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A45748	Clavis apocalyptica, or, A prophetical key by which the great mysteries in the revelation of St. John and the prophet Daniel are opened : it beeing made apparent that the prophetical numbers com to an end with the year of our Lord, 1655 : in two treatises: 1. Shewing what in these our times hath been fulfilled, 2. At this present is effectually brought to pass, 3. And henceforth is to bee expected in the year neer at hand : with an introductorie preface / written by a Germane D. ; and now translated out of High-Dutch.	Hartlib, Samuel, d. 1662.; Dury, John, 1596-1680.	1651 (1651)	Wing H979; ESTC R30751	90,414	256

by anie square root without a fraction and in it self six is but the half of twelv which is the number of the Tribes of Israël but upon these numerical Mysteries I love not to stand I shall therefore conclude with this one word that all who pretend to have a mission from the Lamb and think themselvs his true Prophets should do well to examine by these characters the ground whereupon they stand and the waies wherein they walk lest they mistake themselvs in their account of themselvs and bee found in the end the Prophets of the Beast and not of Christ As for the two Witnesses they are set forth as opposites unto the Beast for it is said that the Beast doth make war with them Chap. 11. 7. their Character is that they prophesie in Sackcloth as mourners that their design is nothing els but to bear witness unto Christ by the manifestation of the Truth without humane Interests and consequently that they studie not by outward means to set up themselvs or gain followers who should bee in subjection to them and under their spiritual jurisdiction nor do they applie themselvs to the fancies of their hearers to work som strange impressions upon them by raising them to the admiration of their Notions of their Eloquence or parts but speaking the plain truth in love a word of fire to melt the Conscience of sinners doth go out of their mouth which doth slaie the wicked spirits who set themselvs against them and according to their word the Heavens are shut up in the daies of their Prophesie from sending anie shewers of blessings upon men's souls and the earthlie and outward estate of men is smitten with all manner of plagues for not receiving the word of their testimonie as Egypt was by Moses and Aaron These two Witnesses are said to bee the two Olive trees and anointed ones who stand before the God of all the Earth Chapter 11. vers 4. which beeing compared with Zach. chap. 3. and 4. tel's us who are meant by these two Witnesses for there Jehoshua and Zerubbabel are anointed and established to bring back the captivitie of Judah and Jerusalem out of Babylon which they were to do not by the might and power of men but by the Spirit of the Lord and the efficacie of his grace The difference then of these two Witnesses from the fals Prophet is in this First that hee is but one who doth exercise a twofold power that of the Beast and that of his own devising which is a pretended one of Miracles these are two whose testimonie is one and the same and the effect thereof towards men but one from them both Secondly that hee taketh upon him a Coërcive power and to bring people under his yoke hee set's up differential tokens viz. the Beast's Image his mark and name but these make use of none other power but of that which is properly prophetical nor do they press anie distinct and particular notes of subjection to themselvs upon anie coërcively but have power onely to plague such as receiv not the Testimonie of Jesus Thirdly hee doth work upon the ignorant imaginations of sillie people strange impressions of admiration concerning the Divinitie of his own waie by deceitful persuasions which are a kinde of witch-craft whereby people are made to cleav unto his worldlie interest as a slave unto the same but these labor not to gain to themselvs the affections and fancies of people but to gain their understandings to the knowledg of the Truth and their consciences to the Subjection which is due to Christ Jesus without partialitie So then fourthly the fals Prophet in a word exalt's and seek's to set up himself in the spirits of men but the two Witnesses humble and denie themselvs that the Cross of Christ may bee exalted over their spirits and hee onelie set up in the hearts of men Fifthly and lastly the fals Prophet medling with State-matters take's both the Ministerie and Magistracie upon him making the one subordinately to serv the other's turns in reference to men but the two Witnesses who are faithful Magistrates and Ministers join their Testimonies in their places coordinately to make out one waie of righteousness and truth to the consciences of men in reference to God in Christ And this much concerning these The third thing to bee spoken of is the Mysterie of the Whore and of the Bride The Angel telleth John plainly chap. 17. vers 18. that the woman which hee had seen rideing upon the scarlet-colored Beast with a name written on her forehead Mysterie Babylon the Great the Mother of Harlots and Abominations of the earth was that