Isa 13.12 that a man of that Antichristian and mysticall Babylon shall be more precious then fine gold even a man then the golden wedge of Ophir Dan. 7.11 For by fire and by sword will the Lord plead with all flesh and the slaine of the Lord shall be many Isa 66.16 In this war the Roman Beast shall be taken and slaine and his body given to the burning flames and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him Rev. 19.20 with which he deceived them that had received the marke of the Beast These both are cast alive into a lake burning with fire and brimstone this is the purpose which is purposed upon the whole earth and this is the hand that is and shall be stretched out upon all Nations for the Lord of Hosts hath purposed and who shall disanull it and his hand is stretched out and who shall turne it back Isa 14.26 27. Thus we see the fifth and sixth Viall poured upon the seat of the Beast and upon that great river Euphrates all his powers and strength taken from him in heaven himself cast down to the earth yea to hell and his armies utterly destroyed and given to the beasts of the field and to the fowles of Heaven Yet there is another Viall to be poured out namely upon the aire wherein Antichrist breathed but when the Witnesses Christs civill Magistrates that sit in Heaven have done that worke which is proper for them as they are civill Magistrates they shall sit still and keep silence in Heaven about the space of halfe an houre which is the full time that the seventh Viall shall be pouring forth though the Beasts have their Dominions taken from them Yea both the Beast and false prophet are cast into a lake burning with fire and brimstone Dan. 7.12 yet these are said to live still in the hearts of those men in whom those errors and heresies do still abide which they brought into the world by their Antichristian aire and this remnant of men are not to be destroyed by the power of the civill Sword Rev. 19.21 but to be destroyed by a mysticall and spirituall sword which proceeded out of the mouth of him that sits upon the white Horse and by spirituall men sent out of the Temple Rev. 16.17 therefore the civill Magistrate shall keepe silence all the same time even about the space of halfe an houre and sit and rest themselves having done the best worke that ever was done before them or that shall be done after them We cannot suppose this silence to be in Heaven strictly for half an houre no nor half a day moneth or yeare for the seventh Viall must be poured forth upon that Antichristian aire all the ten Kingdomes over in this space of time that this silence is to be in Heaven which cannot be in so short a time neither can it be meant of any longe time Luk. 21.32 because Antichrist must be destroyed in one age and generation of men Christ speaking of the ruine of Antichrist mystically as well as of Jerusalem literally therefore we are to take this silence for the space of half an houre for the space of 45. yeares in which time the seventh Viall is pouring forth as shall appeare more fully when we come to speake of the time or times of the ending of these Vials It is said that this silence was in Heaven when the seventh Seale was opened this we are to note that it was the custome of the Jewes to write those things that were of greater consequence in sheets of parchment and so to roll them up and seale them if they were things secret The Spirit of God alluding to this their custome sets forth to us that every Viall was written in a roll of parchment and every roll was sealed seven Vials were written in seven rolls and every roll had a seale and when the first Viall was to be poured forth then the first seal was broken open and the first trumpet sounded The Seale was broken open that men might see what was written in the roll and the trumpet which was the Gospel in the mouth of the Ministers of the Churches was to declare to that Antichristian world what the Judgement or the Viall was which God was then pouring forth upon them and the Viall or Judgement that they were to feel with paine and anguish when the Lord poured it forth ☜ So when the first Viall was poured forth the first Seal was opened and the first Trumpet sounded and so in order the second and third unto the seventh And when the seventh Seale was opened the seventh Viall was poured forth and then this silence was in Heaven Before we leave speaking of the sixth Viall we are to take notice of this that although the Lord be come in the clouds of our Heaven even in his Witnesses standing upon the Mount Olives and the judgement seat and the Thrones are casting downe yea and the Lord is gone out to fight and make warre with those Kings that carried the Church of God captive and himselfe upon the white horse and much of the worke is done yet at this time the holy Ghost saith Zach. 14.6 Rev. 2.28 That the light shall not be cleare no◠darke the morning Star is but newly risen and a very little light doth yet appeare There is so much darknesse as very few of the Saints themselves doe not see nor know what the Lord Christ is doing either for Churches or States great feares amongst most of the Saints that sorrow and misery will come to both They cannot as yet see how or when the Church of Christ shall be delivered nor the pure way of Christs worship in his House and Temple set up onely a few choyce ones that be wise Dan. 12.3 and they shall shine as the brightnesse of the Firmament That is those godly ones whom the Lord hath made wise to understand the Mystery of pure Ordinances of worship and the way and Government of Christ in his House and Temple at this time wherein the worship of God is so exceedingly corrupted and polluted by the abominations of that Babylonish Whore they shall shine in this Antichristian world as the brightnesse of the Firmament for the present And they that turne many to righteousnesse as the Stars for ever and ever When they shall not onely see and be able to discerne between gold and drosse water and pure wine Christs owne institutions and mens inventions and the false government of Antichrist and the true government of Christ in and over his Church and people but also turne many unto those righteous and pure Ordinances of worship even they saith the Lord shall shine as Starres not in this age and time onely but for ever and ever their names shall be famous unto all the Churches of the Saints For the first ever or terme of time which Christ and his Saints shall reigne in peace even a
by his Spirit is come and sits upon the Throne to judge Antichrist we shall see it more plainly if we look into and open those foure signes which the Lord Christ gives us of his comming to judge Antichrist One signe is before his comming another just at his comming two after he is come The signes before his comming is First signe of Christs comming to judge Antichrist the Sunne shall be darkned and the Moon shall not give her light we are not to understand this litterally at Christs first comming to judgement to judge Antichrist but at his last comming to judge quick and dead then it may be litterall but not now of those two luminaries but mystically Antichrist is said to have a world Isa 14.13 to ascend up to Heaven In this Heaven here is the Sunne and Moon and Starres himselfe being the Sunne Oh Lucifer Sonne of the morning Isa 14.12 and his Cardinals that receive their light from him are the Moon and the Prelats the Stars of this Heaven for they are in this Heaven in the House and Temple of God where the Stars or Saints of God were and they lorded it over all that was called Gods as though they themselves had been God and they likewise sit in the high place of judicature ☞ Now these two great lights of this Antichristian Heaven were darkned a little before Christ came in the clouds of Heaven they began to grow darke in Luthers time and in King Edward the fixths time and likewise Queene Elizabeths time by the rising and shining of that glorious Sunne of righteousnesse in the preaching of the Gospels truth Matth. 