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A55917	A commentary upon the divine Revelation of the apostle and evangelist, Iohn by David Pareus ... ; and specially some things upon the 20th chapter are observed by the same authour against the Millenaries ; translated out of the Latine into English, by Elias Arnold.	Pareus, David, 1548-1622.; Arnold, Elias.	1644 (1644)	Wing P353; ESTC R14470	926,291	661

Harmageddon shall fight an unhappy Battell against Christ But the former and latter shal not be the same in the least as Ribera is forced to feine Chap. 18. Sect. 21. and Chap. 19. Sect. 34 because both these and the other shall never have one and the same mind therefore there shall others rule in the world beside them Thirdly that false Fiction hath often bin refuted viz. of Romes burning before Antichrists comming for Babylon shall not be burnt before Antichrist come But Papall Rome is Antichrist Therefore Papall Rome shall not be burnt before Antichrists comming The assumption is before proved neither can it be any longer denyed The most certain proofe of the major is this viz. Rome is to be burnt not before but after Antichrists comming Babylon shall be burnt because of her Antichristian fornication but Babylon shall not commit fornication before but after Antichrists comming because the Beast which is Antichrist whose hornes are the kings committing fornication with the whore carries her on his back yea on his seven heads being the Mountaines on which the woman sitteth The which carriage or bearing doth signifie the monstrous commixture of both Therefore Babylon shall be burnt not before but after Antichrists comming Lastly adde hereunto that the whore shall not be burnt before she shall sit upon the Beast But the Beast is Antichrist and so Ribera whether willing or not willing is forced to confesse Chap. 19.19 Sect. 31. and Chap. 20.10 Sect. 73. The Beast saith he that is Antichrist Therefore the Where Rome shall not be burnt before Antichrists comming There is yet one scruple Whether Rome being burnt Antichrist shal be abolished whether these Kings by burning the whore are to abolish Antichrist I answer they shall not for it should be contrary to that of the Apostle The LORD shall consume that wicked one with the spirit of his mouth and shall destory him with the brightnesse of his comming not therefore by the arme of flesh Besides it should be contrary to this Prophesie the which Chap. 19. affirmeth 2. Thes 2 that the Beast with the False Prophet and the kings of the Earth shall be cast into the lake burning with fire and brimstone after that the Beast with the false Prophet and kings of the Earth have fought their last battell against Christ So that the burning of the whore shall indeed be very great yet not the last or utter overthrow of Antichrist Antichrists Nest shall be burnt The shop of abominations fullminations tyranny Popish Idolatry and conclave of Cardinalls shall be destroyed The Pope himselfe and false Prophet shall flee out of Italy unto such kings which yet shall adhere unto him suppose the Spaniard Ribera confesseth the Pope shal be thrust out of Rome or some other by whom he may find shelter Neither doth Ribera deny this but often confesseth that after the destruction of Rome the Pope notwithstanding shall be the Romane Bishop although he sits not at Rome like as the Emperour of the Germanes is called Romane howbeit he have not Rome and as the Popes during the seventy years scisme were called Romanes though they sate at Avinion and not at Rome Thus we see the guilty confesseth the Fact Ribera Apocal 14 sect 48. Onely herein he staggers as not knowing where to turne himself for sometimes he feineth that these kings themselves other while that Antichrist by their assistance shall destroy Rome But his Fiction is frivolous for the Kings that are to destroy Rome shall not be Antichrists friends but his enemies because they shall hate the whore who as she is the Whore riding on the Beast is one with Antichrist yea Antichrist himself as before we shewed Therefore Antichrist shall then be neverthelesse he shall not destroy Rome by their helpe The Pope therefore or Antichrist shall remaine some while after Rome is burnt yet his strength shall be mightily weakned Now what he will further enterprize we shall hear Chap. 19. viz. that last battell unto which he shall gather by the three uncleane spirits the Armies of the Kings of the Earth in Harmageddon the which beeing unhappily fought hee shall bee cast into the Lake of fire 17 For God hath put in their hearts We have heard by whom and what the overthrow is that shall befall the Romish whore Now thirdly he addes who is the authour inflicting