great Citie which reigneth over the Kings of the earth Now it is evident that Rome alone as Papal hath reigned in a Mysterie over the Kings of the Earth ever since heathenish Rome determined which reigned not in a Mysterie but with outward force over these Kings and in that respect was the fourth Beast seen by Daniel therefore if wee can observ what the Properties of her whorish nature and practice hath been and how shee hath brought forth Harlots and all abominations in the earth wee shall discern this Mysterie and discover those that partake therein with her The text saith Chapter 17. vers 4. that shee was arraied in purple and Scarlet and decked with Gold with precious stones and pearls and that shee had in her hand a Cup full of abominations and filthiness of her forninications and chapter 14. vers 8 It is said shee made the Nations drink of the wine of these fornications and Chapter 18. vers 3. that the Kings of the Earth have committed fornication with her By the woman is understood the Romane Hierarchie which hath born Rule over all the world and rid in triumph upon the mindes of all men as upon Beasts Her decking and raiment of purple of Scarlet of Gold of precious stones and of Pearls is the outward visible magnificence of that worship which shee set's up which hath none other beautie but such ornaments to amuse the Imaginations of foolish people and bewitch them with the formalities of Ceremonies Her Fornications are the love of this present world whereunto shee doth allure men to commit Whoredom with her by the enjoiment of power of profit and of pleasures which shee studieth to furnish her lovers withal and to deprive other men off Her abominations are all manner of sinful and unconscionable practices which shee doth allow of in all who serv her ends thereby whereof shee make's a trade although they bee never so abhorrent from the light of Christianitie and of Nature these abominations are the Idolatries which shee hath set up and the dispensations which shee hath given to all unnatural sins and unjust practices as Sodomie Incest Murther Breach of Covenant and oath in all manner of Contracts Rebellion of Children to Parents and of Subjects to Magistrates all manner of fraudulent circumventions and oppressions of the innocent and such

like The Cup which is in her hand whereby shee causeth all Nations to drink and swallow down these abominations is her pretended Autoritie as the unerring Church having power to binde and loose all things in Heaven and on Earth in order to men's Consciences and to manage all the reasons of State and publick affairs of the world with supreme Jurisdiction in ordine ad spiritualia And the Fornication which the Kings of the Earth have committed with her hath been their compliance and correspondence with her to make use of her power and influence towards their neighbors and Subjects to gain credit thereby unto themselvs together with the studie of her Policies to learn from her the maximes of deceit which are the reasons of State-advantages to get power by which means shee hath intelligence of all the Counsels of Princes becaus they are brought to drink them out of her Cup and make use of her embraces and favors to bring them to pass and her whorish studie is onely to keep them all at variance one with another and to make them severally depend on her Love that shee may alwayes arbitrate their affairs and their interests may bee subject onely to her favor and so far as anie Hierarchie on Earth or Church-constitution doth make it self by these waies considerable in a State or by waies like unto these seek's to bee respected by the meaner or higher sort of people they all drink of the same Cup of her fornications Let not therefore anie form of outward worship recommend it self to the followers of the Lamb by anie interests of State nor let anie sort of men who pretend to Religious administrations applie themselvs to the practices of this natrue nor anie true Christian Magistrates intend the compliances and correspondencies of this kinde and for such ends with anie Masters of formalities who go a whoring after the appearances of outward things in matters of worship and of State which take either onely or most with sensual imaginations who may bee rid upon like beasts As for the Bride wee exspect her from Heaven for it is apparent that as yet wee have no permanent Citie here on Earth such as the Apostle hath described the Lamb's wife to bee in Revelation Chap. 22. vers 10. till the end wee therefore seek this Citie which hath foundations and if wee walk by faith to get an entrance into her Let us wait through the Spirit for the Hope of Righteousness which is promised to the Saints and walking after the Spirit and not after the flesh so far as wee are advanced in the new Creature so far are wee fitted and prepared for the Bridegroom 's comming to enter with him into his wedding-Chamber How far anie Societies of Churches or single Church-Congregations have received the favor to bee arraied in fine linnen clean and white which is the righteousness of Saints is to mee as yet not apparent for I must confess that I have not seen anie