1000. yerres And for ever to the second terme or end of time after the 1000. yeares are ended from the destruction of Gog and Magog unto the end of the world because they were so wise to see and diligent and faithfull to turne many unto the right way of divine worship But there is some light though it be not cleard so that those which are said to be wise can see and understand in part that now the day-starre is risen and the great work concerning the enemies ruine and the Saints finall deliverance is begun and the Sunne of righteousnesse the Lord Christ will ere long arise with healing in his Wings Maal 4.2 But at this time it is not light nor darke Zach. 14.6 7. a day as it were knowne to the Lord onely none else knowing or understanding what God is doing for his people onely a few whom he hath made wise to understand a vision the words of the wise God concerning this great Mystery and the darke sayings thereof Againe this is noted that it is not day nor night The day of the Churches peace is not yet come nor the night of her misery and bondage is not fully upon her as it hath been but shee is between the day and night in the birth and upon the borders of spirituall Aegypt and Canaan But at the even-â—ide when the worke shall be almost at an end Zach. 14.7 then it shall be day-light all shall see what God is doing for his Church and then will that glorious Sunne shine forth in his full brightnesse and glory that the light of the Moone shall be as the Sunne and the Sunne seven-fold then the eyes of the blind shall be opened to see the way of Christ in his House so plainly that way faring men though fooles shall not erre therein Isa 35.8 6 And this is also noted in the Scripture of truth that an Army out of the North shall come up against Babyon and be the chiefe cause of her mine and destruction They come from a farre Country from the end of Heaven Isa 13.5 the Lord and the Weapons of his indignation to destroy the whole Land which is meant of England and Scotland For we are a very remote Country from mystical Babylon from the end of Heaven as Scotland is yea if we look to the men that are to be imployed in this warre we shall see them to be the same which the Lord Christ hath in his Army at this day as we may see in the third verse I have commanded my sanctified ones verse 3. I have also called my mighty ones for my anger even them that rejoyce in my highnesse The Lord meaning his owne servants who are said to retoyce in his highnesse aud are set forth by chosen and faithfull ones which are now with the Lamb Rev. 17.14 following him upon white horses in Heaven Rev. 19.14 who are this day upon the high places of the field and are said to be in Heaven with their Army because they are raised by Christ and his Witnesses who are in Heaven and by that ciuill power which they have in their hands by right as they are lawfully called to that high place Againe wee shall see that the Lord intended England and Scotland to come against this mysticall Babylon if wee looke in Jeremy 50.9 I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an Assembly of great Nations from the North Countrey Now of all Countries in the World England and Scotland is North to mysticall Babylon And againe Dan. 11.44 Tydings out of the East and out of the North shall trouble him By East here surely as may be supposed is meant the Sweedes And by North is meant England and Scotland so consequently they shall joine together against Antichrist Object Rut all these threatnings were against literall Babylon Answ I grant they were in the Letter but as truly as Rome is called mysticall Babylon Rev. 17.5 and as truly as all these threatnings which the Lord hath pronounced against literall Babylon were made good in the Letter against them so will the Lord do against mysticall Babylon in a spirituall and mysticall way Therefore when Scotland and England have dryed up the River Euphrates here they shall not then sit downe on this side Jordan to enjoy peace themselves and leave their brethren in misery beyond the Sea and out of their owne possessions but shall go over Jordan with a strong Army to help their Brethren that they may likewise dry up that River Euphrates there to the utter ruine of Antichrist and for the setling of a perfect peace in the ten States that the powers of States and Churches may be put into the hands of Christ and his Saints that they may live and raigne over the Nations of the earth in peace and tranquility 1000. yeaees CHAP. X. The seventh Viall poured forth two great effects follow thereupon The first is the hringing in the fullnesse of the Gentiles And the second is the calling of the Jewes with the time when the fifth sixth and seventh Viall began and ended and liberty given to the Saints by the Witnesses to build that new Jerusalem THe fifth and sixth Viall being poured upon Antichrists seate and thrones and upon his Armies the Beast and false prophet taken by Christ and his Army that followed him upon white Horses in Heaven and both of them cast into a lake Rev. 19.21 hurning with fire and brimstone Yet there is a remnant of that Antichristian race left whom Antichrist hath poysoned with his Antichristian aire with errors and heresies in whom those five Beasts are said to live Dan. 7.12 though they be dead Therefore the Lord Jesus hath another Viall to poure upon these men as is the maladie such is the medicine Rev. 17.10 and as the disease so is the cure The disease is inward in their spirits their understanding is filled with mists and darknesse which Antichrist brought into the world with which he filled his whole Kingdome Rev. 15.10 This Vial must be poured upon this Antichristian aire and darknesse by the preaching of the Gospell For this being an inward and spirituall worke is fittest for spirituall weapons and spirituall men and such will Christ have to do the worke Rev. 16.17 Therefore voices came forth of the Temple The Ministers of the Churches are to be imployed in this worke and spirituall weapons or swords therefore saith the Scripture The remnant were slaine by the sword of him that sate upon the white horse which sword proceedeth out of his mouth Chap. 19.21 The way of Antichrist hath been to slay such men as they conceive factious and erronious with the civill sword Dan. 8.12 therefore he gets an Host or the power of Princes The civill sword used by Antichrist to root errors out of mens hearts and hales them before Princes and Judges for to root out errors as they pretend out
liberty to have the Gospel preached which is indeed the pouring forth of the seventh Viall that he that runs may reade it Upon the seventh Trumpet sounding and declaring what was now done in Heaven the high place of Judicature presently there was great voices of confidence and affiance in Heaven the Church that now the Kingdomes of this world should be taken out of that wicked antichristian Beasts hands and given into the hands of Christ and his Saints The people of God seeing Jesus Christ and his witnesses taking but the tenth part of the Kingdoms from Antichrist they looke from the beginning of the work to the end and were confident that the time of the enemies ruine was now come and the Churches sinall deliverance and the civill power of all the Kingdomes in the world should be put into the hands of Christ and his Saints and they shall raigne for ever and ever The same thing was shewed to Daniel almost 2300. yeares since when he saw the ancient of daies sit and the thrones of the Beast cast downe Dan. 7.9.13.14 Then one like the Son of man came to the ancient of daies and there was given him dominions and glory and a Kingdome that all people nations and languages should serve him and not him only but the Saints of the most High and the Kingdomes and Dominions and the greatnesse of the Kingdomes under the whole Heavens shall be given to the people of the Saints of the most high and they shall possesse the Kingdome even for ever ever and ever Three terms and sections of times shall the Saints possesse the Kingdoms of the world after Antichrist hath his powers taken