this_o proper_a sense_n of_o the_o rise_n of_o the_o witness_n when_o i_o say_v they_o be_v rise_v above_o thirty_o year_n ago_o this_o be_v no_o contradiction_n out_o of_o forgetfulness_n to_o my_o own_o sentiment_n who_o make_v the_o rise_n of_o the_o witness_n to_o begin_v about_o the_o middle_n of_o the_o second_o month_n of_o the_o last_o hexamenon_n or_o semitime_n and_o end_n about_o the_o middle_n of_o the_o five_o from_o my_o own_o epocha_n anno_fw-la 393._o or_o 400._o as_o if_o hereby_o i_o finish_v their_o rise_n late_a than_o about_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o five_o month_n of_o the_o last_o hexamenon_n and_o so_o differ_v about_o fifty_o year_n from_o myself_o for_o where_o i_o say_v above_o thirty_o year_n ago_o i_o speak_v in_o the_o language_n of_o they_o that_o by_o the_o twelve_o hundred_o and_o sixty_o year_n will_v have_v so_o many_o year_n extent_n signify_v my_o meaning_n therefore_o be_v that_o even_o according_a to_o they_o grant_v that_o extent_n to_o they_o yet_o the_o witness_n be_v rise_v above_o thirty_o year_n ago_o count_v from_o the_o right_a epocha_n so_o that_o there_o be_v no_o further_a fulfil_n of_o that_o prophecy_n but_o though_o there_o be_v no_o more_o count_v on_o any_o further_a accession_n to_o the_o kingdom_n of_o christ_n under_o the_o notion_n of_o the_o twelve_o hundred_o and_o sixty_o day_n unexpired_a or_o rise_v of_o the_o witness_n yet_o there_o be_v from_o the_o effect_n of_o the_o vial_n as_o i_o have_v hint_v already_o but_o we_o go_v on_o daniel_n semitime_n be_v illustrate_v by_o the_o apocalypse_n 1_o in_o that_o they_o be_v by_o change_v they_o into_o twelve_o hundred_o and_o sixty_o day_n or_o forty_o two_o month_n declare_v to_o be_v but_o three_o time_n and_o a_o half_a and_o 2_o it_o be_v declare_v by_o place_v three_o day_n and_o a_o half_a at_o the_o close_a of_o the_o vision_n of_o the_o witness_n that_o they_o be_v the_o measure_n that_o the_o event_n of_o the_o medial_a vision_n be_v to_o be_v compute_v by_o that_o be_v that_o a_o semitime_n be_v the_o unite_v not_o a_o month_n or_o day_n and_o withal_o we_o must_v remember_v that_o the_o artifice_n of_o concealment_n be_v as_o well_o intend_v in_o the_o apocalypse_n as_o the_o certainty_n of_o revealment_n furthermore_o remember_v that_o the_o forty_o two_o month_n reign_v of_o the_o beast_n be_v not_o understand_v of_o his_o reign_n at_o large_a but_o of_o his_o prosperous_a belligerant_fw-la reign_n against_o the_o saint_n and_o witness_n till_o their_o rise_n and_o the_o partial_a fall_n of_o the_o city_n so_o that_o these_o necessary_o synchronize_v your_o comparison_n of_o the_o last_o stroke_n at_o the_o tree_n fell_v the_o tree_n be_v witty_a but_o not_o so_o well_o fit_v to_o this_o case_n the_o rise_n of_o the_o witness_n or_o fall_v of_o the_o city_n be_v rather_o like_o the_o mow_v of_o a_o meadow_n which_o be_v not_o say_v to_o be_v mow_v just_a at_o the_o last_o cut_v as_o the_o tree_n to_o be_v fell_v at_o the_o last_o stroke_n of_o the_o axe_n but_o it_o be_v mow_v and_o a_o mow_v all_o the_o time_n till_o the_o last_o sithe-full_a such_o be_v the_o nature_n of_o the_o rise_n of_o the_o witness_n their_o rise_n be_v in_o succession_n not_o at_o one_o joint_n jump_n as_o the_o fall_n of_o the_o grass_n be_v in_o succession_n not_o all_o at_o one_o stroke_n of_o the_o scythe_n in_o arithm._n apocalypt_v pag._n 382._o i_o make_v the_o twelve_o hundred_o and_o sixty_o day_n of_o the_o witness_n expire_v anno_fw-la 1652._o speak_v according_o to_o their_o hypothesis_n that_o understand_v the_o full_a extent_n of_o so_o many_o year_n by_o they_o yet_o say_v i_o they_o expire_v in_o the_o year_n 1652._o from_o the_o true_a epocha_n though_o they_o be_v so_o to_o be_v extend_v and_o though_o we_o do_v not_o measure_v the_o time_n of_o the_o medial_a vision_n by_o semitime_n but_o this_o be_v but_o one_o true_a tale_n to_o say_v they_o expire_v an._n 1652._o from_o the_o true_a epocha_n according_a to_o that_o hypothesis_n of_o some_o but_o that_o the_o witness_n rise_v be_v pass_v in_o a_o different_a year_n from_o the_o say_v epocha_n consult_v history_n and_o measure_n by_o semitime_n or_o make_v a_o semitime_n the_o unite_n it_o be_v much_o you_o do_v not_o understand_v my_o meaning_n before_o and_o whereas_o you_o conceive_v the_o witness_n can_v not_o be_v political_o dead_a from_o the_o very_a beginning_n of_o the_o apostasy_n that_o word_n political_a be_v the_o best_a word_n i_o can_v hit_v on_o to_o oppose_v to_o natural_a death_n but_o
a_o prophetic_a henopoeia_fw-la in_o this_o part_n of_o the_o vision_n the_o rise_n of_o the_o witness_n for_o though_o in_o the_o fulfil_n of_o the_o prediction_n the_o witness_n rise_v in_o several_a place_n and_o at_o several_a time_n successive_o one_o part_n after_o another_o and_o with_o some_o interval_n of_o time_n betwixt_o though_o still_o within_o the_o last_o semitime_n yet_o by_o a_o henopoeia_fw-la all_o these_o rise_n be_v represent_v as_o one_o rise_v this_o be_v acknowledge_v but_o here_o we_o be_v careful_o to_o observe_v that_o all_o these_o rise_n put_v together_o be_v by_o the_o vision_n itself_o restrain_v to_o a_o partial_a rise_n forasmuch_o as_o it_o be_v say_v that_o the_o ten_o part_n at_o the_o self_n same_o hour_n of_o the_o great_a city_n fall_v and_o it_o be_v most_o certain_a the_o rise_n be_v extend_v no_o further_a than_o the_o fall_n of_o the_o city_n but_o this_o partial_a fall_n and_o rising_n be_v after_o the_o three_o day_n and_o a_o half_a and_o consequent_o after_o the_o forty_o two_o month_n and_o twelve_o hundred_o and_o sixty_o day_n equipollent_a only_o to_o daniel_n three_o time_n and_o a_o half_a or_o seven_o semitime_n and_o the_o reformation_n be_v this_o partial_a fall_n of_o the_o city_n and_o rise_n of_o the_o witness_n commensurate_a thereto_o nor_o any_o other_o than_o a_o partial_a reformation_n be_v represent_v by_o the_o prophecy_n wherefore_o the_o reformation_n be_v say_v to_o fall_v out_o after_o the_o three_o day_n and_o a_o half_a current_n it_o be_v hence_o evident_a that_o both_o the_o reformation_n be_v the_o final_a issue_n of_o the_o three_o time_n and_o a_o half_a be_v prosperous_a war_n of_o the_o beast_n and_o that_o we_o be_v to_o reckon_v the_o medial_a vision_n the_o time_n of_o their_o event_n by_o semitime_n the_o reformation_n be_v both_o begin_v and_o end_v within_o the_o last_o semitime_n and_o take_v so_o large_a a_o space_n therein_o this_o want_v nothing_o but_o free_o and_o close_o think_v of_o and_o it_o will_v appear_v as_o clear_a as_o the_o sun_n if_o the_o rise_n of_o the_o witness_n be_v universal_a or_o there_o be_v a_o total_a fall_n of_o the_o great_a city_n at_o the_o close_a of_o the_o six_o trumpet_n when_o this_o be_v forasmuch_o as_o the_o vial_n certain_o follow_v the_o six_o trumpet_n there_o will_v yet_o be_v then_o no_o kingdom_n of_o the_o beast_n leave_v for_o they_o to_o be_v pour_v upon_o as_o i_o note_v above_o think_v serious_o on_o this_o chap._n xxviii_o hint_n of_o a_o answer_n to_o a_o three_o letter_n further_a victory_n against_o antichrist_n after_o the_o reformation_n not_o to_o be_v call_v any_o rise_n of_o the_o witness_n who_o competitor_n for_o be_v the_o seven_o head_n or_o eight_o king_n a_o hierarchical_a pagano-christian_a head_n how_o easy_o conceive_v to_o precede_v in_o order_n of_o nature_n before_o the_o caesarean_a and_o that_o it_o be_v as_o soon_o as_o the_o apostasy_n come_v in_o that_o the_o author_n affirm_v not_o that_o the_o caesar_n continue_v pure_o christian_n a_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o year_n that_o the_o christian_a caesar_n comply_v with_o the_o apostasy_n of_o the_o church_n from_o the_o beginning_n ample_o make_v out_o by_o reason_n and_o history_n in_o what_o sense_n the_o forty_o two_o month_n war_n of_o the_o beast_n may_v be_v say_v to_o commence_v as_o early_o as_o the_o apostasy_n the_o beast_n be_v in_o be_v before_o the_o ten_o king_n the_o empire_n ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la become_v a_o beast_n by_o the_o apostasy_n which_o commence_v before_o they_o be_v rise_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d apoc._n 13.5_o do_v not_o signify_v to_o continue_v at_o large_a not_o suppose_v by_o the_o author_n but_o prove_v by_o he_o 1._o we_o be_v both_o agree_v that_o there_o will_v be_v further_a victory_n over_o the_o beast_n beside_o this_o of_o the_o reformation_n but_o i_o absolute_o deny_v that_o those_o victory_n belong_v to_o the_o forty_o two_o month_n war_n or_o that_o they_o be_v if_o we_o speak_v proper_o and_o keep_v to_o the_o apocalyptick_a stile_n to_o be_v call_v the_o rise_n of_o the_o witness_n but_o be_v to_o take_v their_o denomination_n from_o the_o vial_n they_o happen_v under_o 2._o whereas_o you_o say_v it_o do_v not_o appear_v to_o you_o difficult_a at_o all_o to_o determine_v whether_o the_o two-horned_n or_o ten-horned_n beast_n be_v the_o seven_o head_n or_o eight_o king_n i_o say_v it_o be_v impossible_a the_o ten-horned_n beast_n shall_v be_v the_o eight_o king_n or_o seven_o head_n because_o the_o beast_n be_v not_o his_o head_n but_o it_o be_v a_o figurative_a speech_n when_o it_o be_v say_v the_o beast_n that_o be_v and_o be_v not_o he_o be_v the_o eight_o by_o a_o synecdoche_n the_o whole_a beast_n be_v put_v for_o part_n viz._n his_o head_n therefore_o the_o competition_n be_v not_o betwixt_o the_o two-horned_n beast_n and_o ten-horned_n that_o be_v betwixt_o the_o whore_n or_o apostatise_v hierarchy_n and_o the_o empire_n divide_v into_o ten_o kingdom_n but_o betwixt_o the_o say_a hierarchy_n and_o the_o apostatise_v caesar_n 3._o there_o be_v a_o hierarchical_a apostatise_v head_n so_o soon_o as_o the_o apostasy_n come_v in_o viz._n the_o two-horned_n beast_n the_o same_o with_o the_o whore_n that_o ride_v and_o guide_v the_o beast_n and_o therefore_o have_v the_o office_n of_o a_o head_n as_o i_o note_v in_o my_o former_a and_o vigilantius_n who_o live_v about_o the_o end_n of_o the_o four_o century_n how_o he_o be_v against_o the_o worship_v of_o the_o relic_n of_o martyr_n how_o he_o say_v the_o miracle_n do_v at_o their_o monument_n be_v the_o prestigious_a delusion_n of_o devil_n that_o he_o condemn_v also_o the_o burn_a of_o wax-candle_n at_o their_o altar_n in_o the_o daytime_n and_o how_o sharp_o he_o be_v inveigh_v against_o by_o s._n jerome_n for_o this_o be_v too_o too_o well_o know_v in_o history_n these_o idolatrous_a superstition_n therefore_o come_v in_o and_o be_v thus_o countenance_v by_o the_o lapse_v hierarchy_n and_o the_o hierarchy_n be_v the_o head_n of_o the_o empire_n quoad_fw-la spiritualia_fw-la it_o be_v plain_a there_o be_v a_o pagano-christian_a head_n so_o soon_o as_o the_o apostasy_n come_v in_o and_o it_o be_v the_o two-horned_n beast_n rev._n 13._o that_o be_v the_o maker_n of_o the_o image_n of_o the_o beast_n and_o as_o for_o the_o little_a horn_n appear_v after_o the_o ten_o horn_n in_o daniel_n chap._n 7._o it_o be_v say_v v._n 8._o that_o he_o appear_v or_o come_v up_o among_o they_o nor_o be_v he_o say_v to_o come_v up_o after_o they_o v._o 20._o and_o v._o 24._o where_o he_o be_v say_v to_o rise_v after_o they_o from_o the_o greek_a and_o hebrew_a it_o may_v signify_v no_o more_o than_o behind_o they_o he_o steal_v his_o growth_n upon_o they_o and_o with_o they_o or_o it_o may_v refer_v to_o the_o time_n of_o his_o more_o eminent_a and_o conspicuous_a growth_n respect_v by_o a_o idiconoea_n the_o papacy_n chief_o and_o though_o the_o vision_n of_o the_o rise_v of_o the_o two-horned_n beast_n follow_v that_o of_o the_o ten-horned_n beast_n chap._n 13._o yet_o the_o method_n of_o thus_o place_v they_o be_v good_a the_o effect_n be_v notius_fw-la nobis_fw-la than_o the_o cause_n wherefore_o this_o strange_a phaenomenon_n of_o the_o re-paganizing_a empire_n be_v represent_v in_o the_o first_o place_n and_o the_o efficient_a cause_n thereof_o the_o apostatical_a hierarchy_n in_o the_o second_o which_o be_v the_o two-horned_n beast_n and_o maker_n of_o the_o image_n of_o the_o pagan_a beast_n which_o the_o ten-horned_n be_v so_o easy_a be_v it_o to_o conceive_v a_o hierarchical_a pagano-christian_a head_n at_o least_o in_o order_n of_o nature_n before_o a_o caesarean_a but_o there_o be_v no_o likelihood_n but_o the_o caesar_n religion_n be_v immediate_o conform_v to_o the_o prevail_a hierarchy_n all_o along_o and_o mr._n mede_n you_o know_v make_v the_o two-horned_n and_o ten-horned_n beast_n to_o synchronize_v 4._o now_o for_o the_o christian_a caesar_n continue_v pure_o christian_n for_o a_o hundred_o twenty_o year_n according_a to_o my_o own_o account_n this_o be_v a_o odd_a passage_n and_o to_o be_v wonder_v at_o and_o contrary_a to_o what_o i_o precise_o profess_v in_o the_o place_n you_o allude_v to_o synop_n prophet_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 5._o consect_n 2._o and_o sect._n 4._o where_o be_v these_o very_a word_n but_o what_o i_o leave_v more_o lax_n here_o will_v be_v more_o particular_o bound_v in_o the_o proportion_n of_o the_o inner_a and_o outer_a court_n of_o the_o temple_n which_o will_v gird_v in_o this_o time_n a_o little_a within_o four_o hundred_o year_n and_o do_v not_o three_o hundred_o ninety_o three_o year_n do_v so_o which_o be_v the_o epocha_n i_o stand_v to_o 5._o that_o be_v also_o somewhat_o harsh_o say_v that_o it_o do_v not_o
