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A16853	A revelation of the Apocalyps, that is, the Apocalyps of S. Iohn illustrated vvith an analysis & scolions where the sense is opened by the scripture, & the events of things foretold, shewed by histories. Hereunto is prefixed a generall view: and at the end of the 17. chapter, is inserted a refutation of R. Bellarmine touching Antichrist, in his 3. book of the B. of Rome. By Thomas Brightman.; Apocalypsis Apocalypseos. English	Brightman, Thomas, 1562-1607.	1611 (1611)	STC 3754; ESTC S106469	722,529	728

gathereth the teares of his children in his bottle knoweth that I have not viewed round about this Laodicea with dry eyes I could not but morne from the bottome of myne heart when I beheld in her Christ lothing us and very greatly provoked against us Wherfore let no man blame me for that which not so much my wil as the duty of a faithfull Interpreter compelleth me to bring forth And I hope that the lovers of the truth will not despise and refuse so equall and reasonable request with which hope supported but especially with his ayde who is the leader of my way and life I will gird and make my selfe ready unto the thing it selfe The Antitype I say is the third reformed Church that is ours of England For all the purer Churches are comprehended in this threefolde difference For either they presist and continue in those steppes which Luther hath traced out such as are the Churches of Germany especially of Saxony and those next bordering of Suerland and Danemarke or they abhorre that errour of Consubstantiation as all the rest with one consent which yet doe not agree in all things but follow a differing manner of governing and administring the French and their companions one our English another a certen propre and peculiar one Whereupon there are three distinct severally unto which the three types Sardis Philadelphia Laodicea after that Iezabell was overthrowne that is the yoke of the Romish tyranny shaken of doe answere And to the last Laodicea the English doth agree whose last original taketh her beginning at the yeare 1547. when Edward the King of most famous memory came to the rule and governement of the common wealth but then at length shee was confirmed and stablished when 11 yeares after our most peaceable Queene Elisabeth begā the kingdome Most mighty King Henry her father had expelled the Pope but reteyned the Popish superstition And before he began to stirre any whit even against the Pope the Churches of Germany and Helvetia were founded The Scotish Church is later in beginning then ours yet by right it is numbred with them with which it agreeth in ordinances into whose times shee is cast which is to be esteemed rather from the agreement of things then alone from the difference of time Wherfore our English Church alone constituteth the Antitype answering to Laodicea as shee which began last of those in which there appeareth noe difference of any moment ¶ These things saith that Amen Amen is used as a proper name and unchāgeable as before he that is he that was he that cometh This threefoulde property perteineth therto that it may teach what manner of one Christ would shew him selfe in governing this Church The first is fetched out of the first chap. ver 18. although Amen there wanteth the article neither is it read at all of the comon Interpreter yet notwithstanding this place giveth coniecture that it ought to be read The second is taken not out of the vision of the same chapter but from the inscription of the comon Epistle ver 5. Neither is the third found in expresse wordes but in the 8. ver he is called the beginning and the end from whence this seemeth to proceed the beginning of the creature The two first propertyes perteine to the double truth one of promising the other of teaching in respect of that he is called that Amen according to that of the Apostle In him are all the promises of God yea and amen 2 Cor. 1.20 in respect of this a faithfull true witnesse As touching that Christ taketh this name upon him now because he should shew himselfe very cleare famous in performing his promises But what are they All blessings of heaven of earth of cattell of children of peace of warre of good health the like to them that obey the voyce of the Lord but all cōtrary things to thē that refuse Deut. 28. Which how they were performed to the Laodiceans is not plainly apparent to us being destitute in this point of the light of the History As touching our England nothing can be more cleare then the excellent goodnes of God in this thing For the space of these 42. yeares more what aboundance of all good things hath ben powred forth upon our Iland He hath given us a most peaceable Queene excelling so in all prayse as no age hath seene the like Togither with her he hath given peace What good thing hath not issued frō thence Frō hēce the lawes are in force iudgemēts are exercised every one ēioyeth his owne iniuries are restrayned wātonnes is repressed the nobility is honoured the comon people goeth about their worke with all diligence arts doe flourish handicraftes are used cities are built excellently riches increased infinite youth groweth up the