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A57095	The Revelation reveled By two apocalyptical treatises. Shewing. I. How neer the period of the time is, wherein the mysterie of God shall bee fulfilled. II. What things are already fulfilled, and what shall shortly follow thereupon, as they are foretold in the Revelation. Translated out of High-Dutch. With an introductorie preface, shewing that besides the accomplishment of the particular historical events, spoken of in the Revelation, which are com, ... there is a deeper mysterie, and matter of more necessarie and profitable knowledg, to bee reflected upon in the words of this prophesie; whereof also a summarie and a key, ... to bee thought upon by all the Godlie-wise in the three nations.	Dury, John, 1596-1680.; Hartlib, Samuel, d. 1662.	1651 (1651)	Wing R1190A; ESTC R220789	91,312	257

THE REVELATION REVELED By two Apocalyptical TREATISES SHEWING I. How neer the Period of the time is wherein the Mysterie of God shall bee fulfilled II. What things are already fulfilled and what shall shortly follow thereupon as they are foretold in the Revelation Translated out of High-Dutch With an Introductorie PREFACE SHEWING That besides the accomplishment of the particular Historical Events spoken of in the Revelation which are com and shall com to pass in their own Times there is a deeper Mysterie and matter of more necessarie and profitable knowledg to bee reflected upon in the words of this Prophesie whereof also a Summarie and a Key how it may bee interpreted to that effect is offered as at this time seasonably to bee thought upon by all the Godlie-wise in the three Nations LONDON Printed by William Du-Gard and are to bee sold by Rob. Littleberrie at the sign of the Vnicorn in Little Britain 1651. TO THE Right Honorable OLIVER St-JOHN Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common-Pleas My most Honored Lord WHen I reflect as oft times I have caus to do upon the Providence which hath been over mee since I have offered my self unto the Publick and upon the hand by which that Providence hath supported and directed mee in my waie I finde that it hath made use of none to carrie mee on to becom serviceable so much as of your Lordship's favor and affection For as you were the first that took notice of my inclination to bee encouraged in the waies which I have followed so your eye hath been all along upon mee therein In my straights whereinto my forwardness hath from time to time brought mee I have found the tenderness of your sens and bowels to bee like unto that of a Father You have in private put to your hand and set your heart to free mee from them in publick you have owned mee towards the Parlament and procured an aspect from that High and Honorable Court towards mee to set mee apart as an Agent for the Advancement of Universal Learning and the Publick Good which I confess is an Emploiment whereunto from my youth God God hath naturalized my affections And since this Publick designment of my Emploiment it hath been your influence upon and concurrence with other noble and worthie Instruments whom you have quickned which hath made that settlement which doth promise so much inlargement to my steps in my future courses effectual All this I am bound to observ and acknowledg with most heartie thankfulness unto God not onely by reason of the refreshments which the Lord hath thereby conveighed unto mee from your hand but by reason of the Principle which moved you hereunto and the Aim which you have had therein which I know to have been none other but the Publick and therein the advancement of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ so that the hope which wee have to partake of the Salvation of Israël which shall com out of Sion by a Gospel-Reformation of this Age and Common wealth hath been the Center wherein our Aims have alwaies met For I am persuaded that the ground of all the good will of the Bountie and of the Care which abundantly hath been bestowed upon mee hath been none other but the freeness of your spirit in the love of the things which are most excellent wherein you found mee conversant and which you are delighted to set forward Whence it is that I conceiv it my dutie to present unto your Lordship in a more direct and eminent waie then unto others the fruits of my Negotiation chiefly such as relate immediately unto the great Object of our Hope of which kinde this present Treatise is a special and signal Discoverie Therefore give mee leav to make of it a publick offer unto your Patronage not onely as a Testimonie of the forementioned Obligations by which my Spirit in the sight of Christ is entirely engaged towards his Grace in You but as a Subject of my Agencie to solicite that by the countenance of your Autoritie it may bee recommended to such as know what the Communion of Saints doth mean