look_v on_o those_o labour_n as_o ill_o bestow_v which_o tend_v to_o obscure_v those_o prophecy_n i_o suppose_v you_o mean_v of_o the_o medial_a vision_n and_o that_o of_o the_o prevail_a war_n of_o the_o little_a horn_n against_o the_o saint_n for_o a_o time_n and_o time_n and_o half_a a_o time_n as_o if_o we_o can_v not_o by_o they_o take_v any_o measure_n of_o the_o time_n of_o the_o church_n suffering_n and_o her_o deliverance_n out_o of_o they_o to_o this_o i_o answer_v that_o pain_n may_v be_v faithful_o and_o judicious_o bestow_v by_o they_o that_o remonstrate_v to_o the_o world_n that_o the_o number_n of_o the_o medial_a vision_n indicate_v only_o a_o partial_a deliverance_n a_o thing_n which_o i_o have_v invincible_o demonstrate_v and_o i_o have_v show_v even_o now_o that_o though_o there_o be_v no_o prediction_n unless_o we_o recur_v to_o the_o two_o thousand_o three_o hundred_o evening-morning_n who_o full_a exitus_fw-la be_v at_o least_o four_o hundred_o year_n hence_o how_o long_o and_o no_o long_o to_o a_o year_n or_o thereabouts_o till_o the_o deliverance_n of_o the_o church_n will_v be_v full_o consummate_v and_o perfect_v yet_o the_o order_n of_o the_o vial_n which_o reach_v to_o a_o full_a victory_n of_o the_o church_n and_o complete_a deliverance_n give_v we_o some_o measure_n to_o collect_v the_o near_a approach_n to_o that_o happy_a time_n so_o that_o in_o this_o case_n to_o complain_v be_v to_o be_v unthankful_a especial_o if_o we_o consider_v that_o we_o be_v at_o least_o as_o well_o provide_v for_o as_o the_o primitive_a christian_n be_v in_o their_o most_o grievous_a persecution_n under_o the_o red_a dragon_n wherefore_o those_o that_o will_v squeeze_v out_o of_o the_o abovesaid_a medial_a prophecy_n whether_o of_o the_o apocalypse_n or_o daniel_n such_o a_o precise_a determinate_a time_n of_o the_o church_n full_a deliverance_n when_o the_o nature_n of_o those_o medial_a number_n and_o prophecy_n will_v not_o afford_v it_o what_o shall_v we_o say_v of_o their_o labour_n be_v it_o not_o in_o vain_a if_o not_o worse_o for_o without_o good_a ground_n to_o set_v a_o precise_a time_n of_o the_o general_a deliverance_n of_o the_o church_n from_o a_o pretend_a true_a interpretation_n of_o the_o holy_a prophecy_n when_o there_o be_v real_o no_v such_o thing_n predict_v by_o they_o be_v to_o make_v ourselves_o more_o wise_a and_o benign_a than_o the_o divine_a spirit_n the_o author_n of_o these_o prophecy_n as_o if_o he_o have_v omit_v what_o be_v so_o requisite_a for_o his_o church_n and_o be_v to_o delude_v and_o mock_v the_o expectation_n of_o god_n people_n and_o to_o slur_v the_o holy_a prophecy_n themselves_o and_o discountenance_v all_o pretence_n of_o right_o interpret_n they_o which_o have_v be_v the_o fate_n of_o many_o curious_a interpreter_n who_o from_o the_o number_n of_o the_o medial_a vision_n have_v presume_v to_o calculate_v the_o final_a ruin_n of_o antichrist_n to_o a_o very_a year_n and_o therefore_o those_o that_o have_v make_v it_o their_o business_n to_o demonstrate_v the_o groundlesness_n of_o this_o pretence_n i_o hope_v their_o labour_n will_v prove_v well_o bestow_v nor_o be_v find_v vain_a in_o the_o lord_n be_v earnest_o pursue_v for_o he_o and_o the_o honour_n of_o his_o word_n who_o be_v the_o amen_o the_o faithful_a and_o true_a witness_n and_o predict_v nothing_o but_o what_o will_v come_v to_o pass_v and_o therefore_o we_o must_v not_o make_v he_o predict_v any_o thing_n that_o will_v not_o either_o as_o to_o time_n or_o the_o thing_n itself_o chap._n xxx_o two_o argument_n out_o of_o a_o five_o letter_n from_o the_o same_o hand_n to_o prove_v that_o the_o roman_a beast_n under_o the_o seven_o head_n be_v not_o in_o be_v till_o the_o ten_o king_n signify_v by_o the_o ten_o horn_n be_v rise_v up_o in_o the_o empire_n certain_a thing_n premise_v in_o order_n to_o a_o answer_n to_o the_o say_a argument_n among_o which_o be_v the_o true_a notion_n of_o the_o head_n of_o a_o beast_n in_o the_o prophetic_a style_n in_o counterdistinction_n to_o his_o horn_n a_o enumeration_n of_o the_o head_n of_o the_o beast_n and_o what_o the_o full_a sense_n of_o the_o seven_o head_n a_o answer_n to_o the_o first_o argument_n a_o answer_n to_o the_o second_o argument_n two_o argument_n of_o the_o author_n be_v to_o prove_v that_o the_o roman_a beast_n under_o the_o seven_o head_n be_v in_o be_v before_o the_o ten_o king_n signify_v by_o the_o ten_o horn_n be_v rise_v up_o in_o the_o empire_n that_o the_o place_v the_o epocha_n of_o the_o forty_o two_o month_n war_n of_o the_o beast_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o apostasy_n be_v unexceptionable_o right_a with_o the_o gross_a absurdity_n of_o the_o other_o opinion_n the_o first_o argument_n if_o the_o roman_a beast_n under_o the_o seven_o head_n do_v rise_v before_o the_o ten_o king_n in_o the_o empire_n than_o these_o then_o king_n will_v make_v a_o eight_o head_n of_o themselves_o or_o at_o least_o conjoin_v with_o the_o emperor_n as_o one_o of_o their_o number_n when_o the_o other_o nine_o have_v possess_v so_o great_a a_o part_n of_o his_o empire_n and_o be_v as_o absolute_a in_o their_o kingdom_n as_o he_o in_o that_o share_n be_v leave_v to_o he_o he_o have_v no_o preeminence_n above_o they_o but_o what_o be_v mere_o titular_a or_o honorary_a wherefore_o these_o together_o and_o not_o the_o emperor_n separately_z ever_o make_v the_o seven_o head_n of_o the_o beast_n for_o the_o seven_o sort_n of_o successive_a governor_n in_o chief_a of_o the_o roman_a empire_n as_o idolatrous_a they_o as_o such_o make_v the_o seven_o head_n of_o the_o beast_n and_o these_o ten_o king_n take_v in_o the_o greek_a emperor_n make_v one_o head_n of_o the_o beast_n as_o be_v such_o for_o they_o rule_v as_o chief_a in_o the_o empire_n and_o their_o government_n be_v idolatrous_a wherefore_o or_o they_o be_v the_o seven_o head_n nor_o be_v the_o beast_n revive_v before_o its_o head_n or_o else_o the_o emperor_n separately_z before_o be_v the_o seven_o head_n which_o can_v be_v for_o then_o the_o revive_a beast_n will_v have_v a_o eight_o head_n whenas_o there_o be_v but_o seven_o head_n of_o blasphemy_n according_a to_o the_o vision_n therefore_o the_o roman_a beast_n under_o the_o seven_o head_n be_v not_o in_o be_v till_o the_o ten_o king_n signify_v by_o the_o ten_o horn_n be_v rise_v up_o in_o the_o empire_n the_o second_o argument_n there_o be_v seven_o sort_n of_o government_n but_o all_o agree_n in_o this_o that_o they_o be_v idolatrous_a the_o sovereignty_n of_o the_o ten_o king_n rule_v the_o whole_a empire_n every_o one_o in_o his_o share_n ought_v to_o be_v deem_v the_o seven_o head_n it_o be_v a_o seven_o sort_n of_o idolatrous_a government_n whenas_o the_o pagano-christian_a caesar_n though_o idolatrous_a indeed_o as_o the_o six_o precede_a sort_n of_o government_n be_v account_v the_o first_o six_o head_n of_o the_o beast_n will_v not_o be_v proper_o the_o seven_o head_n of_o the_o beast_n but_o the_o six_o head_n again_o bring_v into_o be_v as_o be_v again_o idolatrous_a caesar_n or_o emperor_n wherefore_o since_o the_o beast_n can_v be_v conceive_v to_o be_v in_o be_v without_o a_o head_n nor_o be_v suppose_v to_o be_v again_o in_o be_v according_a to_o the_o vision_n before_o the_o seven_o head_n and_o the_o pagano-christian_a caesar_n separately_z be_v only_o the_o six_o head_n revive_v not_o a_o seven_o it_o follow_v that_o the_o abovesaid_a ten_o king_n be_v the_o seven_o head_n and_o that_o the_o beast_n under_o the_o seven_o head_n be_v not_o in_o be_v till_o they_o be_v rise_v in_o the_o empire_n these_o two_o argument_n be_v pretty_a press_n and_o close_o to_o the_o purpose_n and_o therefore_o before_o i_o go_v about_o to_o answer_v they_o i_o will_v premise_v some_o few_o thing_n and_o settle_v some_o term_n or_o notion_n that_o occur_v in_o the_o question_n and_o the_o prophecy_n 1._o first_o therefore_o we_o be_v to_o consider_v what_o in_o the_o prophetic_a style_n be_v such_o a_o head_n of_o a_o beast_n as_o may_v be_v say_v to_o have_v horn_n on_o it_o so_o that_o there_o may_v be_v some_o distinction_n betwixt_o the_o head_n and_o the_o horn_n or_o horn_n thereof_o and_o that_o they_o may_v not_o seem_v to_o denote_v the_o very_a same_o thing_n such_o a_o head_n therefore_o of_o a_o beast_n as_o here_o we_o be_v search_v for_o i_o conceive_v to_o be_v this_o according_a to_o the_o prophetic_a style_n viz._n idolatrous_a sovereignty_n in_o the_o general_a abstractive_a comprehension_n and_o succession_n thereof_o something_o like_o that_o in_o the_o apocalypse_n touch_v the_o woman_n the_o church_n our_o mother_n which_o comprehend_v the_o whole_a community_n of_o the_o church_n in_o a_o general_a notion_n and_o yet_o if_o you_o speak_v of_o any_o particular_a person_n
of_o that_o community_n though_o the_o whole_a be_v the_o woman_n which_o whole_a take_v in_o all_o yet_o those_o particular_a person_n belong_v to_o that_o community_n be_v her_o seed_n or_o child_n according_a to_o the_o prophetic_a style_n but_o to_o come_v yet_o near_o to_o the_o matter_n this_o notion_n be_v plain_o ratify_v by_o that_o passage_n in_o daniel_n chap._n 8._o v._n 5_o 21._o where_o the_o kingdom_n of_o greece_n be_v set_v out_o by_o a_o he-goat_n with_o a_o great_a horn_n betwixt_o his_o eye_n and_o it_o be_v say_v v._n 8._o that_o when_o that_o great_a horn_n be_v break_v four_o other_o horn_n rise_v after_o it_o here_o be_v plain_o a_o beast_n the_o he-goat_n with_o its_o head_n for_o there_o be_v mention_n of_o its_o eye_n and_o of_o a_o horn_n on_o its_o head_n betwixt_o these_o two_o eye_n and_o of_o other_o horn_n rise_v successive_o on_o this_o head_n we_o may_v be_v sure_a not_o on_o his_o back_n and_o yet_o that_o great_a horn_n be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o first_o king_n and_o if_o so_o than_o the_o other_o four_o horn_n must_v be_v four_o king_n after_o he_o and_o yet_o there_o be_v a_o head_n distinct_a from_o the_o horn_n plain_o in_o the_o vision_n wherefore_o what_o can_v that_o head_n be_v but_o the_o idolatrous_a sovereignty_n in_o this_o beast_n the_o goat_n in_o the_o general_a abstractive_a comprehension_n and_o succession_n thereof_o and_o therefore_o the_o king_n that_o in_o concreto_fw-la be_v the_o real_a head_n of_o the_o greek_a empire_n be_v in_o this_o abstractive_a generality_n call_v the_o horn_n thereof_o and_o hence_o it_o be_v plain_a that_o the_o idolatrous_a sovereignty_n in_o the_o general_a abstractive_a comprehension_n and_o succession_n thereof_o be_v the_o head_n according_a to_o the_o prophetic_a style_n of_o which_o the_o succeed_a king_n may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o horn_n 2._o the_o next_o thing_n which_o we_o will_v premise_v by_o way_n of_o postulate_v be_v this_o that_o the_o revive_a beast_n set_v out_o apoc._n 13_o and_o 17._o be_v not_o revive_v without_o a_o head_n there_o be_v nothing_o more_o absurd_a than_o to_o imagine_v a_o beast_n to_o recover_v out_o of_o the_o state_n of_o death_n or_o nonexistence_n and_o leave_v its_o head_n behind_o it_o and_o it_o be_v acknowledge_v on_o both_o side_n that_o its_o recovery_n be_v not_o till_o under_o the_o seven_o head_n we_o premise_v also_o that_o the_o abovesaid_a beast_n do_v not_o recover_v till_o the_o seven_o head_n and_o that_o there_o be_v no_o more_o head_n than_o seven_o 3._o three_o therefore_o we_o be_v to_o inquire_v what_o in_o truth_n this_o seven_o head_n of_o the_o beast_n in_o the_o full_a sense_n thereof_o be_v and_o in_o what_o it_o differ_v from_o the_o other_o six_o forasmuch_o as_o all_o seven_o be_v acknowledge_v on_o both_o side_n to_o be_v idolatrous_a the_o seven_o idolatrous_a sovereignty_n or_o head_n of_o the_o roman_a beast_n be_v these_o the_o regal_a the_o consular_a the_o tribuno-consular_a the_o decemviral_n the_o dictatorial_n imperatorial_n and_o hieratico-political_n or_o ecclesiastico-secular_a sovereignty_n or_o head_n of_o the_o beast_n which_o last_o be_v most_o palpable_o difference_v and_o specifical_o from_o any_o of_o the_o six_o former_a so_o that_o this_o be_v the_o very_a seven_o head_n which_o will_v appear_v if_o we_o serious_o contemplate_v