fieldes abunde with corne the pastures with cattel the moutaines with sheepe What should I use many words hence is a porte place of refuge opened to the banished for Christs sake affoardeth ayde to them that are oppressed by tyrants neither have wee almost any other labour thē that wee may helpe thē that neede all this even while our eares doe ringe of the noise tumulte of the nations round about us no lesse then as the waves of the sea England never had so long quietnesse of dayes At which our felicity strangers are astonished our enemies are grieved wee our selves almost knowe it not But prayse be to thee most true Amen who hath given us this ease and rest In bestowing largely upon us so many good thinges thou hast shewed truly to the world that thy Gospell is a guest not going away scot free which dot so aboundantly blesse those that receive entertaine it Keepe continue these good thinge unto us yea thou wilt keepe them which art Amen if wee shall keepe and defende thy trueth ¶ That faithfull witnesse true The second property is of trueth in teaching For these thinges perteine to the propheticall office of Christ as hath bin said in the first verse of the first chap. where he is called faithfull because of the diligence of labour wherby he is exercised in his office with very great faithfulnes to whom the FATHER hath well commited a businesse of so great momēt true for the soundnes and syncerity of speach without all even the least spot of falshood In this kinde of trueth he should manifest him selfe in wonderfull manner in this Church But touching the city of LAODICEA we have noe more then before In the Antitype those former riches of his grace are in this thing if it may be surmounted and excelled And to what end were all the good thinges if wee could not have the wholesome doctrine of trueth But ever since the first times of our most peaceable Queene he hath raysed up continually diligent and learned Pastours and Teachers who have preached the worde purely and syncerely Neither at this day are many wanting by his infinite mercy who bestowe

from Iohn to Constantine Aurelianus the rest even to the 19. of Diocletian 12. The sixt seale is opened then rage Diocletian Maximinian Hercule who finally being driven out of the Empire by the power of the Lambe for fear of him the tyrants fled hidde themselves Chap. 7. The seaventh seale first doth yeild a general patterne of the whole folowing age 1. Ther being cōtention ambition heresy they trouble all things with warre they ar repressed by Cōstantine the great untill he sealed up the elect provided for the faithfull being few base in that great calamity of the Church which forthwith followed ● In which dolefull time at length ther should be more prosperity then in time past a great felicity of the faithfull Chap. 8. Secondly of the same seaventh seale there is silence in heaven peace being obteined by Constantine 2. the trumpets ar prepared constantine gathereth the Nic. counsell to cutt off troubles whi●h therby are mor increased 6. The Angels blew at whose first blowing ther ariseth the cōtroversy of Consubstantiation 8. At the secōd a burning mountaine of ambition is cast into the Sea by the Decree touching the Primacie and dignitie of the Bishop 10. At the thirde a starr falleth from heaven the Arrian heresy being defended by Constance and Valence 12 At the fourth the third part of the Sunne is stricken that is the Church of Africke by the Vandales 13 The world is admonished of the neere grievous trumpets following by Gregory the great Cap. 9 1 At the fift blowing the bottomelesse pit is opened there come forth swarmes of locusts of religious persons in the West of Sarasens in the East 13. At the sixt the Turkes doe invade the world punished for the Romane Idolatrie Chap. 10.1 At which time the Turkes arise the desire of the truth is kindled in very many of the Vest 9. By whose labour Prophecy is againe restored to the earth Chap. 11.1 Preaching being restored thereis sōevvhat a more full knowledge of the time past namely that the Church frō the daies of Constantine for a thousand two hundred sixtie yeares was ●idden in the secret place of the Tēple the Romanes in the meane while boasting of the holy Citie utmost Court 7. and in that in the end of those yeares the Romane Prelat would prepare warre against the Church cut the throat of the Scriptures by h●s Tridentine Counsell and make the same mere carkases triumphe over them for the space of three yeares an halfe tred also under foote the Saints in Germany by the power of Charles the fift which yet after three yeares and an halfe revived by them of Magdeburg and Maurice they stroke a very great feare into the enemies they overthrew the third part of the Romane dominion The Trumpets from Constantine to the yeare 1558. 