in the Kingdom of Heaven that there may bee a reciprocation of love in the gifts of the Spirit between us and others the Members of Jesus Christ abroad and that the things mentioned in the Preface as means to accomplish our hopes which yet lie under deck by the building up of the walls of Jerusalem in the mindes of Believers may bee drawn forth and the faithful and indefatigable Co-Agent therein beeing put in a capacitie to prepare his seed to bee sown by the working out of his proper tasks may finde opportunities which will oblige him seasonably to sow it by speaking out that which at present can bee but hinted and intimated in reference to the opening of the Principles upon which the building of the Temple in Heaven is raised and by which it will com down from the New Heaven upon the New Earth to bee the Tabernacle of God with men Thus beseeching the Father of Lights to reveal more and more these glorious approaching Truths and the Righteous Judg to give a Crown to all the labors of Love which you have or shall undergo for his name's sake I subscribe my self My most Honored Lord Your truly devoted Orator and faithful Servant Samuel Hartlib ERRATA In the Preface PAg. 3. line 26. for Batemans read Bohemians p. 5. l 2. f. 22. r. ● p. 38. l. penult f. promised r. premised p. 40. l. 1. f. of an●e r. an●e ibid. l. 40. f. transaction r. transition ibid. l. ult f. translated r. transacted ibid. f. leav r. have p. 47. l. 6. f. partly r. partie In the Book PAg. 1. line 12. deliver them p. 6. 1 2 3. 360. daies are 1. year or time 12. Mon. 42. Moneths at the rate of 30. daies 720. daies are 2. years or times 24. Mon. 180. daies are ½ year 6. Mon. 1260. daies 42. Mon. 1260. daies p. 9. l. 22. f. sixtie r. ninetie ibid. l. 25. f. sixtie r. ninetie p. 10 l. 4. f. sixtie r. ninetie p. 24. l. 11. f. Anglia r. Mysia p. 31. ● 10. f. chap. 2 r. ch 10. ibid. l. 11 f. vers 3. r. vers 2. p. 33 l. 1. f. Ezekiah r. Zedekiah ibid. l. 13. Zedekiah for Ezekiah p. 34. l. 8. 9. f. according to the supputation of r. when wee shall reckon p. 35. l. 15. f. Burse r. Busse p. 45. l. 16. f. Church r. Christ p 48. l. 1. f. fifteen r. is p. 75. l. 9. f. lib. and r. lib. 21. and ibid. l. 11. f. cata r. casa p. 76. l. ult f. Truth r. Turk p. 112. f. demutation r. deputation p. 115. l. 7. f. usual r. which p. 112 l. 8. f. chap. vers r. chap. 20. vers p. 138. l. 8. f. was Musa r. was by Musa AN Epistolical Discours from M r John Durie to M r Sam Hartlib concerning this EXPOSITION of the Revelation BY Waie of Preface

are transacted hee is an inquisitive observer of the passages thereof And in the third hee is effectually emploied as a coagent to help to fulfil the Mysterie of God by the spirit of Prophesie and in each of these Manifestations Christ is represented to him sutably to the administration which is revealed In the first as a Man in dealing with men in the second as a Lamb offered up to God in dealing with God and in the third as a mightie Angel in dealing with Satan and his Angels and with the powers of darkness in the world Secondly for the opening of the matter of this vision I observ that the summe of all is to shew when and how the Mysterie of God which hee bath spoken by the Prophets should bee finished and to shew this First two means are used to lead John to the knowledg thereof then secondly the thing it self is summarily related by word of mouth unto him and afterward thirdly it is represented in several visions The means leading to the knowledg of the finishing of the Mysterie are two First an open little Book inable's him to prophesie Chap. 10. Secondly a Reed given him like unto a Rod to measure the Temple the Altar and those that worship therein The summarie relation of the whole business by word of mouth doth concern the time of the treading of the utter court under foot the power of prophesing given to the two Witnesses during that time the war which the Beast shall make with them while 's they prophesie and the issue of that war set forth in the circumstances of their death and resurrection and that which immediately doth follow thereupon both in earth and in Heaven In earth there was an earthquake which made the tenth part of the Citie to fall and killed seven thousand men and frighted the rest The second wo doth pass and the seventh Angel doth sound his Trumpet In Heaven there is great joie and and thanksgiving offered unto God becaus hee hath taken the Kingdom to himself and doth reign over the Kingdoms of the world to give rewards unto his servants chap. 11. Hitherto the whole Series of matters concerning the Mysterie of God hath been related in plain terms to shew the things by which it should bee accomplished now followeth the description of the visions by which the particulars of the things summarily mentioned in this Narrative are more at large reveled whereby the Prophet is made to understand concerning the Mysterie of God which is Christ in the church Ephes 5. 