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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51579	A true interpretation of all the chief texts, and mysterious sayings and visions opened, of the whole book of the Revelation of St. John whereby is unfolded, and plainly declared those wonderful deep mysteries and visions interpreted, concerning the true God, the alpha and omega, with variety of other heavenly secrets, which hath never been opened, nor reveaked to any man since the creation of the world to this day, until now / by Lodowick Muggleton ...	Muggleton, Lodowick, 1609-1698.	1665 (1665)	Wing M3049; ESTC R10228	198,514	257

days was the ten persecutions which did last a matter of three hundred years as aforesaid I say now he saw these seven Angels stand before God and to them were given seven Trumpets that is each of them had trumpets given unto them So that every one of them might sound forth some Plague and Judgement or other upon the earth where wicked men doth dwell who persecuted the innocent to the death And in the 3 verse it is said Another Angel came and stood at the Altar having a golden censer and there was given unto him much incense that he should offer it with the prayers of all Saints upon the Golden altar which was before the Throne This Angel I declare was Moses who was to officiate the Office of offering up the prayers of all the Saints with the incense upon the golden altar which was before the Throne in the vision as he did in his Commission of the Law when he was here upon earth So that he is called by Johns revelation Another Angel that came and stood at the altar c. And in the 4 verse The smoak of the incense which came with the prayers of the Saints ascended up before God out of the Angels hand And in the 5 verse And the Angel took the censer and filled it with fire of the altar and cast it into the earth and there were voices and thunderings and lightnings and an Earthquake This is spoken with relation to those offerings which Moses the Angel of the Covenant of works did practice in the time of the Law And as he was the Angel that gave forth the Law and so appointed and ordained Censers Altars and Offerings to be offered up unto the Lord in that Tabernacle which was but a pattern of the true So Moses is that Angel that is said by John in his vision to offer up the prayers of all Saints upon the golden Altar which was before the Throne It is called a Golden Altar because it is spiritual and heavenly and the sacrifice which is the prayers of Saints is spiritual also In opposition to that altar and sacrifices Moses had in the time of the Law So that when the Angel had offered up the prayers of all the Saints and the smoak of the incense and the Saints Prayers together they ascended up before God out of the Angels hand And when this was accomplished the Angel took the Censer and filled it with fire and cast it into the earth Onely to signifie some extraordinary Plagues and Judgements that should follow upon the sounding of every one of the seven Angels Trumpets Now I would have you the Seed of Faith to consider that as there was a real visible and temporal altar sacrifice incense censer used in the visible worship in the time of the Law the very same things are expressed by John in a spiritual sense both by way of vision and revelation So that what Moses did as he was the Angel of the Covenant of works and visible worship John doth express it in a spiritual and heavenly sense So that there is a true reality in the spiritual sense though invisible which cannot be seen but by the eye of Faith as the temporal was seen and known by the eye of reason So that those Judgements a●d Plagues that were acted in Moses Commission they are rehearsed by John over again in a spiritual sense So that the things that three of these seven Angels did the Plagues that doth appear upon the earth at the sounding of their trumpets they were fulfilled in the Commission of Moses which was of the Law Therefore it is worth the minding to know what Plagues did follow upon the sounding of every one of these seven Angels which had seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound For observe that when the Angel aforesaid had took the Censer and filled it with fire of the altar and cast it into the earth it produced immediately there were voices and thunderings and lightnings and an Earthquake So likewise upon the sounding of the seven Trumpets which the seven Angels had which prepared themselves to sound The first Angel sounded and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood and they were cast upon the earth and the third part of trees was burnt up and all green grass was burnt up The Plague that followed upon the first Angels sounding was upon Pharaoh and his people when Moses was sent of God to him to let the children of Israel go into the wilderness to worship I need not to relate the particular Plagues because they may be read in the Scriptures But at the