15 The seaventh Angell bloweth about the yeare 1558 new kingdomes are made for Christ Englād Ireland Scotland coming to the Gospell Chap. 12. The first parte of the seaventh Trumpet as yet bringeth a fuller light of the time past the Centuries of Magdeburg being raised up The thing is repeated taught from the beginning 1. That the first Church of the Apostles was most pure but very much afflicted by the Dragō the Romane Heatnish Emperours who endevoured with all their power least there should be waie opened to any Christian to the chiefe Empire 5 That Constantine the Great the manchilde of the Church at length was borne at vvhose birth the first purity flieth into the VVildernes from the eyes of the vvorld that this Constantine did cast the Dr●gon from Heaven the Heathnish Emperours being depulsed least againe they shoulde once beare rule in the Church 13. the hostile povver being takē avvay frō the Dragō he persecuted the Church ūder Christs name by Constance and Valence 15. And endevoured to swalovv her up flying avvaye by the overflovving of the Barbarians sent into the West 17. Which floud at length being dried up raised up the vvarre of the Saracens The first part of the seaventh trumpet of things past Ch. 13.1 The Dragon being cast out of heaven by Constantine establisheth his Vicar in the same place vvhich beast is the Romish Pope such as he did rise togither vvith Cōstantine made great by the Counsell of Nice he vas vvounded by the Gothes possessing Italie vvas cured by Iustinian and Phocas also therby made greater then ever before 11. The seconde Beast is the same Romane Pope enlarged by Pipine and Charles the great vvho gave to him as a nevv birth vvherby he became most vvicked Ch. 14.1 For a thousand yeare from Constantine the Church vvas together vvith Christ hidden in most secret places but she did nothing of great fame in the vvorld 6. These thousand yeares being ended Wickliff preached the Gospell to the vvorld 8. Iohn Husse Hierome of Prage succeede vvho threatened the ruine of Rome 9. After those follovveth Martin Luther vvho very egerly setteth upō the Romane Prelate 14. Aftervvard there is a harvest in Germany by Frederike the Saxon the other protestant Princes and free Cities 17. Also a vintage in Englād by Thomas Cromvvell Th. Crāmer The second part of the seaventh trumpet concerning thinges to come Chap. 15. Hitherto of the first part of the seavēth trumpet of things past 1 The preparatiō of thinges to come is the seavē Angels vvith their Viales 2 The reformed Churches disagree betvvene themselves but all triumphe for the overthrovv of the Pope of Rome 5 The Temple is opened and knovvledge increaseth the citizens of the Church are made ministers of the last plagues the end of which the nevv people of the Ievves expecteth before they come to the faith Chap. 16.1 The vials are povvred the first by our most gracious Queene Elizabeth and other Protestant Princes vvherby the vvhole flocke of Papists is full of ulcero us ēvie 3. The second viale by Martine Chemnin against the Tridentine Councill vvherby the sea of the Popish Doctrine by the Iesuites the masters of the controversyes was made as it were the corrupt filthy blood of a wōde 4 The third by William Cecill against the Iesuites vvhich are the welspringes of the popish doctrine so farre are our times gone The rest of the viales are to come but shortly to be povvred out 8. The fourth on the Sunne that is on the Scriptures by vvhose light mē shal be tormented shall boile in great anger and contentions 10. The fift on the citie of Rome the throne of the Beast 12. The sixt on Euphrates vvherby a vvaie shall be prepared to the Easterne Ievves that after they shall have embraced the faith of the Gospell they maie return into their ovvne countrie vvhen there shall be also a great preparation of vvarre both by the Turke against these nevv Christiās in the East and also in the West by the Pope 17. The seaventh on the aire wherby

not to blowe untill they were driven in to the Skarlated Fathers as it were into the read Sea But that none may obiect that their stinking carkeises doe even hitherto infect the aire noe man can deny but that since that time they have lost their stinges which thinge onely this Prophecy respecteth ¶ And their paine should be as the paine of a Scorpion Not that they should kill as Scorpions for this was forbiddē them before but that they should inflict a wound causing noe lesse sharpe griefe then the stinging of a Scorpion It is likely that some great inflammation of blood striking pearsing througly doth thereof arise especially seeing it is a chollerick creature as wee have declared before ver 3. But what torment is to be compared with that whereby men are spoyled of their goods are pulled asunder from their wives are berefte of their children the chiefe comforts of this life neither this by any necessity of death the griefe whereof is forgotten with the time but wherby the living strong are separated away from the living that the griefe may be renewed dayly and a man onely left alive for misery That men sufferred all these thinges at the handes of the Sarracens is more knowne then that it needeth examples and wee shall see that they endured noe lesse the same at the handes of the begging fryers if wee shall well marke somewhat more diligently For these heires spoiled of their inheritances in sitting by their parents ready to dy and wringing from them partly by threates of Purgatory partly by an hope to be delivered frō thēce through their singing of masses for their soules and by their prayers