the_o vision_n of_o the_o beast_n and_o the_o whore_n ride_v he_o apoc._n chap._n 17._o here_o we_o see_v the_o beast_n and_o the_o whore_n by_o the_o beast_n undoubted_o be_v understand_v the_o civil_a part_n of_o the_o empire_n which_o must_v also_o have_v a_o civil_a head_n for_o his_o civil_a horn_n to_o be_v grass_v upon_o which_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o secular_a idolatrous_a sovereignty_n in_o the_o general_a abstractive_a comprehension_n and_o succession_n thereof_o as_o be_v note_v above_o it_o be_v also_o agree_v on_o both_o side_n that_o the_o whore_n be_v the_o sacerdotal_a or_o hieratical_a part_n of_o the_o empire_n but_o in_o that_o this_o whore_n ride_v this_o beast_n it_o be_v apparent_a that_o she_o rule_v he_o and_o guide_v he_o and_o govern_v he_o as_o a_o heros_n on_o a_o pharos_n or_o goodly_a steed_n be_v the_o very_a symbol_n of_o a_o emperor_n wherefore_o here_o be_v plain_o in_o the_o vision_n two_o sovereignty_n hieratical_a or_o sacerdotal_a and_o political_n or_o civil_a distinct_o describe_v and_o both_o suppose_a idolatrous_a but_o now_o for_o their_o coalescency_n into_o one_o seven_o sovereignty_n that_o be_v as_o apparent_a as_o the_o other_o in_o the_o vision_n for_o the_o whore_n have_v the_o guidance_n of_o the_o secular_a head_n of_o the_o beast_n have_v the_o guidance_n of_o the_o beast_n and_o his_o horn_n as_o they_o come_v up_o come_v they_o up_o as_o fast_o or_o slow_o as_o they_o will_n wherefore_o the_o head_n and_o horn_n be_v at_o the_o guidance_n or_o governance_n of_o the_o whore_n and_o both_o aim_v at_o the_o same_o end_n the_o advancing_z or_o maintain_v the_o idolatrous_a state_n of_o the_o empire_n for_o that_o be_v that_o which_o the_o vision_n drive_v at_o not_o secular_a affair_n they_o do_v evident_o constitute_v this_o complex_fw-la sovereignty_n to_o which_o there_o be_v nothing_o like_o in_o all_o the_o six_o forego_v sovereignty_n which_o i_o call_v hieratico-political_n or_o ecclesiastico-secular_a the_o ecclesiastic_a and_o secular_a sovereignty_n comply_v together_o to_o make_v the_o empire_n a_o beast_n again_o that_o be_v bloody_a and_o idolatrous_a so_o that_o whereas_o in_o my_o former_a answer_n i_o be_v at_o a_o loss_n in_o a_o manner_n to_o define_v whether_o the_o hieratical_a sovereignty_n or_o secular_a be_v the_o head_n of_o the_o beast_n here_o i_o have_v fair_o and_o solid_o i_o hope_v compound_v the_o matter_n by_o make_v they_o both_o but_o one_o hieratico-political_n head_n of_o the_o roman_a revive_v beast_n or_o apostatise_v empire_n with_o which_o as_o i_o have_v note_v in_o my_o former_a answer_n that_o passage_n in_o daniel_n excellent_o well_o agree_v that_o seem_v to_o make_v the_o roman_a empire_n in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o ten_o toe_n of_o the_o metalline_a image_n rather_o sacerdotal_a than_o secular_a chap._n 2._o v._n 41._o the_o kingdom_n shall_v be_v divide_v but_o there_o shall_v be_v in_o it_o of_o the_o strength_n of_o iron_n forasmuch_o as_o thou_o see_v the_o iron_n mix_v with_o the_o miry_a claâ—_n there_o shall_v be_v of_o the_o strength_n of_o the_o iron_n in_o this_o kingdom_n as_o if_o that_o be_v but_o accessary_a to_o it_o but_o the_o kingdom_n itself_o clay_n i._n e._n sacerdotal_a and_o so_o the_o iron_n be_v say_v to_o be_v mix_v with_o the_o miry_a clay_n as_o if_o the_o clay_n which_o be_v the_o sacerdotal_a sovereignty_n or_o empire_n be_v the_o principal_a again_o the_o iron_n accessary_a as_o when_o the_o great_a share_n be_v of_o water_n in_o the_o cup_n we_o say_v there_o be_v wine_n mingle_v with_o the_o water_n but_o if_o the_o great_a share_n be_v wine_n we_o say_v water_n be_v mingle_v with_o the_o wine_n and_o out_o of_o this_o sacerdotal_a empire_n how_o natural_o do_v the_o pope_n rise_v at_o last_o quite_o to_o overtop_n all_o and_o how_o easy_o be_v the_o papal_a hierarchy_n conceive_v to_o be_v the_o little_a horn_n arise_v proper_o out_o of_o the_o hieratical_a part_n of_o this_o complex_n sovereignty_n of_o the_o empire_n 4._o four_o and_o last_o we_o will_v take_v notice_n of_o the_o genuine_a meaning_n of_o those_o word_n apoc._n 17.12_o that_o the_o ten_o king_n receive_v power_n as_o king_n one_o hour_n with_o the_o beast_n who_o natural_a and_o unforced_a sense_n be_v this_o that_o at_o what_o time_n the_o empire_n begin_v to_o be_v a_o beast_n and_o to_o apostatise_v into_o gross_a superstition_n and_o idolatry_n the_o ten_o king_n will_v be_v catch_v at_o and_o obtain_v kingdom_n some_o here_o some_o there_o some_o soon_o some_o late_a till_o about_o the_o four_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o six_o year_n after_o christ_n they_o have_v all_o speed_v for_o that_o this_o one_o hour_n do_v signify_v a_o pretty_a latitude_n of_o time_n all_o interpreter_n consent_v and_o history_n witness_n that_o it_o be_v at_o least_o forty_o year_n till_o there_o appear_v ten_o kingdom_n in_o the_o divide_a empire_n and_o therefore_o if_o the_o beast_n be_v not_o till_o the_o ten_o king_n appear_v they_o can_v be_v say_v to_o receive_v kingdom_n with_o the_o beast_n but_o before_o he_o which_o be_v plain_o to_o contradict_v the_o text_n of_o the_o prophecy_n these_o thing_n be_v premise_v we_o answer_v to_o the_o first_o argument_n 1._o that_o what_o be_v here_o presume_v be_v not_o prove_v nor_o will_v prove_v true_a if_o examine_v viz._n that_o the_o emperor_n have_v no_o more_o sovereignty_n over_o the_o other_o king_n than_o what_o be_v mere_o titular_a or_o honorary_a for_o
it_o be_v well_o know_v that_o those_o king_n submit_v to_o the_o law_n of_o the_o roman_a emperor_n which_o justinian_n cause_v to_o be_v collect_v not_o for_o the_o use_n of_o his_o share_n only_o of_o the_o empire_n but_o for_o the_o use_n of_o the_o roman_a empire_n at_o large_a insomuch_o that_o some_o fancy_n that_o to_o be_v the_o revive_n of_o the_o roman_a beast_n again_o or_o make_v his_o image_n 2._o history_n call_v they_o roman_a emperor_n that_o be_v the_o emperor_n of_o the_o roman_a empire_n and_o prophecy_n be_v but_o anticipatory_a history_n and_o the_o emperor_n of_o a_o empire_n be_v the_o head_n thereof_o it_o be_v wonderful_o easy_a and_o natural_a to_o imagine_v the_o pagano-christian_a caesar_n to_o be_v the_o seven_o head_n of_o the_o beast_n till_o the_o pope_n play_v the_o caesar_n himself_o and_o perk_v up_o above_o they_o 3._o the_o secular_a head_n of_o the_o beast_n upon_o which_o the_o horn_n grow_v be_v of_o a_o more_o general_a and_o abstract_a nature_n than_o to_o be_v confine_v either_o to_o the_o idolatrous_a or_o pagano-christian_a emperor_n separately_z or_o to_o the_o ten_o king_n take_v the_o emperor_n in_o for_o one_o it_o be_v only_o a_o pagano-christian_a or_o idolatrous_a secular_a sovereignty_n in_o the_o general_a abstractive_a comprehension_n and_o succession_n thereof_o which_o be_v the_o seven_o head_n of_o this_o revive_a beast_n as_o the_o he-goat_n head_n in_o daniel_n which_o take_v in_o the_o great_a horn_n but_o one_o and_o the_o four_o horn_n after_o with_o their_o succession_n and_o this_o all_o but_o one_o goat_n head_n and_o therefore_o the_o idolatrous_a or_o pagano-christian_a emperor_n separately_z and_z after_z take_v in_o as_o one_o of_o the_o ten_o king_n all_o this_o make_v but_o one_o seven_o secular_a idolatrous_a sovereignty_n or_o seven_o secular_a head_n of_o the_o beast_n as_o may_v appear_v out_o of_o the_o first_o and_o three_o premise_n 4._o and_o last_o therefore_o the_o emperor_n separately_z first_o and_o then_o in_o conjunction_n with_o the_o king_n to_o make_v they_o ten_o be_v but_o one_o continue_v idolatrous_a or_o pagano_n christian_n sovereignty_n which_o be_v all_o the_o vision_n aim_v at_o and_o so_o but_o one_o head_n of_o the_o beast_n it_o be_v manifest_a that_o a_o eight_o head_n be_v shut_v out_o of_o door_n and_o the_o force_n of_o the_o first_o argument_n plain_o enervate_v and_o that_o therefore_o for_o all_o this_o the_o beast_n be_v in_o be_v before_o the_o king_n be_v rise_v and_o commence_v as_o high_a as_o the_o re-paganizing_a caesar_n and_o apostasy_n of_o the_o empire_n which_o be_v also_o confirm_v from_o the_o four_o or_o last_o premiss_a to_o the_o second_o argument_n we_o answer_v 1._o that_o the_o pagano-christian_a caesar_n or_o emperor_n though_o they_o be_v idolatrous_a and_o emperor_n yet_o it_o do_v not_o follow_v that_o they_o be_v only_o the_o six_o head_n which_o be_v idolatrous_a emperor_n reintroduced_n on_o the_o stage_n not_o a_o seven_o for_o these_o pagano-christian_a emperor_n though_o they_o be_v idolatrous_a yet_o they_o be_v considerable_o christian_n in_o their_o way_n they_o profess_v the_o true_a fundamental_o of_o christianity_n and_o therefore_o be_v right_o deem_v a_o distinct_a head_n of_o the_o empire_n as_o well_o as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o other_o not_o yet_o come_v be_v account_v a_o distinct_a king_n or_o head_n of_o the_o empire_n for_o be_v pure_o christian_n he_o be_v according_a to_o the_o declaration_n of_o the_o angel_n the_o seven_o king_n or_o head_n of_o the_o empire_n though_o not_o of_o the_o beast_n the_o empire_n then_o cease_v to_o be_v a_o beast_n in_o his_o reign_n wherefore_o if_o christianity_n do_v constitute_v the_o pure_o christian_a caesar_n or_o emperor_n a_o seven_o head_n of_o the_o empire_n distinct_a from_o the_o six_o head_n the_o idolatrous_a emperor_n pagan_a during_o the_o time_n the_o empire_n cease_v to_o be_v a_o beast_n sure_o pagano-christianity_n or_o idolatry_n mix_v with_o christianity_n in_o the_o caesar_n and_o empire_n will_v make_v the_o pagano-christian_a caesar_n or_o emperor_n the_o christianity_n in_o they_o a_o head_n distinct_a from_o the_o six_o head_n the_o pagan_a idolatrous_a caesar_n and_o the_o idolatry_n in_o they_o will_v make_v they_o not_o the_o head_n of_o the_o empire_n cease_v to_o be_v a_o beast_n as_o it_o do_v under_o the_o reign_n of_o the_o pure_o christian_a caesar_n but_o the_o head_n of_o the_o empire_n grow_v a_o beast_n again_o by_o its_o apostatise_v condition_n into_o idolatry_n and_o thus_o the_o pagano-christian_a caesar_n will_v prove_v plain_o the_o next_o successor_n to_o the_o six_o head_n of_o the_o roman_a beast_n though_o not_o of_o the_o roman_a empire_n and_o therefore_o will_v consequent_o be_v part_n at_o least_o of_o the_o successive_a sovereignty_n that_o be_v the_o seven_o head_n of_o the_o beast_n 2._o but_o in_o the_o second_o place_n i_o answer_v that_o the_o real_a full_a and_o complete_a seven_o head_n of_o the_o beast_n be_v that_o hieratico-political_n sovereignty_n describe_v in_o the_o three_o premiss_a nor_o do_v i_o doubt_v but_o that_o it_o be_v the_o most_o full_a and_o perfect_a notion_n of_o the_o seven_o head_n of_o the_o beast_n and_o this_o hieratico-political_n sovereignty_n commence_v as_o early_o as_o the_o apostasy_n of_o the_o empire_n as_o may_v be_v make_v out_o from_o my_o answer_n which_o declare_v the_o early_o comply_v of_o the_o emperor_n with_o the_o apostasy_n of_o the_o empire_n into_o paganick_n superstition_n and_o idolatry_n etc._n etc._n whence_o it_o plain_o follow_v that_o to_o restrain_v the_o seven_o head_n to_o the_o time_n of_o the_o ten_o king_n rise_v in_o the_o empire_n upon_o pretence_n that_o there_o be_v not_o seven_o head_n distinct_a from_o the_o six_o till_o then_o be_v to_o conclude_v a_o thing_n upon_o no_o sufficient_a ground_n for_o at_o the_o very_a first_o sight_n this_o hieratico-political_n head_n be_v manifest_o a_o sort_n or_o species_n of_o head_n distinct_a not_o only_o from_o the_o six_o head_n of_o the_o beast_n but_o also_o from_o all_o the_o five_o forego_v head_n in_o the_o very_a constitution_n thereof_o the_o thing_n be_v so_o plain_a of_o itself_o that_o there_o want_v no_o insist_v upon_o it_o consider_v but_o the_o three_o premiss_a and_o the_o thing_n will_v be_v abundant_o clear_a thus_o be_v these_o two_o argument_n for_o the_o prove_v that_o the_o roman_a beast_n under_o the_o seven_o head_n be_v not_o in_o be_v till_o the_o ten_o king_n signify_v by_o the_o ten_o horn_n be_v rise_v up_o in_o the_o empire_n utter_o defeat_v i_o shall_v hint_n only_o now_o two_o brief_a argument_n against_o the_o conclusion_n the_o other_o two_o will_v infer_v to_o prove_v the_o contradictory_n thereto_o and_o so_o conclude_v that_o be_v to_o say_v to_o prove_v that_o the_o roman_a beast_n under_o the_o seven_o head_n be_v in_o be_v before_o the_o ten_o king_n signify_v by_o the_o ten_o horn_n be_v rise_v up_o in_o the_o empire_n 1._o my_o first_o argument_n shall_v be_v ground_v on_o the_o four_o or_o last_o premiss_a which_o be_v the_o genuine_a sense_n of_o apoc._n 17.12_o the_o ten_o king_n receive_v power_n as_o king_n one_o hour_n with_o the_o beast_n of_o which_o the_o easy_a and_o natural_a sense_n be_v that_o at_o what_o time_n the_o empire_n grow_v into_o that_o state_n of_o apostasy_n viz._n into_o paganish_a superstition_n and_o idolatry_n that_o according_a to_o the_o prophetic_a style_n it_o may_v be_v call_v a_o beast_n at_o that_o very_a time_n will_v the_o barbarous_a commander_n that_o invade_v the_o roman_a empire_n be_v catch_v at_o and_o obtain_v kingdom_n some_o here_o some_o there_o some_o soon_o some_o late_a for_o a_o matter_n of_o forty_o or_o fifty_o year_n together_o at_o least_o till_o all_o ten_o appear_v upon_o the_o stage_n wherefore_o if_o the_o beast_n be_v not_o under_o the_o seven_o head_n till_o then_o the_o ten_o king_n at_o least_o nine_o of_o they_o will_v not_o receive_v their_o kingdom_n with_o the_o beast_n but_o before_o the_o beast_n be_v which_o be_v pointblank_o against_o the_o word_n of_o the_o prophecy_n wherefore_o this_o alone_a may_v demonstrate_v that_o the_o beast_n be_v in_o be_v under_o the_o seven_o head_n unless_o you_o will_v make_v a_o headless_a beast_n of_o he_o which_o shall_v be_v my_o second_o argument_n before_o the_o ten_o horn_n i._n e._n the_o ten_o king_n rise_v up_o in_o the_o empire_n 2._o the_o other_o argument_n be_v take_v from_o the_o second_o premiss_a so_o soon_o as_o the_o empire_n apostatise_v into_o paganish_a superstition_n and_o idolatry_n the_o empire_n become_v a_o beast_n according_a to_o the_o prophetic_a style_n and_o as_o soon_o as_o it_o be_v a_o beast_n again_o it_o have_v a_o head_n and_o that_o very_o seven_o head_n exhibit_v in_o the_o
