voice of Christ from his owne mediatiō biddeth the godly as hauing power like the Angells Dan. 4. ouer Nabuchadnezar tell Machumedists that God will frō the East send them great successe with the Popes supremacy Machmad began and soone turned away all the Contreyes of Daniels Image to shake of the West yoke hated of old vnder Greeks and still resisting and rebelling Of their comming vp and spoiling of Spaine and Italy And ioyning with Turkes I spake in concent of Scripture Euphrates was the old place of fight for the Romans as to M. Crassus army and the Parthians Old stories giue credite to prophecie their armies are infinite and horse many with successe and lions boldnesse to threaten ruine to all that yeeld not as they haue destroyed all ancient townes Fire blew smoke and brimston meane that Machmad his sonnets of victories the false prophet maketh a taile of Lions boldnesse Men in the East worship the Diuel Idols in the West liued by theft in Arabia abounded in witches in Lybia and in Europe Hence GOD sett vp Machmad to be a plague yet men cannot repent CHAP. X. How Christ helpeth his Church by ruling warre guile not to passe boundes which notably appeared in our Albion for the Spannish nauy 1588. And in those home-bred Diuels in the Gunpowder plott 1605. both stirred vp by the Dragon and false prophet Of Angell CHRIST is an Angell the Glory of the Father his Character Exod. chap. 23. Eb. chap. 1. so Chap. 8. MIGHTIE Isa 9. and there in the 70. the Angell of great Counsell Comming downe from heauen Esai 64. Oh that thou wouldst breake the heauens wouldst come downe that the Mountaines might melt at thy presence as fire burneth fewell and maketh waters boile the people would melt at thy praesence when thou commest downe the Mountaines would melt at thy praesence Isai 64. So heere Christ comming downe the Mountaine of Rome and Turke melteth Of the Cloude Isai 19. Behold the Eternall rideth vpon a swift cloude and shall come into Egipt and the Idols of Egipt shall quake at his presence and the heart of Egipt shall melt within him This Ancient speach Iohn expoundeth for spirituall Egipt chap. xi and her Idols cap. 9. So when Israel commeth from Egipt God one day went before them in a Cloude c. And the Rainebow was about his head The Rainebow is Genes 9. 13. a token that the deluge shall not drowne the world againe and Isai 54. Thus GOD speaketh This is vnto me as the waters of Noah For as I haue sworne that the waters of Noë should no more goe ouer the earth So I haue sworne that I will not be angrie with thee nor rebuke thee the reason is in the vers 5. For the Eternall would become a housband to vs Gentiles and he would defend as vers 17. In this place compared with Chap. 12. where the Dragon casteth out waters to sinke the Church this Rainebow drieth vp those waters Of the face like the Sunne When Daniel was taught the fulnesse of Christ by the Angel Gabriel Dan. 9. in Chap. 10. he seeth his face as lightning as the Doctrine was so Saint Steuen handling the same matter matter most cleare had his face like the face of an Angell Actor 7. So Christ Apoc. 1. had his face like the Sun in his greatest brightnesse That place telleth who this Angel is Of the feete like a pillar of fire When the Angell of the Lord went before Israell hee remoued and stood behinde them and so did the pillar of fire which went before them and remoued and stood behinde them and came betweene the Campe of the Aegyptians the campe of Israell So heere CHRIST will stande betwixt Romes Egypt and his Church Of the litle Booke opened The summe of the Bible is short How of Gods eternall counsell the world was made forman Because the sonne of GOD by whom he made the world woud be a man to giue life to them that rested in this wisedome And the story of 4000. yer to Ierusalems fall by Rome hath no more and all should gladly heare of this all their life and see CHRIST his bright face still to this summe The booke is open and easie to be vnderstood This summe I prefixed to Ecclesiastes for such as will not sitt in the seat of the scornefull This Booke is opposite to Idoles that can teach nothing but basenesse of the King of glory crucifie him againe and make him an open spectacle The first crucifying of Christ cost Rome one vtter destruction that Rome standeth not where it stood And the Crucifying of him againe hath sent millions to eternall destruction The litle booke open in the hand of Christ commanded no making of such crucifix and it cōmandeth to doe no more then is commanded They wander wickedly from the mothers wombe that will aduenture their eternall state vpon mans inuentions which all know may be spared Of the right foote set vpon