out of his hands as we shall shew anon The Churches of Christ do not only expresse their confidence and affiance they had in God for the accomplishment of this great worke that was now begun Vers 16. but they with all humility and reverence fall upon their faces before God and worship him in giving him thanks and praise which is and was and is to come who hath taken to him his great power and hath raigned And they further declare that the Nations of the antichristian world were angry Vers 18. as indeed they were at his great worke now begun and that the time of his wrath against the wicked is now come and the time of the dead that they should now be judged that is that now judgment shall be given to the poore Saints of God and witnesses of Christ that were slaine and lay dead for three daies and a halfe and that he should give a reward unto his servants the Prophets and to the Saints and to them that fear his Name both small and great and should destroy them that have destroyed the Earth which the Lord will accomplish in this present age The third effect is the opening of the Temple by Christ and his witnesses which sate in Heaven Effect 3. Vers 19. and the Temple of God was opvned in Heaven By Temple is meant the Church the people of God By Heaven is meant the high place of Judicature so by the Temple of God being opened in Heaven is nothing else but Christ and his Witnesses giving leave and liberty to the people of God thus congregated to worship Christ in his Temple And this they did first by their connivence and forbearing to trouble them and to molest them as Antichrist and his faction did and afterwards they shall give them some liberty Rev. 6.12 being tender over the consciences of men in matters of worship Rev. 21.6 But at the end of the ruine of Antichrist Then the Temple shall be set wide open that whosoever will shall enter in if they be not such as defile or work abomination This we have seen fulfilled before our eyes that those that were Christs Witnesses Rev. 10. they countenanced and spared to molest the people of God that had joyned themselves in League and Covenant to come out of Babylon Rev. 27. and not to meddle at all with that Antichristian cup of spirituall fornications and to worship their Lord and Husband Christ according to divine institution but those that were of Antichrists side though pretended otherwise they would be stirring up the common people against them untill they were cast out of Heaven to the earth even all those popish affected ones When the Temple of God was thus opened there was seene in his Temple the Arke of his Testament that is verse 19. then the Lord Christ who is the Arke of Gods Testement was seen to be in his Temple in the midst of those people that before was looked upon as factious and seditious men but the Temple being open they prove otherwise And when the Antichristian party saw that Christ and his Witnesses tooke part with these men then there were Voyces and Thunderings and Lightnings and an Earthquake and a great Haile that is then there was great stirs combustions hurliburlies quakings and feares amongst the Antichristian party And last of all these grew to a great haile or great storme and war as weshall see anon between the servants and Witnesses of Christ and those that were for the Dragon and Antichrist in Heaven The fourth effect was A great wonder which appeared in Heaven Effect 4. a Woman cloathed with the Sunne By Woman is meant the Church of God who is cloathed with the Sunne of righteousnesse and which have her Officers in the midst of her officiating and emptying the golden Oyle out of themselves into the bosome of the Church 〈◊〉 4.12 〈◊〉 1.6.20 and are as a Crowne of gold unto her head set forth by 12 Stars after the Tribes of the children of Israel and the Moon is under her feet that is under her feet are all sublunary conentment and delight shee contemning them with holy scorn derision and being great with child cryed travailing in birth and pained to be delivered that is the people of God seeing Christ and some of his Saints and Witnesses in Heaven and many that were with them were against Christ and for the Dragon The Church hereupon is with child as it were and travailes in paine to have a godly Magistracy set up in the world that those which were in Heaven the high place of Judicature that was against Christ and his Government might be cast out that so the Lord Christ that man-childe might in and by his Saints rule the nations with a rod of iron and this they cryed and travailed in paine to God by humble and fervent prayers and to his Witnesses that sate in Heaven by humble petitions from the yeer of Christ 1639. to 1641. ☞ Whereupon another Wonder appeares in Heaven a great red Dragon having ten Hornes and seven Crownes upon his heads he stood ready to devoure this man-child so soone as it was borne The devil and satan in the Roman Beast and his Image the Pope and they in and by those popish Lords
and Prelats stood ready to hinder this great designe and birth of the Church by all the power and strength they could make which were cleare and evident to all our sights 1641. when the people of God bestirred themselves both to God by prayer and to the godly party in the Parliament that those popish Lords and Prelats might be cast out Rev. 12.5 Whereupon those Petitions and prayers were heard of Christ and his Witnesses and so the Church did not onely bring forth the man-child or government but it was likewise received up to God and his Throne into the high place of Judicature and the Dragon and the Beast in those popish Lords and Prelats were cast out to the earth by a wonderfull and miraculous hand of divine providence These foure Effects have beene very evidently fulfilled and brought to passe before the eyes of all from the time the Witnesses first ascended up to Heaven 1639. in Scotland to the yeere 1641. when the Popish Prelats were cast out of Heaven here in England Some say that the Church travailed in birth 320. with Constantine who was that man-child and so he was taken up to Heaven and then the Church fled into the Wildernesse But that cannot be the meaning of the Text for the Churches worke at that time as the Spirit of God hath declared was to beare witnesse and to give testimony to that great truth of Christs kingly power in his Churches and so to all other truth which Rev. 11.3 Antichrist would afterward deny all the time of their prophesie 1260. yeers And as for Constantine he was not to rule all nations with a rod of iron this onely belonged to Jesus Christ and to his Saints Rev. 2.21 who were to reigne with him therefore this cannot be meant of Constantine nor of that time but of this very time which we may plainly see by those things which have been done in our sight and for that 6. verse chap. 12. of the woman fleeing into the Wildernesse is brought in as a seale to the prophesie with the 15. verse For from the 7. verse of chap. 11. to the end of the 12. chap. the Spirit of God sets downe nothing but what was to come to passe in our time here amongst us from the day and yeer 1635. when the Witnesses were slaine to the yeer 1641. when the warre fell out to be in Heaven between the Dragon and his Angels and Christ and his Angels onely those two verses 6. and 14. of the 12. chapter of the Church fleeing into the Wildernesse 375. And when this man-child was received up to Heaven and the Dragon and his Angels cast out of Heaven to the earth here in England by Christ and his Witnesses was a second degree of the pouring forth of the fifth Viall upon the Throne of the Beast for this casting him out of Heaven to the Earth is a taking away all his power from him both Civill and Ecclesiasticall in Church and State Thus that proud Lucifer Sonne of the morning Isa 14.10.12 is said to be fallen from Heaven and to be cut downe to the ground and to become weake like the common people of the earth both in Scotland and here in England CHAP. IX The sixt Viall poured upon Antichrist with the way or meanes by which it is done and the Instrument by whom it is poured