first Angels sounding Pharaoh and his people had that Hail and Fire mingled with blood amongst them so that other great Plagues were upon man and beast in Egypt as you may read concerning those seven Plagues which Moses brought upon it because Pharaoh would not let the people of Israel go and this was the fruits of the first Angel sounding his trumpet And in the eighth verse And the second Angel sounded and as it were a great Mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea and the third part of the sea became blood And in the ninth verse The third part of creatures which were in the sea and had life died and the third part of ships were destroyed This great Mountain burning with fire which was cast into the sea when the second Angel did sound was Pharaoh and all his host for Pharaoh was a great Mountain that is a King of great power And he burned with the fire of envy and madness that the people of Israel should be carried out of his kingdom and enrich themselves with the Egyptians Jewels and other things which they had borrowed It was enough to make this great Mountain to burn with the fire of madness and revenge So that he and all his host would follow to the Sea side that his wrath might burn as a fire of revenge upon the people of Israel and bring them back again But in the conclusion this great Mountain that burned with the fire of revenge was cast into the sea That is King Pharaoh the great Mountain and all his host who burned with revenge like fire were cast into the sea So that the third part of the sea may be said to become blood because the destruction was exceeding great so that the their part of the creatures which were in the sea and had life died and the third part of the ships were destroyed that is the third part of Pharaohs kingdom were cast into the sea So that though the poor creatures had life when they were in the midst of the sea following of Moses The sea swallowed them up so that the third part of the kingdom of Egypt died in the sea And the third part of ships were destroyed That is the third part of Pharaohs Charriots and Waggons which the kingdome would afford were destroyed in the sea John calls them ships because they carried him

a scroll and where the place of the reprobates shall be Chap. 21. What is meant by the four angels who had power over the winds and what by the sealing of the servants of God in their foreheads Chap. 22. What is meant by the first and second Angels sounding and of the mountain burning with fire and what is meant by the third part of creatures that died in the sea Chap. 23. What is meant by the Star that fell from heaven and how it burned like a Lamp Chap. 24. What is meant by the rivers and fountains of waters being made bitter and how those that drunk of them died Chap. 25. What is meant by the sun being smitten that she could not shine but a third part of her only and what is meant by the Moon and Stars being smitten and how a third part of them did not shine nor give no light in the night Chap. 26. What is meant by the Star that fell from heaven unto this earth what is meant by the bottomless pit and the key that openeth it and of the smoke that did arise out of the bottomless pit Chap. 27. What is meant by the smoke of the pit and by the locusts that came out of it how the Saints are called green grass and trees Chap. 28. What the four Angels were and how mens heads may be said to be like Lyons heads and what is meant by fire smoak and brimstone that issued out of their mouthes Chap. 29. What the serpent is and how they may be said to be the ●ayle and how they may be said to have stings and how they do hurt Chap. 30. How the Papist Episcopal Presbytery and Independent Ministery doth resemble the angels of the Churches of Ephesus Smyrna Pergamos and Thyatira and what Judgements did follow Chap. 31. How the Baptist Ranter and Quaker their Ministery doth resemble the Angels of the Churches of Sardis Philadelphia and Laodicea and how plagues doth follow at and in the sounding of their Ministery Chap. 32. The Interpretation and difference between the dragons ten horns and the beasts ten horns and how they may both be said to have seven heads apiece Chap. 33. No true faith upon the earth but in the time of a Commission from God Chap. 34. The Interpretation and distinction why man may be called a dragon devil or serpent and how the seed of Reason may be said to be in heaven Chap. 35. How the beast may be said to be like a Leopard what is meant by his feet being like the feet of a Bear and his mouth like the mouth of a Lyon and what is meant by his deadly wound being healed Chap. 36. What is meant by the Tabernacle in heaven and by those that dwell in it how the Saints are not called the world and how they may know their names are written in the Book of Life Chap. 37. What is meant by the beast out of the earth with two horns like a Lamb and what the two horns doth signifie and how those miracles he wrought were counterfeit and