the sea and the left vpon the Land Waters or sea signifie warre toyles Land quieter profanenesse CHRIST Dan. 12. stood ouer the waters of sharp swift Tygris and lift vp his right hande and his left hande sware by him that liued for euer what tyme should be for Antiochus rage so heere he telleth for Turke and Pope that when the 7. Trumpet hath his blastes ended the world shall end Antiochi lost all by the first comming of CHRIST and the Pope shall wast vntill the second comming and till then keepe some stroke Of the litle Bookes eating The voyce like a trumpets chap. 1. and 4. biddeth gracious Iohn goe take the litle booke from the hand of CHRIST so he asketh Christ for it and he biddeth him take it eat it And telleth that it will be sweete in the mouth for studie but bitter in the belly for them that shall heare of it as the rowle that Ezechiel aete it told the Idolatrous Ierusalem of a fall which hastened vpon them So Iohn by his booke sweet for Gods Counsell is bitter for them which shall digest it when he preacheth now to manie people nations tongues and Kinges The roaring of the Lion and seauen thunders shall be handled at the last woe CHAP. XI And a reed was giuen mee like vnto a Rod and the Angell stood by saying Come and measure the Temple of God and the Altar and them that worship in it But the Court which is within the Temple cast out and measure it not for it is giuen to the Heathen THE eating of the booke and measuring of these matters be of one tenor when the soule is full of the Gospell it must shew Christ to bee the Temple and all heigth and depth length and bredth of wisedome to bee therein conteyned in that God would dwell in CHRIST to reconcile the world vnto him selfe And in his death vpon the Crosse he is the Altar and he sacrificed him selfe being as Melchitzedek whom Saint Paul as former
and blood by scholars made a mountaine of fire cast into the sea by the starr falne from his place c. 81 The 9. Chap. pag. 82. THe fift Trumpet sounding out the Popes cleerely ibid. Whence the Pope chalengeth keies pag. 83. A digression to shew a scandall laid to Iewes 84 Of the Locusts most liuely describing the Popes subiects to make him King of Locusts distinguished from all other policies that be c. pag. 86 A distinction of those Loc. from the proper Locusts in Ioel that these be as scorpions 87 A further illustration of distinction from naturall Locusts and scorpions ibidem A further distinction how their sting is not of naturall scorpions but of spirituall ibidem Of the scorpions stings 88 Of the Locusts strength and auctority 89 Of the Loc. King 90 Of Oathes ibidem Of the Popes aduancing learning pag. 91 Of Popes blindenesse in Ebrew easiest matters ibidem How blindely the Papists wrest Ieroms words that c. 92 Of the Popes names ibidem Of the Popes Greek name 93 A digression to our prayer booke made from the Popes 94 Of Antic his Chaldy name 95 The Epilogue for the description of the Pope 97 Of Machumed or Machmad or Moamed in Piel Hiphil and Hophal the participles three are vsed in Arabique and Rabbins 98 Chapter 10. ibid. HOw Christ helpeth his Church by ruling warr and guile not to passe boūds c. ibid. Of Angell Christ ibidem Comming downe from heauen 99 Of the cloud ibidem Of the rainebow about his head ibid. Of the face of Christ like the sunne pag. 100 Of his feete like a pillar of fire ibid. Of the litle booke opened ibid. Of the right foote set vpon the sea and the left vpon the Land 101 Of the little bookes eating ibidem The XI Chap. pag. 102. THe measuring of the Temple pag. 102 Of measuring the faithfull 103 Of the Court within the Temple to bee cast out in condemnation of Iudaisme 104 A digression to compare the old Temple or Tabernacle with the spirituall 105 Of the holy Synagogues 106 Of the Synedrion 107 Of Athean imitation of Aaron 108 How BB. were made in Israel ibid. Of Excommunication 109 A iust but strang doctrin ibidem A digression to expound the terme Bishop 110 Of the 42. mone 111 Of Prophecying 112 Of the Decalogoue ibid. Of the Popes theft 113 Grounds which all should know that soundly prophecie or expound scripture ibid. Of Arias Montanus works of diuers readings 115 Of Lindanus quarreling with the text and one Erostratus ibid. Of Law vowelled and vnvowelled ibid. Of the Lxxij differing 3600. yeares from the strict Ebrew 116 Of Perfection of script ibid. Autores for the tongue 117 Prayer is our seruice of God ibidem Of the New Testam 118 Conclusion ibid. Blasphemous groundes of Popery pag. ibid. How yong men learned in liberall artes might be rarely exquisite in the Greek N. Testam 120 Of Poper names 121 The Epilogue ibidem The restorers of the Gospell be as Elias 