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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42409	An essay upon the fourth and fifth chapters of the Revelation shewing that the Church of England B.L.E. is particularly describ'd in those chapters / by Walter Garrett ...	Garrett, Walter.	1690 (1690)	Wing G269; ESTC R6105	15,525	19

upon the Throne ver 7. that is he came and took the Regal Power to which it peculiarly belongs to DEFEND the FAITH of that Book out of the Hand of him or them who at that time were in Possession of it And it evidently appears yet further that this Lamb cannot be Christ in Person taking any Book out of the Father's right Hand 1. Because St. John did not see him all the while till now 2. Because it is expresly said that he CAME and took the Book whereas if he had been all the while at the Sitter's right Hand before it could not have been said that he CAME and took the Book out of it 3. Because upon the Lamb 's taking the Book the Elders who are certainly Mortals upon Earth the word never having been us'd to express any other sung a new Song ver 8 9. which shews that they saw the doing of it and consequently that it was done on Earth and therefore not by Christ in Person All which I here offer besides eight Arguments in my Resolution c. to prove the Throne to be an Earthly Throne It remains therefore that all these things were suffer'd and done by Christ in King Charles the First and Second and in the Church in their times since every thing agrees thereto so exactly and is not applicable to any other King and Church in the whole World I have here given only a taste of my intended Exposition but such a one as is sufficient to convince any Man that is not hardned against Conviction For he that can think so many wonderful things to have happen'd by chance and in such order too as to favour my Hypothesis but not at all respected by the Spirit in the Prophecy is in a very hopeful way of believing the World it self to have been made by a fortuitous concourse of Atoms and that it is not rather the Contrivance of an Infinite Wisdom and the Workmanship of an Almighty Hand Altho to note this also by the by the Hypothesis I have here laid down leads me not only through the Chapters now before us as shall be seen hereafter if God will but as easily and as certainly through the whole Book of the Apocalyps In fine I crave no favour for this Notion if it be false let it not want the Censure it deserves but if true as I am certainly perswaded and as he will find that gives himself the trouble to consider it it must needs be joyful News both to the Church of ENGLAND and to all others that she holds Communion with For in a word the Church and Kingdom describ'd in the fourth and fifth Chapters of the Revelation since it is certain that they are a Body or Society of Believers Militant in this World and not Triumphant in the other must needs be that Church or rather State of the Church which was to succeed the fourth Monarchy and is commonly known by the Name of the Fifth Because the supream visible Head of it is likened to God not at large or with respect only to his Power Goodness Wisdom Majesty and the like but with particular relation to his living for ever and ever And so likewise when the King and Church restor'd are set forth by that glorious Type of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a Lamb looking as if he had been slain and were reviv'd again and exalted to the right Hand of the Throne of the Majesty on high the very same thing is intimated to wit that the Kingdom and Church signified by the revived Lamb should never die Death should no more have Dominion over them like as it is noted of the true Lamb after his Resurrection Rom. vi 9. For this Reason I say the Kingdom of the fourth and fifth Chapters of the Revelation must needs be the fifth Monarchy because the King thereof is likened to God and the Lamb with particular respect to their living for ever and ever For as every King resembles God in his Power so none resembles God in his Truth but a Lover and Defender of the Truth none in his Mercy and Goodness but a Merciful and Good King none in his Immortality but a King or which is all one in Prophecy a Succession of Kings that shall never have an end Now there never was nor ever will be any such Succession but only that of the fifth Monarchy And this is call'd a Kingdom which shall never be destroyed neither shall it be left to other People but it shall break in pieces and consume all the other Kingdoms and it shall stand for ever Dan. ii 44. The like is said Dan. vii 27. And the Kingdom and Dominion and the Greatness of the Kingdom under the whole Heaven shall be given to the People of the Saints of the Most High whose Kingdom is an Everlasting Kingdom and all Dominions shall serve and obey him If it be said That the Kingdom of England was destroy'd by the Rebellious Parliament in Forty Eight I answer A Kingdom is not said in Scripture to be destroy'd unless it be seiz'd by another People And this is abundantly evident in the Roman Kingdom which running through so many Changes of Kings Consuls Decemvirs Tribunes Dictators Emperors and Popes is yet reckoned but as one and the same Kingdom as will not be denied by any Man The Church indeed is not like a Kingdom in this respect for even English-Men if of a different Communion may destroy the Church of England For in spiritual things there is as much difference and more between an Orthodox English-man and an English-man that is an Heretick or a Schismatick as there is in Civil Matters between a Native of England and of another Country And as no Man would say that the Church of England was destroy'd when only some Members of that Church are remov'd and others of the same Communion put in their places which yet I pray God may never be so the Scriptures do not reckon a Kingdom to be destroy'd no not altho the very Form of Government be subverted the Case of Kingdoms being not so tender in this Point as that of Churches whose Government seems to be unalterable as being of Divine Appointment while it continuces in the hands of the same People And therefore the Perpetuity of the fifth Monarchy is remarkably describ'd in these words amongst others afore-quoted that it shall not be left to other People as all the other Monarchies were to be And then as for the Church of England tho that was to die together with the Person of the King that was then Head of it yet since the King together with the Church restor'd again in 1660 is compar'd to the Lamb slain and risen again and exalted to the right Hand of God Rev. v. 6 7. there seems to be no fear that the Church of England should ever be destroy'd another time since it is so remarkably said of Christ himself who in this is made a Figure of his

