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unto_o some_o man_n so_o that_o when_o the_o name_n of_o god_n be_v know_v to_o no_o man_n but_o to_o he_o himse_n f_o the_o thing_n be_v then_o a_o secret_a thing_n but_o now_o it_o be_v reveal_v unto_o man_n it_o do_v belong_v unto_o we_o and_o to_o our_o child_n for_o secret_a thing_n belong_v unto_o god_n and_o reveal_v thing_n to_o we_o and_o our_o child_n so_o that_o when_o god_n have_v reveal_v any_o secret_a or_o heavenly_a mystery_n unto_o man_n it_o may_v not_o then_o be_v call_v no_o more_o secret_a but_o man_n may_v know_v it_o in_o a_o measure_n even_o as_o god_n do_v himself_o so_o that_o the_o name_n of_o god_n be_v know_v by_o his_o servant_n the_o prophet_n apostle_n and_o witness_n of_o the_o spirit_n and_o by_o his_o saint_n to_o their_o exceed_a great_a joy_n and_o glory_n so_o that_o his_o name_n be_v know_v to_o other_o now_o beside_o himself_o chap._n lxxiv_o verse_n the_o thirteen_o and_o he_o be_v clothe_v with_o a_o vesture_n dip_v in_o blood_n and_o his_o 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the_o chapter_n for_o this_o must_v be_v mind_v that_o john_n see_v these_o thing_n by_o vision_n and_o revelation_n when_o he_o be_v in_o the_o isle_n of_o patmot_n a_o banish_a man_n before_o these_o thing_n be_v act_v upon_o this_o earth_n which_o make_v his_o writing_n the_o more_o hard_a to_o understand_v and_o much_o more_o hard_a to_o interpret_v so_o that_o it_o must_v needs_o be_v true_a wisdom_n to_o know_v the_o mind_n of_o the_o spirit_n in_o these_o mystical_a say_n of_o he_o yet_o the_o revelation_n of_o faith_n have_v understand_v and_o give_v the_o interpretation_n of_o most_o of_o the_o chief_a thing_n of_o concernment_n in_o the_o book_n of_o john_n revelation_n these_o
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shall_v be_v though_o 〈◊〉_d at_o the_o present_a time_n likewise_o the_o heaven_n be_v bid_v to_o rejoice_v over_o she_o the_o reader_n be_v not_o to_o understand_v that_o the_o starry_a heaven_n or_o element_n be_v to_o rejoice_v over_o she_o but_o the_o heaven_n do_v imp_n oy_o those_o creature_n that_o be_v in_o heaven_n as_o the_o holy_a angel_n who_o desire_v to_o pry_v into_o the_o mystery_n of_o salvation_n by_o christ_n so_o these_o holy_a angel_n be_v capable_a to_o rejoice_v with_o the_o apostle_n and_o prophet_n over_o the_o destruction_n of_o this_o great_a city_n babybon_n etc._n etc._n chap._n lxx_o verse_n the_o 21._o and_o a_o mighty_a angel_n take_v up_o a_o stone_n like_o a_o great_a millstone_n and_o cast_v it_o into_o the_o sea_n say_v thus_o with_o violence_n shall_v that_o great_a city_n babylon_n be_v throw_v down_o and_o shall_v be_v find_v no_o more_o at_o all_o here_o the_o reader_n may_v see_v that_o the_o lamentation_n of_o the_o king_n and_o the_o merchant_n and_o the_o rejoice_v of_o the_o heaven_n and_o the_o holy_a apostle_n and_o prophet_n be_v set_v before_o the_o downfall_n of_o this_o city_n babylon_n so_o that_o which_o must_v be_v first_o be_v last_v and_o that_o which_o must_v be_v last_o first_o this_o be_v that_o which_o puzzle_v all_o the_o wise_a man_n in_o reason_n but_o the_o spirit_n of_o faith_n