32. or which is all one Christ ●● us the hope of glorie Colos 1. 27. what the state of the Church was in Hea●en at that time and what it should afterward bee on earth during the time of the Churche's abode in the Wilderness during the time of her comming out of the wilderness and during the ●me of her Reign over the earth as the Spous of the Lamb with her bridegroom At that time the temple of God in Heaven beeing opened and the Ark of the Testament therein beeing seen the Church as thee was constituted by the Apostles appeared and brought forth a Man-child against whom the Dragon did set himself to devour it but the child was to bee caught up to Heaven and the Dragon to bee cast out of Heaven upon the earth where hee set's himself to persecute the woman which fled into the Wilderness and to make war with the remnant of her seed chap. 12. During the time of the Churche's abode in the Wilderness the mysterie of iniquitie is set up and come's to it's perfection in the earth God send 's his judgments upon it when it is com to it's height c. 13 till 19 This Mysterie of Iniquitie had two parts the Mysterie of the Beast and the Mysterie of the Woman riding upon the Beast The Mysterie of the Beast ruling over the earth is seen in on● Beast coming out of the Sea wi●● ten horns and another coming out of the earth with two horns Chap. 13. during the time of the rising and reigning of these Beasts over the earth the state ●● the Church upon Mount Sion and God's administrations for the knowled●● of his will thereby unto the world concerning the everlasting Gospel concerning the future fall of Babylon and concerning the punishment of those that adhere unto the Beast and for the waie of gathering up the harve● and vintage of the earth are revealed chap. 14. God's Judgments upon the Beast are poured out in the Phia● of his last wrath whereunto seven Angels are appointed and prepared Chap. 15. and commanded to put the Judgments in execution The Mysterie of the Whore of Babylon riding upon the Beast is shewed to the Prophet chap. 17. and the Judgment which befal●eth unto her for her destruction is described chap. 18. The state of the Church in her comming out of the Wilderness is described in the congratulatorie acclamations given to God in Heaven at the destruction of Babylon and at the preparations of the wife of the Lamb for the Marriage-Supper and in the war which the Armies of Heaven under Christ's conduct do make against the Beast the fals Prophet and the Kings of the Earth For by this means the power of all her adversaries beeing destroied shee is fitted to appear visibly upon the stage of the world Chap. 19. The state of the Church during her Reign with Christ on earth is before the last Judgment a thousand years and after the universal Resurrection both in Heaven and earth for ever and ever Chap. 20. 21. and 22. till vers 6. Thus wee see the contexture and coherence of the matter and parts of the whole Book if ●hen wee should consider how these particulars relate unto the main scope of the Prophesie which is to reveal Jesus Christ unto us in the Mysterie of his Kingdom wee see that everiething is most directly subordinate thereunto and that the whole doth most completely reach a full discoverie of the accomplishment of the Mysterie whereof the brief summe is this That the professors of the name of Jesus Christ by their sufferings for his sake by their testimonie of him in opposition to the Dragon to the Beasts and to the Whore by the Judgment● of God against all these to destroie their power by the wa● of the Saints against them by the setling of the Kingdom of Christ in the hands of his Saints and by the Manifestation of the Glorie of the heavenlie Jerusalem comming unto them from Heaven to earth whereinto the Kings of the earth shall bring their glorie shall get the full victorie over the world and with the purchase of the Inheritance of all things in the New Heavens and the New earth they shall have the enjoiment of the presence of God for ever In all which at this time as to our present condition the opposition which the Beast hath to the Lamb the fals Prophet to the two Witnesses and the Whore to the Bride and the

