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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o if_o they_o say_v there_o be_v not_o a_o church_n at_o thyatira_n in_o be_v at_o that_o instant_n when_o s._n john_n write_v they_o plain_o declare_v that_o s._n john_n do_v prophesy_v and_o intimate_v aforehand_o that_o there_o will_v be_v one_o wherefore_o epiphanius_n find_v little_a reason_n why_o he_o shall_v from_o the_o state_n of_o the_o present_a controversy_n choose_v the_o ordinary_a opinion_n rather_o than_o that_o which_o be_v account_v his_o own_o 8._o the_o other_o place_n of_o epiphanius_n be_v haeres_fw-la 51._o sect._n 12._o where_o he_o tell_v we_o how_o s._n john_n be_v impel_v and_o constrain_v to_o write_v the_o gospel_n by_o the_o instigation_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n though_o he_o very_o much_o decline_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d yet_o he_o be_v force_v by_o that_o impulse_n and_o that_o in_o his_o old_a age_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d when_o he_o be_v more_o than_o ninety_o year_n old_a after_o his_o return_n out_o of_o patmos_n 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the_o revelation_n be_v see_v at_o the_o end_n of_o domitian_n reign_n which_o i_o have_v not_o the_o least_o conceit_n of_o it_o will_v not_o serve_v grotius_n his_o turn_n since_o this_o of_o the_o seventeen_o chapter_n be_v late_a both_o by_o order_n of_o situation_n in_o the_o apocalypse_v and_o also_o by_o nature_n for_o it_o be_v the_o plain_a vision_n concern_v the_o beast_n with_o seven_o head_n and_o ten_o horn_n that_o be_v exhibit_v to_o s._n john_n and_o contain_v in_o it_o a_o key_n for_o the_o right_a understanding_n the_o other_o it_o ought_v to_o come_v last_o the_o comment_n be_v natural_o late_a than_o the_o text_n according_a to_o common_a sense_n and_o reason_n 12._o wherefore_o see_v there_o be_v no_o proof_n at_o all_o that_o claudius_n persecute_v the_o christian_n much_o less_o that_o he_o exile_v john_n into_o patmos_n but_o that_o domitian_n be_v a_o notorious_a persecuter_n and_o
universal_a antiquity_n attest_v that_o s._n john_n be_v banish_v into_o patmos_n under_o he_o and_o that_o there_o he_o receive_v the_o apocalyps_n there_o be_v nothing_o to_o give_v a_o stop_n to_o the_o conclusion_n but_o that_o we_o may_v infer_v that_o the_o whole_a volume_n of_o those_o vision_n be_v there_o write_v by_o he_o towards_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o domitian_n reign_n as_o irenaeus_n have_v affirm_v the_o second_o persecution_n begin_v not_o till_o the_o ten_o year_n of_o domitian_n i_o mean_v the_o latter_a end_n of_o his_o real_a and_o uncontrovertible_a reign_n when_o he_o succeed_v his_o brother_n titus_n not_o that_o imaginary_a one_o in_o his_o father_n absence_n for_o he_o be_v not_o then_o true_o emperor_n and_o though_o we_o shall_v admit_v he_o have_v two_o reign_n if_o the_o end_n of_o his_o reign_n be_v mention_v at_o large_a as_o it_o be_v here_o in_o irenaeus_n it_o must_v either_o signify_v the_o end_n of_o all_o that_o time_n he_o reign_v or_o the_o 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christ_n etc._n etc._n which_o show_v it_o be_v a_o time_n of_o great_a distress_n among_o the_o christian_n and_o of_o smart_a persecution_n which_o be_v so_o to_o none_o but_o john_n if_o this_o be_v in_o