applied but only to the Saints Besides particularly as to Horses of a white Colour a Type which tho perhaps translated from the Romans as some others are observ'd to be whose Triumphs us'd to be perform'd with white Horses yet in this Prophecy they are so appropriated to the successes of the Gospel that let any Man read but Rev. xix 11 14. and he will be afraid to interpret them to any other purpose than Mr. Mede has done For it is a very dangerous thing to give away the peculiar Badg and Livery of the Servants of Jesus Christ to Pagans tho Emperors For indeed the Colour of the Roman Conquerors was not White but Red that is bloody and expresly so call'd Rev. xii 3. as the Divines aforesaid own upon the place But if any Conquests were of a deep Crimson they were the Victories they atchieved over the Saints of which yet the Divines do not blush to expound the White Horse and his Rider as the more probable Opinion Lastly it ought also to be consider'd that the Rider in the first Seal went forth CONQVERING AND TO CONQVER which is no Tautology tho the Divines are pleas'd to over-look it nor is the like Expression us'd that I remember any other where But it is very apposite to express the going forth of Jesus Christ in his blessed Apostles to establish such a Kingdom as should never be destroy'd but should subdue all other Kingdoms to it self for ever Whereas if we apply it to the Roman Emperors it is both frivolous and false The former because the Conquests of Rome were in a manner finished before the Times there referr'd to It was Senectus Imperii the old-Age of the Empire as Florus calls it And the latter because Rome never could be said to go forth CONQVERING AND TO CONQVER unless we will make the Repetition to signify just nothing but rather conquering for a while that afterwards she might tumble down and break in pieces with her own weight Thus much I thought good to say upon this occasion in Vindication of Mr. Mede that it might not appear strange if we fix upon him for the Elder predicted in Rev. v. 5. that gave the first notice to the Church of Christ's having prevail'd to expound the sealed Book for Christ was pleas'd to use him as his Instrument in expounding it And this Exposition was set forth Anno 1632 that is in the Reign of King Charles the First of blessed Memory which is signified by that Elder 's being here made to give Christ the Title of the Lion of the Tribe of Juda the Root of David For Christ is set forth according as he appears in his Church sometimes as a Great Conqueror otherwhiles in great Distress Now in King Charles the First Christ appear'd as the Lion of the Tribe of Juda the Root of David For by the Tribe of Juda so famous in the Scripture for their Loyalty and constant adhering to David and his House when the rest of the Tribes rejected him are signified the Loyal Party in King Charles his time that serv'd him faithfully and followed his Fortunes These own'd him when the rest made it their constant business to oppose him and at last depriv'd him not of his Kingdom only but his Life Well therefore is he likened to the Lion of the Tribe of Juda. And he is call'd the Root of David as being when Mr. Mede put forth his Exposition the Father of that afterwards so Glorious Monarch K. Charles the Second who carried in his Life and Reign so intimate a Resemblance to the Patriarch David For which it may suffice to refer the Reader to the Service of the Church set-forth upon Occasion of his Majesty's most happy Restauration for there the Parallel is conspicuous Only one thing may yet further be observed that as David so K. Charles II. also brought in again the Ark of the Lord and set it in its place Which is a thing so remarkable that it might justly prejudice the whole Hypothesis I here proceed upon if after the said Year 1632 wherein came forth Mr. Mede's Exposition there be no notice taken of the various fortunes of the Church of England which happened to her to the amazement of the World within the space of eight and twenty Years extfollowing For any one will be apt to think that the subverting of the Church and killing of the King for standing by it and usurping his Son's throne for twelve Years time on the one side and then the wonderful Work of God in restoring both King and Church in the Year 1660 on the other side are things as worthy to be made the subject of this Prophecy as any thing that has or can be said of any of the former Princes Let us therefore see what follows in the Prophecy Vers 6. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 And I looked and lo a Preface which is never us'd to any ordinary matter in the midst of the Throne and of the four 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and in the midst of the Elders a Lamb standing as if it had bin slain i. e. a Lamb revived after having been slain having seven horns and seven Eyes which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which had been sent forth tho now returned into all the Earth That by this Lamb is meant the Church appears not only by his Horns which constantly in Daniel and in this Prophecy signify Kingdoms and we know the Kingdom of the Lamb is his Church and by his Eyes which are expounded the Spirits Angels or Ministers of God that had been sent forth into all the Earth or expos'd as we say to the wide World during the King's exile but were now restor'd to their rights again but also from an unquestionable place in Rev. xvii 14. where it is said of Antichrist and his Complices that they should make War with the Lamb and the Lamb should overcome them for he is Lord of Lords and King of Kings c. Now it is evident that Antichrist neither did nor could make War against the Person of Christ but only against his Church whence it undeniably follows that by the Lamb is meant the Church of Christ or rather Christ victorious in his Church for it could not else be said of the Lamb that he is Lord of Lords and King of Kings Let us therefore in the Verse we are upon understand by the Lamb slain Christ in the Church of England naturally slain in the Person of his Representative King Charles I and politically slain in the King his Son and in the Church which ran the same fate with them and then by the Lamb looking as if it had been slain that is revived after Slaughter and standing in the midst of the Throne c. must needs be signified the Restauration of the King and Church who came and took the Book out of the right Hand of him that sat