root out and destroie the Professors of the Gospel and to this effect the Counsel of Trent was called in a special manner But this would not take place in Germanie until the Jesuitical Sect prevailed and brought things to that pass that the peaceable and meek hearts of Potentates have given too too much credit and yielded to their flatterings calumnies and deceits Whereupon in the year one thousand five hundred ninetie eighth begun the persecution against the Evangelical Protestants in Styria Carniola and Krain and what success it had and what thereupon followed in other parts of the Empire especially in the Kingdom of Bohemia ●●d in all the hereditarie Lands of the mightie and eminent hous of Austria is manifest to the world and there is in all these proceedings which are here described nothing els wanting but the last Act which shall yet bee put in execution in Silesia When this Act shall bee finished then shall this war victorie and execution bee at an end and therewith shall the 3½ years begin at which time the dead bodies of the two Witnesses shall lie in the street whereof the text speaks V. 9. And som of the people and kindreds and tongues and Nations shall see the two Witnesses their dead bodies three daies and a half Strange people forreign Nations and people of strange tongues did meet in this Germane war for Religion And at Munster and Osnabruck were in like manner such kinde of people at the Treaties of Peace of which is said Som of the people shall see the dead bodies of the two Witnesses When the Treatie of Peace shall bee fully executed then shall the forreign Nations which have mainteined the Evangelical caus cleerly discover what they have neglected in that Treatie and conclusion of Peace how manie dead bodies they have made and how manie they have in the hereditarie Provinces shut up and excluded by this Pacification from the Exercise of Religion from Libertie of Conscience from their Privileges c. and how they have wholly cut them off and deprived them of all hope which before this Pacification they yet had and which by their victorious arms was at last held forth unto them What are the Evangelical Professors in the hereditarie Provinces at this time els then dead bodies or corps which civilly have neither breath nor life in them nay how manie thousand souls shall yet bee killed by the execution of this Pacification This they shall see three daies and an half That is three years and an half from the time that the execution of the Pacification shall bee fully accomplished the last Act of the persecution finished and the Evangelical Ministers expelled and deposed out of the hereditarie Principalities of Silesia Thus far namely till the 3½ years before the end of the appointed one thousand two hundred sixtie years should this last persecution reach whereby it appeareth that there is none other intimated in this text but this whereof mention hath been made in Germanie But they shall not onely see the dead bodies of the two Witnesses but they shall also have som consideration over them Which the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 doth import which as Budeus doth prove out of Aristotle doth signifie rationem habere to look to a thing and to have som care for it as it doth appear by the text following And shall not suffer their dead bodies to bee put in graves Here the question is whether these words are to bee understood of the friends or of the enemies of the Professors of the true Religion Commonly these words use to bee referred to the enemies of the Evangelical Professors and are expounded That in this last persecution there shall bee such crueltie used that the dead bodies shall not have so much as earth given them to bee buried in But wee must take notice that these words are not propriè and according to the meaning of the Letter to bee understood For as in the eleventh and twelfth verses there quickning and rising must bee taken in a civil sens so likewise their killing and lying in the street must bee civilly understood Moreover the tenth vers following doth describe also the enemies by the name of them that dwell upon the earth wherefore wee do infer That the forreign Nations will not wholly laie down the sword but will have at all times a watchful eye upon the designs of Papists in Germanie and will not give waie that the Evangelical Protestants shall bee totally destroied and buried under ground Vide Josephum Medum and M. Gottlicb Heyland super hunc locum Philipp Nicolai de R. Christi p. 6. 4. Read also Wisd chap. 3. vers 1. 9. Vers 10. And they that dwell upon the earth That is The Papists in general who have their heaven here upon earth Finckius Can. Theol. Cent. 11. can 90. In scriptura S. peccatores appellantur habitatores Terrae non autem justi Hi enim passim appellantur Advenae peregrini incolae Ex Hieron Epist 129. àd Dardanum Shall rejoice over them and make merrie and shall send gifts one to another These words are taken out of the book of Esther chap. 9. vers 19. 