claudius_n his_o time_n at_o least_o not_o in_o asia_n to_o which_o church_n he_o write_v but_o there_o be_v yet_o another_o more_o apposite_a place_n for_o our_o purpose_n i_o mean_v the_o martyrdom_n of_o antipas_n bishop_n of_o the_o church_n of_o pergamus_n who_o suffer_v under_o domitian_n about_o the_o ten_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n that_o which_o i_o note_v as_o most_o remarkable_a in_o his_o story_n be_v that_o he_o be_v solicit_v by_o the_o governor_n of_o the_o place_n to_o renounce_v christianity_n because_o it_o be_v but_o a_o novelty_n urge_v upon_o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o very_a same_o argument_n which_o the_o papist_n use_v to_o seduce_v our_o modern_a antipae_fw-la or_o antipapist_o but_o that_o which_o i_o drive_v at_o be_v this_o that_o the_o mention_n of_o antipas_n his_o martyrdom_n as_o past_a in_o the_o very_a beginning_n of_o this_o book_n of_o vision_n do_v plain_o detect_v that_o they_o be_v all_o see_v after_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o second_o persecution_n which_o be_v under_o domitian_n and_o above_o twenty_o year_n after_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n by_o titus_n for_o that_o the_o record_n of_o antipas_n his_o martyrdom_n be_v true_a there_o can_v be_v no_o doubt_n his_o mention_n in_o the_o apocalypse_v engage_v the_o church_n to_o take_v more_o than_o ordinary_a notice_n of_o that_o martyr_n nor_o can_v any_o afterfigment_n concern_v his_o suffering_n i_o mean_v the_o manner_n of_o it_o make_v the_o faith_n of_o the_o church_n at_o all_o suspect_v concern_v the_o time_n so_o solid_a assurance_n be_v there_o every_o way_n that_o this_o volume_n of_o apocalyptick_a vision_n be_v deliver_v to_o john_n in_o patmos_n at_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o domitian_n reign_n and_o so_o convince_a evidence_n on_o every_o side_n that_o he_o must_v be_v sceptical_a even_o to_o dotage_n that_o after_o due_a consideration_n can_v at_o all_o doubt_n of_o it_o 14._o the_o eviction_n of_o which_o truth_n i_o have_v thus_o copious_o and_o industrious_o wrought_v out_o because_o it_o do_v not_o only_o lay_v flat_a to_o the_o ground_n all_o the_o interpretation_n of_o grotius_n in_o these_o thirteen_o and_o seventeen_o chapter_n but_o also_o all_o his_o exposition_n of_o the_o seven_o seal_n and_o seven_o trumpet_n and_o consequent_o of_o the_o whole_a book_n of_o the_o apocalypse_v for_o he_o interpret_v the_o seal_n and_o trumpet_n of_o thing_n that_o happen_v many_o year_n before_o this_o prophecy_n which_o make_v the_o apocalypse_v as_o good_a sense_n as_o if_o it_o be_v a_o foretell_v of_o thing_n that_o be_v pass_v whenas_o the_o preface_n to_o the_o whole_a book_n run_v express_o thus_o the_o revelation_n of_o jesus_n christ_n which_o god_n give_v unto_o he_o to_o show_v unto_o his_o servant_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d such_o thing_n as_o be_v short_o to_o come_v to_o pass_v but_o according_a to_o grotius_n his_o interpretation_n of_o the_o seal_n and_o trumpet_n which_o be_v a_o chief_a part_n of_o the_o prophecy_n and_o also_o of_o the_o battle_n betwixt_o michael_n and_o the_o dragon_n and_o several_a other_o vision_n the_o preface_n shall_v have_v run_v thus_o the_o revelation_n of_o jesus_n christ_n which_o god_n give_v unto_o he_o to_o show_v unto_o his_o servant_n what_o thing_n