4.2 and the more this Sunne shined the more those Antichristian lights grew paler and darker untill the very time that he came in the clouds of Heaven this signe before Christs comming was and is plainly fulfilled and accomplished before our eyes Secondly the signe at and in the very instant time of his comming and this signe is in Heaven Matth. 24.30 we are to keep the metaphor not litterally to be understood for those naturall Heavens as many have supposed and so have dreamed of a glorious light which was to shine or break forth from those Heavens immediately before Christ came which may be true at his last comming But by those Heavens or Heaven is meant the Heaven or high place where Antichrist had his seat and throne First he had his high place where he sate about Ecclesiasticall affaires and Church matters this is not the Heaven here meant Secondly he had his high place and throne where he sate to determine matters of the State and Common-weale Isa 14.13 Vpon the Mount of the Congregation in the sides of the North where the Judges of the civill law were wont to sit in ancient time this is the Heaven or high place where the signe of the Son of man is to appeare immediately at his comming in the clouds of Heaven and this signe was nothing else but that sudden alteration that was in this Heaven the day or yeer the Witnesses ascended up to this Heaven in the yeere before 1638. Pope and Prelate sate as sole Judges in this Heaven over the Saints and people of God but 1639. the Witnesses are raised up to this Heaven in Scotland and sit as Lord and Judges of them who by a solemn Oath made with the most high God cast out Pope and Prelate out of Heaven never to have to do or to meddle with Church or State affaire but to be cast from Heaven as the Spirit of God foretold Isa 14.2 How art thou fallen from Heaven O Lucifer sonne of the morning and how art thou cut downe to the ground which didst weaken the Nations Rev. 12.9 and againe The great Dragon was cast out into the earth and his Angels with him This is the signe of the Sonne of man in Heaven which appeares plainly by this which our Saviour notes to be at the same time Then saith he shall all the Tribes of the earth mourne when they see the Sonne of man come in the clouds of Heaven Mat. 24.30 Rev. 1.7 Was not this very evident did not all the Tribes of that Antichristian earth mourn when they see the godly party not onely to stand upon their feet which had lien dead three yeers and a halfe but now seeing them ascend to the high place of Judicature they were filled with feare and sorrow supposing some dreadfull thing would follow The Popes Master-piece witnesseth at large what feare and sorrow was not onely here amongst the Antichristian party but at Rome it selfe Thirdly the third signe was that the Starres should fall from Heaven By Starres Matth. 24.29 we shewed was meant those lesser lights of that Antichristian Heaven which was popish Lords and Prelats which were as fixed Starres of this Heaven they fell downe to the earth not to have any more power in the Church or State in Scotland the yeer 1639. and in England 1641. and shall fall from Heaven in all the other eight Kingdomes of the Beast very shortly The fourth and last signe of Christs comming in the clouds of Heaven to judge Antichrist The fourth signe Luke 21.25 is the roaring of the Sea The Sea and the waves thereof shall roare we are to keep to the metaphor Antichrist had a world in that world he had his Heavens and lights therein and he hath an earth and sea by sea in a naturall way is meant Rev. 17.15 Psal 2.1 3. Psal 149.8 Psal 2.6 nothing else but many waters gathered together metaphorically and mystically many people multitudes and nations and tongues and these are said to rage and roare when Jesus Christ in his Saints are about to bind the wicked with cords their Kings in chaines and Nobles in fetters of iron and when God is about to set his King upon his holy hill of Sion And have not we seene the Heathen and the Antichristian party rage and fume even like the waves of the Sea as though they would overwhelme and beare downe all before them but yet this their rage is nothing or but very little to what will be in all the other eight Kingdoms Oh how will they rage and lift up their waves to Heaven when Christ and his witnesse shall come to poure forth the fifth Viall upon the seat and throne of the Beast and the sixt Viall upon the River Euphrates amongst them there which will be as soone as they have poured them forth here Matth. 24.30 Thus have we seene these foure great signes of Christ comming to judge Antichrist in the clouds of Heaven in part fulfilled before our eyes And be is said to come in power and great glory This glory is not an outward luster or glory as some have suposed to be in the firmament Matth. 16.27 Exod. 34.6 Exod. 33.19 which may be true at his last comming but a mysticall and spirituall glory at this time even the
hurt not the Oyle and Wine Christ here hath a pair of balances in his hand as a righteous and just Judge to weigh all those wrongs and injuries which those Priests and Jesuits had done against his Saints and servants and he will repay them accordingly therefore saith the voyce A measure of Wheat for a penny and three measures of Barly but no hurt must come to the Saints that are the Oyle and Wine of the earth And this we shall see agree with the third Trumpet and Viall Third Trumpet sounds Rev. 1.10 11. the Trumpet when it sounds Then there fell a great Starre from Heaven burning as it were a lampe and it fell upon the third part of the Rivers and Fountaines of water and the name of the Starre is called Wormwood and the third part of the waters became Wormwood and many men dyed of the waters because they were made bitter By Starre is meant an Angell or Minister of the Church see Rev. 1.20 by Heaven is meant the Church by Rivers or Fountaines of waters is meant those Jesuits and Priests that are set forth by Rivers and Fountaines of waters who naturally draw and derive water from the Sea to water the Earth so doe they mystically as Rivers draw and derive their poysonous doctrine from that Antichristian Sea of Rome and so water the whole Antichristian earth The Ministers of the Churches by the preaching of the Gospell shined as a Lamp and these Rivers become blood noted by the the third Viall Rev. 16.4 and likewise made their doctrine to be bitter and loathsome shewing that they by their poysonous doctrine did seduce the people and spiritually slayed men yea further by their doctrine had stirred up the Beast and his Image to slay the Saints and Prophets of Christ as is noted by the third Angell that poured forth his Viall upon them Rev. 16.5 6. therefore they themselves became blood that is their blood is shed and they are put to death in Queene Elizabeths time and since and as Master Cotton well observes thus Christ weighs the wrongs done to his Saints by these Priests and Jesuits who are those Antichristian Rivers and Fountaines of water and so repayes them accordingly This Seale and Trumpet agrees fully with the third Viall The third Viall is poured forth Rev. 16.4 which was poured upon the Rivers and Fountaines of waters so that they became blood not onely appeared by the sounding of the Trumpet to be bloody men such as thirsted after the blood of Gods Saints but their owne blood was shed for they were worthy as the Angell of the waters well notes because they had caused the blood of the Saints to be shed therefore God was just and righteous because he had so judged Rev. 16.5 6. When the Lambe opens the fourth Seale behold a pale horse Fourth Seale opened Rev. 8.7 which notes darknesse and misery and he that 〈◊〉 upon it was Death Now Christ threatens death unto that whole Antichristian state the lights of their Heaven grow pale and darke as is noted by the Angel that sounded the Trumpet and that poured forth the fourth Viall and Death and Hell followed with him and afterward power was given to him over the fourth part of the Earth to kill with the sword with hunger and death and the Beasts of the Earth This horse was a pale horse Fourth Angell sounds Rev. 8.12 betokening