22. and they have their peculiar sens the effect whereof is found in that which doth actually appear Becaus these two Prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth vers 5. is said of the two Witnesses that they are hurt unjustly here is attributed unto them that they torment their enemies by sifting and searching out their Doctrine and conversation by examining and trying all things in them according to the Divine Scriptures by contradicting their fals Doctrine and abominable Idolatrie and by laying their shameful abominable Sodomitical life before them Thus did Eliah and Micah torment the King Ahab 1 King 18. v. 17 18. Jeremiah the Priests and the Prophets Jeremiah 27. vers 11. the Prophet Amos the people of Israel Amos 7. vers 10. The Son of God the Devils Mattthew 8. vers 29. Which must now bee called to do injurie to rais sedition and to oppose the Magistrates The fault is in thine own people said the Officers of the Children of Israël Exodus 5. vers 16. For this is found most true Mali cùm injuriam facere non sinuntur injuriam se accipere existimant As Grotius in his Annotation upon Mat chap 8. ver 29. writeth Hitherto hath John written what the Son of God hath declared unto him by word of mouth Hereupon followeth a sudden change in the vision and thereby is represented a sudden change in the Romane Empire In respect that the Son of God doth end his Prophecie and speech and John tronsported in a vision seeth before his eies what after the issue of of 3½ years befel to the Witnesses and what terrible unexspected events and alterations suddenly and unawares com to pass Here beginneth now the third Period in the year one thousand six hundred fiftie fifth of our Lord. Where the enemies of the Gospel are

of Christ and in him the Mysterie of Godliness doth fill not onely the Churches on Earth but the Church also in Heaven and that God by him as hee is in the Church both in heaven and earth doth govern the world for Christ's interest towards the fulfilling of his own counsel which tend's mainly to reveal the glorie of Christ over all and the felicitie of those that partake with him in his glorie as also by what means the world is subdued under him and conquered by him for the good of his Church for this is the issue of all as in the close of this Prophesie doth appear by the coming down of the New Jerusalem from Heaven and the making of all things new to give unto the Saints their inheritance The second vision then doth shew distinctly four things First what the frame and constitution of the Church in Heaven is How it is ordered round about the throne of God and set in his presence that it should take notice of the passages of his glorie to acknowledg and declare the same chap. 4. Secondly what the administration of affairs in heaven and Government of the Church is over the world how the decrees and counsels of God and by whom they are brought to an issue Here it is shewed unto the Prophet that the whole administration of the government is put into the hand and upon the shoulder of Jesus Christ alone who by the Sacrifice of himself as of a lamb without spot did meritoously purchase to himself this honor and by his seven eies of wisdom and seven horns of almightie power is alone able to discharge so great a Trust as to open all the Seals of God's decrees in their due times and seasons concerning the government of the whole world for the good of his Church chap. 5. Thirdly what changes are brought forth in the affairs of the world and what the condition of the Church and Saints is therein by the opening of six of the Seals where is shewed how after the preaching of the Gospel through the world great troubles and terrible wars arise in the earth amongst men in which the witnesses of Christ are slain and lie as sacrifices at his Altar but they are comforted with the hope of just vengeance to bee executed upon the earth for their sakes after a season and the enemies of Christianitie are terrified at the beginning of the execution of Christ's wrath against them chap. 6. And lest the Judgments which were to bee executed against the enemies should take hold of the friends of Christ there is a careful Provision made for the preservation of these from danger and the Hopes of future glorie are assured unto them by the first fruits thereof chap. 7. Fourthly what the destruction is which at the opening of the seventh Seal is brought upon the world and what the glorie and settlement is which is brought unto the Church of Saints therein for the seventh Seal doth contein and produce all what ever doth follow till the end of the Revelation Here then seven Angels with seven Trumpets are appointed to sound and declare the Judgments of God over the Earth which accordingly are executed where the four first trumpets are remarkably distinguished from the three last becaus to the last three a warning of great wo is promised by an Angel over the inhabitants of the Earth As or the four first they all tend to deprive the world of the third part of the Creatures which are great comforts to the life of mankinde as of trees the third part and of all green grass which in proportion may bee the third part of ●esser plants the third part of the Sea and of Creatures living therein and of the