meer shadows Chap. 38. What is meant by the Image and how the Image may be said to speak Chap. 39. What is meant by receiving the mark of the beast in the forehead and in the right hand and how they may be said to have the name of the beast and the number of his name Chap. 40. The Interpretation of the number of the beast and how he may be said to be six hundred threescore and six and yet but the number of a man Chap 41. What is meant by the Lamb that stood upon mount Sion and what those hundred forty and four thousand were who stood upon mount Sion with him and how the voices of the Saints are called the sound of waters and as the noise of thunder Chap. 42. The Interpretation how men and women may be said to be not defiled with women and in what sense they may be called Virgins And why the Jews are called the first-fruits unto God and who the Angel was that did flie in the middest of Heaven and how the everlasting Gospel was preached to every nation and kindred and tongue and people Chap. 43. The difference between the temporal Babylon and the spiritual Babylon expounded and how men may be said to drink the wine of the wrath of her fornication Chap. 44. How Christ is called by the Spirit The Son of Man and what is meant by the white cloud and the Crown of Gold upon his head and what is meant by the sharp sicle in his hand and what is meant by reaping the earth and how the wine-press of Gods wrath is ●roden without the gates or City of Jerusalem and what the City is Chap. 45. How the Saints of God are capable to stand upon the sea of glass in heaven as men may upon this earth they being spiritual bodies Chap. 46. What is meant by the seven vials of Gods wrath poured out upon the earth and what Angels they were that poured them out and why they are called seven Angels and how the Angel of the Gospel doth pour out his plagues as the Angel of the Law did Chap. 47. The Interpretation of the waters being turned into bloud and how the waters of the soul of man is turned into bloud in the spiritual as the natural waters of Egypt were Chap. 48. How the se●d of Reason did drink the Saints bloud and how they must drink their own bloud and what is meant by pouring out the vial upon the Sun and by scorching men with fire Chap. 49. An Interpretation of the kingdom of darkness in the temporal and what that darkness signifies Chap. 50. How the spirit of Cain doth run through all wicked Herods and how the Land of Goshen doth signifie true light and the Land of Egypt hell death and darkness Chap. 51. What is meant by the great River Euphrates in the natural and in the spiritual and how it may be said to be dryed up and who they are that are called kings of the earth Chap. 52. How these three unclean spirits like frogs proceeded from one spirit and yet by their several operations and workings they may be called three Chap. 53. A further Interpretation of the dragon beast and false prophet and how all the worship set up by them is false Chap. 54. An Interpretation of the operation of that wisdom that cometh out of the dragons mouth and why it is called by the Spirit an unclean spirit like a frog Chap. 55. What the unclean spirit is that came out of the beasts mouth and how they are clothed in scarlet Chap. 56. What is meant by the false prophet and how he cometh to be clothed in sheeps clothing and how these three unclean spirits like frogs deceive one another and all people else Chap. 57. What is meant by the great earthquake and by that great hail and how every stone may be said to weigh a talent and how mingled with fire and brimstone

I have opened already And this Dragon gave his power to this Star so that the Angel of the bottomless pit did give power to his own seed or sons successively so that the Angels sons are called by several names And this son which had the key of the bottomless pit and had power given him to open it he is called A Star that fell from heaven unto the earth For all wicked Kings and Magistrates who are the seed of the fallen Angel they are called Stars because the first original of them was from heaven But as that seed is become mortal they may be said to fall unto the earth and here it is that they work all their wickedness blasphemy and idolatry against God And the bottomless pit is in the earth also for there is no other bottomless pit but the imagination of mans heart and out of this bottomless pit cometh all manner of wickedness And when this bottomless pit is opened either by the Law or Command of the good Magistrate or the bad there will arise unrighteousness fear wrath and envy out of it But this Star that had power given him he was a wicked Magistrate for when he opened the bottomless pit by his power and command there arose a smoke out of the pit as the smoke of a farnace And the Sun and the Air were darkned by reason of the smoke of the pit Now this smoke that did arise out of the bottomless pit of his own and his peoples imaginations and the pride of their hearts it was