can_v trace_v the_o step_n of_o god_n and_o find_v he_o out_o where_o ever_o he_o go_v for_o the_o scripture_n the_o law_n and_o the_o prophet_n and_o the_o gospel_n have_v be_v the_o path_n for_o god_n spirit_n to_o walk_v in_o but_o there_o have_v be_v many_o turn_n and_o wind_n in_o these_o two_o beat_a path_n i_o may_v say_v beat_v by_o the_o seed_n of_o reason_n the_o seed_n of_o reason_n non_fw-la commissionated_a man_n have_v travel_v through_o these_o two_o path_n these_o many_o hundred_o year_n but_o never_o can_v find_v out_o those_o narrow_a path_n where_o god_n spirit_n use_v to_o go_v neither_o can_v they_o find_v he_o for_o if_o they_o can_v have_v find_v he_o they_o will_v have_v know_v he_o and_o many_o other_o heavenly_a mystery_n which_o be_v of_o absolute_a necessity_n for_o man_n to_o know_v but_o it_o be_v hide_v from_o their_o eye_n and_o reveal_v to_o mean_v and_o inferior_a man_n in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o world_n so_o that_o all_o commissionated_a prophet_n and_o apostle_n and_o true_a witness_n of_o the_o spirit_n can_v trace_v the_o narrow_a path_n where_o god_n go_v nay_o though_o god_n seem_v to_o hide_v himself_o yet_o the_o spirit_n of_o revelation_n will_v find_v he_o out_o do_v not_o the_o prophet_n find_v out_o the_o meaning_n of_o moses_n and_o so_o come_v to_o know_v the_o god_n of_o israel_n do_v not_o the_o apostle_n find_v out_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n in_o the_o prophet_n writing_n have_v not_o god_n give_v we_o the_o witness_n of_o the_o spirit_n to_o find_v out_o the_o meaning_n of_o the_o prophet_n and_o of_o the_o apostle_n and_o so_o we_o have_v find_v the_o true_a god_n in_o all_o those_o narrow_a path_n he_o have_v walk_v in_o by_o his_o spirit_n in_o the_o law_n and_o in_o the_o gospel_n nay_o and_o in_o this_o book_n of_o the_o revelation_n of_o john_n god_n have_v as_o it_o be_v hide_v himself_o more_o obscure_a than_o in_o most_o place_n of_o the_o bible_n yet_o the_o revelation_n of_o faith_n have_v find_v he_o out_o as_o will_v be_v see_v by_o the_o eye_n of_o faith_n in_o this_o treatise_n but_o the_o reader_n may_v know_v that_o the_o latter_a part_n of_o this_o chapter_n from_o the_o twenty_o verse_n to_o the_o end_n be_v only_o the_o spirit_n rehearse_v of_o the_o destruction_n of_o this_o spiritual_a babylon_n and_o of_o the_o ransack_v of_o that_o great_a city_n by_o the_o angel_n who_o pour_v out_o the_o vial_n of_o god_n wrath_n upon_o she_o even_o as_o a_o army_n do_v ransack_v a_o city_n when_o they_o be_v overcome_v by_o their_o enemy_n as_o in_o the_o 22_o 23_o 24_o verse_n and_o the_o voice_n of_o harper_n and_o musician_n piper_n and_o trumpeter_n shall_v be_v hear_v no_o more_o at_o all_o in_o she_o that_o be_v all_o pleasant_a music_n whatsoever_o shall_v be_v ransack_v and_o take_v from_o she_o so_o that_o no_o pleasure_n or_o delight_n shall_v be_v find_v neither_o shall_v there_o be_v any_o crafts-man_n or_o millstone_n to_o grind_v any_o more_o in_o thou_o that_o be_v no_o man_n shall_v use_v any_o trade_n or_o grind_v any_o corn_n any_o more_o in_o thou_o and_o the_o light_n of_o a_o candle_n shall_v shine_v no_o more_o in_o