blacknesse and darknesse as is noted by the fourth Angel that sounded that when he sounds the the third part of the Sunne Moon and Starres of that Antichristian Heaven Pope Cardinals and Prelats glorious lights of that Heaven when this fourth Angel preacheth the Gospell the late Ministers of our foregoing Age these lights lost the third part of their glory and shined not so bright as they did before by the third part The fourth Angel which poured forth the fourth Viall agrees with this Seale and Trumpet The fourth Viall poured forth Rev. 16.8 who poured his Viall upon that Antichristian Sunne and so notes to us that all the other lights of that Heaven were darkned with it because they drew their lights from it in a mysticall way as the Moone and Starres doe in a naturall way from the naturall Sunne The Ministers of Christ by preaching the Gospell darkned these glorious lights of that Antichristian Heaven and by so doing scorched and burned them with fire that is put them to as much paine and torment as though they had scorched them with naturall fire whereupon they blasphemed the name of God that is spoke more evilly of the wayes and Saints of God and proceeded more harshly and bitterly against them even to their civill slaying and lay their dead bodies in the streets That death and hell followed upon the fourth Seal Trumpet and Viall is noted by an Angel Rev. 8.13 which flies through the midst of Heaven crying Woe woe woe Three woes because of those three Angels which were to sound and three Vials which were to be poured forth upon that Antichristian state to its utter ruine When Christ had opened the fifth Seale The fifth Seal is opened Rev. 6.9 the soules under the Altar come to see what was written within the Roll and there they see Christ and his Witnesses ascend up to Heaven the high place of Judicature to take the Kingdomes and powers from Antichrist presently Rev. 1 1◠they cry for vengeance upon them that had shed their blood These souls are the Saints of God in our age which see themselves slaine for the word of God and the testimony which they held By word of God is meant Christ 1 John 1. and 14. and their testimony is their bearing witnesse unto those truths of Christ which Antichrist denied their slaying was civill all power taken from them that they could not prophesie nor give testimony to the truths of Christ as they had formerly done they are said to be under the Altar by Altar is meant Christ Heb. 13.10 They were under his spirituall power and jurisdiction though civilly slain by Antichrist and laid dead for three dayes and a half these soules that see themselves slaine had white robes given them by Christ and his witnesse in that space of time that the fifth Viall was pouring forth By white robes cannot be meant the righteousnesse of Christ inherent or imputed for that they had before which made them to undergoe that flory try all and suffer civill marty dome which righteousnesse is set forth by gold tryed in the fire Rev. 3.18 Rev. 3.18 but these white robes is that outward government and discipline that is to be set up in all the Churches of the Saints set forth by white rayment Fine gold make the Saints spirituall rich and enable them to endure the fiery tryall eye-salve cleares the eyes of their understandings that they thereby come to see the way of Christ in his house and Temple in what way he will be worshipped white rayment
and Prelats stood ready to hinder this great designe and birth of the Church by all the power and strength they could make which were cleare and evident to all our sights 1641. when the people of God bestirred themselves both to God by prayer and to the godly party in the Parliament that those popish Lords and Prelats might be cast out Rev. 12.5 Whereupon those Petitions and prayers were heard of Christ and his Witnesses and so the Church did not onely bring forth the man-child or government but it was likewise received up to God and his Throne into the high place of Judicature and the Dragon and the Beast in those popish Lords and Prelats were cast out to the earth by a wonderfull and miraculous hand of divine providence These foure Effects have beene very evidently fulfilled and brought to passe before the eyes of all from the time the Witnesses first ascended up to Heaven 1639. in Scotland to the yeere 1641. when the Popish Prelats were cast out of Heaven here in England Some say that the Church travailed in birth 320. with Constantine who was that man-child and so he was taken up to Heaven and then the Church fled into the Wildernesse But that cannot be the meaning of the Text for the Churches worke at that time as the Spirit of God hath declared was to beare witnesse and to give testimony to that great truth of Christs kingly power in his Churches and so to all other truth which Rev. 11.3 Antichrist would afterward deny all the time of their prophesie 1260. yeers And as for Constantine he was not to rule all nations with a rod of iron this onely belonged to Jesus Christ and to his Saints Rev. 2.21 who were to reigne with him therefore this cannot be meant of Constantine nor of that time but of this very time which we may plainly see by those things which have been done in our sight and for that 6. verse chap. 12. of the woman fleeing into the Wildernesse is brought in as a seale to the prophesie with the 15. verse For from the 7. verse of chap. 11. to the end of the 12. chap. the Spirit of God sets downe nothing but what was to come to passe in our time here amongst us from the day and yeer 1635. when the Witnesses were slaine to the yeer 1641. when the warre fell out to be in Heaven between the Dragon and his Angels and Christ and his Angels onely those two verses 6. and 14. of the 12. chapter of the Church fleeing into the Wildernesse 375. And when this man-child was received up to Heaven and the Dragon and his Angels cast out of Heaven to the earth here in England by Christ and his Witnesses was a second degree of the pouring forth of the fifth Viall upon the Throne of the Beast for this casting him out of Heaven to the Earth is a taking away all his power from him both Civill and Ecclesiasticall in Church and State Thus that proud Lucifer Sonne of the morning Isa 14.10.12 is said to be fallen from Heaven and to be cut downe to the ground and to become weake like the common people of the earth both in Scotland and here in England CHAP. IX The sixt Viall poured upon Antichrist with the way or meanes by which it is done and the Instrument by whom it is poured forth the Beast and the false prophet taken and cast into a Lake of fire with the silence in Heaven about the space of halfe an houre THe Churches of the Saints declaring to all the world that the way to have all oppression and tyranny removed and to bring in all peace and tranquility was to have all those that did formerly tyrannize over them cast out of office and place of government and let the Civill power be put into the hands of Christ and his Witnesses shee bringing forth this man-child into the world is presently received up to Heaven by Christ and his Witnesses the devil and his angels who ruled the world before is now cast out of Heaven to the Earth ☞ Upon this followes warre between the Dragon and his angels and Michael and his angels Rev. 12.7 The Dragon at the same time by his taile drawes the third part of the Starres of Heaven after him verse 4. the devil will not fall from Heaven alone but he will draw some of the Starres with him By Heaven is meant the place of judicature by Starres is meant those men that sits in Parliament And was not this evident did not the third part of the Parliament fall off at the same time and was drawne after the Dragon even with his taile the popish Lords and Prelats who are his taile to make warre with Christ and his Church Rev. 16.13 14 There gâ—es at the same time three uncleane spirits like Frogges out of the mouth of the Dragon the devil and out of the mouth of the Roman Beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet the Pope which are the spirits of devils working miracles That