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B09229	The apocalyps unveyl'd, or, A paraphrase on the Revelation of the holy apostle and evangelist John the Devine in which the syncronisms of Mr. Joseph Mede, and the expositions of other interpreters are called in question, and a new exposition given of the prophecies of the Revelation, never before extant in any author, from the 6th chapter to the 18th, with variety of reasons for the exposition / by An Orthodox Divine.	Hayter, Richard, 1611?-1684.; Mede, Joseph, 1586-1638. Clavis apocalyptica.	1676 (1676)	Wing H1224; ESTC R202384	176,063	254

not contemporants therefore here is no Synchronising The third Synchronisin is of the Vials with the sixth Trumpet Answ To which I answer 1. That the seven Vials are the seven last plagues Rev. 15.1 and therefore they do not begin the ruine of the Beast but end it 2. The Kingdom of the Beast is not brought to such a ruine in the sixth Trumpet as to put an end to his forty two Moneths all that is done in that Trumpet is the falling of the tenth part of the City and the loss of seven Thousand men and what is that to the ruine of the Beasts Kingdom or to the ending of his forty two Moneths 3. The Beast shall have a far greater loss than that before any of the Vials be effused for the Harvest Chap. 14. is a far greater loss than that in the sixth Trumpet and the Vintages far greater than the Harvest and both of them shall come upon the Beast before any of the Vials be effused 4. The fifth Vial is poured out upon the Throne of the Beast but that the Beasts Throne is touched in the time of the sixth Trumpet I deny For by the tenth part of the City is not meant the Throne of the Beast but Jerusalem 5. The seventh Vial is a consummating Vial and the seventh Trumpet a consummating Trumpet but this doth not make them to contemporate for the one takes up more time in consummating than the other doth as having more things to consummate than the other hath the one begins Chap. 16. and consummates the things from thence unto the end the other begins Chap. 11. and reaches from thence unto the end of the Revelation The fourth Synchronism is of the thousand years of Satans being bound with the seventh Trumpet or the space from the destruction of the Beast Ans To which I answer that the thousand years of Satans being bound are shorter than the seventh Trumpet both à parte ante and à parte post 1. They are shorter à parte ante for the thousand years begin Rev. 20. 1. but the seventh Trumpet begins Rev. 11. 15. and all the Prophecies between that Chapter and the twentieth belong unto the seventh Trumpet and not unto the little Book which had no Prophecy written in it Again the thousand years expire at the enlargement of the Prisoner Rev. 20.7 but the seventh Trumpet goes beyond it and contains under it not only that enlargement but the insurrection and destruction of Gog and Magog the resurrection of the dead and the final Judgment so that the thousand years are much shorter than the seventh Trumpet both à parte ante on the fore part and à parte post on the hinder part To that which follows in the Synchronism I have no more to say but what has been spoken to already the rest not spoken to I leave to others to answer that have a mind unto it for my opinion is that the Prophecies of the Revelation shall come to pass in order as they were revealed The fifth Synchronism is of the thousand years of the Soveraign Reign of Christ and of the seventh Trumpet or the space from the destruction of the Beast Ans To which I answer that the seventh Trumpet and the space of time which succeeds the destruction of the Beast are not all one for that space begins with the twentieth Chapter but the seventh Trumpet begins before and contains not that space alone but all the Prophecies besides from the eleventh Chapter to the twentieth The rest that follows in that Synchronism I leave to others to answer that be so minded for my opinion is that the Prophecies of the Revelation what ever the meaning of them be shall come to pass in order as they were revealed The sixth Synchronism is of the new Jerusalem the Lambs Bride with the seventh Trumpet or the space from the destruction of the Beast Ans To which I answer 1. In general that the new Jerusalem doth not begin at the destruction of the Beast nor contemporate with the thousand years but succeed them 2. I answer to each Argument in particular To the first I say that the marriage of the Lamb Rev. 19.7 and the marriage Rev. 21.2.9 are not the same The first is the personal marriage of Christ with the spouse in grace the other is the personal marriage of Christ with the spouse in glory To the second I deny that the new Jerusalem is the beloved City which Gog and Magog shall environ after the thousand years are ended Rev. 20.9 for this latter is the Church in the full state of grace but the other is the Church in the full state of glory To the third factum est it is done Rev. 16.17 is not the same factum est with that Rev. 21.6 By the first is meant that the seven last plagues were then expiring that being the last which then was pouring out and the full state of grace was ended and the state of glory was presently to begin The fourth Argument proves no more than this that the new Jerusalem shall succeed the utter exstinction of the Beast and Babylon but that it shall succeed immediately ' I deny The order shall be this Babylon shall be destroyed first the Beast and false Prophet next then shall be the thousand years after them the insurrection and destruction of Gog and Magog after that the last Judgment then the Lake of fire for the cursed and the new Jerusalem for the blessed The seventh Synchronism of the Palm-bearing multitude of the numberless triumphants out of all Nations Tribes People and tongues c. 7. v. 9. with the seventh Trumpet or space of time from struction of the Beast c. 11.15 Ans Two Arguments are brought to prove this the first is to this effect The Palm-bearing multitude immediately succeeds the Company of the Sealed and that company ended with the Beast at the exit of the sixth Trumpet therefore the Palm-bearing multitude followeth both Ans But if you look into the seventh Chapter you shall there find they immediately succeed the time of their Sealing not the race of the Sealed but the time of their Sealing Now their Sealing is in the time of the sixth Seal before any of the Trumpets do begin therefore these Palm-bearers precede the seventh Trumpet and the first to boot The second Argument is that they be Citizens of the new Jerusalem Ans But in the sixth Seal under which they are presented unto John they are not come to that estate at that time their bodies being not then raised from the Grave their Souls being then in Heaven in the state of bliss at such time as the Sealed ones are Sealed on earth Other things there be in these Synchronisms which for brevity sake I omit to speak unto By that which hath been said the Reader may perceive there be no such Synchronisms as he would have except those which belong to one and the same Prophecy as the two Beasts in the thirteenth