forth the Beast and the false prophet taken and cast into a Lake of fire with the silence in Heaven about the space of halfe an houre THe Churches of the Saints declaring to all the world that the way to have all oppression and tyranny removed and to bring in all peace and tranquility was to have all those that did formerly tyrannize over them cast out of office and place of government and let the Civill power be put into the hands of Christ and his Witnesses shee bringing forth this man-child into the world is presently received up to Heaven by Christ and his Witnesses the devil and his angels who ruled the world before is now cast out of Heaven to the Earth ☞ Upon this followes warre between the Dragon and his angels and Michael and his angels Rev. 12.7 The Dragon at the same time by his taile drawes the third part of the Starres of Heaven after him verse 4. the devil will not fall from Heaven alone but he will draw some of the Starres with him By Heaven is meant the place of judicature by Starres is meant those men that sits in Parliament And was not this evident did not the third part of the Parliament fall off at the same time and was drawne after the Dragon even with his taile the popish Lords and Prelats who are his taile to make warre with Christ and his Church Rev. 16.13 14 There gâ—es at the same time three uncleane spirits like Frogges out of the mouth of the Dragon the devil and out of the mouth of the Roman Beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet the Pope which are the spirits of devils working miracles That is those Jesuiticall spirits which work with as much policy and craft as though they did work miracles and so deceive and delude men These goe forth to the Kings of the whole world to gather them to the battell of the great God Almighty Rev. 11.15 so the devil is said to cast a flood out of his mouth after the woman the Church which brought forth this man-child a flood of wicked and ungodly men which he had gathered by those three spirits This hath bin partly fulfilled before our eyes Did not those Jesuiticall spirits goâ— up and downe to the Kings of the earth France Spaine c. to gather them together in battell against the Witnesses and the Church of God when they saw that popish Lords and Prelats were cast out of the Parliament 1641. who are still at worke with the Kings of the earth and will be untill the worke be done Christ and his Witnesses seeing this presently they prepare and make ready for to wage warre against Antichrist Therefore he is said in righteousnesse to judge and make warre and shall breake them in pieces like a Potters Vessell Rev. 19.11 Dan. 7.26 Psal 2.9 Rev. 18.6 Rev. 2.27 Sixth Viall poured our Rev. 12.7 8. so the Dragon fought and his angels and Michael and his Angels but saith the holy Ghost they prevailed not neither was their place any more found in Heaven Antichrist shall not prevaile though the warre be long and bloody neither shall he get the power of Church or State any more into his hands after it is once taken out This warre which is in Heaven between the Dragon and his Angels and the Lord Jesus and his Witnesses that sit in Parliament Rev. 17.15 is the pouring forth of the sixth Viall upon that great River Euphrates which must be dryed up before that mysticall Babylon can be taken as that old river Euphrates was before literall Babylon
of their mindes but this is a preposterous way they may sooner root their hearts out of their brests But we see Christs way he useth the Civill Sword to take away all Antichrists power which he got by the Civill Sword Christ useth a spirituall sword to remove and cast out all those errors that are in mens spirits and so slays him carry him captive and likewise dry up that River Euphrates but spiritually to slay men in removeing darknesse and ignorance out of their understanding and so consequently errors and heresies he hath a spirituall Sword fit for the worke So the seventh Angel poured forth the seventh Viall into the aire and then came a great voice out of the Temple of Heaven Rev. 16.17 from the Throne saying It is done By aire is meant that Antichristian ignorance and darknesse wherewith Antichrist had filled the whole world Rev. 16.10 Rev. 14.6.7 By voices is meant the Gospel By Temple is meant the Church or Churches of the Saints 2 Cor. 6.16 This voice came out of the Temple that is the Churches of the Saints sent forth Messengers or Ministers to preach the Gospel Rev. 14.6 to every Nation kinred tongue and people The Temple of Heaven from the civill throne Christ and his witnesses being in Heaven the high place of Judicature where they have their throne the Spirit of God joines the Temple and this Heaven together and Christs civill Magistrates and his Churches go hand in hand and with joint consent send forth Ministers to preach the Gospel Rev. 14.6 therefore it is said I saw an Angel flee through the midst of Heaven having the everlasting Gospel to preach c. saying It is done These Ministers shall declare to all the world that now the worke is done the Kingdomes and Dominions are taken from the Beast Dan. 7.11 12. and their bodies given to the burning flame and their Armles utterly destroyed and given up to the slaughter and so the worke is as good as done Isa 34.2 And another shall come after them and say Rev. 14.8 Babylon is fallen Babylon is fallen And another after him shall come and pronounce the judgments of God against every man that retains and holds fast those Antichristian errors Vers 9 10. saying If any man worship the Beast and his Image and receive his marke in their hands or in their foreheads the same man shall drinke of the wine of the wrath of God which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy Angels and in the presence of the Lambe Upon this great voice of the Gospel shall follow two great effects or consequences First the bringing in of the fulnesse of the Gentiles Secondly the calling home of the Jewes First the fulnesse of the Gentiles shall come in declared in these words That there were voices and thundering and lightning Rev. 16.18 and there was a great earthquake By voices lightning c. is meant great stirs and combustions amongst men not in a warlike way as were before but in disputing and arguing about matters of Religion And by earthquake is meant a great falling off and renouncing those Antichristian tenets and errors which they formerly held to imbrace the sincere truths of the Gospel both for Doctrine and Discipline which is called the bringing in of the fulnesse of the Gentiles And this earthquake shall be so mighty and so great as was not the like since men lived on the earth there will be such a generall falling off and renouncing of their errors Rom. 11.25 and such a true and thorow imbracing of the truths of the Gospel as never was since men were upon the earth this is called the first resurection Rev. 20.6 And this great City is said to be divided into three parts Rev. 16.19 one part is to be slaine civilly to have all their civill power taken from them as those seven thousand were slaine in Scotland Rev. 11.13 at the fall of the tenth part of the City by Christ and his witnesses that sit in Heaven Secondly Another part is to be slaine by the naturall sword Rev. 19.11 and 14. by him that sits upon the white Horse and they which follow him upon white Horses in Heaven upon the high places of the field in his Army Thirdly The third part is to be slaine spiritually by that spirituall sword of the Gospel which proceedeth out of the mouth of Christ which is that voice that came out of the Temple So this great City is divided into three parts Vers 21. and thus great Babylon is said to come into remembrance before God and to drinke of the cup of the wine of the fiercenesse of his wrath and fury Thus will the Lord deal with Babylon even deal with her as she did with the Saints yea reward her double Rev. 18.6 she brake the Saints to peeces so shall she be broken to peeces like a Potters Vessell that shall not be set together againe Psal 2.9 Rev. 2.27 she devoured the Saints so shall she