perfection in anie of them and I know that I have made it a good part of my work to visit them all and to consider them in their waies aswel abroad as at home in respect of their several associations and truly the Laodicean temper is over us all and if wee repent not and becom zealous in the waie of Righteousness and of holie Communion without partialitie and without Hypocrisie no-doubt Christ will spue us all out of his mouth and call unto him another people which shall bee made readie for the Marriage-Supper of the Lamb and although this seem's to bee a sad sentence over the Churches which are now counted wise Virgins yet there is neither want of Charitie in it towards them as if I did not wish them well nor want of Hope for them as if I did not exspect their Reformation but in both these respects I do bear witness that none of them all are the Bride whose comming out of the wilderness is exspected but that all their visible estates are the outward Court which is given to the Gentiles wherein to this daie they tread the Holie Citie under foot and are in the wilderness of spiritual desolation and confusion but that out of their invisible state which is the inner Court and Temple wherein they have Communion with God and one with another a Citie at last will rise up and appear is my confident exspectation and that this may com to pass speedily it shall bee my constant praier but to bring this to pass I finde by the Revelation that not onely Babylon is to bee destroied with mightie Judgments from Heaven and that the Beast is to bee plagued and punished but that the armies of Saints under Christ's conduct shall from Heaven com in Battel-array and war against the Beast and fals Prophet and the Kings of the earth now how far this battel is carried on in these our daies and to what parties wee are engaged and in what waie wee put forth our strength to fight and what interest wee fight for whether for Christ's purely or for our own also as it is mixed with that of the King 's of the earth and in them with the beast's will bee our wisedom seriously to consider and I wish that my Countrie-men in Scotland who have fixed so strong an interest upon the terms of the Covenant and are counted a wise Nation in the world might bee made so spiritually wise as to discern their own station and what help they give unto the Beast by their present proceedings and it is my heartie desire that the Brethren here who for the sake of Scotland in reference to the Covenant keep themselvs at a distance from the main work and obstruct by their non-concurrence in things good and lawful the progress of our Reformation might bee wakened to see the posture wherein they stand in this their warfare and if this plain discoverie of the state of the Quarrel between the Beast and the Lamb between the fals Prophet and the two Witnesses and between the Whore and the Bride that is now comming out of the Wilderness may bee a means to open the eies and undeceiv anie of them I should rejoice at it however I have herein discharged my Conscience and born witness without partialitie to the Truth so far as it is reveled unto mee which I hope I shall never refuse to seal with my death if need bee and this I conceiv is the onely waie of our warfare who pretend to bee followers of the Lamb in the work of the Ministerie that was should have none other weapons of our warfare but one Sword amongst us all which is that which proceedeth out of his mouth and that our waie to fight with this weapon against our adversaries should bee none other but to follow Christ in our lawful Calling which is our white hors and with an holie blameless personal conversation towards all men which is our fine linnen white and clean for herein doth lie our whole strength

and what application soëver wee make to other weapons which the powers of darkness can make use of aswel as wee they will but weaken us and in the encountring with the Inhabitants of the earth wee shall finde them stronger at those weapons them wee can bee so that by such means I exspect not that they shall fall before us although our victories bee never so great therefore as for mine own part till I can perceiv that wee who pretend to bee in the first rank of the Lamb's followers can make better use of these spiritual weapons then hitherto wee have don and can in the Communion of Saints join our forces together otherwise then now wee do to imitate the Captain of our Salvation I shall bee a man of no great exspectation yet becaus I believ that these things shall com to pass and that by the armor of light the Children of light will at last prevail therefore I do speak and becaus I both believ and speak therefore I am not inclined to make haste as som who take the shadows of their own conceits for the substance of Christ's Kingdom are inclined to do for this caus although I will not contradict the appearances of Hopes which the autor of this Treatise doth give unto the Protestant Caus to rife within a few years in a considerable Posture against Poperie yet I must take leav to confess that although the splendor of the Whore and her influence upon the Kings of the Earth and the power