is those Jesuiticall spirits which work with as much policy and craft as though they did work miracles and so deceive and delude men These goe forth to the Kings of the whole world to gather them to the battell of the great God Almighty Rev. 11.15 so the devil is said to cast a flood out of his mouth after the woman the Church which brought forth this man-child a flood of wicked and ungodly men which he had gathered by those three spirits This hath bin partly fulfilled before our eyes Did not those Jesuiticall spirits goâ— up and downe to the Kings of the earth France Spaine c. to gather them together in battell against the Witnesses and the Church of God when they saw that popish Lords and Prelats were cast out of the Parliament 1641. who are still at worke with the Kings of the earth and will be untill the worke be done Christ and his Witnesses seeing this presently they prepare and make ready for to wage warre against Antichrist Therefore he is said in righteousnesse to judge and make warre and shall breake them in pieces like a Potters Vessell Rev. 19.11 Dan. 7.26 Psal 2.9 Rev. 18.6 Rev. 2.27 Sixth Viall poured our Rev. 12.7 8. so the Dragon fought and his angels and Michael and his Angels but saith the holy Ghost they prevailed not neither was their place any more found in Heaven Antichrist shall not prevaile though the warre be long and bloody neither shall he get the power of Church or State any more into his hands after it is once taken out This warre which is in Heaven between the Dragon and his Angels and the Lord Jesus and his Witnesses that sit in Parliament Rev. 17.15 is the pouring forth of the sixth Viall upon that great River Euphrates which must be dryed up before that mysticall Babylon can be taken as that old river Euphrates was before literall Babylon
just at that instant of time did the Spirit of God enter into the hearts and spirits of the godly part Rev. 11.11 Ezra 1.1 both in England and in Scotland as he did into Cyrus And they stood upon their feet that is they tooke courage and put liberty life goods and all to their hands and tooke to them all that power and strength they had to free themselves from that dead and slavish condition wherein Antichrist had brought them Thus the Spirit of life from God entred into them and they stood upon their feet and saith the Text Feare fell upon them that saw them And indeed so there did fall a great fear upon all that saw them of the antichristian party Rev. 11.11 both in Scotland and England yea at Rome it self witnesse the Popes Masterpeece All that knew of the godly party rising feare and horrour seized upon them and when they stood thus upon their feet Vers 12. ready to do any service that God should put them upon Presently they heard a voyce from Heaven saying Come up hither This voice was not from the materiall Heavens or the third or high Heavens where God and his Angels are for then they should have ascended up thither neither is this voice from the Church or Temple for then they should at the same time have ascended up into a true Church-State and if they had done so Antichrist would quickly have brought them down broken them all to peeces again as he had formerly done by the power of the civill sword which was still in his hand Therefore by Heaven is meant in this place the place of Judicature the mount of the Congregation ssa 14.13 the place of justice the voice came from this Heaven That wise and godly men would now ascend to this place to do justice upon Antichrist who had slaine the Saints of the most High and witnesses of Christ and by his oppression and cruelty This voice was heard first from the whole Commons in Scotland in whom all the power which is in Heaven did originally reside and afterwards in England both from the whole Common-weale and likewise from the King himselfe who sate in Heaven Rev. 11.12 And they ascended up to Heaven that is they ascended to the high place of Judicature the same time 1639. in Scotland and afterward here in England They ascended up in a cloud Maâ— 4.16 that is in a time of great darknesse and ignorance the whole world being overwhelmed with darknesse and ignorance Likewise by a cloud and darknesse is set forth Joel 2.2 a state of misery and distresse And what misery and distresse was the people of God in and all the whole world at this very time and therefore is truly said that they ascended up in a cloud in a time of great ignorance and misery CHAP. VI. Christ is said to come at this time in the clouds of Heaven or in his Saints to execute juddgement upon Antichrist with those signes of his comming very few of his Saints that have faith to beleeve this only some few who are counted wise THe witnesses being in Heaven Mat. 14.30 the Lord Jesus is to come in the clouds of Heaven to execute judgement upon that man of fin By clouds is mystically meant the witnesses of Christ in whom he is by his Spirit as is noted in the Scripture of truth When he is said to come in the clouds of Heaven he is said at the same time to come with his Saints Dan. 7.13 Daniel saith He 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 like the Sonne of 〈◊〉 come in the clouds of Heaven when the thrones of those Beasts or Kings were cast down Zach. 14.3 And Zechariah saith when the Lord shall goe forth to fight against those Kings that carried Jerusalem captiveâ— meaning the Church of God whether Jâ—â—es or Gentilâ—â— and by those Kings he meanes those foure Beasts and the little horne Antichrist then saith he The Lord my God shall come verse 5. and all his Saints with him and when the Lord Christ speaks of his comming to judge the enemies of the Church and to deliver his people he saith That he shall come in the clouds of Heaven and againe saith John Matth. 24.30 Behold he commeth with clouds and every eye shall see him and they that pierced him meaning the Jewes Rev. 1.7 who shall be brought to Christ in this age and Enoch the seventh from Adam saith Behold the Lord commeth with 10000. of his Saints to execute judgement upon all for their ungodly deeds which they have committed c. ☜ The Saints of God and witnesses of Christ that are now in Heaven are very fitly resembled to clouds in a two-fold respect They serving for the same end and use in a mysticall and spirituall way as clouds doe in a litterall and naturall way First clouds are to keep us from the scorching and burning hear of the Sunne so doe the clouds of our mysticall Heaven the Saints of the most High and Witnesses of Christ keep the people of Christ from those scorching and burning beames of that Antichristian Sunne which hath burned many of the deare Saints of Christ to aâ—â—es and would doe the like to us at this time being so much enraged with malice and fury as they are if it were not for these mysticall clouds that are fixed fast in our Heaven Secondly clouds serve to carry water and moysture to water and fatten the dry and barren earth to make in fat and fruitfull To the same end in a mysticall and spirituall way serve the clouds of our Heaven not only to the Saints of God but also to all other who have been dryed and parched by the heat of that Antichristian Sunne even by his oppression tyranny and cruelty and the clouds of our Heaven are to carry water that may refresh the people of God and the whole land I meane just and righteous lawes and ordinances which may free us from those great taxations and oppressions which wee meet with from Antichrist which hath been done in part and were those evill spirits which were raised by those three unclean spirits like frogs which came out of the mouth of the false prophet Rev. 16.13 out of the mouth of the Dragon and out of the mouth of the Beast destroyed out of our land we should see such great floods of waters flow from our clouds as though the windowes of Heaven and flood gates of the great Ocean were set open foretold and prophesied of by the servants of God and therefore it is said The Lord will send downe blessings like raine upon the mowen grasse Psal 72.6 and as showres that water the earth the Valleys shall bring forth abundantly and the hils shall drop down fatnesse verse 3. the mountaines shall bring peace to the people and the little hils by righteousnesse Thus we see the Saints and Witnesses fitly resembled to clouds in whom the Lord Jesus