be devoured Every man that is found of her shall be thrust through and every one that is joyned to her Isa 13.15 shall fall by the sword She slew the Saints by a civill sword and tooke away all their powers from them and led them into captivity so shall she be civilly slaine by the same Sword and carried captive Rev. 13.10 and shut up as prisoners in a pit and civilly bound for many yeares They laid the witnesses dead bodies in the streets of that spirituall Sodome Isa 24.22 so shall they lye dead and bound with Satan a thousand yeares Rev. 20.3 5. not put into their graves Isa 14.19 nay worse they shall be cast out of their graves like on abominable branch loathsome and vile for all men to behold even as the rayment of him that is thrust through with a Sword and as a carkasse trodden under foot thus shall it be done to mysticall Babylon the mother of Haroots Rev. 17.5 rindx and the abominations of the whole earth the zeale of the Lord of Host will do all this in his appointed time And the Lord gives the reason of all this his fury Esa 37.32 and wrath and indignation against Babylon and saith Isa 34.8 It is the day of the Lords vengeance the yeare of recompences for the controversie of Zion and it is the vengeance of the Lord even the vengeance of his Temple Jer. 50.28 the violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon shall the Inhabitants of Zion say and my blood upon the Inhabitants of Chaldea Jer. 51.35 shall Jerusalem say Thus will the Lord pleade his Churches cause and take vengeance for her The second great effect which followes upon the seventh Vials pouring forth is the calling of the Jewes The
a Time Times and halfe a Time see the third Chapter At which time then almost all his cruelty against the Saints shall be finished for he did to this very yeare slay the Saints and laid them dead and triumphs over them and make merry sending gifts one to another and at this time Antichrist is said to finish his reigne over the Saints having slaine them and so is one time of his end come Second time of his end is 1290. dayes which time begins saith the Text when thn daily Sacrifice was taken away and that abomination set up which made all desolate Which was done in the yeare of Christ 365. now 365. and 1290. are 1655. which is the second time of his end which is the end of the fifth and sixth Viall pouring forth Carion Chro. lib. 3. Rev. 12.17 18. Dan. 7.11 when all Civill and Ecclesiasticall power shall be taken from him and his Armies destroyed and given to the Fowles of Heaven and their bodies to the burning flames And all the civill power of States put into the hands of the godly but not the Ecclesiasticall power untill the seven plagues of the seven Angels be fulfilled The third time of his end is set down in the 12. verse to be 1335. dayes By dayes he means propheticall dayes a day for a yeare This time is to begin when the 1290. began at the yeare 365. so 365. and 1355. make 1700. which is the third and last time of his end when he shall be spiritually slain and cast out of the hearts minds of men in whom he hath fastly rooted himself by his Antichristian errours Dan. 7.12 in whom he and the rest of the Beast was said to live after they had their Dominions and Kingdomes taken from them At this time the Lord Christ is said to sit upon the Throne Rev. 19.1 6. and much people in Heaven crying Alleluiah and the voyce of a great Multitude and as the voyces of many waters and the voyce of mighty thunderings saying Alleluiah for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth In the yeare 1655. Christ and his Witnesses are to take the powers of all the ten Kingdomes which Antichrist had into their owne hands and shall reigne but yet Christ is not said to reigne fully Christ not said to reigne untill his reigne in and over his Church as well as over Nations untill Antichrist be quite removed out of the hearts of men and the Church way of Christ clearly seene by all his servants both by his Witnesses in Heaven and other of his Saints that so he may reigne not onely upon the thrones of Nations but likewise upon the hill of Sion his Church and then Christ is said to reigne truly which he shall doe at this last terme 1700. Then shall the Lambe Christ be married unto his Church and the new Jerusalem built Antichrist being quite destroyed and cast not onely out of the would but out of the hearts of men and all that Antichristian darknesse and ignorance out of the mindes of men that the way of Church-discipline at that time shall be so plaine Isa 35.8 that wayfaring men yea though fools shall not erre therein and so much light that all shall see the way of Church-discipline Zach. 14.7 which way the uncleane is not to passe over but it shall be for those At even time it shall be light which is meant of this yeare 1700. Rev. 19.7 The Spouse married to Christ by a Church-Covenant even for those that are holy which doe not pollute nor defile and not for the uncleane At which time all the people of God seeing the Church way of Christ so plaine are said to make themselves ready and prepared to be married to Christ not but that they were married to him before in a spirituall way by faith and love Else how could they have this title of Bride or Wife But to be married to him is in an outward way by a solemne League and Covenant in the sight of all the world and Nations round about them which is called the building of that new Jerusalem and holy City Rev. 21.2 10. which is said to come downe from Heaven By Heaven is meant the place of judicature where Christ and his Witnesses sit from this high place or Heaven the Church and Spouse of Christ who is that new Jerusalem or holy City being invested with liberty and leave from Christ and his Witnesses to enter into a true Church-way and to set up such a Government in all the Churches of the Saints Isa 24.22 whereby the Lord Jesus may be Mount Sion and in his new Jerusalem before his anciemts gloriously The Lord Jesus who is the Tree of Life Rev. 22.2 who is in the midst of his Church is said to yeeld twelve manner of fruits twelve sorts of fruits after the twelve Tribes of the Children of Israel That is in him is all kindes of spirituall meats to feed and nourish all the Churches of his Saints though their wants be divers and many And this Tree yeelds his fruit every moneth in the yeare The holy Ghost secretly hinting to those Churches that shall live in those thousand yeares that he would have them to eat of that Tree of Life but once a moneth Now by Tree of life is set forth to us the Lord Christ in that great Ordinance of the Lords Supper who doth fully communicate himself to his Saints by that Ordinance In other Ordinances there is but a communication of Christ by parcels but in this of whole Christ and a participation of all spirituall gifts and graces and therefore the Lord Jesus the Tree of life is said to yeeld his fruit but once a moneth therefore the Saints are not to take fruit from this Tree but as it yeelds it not to pluck the Tree before the fruits be ripe and it is likely this will be the custome of all the Churches in the thousand yeares reigne Though the Churches in the primitive times did receive it every seventh day because they were then in their infancy and childhood and so the Lord Jesus had need to be as a Nurse with his Breasts full of Milke to nourish his young ones every day as it were But when the Church shall be growne up to the age and stature of a man and so to be fed with meat and not with milke then Christ will be a Tree of life in his Church yeelding meat and fruits for strong men every moneth for his Saints at that time are foretold by the holy Ghost to be ancient men ancient Christians Isa 24.23 such that are growne up towards the measure of the stature of the fulnesse of Christ Ephes 4.13 before whom he is said to reign in Mount Sion in Jerusalen gloriously This liberty to build this holy City new Jerusalem shal be to the Saints 1700. by the Witnesses in the high place of Judicature therefore it is said againe That