of the Papal Sea as it is Hierarchical were utterly consumed and abolished by the brightness of Christ's appearing in the Spirit on the one hand and by the hatred of the whore's Lovers and the turning of their hearts against her on the other hand yet that the war with the beast aud with the fals Prophet and with the Kings of the Earth shall continue and that the beast and the fals Prophet with the Kings of the earth will bee found to have their friends not onely amongst those who are called Papists but even amongst those that are most fierce enemies to Poperie and count themselvs the best of Christians and reformed Protestants It is one thing to bee no friend to the State and predominant power and craftiness of the Whore as shee appear's from without and in another place at a distance from us and another thing it is to renounce the beastlie nature and the deceitfulness by which wee are led to embrace the Image the mark the name and the number of the name of the Beast within our selvs that is for our own interest and the concernments of flesh and blood I do not finde in the last battel the Whore named at all I finde onely as leaders of the partie opposite to Christ the Beast and the Kings of the earth which I take to bee the Beast with his horns for the Horns which are in the heads of the Beast are the Kings of the Earth which make use of the Bodie of the Beast and of her strength and are made use of by the heads of the Beast to war against the Lamb and I finde that these horns although they fight against the Lamb yet that they are not alwayes friends with the Whore and for their own interest 's sake not onely rob her of her ornaments but feed upon her flesh although for a season whiles it was their supposed advantage they suffered her to ride upon them aud govern them with the bridle of her autoritie but when shee is cast off from the beast's back the Beast and his horns are as strong as ever and more fit to fight in their brutal waie against the Lamb then before I believ therefore that the Whore as shee is alreadie little considerable in comparison of what shee hath been may vanish and bee made desolate by her own beastlie complices before the last battel but I believ not that wee shall have anie great earthlie Potentates at all ever to appear for the Lamb in this battel but that they shall all join alwayes with the beastlie nature of men against the Lamb-like holie nature of the Saints to discountenance to oppose and to destroie it but wee have a promise that although the two Witnesses of the Lamb shall bee killed by the Beast when they have finished their prophesying in Sackcloth yet that the Lamb when hee shall com in his own appearance with more witnesses then two or three even with a whole armie of witnesses not in Sackcloth upon earth but in their fine linnen white and clean and upon their white horses in their spiritual emploiments as Citizens of the Kingdom of Heaven following their leader against the powers of the earth when I saie the Lamb shall com thus attended the promise is that the Beast and all his horns shall bee overcom by him for there is no power in the world able to resist the united strength of the holie ones and the dints of the sword which hath two edges which beeing able to divide between the soul and the Spirit and to discern the subtilest thoughts and the deceitfullest intents of the beastlie heart of man it shall undoubted slaie them therefore although I finde not the fals Prophet here mentioned as active in leading on the war whereunto certainly for the contrivance of it on the Beast's part hee cannot bee wanting yet hee is found to bee taken prisoner with the Beast and with him cast into the Lake which burneth with fire and Brimstone The Whore and the fals Prophet are cleerly distinct Mysteries and have their several waies of Acting though with a concurrence for so long as the Mysterie of the Whore doth last which the fals Prophet who is the intellectual subtiltie of the Serpent's nature in man as the Beast is his brutish sensualitie and strength fed with prosperitie and delicacies did beget and set upon the beast's back the said fals Prophet doth make use of her that by her baits and allurements hee may draw the Inhabitants of the earth to drink out of the cup of her fornications but when prosperitie and delicacies ceas by reason of the Phials of God's wrath upon the Beast and the distress of Nations then shee is not of use any more but the fals Prophet which begat her will to serv the Beast's interest destroie her also and will bee active in another waie against the Lamb without her And thus I conceiv the battel will bee or is alreadie formed on the side of the beastlie partie which fight 's onely to maintein the interest of flesh and blood which is self-greatness and the conveniences of pleasure with all outward force and deceit against the interest of the Spirit which is self-denial and the conveniences of serving others in the Kingdom of Christ through love and by the other side the battel is formed in the spirits of the Saints to maintein the interest of the Lamb of God who having taken away the sins of the world will now appear