is the government and discipline of the Church which is to cover the shame of the Churches nakednesse that it doth not appeare unto the world every member of the Church and the Church her selfe walking according to the rule and order of the Gospel Matth. 18.15 16 17. We shall see this Seale agree with the fifth Trumpet and fifth Viall in the sense of it The fifth Angel sounding a Star fals from Heaven unto the Earth The fifth Trumpet sounds Rev. 9.1 Isa 19.15 Rev. 13 1â— unto him was given the Key of the bottomles pit By Star is meant a Minister or Ministers of Christ by Heaven is meant the Church by Key is meant power by bottomlesse pit is meant the depth of the craft and subtilty of that nian of sin in his cursed doctrine traditions So the Ministers of the Churches were invested with power from Christ in the preaching of the Gospel to open the depth of Satan and Antichrist in his cursed doctrine ferched out of that bottomlesse pit especially concerning the usurpation of his power Whereupon commeth a great smoak noting thereby darknesse and therefore it is said That the Sunne and Aire was filled with darknesse and in Rev. 16.10 when the fifth Viall was poured out it said His Kingdome was full of darknesse This smoake notes misery likewise therefore Locusts are said to come out of the smoake unto whom was given power as the Scorpions of the earth have power and they were to torment the men of that Antichristian world five moneths a certaine time set downe for an uncertaine and their torment is very sore as when a Scorpion striketh a man that they shall seek death and shall not find it This is noted further that these Locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battell when Christ and his Saints take the power of Churches and States from Antichrist it is to be pre-supposed that Antichrist will presently raise a very great Army to make warre with them as ye shall see anon fall out to be so by the sounding of the next Trumpet But these men that was counted as Locusts unto Antichrist they have Crownes of gold to note their victory if Antichrist should make warre with them and they have faces like men to note their Majesty and authority and haire as the haire of women to note their terriblenesse and fearcenesse and teeth of Lyons to note their greedinesse to prey upon these Antichristian men to eat their flesh Rev. 19.17 and to burne them with fire And brest-plats of iron to note their strength to encounter with him the sound of their wings being as the sound of Chariots of many horses running to battaile and their tailes like unto Scorpions to torment them Rev. 6.12 and to put them unto grievous paine and he that is King over them is the Angel of the bottomlesse pit even the Lord Christ see Rev. 20.1 2. that will ere long cast the Beast and that false Prophet into it Rev. 19.20 Rev. 20.10 yea and the Devil himselfe and shut him up and set a seale upon it binding him for a thousand yeers verse 1 2. Thus the first woe is past and behold there commeth two woes more herereafter The fifth Angell poured forth the fifth Viall The fifth Vial. poured forth Rev. 16.10 Rev. 16.10 upon the seate of the Beast and then they gnawed their tongues for paine And all this torment was when the fifth Angel poured forth his Viall upon the seat and throne of the Beast Rev. 11.12 Dan. 7.26 even when the Lord Christ and his witnesses ascended up into Heaven 1639. and when the judgement sate and tooke his Kingdome and Dominions from him For wicked and ungodly men to be taken from their high places of honour it is as great a torment to them as when a Scorpion striketh a man when Pope Cardinall and Prelates are cast from the high place of Judicature they that do it are as Locusts unto them and their torment is insufferable they gnaw their tongues for paine and they desire to die and death flees from them When the sixth Seale was opened Behold a great earth-quake Sixth Seale opened Rev. 6.12 and the Sun became black as haire-cloath and the Moon as blood and the stars fall from Heaven unto the Earth and the Heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together and every mountaine and Island were moved out of their places and the Kings and great men and mighty men of the Earth hide themselves in dens and in the rocks of the mountaines that they might be hid from the face of Christ that sits upon the throne because the great day of his wrath is come and they will never be able to abide it Christ and his witnesses being upon the throne takes away Antichrists Kingdome and Dominions from him Rev. 12.7 whereupon there fals out to be war between Christ and Antichrist foretold by the fifth Trumpet In this war there followes a great earth-quake a great slaughter amongst the men of that Antichristian Earth and the Pope the sun of this heaven becomes black as haire-cloath Isa 14.13 and his Cardinals set forth by the Moon become as blood and Popish Lords and Prelates set forth by Stars fals from Heaven those high places where they had their seate and throne even above the stars of Gods in Gods House and Temple and in the civill throne upon the Mount of the Congregation After they are fallen from Heaven their Heaven fel with them and is rolled together as a scroll and all their Mountaines and power of States and Islands is moved out of their place and set in their right place And in this battell and earthquake Kings the great men of the world crie to the Mountaines to fall upon them and to hide them from the face of the Lambe the Lord Christ because now the great day of his wrath is come in which he will take geance upon all these five grand enemies of his Church and upon that Antichristian world But this is noted in Rev. 7.1 2 3 4. that at this time in the midst of all this wrath and fury of Christ against this wicked antichristian crue he takes care of his Elect chosen people especially those that are in a true Church-state as the children of Israel was therefore set forth by them who are said to be upon Mount Sion with the Lambe Rev. 14.1 singing a new Song these must be all sealed and have the marke of God set in their foreheads Rev. 7.1 2 3 4. therefore those foure Angels that stands upon the foure corners of the Earth to hold the foure windes of Gods wrath in their hands ready to blow upon that antichristian World must not let those windes blow untill an Angel hath sealed the servants of Christ and there was sealed 144000. the same number that are upon Mount Sion in a true Church-state with the Lambe the Lord Christ their Lord
could be taken by the King of Persia as the Lord foretold by his Prophet Jeremy as yee shall see in Ieremy 50.38 so see 38. compared with Jer. 51.32 where you shall see the Lord threatning destruction unto literall Babylon with the drying up of that great river Euphrates by stopping up the passages and by burning up the reedes thereof with fire which were done by Darius who tooke this City from the King of Babylon Dan. 5.30 31. so shall this mysticall river Euphrates be dryed up in a mysticall sense By this river is meant those great multitudes of people that shall be gathered together into Armies to destroy Christ and his Witnesses and to keep the Dragon Beast and false prophet in Heaven in their seate and throne And they are said to be gathered together into a place called Armageddon by the Devil the Beast Rev. 16.16 Rev. 17.13 14. and the false prophet and with them those ten Kings which gave their power and strength to the Beast these shall all make war with the Lambe Rev. 17.4 and he shall make war with them and will raise a great Army against them who are said to be called and chosen and faithfull Rev. 12.6 The called ones are the men of the earth who are said to help Christ and his Church Rev. 17.16 and the ten hornes which were upon the Beasts head are to hate the Where and make her desolate and naked and shall eate her flesh