this holy City or new Jerusalem commeth downe out of Heaven from God Rev. 3.12 prepared as a Bride adorned for her Husband the Spouse of Christ had before her inward cloathing all of wrought gold standing on the right hand of the King in gold of Ophir Psal 45.9.13 called gold tryed in the fire which made her spiritually rich and beautifull in her soule in the eyes of her Lord and Husband Christ But this is not sufficient shee must also have an outward raiment to make her beautifull without both in the eyes of her Lord that looks upon her and the men of this world therefore it is said that shee shall be brought to the King in a raiment of needle-worke Psal 45.14 Rev. 19.8 curiously wrought and imbroidered even in fine linen clean white which is the righteousnesse of the Saints That which none hath right unto or ought to meddle with but Saints Isa 35.8 it being the Government and Discipline which Christ is to set up and exercise in his owne House and Temple over his Saints and people and this fine linen was granted to her by Christ and his Witnesses and it was also granted to the soules under the Altar which saw themselves slaine for the testimony which they held that they should have white robes given them by Christ and his Witnesses when the fifth Seal was opened which was when the fifth Viall was pouring forth betwixt 1639. and 1655. but not fully to all the Saints untill the end of the seven Vials 1700. Rev. 15.8 And the holy Ghost gives the reason why no man that is not many shall not be able to enter into the Temple because the Temple was filled with smoak from the glory of the Lord and from his power By smoake is noted Gods presence Gods presence in his House and Temple is so glorious and so holy that very few shall be able to endure it his Government in his House will be too strict for loose and formall spirits By smoak is likewise noted darknesse the way of Christs Government in and over all the Churches of the Saints is for the present hard to be found out it lyes deep and is as it were hid in the inmost bowels of holy writ not open in the letter of the Scripture but wrapped up in the spirituall sense thereof And Antichrist hath by his Antichristian ayre which he brought with him into the world out of that bottomlesse pit so darkned the understanding of men yea of many of the deare Saints of God that they cannot see Christs way in his House and Temple Again Antichrist having taken kept this Church power from the Saints 1260. years and therefore they are as it were quite ignorant of this Discipline and Government as well they may therefore not able to enter into the Temple but this Church power shall be granted unto the Saints again by Christ and his Witnesses the year 1700. The Church being thus adorned with pure gold in her inward man and with a broidered garment and fine linen upon her outward man and that by authority from Christs civill Magistrates in the place of Judicature Rev. 21.10 11 is said to descend out of Heaven from God haveing the glory of God and her light was like unto a stone most precious even like unto a Jasper stone Verse 3. clear as Christall And at this time the Tabernacle of God shall be with men even with the Saints and people and he will dwell with them and they shall be his people and God himselfe shall be with them and be their God verse 3. And God shall wipe away all teares from their eyes and there shall be no more death nor sorrow nor crying neither shall there be any more paine All those teares or death sorrow or paine which came by the oppressour shall be taken away for Verse 4. saith he the former things are past away all oppression and tyranny of the enemy and he that sits upon the Throne will make all things new new Heaven and new Earth Verse 5. new Government in the Church and a new Government in the State In this new Jerusalem shall be no Temple nor need of the Sunne or Moone to shine in it That is the Church and people of God shall have no need of outward glory to make them beautifull in the eyes of Nations but God and the Lambe shall have their spirituall Throne there Rev. 22.3 4. and be their light and glory and his servants shall serve him and shall see his face that is the brightnesse of his glory and his Name shall be in their fore-heads Rev. 3.12 22.4 The power of Christ in his Church shal be as visible upon them seen to belong to them at that day as though it were written in their fore-heads And in this City shall be a pure River of life cleare as Chrystall that is Verse 1. all pure Ordinances of worship which proceed from the Throne of God and the Lambe who sits in the midst of his Church and on both sides of those pure Ordinances is Christ the Tree of life communicating himselfe to his Saints Thus shall this holy City and new Jerusalem be built by authority from Christ and his Witnesses in the yeare of Christ 1700. which shall be that great worke of the Witnesses that same yeare throghout all their Dominions Zach. 9.10 Psal 72.8 Dan. 7.13 14. 18. 27. Psal 2.6 8 9. Rev. 5.9 10. Isa 24.23 c. which shall be from sea to sea from the River even to the ends of the Earth after they have kept silence in Heaven halfe an houre At this time will God make good all his promises made unto Christ and his Saints concerning their reigning over the Nations and upon the hill of him in his new Jerusalem CHAP. XI The two Governments of Christ the one over the Nations and another over his new Jerusalem Christ reignes 1000. yeares Satan and wicked men bound all that same time afterwards loosed and utterly destroyed The Saints reigning three Termes CHrist and his Witnesses having taken all power into their hands both Civill and Ecclesiasticall and being to reigne over the Nations and upon Mount Zion and in Jerusalem they must have two Governments set up to rule them by one to rule the Nations another to rule upon Mount Zion That whereby Christ and his Saints is to reign and rule the Nations by is just and righteous Lawes Christs government over the Nation Isa 32.1 Psal 72.2.3.4 Verse 7. Jer. 33.15 A King shall reigne in righteousnesse and Princes shall decree justice he shall judge thy people with righteousnesse and the poore with judgement the mountaines shall bring peace to the people and the little hils by righteousnesse he shall judge the poore of the people he shall save the children of the needy and shall breake in pieces the oppressour and in his dayes shall the righteous flourish
The great MYSTERIE OF GOD OR The Vision of the Evening and the Morning opened Whereby comparing Scripture with acts of Divine Providence will plainly appeare that the Ruine of Mysticall Babylon and the Erecting of spirituall Jerusalem are the ground of these present Commotions which are not to cease till by meanes of this present Parliament The Worke being so compleated That Christ shall in and by his Saints in tranquility reigne on earth one thousand yeeres Revel 1.2 Blessed is he that readeth and they that heare the words of this Prophesie and keep those things that are written therein for the time is at hand Exod. 15.18 The Lord shall reigne for ever and ever Dan. 2.22 For he revealeth deep and secret things he knows what is in the dark and the light dwelleth with him Revel 22.10 Stale not the sayings of the Prophesie of this Booke for the time is at hand LONDON Printed for John Wright in the old Baylâ—y 1645. To the RIGHT HONOURABLE the House of PEERS AND TO THE HONOURABLE the House of COMMONS Assembled in PARLIAMENT at Westminster HIgh and most honoured ever renowned Senators the Lord of his free grace and love having about some two or three yeers since cast my thoughts and meditations upon that great vision shewed unto his servants Prophets Daniel and John concerning the time of the raign and the ruine of these five grand enemies of the Church set forth by the Spirit of God to Daniel to be one Image and to John to be but one Beast all in league together to persecute the Saints of God by comparing the Words of God and the Acts of Gods providence one with the other I finde that these enemies destruction is nigh at hand and Gods peoples finall deliverance