ordinary and accustomed when as the literal sense makes it a Prophecy extraordinary and to speak of things not usual nor accustomed such as never were but in the Land of Aegypt and they that were in Aegypt though the same for kind were not so grievous as these Vials are like to be 2. It makes the Scripture a nose of Wax which a man may turn which way he will one may turn it one way and another may turn it another way and there be well nigh as many interpretations of the mystical sense as there be writers on the Revelation 3. It subjects the Scripture to our vain lusts and humours and gives every one liberty to interpret it as his humour leads him 4. It makes the Scripture mean not what it speaks but what men would have it mean 5. It makes men interpret the Revelation of themselves or of their own party and of the times wherein they live and the good things they think are spoken of themselves and the evil things of their enemies 6. It turns the Scripture into nonsense what sense is it to say that by the earth in the first Vial is meant the lowest of the People as if an Ulcer could not fall upon the highest as well as upon the lowest What sense is it to say every living soul died in the Sea that is in the extent and compass of the Papal power and Jurisdiction when as there be five Vials to fall upon some men afterward What sense is it to say that the darkness in the fifth Vial is meant of spiritual darkness as if they were not spiritually dark before that or any other of the Vials did begin What sense is it to understand by the Kings of the East in the sixth Vial the Kings of the West and by the River Euphrates which is a River in the East to understand the Popes revenues in the West and by the drying up of that River to understand the draining away the Popes revenues in the West these and many more absurdities do follow from the mystical interpretation of the Vials Ob. If we take the Earth Sea Rivers and Fountains of waters c. in a literal sense how should a Vial of wrath poured out on these be any wit more prejudicial without a miracle to Gods enemies then his Friends who partake of the benefit of these in common with the other Ans 1. Did not Moses sprinkle the ashes of a Furnace towards Heaven and it became dust upon the Earth and after that a boyl breaking forth with blanes upon man and Beast Exod. 9.10 and was not this more prejudicial to Gods enemies then his Friends Again did not Moses smite the waters in the River Et quaecunque Ioannes discipulus Domini vidit in Apocalypsi inveniet casdom plagas universaliteraccipere gentes quas tunc particulatim accepit Aegyptus Irenaeus adversus Haereses lib. 4. c. 50. and they became blood Exod 7.20 21. and was not this more prejudical to the Aegyptians then to the Israelites So thirdly did not Moses stretch forth his hand toward Heaven and there was a thick darkness in all the Land of Aegypt three days Exod. 10.22 23. and was not this more prejudicial to Gods enemies then his Friends And Lastly did not Moses stretch forth his hand toward Heaven and the Lord rained hail upon the Land of Aegypt Exod. 9.23 and was not this more prejudicial to the Aegyptians then the Israelites And if God could do all this and much more in Aegypt in a literal sense why can he not do the like in other Countries without prejudice to his own People 2. Whereas 't is said without out a miracle we say that God in every one of these Vials works a miracle as he did in Aegypt and we further say that God hath promised to do the like again in other Countries According to the days of thy comming out of the Land of Aegypt will I shew unto him marvellous things the Nations shall see and be confounded c. Micah 7.15 16.3 Whereas 't is said that they partake of the benefit of these in common with the other it is nothing so at this time for the Saints do not live in the Beasts Dominions at this time or in that part of them where the Vials fell for they were either slain or fled out of his Dominions before any of the Vials did begin Rev. 12.6.14 Rev. 13.7 Rev. 16.6 Rev. 18.4 Ob. Did ever Rivers and Fountains of waters literally shed the blood of Saints or did God ever in way of revenge give them blood to drink Ans Did men never read the Book of Exodus Did ever the Rivers and Fountains of Aegypt literally shed the blood of the Israelites Yet God turned them to blood as a Plague on the Aegyptians Exod. 7.17 18 19 20 21. and no other is the meaning here The third Angel poured out his Vial on the Rivers and Fountains of Waters and they became blood v. 4. and wherefore is this done but in way of revenge upon the men that they might not have the benefit of the waters as heretofore they had and that because they that is the men which drank of those waters shed the blood of the Saints and the Prophets and thou hast given them that is the men blood to drink Ob. The Book of Exodus is a History but the Revelation is a Prophecy and therefore may not be compared each with other Ans A Prophecy may be compared with a History in respect of the matter Mat. 2.6.18 Mat. 3.3 Mat. 8.17 Mat. 21.5 though not in respect of the time for the matter of a Prophecy may be the matter of a History when it is fulfilled like as the matter of a History was the matter of a Prophecy before it was fulfilled the difference many times is not in respect of matter but in respect of time A Prophecy is the relating of a thing to come and a History is the relating of a thing past but the thing related may be materially the same in both 2. The Book of Exodus is both a History and a Prophecy for the words in Exodus 7.20 21. are a History of turning the waters into blood but the words v. 17 18. are a Prophecy of it before hand So again the words in Exodus 9 10 11. are a History of the Boyl which fell upon the Aegyptians but the words v. 8 9. are a Prophecy of the Boyl before it came to pass So thirdly the words in Exodus 10.22 are a History of the darkness that was in Aegypt but the words v. 21. are a Prophecy thereof and therefore the comparison in all the three places with the Vials of the Revelation is very fit and suitable each to other Ob. How can a Vial be poured on the Sun and not on the Saines which live under it or how can the Sun torment men with fervent heat and the Saints not be tormented by it Ans 1. The fire which slew