and burne her with fire By these hornes is meant the Commons of all those ten Kingdomes which were under the government of the Beast in whom the power of States originally lies and these shall be with the Lambe and take part with him against the Beast as we see Scotland and England hath done already and so will the commons of all the other eight Kingdomes doe for the Word of God must be fulfilled But those ten Kings that were heads of those ten States they shall take part with the Dragon and make warre with Christ Secondly by chosen are meant the Saints of the most High who are said to overcome Antichrist Firstly Rev. 10.11 By the blood of the Lambe Secondly By the word of their testimony And last of all They loved not their lives unto death ☞ They willingly ingaged themselves in this great quarrell between Christ and the Beast Chosen ones will be faithfull but not the called chosen and faithfull The Lord Christ notes this of them that are chosen that they shall be faithfull to him in this war but yet he secretly hints to us that the men of the earth will be trecherous This great Army of Christ shall be raised by that little stone cut out of the Mountaine without hands by that civill power which Christ and his witnesses hath in their hands now they sit in Heaven therefore Heaven is said to be opened Rev. 19.11 that is now there is liberty given by them that sit in Heaven That now men shall take up armes against Antichrist The Lord Christ is upon a white Horse in Heaven as the Captaine of the Lords Army Josh 5.14 and the Armies which followes him is said to be in Heaven being raised by that civill power which the witnesses have in their hand in Heaven and Christ and his Army is said to be upon white Horses which note the innocency of the cause and victory over them in this quarrell it being the custome of the Romans to ride in triumph after victory upon white horses or else their Horses and Chariots covered with white Againe Zach. 14.4 the Lord Christ is said to stand upon his feet upon the Mount of Olives in the day he goes out to fight against those Kings that carried the Church and people of God captive which is meant of this very time By Mount is meant power and there be but two powers in the world the Church power and the State power It is not meant the Church power for then this mount should have been called Mount Sion by which the Church power is alwaies set forth and this Mount should have been in Jerusalem in the Church and not before the Church But this Mount is that civill power of States set forth by that Mount Olives which is before Jerusalem so this civill power is before the Church of God and chiefly for the good of the Church And upon this Mount or power doth Christ stand with his feet By feet he meanes his Saints so the Lord Christ by his Spirit in his Saints and witnesses stands this day upon this Mount Olives And this mount saith the Text shall cleave in the midst towards the East and towards the West towards the North and towards the South This is fulfilled at this day Is not this power or Mount cloven in the middle part of it is in the hands of Christ and his Witnesses as they sit in Heaven and part of it in the hands of Christ and his Army which is in Heaven upon white Horses And this power shall extend it selfe from West to East from North to South to take away the power from Antichrist in all his ten Kingdomes and to dry up that great river Euphrates from one end of the world to another and this power or Mount is to be divided one part in the high place of Judicature and the other part in the Armies as is at this day untill they have poured forth the fifth and sixth Viall and then it shall close and become one in the yeare of Christ 1655. So by that little stone even that little civill power which is in the hands of the Witnesses shall the fifth and sixth Viall be poured upon the Beast and that great River Euphrates This sixth Viall of Gods wrath and indignation Isa 34.2 is said to be poured upon Euphrates upon all Nations and his fury upon all their Armies upon all the ten Nations of Antichrist and upon all their Armies that shall be raised be will utterly destroy them Vers 5. and give them up to the slaughter The sword of the Lord shall be bathed in Heaven upon the high one◠which are on high Isa 24.21 upon the Kings of the Earth upon the Earth it shall be filled with blood Isa 28.18 that the Mountains shall be melted with their blood This is called the overflowing scourge which was to passe over the whole earth and the houre of temptation that should come upon all the world to try them Rev. 3.10 Chap. 19.17 18. and the slaine shall be so many that it is called the supper of the great God and all the fowles of Heaven are to eate the flesh of Kings of Captaines of mighty men of the flesh of horses and them that sit on them and the flesh of all men Rev. 9.18 small and great bond and free Even the third part of men that are upon the Earth shall be slaine in this warre to dry up this great river Euphrates
1000. yerres And for ever to the second terme or end of time after the 1000. yeares are ended from the destruction of Gog and Magog unto the end of the world because they were so wise to see and diligent and faithfull to turne many unto the right way of divine worship But there is some light though it be not cleard so that those which are said to be wise can see and understand in part that now the day-starre is risen and the great work concerning the enemies ruine and the Saints finall deliverance is begun and the Sunne of righteousnesse the Lord Christ will ere long arise with healing in his Wings Maal 4.2 But at this time it is not light nor darke Zach. 14.6 7. a day as it were knowne to the Lord onely none else knowing or understanding what God is doing for his people onely a few whom he hath made wise to understand a vision the words of the wise God concerning this great Mystery and the darke sayings thereof Againe this is noted that it is not day nor night The day of the Churches peace is not yet come nor the night of her misery and bondage is not fully upon her as it hath been but shee is between the day and night in the birth and upon the borders of spirituall Aegypt and Canaan But at the even-â—ide when the worke shall be almost at an end Zach. 14.7 then it shall be day-light all shall see what God is doing for his Church and then will that glorious Sunne shine forth in his full brightnesse and glory that the light of the Moone shall be as the Sunne and the Sunne seven-fold then the eyes of the blind shall be opened to see the way of Christ in his House so plainly that way faring men though fooles shall not erre therein Isa 35.8 6 And this is also noted in the Scripture of truth that an Army out of the North shall come up against Babyon and be the chiefe cause of her mine and destruction They come from a farre Country from the end of Heaven Isa 13.5 the Lord and the Weapons of his indignation to destroy the whole Land which is meant of England and Scotland For we are a very remote Country from mystical Babylon from the end of Heaven as Scotland is yea if we look to the men that are to be imployed in this warre we shall see them to be the same which the Lord Christ hath in his Army at this day as we may see in the third verse I have commanded my sanctified ones verse 3. I have also called my mighty ones for my anger even them that rejoyce in my highnesse The Lord meaning his owne servants who are said to retoyce in his highnesse aud are set forth by chosen and faithfull ones which are now with the Lamb Rev. 17.14 following him upon white horses in Heaven Rev. 19.14 who are this day upon the high places of the field and are said to be in Heaven with their Army because they are raised by Christ and his Witnesses who are in Heaven and by that ciuill power which they have in their hands by right as they are lawfully called to that high place Againe wee shall see that the Lord intended England and Scotland to come against this mysticall Babylon if wee looke in Jeremy 50.9 I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an