possessions of great revenew farmes in the country lands Lordshippes and great summes of money For which thing any word of the sick man halfe dead was sufficient or if the breath were gone yet any sigh uttered at their demaundes It was a grievous thinge to the heires for to be dispoiled of their goods by this fraude but it was more grievous to be bereaft of their wives and children What was it else but under colour of a vowe to breake marriages to withdrawe children from the governement of their parents that against their willes they would keepe themselves close in their Monasteries And here are to be referred those most famous decrees If any shall say that a ratifyed marriage is not broken of by a solemne profession of religion of one of the two yokefellowes let him be accursed This decree is of the Councill of Trent but it was in use in former times chiefly whē these Monkes abounded And many exāples doe proove that not onely marriages ratifyed were undone when as it is wonte to be a hotter fire and greater torment not to obtaine the thing desired but also those that were accomplished which examples being sufficiently knowne I doe passe over purposely More over that it is lawfull for children to enter into a religion against the will of their parents An other torment of miserable men They tooke then away husbandes and wives and children from those to whom God and Nature had conioyned them Whom when they had in their keeping as pledges what could they nowe be afraid of their most loving mates and most tender parents who durst not to attēpt to doe any thing against it least they should be cruell towards their owne bowels yea rather what should they not hope for and carie away This tyrannie therefore brought noe lesse wealth and security to the spoilers then vexation to the spoyled That I may not say howe greatly it did molest the Priests and Bishops that the sickle should be thrust into their harvest of the superstitious Locusts and that they are wiped both of all estimation and also money with the people while the Fryars bare the sway in hearing confessions and doing other things which by right perteined to the secular Priests as the Archbishop of Biturim complaineth in an assembly of the French Bishops Maidenburg Centur. 13. chap. 9. colum 964. But peradventure this was a more easy torment consisting wholly in thinges of this life that was farre greater which did cast a snare upon the consciences by enioyning a necessity of confessing all their sinnes with every circumstance Jnnocent the third to whom the Westerne Locusts owe their stinges powred the first poison and strength of vexing into this superstition Whosoever sayth he confesseth not alone all his sinnes faithfully at least once a yeere to his owne Priest let him both living be kept from entring into the Church and also dying let him want Christian buriall in the Councill of Lateran canon 21. The Locusts armed with this stinge afflicted men with most grievous torments And certenly what racke could be more painfull Not to confesse was to betray their salvation as they were made to beleeve But to confesse was all one plainly with this for a man to offer his throate to the tormenter when as those holy hypocrites would absolve most readily the wolves Foxes from great sinnes and would devoure the poore Asses for one bundle of litter stollen away as a certen man wrote pretily in the Penitentiarie of the Asse The iniury which thou hast done to a stranger in taking away the litter from him is an exceeding great wickednesse Such then is the torment so farre as may suffice to manifest the trueth the full declaration whereof would be longer then would fitte our purpose 6 Therefore in those dayes Men shall be so weary of their life that they shall seeke death even as a thing which they desire very earnestly that is Death shal be esteemed a lesse evill then this torment Hence it came that the Mardaitae did fortify Libanus flying from the Saracenes to whom assembled many captives servants and that were home-bred because they were not able to endure any longer the tyranny of the Saracenes Although the safety which they sought by falling and flying away did runne from them who were compelled againe by force and armes to their former bondage as saith Zonar in Constant Pogonatus Our England was so grievously vexed and polled by these Westerne Locusts that it complayned in vaine that shee was more miserable then Balaams Asse clubbes spurres did pricke their sides and suffered them not to rest even a very little while but to go forward and to obey their most uniust exactions which the Holy Pope did urge continually by these Horsleaches was nothing else then to goe willingly into certen destruction set before their eyes Certenly during the reigne of Henry the third men by the iust iudgement of God being given up to the lust of these Locustes were sicke of a disease more grievous then death Neither did this misery belong to one Kingdome alone but also the neighbours Scotland France Germany groned under the same burden From whence not without cause Iohannes Camotensis as he is alleadged of Agrippa in the booke of the vanity of sciences said the Legates of the Popes of