deedes of the Prophets and the whole body of the Church Qu. In how many things consisted the deedes of the Prophets or ministers of the Church An. In three things in their fighting vnder the Crosse in their murdering and in their raising vp againe Qu. When began their fight A. Presētly vpon the death of christ Qu. How long did they continue An. 1026. yeares Qu. The text saith daies chap. 11,13 Ans True but it is to be vnderstood yeeres after the example of Ezekiel Daniel who interpret their visions in like manner dayes for yeeres Qu. Who was prophecied that he should murther and almost quite extinguish their doctrine An. Pope Boniface the eight wo entred into the papacie at the expiration of 1260 yeares chap. 11.7 Qu. Hovv did be enter An. Like a Fox by subtilty who in the night by a false Oracle perswaded his predecessour Celestine to resigne his authoritie vnto him Qu. Hovv did he rule when he had got it An. Like a hungry Lion killing and deuouring the saints of God Qu. How long did he rule An. Three yeeres and a halfe during which time the church of christ seemed to be dead and lie vnburied Qu. VVhere An. In the streets of Rome Quest The text saith of Sodome and Aegypt how then doe you saie of Rome An. By Sodome Aegypt is figuratiuely vnderstood Rome by reason of the likenesse it had with those two places for the licēciousnesse and tyranny that was practised therein for Sodome was not at that time and Aegypt was a country and not a city Qu. Who raysed the Church againe An. The spirit of life comming from God chap. 11. Qu. When An. Presently vpon the death of Boniface Qu. How died Boniface An. Like a dogge in prison by the means of Sarra Columnus and a French knight called Naggaret Qu. Did the spirit of God raise vpthose that had been slaine An. No. Qu. The text saith they ascended into heauen in a cloude An. We are to vnderstand by the vse of the scripture that the church of the wicked is commonly called the world or the earth the church of the faithfull and elect is called heauen therefore when it is saide they ascended vp into heauen the meaning is they were withdrawne from the tyrannie of this wicked worlde and gathered into the celestiall church that is seeing the Temple and publique places were not open vnto them secret places were sanctfied vnto them as if it were heauen aparte from the rest of the world Qu. What effects followe this separation An. Feare and terrour in their enemies ioy and thanksgiuing in the saints of God that he did vouchsase to challenge his authoritie and soueraigne power ouer the world chapter 12 vers 11.17 Qu. Hauing touched the ministerie of the Church let vs returne to the other part of our diuision which was the whole bodye of the Church How doth the whole bodie of the Church diuide it selfe An. Into two parts into the Iewish Christian and into the Christian Catholike Church which consisteth not only of Iewes but of the beleeuing Gentiles also Qu. When began the Christian Iewish Church An. At the instant of the conception of our Sauiour Christ Qu. When began the Christian Catholike Church An. At that time when by the preaching of the Apostles the Gentils were conuerted and did embrace the glad tidings of the Gospel Qu. What doth Saint Iohn here continue for our instruction Ans The estate both of the Iewish Christian Catholike Church warfaring or as it was subiect to the assaults of her enemies Qu. VVhat is the Iewish Christian Church compared vnto An. A woman with child chapt 12. vers 2. Qu. Why An. Because like vnto a fruitfull woman it is continually to bring foorth children vnto the Lord. Qu. How is that woman described An. By her attire by her standing chap. 12.1 Qu. How was her attyre An. Of two sorts the cloathing of her body and the ornament of her head Qu. How was her body cloathed An. With the Sunne Qu. What is thereby signified Ans The inestimable glory giuen vnto the Church by God Qu. How was her head adorned An. With a Crowne of twelue starres Qu. What is thereby signified An. The kingdome of Heauen which belongeth vnto the Church Qu. Hovv did she stand An. Vpon the Moone Qu. What do vve learne by that An. That the true Church trampleth vnder her feete all variablenesse vnto which all things vnder the moone are subiect Qu. What was her conflict An. She trauailed and was in daunget to haue her child deuoured chapt 12 4. Qu. By