thou_o and_o the_o voice_n of_o the_o bridegroom_n and_o of_o the_o bride_n shall_v be_v hear_v â—o_o more_o at_o all_o in_o thou_o that_o be_v all_o light_n whatsoever_o shall_v be_v take_v from_o she_o and_o that_o joy_n of_o marry_v and_o give_v in_o marriage_n shall_v be_v take_v away_o these_o thing_n aforementioned_a do_v include_v all_o the_o glory_n and_o comfort_n that_o can_v be_v have_v or_o that_o man_n have_v have_v in_o this_o world_n the_o wrath_n of_o god_n have_v ransack_v this_o city_n of_o all_o and_o in_o the_o ransack_v of_o this_o city_n there_o god_n do_v find_v the_o blood_n of_o prophet_n and_o of_o saint_n and_o of_o all_o that_o be_v slay_v upon_o the_o earth_n as_o you_o may_v see_v in_o the_o last_o verse_n of_o this_o chapter_n so_o that_o god_n will_v ransack_v this_o city_n babylon_n even_o as_o the_o king_n of_o babylon_n do_v jerusalem_n as_o jer._n 25.10_o so_o jer._n 7.34_o then_o will_v i_o cause_v to_o cease_v from_o the_o city_n of_o judah_n and_o from_o the_o street_n of_o jerusalem_n the_o voice_n of_o mirth_n and_o the_o voice_n of_o gladness_n the_o voice_n of_o the_o bridegroom_n and_o the_o voice_n of_o the_o bride_n for_o the_o land_n shall_v be_v desolate_a etc._n etc._n that_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n be_v much_o like_a unto_o this_o only_o that_o be_v but_o for_o a_o time_n and_o that_o a_o short_a time_n too_o but_o this_o be_v for_o eternity_n so_o much_o for_o the_o interpretation_n of_o the_o chief_a thing_n in_o the_o eighteen_o chapter_n chap._n lxxi_o in_o the_o eighteen_o chapter_n john_n revelation_n and_o vision_n do_v treat_v only_o upon_o the_o utter_a downfall_n and_o destruction_n of_o the_o spiritual_a babylon_n and_o this_o nineteenth_o chapter_n do_v set_v forth_o the_o joy_n and_o glory_n and_o triumph_v the_o saint_n and_o angel_n have_v in_o the_o destruction_n of_o this_o great_a city_n for_o now_o do_v begin_v their_o eternal_a glory_n and_o not_o before_o neither_o be_v the_o one_o nor_o the_o other_o not_o as_o yet_o but_o as_o john_n see_v in_o the_o vision_n the_o downfall_n of_o the_o whore_n so_o in_o his_o vision_n he_o see_v the_o rejoice_v of_o the_o saint_n and_o angel_n in_o heaven_n after_o her_o destruction_n which_o thing_n will_v be_v as_o certain_a as_o if_o at_o present_a therefore_o it_o be_v that_o john_n do_v say_v he_o see_v these_o thing_n as_o if_o they_o be_v perform_v and_o do_v already_o for_o it_o be_v a_o usual_a course_n of_o the_o spirit_n to_o speak_v of_o thing_n to_o come_v as_o if_o they_o be_v in_o present_a be_v because_o the_o seed_n of_o faith_n can_v patient_o stay_v god_n time_n for_o the_o accomplishment_n of_o his_o promise_n and_o be_v content_v only_o with_o the_o assurance_n of_o faith_n in_o themselves_o that_o they_o shall_v rejoice_v in_o heaven_n that_o god_n have_v avenge_v their_o blood_n upon_o this_o wicked_a city_n babylon_n who_o kill_v the_o prophet_n apostle_n saint_n and_o martyr_n of_o jesus_n chapter_n nineteen_o and_o after_o these_o thing_n i_o hear_v a_o great_a voice_n of_o much_o people_n in_o heaven_n say_v allelujah_o salvation_n and_o glory_n and_o honour_n and_o power_n unto_o the_o lord_n