prophetic_a vision_n by_o premiss_a the_o second_o but_o this_o state_n commence_v at_o least_o fifty_o year_n before_o the_o ten_o horn_n that_o be_v the_o ten_o king_n be_v all_o rise_v up_o in_o the_o empire_n wherefore_o the_o beast_n under_o the_o seven_o head_n be_v in_o be_v before_o the_o ten_o king_n or_o ten_o horn_n be_v rise_v up_o in_o the_o empire_n which_o be_v the_o thing_n to_o be_v demonstrate_v and_o which_o i_o conceive_v can_v never_o be_v confute_v nor_o solid_o answer_v by_o any_o one_o that_o acknowledge_v the_o apostasy_n begin_v at_o least_o fifty_o year_n before_o the_o ten_o king_n appear_v in_o the_o roman_a empire_n in_o the_o interval_n indeed_o betwixt_o the_o pagan_a and_o pagano-christian_a caesar_n there_o be_v no_o head_n of_o the_o beast_n but_o that_o be_v the_o time_n wherein_o there_o be_v no_o beast_n it_o be_v that_o time_n in_o which_o that_o part_n of_o the_o name_n of_o the_o beast_n be_v make_v good_a viz._n be_v not_o be_v and_o be_v not_o as_o that_o part_n be_v make_v good_a under_o the_o pagano_n christian_n caesar_n or_o at_o large_a under_o the_o seven_o head_n viz._n be_v not_o and_o yet_o be_v for_o than_o it_o be_v right_o say_v of_o he_o he_o be_v not_o that_o old_a pagan_a beast_n and_o yet_o be_v again_o then_o revive_v into_o the_o image_n of_o the_o former_a pagan_a beast_n in_o this_o pagano-christianity_n it_o be_v right_o say_v of_o he_o that_o he_o be_v and_o so_o the_o whole_a be_v fulfil_v be_v not_o and_o yet_o be_v but_o certain_o whenever_o he_o be_v either_o in_o his_o primitive_a or_o revive_a state_n he_o be_v not_o without_o a_o head_n by_o premiss_a the_o second_o and_o thus_o we_o have_v see_v how_o solid_a and_o unexceptionable_a their_o opinion_n be_v that_o place_n the_o epocha_n of_o the_o forty_o two_o month_n war_n of_o the_o beast_n with_o the_o saint_n or_o witness_n as_o high_a as_o the_o apostasy_n of_o the_o empire_n into_o paganish_a superstition_n and_o idolatry_n that_o be_v to_o say_v about_o three_o hundred_o ninety_o three_o or_o four_o hundred_o year_n after_o christ_n according_a to_o which_o epocha_n the_o reformation_n begin_v by_o luther_n which_o be_v the_o partial_a fall_n of_o babylon_n and_o the_o then_o commensurate_a rise_v of_o the_o witness_n will_v commence_v about_o the_o middle_n of_o the_o second_o month_n of_o the_o last_o hexamenon_n or_o semitime_n and_o reach_v into_o the_o middle_n of_o the_o five_o if_o not_o into_o the_o six_o month_n which_o be_v a_o wonderful_a easy_a natural_a and_o congruous_a completion_n of_o the_o time_n of_o the_o event_n of_o that_o vision_n but_o if_o the_o epocha_n of_o that_o forty_o two_o month_n war_n be_v place_v fifty_o or_o sixty_o year_n late_a viz._n at_o the_o rise_n up_o of_o the_o ten_o king_n or_o ten_o horn_n in_o the_o roman_a empire_n the_o rise_n of_o the_o witness_n will_v begin_v about_o twenty_o year_n before_o the_o last_o semitime_n which_o be_v harsh_a and_o incongruous_a beside_o that_o it_o will_v not_o reach_v the_o end_n this_o epocha_n be_v intend_v for_o viz._n to_o show_v there_o will_v be_v a_o further_o fulfil_n of_o this_o vision_n of_o the_o rise_n of_o the_o witness_n even_o to_o a_o full_a ruin_n of_o the_o city_n of_o babylon_n or_o the_o beast_n so_o that_o the_o deliverance_n of_o the_o church_n will_v be_v full_o complete_v before_o the_o expiration_n of_o the_o forty_o two_o month_n which_o be_v plain_o repugnant_a to_o express_v indication_n in_o the_o vision_n itself_o for_o first_o the_o partial_a fall_n or_o fall_v of_o the_o ten_o part_n of_o the_o city_n be_v plain_o say_v to_o come_v to_o pass_v after_o the_o three_o day_n and_o a_o half_a which_o be_v the_o same_o with_o a_o time_n and_o time_n and_o half_a a_o time_n or_o forty_o two_o month_n so_o that_o it_o be_v as_o evident_a as_o if_o it_o be_v write_v with_o a_o beam_n of_o the_o sun_n that_o the_o final_a issue_n of_o the_o forty_o two_o month_n war_n of_o the_o beast_n with_o the_o saint_n or_o witness_n be_v no_o other_o than_o the_o partial_a fall_n or_o fall_v of_o the_o ten_o part_n of_o the_o city_n and_o not_o of_o the_o whole_a city_n and_o a_o rise_n then_o of_o the_o witness_n commensurate_a thereto_o and_o then_o in_o the_o second_o place_n if_o the_o completion_n of_o this_o vision_n of_o the_o fall_n of_o the_o city_n and_o rise_n of_o the_o witness_n be_v within_o the_o forty_o two_o month_n space_n extend_v to_o a_o full_a deliverance_n of_o the_o true_a church_n and_o a_o utter_a ruin_n of_o babylon_n or_o the_o beast_n since_o the_o fulfil_n of_o this_o vision_n of_o the_o rise_n of_o the_o witness_n be_v before_o the_o exitus_fw-la of_o the_o six_o trumpet_n apoc._n 11.14_o and_o that_o it_o be_v confess_v on_o both_o side_n that_o the_o vial_n all_o of_o they_o follow_v the_o six_o trumpet_n and_o be_v in_o the_o seven_o and_o that_o yet_o these_o vial_n be_v to_o be_v pour_v upon_o the_o beast_n by_o this_o reckon_n there_o will_v be_v no_o beast_n leave_v for_o they_o to_o be_v pour_v upon_o which_o be_v a_o most_o manifest_a repugnancy_n chap._n xxxi_o the_o ichnography_n of_o ezekiel_n be_v temple_n according_a to_o villalpandus_n with_o two_o way_n of_o compute_v the_o proportion_n of_o the_o outer_a court_n to_o the_o inner_a thereby_o the_o right_a and_o assure_a understanding_n of_o the_o extent_n of_o the_o symmetral_a time_n of_o the_o church_n be_v of_o so_o good_a use_n and_o great_a moment_n and_o that_o depend_v upon_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o proportion_n which_o the_o outer_a court_n have_v to_o the_o inner_a which_o proportion_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v out_o of_o the_o ichnography_n of_o ezekiel_n temple_n which_o that_o learned_a industrious_a and_o judicious_a writer_n on_o this_o subject_a johannes_n baptista_n villalpandus_n have_v delineate_v i_o shall_v first_o set_v down_o this_o ichnography_n of_o the_o temple_n so_o far_o as_o be_v useful_a to_o this_o purpose_n according_a to_o the_o mind_n of_o villalpandus_n and_o after_o prove_v the_o truth_n and_o solidity_n thereof_o sweet_z africus_n nw_n caurus_n see_fw-la eurus_n ne_fw-fr aquilo_n the_o entire_a area_n of_o the_o whole_a temple_n on_o which_o it_o be_v build_v viz._n a._n b._n c._n d._n be_v five_o hundred_o cubit_n long_o and_o as_o many_o broad_a and_o therefore_o be_v a_o perfect_a square_n a_o perpetual_a porticus_fw-la note_v with_o three_o line_n of_o which_o the_o middle_n be_v punctulate_v or_o make_v by_o point_n fifty_o cubit_n broad_a divide_v this_o whole_a area_n into_o seven_o equal_a square_a area_n sweet_z nw_n x._o y._n se._n z._n ne_fw-fr and_n into_o one_o oblong_a area_n α._fw-la β._fw-la γ._fw-la δ._fw-la have_v the_o length_n of_o two_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o cubit_n but_o the_o breadth_n of_o a_o hundred_o cubit_n and_o there_o be_v a_o perpetual_a middle_a ambulation_n or_o walk_n in_o this_o perpetual_a porticus_fw-la and_o the_o middle_a line_n viz._n that_o which_o be_v punctulate_v draw_v through_o the_o midst_n of_o this_o walk_n do_v fit_o and_o that_o perpetual_o divide_v the_o porticus_fw-la in_o respect_n of_o the_o say_v area_n into_o exterior_a and_o interior_a which_o be_v do_v it_o will_v be_v manifest_a that_o the_o oblong_a area_n with_o the_o interior_a porticus_fw-la lie_v about_o it_o and_o appertain_v to_o it_o viz._n ε._fw-la ξ._fw-la η._fw-la θ._fw-la will_v bear_v precise_o a_o double_a proportion_n to_o each_o of_o the_o seven_o area_n with_o their_o interior_a porticus_n belong_v to_o they_o and_o look_v into_o they_o single_a as_o in_o ε._n ι._fw-la χ._fw-la λ._fw-la and_o so_o of_o the_o rest_n for_o the_o interior_a porticus_n look_n into_o their_o own_o proper_a area_n or_o court_v the_o exterior_a into_o their_o neighbour_a court_n or_o area_n except_v the_o outmost_a of_o all_o as_o μ._fw-la ι._fw-la Ï._fw-la ν._fw-la and_o the_o rest_n which_o be_v place_v on_o the_o perimeter_n for_o these_o look_n out_o into_o the_o field_n but_o from_o hence_o we_o may_v understand_v how_o natural_o all_o the_o porticus_n which_z have_v court_n and_o area_n place_v on_o both_o side_n as_o σ._fw-la α._fw-la γ._fw-la ν._fw-la and_o φ._fw-la χ._fw-la ψ._fw-la ω._fw-la be_v divide_v long-wise_a into_o two_o equal_a part_n and_o that_o those_o part_n only_o which_o look_v into_o the_o next_o area_n be_v to_o be_v reckon_v to_o be_v the_o porticus_fw-la of_o that_o area_n and_o therefore_o whenas_o that_o long_a porticus_fw-la which_z on_o all_o side_n compass_v the_o rest_n of_o the_o space_n of_o the_o temple_n can_v be_v right_o think_v to_o look_v into_o a_o neighbour_a area_n only_a by_o one_o half_a of_o itself_o divide_v long-wise_a it_o be_v very_o reasonable_a that_o that_o interior_a half_a part_n only_o of_o the_o porticus_fw-la shall_v
expire_v so_o inauspicious_a a_o epocha_n every_o way_n be_v the_o 326._o year_n of_o our_o lord_n for_o the_o time_n of_o the_o witness_n till_o their_o rise_n chap._n xliii_o certain_a odd_a gloss_n on_o v._o 8_o v._o 10_o and_o v._o 11._o of_o the_o seventeen_o chapter_n of_o the_o apocalypse_n upon_o v._o 8._o that_o be_v be_v not_o and_o yet_o be_v with_o a_o answer_n thereto_o how_o dr._n more_o according_a to_o his_o sentiment_n dispose_n of_o the_o arrian_n emperor_n and_o of_o julian_n the_o apostate_n upon_o v._o 10._o and_o there_o be_v seven_o king_n a_o answer_n to_o the_o gloss_n upon_o v._o 11._o he_o be_v the_o eight_o the_o gloss_n and_o the_o answer_v thereunto_o the_o text_n and_o gloss_n on_o v._o 8._o that_o be_v be_v not_o and_o yet_o be_v the_o same_o empire_n be_v before_o augustulus_n be_v not_o under_o the_o ostrogothian_a king_n and_o be_v recover_v again_o by_o justinian_n this_o exposition_n do_v not_o exclude_v a_o ecclesiastical_a sense_n of_o rome_n as_o pagan_a christian_n and_o re-paganized_n but_o it_o be_v not_o so_o proper_a to_o substitute_v a_o body_n mystical_a or_o a_o quality_n instead_o of_o a_o body_n politic_a as_o rome_n be_v under_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o head_n and_o so_o for_o the_o ecclesiastical_a sense_n or_o pure_a caesar_n the_o time_n of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d must_v be_v short_a indeed_o viz._n confine_v to_o some_o part_n of_o constantine_n reign_n nor_o do_v i_o see_v how_o dr._n more_o according_a to_o his_o sentiment_n can_v well_o dispose_v of_o the_o arian_n emperor_n and_o julian_n the_o apostate_n answ_n i_o say_v 1_o that_o the_o beast_n that_o be_v be_v not_o and_o yet_o be_v be_v the_o same_o that_o ascend_v out_o of_o the_o bottomless_a pit_n and_o who_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o the_o earth_n shall_v wonder_v after_o who_o name_n be_v not_o write_v in_o the_o book_n of_o life_n which_o therefore_o plain_o concern_v religion_n not_o the_o civil_a state_n and_o beside_o it_o be_v the_o whole_a roman_a empire_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o ten_o horn_n of_o which_o the_o ostrogothian_a king_n be_v one_o in_o a_o new_a disguise_n 2_o we_o can_v say_v under_o the_o ostrogothian_a king_n the_o roman_a ten-horned_n empire_n be_v not_o for_o it_o be_v then_o as_o before_o augustulus_n nor_o after_o