neere yea the worke is begun already and will not be long before the Lord will consummate it Withall I humbly conceive that You are those two great Witnesses which the Spirit of Christ foretold long since should be raised up to Heaven the high place of Justice and Judicature though all the people and Saints of God from the yeer of Christ 375. unto 1639. be reckoned for his Witnesses and so looked upon by Christ because they all bore witnesse unto those Truths of Christ which that man of sinne denied yet You in a more especiall manner at this time because You are not onely to protest against Antichrist and his grand lie who said That the power of Churches and States belonged to him But You are that Judgement which should sit and take his Kingdome and Dominion from him Dan. 7.26 raised up to Heaven by the power of Christs Spirit for the same end Dan. 2.34 45. And by that little stone cut out of the Mountaine without hands even by the Spirit of God the day You ascended up into Heaven by this little stone shall you destroy all those enemies and when You have taken all powers from them As will further appeare in the following Treatise Psal 149.6 the Civill power will remaine in Your hands as You are Christs civill Magistrates and all the exercise of the Ecclesiasticall power of Churches shall You give unto the people of God which are the Body of Christ whereof You being Members and sitting with the rest of Your Brethren in Gods House Rev. 21.2 10. shall exercise that spirituall Sword and by Your leave and Authority the Saints of God are to build that holy City new Jerusalem Psal 149.6 where God and the Lambe will have his Throne Rev. 22.1 He who is the meanest and lowest Instrument that ever the Lord Christ made use of for so great a worke doth humbly crave leave to conceale his name and to present these his Labours to Your Honours that the whole world may see and know what great things Christ will by You doe for his Church and people The Lord make good his great and gracious promise unto You Isa 28.6 who hath promised to be a Spirit of Judgement to You that sit in Judgement and Strength to You that have turned the battell to the gate and for a Crowne of glory and for a Diadem of beauty unto the residue of his people The Preface to the Christian Reader THe union and onenesse of all the grand enemies of the Church of God Dan. 8.26 from the evening to the morning with their fury and rage against the people of the most High and the time of their destruction and ruine with the time of the Churches Captivity with those severall Titles which the Spirit of God sets them forth by sutable to their conditions they were to be in and the time of the enemys fall the finall deliverance of the Church together with the ways and means of their Redemption is called The great Mystery of God Rev. 10.7 and 5.1 Dan. 12.9 and 8.19 Rev. 1.1 and 22.6 and 5.3 written in a little booke and sealed on the back side with seven seales and the words closed up and sealed till the time of the end A mystery and vision shewed to Daniel and John But no man was found in Heaven nor in Earth neither under the earth worthy to open and to read the booke Vers 5. neither to looke thereon but the Lord Jesus the Lion of the Tribe of Judah he prevailed and was counted worthy to open this little booke and to loose the seven Seales thereof And you have this Lion or Lambe who had been slain opening all the seven Seales 5 6 7 and 8. Chapters And this mysterie of God or little booke was not finshed or opened till the seven Trumpets sounded Rev. 10.5 and then an Angel that stood upon the sea and upon the earth lift up his hand to Heaven and sware by him that liveth for ever and ever That there should be time no longer that is that the enemies of the Church should have no longer time to tyrannize and raign over the Churches of the Saints nor the mysterie any longer concealed And saith further that in the dayes of the voyce of the seventh Angell when he shall begin to sound the mysterie of God should be finished Vers 7. And we shall finde that this Angel did not begin to sound untill the witnesses were ascended up to Heaven and the tenth part of that Antichristian City fell Rev. 11.5 Therefore though many learned and pious men have undertaken to open this book and to loose the seven Seales thereof Rev. 5.4 yet indeed were not able because they were not found worthy and because this vision was to be shut up for many dayes and the words and booke closed up and sealed with seven Seales till the time of the end Dan. 8.26 and 12.19 Rev. 5.1 Something indeed hath bin done by way of Ecclesiasticall History and paraphrasing upon the Text Vers 9 10. but to open the booke and loose the seven Seals did only belong to that Lamb which was in the midst of
and King Rev. 14.1 This sixth Trumpet appeares to be one and the same with the sixth Seale Sixth Trumpet sounds Rev. 9 14. when this Trumpet sounds Those foure Angels which were bound in that great river Euphrates is loosed for an houre day moneth and yeare to slay the third part of those antichristian men a certaine time for an uncertaine as is supposed about the space of 14. yeares beginning in 1641. and ends 1655. By foure Angels is meant a certaine company of men instruments of Gods wrath to destroy Antichrist and his great Army the number of these men are set downe in the next Verse to be two hundred thousand thousand Rev. 17.15 By river Euphrates is meant mystically a great company of People Nations and Tongues on which that antichristian Whore did sit and amongst those was these instruments of Gods wrath bound by that civill power which Antichrist had in his hand Rev. 12.16 before the witnesse ascended up into Heaven but after they were ascended and Christ had cut a little stone out of that great monntaine even a little civill power out of Antichrists great power by vertue of this did Christ and his witnesses loose those foure Angels out of this great river Euphrates and being loosed they presently stand up with Christ and his Saints Rev. 12.16 and open their mouthes and swallow up that flood which the Dragon cast out of his mouth after the woman yea and they shall take part with Christ and his Army and hate the Whore and shall make her desolate At this time is noted in Rev. 10.2 and 8. that this little book was open in the hand of the Angel which had been formerly shut and sealed up yea this Angel sweares by him that liveth for evermore that there should be time no longer that is this mystery of God should now be finished and made plaine that men may now see and understand what was contained within this little booke This Seale and Trumpet agrees with the sixth Viall The sixth Viall poured forth Rev. 16.12 and so appeares to be one and the same Which was poured upon that great river Euphrates whereupon three spirits like froggs goe out of the mouth of the Dragon and out of the mouth of the Beast and out of the mouth of the false prophets even the Devill and the Roman Emperour and the Pope and these are the spirit of Devils working miracles Priests and Jesuites c. who go forth to the Kings of the Earth to gather together many waters or people unto the battell of the great God Almighty now upon this great river Euphrates or many people doth Christ and his Saints with the men of the Earth that help them poure forth the sixth Viall and so drieup this great river that way may be made for the Kings of the East yea that Christian Kings and Princes may raigne upon the Earth The second woe is past and behold the third woe commeth quickly Rev. 11.14 The seventh Seale being opened silence is in Heaven The seventh Seal is opened Rev. 8.1 the high place of Judicature for the space of halfe an houre see chap. 9. at this time is the Prayers of all Saints offered up to God upon the golden Altar which was before the throne in the Temple that is then shall the Churches of the Saints in and upon that golden Altar Christ offers up praises and thanksgiving unto God for executing vengeance upon his Enemies and for the delivering of his Churches from bondage and misery which