his and their breathings forth of blasphemy against the living God and revenge upon all those that would not submit to worship as they did And this smoke which was breathed forth from himself and his people it did darken the Sun and the Air. That is it made the Faith and Worship of the Gospel which did signifie the Sun to be darkned so that the Worship of the Gospel could not be seen to shine for a season And the Air was darkned also The Air doth signifie the light of reason That is the very light of reason was so darkned that they could not worship God according to the light of reason For the smoke of the pit was so great that is ignorant dark and idolatrous worship was breathed and threatned forth that it became like the smoke of a great furnace so that no Sun or Air could be seen That is the idolatrous dark worship was so great and overspread the earth and the threatnings against any other worship it being the smoke of the bottomless pit it darkned the Sun and the Air that they could not be seen for smoke That is no Worship of the Gospel nor Worship of the Law which was the light of Reason which signifies the Air could be seen by reason of the smoke of the pit For as the smoke is great that doth arise from a furnace so that it doth dazle the light of the fire and candle that it cannot be seen what is in the furnace So the smoke of the bottomless pit was so great that the light of the Sun and the Air was darkned that none could see into the bottomless pit That is the light of the Gospel nor the light of the Law could not penetrate thorow the smoke of the pit to see what was in it The breathings forth of blasphemy and idolatry was so great that it darkned the Sun and the Air as aforesaid CHAP. XXVII ANd in verse the third And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth and unto them was given power as the Scorpions of the earth have power Now these locusts that came out of the smoke of the bottomless pit I declare they were men though called by the revelation of John Locusts For it was the power of the Stars command that opened the bottomless pit of his own imagination and that breathed out threatnings against all that would not obey his command So that there arose out of the smoke of his imagination a multitude of locusts that is a multitude of wicked men and these wicked men should have power given as the scorpions of the earth have power That is this Star did give Commission to those locusts that came out of the smoke they had power given them by his Commission to spread themselves upon the earth And as the natural scorpions of the earth have power to hurt or sting any they shall light upon so likewise these locusts that came out of the smoke of the pit they also had power to hurt men whomsoever they did light upon Onely this their power was limited by a secret providence it was commanded them verse 4. That they should not hurt the grass of the earth neither any green thing neither any tree but onely those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads The green grass and green things and tree did signifie the Saints that sh uld not be hurt For though the smoke of the bottomless pit had darkned the Sun and the Air in that they durst not worship according to the Law nor Gospel not publick because of the smoke aforesaid Yet the Saints were not to be put to death nor hurt by these locusts not for a certain time For the Saints did forbear outward and publick Worship of the Gospel for a season so that the locusts did not hurt them according to the secret command and providence of God but onely those that had not the seal of God in their foreheads And in the fifth verse it is said And to them it was given that they should not kill them but that they should be tormented five moneths and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion when he striketh a man Now those men which had not the seal of God in their foreheads they were not to be killed by the locusts that came out of the smoak of the pit But they were to be hurt and stung by them and this stinging should torment them for five moneths That is for such a time as their power did last Now what the Spirit doth mean by five moneths as to time it is uncertain and not revealed But as the torment is great unto that man that is stung with a natural scorpion in his body So likewise the sting that these locusts did strike those men with who had not the seal of God in their foreheads it was as the sting of scorpions and the torment was like unto it Now this torment or sting hath relation to the minde of man as well as to the outward man For the sin of idolatry or false worship especially against a mans will it will torment and sting the soul of man as the sting of a scorpion doth the body so that no rest can be found For when men are forced to worship contrary to the light within them else they must loose their estates so that these locusts they do either sting men in taking away their estates and afflicting them with