the_o recovery_n by_o justinian_n that_o the_o empire_n be_v not_o as_o then_o and_o yet_o be_v viz._n as_o to_o civil_a constitution_n which_o the_o glosser_n aim_v at_o for_o the_o roman_a law_n and_o magistrate_n be_v support_v by_o the_o ostrogothian_a king_n as_o you_o may_v see_v in_o carolus_n sigonius_n de_fw-fr imperio_fw-la occidentali_fw-la lib._n 15_o 16._o 3_o the_o true_a exposition_n do_v not_o only_o not_o exclude_v the_o ecclesiastical_a but_o show_v that_o it_o alone_o be_v the_o right_a meaning_n this_o other_o be_v so_o exceed_o weak_a and_o vain_a for_o can_v it_o be_v say_v of_o that_o civil_a recovery_n by_o justinian_n that_o all_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o the_o earth_n who_o name_n be_v not_o write_v in_o the_o book_n of_o life_n will_v wonder_v after_o it_o or_o after_o that_o civil_a beast_n of_o justinian_n recovery_n 4_o the_o ecclesiastic_a sense_n do_v not_o put_v a_o quality_n instead_o of_o a_o body_n politic_a but_o show_v the_o qualification_n of_o the_o body_n politic_a and_o the_o head_n and_o it_o be_v further_a observable_a that_o the_o red_a dragon_n quatenus_fw-la wound_v in_o the_o head_n by_o the_o conversion_n of_o constantine_n be_v in_o the_o glosser_n sense_n a_o mystical_a body_n that_o be_v a_o religious_a body_n paganly_a religious_a and_o in_o that_o sense_n wound_v in_o his_o fight_n with_o michael_n and_o in_o his_o head_n mystical_o also_o constantine_n turn_v christian_n who_o therefore_o be_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o quite_o different_a king_n from_o the_o seven_o king_n that_o answer_v to_o the_o seven_o head_n of_o the_o beast_n 5_o and_o this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d his_o time_n indeed_o be_v short_a according_a to_o the_o text._n but_o i_o deny_v that_o it_o be_v confine_v to_o some_o time_n of_o constantine_n reign_n but_o reach_v to_o the_o succession_n of_o the_o head_n of_o the_o beast_n that_o be_v be_v not_o and_o yet_o be_v which_o be_v the_o time_n of_o the_o empire_n be_v division_n into_o ten_o kingdom_n for_o they_o receive_v their_o kingdom_n at_o the_o same_o hour_n with_o this_o beast_n this_o be_v inevitable_o plain_a from_o which_o there_o be_v no_o subterfuge_n and_o be_v a_o undeniable_a testimony_n for_o the_o symmetricalness_n of_o the_o church_n for_o about_o four_o hundred_o year_n after_o christ_n 6_o dr._n more_o according_a to_o his_o sentiment_n can_v dispose_v very_o dextrous_o both_o of_o the_o arian_n and_o of_o julian_n the_o apostate_n for_o first_o for_o julian_n the_o apostate_n his_o time_n be_v exceed_v short_a so_o that_o after_o the_o deadly_a wound_n of_o the_o pagan_a head_n by_o constantine_n conversion_n this_o little_a short_a reign_n of_o julian_n a_o pagan_a emperor_n be_v but_o as_o it_o be_v a_o short_a throb_v or_o gasp_v of_o the_o mortal_o wound_a head_n after_o which_o it_o quite_o dye_v till_o it_o be_v heal_v by_o the_o apostasy_n into_o a_o kind_n of_o paganochristianism_a 7_o and_o last_o for_o the_o arian_n emperor_n they_o keep_v this_o head_n in_o death_n sufficient_o in_o that_o they_o be_v zealous_a christian_n not_o pagan_n nor_o pagano_n christian_n by_o worship_a daemon_n and_o image_n of_o those_o daemon_n or_o saint_n and_o as_o for_o that_o gross_a arianism_n which_o when_o it_o be_v at_o gross_a worship_v no_o object_n but_o what_o they_o conceive_v the_o maker_n of_o heaven_n and_o of_o earth_n it_o be_v huff_v off_o the_o stage_n betimes_o and_o none_o of_o these_o arian_n deny_v the_o first_o chapter_n of_o s._n john_n gospel_n where_o the_o deity_n of_o the_o logos_fw-la be_v express_o signify_v only_o their_o weakness_n can_v not_o reach_v the_o full_a sense_n of_o so_o deep_a a_o mystery_n as_o it_o prove_v to_o they_o and_o those_o more_o refine_a arian_n how_o near_o they_o be_v to_o the_o truth_n or_o how_o near_o they_o may_v be_v understand_v to_o have_v come_v to_o the_o truth_n and_o that_o it_o may_v be_v prove_v to_o be_v rather_o a_o frabble_n of_o word_n than_o a_o distinct_a disagreement_n of_o sense_n it_o be_v too_o operose_fw-la a_o matter_n to_o declare_v here_o how_o much_o some_o father_n have_v cry_v out_o against_o the_o overmuch_o curiosity_n of_o definition_n by_o council_n history_n will_v teach_v we_o see_v what_o be_v attempt_v chap._n 40._o the_o text_n and_o gloss_n on_o v._o 10._o and_o there_o be_v seven_o king_n this_o be_v in_o effect_n to_o say_v the_o seven_o head_n be_v seven_o king_n and_o but_o seven_o king_n that_o as_o the_o first_o head_n be_v the_o first_o king_n so_o be_v the_o seven_o head_n the_o seven_o king_n answ_n the_o seven_o head_n indeed_o be_v seven_o king_n that_o be_v the_o seven_o head_n of_o the_o beast_n be_v so_o and_o also_o but_o seven_o king_n and_o as_o the_o first_o head_n be_v the_o first_o king_n that_o answer_v to_o that_o first_o head_n of_o the_o beast_n so_o be_v the_o seven_o head_n of_o the_o beast_n the_o seven_o king_n that_o answer_v to_o the_o seven_o head_n of_o the_o beast_n but_o there_o be_v a_o time_n when_o the_o empire_n be_v not_o idolatrous_a and_o consequent_o not_o a_o beast_n but_o have_v then_o also_o a_o king_n or_o head_n but_o not_o of_o the_o beast_n the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v a_o king_n the_o seven_o king_n of_o the_o roman_a empire_n though_o no_o king_n or_o head_n of_o the_o beast_n and_o number_v express_o in_o the_o text_n in_o the_o seven_o place_n and_o the_o succeed_a king_n call_v the_o eight_o it_o be_v manifest_a there_o be_v eight_o king_n though_o but_o seven_o head_n of_o the_o beast_n what_o can_v be_v more_o plain_a the_o text_n and_o gloss_n upon_o v._o 11._o he_o be_v the_o eight_o he_o do_v not_o say_v the_o eight_o king_n or_o sovereign_n but_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o six_o head_n revive_v he_o be_v as_o it_o be_v a_o eight_o king_n or_o a_o eight_o head_n but_o not_o otherwise_o for_o there_o be_v but_o seven_o head_n and_o seven_o king_n and_o that_o this_o beast_n redivive_v be_v not_o the_o eight_o king_n and_o seven_o head_n as_o dr._n more_o say_v i_o have_v prove_v before_o and_o it_o be_v further_o prove_v by_o the_o follow_a word_n viz._n and_o be_v of_o the_o seven_o which_o be_v not_o proper_a if_o he_o be_v not_o the_o seven_o answ_n you_o say_v he_o do_v not_o say_v the_o eight_o king_n 1_o what_o do_v he_o say_v then_o he_o say_v five_o king_n be_v fall_v one_o king_n be_v and_o another_o
be_v to_o come_v which_o plain_o be_v the_o seven_o and_o then_o he_o say_v the_o head_n of_o the_o beast_n that_o be_v and_o be_v not_o he_o be_v the_o eight_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o masculine_a gender_n if_o he_o be_v not_o the_o eight_o king_n what_o eight_o be_v he_o or_o what_o can_v be_v say_v more_o express_o nay_o the_o text_n have_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o which_o plain_o be_v intimate_v that_o he_o be_v both_o the_o eight_o king_n and_o also_o one_o of_o the_o seven_o king_n represent_v by_o the_o seven_o head_n of_o the_o beast_n which_o be_v idolatrous_a head_n so_o distinct_a and_o exquisite_a be_v this_o prophetical_a declaration_n 2_o this_o eight_o king_n be_v the_o six_o head_n revive_v together_o with_o the_o beast_n that_o be_v be_v the_o seven_o head_n of_o the_o beast_n re-paganizing_a 3_o but_o he_o be_v a_o eight_o king_n because_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v the_o seven_o his_o immediate_a predecessor_n a_o man_n must_v be_v wilful_o blind_a that_o do_v not_o see_v this_o nor_o do_v it_o follow_v because_o there_o be_v but_o seven_o king_n that_o answer_v to_o the_o seven_o head_n of_o the_o beast_n therefore_o there_o be_v but_o seven_o king_n in_o all_o whenas_o the_o angel_n express_o reckon_v eight_o 4_o nor_o have_v he_o prove_v before_o that_o the_o head_n of_o the_o beast_n redivive_v be_v not_o the_o eight_o king_n and_o seven_o head_n as_o appear_v from_o what_o have_v be_v say_v above_o 5_o and_o for_o his_o last_o proof_n it_o be_v wondrous_a weak_a as_o if_o because_o he_o be_v say_v to_o be_v one_o of_o the_o seven_o king_n answer_v to_o the_o seven_o head_n of_o the_o beast_n and_o the_o same_o with_o they_o he_o may_v not_o be_v the_o eight_o king_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o pure_a christian_a caesar_n which_o be_v the_o seven_o king_n of_o the_o empire_n when_o it_o cease_v to_o be_v a_o beast_n it_o be_v very_o emphatical_a here_o to_o say_v an_o be_v one_o of_o the_o seven_o it_o insinuate_a this_o sense_n that_o though_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o immediate_o forego_v king_n belong_v not_o to_o the_o number_n of_o the_o seven_o king_n represent_v by_o the_o seven_o head_n of_o the_o beast_n yet_o this_o eight_o king_n do_v belong_v thereto_o and_o so_o make_v the_o seven_o of_o those_o seven_o chap._n xliv_o a_o objection_n against_o the_o place_n of_o the_o epocha_n of_o the_o apostasy_n in_o the_o year_n 393._o as_o from_o other_o topic_n so_o from_o rome_n be_v not_o be_v till_o some_o hundred_o of_o year_n late_a than_o so_o guilty_a of_o bloodshed_n certain_a premise_n set_v down_o in_o order_n to_o a_o answer_n to_o the_o objection_n a_o answer_n to_o the_o first_o part_n thereof_o a_o answer_n to_o the_o second_o a_o answer_n to_o the_o three_o about_o idolatry_n to_o the_o four_o about_o bloodshed_n show_v that_o vision_n touch_v the_o apostasy_n be_v not_o confine_v to_o rome_n but_o respect_v the_o whole_a sacerdotal_a hierarchy_n of_o the_o empire_n and_o that_o apostatick_a cruelty_n consist_v not_o only_o in_o bloodshed_n but_o in_o other_o injury_n and_o violence_n many_o example_n produce_v of_o both_o even_o from_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o apostasy_n to_o the_o year_n 797._o in_o the_o last_o chapter_n but_o one_o i_o answer_v nine_o argument_n whereby_o some_o sectary_n will_v prove_v that_o the_o epocha_n of_o the_o time_n of_o the_o witness_n till_o their_o rise_n be_v in_o the_o year_n 326._o contrary_a to_o what_o we_o have_v determine_v in_o arithmetica_fw-la apocalyptica_fw-la where_o from_o the_o proportion_n of_o the_o outer_a court_n to_o the_o inner_a we_o conclude_v the_o epocha_n to_o be_v in_o the_o year_n 393._o which_o be_v sixty_o seven_o year_n late_a than_o the_o former_a epocha_n and_o yet_o there_o be_v those_o that_o think_v it_o still_o set_v much_o too_o high_a for_o the_o complaint_n of_o the_o witness_n be_v touch_v the_o apostasy_n and_o the_o apostasy_n consist_v main_o of_o these_o two_o part_n idolatry_n and_o cruelty_n the_o interval_n of_o time_n do_v not_o agree_v with_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o history_n for_o after_o the_o 393_o year_n if_o the_o apostasy_n begin_v then_o it_o must_v be_v now_o a_o end_v since_o it_o be_v to_o last_v but_o 1260_o year_n neither_o be_v there_o any_o considerable_a b_o mutation_n either_o after_o the_o year_n 393_o or_o the_o year_n 1653._o which_o be_v the_o year_n wherein_o the_o 1260_o day_n prophetical_a expire_v c_o beside_o idolatry_n come_v not_o into_o the_o church_n for_o near_o 360_o year_n after_o this_o epocha_n not_o till_o the_o beginning_n of_o the_o eight_o century_n so_o what_o shall_v be_v make_v of_o that_o interval_n d_o and_o it_o be_v almost_o 400_o year_n after_o that_o in_o the_o end_n of_o the_o eleven_o century_n that_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n be_v guilty_a of_o shed_v of_o blood_n so_o to_o make_v a_o apostasy_n to_o begin_v so_o early_o who_o two_o chief_a character_n appear_v not_o till_o many_o age_n after_o seem_v not_o very_o probable_a this_o will_v seem_v a_o material_a objection_n at_o first_o sight_n but_o we_o must_v premise_v some_o few_o thing_n for_o the_o better_a clear_n thereof_o as_o first_o that_o though_o it_o have_v please_v the_o spirit_n of_o prophecy_n to_o intimate_v to_o we_o from_o the_o proportion_n of_o the_o outer_a court_n to_o the_o inner_a the_o very_a year_n wherein_o commence_v the_o first_o semitime_n of_o the_o seven_o yet_o it_o do_v not_o thence_o follow_v that_o a_o year_n be_v the_o exact_a unite_v in_o the_o eventual_a measure_n of_o the_o medial_a vision_n we_o have_v demonstrate_v that_o a_o semitime_n or_o hexamenon_n be_v the_o unite_v in_o the_o eventual_a measure_n of_o those_o vision_n chap._n 25._o second_o that_o the_o medial_a vision_n point_v not_o at_o the_o final_a or_o consummate_a ruin_n of_o antichrist_n but_o at_o a_o partial_a ruin_n of_o he_o there_o be_v but_o a_o partial_a fall_n of_o the_o city_n babylon_n at_o the_o rise_n of_o the_o witness_n apoc._n 11.13_o see_v synopsis_fw-la prophetica_fw-la book_n 2._o c._n 7._o three_o the_o reader_n be_v to_o remember_v that_o by_o the_o two-horned_n beast_n apoc._n 13._o and_o by_o the_o whore_n