hath been the prayers of all Saints from the evening to the morning 2300. yeares almost and now will be fully answered at this time This agrees with the voice of the seventh Trumpet for when it sounded there was great voices heard in Heaven in the Church The seventh Trumpet sounds Rev. 11.15 saying the Kingdomes of this world are now become the Lords and his Christs and now Antichrist is destroyed and the powers of States is in the hands of Christ and his witnesses and therefore he and they shall raigne for ever and ever Whereupon the Church with her officers which sit upon the Seates of their glory in Christs House and Temple fell upon their faces noting thereby their owne humility and their high esteeme of Christ worshipping him and giving thanks to God Almighty which was is and is to come because he hath now taken to him his great power and doth raigne Which Seale and Trumpet argues with the seventh Viall which was poured upon that Antichristian aire The seventh Viall poured forth Rev. 16.17 18. by the peaching of the Gospel which is to be done when the fifth and sixth Viall is poured upon the seate of the Beast and that great River Euphrates Even then came voices out of the Temple which causeth a great spirituall earth-quake amongst those antichristian men that there shall be such infinite store of men converted to the faith and brought home to Christ as never was since men was upon the face of the Earth and then shall an infinite company as it were be before the throne singing Alleluiah saying Salvation and glory and honour and power be unto the Lord our God for executing justice and judgement upon that great Whore Rev. 19.1 2. and 6. Yea the voice of a great multitude and the voice of many waters of many people and of mighty thunderings saying Alleluiah and the foure Beasts and the twenty foure Elders fell downe and worshipped God that sate on the throne saying Vers 6. Amen Alleluiah vers 4. Thus the third woe is come upon that antichristian state to her utter ruine and destruction Thus we have seen the seven Seales and the seven Trumpets and seven Vials to be all about one and the same thing First sealing up Gods judgements for a time afterwards the Seales broke open the Ministers of the Churches by the preaching of the Gospel declares what these judgements are and then the Angels poured forth their Vials upon that Antichristian world The next thing we are to doe in the following Chapters is to shew what the fifth and sixth and seventh Vials are more fully and whom those Angels be which are to poure them forth CHAP. VIII The first worke of the witnesses after they are in Heaven is chiefly the pouring forth of the fifth Viall and the meanes whereby they doe it with those effects which follow upon it THe witnesses being ascended up to Heaven and Christ come in them and sate downe upon the throne to execute judgment upon Antichrist Isa 28.6 Rev. 16.10 Isa 14.13 the first thing we reade shall bee done is the pouring forth the fifth Viall which is poured forth upon the throne and seate of the Beast He is said to have his throne above the Stars of God above his Saints in his Temple and likewise upon the Mount of the Congregation the high place of Judicature It hath appeared to all the world that hee hath taken
all power into his hand both Ecclesiasticall and Civill upon these powers must the witnesses poure forth the fifth Viall that is they are to take all power from Antichrist both in Church and State Dan. 2.26.9 therefore saith Daniel the judgement shall sit and they shall take away his dominions Againe saith he I beheld till the thrones were cast downe And when Jesus Christ sate upon his throne Rev. 6.16 then every mountaine was moved out of his place meaning the powers which Antichrist had in the world Now the meanes by which Christ and his witnesses shall take these powers and dominions from Antichrist and so slay him as he did them is by the power of the civill sword as the Lord saith He that leads into captivity Rev. 13.10 shall go into captivity be that kils with the Sword shall be killed with the Sword Antichrist by the power of the civill sword which he received from the Roman Emperour Rev. 13.2 did carry the people of God captive into the wildernesse for the space of 1260. yeares where they prophesied in sack-cloath and afterwards civilly killed them and laid them dead for three daies and a halfe The like must the witnesses do to Antichrist carry him captive and civilly kill or slay him this was that which the Saints of God beleeved long since and with patience have they waited for it therefore saith the Lord This is the faith and patience of the Saints the Saints beleeved it and patiently did waite for it By this power shall Christ and his witnesses take the Kingdomes and Dominions from Antichrist Dan. 7.26 Dan. 2.45 and consume him to the end which is set forth to be a little stone cut out of the Mountaine without hands By Mountaine is not meant the Church and by little stone Christ Isa 2.2.14.13 Psal 48.1 Mich. 4.1 as some have supposed but by mountaine is meant that great civill power which the foure great Beasts and little horne Anrichrist had in the world set forth by those ten hornes For by Mountaine or Mountaines is meant power or powers either the civill power of States and Kingdomes of the Ecclesiasticall power of Churches usually and frequently set forth by Mountaines That great civill power which these great Beasts had is set forth by a Mountaine Dan. 2.34 35. and there must be a little stone or little power cut out of this great power that must smite this great Image of those five Beasts upon its feet and break it all to peeces and it shall become like the chaffe of the summer threshing-floore that no place shall be found for it And this little stoneâ— shall become a very great Mountaine and fill the whole Earth a little stone shall be cut out of this great mountaine without hands that is a little civill power shall be cut out of that great civill power which Antichrist had in all his ten Kingdomes and this must be done without power of hands not the power of an Hoast or Armes but another way And this wee see fulfilled before our eyes in the yeare of Christ 1639. when the witnesses ascended up to Heaven and the Lord Jesus not only raised them from that dead state and condition and set them upon their feet but tooke them up to the high place of Judicature and by his Spirit hewed or cut a little power out of that great civill power which the Roman Beast and the little Horne had in all these ten Kingdomes By which little power or stone the witnesses in Scotland and they here in England have begun to break this Image and will go on in this and the other eight Kingdomes till they have broken it all to peeces and this little stone in their hands shall become a very great Mountaine and fill the world very shortly So yee see the meanes by which the Lord Christ and his witnesses shall take the Kingdomes and Dominions from Antichrist and consume and destroy him to the end even by the power of the civill sword so far as he hath seated and rooted himselfe in the world but as he hath â—ooted himselfe in the hearts and mindes of men by his cursed errors and heresies 2 Thes 2.8 Eev 19.21 ☜ So the Lord will consume him by the breath of his mouth and brightnesse of his comming even by that spirituall sword of the Gospel which sword proceeds out of his mouth The fifth Viall must be the first worke which Christ and his witnesses shall do after they are ascended up to Heaven and sate upon their throne and this they must do by that little stone cut out of the Mountaine by that little civill power put into their hands which we see done the same time in which they ascended to Heaven in Scotland Did not the godly party by a solemn Oath taken before the most high God cast off Pope and Prelate and all that whole Antichristian rabble out of Heaven for having any more power either in Church or State but to be cast out to the Earth And this was done by vertue of that little civill power which they had as they sate in the place of Judicature