ships that sail t●ereon the third part of the Rivers and ●ountains of waters and the third part of the ●un Moon and Stars and of the light of the ●aie and night where wee may take notice of a ●radual progress from the lesser to the greater ●udgments from earth rising up to heaven and from the effects to the causes Chap. 8. As for ●he woes the first of them by Locusts is a tor●enting judgment not putting men to death out vexing them so that they should seek death and not finde it and the second of them by hors●en is a destroying judgment by which the third part of men on earth are cut off Chap. 9. Thus then by the second vision is shewed what in heaven is sealed in the hand of God and what from thence is published to all the world by the progress of the Gospel by the sufferings of the Saints and their comforts and by the Judgments befalling to the world for their hatred to the Gospel for their Idolatrie and for their other sins of Murder witchcraft fornication and theft of which they repented not and therefore the third wo is to bee brought upon them when the seventh Angel shall sound for at the time of his sounding there shall bee no time of forbearance of anie more but the full mysterie both of wrath against the wicked and of Mercie to the godlie shall bee fulfilled towards the world and towards the Church both in heaven and earth Here then to shew this the third and last vision is given to the Prophet which hee again receiveth on earth by the hand of the mightie Angel which come's from heaven with the open book and stand's both upon the Sea and upon the earth where I observ First for a Translation from the two former to this last vision that as there are but three substantial differences of things revealed to the Prophet so there are but three substantial diversities of places mentioned where they are revealed and three main changes in the frame of his Spirit in receiving them The first substantial matter of vision is Christ's administration of his offices on earth amongst his Churches The second is his administration of his offices in Heaven over all the world to propagate and preserv his Church And the third is his administration both in Heaven and earth to make an end of all wickedness in the world and to perfect the glorie and happiness of his Church each of these matters are shewed to the Prophet in the places where they were chiefly to bee translated for to leav the sight of the first hee was on earth as amongst men at the sight of the second hee was in Heaven as in the presence of God and of the Saints perfected and of Angels At the sight of the third hee is on earth again but so as communicating still with Heaven and looking into it back again as one com down from thence and having still a relation to it The frames of his spirit appear to mee diversified sutably unto these matters and places For in the first vision hee is meerly passive as a dead man to bee quickned In the second hee is Actively passive as I may so say that is as one concerned in the businesses which

is universal and doth reach the whole Papacie nay it doth take hold also of the Dragon and his Spirits becaus the said Dragon as heretofore hath been said hath given up to the Beast his seat his Armie and great power and hath cooperated in this second Period and together with the Beast caused himself to bee worshipped The Dragon is the Devil and the Prince of the power of the Aër Ephesians 2. vers 2. with the wicked spirits under the heaven Ephes chapter 6. vers 12. In the eighth chapter of Matthew vers 29. these spirits do expostulate with the Lord Jesus saying What have wee to do with thee art thou com hither to torment us before the time At the pouring out of this Vial upon the Aër no expostulation will serv turn for the time is at hand and shall bee accomplished what the Son of God saith Matthew 24. vers 29. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The mightie Host of Devils which dwell under the Heaven in the Aër shall bee moved with a terrible nois and tumult Then their torments shall begin when they shall bee cast down from the aër and their Head the Dragon shall bee shut up in the bottomless pit as beneath in Revelations chapter 20. vers 1 2 3. at the issue of this war may bee seen And there came a great voice out of the Temple of Heaven from the throne saying It is don Here sit's the Ancient of daies upon the sierie flaming seat Daniel chap. 7. V. 9. and pronounceth the sentence against the fourth Beast and becaus the measure is full and the determined time over him is run to an end hee break 's the rod and denounceth the irrevocable judgment saying It is don The Beast shall bee slain and bee cast into the burning flame as in the said place followeth Dan. 7. ver 11. Vers 18. And there were voices and thunders and lightnings and there was a great Earth-quake such as was not