of_o babylon_n ride_v the_o ten-horned_n beast_n chap._n 17._o i_o do_v not_o understand_v the_o papal_a hierarchy_n precise_o but_o the_o whole_a sacerdotal_a hierarchy_n at_o large_a as_o well_o eastern_a as_o western_a once_o lapse_v into_o the_o apostasy_n this_o be_v full_o express_v by_o i_o in_o my_o exposition_n of_o the_o apocalypse_n as_o any_o one_o may_v see_v that_o will_v consult_v it_o the_o vision_n indeed_o at_o last_o pinch_v close_a upon_o the_o roman_a hierarchy_n but_o the_o great_a part_n concern_v the_o apostatise_v church_n and_o empire_n as_o well_o oriental_n as_o occidental_a four_o that_o the_o seven_o head_n of_o the_o beast_n with_o which_o the_o apostasy_n begin_v be_v a_o hieratico-political_a or_o ecclesiastico-secular_a head_n and_o it_o be_v hard_o to_o find_v the_o secular_a act_n in_o matter_n of_o religion_n without_o some_o or_o other_o of_o the_o ecclesiastic_a countenance_v the_o same_o but_o whether_o one_o or_o both_o act_n at_o once_o from_o apostatick_a principle_n of_o idolatry_n or_o cruelty_n it_o be_v a_o fit_a object_n of_o the_o mournful_a testimony_n of_o the_o witness_n five_o and_o last_o where_o episcopal_a government_n obtain_v where_o paganism_n be_v cast_v out_o where_o the_o scripture_n of_o the_o old_a and_o new_a testament_n be_v acknowledge_v and_o the_o divinity_n of_o christ_n and_o real_a triunity_n of_o the_o godhead_n profess_v though_o not_o to_o the_o utmost_a accuracy_n of_o orthodoxy_n yet_o so_o so_o far_o as_o there_o be_v nothing_o worship_v with_o religious_a or_o divine_a worship_n but_o what_o be_v just_o conceive_v capable_a thereof_o even_o from_o the_o very_a testimony_n of_o scripture_n these_o man_n that_o thus_o profess_v and_o practice_v be_v real_o and_o in_o truth_n christian_n and_o their_o church_n and_o polity_n christian_n have_v premise_v thus_o much_o we_o will_v consider_v the_o objection_n in_o the_o main_a particular_n thereof_o a_o the_o first_o be_v that_o if_o the_o apostasy_n begin_v in_o the_o year_n 393._o it_o must_v have_v quite_o be_v end_v in_o the_o year_n 1653._o when_v the_o 1260_o prophetical_a day_n do_v expire_v but_o we_o answer_v to_o this_o out_o of_o the_o second_o premiss_a that_o the_o medial_a vision_n point_v not_o at_o the_o final_a or_o consummate_a ruin_n of_o antichrist_n but_o partial_a the_o time_n of_o the_o medial_a vision_n be_v the_o time_n of_o the_o entireness_n of_o his_o kingdom_n before_o it_o be_v break_v or_o considerable_o diminish_v by_o the_o reformation_n b_o to_o the_o second_o that_o there_o be_v no_o considerable_a
the_o wolf_n and_o the_o lamb_n shall_v feed_v together_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v literal_o with_o answer_n thereto_o six_o particular_n in_o order_n to_o or_o compliance_n with_o the_o make_v the_o war_n of_o the_o heros_n on_o the_o white_a horse_n apoc._n 19_o literal_a only_a or_o carnal_a with_o a_o answer_n to_o the_o say_a particular_n in_o my_o exposition_n of_o the_o epistle_n to_o the_o church_n in_o pergamus_n i_o interpret_v the_o nicolaitan_n to_o be_v a_o people_n that_o sit_v loose_a enough_o as_o to_o the_o romish_a church_n but_o be_v also_o unchaste_a and_o loose_a of_o their_o body_n and_o that_o there_o be_v such_o within_o the_o pergamenian_a interval_n which_o reach_v from_o an._n dom._n 324._o to_o an._n dom._n 1242._o be_v apparent_a from_o history_n this_o the_o reverend_n and_o learned_a dean_n of_o paul_n dr._n stillingfleet_n have_v make_v good_a to_o our_o hand_n in_o the_o fanaticism_n of_o the_o roman_a church_n where_o he_o tell_v we_o that_o this_o nicolaitan_a doctrine_n which_o afterward_o prove_v the_o very_a doctrine_n of_o henry_n nicolas_n the_o father_n of_o the_o family_n of_o love_n do_v obtain_v among_o they_o at_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o thirteen_o century_n viz._n that_o every_o person_n of_o the_o holy_a trinity_n have_v his_o successive_a time_n of_o rule_v the_o world_n that_o the_o law_n of_o the_o father_n continue_v till_o christ_n come_v the_o law_n of_o the_o son_n till_o their_o time_n and_o then_o the_o time_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v to_o begin_v in_o which_o the_o use_n of_o sacrament_n be_v to_o cease_v and_o all_o external_a administration_n etc._n etc._n and_o they_o so_o high_o extol_v love_n that_o what_o will_v have_v be_v a_o sin_n without_o it_o they_o think_v to_o be_v none_o with_o it_o as_o fornication_n adultery_n etc._n etc._n this_o be_v the_o primitive_a nicolaitism_n which_o be_v again_o renew_v by_o h._n n._n alias_o henry_n nicolas_n from_o whence_o our_o modern_a familist_n spring_n as_o also_o at_o first_o the_o quaker_n who_o still_o cast_v away_o the_o sacrament_n and_o make_v nothing_o of_o external_a administration_n this_o business_n be_v relate_v in_o nauclerus_fw-la and_o that_o before_o an._n dom._n 1190._o so_o full_o be_v it_o within_o the_o pergamenian_a interval_n it_o may_v not_o be_v amiss_o to_o set_v down_o his_o word_n concern_v the_o latter_a part_n of_o their_o description_n charitatis_fw-la etiam_fw-la virtutem_fw-la sic_fw-la ampliabant_fw-la ut_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la alias_o peccatum_fw-la esset_fw-la si_fw-la fieret_fw-la in_o charitate_fw-la jam_fw-la illud_fw-la non_fw-la esset_fw-la peccatum_fw-la unde_fw-la stupra_fw-la &_o adulteria_fw-la &_o caeteras_fw-la corporis_fw-la voluptales_fw-la nomine_fw-la charitatis_fw-la perpetrabant_fw-la mulieribusque_fw-la cum_fw-la quibus_fw-la peccabant_fw-la &_o simplicibus_fw-la quos_fw-la decipiebant_fw-la impunitatem_fw-la promittebant_fw-la deum_fw-la tantummodo_fw-la bonum_fw-la &_o justum_fw-la praedicantes_fw-la this_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o christ_n say_v he_o hate_v and_o abhor_v apoc._n 2.15_o and_o it_o be_v a_o surprise_v hit_v that_o henry_n nicolas_n shall_v be_v so_o eminent_a a_o reviver_n of_o this_o nicolaitan_a doctrine_n but_o i_o have_v say_v enough_o already_o to_o confirm_v our_o exposition_n of_o that_o passage_n of_o the_o apocalypse_n i_o will_v pass_v hence_o to_o chap._n 8._o v._n 7_o 8_o etc._n etc._n where_o the_o three_o part_n mention_v at_o least_o half_a a_o score_n time_n i_o interpret_v to_o be_v a_o symbol_n of_o the_o roman_a empire_n and_o there_o be_v very_o good_a reason_n for_o it_o from_o what_o occur_v chap._n 12.4_o where_o the_o great_a red_a dragon_n with_o seven_o head_n and_o ten_o horn_n which_o most_o certain_o denote_v the_o roman_a empire_n according_a to_o all_o interpreter_n be_v say_v to_o have_v draw_v down_o with_o his_o tail_n the_o three_o part_n of_o the_o star_n of_o heaven_n and_o to_o have_v cast_v they_o to_o the_o earth_n that_o be_v to_o have_v bring_v the_o three_o part_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o world_n under_o his_o subjection_n which_o passage_n be_v a_o intend_a key_n to_o that_o in_o the_o eight_o chapter_n as_o the_o seventeen_o chapter_n be_v chief_o to_o the_o eleven_o and_o thirteen_o in_o the_o nine_o chapter_n v._o 8._o where_o the_o locust_n be_v say_v to_o have_v hair_n as_o the_o hair_n of_o woman_n i_o as_o mr._n mede_n before_o i_o interpret_v of_o the_o saracen_n which_o be_v arabian_n of_o who_o pliny_n write_v nat._n hist_o lib._n 6._o cap._n 28._o n._n 30._o arabe_n mitrati_fw-la degunt_fw-la aut_fw-la intonso_fw-la crine_fw-la and_o the_o vision_n describe_v the_o locust_n as_o have_v face_n of_o humane_a shape_n but_o that_o they_o wear_v their_o hair_n as_o woman_n as_o do_v the_o arabian_n as_o be_v mitrati_fw-la that_o be_v have_v woman_n head-tire_a on_o for_o so_o mitra_n signify_v pilea_fw-la virorum_fw-la sunt_fw-la mitrae_fw-la foeminarum_fw-la it_o be_v the_o head-cove_a also_o of_o the_o lydian_n and_o phrygian_n but_o account_v less_o manly_a whence_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v a_o reproachful_a title_n give_v to_o the_o soft_a and_o effeminate_a though_o the_o arabian_n be_v not_o repute_v such_o see_v martinius_n mr._n mede_n cite_v rather_o the_o sense_n than_o the_o word_n of_o pliny_n but_o whether_o we_o read_v &_o or_o aut_fw-la it_o be_v plain_a these_o arabian_n order_v their_o hair_n as_o woman_n which_o therefore_o be_v a_o fit_a character_n of_o the_o saracen_n in_o these_o locust_n in_o the_o eighteen_o chapter_n v._o 23._o i_o content_v myself_o in_o note_v that_o the_o voice_n of_o bridegroom_n and_o bride_n be_v no_o more_o hear_v in_o babylon_n signify_v that_o there_o shall_v be_v no_o more_o propagate_a of_o their_o pseudo-catholick_n religion_n the_o end_n of_o marriage_n be_v propagation_n and_o this_o be_v a_o true_a sense_n and_o unexceptionable_a but_o it_o may_v have_v be_v full_a if_o we_o have_v note_v also_o that_o there_o may_v be_v a_o allusion_n to_o that_o usurp_a title_n of_o the_o pope_n who_o call_v himself_o sponsus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la for_o then_o the_o proselyte_n of_o nation_n and_o country_n to_o the_o papal_a religion_n and_o jurisdiction_n will_v look_v ever_o like_o a_o new_a marriage_n but_o the_o joy_n of_o such_o marriage_n will_v cease_v after_o the_o final_a fall_n of_o babylon_n which_o be_v describe_v in_o this_o eighteen_o chapter_n of_o the_o apocalypse_n see_v gabriel_n powel_n in_o his_o de_fw-fr antichristo_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 14._o in_o chapter_n 22._o v._n 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o there_o shall_v be_v no_o more_o curse_n this_o i_o expound_v of_o the_o furious_a papal_a anathema_n or_o excommunication_n to_o depose_v king_n and_o prince_n and_o to_o involve_v the_o christian_a world_n in_o blood_n which_o i_o do_v not_o doubt_v but_o be_v the_o proper_a prophetical_a meaning_n of_o the_o place_n and_o not_o the_o curse_n of_o god_n for_o sin_n which_o be_v disease_n death_n briar_n thorn_n the_o labour_n and_o sweat_v of_o tillage_n and_o the_o like_a that_o curse_n we_o shall_v never_o be_v deliver_v from_o till_o we_o come_v to_o heaven_n and_o those_o that_o fancy_n such_o thing_n here_o on_o earth_n in_o the_o new_a jerusalem_n state_n as_o in_o this_o passage_n so_o in_o all_o other_o passage_n that_o sound_v so_o high_a they_o be_v to_o remember_v that_o the_o proper_a fulfil_n of_o they_o be_v to_o be_v in_o heaven_n though_o in_o a_o figurative_a sense_n they_o will_v be_v fulfil_v here_o and_o that_o the_o description_n of_o the_o new_a jerusalem_n on_o earth_n be_v so_o frame_v as_o to_o be_v also_o typical_a of_o the_o state_n of_o the_o church_n in_o heaven_n as_o i_o have_v more_o full_o declare_v in_o chapter_n 20._o of_o these_o paralipomena_fw-la but_o forasmuch_o as_o beside_o this_o mistake_n in_o s._n e._n i_o find_v a_o sober_a and_o judicious_a writer_n w._n a._n in_o his_o treatise_n of_o the_o state_n of_o the_o church_n in_o the_o latter_a age_n of_o the_o world_n to_o incline_v to_o the_o opinion_n that_o there_o will_v be_v even_o a_o change_n of_o nature_n in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o new_a jerusalem-state_n of_o the_o church_n i_o will_v a_o while_n here_o divert_v into_o what_o he_o say_v chap._n 10._o and_o produce_v the_o most_o material_a reason_n he_o have_v for_o the_o prove_v that_o in_o those_o day_n there_o will_v be_v a_o change_n of_o the_o world_n natural_a as_o well_o as_o the_o world_n moral_a as_o he_o phrase_v it_o those_o place_n of_o scripture_n that_o seem_v to_o promise_v plenty_n of_o thing_n and_o increase_v of_o people_n i_o conceive_v imply_v no_o such_o radical_a change_n in_o the_o world_n natural_a for_o mere_o from_o the_o moral_a temperance_n of_o man_n in_o those_o time_n there_o will_v be_v length_n of_o day_n and_o the_o propagation_n of_o a_o
