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A52804 A compleat and compendious church-history shewing how it hath been from the beginning of the world to this present day : being an historical-narrative how the power and providence of God, according to his promise, hath hitherto confounded all the damnable plots of the Devil : to which is annexed a Scripture-prophecy fore-shewing how it shall be hence to the end of the world : to whole containing the quintessence of sacred, civil and ecclesiastick-writers, and serving as a short comment upon all the books in the Bible, both historical and prophetical / published for publick good by Christopher Ness ... Ness, Christopher, 1621-1705. 1680 (1680) Wing N446; ESTC R37720 248,071 530

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etc._n and_o after_o he_o
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i_o sit_v as_o a_o god_n and_o shall_v see_v no_o sorrow_n ch._n 18._o 7._o and_o hurl_v he_o headlong_o into_o hell_n where_o he_o shall_v have_v burn_v for_o burn_v as_o he_o have_v burn_v alive_a many_o of_o god_n martyr_n with_o a_o temporal_a fire_n so_o he_o shall_v be_v burn_v alive_a himself_n with_o eternal_a fire_n and_o the_o king_n that_o be_v antichrist_n auxiliary_n with_o their_o arm_n shall_v be_v slay_v with_o the_o sword_n v._o 21._o at_o armageddon_n which_o signify_v a_o treacherous_a army_n or_o a_o unfortunate_a troop_n or_o rather_o a_o mountain_n of_o man_n cut_v in_o piece_n as_o sisera_n army_n be_v at_o the_o water_n of_o megiddo_n judg._n 5.19_o revel_v 16.16_o these_o be_v not_o so_o deep_o damn_v as_o the_o beast_n etc._n etc._n yet_o be_v they_o make_v a_o prey_n to_o the_o infernal_a praetor_n the_o seven_o memorable_a remark_n be_v the_o seven_o vial_n which_o be_v pour_v out_o upon_o the_o air_n that_o be_v on_o the_o kingdom_n of_o satan_n that_o prince_n of_o the_o air_n who_o have_v hitherto_o uphold_v the_o beast_n kingdom_n now_o it_o be_v do_v ch._n 16_o 17._o to_o wit_n the_o dragon_n be_v or_o devil_n deputy_n antichrist_n chap._n 13.2_o be_v undo_v and_o utter_o destroy_v note_v 1._o the_o instrument_n of_o this_o destruction_n heaven_n and_o earth_n conspire_v together_o for_o that_o work_n v._o 18._o 2_o the_o object_n of_o this_o destruction_n be_v the_o whole_a antichristian_a church_n and_o state_n ver_fw-la 19_o the_o 10_o part_v whereof_o be_v say_v to_o fall_v at_o the_o rise_v of_o the_o witness_n ch._n 11.13_o here_o the_o nine_o part_n remain_v do_v fall_v in_o a_o tripartite_a ruin_n this_o earthquake_n pull_v it_o all_o into_o three_o piece_n and_o all_o confederate_a place_n and_o people_n be_v either_o convert_v or_o confound_v whether_o continent_n country_n or_o island_n see_v ezek._n 5._o 11_o 12._o zech._n 14.4_o 5._o some_o may_v flee_v away_o v._o 20._o and_o chap._n 18.4_o by_o true_a penitency_n but_o such_o as_o remain_v in_o their_o stubborn_a impenitency_n christ_n will_v brain_n they_o with_o big_a hailstone_n than_o those_o josh_n 10._o each_o of_o they_o be_v a_o 100_o weight_n v._o 21._o or_o those_o that_o knock_v down_o the_o jesuit_n church_n at_o blois_n in_o france_n yet_o marvellous_o pass_v over_o the_o protestant_a church_n there_o without_o the_o least_o harm_n as_o exod._n 9_o 25._o or_o big_a than_o those_o which_o fall_v here_o this_o 18_o of_o may_n which_o knock_v so_o many_o rook_n on_o the_o head_n etc._n etc._n that_o the_o prophecy_n of_o the_o seven_o vial_n pour_v out_o on_o the_o air_n be_v reassume_v in_o revel_n 20._o as_o the_o 5_o and_o 6_o vial_n be_v ch._n 17.18_o 19_o have_v the_o common_a consent_n of_o the_o learned_a though_o many_o of_o they_o do_v conceive_v it_o be_v no_o more_o than_o a_o historical_a repetition_n of_o thing_n former_o do_v yet_o we_o may_v with_o many_o other_o as_o probable_o conclude_v that_o it_o be_v a_o prophetic_a relation_n of_o thing_n to_o come_v consider_v 1_o the_o connexion_n of_o this_o vision_n chap._n 20._o with_o the_o former_a ch._n 19_o 19_o 20_o 21._o john_n say_v and_o or_o afterward_o i_o see_v etc._n etc._n ch._n 20._o 1._o to_o wit_n after_o i_o have_v see_v the_o beast_n and_o the_o false_a prophet_n cast_v into_o the_o lake_n than_o have_v i_o this_o follow_a vision_n 2_o it_o be_v rational_a to_o expect_v the_o doom_n of_o the_o dragon_n or_o devil_n after_o the_o doom_n of_o the_o beast_n who_o be_v but_o the_o devil_n deputy_n rome_n both_o imperial_a and_o papal_a act_v all_o by_o and_o under_o the_o dragon_n revel_v 13._o 3._o christ_n indeed_o fight_v with_o the_o dragon_n and_o foil_v he_o ch._n 12._o whereupon_o he_o