since men were upon the earth so mightie an Earth quake and so great Now beginneth the Execution Upon the Devil and his whole Armie Upon his Vicar and what dependeth on him Upon the whole Romane Papacie and it's Kingdoms Now Heaven and earth are shaken for the second time and the mightie Kingdoms of the Heathen are destroied Hagg. chapter 2. vers 22 23. In the Aër are heard dreadful thunders and lightnings terrible voices lamenting and crying of the Devils Upon the earth will bee nothing but war and rumor of wars In all parts shall bee heard tumults seditions insurrections terrible distractions and grievous bloodsheds such as never were since the beginning of the world to this time nor ever were heard of Daniel chapter 12. vers 1. Matthew 24. V. 21. Vers 19. And the great Citie was divided into three parts By the great Citie is understood either the Citie of Rome as the seat and Citie of residence for the Beast and his rider Or the whole Papal State the Citie together with the streets The Citie of Rome was already by the fifth Vial darkned and ruined Wherefore it is spoken here of the whole Papacie which is divided into three parts By the accomplishment of these words it will appear that the Pope doth not wear his triple Crown in vain for under the same do sit and reign 1. The Dragon 2. The Beast 3. The fals Prophet Under the Command of these three Generals shall on the Popish side the battel bee set in arraie and led forth For these three each of them have raised their men severally ver 13 14. They stand all three in battel-arraie and are readie to fall on But what success have they The Beast is taken and with him the fals Prophet and both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone Revelations chapter 19. vers 20 21. But the Generalissimus the Dragon is laid hold on and cast into the bottomless pit and shut up Chap. vers 1 2 3. And the Cities of the Nations fell The Heathenish life and conversation the Heathenish Idolatrie Sodomie and other Heathenish sins and abominations which hitherto have been practised in the Popish State are at once altogether abolished and utterly removed as that nothing more is heard thereof And great Babylon came in remembrance before God to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath God sate still hitherto and seemed as if hee knew nothing of the Beast's blaspheming and persecution But when the determined time of the fortie two moneths were exspired hee remember's Babylon fill's unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath and punishing her hee doth reward her according to her deserving Vers 20. And everie Island fled away and the Mountains were not found All whatsoëver had anie relation or dependance on the Papacie even the remotest pleces and all whatsoëver was highly exalted therein is not seen any more whereby the total ruine and destruction of the Papacie is signified Vers 21. And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven everie stone about the weight of a talent and men blasphemed God becaus of the plague of the hail for the plague thereof was exceeding great By the great hail-stones are understood the great punishments of God's wrath and by the words about the weight of a talent are meant the heaviest and most dreadful Judgments the weight of a talent beeing the heaviest and greatest weight yet all this notwithstanding men will not know the righteous judgment of God but by their blasphemies of the name of God are cast into everlasting perdition Hitherto the sixteenth Chapter AGainst this plain and cleer exposition manie will have different apprehensions and esteem these things impertinent and incredible Paradoxes To these is opposed 1. That the cleer text not beeing forced but as it is literally or figuratively referred to the times so it hath been explained 2. That the figures and Images which make this work difficult and dark are cleered out of other places of the Revelation or out of the Old Testament especially the Prophets from whom the whole Revelation of St John is taken and are applyed to the civil and Ecclesiastical State as the text and the time doth require 3. That what is past or is now in full action cannot bee overthrown by a bare contradiction or doubt but search should bee made in the Acts of the Romane Empire to see what things may bee more sutably applyed another waie Yet so that the Method and Harmonie may not bee disturbed or rather that a better waie may bee shewed and offered 4. That the Text and Method doth shew what is shortly to bee exspected especially the end of the determined time by God over the fourth Monarchie wherein the Romane Papacie shall blaspheme God and make war against the Saints for the space of fortie two moneths that is one thousand two hundred sixtie years Hereupon ariseth the greatest and principal scruple or doubt Whether the Epocha