Assembly of great Nations from the North Countrey Now of all Countries in the World England and Scotland is North to mysticall Babylon And againe Dan. 11.44 Tydings out of the East and out of the North shall trouble him By East here surely as may be supposed is meant the Sweedes And by North is meant England and Scotland so consequently they shall joine together against Antichrist Object Rut all these threatnings were against literall Babylon Answ I grant they were in the Letter but as truly as Rome is called mysticall Babylon Rev. 17.5 and as truly as all these threatnings which the Lord hath pronounced against literall Babylon were made good in the Letter against them so will the Lord do against mysticall Babylon in a spirituall and mysticall way Therefore when Scotland and England have dryed up the River Euphrates here they shall not then sit downe on this side Jordan to enjoy peace themselves and leave their brethren in misery beyond the Sea and out of their owne possessions but shall go over Jordan with a strong Army to help their Brethren that they may likewise dry up that River Euphrates there to the utter ruine of Antichrist and for the setling of a perfect peace in the ten States that the powers of States and Churches may be put into the hands of Christ and his Saints that they may live and raigne over the Nations of the earth in peace and tranquility 1000. yeaees CHAP. X. The seventh Viall poured forth two great effects follow thereupon The first is the hringing in the fullnesse of the Gentiles And the second is the calling of the Jewes with the time when the fifth sixth and seventh Viall began and ended and liberty given to the Saints by the Witnesses to build that new Jerusalem THe fifth and sixth Viall being poured upon Antichrists seate and thrones and upon his Armies the Beast and false prophet taken by Christ and his Army that followed him upon white Horses in Heaven and both of them cast into a lake Rev. 19.21 hurning with fire and brimstone Yet there is a remnant of that Antichristian race left whom Antichrist hath poysoned with his Antichristian aire with errors and heresies in whom those five Beasts are said to live Dan. 7.12 though they be dead Therefore the Lord Jesus hath another Viall to poure upon these men as is the maladie such is the medicine Rev. 17.10 and as the disease so is the cure The disease is inward in their spirits their understanding is filled with mists and darknesse which Antichrist brought into the world with which he filled his whole Kingdome Rev. 15.10 This Vial must be poured upon this Antichristian aire and darknesse by the preaching of the Gospell For this being an inward and spirituall worke is fittest for spirituall weapons and spirituall men and such will Christ have to do the worke Rev. 16.17 Therefore voices came forth of the Temple The Ministers of the Churches are to be imployed in this worke and spirituall weapons or swords therefore saith the Scripture The remnant were slaine by the sword of him that sate upon the white horse which sword proceedeth out of his mouth Chap. 19.21 The way of Antichrist hath been to slay such men as they conceive factious and erronious with the civill sword Dan. 8.12 therefore he gets an Host or the power of Princes The civill sword used by Antichrist to root errors out of mens hearts and hales them before Princes and Judges for to root out errors as they pretend out
a Time Times and halfe a Time see the third Chapter At which time then almost all his cruelty against the Saints shall be finished for he did to this very yeare slay the Saints and laid them dead and triumphs over them and make merry sending gifts one to another and at this time Antichrist is said to finish his reigne over the Saints having slaine them and so is one time of his end come Second time of his end is 1290. dayes which time begins saith the Text when thn daily Sacrifice was taken away and that abomination set up which made all desolate Which was done in the yeare of Christ 365. now 365. and 1290. are 1655. which is the second time of his end which is the end of the fifth and sixth Viall pouring forth Carion Chro. lib. 3. Rev. 12.17 18. Dan. 7.11 when all Civill and Ecclesiasticall power shall be taken from him and his Armies destroyed and given to the Fowles of Heaven and their bodies to the burning flames And all the civill power of States put into the hands of the godly but not the Ecclesiasticall power untill the seven plagues of the seven Angels be fulfilled The third time of his end is set down in the 12. verse to be 1335. dayes By dayes he means propheticall dayes a day for a yeare This time is to begin when the 1290. began at the yeare 365. so 365. and 1355. make 1700. which is the third and last time of his end when he shall be spiritually slain and cast out of the hearts minds of men in whom he hath fastly rooted himself by his Antichristian errours Dan. 7.12 in whom he and the rest of the Beast was said to live after they had their Dominions and Kingdomes taken from them At this time the Lord Christ is said to sit upon the Throne Rev. 19.1 6. and much people in Heaven crying Alleluiah and the voyce of a great Multitude and as the voyces of many waters and the voyce of mighty thunderings saying Alleluiah for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth In the yeare 1655. Christ and his Witnesses are to take the powers of all the ten Kingdomes which Antichrist had into their owne hands and shall reigne but yet Christ is not said to reigne fully Christ not said to reigne untill his reigne in and over his Church as well as over Nations untill Antichrist be quite removed out of the hearts of men and the Church way of Christ clearly seene by all his servants both by his Witnesses in Heaven and other of his Saints that so he may reigne not onely upon the thrones of Nations but likewise upon the hill of Sion his Church and then Christ is said to reigne truly which he shall doe at this last terme 1700. Then shall the Lambe Christ be married unto his Church and the new Jerusalem built Antichrist being quite destroyed and cast not onely out of the would but out of the hearts of men and all that Antichristian darknesse and ignorance out of the mindes of men that the way of Church-discipline at that time shall be so plaine Isa 35.8 that wayfaring men yea though fools shall not erre therein and so much light that all shall see the way of Church-discipline Zach. 14.7 which way the uncleane is not to passe over but it shall be for those At even time it shall be light which is meant of this yeare 1700. Rev. 19.7 The Spouse married to Christ by a Church-Covenant even for those that are holy which doe not pollute nor defile and not for the uncleane At which time all the people of God seeing the Church way of Christ so plaine are said to make themselves ready and prepared to be married to Christ not but that they were married to him before in a spirituall way by faith and love Else how could they have this title of Bride or Wife But to be married to him is in an outward way by a solemne League and Covenant in the sight of all the world and Nations round about them which is called the building of that new Jerusalem and holy City Rev. 21.2 10. which is said to come downe from Heaven By Heaven is meant the place of judicature where Christ and his Witnesses sit from this high place or Heaven the Church and Spouse of Christ who is that new Jerusalem or holy City being invested with liberty and leave from Christ and his Witnesses to enter into a true Church-way and to set up such a Government in all the Churches of the Saints Isa 24.22 whereby the Lord Jesus may be Mount Sion and in his new Jerusalem before his anciemts gloriously The Lord Jesus who is the Tree of Life Rev. 22.2 who is in the midst of his Church is said to yeeld twelve manner of fruits twelve sorts of fruits after the twelve Tribes of the Children of Israel That is in him is all kindes of spirituall meats to feed and nourish all the Churches of his Saints though their wants be divers and many And this Tree yeelds his