This was evident before our eyes 1639. done by the godly party in Scotland and it was foretold to be so by the Spirit of prophesie Rev. 11.13 The same houre was there a great earthquake a great shaking and feare amongst the antichristian party when the tenth part of the City fell By City is not meant the City of Rome but all those ten Kingdomes that are under the government of the Beast and his Image and the tenth part is one of these ten Kingdomes which was Scotland and this fell the same houre and in this earthquake when the tenth part fell there was foure great effects or consequences which followed upon it First there was slaine of men seven thousand Foure effects which follow upon the fall of the tenth part of that Antichristian City a certaine number set down for an uncertaine this slaying is not naturall but a civill slaying a taking away all that power which they had in Church and State affaires so it came to passe in Scotland at the same time when they cast off the power of Antichrist there was civilly slaine a great number of Popish Lords and Prelates Secondly the second effect is the sounding of the seventh Trumpet vers 5. which was the preaching of the Gospel Effect 2. the witnesses being in Heaven gave leave to have the Gospel preached which was denyed by Antichrist at the sounding of which Trumpet the Lord foretold Rev. 10.8 that then the mystery of God which was revealed to his Prophets and written in a little booke Rev. 5.1 Dan. 11.9 Hab. 2.2 3. sealed with seven Seales fast closed up till the end is now finished and is to speake and to be made plaine upon tables The seventh Trumpet is said to sound presently upon the Witnesses ascending up into Heaven because they gave
could be taken by the King of Persia as the Lord foretold by his Prophet Jeremy as yee shall see in Ieremy 50.38 so see 38. compared with Jer. 51.32 where you shall see the Lord threatning destruction unto literall Babylon with the drying up of that great river Euphrates by stopping up the passages and by burning up the reedes thereof with fire which were done by Darius who tooke this City from the King of Babylon Dan. 5.30 31. so shall this mysticall river Euphrates be dryed up in a mysticall sense By this river is meant those great multitudes of people that shall be gathered together into Armies to destroy Christ and his Witnesses and to keep the Dragon Beast and false prophet in Heaven in their seate and throne And they are said to be gathered together into a place called Armageddon by the Devil the Beast Rev. 16.16 Rev. 17.13 14. and the false prophet and with them those ten Kings which gave their power and strength to the Beast these shall all make war with the Lambe Rev. 17.4 and he shall make war with them and will raise a great Army against them who are said to be called and chosen and faithfull Rev. 12.6 The called ones are the men of the earth who are said to help Christ and his Church Rev. 17.16 and the ten hornes which were upon the Beasts head are to hate the Where and make her desolate and naked and shall eate her flesh and burne her with fire By these hornes is meant the Commons of all those ten Kingdomes which were under the government of the Beast in whom the power of States originally lies and these shall be with the Lambe and take part with him against the Beast as we see Scotland and England hath done already and so will the commons of all the other eight Kingdomes doe for the Word of God must be fulfilled But those ten Kings that were heads of those ten States they shall take part with the Dragon and make warre with Christ Secondly by chosen are meant the Saints of the most High who are said to overcome Antichrist Firstly Rev. 10.11 By the blood of the Lambe Secondly By the word of their testimony And last of all They loved not their lives unto death ☞ They willingly ingaged themselves in this great quarrell between Christ and the Beast Chosen ones will be faithfull but not the called chosen and faithfull The Lord Christ notes this of them that are chosen that they shall be faithfull to him in this war but yet he secretly hints to us that the men of the earth will be trecherous This great Army of Christ shall be raised by that little stone cut out of the Mountaine without hands by that civill power which Christ and his witnesses hath in their hands now they sit in Heaven therefore Heaven is said to be opened Rev. 19.11 that is now there is liberty given by them that sit in Heaven That now men shall take up armes against Antichrist The Lord Christ is upon a white Horse in Heaven as the Captaine of the Lords Army Josh 5.14 and the Armies which followes him is said to be in Heaven being raised by that civill power which the witnesses have in their hand in Heaven and Christ and his Army is said to be upon white Horses which note the innocency of the cause and victory over them in this quarrell it being the custome of the Romans to ride in triumph after victory upon white horses or else their Horses and Chariots covered with white Againe Zach. 14.4 the Lord Christ is said to stand upon his feet upon the Mount of Olives in the day he goes out to fight against those Kings that carried the Church and people of God captive which is meant of this very time By Mount is meant power and there be but two powers in the world the Church power and the State power It is not meant the Church power for then this mount should have been called Mount Sion by which the Church power is alwaies set forth and this Mount should have been in Jerusalem in the Church and not before the Church But this Mount is that civill power of States set forth by that Mount Olives which is before Jerusalem so this civill power is before the Church of God and chiefly for the good of the Church And upon this Mount or power doth Christ stand with his feet By feet he meanes his Saints so the Lord Christ by his Spirit in his Saints and witnesses stands this day upon this Mount Olives And this mount saith the Text shall cleave in the midst towards the East and towards the West towards the North and towards the South This is fulfilled at this day Is not this power or Mount cloven in the middle part of it is in the hands of Christ and his Witnesses as they sit in Heaven and part of it in the hands of Christ and his Army which is in Heaven upon white Horses And this power shall extend it selfe from West to East from North to South to take away the power from Antichrist in all his ten Kingdomes and to dry up that great river Euphrates from one end of the world to another and this power or Mount is to be divided one part in the high place of Judicature and the other part in the Armies as is at this day untill they have poured forth the fifth and sixth Viall and then it shall close and become one in the yeare of Christ 1655. So by that little stone even that little civill power which is in the hands of the Witnesses shall the fifth and sixth Viall be poured upon the Beast and that great River Euphrates This sixth Viall of Gods wrath and indignation Isa 34.2 is said to be poured upon Euphrates upon all Nations and his fury upon all their Armies upon all the ten Nations of Antichrist and upon all their Armies that shall be raised be will utterly destroy them Vers 5. and give them up to the slaughter The sword of the Lord shall be bathed in Heaven upon the high one◠which are on high Isa 24.21 upon the Kings of the Earth upon the Earth it shall be filled with blood Isa 28.18 that the Mountains shall be melted with their blood This is called the overflowing scourge which was to passe over the whole earth and the houre of temptation that should come upon all the world to try them Rev. 3.10 Chap. 19.17 18. and the slaine shall be so many that it is called the supper of the great God and all the fowles of Heaven are to eate the flesh of Kings of Captaines of mighty men of the flesh of horses and them that sit on them and the flesh of all men Rev. 9.18 small and great bond and free Even the third part of men that are upon the Earth shall be slaine in this warre to dry up this great river Euphrates