belong_v also_o to_o the_o emperor_n though_o they_o main_o entrust_v the_o hierarchy_n with_o it_o and_o they_o give_v no_o check_n by_o any_o edict_n or_o rescript_n from_o theodosius_n m._n his_o time_n to_o leo_n isaurus_n as_o i_o note_v above_o this_o not_o forbid_v be_v plain_o encourage_v command_a or_o assure_v they_o in_o this_o erroneous_a way_n as_o he_o that_o ride_v a_o horse_n and_o have_v the_o reins_o in_o his_o hand_n be_v suppose_v to_o approve_v of_o the_o way_n the_o horse_n go_v if_o he_o check_v he_o not_o with_o the_o bridle_n and_o so_o direct_v he_o into_o the_o right_a way_n so_o that_o the_o apostasy_n thus_o begin_v under_o the_o emperor_n it_o be_v manifest_a they_o stand_v guilty_a thereof_o and_o so_o become_v apostatical_a or_o pagano-christian_a head_n of_o the_o beast_n so_o soon_o as_o the_o apostasy_n begin_v which_o be_v the_o thing_n that_o be_v to_o be_v demonstrate_v 6._o and_o that_o the_o forty_o two_o month_n war_n of_o the_o beast_n commence_v as_o early_o as_o the_o apostasy_n may_v be_v easy_o understand_v by_o any_o body_n that_o understand_v the_o genius_n of_o the_o apocalyptick_a style_n which_o be_v high_o figurative_a and_o of_o a_o lofty_a vigorous_a sense-striking_a strain_n use_v the_o full_a and_o strong_a metaphor_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v no_o wonder_n that_o all_o the_o contest_v and_o tug_v betwixt_o the_o apostatise_v empire_n and_o the_o witness_n from_o the_o begin_n to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o contest_v be_v set_v out_o by_o that_o one_o high-sounding_a word_n or_o phrase_n of_o war_n though_o at_o first_o it_o be_v only_o a_o dispute_n and_o contest_v in_o word_n as_o in_o the_o case_n of_o s._n jerome_n and_o vigilantius_n and_o the_o metaphor_n be_v so_o easy_a and_o natural_a though_o so_o grandisonant_a that_o our_o theological_a controversy_n and_o dispute_n be_v ordinary_o call_v polemical_a divinity_n that_o be_v in_o plain_a english_a warring_n or_o warlike_a divinity_n and_o this_o war_n be_v not_o say_v to_o be_v betwixt_o the_o head_n of_o the_o beast_n and_o the_o witness_n as_o if_o the_o war_n can_v not_o begin_v till_o the_o head_n of_o the_o beast_n positive_o oppose_v the_o witness_n but_o betwixt_o the_o beast_n and_o the_o witness_n so_o that_o even_o while_o there_o be_v no_o edict_n of_o the_o emperor_n against_o the_o witness_n yet_o the_o war_n may_v be_v begin_v and_o continue_v betwixt_o the_o beast_n and_o the_o witness_n unless_o a_o man_n will_v be_v so_o humoursom_a as_o in_o the_o fight_n of_o a_o horse_n with_o a_o bear_n because_o the_o horse_n bite_v not_o with_o his_o head_n but_o only_o kick_v with_o his_o heel_n to_o deny_v he_o fight_v with_o the_o bear_n and_o yet_o how_o positive_o the_o emperor_n do_v concur_v with_o the_o apostatise_v part_n of_o the_o empire_n have_v be_v declare_v above_o 7._o that_o the_o beast_n be_v in_o be_v before_o the_o ten_o king_n rise_v in_o the_o empire_n be_v demonstrate_v from_o your_o own_o concession_n viz._n that_o the_o apostasy_n of_o the_o empire_n be_v before_o the_o ten_o king_n rise_v in_o the_o empire_n for_o the_o apostasy_n into_o paganochristianism_a be_v that_o very_a form_n or_o essence_n that_o turn_v the_o empire_n into_o that_o state_n which_o the_o prophetic_a style_n call_v the_o beast_n that_o be_v be_v not_o and_o yet_o be_v and_o its_o be_v divide_v into_o ten_o kingdom_n confer_v no_o more_o to_o its_o be_v a_o beast_n than_o quarter_a a_n slay_v mutton_n into_o four_o quarter_n by_o a_o butcher_n contribute_v to_o its_o be_v a_o slay_a mutton_n which_o it_o be_v as_o full_o before_o so_o that_o this_o division_n in_o neither_o case_n be_v a_o causa_fw-la sine_fw-la qua_fw-la non_fw-la of_o the_o thing_n be_v so_o nor_o do_v it_o follow_v because_o the_o apostatise_v empire_n be_v represent_v by_o the_o beast_n with_o ten_o horn_n crown_v that_o therefore_o it_o be_v not_o a_o beast_n before_o those_o ten-crowned_n horn_n no_o more_o than_o it_o follow_v that_o the_o apostatise_v hierarchy_n represent_v by_o the_o whore_n chap._n 17._o so_o drink_v with_o the_o blood_n of_o the_o saint_n and_o so_o gorgeous_o apparel_v be_v not_o a_o whore_n till_o she_o be_v grow_v so_o extreme_o sumptuous_a in_o her_o ornament_n and_o barbarous_o cruel_a in_o her_o persecution_n the_o use_n of_o the_o ten_o horn_n crown_v in_o the_o representation_n of_o the_o beast_n chap._n 13._o be_v not_o to_o signify_v it_o be_v not_o a_o beast_n till_o those_o actual_o crown_v horn_n but_o to_o distinguish_v he_o from_o the_o dragon_n with_o ten_o horn_n uncrowned_a chap._n 12._o and_o so_o to_o intimate_v that_o this_o beast_n chap._n 13._o be_v a_o representation_n of_o the_o empire_n after_o it_o have_v degenerate_v into_o a_o pagano-christian_a state_n for_o the_o division_n of_o the_o empire_n into_o ten_o kingdom_n be_v not_o till_o after_o it_o have_v become_v christian_n 8._o and_o last_o as_o for_o your_o postscript_n i_o do_v not_o ground_v my_o distinction_n of_o the_o beast_n forty_o two_o month_n prosperous_a reign_n from_o his_o reign_n at_o large_a upon_o the_o different_a readins_n of_o rev._n 13.5_o but_o prove_v that_o their_o read_n that_o read_v v._o 5._o that_o power_n be_v give_v he_o to_o make_v forty_o two_o month_n war_n with_o the_o saint_n or_o that_o he_o be_v to_o proceed_v prosperous_o or_o do_v prosperous_o forty_o two_o month_n and_o not_o to_o continue_v at_o large_a be_v the_o best_a and_o true_a sense_n as_o be_v prove_v in_o the_o preface_n to_o the_o answer_n to_o the_o remark_n i_o say_v that_o read_n or_o sense_n i_o contend_v for_o be_v not_o suppose_v but_o prove_v forasmuch_o as_o the_o issue_n even_o the_o final_a issue_n of_o that_o war_n be_v but_o a_o partial_a fall_n of_o the_o city_n and_o correspondent_a rise_n of_o the_o witness_n i_o pray_v consider_v the_o six_o seven_o and_o eight_o query_n and_o the_o note_n on_o they_o and_o i_o think_v it_o will_v be_v impossible_a for_o you_o not_o to_o be_v convince_v chap._n xxix_o hint_n of_o a_o answer_n to_o a_o four_o letter_n that_o the_o rise_n of_o the_o witness_n rev._n 11._o denote_v a_o partial_a regain_n only_o of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o antichrist_n into_o the_o hand_n of_o christ_n a_o further_a enforcement_n of_o the_o same_o truth_n the_o event_n of_o the_o forty_o two_o month_n war_n of_o the_o beast_n in_o what_o sense_n partial_a in_o what_o final_a the_o whole_a event_n of_o the_o rise_n of_o the_o witness_n the_o object_n of_o the_o prediction_n the_o time_n and_o halfpenny_n reach_v not_o beyond_o the_o six_o trumpet_n the_o object_n and_o subject_n of_o the_o three_o wo-trumpet_n not_o the_o same_o the_o continue_a conflict_n betwixt_o the_o antichristian_a and_o evangelical_n party_n with_o the_o effect_n thereof_o to_o what_o vision_n referrable_a passage_n in_o daniel_n chap._n 7._o ample_o explain_v that_o even_o from_o our_o antagonist_n epocha_n the_o reckon_a not_o by_o year_n but_o semitime_n in_o the_o medial_a vision_n be_v necessary_a no_o hope_n of_o foretell_v from_o the_o medial_a number_n to_o a_o year_n or_o thereabouts_o when_o the_o church_n affliction_n shall_v cease_v prove_v by_o many_o argument_n the_o danger_n of_o force_v out_o please_v interpretation_n of_o the_o prophetical_a vision_n when_o they_o will_v not_o afford_v they_o 1._o to_o your_o first_o paragraph_n i_o say_v that_o which_o fall_v out_o after_o the_o war_n of_o forty_o two_o month_n equal_a and_o synchronal_a to_o the_o three_o day_n and_o a_o half_a to_o the_o three_o time_n and_o a_o half_n and_o to_o the_o rest_n that_o synchronize_v with_o these_o and_o be_v the_o issue_n of_o this_o forty_o two_o month_n war_n be_v the_o final_a issue_n thereof_o but_o the_o rise_n of_o the_o witness_n fall_v out_o as_o the_o issue_n of_o that_o war_n betwixt_o the_o beast_n and_o they_o after_o the_o three_o day_n and_o a_o half_a equal_a and_o synchronal_a to_o the_o forty_o two_o month_n according_a to_o the_o express_a intimation_n of_o the_o text_n chap._n 11.11_o wherefore_o the_o rise_n of_o the_o witness_n commensurate_a to_o the_o partial_a fall_n of_o babylon_n or_o of_o the_o great_a city_n be_v the_o final_a issue_n of_o the_o forty_o two_o month_n war_n of_o the_o beast_n against_o the_o saint_n and_o witness_n according_a to_o the_o express_a indication_n of_o the_o vision_n this_o be_v the_o final_a issue_n of_o the_o forty_o two_o month_n war_n which_o close_v with_o the_o exit_fw-la of_o the_o six_o trumpet_n which_o the_o vial_n follow_v and_o be_v intend_v for_o a_o further_a ruin_n of_o the_o beast_n afterward_o so_o that_o this_o so_o plain_a a_o truth_n be_v not_o inconsistent_a with_o the_o regain_n of_o large_a share_n nay_o the_o whole_a kingdom_n of_o antichrist_n into_o christ_n own_o hand_n again_o
according_a to_o the_o richness_n of_o the_o expression_n sometime_o of_o the_o scripture_n it_o will_v illustrate_v one_o thing_n by_o two_o metaphor_n at_o once_o and_o so_o the_o two-horned_a beast_n will_v seem_v to_o do_v the_o office_n of_o both_o a_o chirurgeon_n and_o conjurer_n at_o once_o of_o a_o chirurgeon_n in_o heal_v the_o deadly_a wound_n of_o the_o sword_n of_o a_o magician_n or_o conjurer_n in_o make_v the_o dead_a dragon_n appear_v alive_a in_o a_o breathe_n and_o speak_v image_n arg._n 6._o last_o mr._n mede_n argue_v very_o well_o that_o of_o the_o selfsame_a be_v the_o image_n of_o the_o beast_n say_v to_o be_v of_o who_o be_v the_o name_n and_o the_o number_n chap._n 15.2_o but_o i_o say_v the_o name_n and_o the_o number_n be_v of_o the_o ten-horned_n beast_n chap._n 13.18_o see_v the_o context_n and_o the_o follow_a note_n 2._o and_o his_o number_n be_v 666._o the_o chief_a meaning_n must_v of_o necessity_n be_v six_o in_o opposition_n to_o twelve_o the_o apostolical_a number_n because_o of_o the_o six_o idolatrous_a head_n of_o which_o the_o six_o bear_v the_o whore_n which_o i_o prove_v thus_o the_o empire_n be_v not_o total_o destroy_v by_o the_o ostrogoth_n but_o only_o wound_v who_o can_v doubt_v but_o the_o monarchical_a government_n of_o england_n be_v the_o same_o now_o that_o it_o be_v before_o cromwell_n or_o thus_o 3._o the_o head_n that_o be_v cure_v bear_v the_o whore_n this_o none_o will_v deny_v but_o the_o head_n that_o be_v wound_v be_v the_o same_o with_o that_o which_o be_v cure_v for_o it_o be_v unreasonable_a to_o give_v one_o man_n a_o cut_v upon_o the_o head_n and_o lay_v a_o plaster_n on_o another_o man_n head_n therefore_o the_o head_n that_o be_v wound_v that_o be_v the_o six_o head_n or_o that_o of_o emperor_n bear_v the_o whore_n 4._o note_v that_o 144000_o be_v not_o a_o square_a but_o a_o multiplication_n of_o 12_o and_o so_o be_v 666_o of_o six_o and_o see_v dan._n 3.1_o where_o nebuchadnezzar_n image_n which_o be_v undoubted_o a_o type_n of_o this_o be_v sixty_o cubit_n high_a and_o six_o broad_a and_o it_o fall_v out_o handsome_o that_o the_o apostatical_a number_n shall_v be_v half_a of_o the_o apostolical_a because_o the_o apostate_n have_v about_o the_o half_a of_o the_o apostolical_a truth_n viz._n they_o speak_v half_a canaan_n and_o half_a ashdod_n etc._n etc._n answ_n to_o the_o first_o i_o say_v that_o the_o context_n show_v the_o number_n to_o be_v the_o number_n of_o the_o two-horned_n beast_n for_o it_o be_v the_o image_n of_o the_o beast_n that_o cause_v all_o to_o receive_v by_o his_o coercive_a power_n the_o mark_n of_o the_o two-horned_n beast_n for_o of_o the_o two-horned_n beast_n and_o the_o image_n he_o make_v do_v all_o the_o second_o part_n of_o the_o chapter_n run_v and_o therefore_o the_o beast_n must_v be_v understand_v of_o the_o two-horned_a beast_n not_o of_o the_o ten-horned_n beast_n and_o the_o number_n to_o be_v his_o and_o the_o image_n his_o as_o the_o artificer_n thereof_o 2._o to_o the_o second_o that_o i_o see_v no_o necessity_n of_o six_o in_o opposition_n to_o twelve_o it_o have_v be_v rather_o seven_o viz._n 777._o there_o be_v just_a seven_o idolatrous_a head_n of_o the_o beast_n chap._n 13.1_o or_o seven_o idolatrous_a king_n chap._n 17.10_o and_o the_o apostolical_a and_o apostatical_a opposition_n also_o appear_v under_o the_o seven_o head_n the_o whore_n ride_v the_o beast_n under_o that_o same_o head_n not_o under_o the_o six_o nor_o be_v the_o deadly_a wound_n on_o the_o head_n of_o the_o beast_n by_o the_o ostrogoth_n but_o by_o michael_n in_o his_o fight_n with_o the_o red_a dragon_n he_o that_o do_v not_o see_v that_o must_v be_v stark_o blind_a in_o apocalyptick_a notion_n to_o bring_v in_o the_o ostrogoth_n here_o be_v as_o if_o one_o stuff_v a_o pillow_n with_o feather_n shall_v so_o forget_v himself_o as_o to_o stodge_v in_o piece_n of_o brick_n or_o day_n 3._o to_o the_o three_o i_o say_v it_o be_v a_o mere_a inelegant_a quibble_n inelegant_a in_o that_o it_o make_v the_o whore_n a_o pail_n of_o milk_n as_o it_o be_v bear_v upon_o the_o head_n of_o the_o beast_n a_o quibble_n in_o that_o he_o will_v have_v it_o as_o if_o one_o man_n head_n be_v cut_v and_o another_o man_n head_n have_v the_o plaster_n apply_v to_o it_o whenas_o it_o be_v not_o one_o beast_n head_n wound_v and_o another_o beast_n head_n heal_v but_o the_o head_n of_o one_o and_o the_o same_o beast_n be_v both_o wound_v and_o heal_v for_o it_o be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o individual_a beast_n in_o succession_n so_o it_o be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o head_n or_o supreme_a power_n though_o under_o a_o sevenfold_a modification_n and_o they_o be_v call_v seven_o head_n only_o in_o that_o respect_n but_o one_o and_o the_o same_o beast_n have_v still_o one_o and_o the_o same_o head_n that_o be_v his_o own_o head_n not_o the_o head_n of_o another_o beast_n as_o this_o quibble_n fancy_n two_o head_n of_o two_o several_a man_n one_o wound_v but_o the_o other_o plaster_v