the same and here the Angell by a certaine Anticipation bids us to ascend higher even unto God For it might be thought a wonderfull thing how the Kings having been so long obsequious unto the whore should so suddenly change their mind and turn their love into hatred and ceasing to oppose Christ bend their sword against the whore Now this saith the Angell happened not at a venture but by the direction of God for God gave or put it into their hearts that is moved and bent their wills and counsells so to do For the kings heart is in the hand of the Lord as the Rivers of waters Pro 21 1 he turneth it whethersoever hee will But what did he put into their hearts he joyneth three acts of the Kings before mentioned as singular benefits of God To doe or full fill his will to wit of God as the Old Version rightly hath it to doe that which is pleasing unto him And so Beza in his former Edition but in his latter to execute his sentence or mind The word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 His is rather rendred relatively then reciprocally least in regard of the ambiguity thereof it might be applyed to the will not of God but of the Kings The sense is that they might execute on the whore the judgement decreed by God that is the hatred desertion making naked eating and burning of the whore described in verse 16. God therefore shall overthrow Rome and the Kings shall bee his Ministers To doe one minde namely their own that is to agree together with the Beast for to defend the woman as before ver 13. And to give their kingdome unto the Beast that is to lend all their power unto the Romane Antichrist fighting with all their might for his Hierarchicall Empire as in verse 13.14 Vntill the words of God shall be fulfilled This limitation is not of the finall consummation which is to happen at the sound of the seventh and last trumpet Cha. 10.9 for after the burning of Antichrists Seat and the alteration of the counsell of the Kings he shall notwithstanding remaine and rage some while but with very broken and weake attempts Now the terme prefixed by God is shewed that is how long this holy League of the Kings and Conspiracy of the Beast and so consequently their opposing of the Lambe shall endure which being finished God put into the hearts of the Kings that their love of the whore being turned into hatred they should execute his judgement upon her The sense therefore is The Kings have thus long conspired with the Beast and

prepare themselves to this battell in defence of the Pope These shall draw all the other Kings of the Earth the adversaries of the Gospell in Asia Africa America into the societie of this war and so with joynt forces shall goe to oppresse the Gospel of Christ But while they thus plot God will be present and prepare this supper for the birds of heaven that is Christ shall come from heaven to judgement and cast Antichrist with his raging kings and associates into hell fire Now he promiseth diverse sorts of flesh as it were varietie of dainties unto the foules not onely of kings but also of Captaines Mighty men them that sit on horses to intimate the greatnesse and sumptuousnesse of the Supper For variety of messes delighteth Now it is an Allusion unto the divers orders of which great Armies usually consist and are led all whose flesh being given to the birds to be devoured of them sheweth that all of them shal utterly perish and not one escape the hand of the Iudge 19. And I saw the Beast Hitherto of the Heavenly Armies and CHRIST their Captain Now he briefly toucheth the opposite Army with their Leader Antichrist and describeth the event of the Battell The Jesuite at length confesseth this Beast to be Antichrist Rib Apoc. 19. S. 31. Now this Beast is the same which Iohn saw before Chap. 13. and Chap. 17. as Alcasar acknowledgeth Page 864. Therefore he calleth him emphatically 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that Beast whence it appeareth that Ribera without any shew of truth did idlie feine this Beast in Chapter 17. The beast is Antichrist to be the divell Furthermore he saw not the Beast alone but with the Kings of the Earth and their Armies These Kings shall be all the Vassals and friends of the POPE which shall seek to defend him after the destruction of Rome They shall not be the Ten because some of those ten shall hate Rome and lay her wast To make warre He sheweth the madnes and fury of Antichrist and the Kings who will presume to joyne battell with the King of kings and Lord of lords with Christ I say the Heavenly Iudge and against the Angells his Armies the least of whom is able in a moment to destroy millions of adversaries This therefore shall bee more then the furious 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of the Giants But let us see the event 20. And the Beast was taken The event of the battell is unfortunate to the Beast and Kings In the first conflict their Armies are scattered and put to flight so some as it happeneth after the routing of Armies are taken and all the rest of them slain The victory remains on Christs side and his Army Now hee distinctly expoundeth what befell the Beast and what the rest Great Armies do many times fight a long while with doubtfull successe Here. at the first brunt the hostile Army is routed the Beast taken Gr. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 bound or fettered The word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is familiarly used in Iohns Gospell and properly signifies to take or apprehend as you may see John 7.30.32.44 Chap. 8.20 and Chap. 10.39 Chap. 11.57 21.3.10 c. Here the Beast though he be monstrous seven-headed full of hornes and guarded with a strong band of Kings and Confederates notwithstanding is without difficulty apprehended and taken to wit by Christ the Captain Now the Leader being taken what can the rest of the Army do Here now the fight is ended now they cast away their armes and they would willingly flie but cannot every one of them is slaine yet first he sheweth the miserable lot or condition of the Beast and his Companion With the Beast also is taken the False-prophet the individuall Achates and Orator of the Beast Of this False-prophetal so mention is made before Chapter 16.13 but is not there set forth with any markes Here with two That hee wrought miracles before the Beast The false Prophet is the same with the Beast with two hornes and that he deceived the stigmatized worshippers of the Beasts Image Whence it plainly appeareth that this False-prophet is that other Beast with two hornes Chap. 13.11 for hee is there said to doe these things Now howsoever he shewed before that both Beasts in a diverse respect figured out one Antichrist Notwithstanding as before the Spirit represented him by two Beasts also by a Beast with a woman sitting thereon so now he speaketh of the Beast and of the False-prophet as it were of two distinct persons because before with the Pope Antichrist or Head he joyned the Senate of Cardinals and the whole Clergy Architects and ministers of deceits and wickednesse These therefore shall go forth with the Beast to warre against Christ as it were ALATERE on the side of the Generall But they shall justly suffer for their madnesse for the Beast and they shall be taken together Furthermore touching the signes of the False-prophet of the Character of the Beast and of his Image I will here repeat nothing as being before treated of Chap. 13. Now we come to the punishment of the Beast and the False-prophet Both were cast alive into a Lake of fire burning with brimstone IN STAGNVM IGNIS ARDENS so is the naturall reading in all Greek Copies and also in the Old Latine Notwithstanding Ribera contendeth that the truest reading is IN STAGNVM IGNIS ARDENTIS SVLPHVRE and that it is so in the Greek But it seems the Iesuite looked not upon the Text for all Copies have it constantly 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The Kings Edition of Montanus without the article 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as Chap. 14.10 where 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 cannot be rendred ardentis but ardens because it cohereth not with the genitive 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 fire but with the accusative 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Lake though the sense be the same in both readings for both the fire and the lake by the fire burns with brimstone This must be the miserable end and destruction of the Romane Beast and his sacred Clergy to wit Num. 16.33 like to that of Corah Dathar and Abiram who of old seditiously rising up against Moses were swallowed up alive of the Earth and so cast into Hell For this is no obscure allusion unto that History as it were unto the type of that horrible punishment Not that the Earth shall litterally open her mouth and swallow them up neither doth the Letter say so but because Christ the Iudge will thrust them alive that is not like other men taken away before by ordinary death into the most exquisite flames of the burning lake as a horrible example to others before the rest For the devill also whom the Earth cannot swallow up shall be cast into the same lake of fire and brimstone Chap. 20.10 wherefore it signifies a terrible kind of destruction into which the Beast and the False-prophet shall be cast before their other associates For the rest