fruit every moneth in the yeare The holy Ghost secretly hinting to those Churches that shall live in those thousand yeares that he would have them to eat of that Tree of Life but once a moneth Now by Tree of life is set forth to us the Lord Christ in that great Ordinance of the Lords Supper who doth fully communicate himself to his Saints by that Ordinance In other Ordinances there is but a communication of Christ by parcels but in this of whole Christ and a participation of all spirituall gifts and graces and therefore the Lord Jesus the Tree of life is said to yeeld his fruit but once a moneth therefore the Saints are not to take fruit from this Tree but as it yeelds it not to pluck the Tree before the fruits be ripe and it is likely this will be the custome of all the Churches in the thousand yeares reigne Though the Churches in the primitive times did receive it every seventh day because they were then in their infancy and childhood and so the Lord Jesus had need to be as a Nurse with his Breasts full of Milke to nourish his young ones every day as it were But when the Church shall be growne up to the age and stature of a man and so to be fed with meat and not with milke then Christ will be a Tree of life in his Church yeelding meat and fruits for strong men every moneth for his Saints at that time are foretold by the holy Ghost to be ancient men ancient Christians Isa 24.23 such that are growne up towards the measure of the stature of the fulnesse of Christ Ephes 4.13 before whom he is said to reign in Mount Sion in Jerusalen gloriously This liberty to build this holy City new Jerusalem shal be to the Saints 1700. by the Witnesses in the high place of Judicature therefore it is said againe That
and abundance of peace so long as the Moone endureth at that time will I cause the Branch of righteousnesse to grow up to David and he shall execute judgement and righteousnesse in the Land justice and judgement shall be the habitation of his Throne mercy and truth shall goe before thy face Psal 89.14 Jer. 23.5 a King shall reigne and prosper who shall execute judgement in the earth Secondly Christ will not only give them just and righteous Laws but he will also give them his Gospel Rev. 14.6 Zach. 14.16 which shal be preached to all Nations they shal come up to Jerusalem to worship keep the feast of Tabercacles They shall submit to his power so farre as to have the Gospel preached to the people of the Nations Rev. 22.2 Which Gospel is called the leaves of that Tree of life which is to heale the Nations of their deadly wounds and diseases that they may doe the Commandements of God and have right to the Tree of life and so enter in through the Gate in-that holy City Isa 65.17 new Jerusalem This Government by which Christ will rule in the world Rev. 21.1 Matth. 24.35 is called The new Earth which God promised to make the old earth being passed away even that old Government of oppressions and cruelty which the five Beasts set up Rev. 21.1 being now dissolved by Christ and his Witnesses Christ set up a new Government to governe the men of the earth by called The new Earth lust and righteous Lawes and his Gospell Rev. 14.6 to be preached unto all Nations The second Government which Christ is to set up in the Churches of his Saints and new Jerusalem is a more stricter government then the former Zach. 2.1 Rev. 21.15.16 Rev. 11.1 He shall sit upon the throne of his glory in his Church and Temple with a measuring line and golden reed to measure Jerusalem that holy City to see that the length and bredth and hight of it be equall the highest Officer and the meanest Member of the Church must be equall in point of power and with this rod or golden reed he is to measure the Temple of God and the Altar and them that worship therein but the outward Court must not be measured They that come into the outward Court that is they that come to the preaching of the Gospell measure not them for it is given to all the Nations of the world to be as leaves of the Tree of life to cure them therewith but the stones of the Temple and Altar and they that worship therein must be measured First Christ will measure all the stones which this holy City new Jerusalem is to be built withall none is to be admitted but precious stones Rev. 21.18 even of Jasper godly men and women and the city is to be all of pure gold like unto clcere glasse None are to enter into a Church-league and Covenant to be a stone of this new Jernsalem but such as have their cloathing of wrought gold Psal 45.13 befitting the Spouse of Christ and Queen of Heaven those graees of Gods Spirit which are as gold tryed in the fire Rev. 3.18 like unto cleare glasse without spot or defilement which are so I say in the judgement of Charity for so must the Saints judge if one be without spot not defilling by any outward sin as to worke abomination or make a lye he is to be admitted the Saints is to believe that such a one is a precious stone and pure gold in the judgement of charity 2. The Temple must not only be measured that is godly men and women which are as lively stones and spirituall Psal 1.2.5 Ezek. 43.13 to build this spirituall Temple but the Altar must be measured all ordinances and instruments with which the Saints are to worship are to be measured nothing is to be admitted as an Ordinance of worship but what is of divine institution which will agree with the touch-stone of the Word and ballance of the Sanctuary Not any of that Romish trash of mens inventions and humane traditions with which the Whore of Rome mixed her cup Ezek. 43.26 27. but the Altar must be cleansed seven daies seven times as gold or silver and then the Lord will accept of our offerings These are the Ordinances of the Altar of Christ within his Temple 3. They that worship in the Temple must be measured Christ sits upon the throne of his Church in the Temple and all that come in after it is built to worship shall be measured if they doe not agree with the golden reede of divine truth no admittance into his Temple nay after they be admitted if they walke not according to the rule of the Gospell after the third admonition Matth. 18.17 they are to be cast out of his house 1 Cor. 5.7 As none shall enter into his house that defiles so nothing is admitted to stay there for he would defile all the rest A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump 1 Cor. 5.6 therefore he must be cut off by the sword of Christ that goeth out of his mouth This is that government and discipline which Christ will set up in his Temple and holy City Rev. 2.16 and exercise in all the Churches of his Saints all the 1000. yeares and to the end of the world And these are the lawes ordinances and forms and going out thereof and commings in thereof this is the law of the house Ezek. 43.12 upon the top of the mountaines which is called that new Heaven which he will make A new Heaven that old Heaven being passed away and there was found no more sea no more of that Romish doctrine or humane traditions which that Antichristian Whore brought into the world with her but that Roman Beast and Babylonish Whore with all her abominations is now to be removed out of the way which she set up in the Temple and Heaven and now the Lord sets up pure ordinances of worship in all the Churches of the Saints which he calls the new Heaven which new heaven and earth shall ever continue Isa 61.17 Rev. 21.1 Rev. 20.3 4. Isa 24.22 not only for 1000. yeares in which Christ and his Saints shall raigne Satan be bound and wicked men shut up as prisoners in a pit and lye civilly slaine but even to the worlds end and then shall that be fulfilled Isa 16.16 17 18 19 20 21. Thou shalt also suck the milke of c. So the Lord Jesus is to raigne over the Nations of the world and Churches of his Saints 1000. yeares which 1000. yeares begins when Antichrist is quite destroyed which will be 1700. yeares and continue unto 2700. in which time Satan is said to be bound and shut up Rev. 20.3 and sealed in that bottomlesse pit Not so shut up but he shall still tempt and intice the men of the world yea and Saints too