but_o the_o beast_n chap._n 13._o be_v represent_v with_o his_o head_n heal_v which_o ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la be_v the_o seven_o modification_n of_o the_o head_n and_o that_o under_o which_o the_o beast_n bear_v the_o whore_n which_o expression_n imply_v it_o to_o be_v for_o substance_n the_o same_o head_n agree_v well_o with_o that_o of_o chap._n 17._o where_o the_o beast_n be_v call_v the_o beast_n that_o be_v be_v not_o and_o yet_o be_v which_o import_v that_o he_o be_v the_o same_o beast_n as_o the_o head_n the_o same_o but_o heal_v from_o its_o wound_n with_o the_o scar_n of_o christianity_n upon_o it_o though_o so_o gross_o grow_v into_o pagan-like_a idolatry_n whence_o it_o be_v plain_a the_o number_n 666_o have_v no_o reference_n to_o the_o ten-horned_n beast_n restore_v else_o it_o shall_v have_v be_v 777._o beside_o what_o wisdom_n will_v there_o be_v in_o count_v this_o number_n etc._n etc._n 4._o to_o the_o four_o i_o grant_v that_o 144000_o be_v make_v by_o 12_o into_o 12000_o and_o 666_o by_o 6_o into_o 111_o but_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n it_o be_v undeniable_a but_o that_o 144_o chiliarchy_n or_o regiment_n which_o have_v the_o nature_n of_o vnit_n in_o this_o case_n and_o that_o 666_o propound_v alone_o be_v to_o be_v number_v by_o extract_v the_o square_a root_n thereof_o neither_o 6_o nor_o 111_o be_v give_v to_o divide_v it_o by_o nor_o both_o to_o produce_v it_o and_o that_o one_o shall_v say_v that_o the_o image_n that_o nabuchadnezzar_n set_v up_o be_v undoubted_o a_o type_n of_o this_o seem_v a_o piece_n of_o such_o levity_n as_o huge_o misbecome_v any_o serious_a interpreter_n of_o the_o apocalypse_n nor_o be_v there_o any_o handsomeness_n in_o six_o the_o apostatick_a number_n be_v half_a of_o twelve_o the_o apostolic_a number_n for_o the_o apostatick_a church_n if_o you_o compare_v the_o apostolic_a doctrine_n of_o it_o with_o themselves_o it_o have_v all_o of_o they_o but_o if_o with_o apostatick_a or_o corrupt_a doctrine_n the_o apostolic_a be_v not_o the_o ten_o part_n of_o the_o apostatick_a but_o beside_o the_o weakness_n of_o all_o these_o argument_n it_o be_v impossible_a the_o pope_n shall_v be_v the_o image_n of_o the_o ten-horned_n beast_n restore_v the_o pope_n be_v single_a person_n but_o the_o ten-horned_n beast_n a_o body_n politic_a chap._n xlii_o nine_o argument_n out_o of_o socinian_o and_o other_o sectary_n whereby_o they_o will_v prove_v the_o first_o imperial_a council_n anno_fw-la dom._n 326._o to_o be_v the_o epocha_n of_o the_o time_n of_o the_o witness_n till_o their_o rise_n with_o answer_n to_o each_o argument_n in_o arithmetica_fw-la apocalyptica_fw-la upon_o the_o three_o query_n i_o have_v fix_v and_o settle_v the_o epocha_n of_o the_o apostasy_n with_o all_o care_n and_o circumspection_n i_o can_v and_o there_o i_o hope_v upon_o very_o good_a ground_n conclude_v that_o the_o true_a and_o precise_a epocha_n of_o the_o apostasy_n of_o the_o mournful_a witness_n and_o indeed_o of_o all_o the_o medial_a vision_n be_v to_o be_v pitch_v in_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 393._o wherefore_o we_o be_v concern_v to_o answer_v these_o nine_o argument_n that_o will_v infer_v it_o to_o be_v in_o the_o year_n 326._o which_o be_v as_o follow_v arg._n 1._o the_o first_o imperial_a council_n make_v the_o empire_n a_o national_a church_n and_o so_o most_o fit_a to_o be_v call_v a_o beast_n answ_n the_o jewish_a church_n under_o their_o king_n be_v a_o national_a church_n and_o yet_o no_o beast_n idolatry_n and_o cruelty_n make_v the_o beast_n not_o one_o public_a national_a confession_n of_o faith_n it_o be_v against_o the_o very_a light_n and_o law_n of_o nature_n that_o the_o supreme_a power_n in_o any_o kingdom_n shall_v not_o look_v after_o
shall_v be_v except_v i_o see_v not_o whence_o it_o follow_v that_o the_o event_n of_o the_o vision_n of_o chap._n 4._o must_v follow_v that_o of_o the_o church_n of_o laodicea_n wherefore_o the_o church_n of_o laodicea_n do_v not_o conclude_v the_o world_n 2._o beside_o unless_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d serve_v to_o show_v the_o order_n of_o the_o event_n of_o vision_n it_o serve_v to_o no_o use_n at_o all_o for_o as_o for_o the_o order_n of_o s._n john_n receive_v of_o they_o it_o be_v well_o enough_o know_v by_o his_o order_n of_o relate_v they_o 3._o to_o which_o i_o may_v add_v that_o for_o sureness_n sake_n it_o be_v not_o only_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o the_o voice_n tell_v he_o withal_o that_o the_o thing_n which_o he_o shall_v see_v be_v such_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whereby_o it_o seem_v to_o i_o that_o we_o be_v enjoin_v of_o necessity_n to_o expound_v that_o vision_n of_o chap._n 4._o of_o something_o that_o be_v to_o succeed_v the_o vision_n of_o laodicea_n for_o i_o hope_v you_o will_v not_o deny_v but_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d have_v respect_n to_o the_o thing_n next_o before_o speak_v as_o well_o here_o as_o in_o all_o other_o place_n 4._o there_o be_v also_o other_o consideration_n to_o prove_v the_o connexion_n and_o order_n of_o the_o vision_n of_o the_o 3._o and_o 4._o chapter_n such_o as_o these_o christ_n promise_v philadelphia_n a_o open_a door_n which_o no_o man_n shall_v be_v able_a to_o shut_v i._n e._n he_o tell_v she_o he_o have_v set_v this_o door_n before_o she_o meaning_n as_o i_o conceive_v that_o the_o church_n be_v not_o yet_o arrive_v to_o this_o open_a door_n but_o in_o some_o time_n she_o shall_v in_o the_o next_o epistle_n we_o have_v christ_n knock_v at_o this_o door_n for_o what_o other_o can_v it_o be_v to_o get_v it_o open_a in_o the_o very_a entrance_n of_o chap._n 4._o the_o door_n be_v open_v be_v these_o three_o door_n the_o same_o or_o no_o sure_o the_o text_n seem_v to_o intimate_v they_o be_v the_o same_o 5._o another_o consideration_n may_v be_v this_o when_o christ_n promise_v the_o victor_n that_o he_o shall_v sit_v with_o he_o in_o his_o throne_n even_o as_o he_o be_v set_v down_o with_o his_o father_n in_o he_o and_o then_o immediate_o after_o exhibit_v a_o most_o glorious_a representation_n of_o this_o throne_n viz._n the_o throne_n of_o god_n and_o of_o christ_n do_v not_o this_o seem_v to_o look_v as_o if_o the_o throne_n exhibit_v to_o view_n be_v that_o which_o be_v just_a before_o promise_v 6._o that_o the_o laodicean_n interval_n do_v not_o reach_v to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n may_v be_v evidence_v from_o the_o place_n of_o the_o promise_n to_o the_o victor_n before_o the_o parabolical_a epiphonema_n which_o argue_v it_o to_o be_v a_o political_a promise_n when_o no_o such_o can_v take_v place_n that_o time_n when_o a_o end_n shall_v of_o course_n be_v put_v to_o all_o worldly_a polity_n and_o therefore_o if_o it_o be_v not_o such_o a_o promise_n but_o simple_o a_o promise_n of_o heaven_n it_o ought_v to_o have_v be_v place_v after_o the_o parabolical_a epiphonema_n so_o that_o there_o be_v no_o evasion_n from_o the_o strength_n of_o this_o argument_n allow_v the_o rule_n of_o place_v the_o parabolical_a epiphonema_n to_o be_v true_a on_o chap._n 2.11_o 7._o and_o last_o suppose_v the_o throne_n to_o be_v heavenly_a in_o a_o literal_a sense_n will_v it_o not_o hence_o follow_v that_o the_o victor_n shall_v sit_v in_o as_o high_a a_o place_n in_o heaven_n as_o the_o father_n and_o the_o son_n do_v for_o it_o be_v promise_v to_o the_o victor_n to_o sit_v with_o christ_n in_o his_o throne_n even_o in_o like_a manner_n as_o christ_n sit_v with_o his_o father_n in_o he_o and_o that_o must_v be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o throne_n because_o christ_n and_o the_o father_n be_v one_o wherefore_o it_o can_v be_v no_o heavenly_a throne_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v a_o earthly_a that_o be_v promise_v and_o consequent_o this_o earthly_a scene_n continue_v after_o the_o interval_n of_o laodicea_n these_o be_v his_o argument_n set_v off_o to_o the_o utmost_a advantage_n so_o far_o as_o my_o skill_n can_v reach_v but_o in_o answer_n 1._o to_o the_o first_o i_o demand_v how_o those_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v but_o a_o adverb_n of_o order_n in_o time_n the_o same_o that_o postea_fw-la in_o latin_a as_o beza_n here_o translate_v it_o shall_v have_v that_o propriety_n of_o sense_n as_o never_o to_o suffer_v the_o vision_n they_o belong_v to_o to_o be_v expound_v of_o any_o event_n antecedent_n to_o the_o event_n of_o the_o vision_n next_o before_o whenas_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v no_o more_o than_o afterward_o or_o after_o this_o as_o our_o english_a translation_n have_v it_o which_o be_v most_o easy_o and_o natural_o understand_v of_o the_o vision_n precedent_n as_o if_o he_o shall_v say_v after_o this_o vision_n i_o look_v and_o behold_v etc._n etc._n but_o if_o you_o will_v have_v it_o after_o the_o event_n of_o this_o vision_n i_o look_v i_o demand_v how_o can_v john_n in_o domitian_n time_n be_v say_v to_o look_v up_o etc._n etc._n after_o a_o event_n in_o queen_n elizabeth_n time_n which_o seem_v a_o plain_a repugnancy_n whenas_o john_n look_v up_o be_v about_o fifteen_o hundred_o year_n on_o this_o side_n of_o that_o event_n wherefore_o it_o be_v not_o from_o any_o force_n or_o virtue_n of_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o vision_n they_o belong_v to_o be_v not_o expound_v of_o any_o event_n antecedent_n to_o the_o event_n of_o the_o vision_n next_o before_o but_o from_o other_o clear_a circumstance_n or_o that_o the_o vision_n be_v in_o the_o same_o order_n as_o the_o event_n they_o prefigure_v and_o no_o weight_n of_o reason_n appear_v to_o the_o contrary_n and_o for_o his_o appeal_n to_o my_o exposition_n of_o the_o apocalyse_v his_o ground_n fail_v there_o also_o for_o chap._n 18._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n some_o thing_n there_o be_v expound_v of_o what_o be_v antecedent_n to_o the_o prediction_n chap._n 17._o v._n 14._o of_o the_o victory_n of_o the_o lamb._n but_o suppose_v all_o place_n where_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v find_v have_v be_v so_o expound_v by_o i_o as_o the_o objector_n fancy_n it_o do_v not_o follow_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d must_v be_v so_o expound_v here_o because_o there_o be_v such_o notable_a indication_n to_o the_o contrary_n 1._o for_o first_o there_o be_v seven_o interval_n from_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o church_n apostolic_a it_o do_v both_o according_a to_o the_o apocalyptick_a and_o cabbalistick_a sense_n of_o seven_n imply_v all_o the_o interval_n of_o the_o say_a church_n from_o that_o first_o term._n as_o the_o seven_o seal_n begin_v from_o the_o same_o term_n reach_v to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n and_o so_o the_o seven_o trumpet_n from_o the_o term_n they_o do_v commence_v reach_v to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n and_o the_o same_o i_o doubt_v not_o of_o the_o seven_o thunder_n that_o they_o last_o to_o the_o very_a last_o the_o conflagration_n itself_o and_o the_o seven_o head_n of_o the_o beast_n take_v in_o all_o the_o head_n of_o he_o that_o be_v wherefore_o it_o be_v rational_a that_o the_o seven_o interval_n of_o the_o church_n take_v in_o all_o the_o interval_n of_o the_o church_n that_o be_v and_o therefore_o i_o think_v i_o see_v reason_n that_o this_o place_n however_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v to_o be_v expound_v in_o other_o shall_v be_v except_v 2._o but_o again_o how_o harsh_a and_o absonous_a be_v it_o to_o make_v the_o epistolar_n prophecy_n to_o reach_v but_o to_o the_o reformation_n and_o the_o affair_n of_o the_o church_n and_o the_o prophecy_n thereof_o to_o be_v continue_v in_o vision_n and_o prophecy_n of_o quite_o another_o mode_n and_o fashion_n do_v not_o this_o look_n like_o a_o strange_a heterogeneous_a patch_n or_o botch_v and_o be_v it_o not_o infinite_o more_o smooth_a and_o elegant_a to_o conceive_v the_o epistolar_n prophecy_n a_o complete_a prophecy_n of_o its_o own_o kind_n and_o manner_n of_o contexture_n reach_v from_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o church_n to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n and_o that_o after_o this_o begin_v a_o new_a prophecy_n of_o the_o same_o extent_n but_o of_o another_o texture_n and_o nature_n without_o any_o connexion_n to_o this_o ne_o gryph_n jungantur_fw-la equis_fw-la 3._o three_o if_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v after_o the_o event_n of_o the_o vision_n of_o the_o church_n of_o laodicea_n which_o according_a to_o he_o be_v the_o reformation_n than_o all_o the_o whole_a prophecy_n that_o follow_v at_o least_o that_o of_o