come_v to_o pass_v some_o while_n ago_o which_o thing_n be_v also_o set_v down_o so_o enigmatical_o as_o if_o he_o have_v a_o mind_n to_o hide_v what_o be_v plain_o bring_v to_o light_v in_o actual_a event_n the_o title_n may_v have_v be_v more_o proper_o the_o obvelation_n or_o obscuration_n then_o the_o revelation_n so_o fruitful_a be_v one_o absurdity_n once_o admit_v for_o the_o increase_n and_o multiply_v many_o other_o chap._n iii_o 1._o that_o as_o grotius_n have_v mistimed_n these_o vision_n so_o his_o interpretation_n be_v according_o absurd_a and_o incongruous_a 2._o the_o groundlesness_n of_o his_o beginning_n the_o compute_v of_o the_o seven_o head_n at_o claudius_n and_o end_v it_o in_o domitian_n 3._o the_o dimsightedness_n of_o the_o ancient_a father_n that_o can_v not_o discern_v domitian_n to_o be_v the_o beast_n that_o be_v and_o be_v not_o though_o they_o stand_v so_o exceed_v much_o near_o he_o than_o grotius_n 4._o the_o trivialness_n and_o falsity_n of_o this_o conceit_n of_o he_o 5._o the_o second_o three_o and_o four_o absurdity_n of_o grotius_n his_o exposition_n of_o this_o seventeen_o chapter_n 6._o the_o five_o six_o seven_o and_o eight_o absurdity_n 7._o the_o nine_o ten_o eleven_o and_o twelve_o 8._o the_o thirteen_o fourteen_o fifteen_o and_o sixteenth_o absurdity_n of_o his_o exposition_n 1._o wherefore_o the_o foundation_n of_o grotius_n his_o exposition_n be_v so_o false_a and_o flit_a and_o such_o as_o can_v but_o shrink_v if_o it_o be_v hard_o press_v upon_o the_o structure_n can_v be_v sound_n nor_o well_o shape_v but_o force_v distort_a and_o difform_v for_o if_o prophecy_n will_v fit_v as_o well_o those_o time_n they_o aim_v not_o at_o as_o those_o they_o do_v they_o will_v be_v cloud_v with_o such_o invincible_a obscurity_n that_o they_o will_v lose_v both_o their_o usefulness_n and_o authenticness_n we_o shall_v show_v therefore_o that_o grotius_n as_o he_o have_v go_v upon_o a_o false_a ground_n so_o his_o exposition_n of_o these_o seventeen_o and_o thirteen_o chapter_n be_v answerable_o harsh_a and_o unapplicable_a and_o that_o he_o have_v leave_v the_o plain_a road_n and_o rush_v through_o hedge_n and_o ditch_n and_o pull_v up_o all_o fence_n to_o gather_v a_o nosegay_n of_o flower_n that_o both_o smell_v ill_a and_o immediate_o wither_v in_o his_o hand_n in_o the_o very_o gather_v of_o they_o 2._o suppose_v then_o that_o the_o vision_n of_o the_o seventeen_o and_o thirteen_o chapter_n be_v impart_v to_o s._n john_n in_o vespasian_n time_n which_o yet_o to_o i_o be_v undoubted_o false_a let_v we_o take_v this_o brief_a view_n of_o the_o harshness_n and_o incongruity_n of_o his_o interpretation_n as_o first_o whereas_o he_o make_v the_o seven_o head_n of_o the_o beast_n to_o be_v seven_o emperor_n five_o whereof_o be_v go_v in_o vespasian_n time_n namely_o claudius_n nero_n galba_n otho_n vitellius_n i_o have_v show_v already_o that_o there_o be_v no_o reason_n at_o all_o for_o his_o beginning_n he_o compute_v at_o claudius_n john_n neither_o be_v banish_v in_o his_o reign_n nor_o he_o be_v so_o ill_a a_o emperor_n as_o his_o predecessor_n caius_n caligula_n and_o the_o church_n reckon_v not_o their_o persecution_n before_o nero_n nor_o any_o complaint_n make_v of_o nero_n successor_n till_o domitian_n that_o these_o shall_v be_v such_o head_n of_o blasphemy_n above_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o