whome An By a fiery Dragon that had seuen heades and vpon euery head a Crown and ten hornes Qu. VVhat doe you vnderstand by the Dragon An. Sathan Qu. VVhat by his seauen heads An. His woonderfull pollicie and wisedome able at once to disturbe the seauen Churches that is the vniuersall Church Qu. VVhat by his seuen crownes Ans His magnificence and authoritie euery head beeing as the head of a king Qu. VVhat by his ten hornes An. His great power sufficiently furnished to hurt the whole world Qu. What is vnderstood by the childe whome he would deuoure An. Christ mysticall that is one and entier Christ in a mystery compounded of the person of Christ as of the head of the body of the church and of all the members thereof vnited to the head by his spirite Qu. How was the child deliuered Ans God tooke it vp into heauen and prepared a place for the mother in the wildernes Qu. Did Sathans malice so end Ansvvere No hee gaue two assaults more Qu. Where was the first An. In heauen chap. 12.7 Qu. In what manner An. He accused the elect of God day and night Qu. VVhat was his successe An. Hee was throwne downe from thence by the power of Michael that is of Christ Iesus Qu. Where was his second assault An. In earth vpon the mother of the Child and vpon the rest of her seede that is vpon the Church of the Iewes and the Church of the Gentiles afterward gathered together in Christ Qu. How did the Mother that is the Church of the Iewes escape in this assault An. Shee was caried by the power of God as by the wings of an Eagle into a place of refuge Qu. What place was that An. Pella a towne seated on the other side of Iordan in a desart country Qu. How did Sathan pursue her An. With a floud of water cast out of his mouth Qu. What vnderstand you by the floud of water Ans The Romanes which destroyed Ierusalem and the sanctuary that was therein Qu. Who drunke vp that floud of water that it did not hurt the Church An. The earth that is the wicked sort of the Iews whose bloudy massacre satisfied the fury of the Remanes so that the Elect had liberty to escape Qu. When Sathan saw himselfe againe preuented how did he take it Ans Hee was wrath and made warre vpon the rest of the seed of the woman that is vpon the Christian Catholike Church Qu. How many principall things are we to note in the history of the Christian Catholike Church An. Three her combats her victory and her glory Qu. With whom were her combats An. With two kinde of beastes the one whereof had seauen heades and came out of the sea the other had two heads and sprang out of the earth chap. 13. Qu. What do you vnderstand by the first beast An. The tyrannye inflicted vpon the Church by the ciuil gouernment of the Romane Empire Qu. What by the second beast An. The persecution of the Papisticall Hyerarchie by the succession of Popes Qu. Against whom doth the Church obtaine her victory An. Against the two beastes and the Dragon before spoken of and against the whoore of the spirituall Babilon described in the 17 chap. Qu. What is understood by the whoore of Babylon An. The great Citty of Rome which raigneth ouer the Kings of the earth chap. 17. verse 18. Qu. By what meanes doth the Church get victory ouer her enemies An. By the assistance of Christ her head and captaine Qu. Into how many parts doth his assistance spread An. Into foure the preaching of his word and the workes of faith patience obedience set downe in the 14. chapter and into threatninges and iudgementes proceeding from his diuine iustice declared in the 15. and 16. chap. Qu. Wherein consisteth the glory of the Church An. In her perpetuall triumphe in the world to come ioined to her bridegroome Christ Iesus in ioye that neuer shall haue end a taste of which ioye is in some sort made manifest vnto vs in chap. 21. and 22. Qu. But what shall become of the enemies of the Church An. They shall haue their portion in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone which is the second death chap. 21.8 Qu. How many kinds of death are there incident to man An. Two the first which is a separation of the soule from the body and of this kind of death all sortes of people must taste as well the godly as vngodly and the second which is a separation of the soule and bodie from the presence of God for euer to remayne in darknesse and this is the death that the wicked onely must die FINIS