122 The Martyrs be as Moses 123 Of the Citie which crucified our Lord 124 Of all souls passage at death 128 Of Purgatorie ibid. Of the 2. Macca 129 Of Iudahs sacrifice 130 The Conclusion 131 VVhat the Greeke Fathers thought of Purgatorie ibidem Of the third wo and last trumpet pag. 133 The sum of the Bible 134 Of the worldes end 137 Of the Iewes calling ibid. Of our Kings rare bent to the honour of the Bible 139 Of the Popes scholars 140 Of Daniel 141 Of the poore Indians calling ibid. Of the old Opinion of 6000. yeares pag. ibidem Chap. xij pag. 143. A Description of the Church ibid. Of the profane Caesar Pope reuiuing of him both comprised in the body and taile of one Dracon pag. 145 Of the taile 147 The combat of the Romane Empire with the Church ibid. A Commentary of the former vision of MICA-EL defending the Church 148 Of MICA-EL 150. Of Tobies fable 151 Of Michaels Angels 152 Of wicked spirits names ibid. Of old Serpent 153 Of Diuel ibid. Of trapps laid by our selues 154 The Diuell and his Angels by Michael are banished from the Church pag. ibidem A plainer exposition of the Dragons war ibid. Of the Dragons short tyme 157 Of the tyme of the persecutions by the Dragon 158 Chap. 13. pag. 160. OF two speciall points to be noted 161 The second point 162 How the Romans armes are taken from the Kingdomes in Daniel pag. 163 A most plaine description of the Pope by the beast arising from the earth pag. 169 Of the Lambes two hornes ibid. Of one error in the Pope which maketh him next the Diuell where the Diuell would tremble to bee so impudent openly 170 Of the Dragons speach 171 Of the two hornes counterfaiting the Lambe 172 Of the Popes succession 173 Of the Ancient facility in teaching the Law 174 An application of the Popes calling to that 178 A doubt for the manner of policy now what way is best to be taken 179 The answere ibidem What may we thinke of BB. of which sort many Popes and Cardinales bee 180 Of the Pope King of Kings 181 How long the Popes the starres falling could not become mountaines of fire to cast themselues into the sea of Empire 182 By what Iudaique cursedly reuiued Ceremonie the chiefe Diuinitie D. of Rome bewitched Emperors 184 Of Papists Miracles 186 An oration of the Popes Legate very remarkeable 194 Of subiection in all matters to the Pope ibidem Of the marke in the forehead 196 Of the name of the beast and Number of his name ibidem A repetition of the terme Rock 199 A Digression to a disputation at Mentz 200. Chap. 14. pag. 205. THe heauen cōmonly in the Aposignifieth the Chruch 206 What the song of the rediemed was 207 A Digression to shew the Concent of all the holy bookes and first of Geneses 208 Obiections of them that are not rediemed from the earth against that ibid. Of Iob 209 Of Exodus ibid. Romes error against the song of the Lambe barbarous 210 Error Athean ibid. Of Leuiticus ibid. How the Pope disannulleth all Leuiticus 211 Of Numeri ibid. The Contradiction of the Pope against that book 212 Of Deutero ibidem The Contrarie also ibid. Of Iesus son of Num. ibid. The Popes contrarie 213 Of the booke of Iudges ibid. Of Samuel c. 214 The Popes Contrariety 217 Of the N. Testaments musique the Gospell ibid. Of the Acts 218 Of the Ep. Romanes 219 Of the 1. Corint 220 Of the 2. ibid. Against Purgatoris ibid. Of the Epist to the Galat. 221 To the Ephesians ibidem To the Philippians ibidem To the Colloss ibidem To the Thess 1. and 2. Epist. 222 To Timothie 1. and 2. Epist 213 To Philemon ibidem How the seruant of seruants is concordant to Onesimus 224 Of the Epistle to the Hebrews 225 The Popes contrarietie ibidem Of the Epist-Iames ibidem Of 1. and 2. Pet. 226 Of 1. 2. and 3. of
eyes whereof one shall see more then millions of Papists full of courage readines to be sacrificed as Timotheus at Ephesus and Polycarpus at Smyrna and at Pergamus Antipas and full of wise pleading as Paul to King Agrippa and of high flight into the heavens carying soules thither not as in Campus Martius when for the Caesars funeral a summer house is made and full of spice and in a corner an eagle is and when it is set on fyre the eagle is let out and fleed high and is sayd to cary the Caesars soule to the Gods Herodian lib. 11. These have a true hight and have six wings two to cover their face from looking into Gods counsell aboue reach two to cover their feet that their wayes be not called into sight two to flee in their course as Vzielides expoundeth Es 6. And the whole bent of these tendeth to honour God And by their examples the common congregation acknowledgeth the holy Trinity and the Creator where the heathen have no lamp of grace not the best learned of them not one spirit of seven Their sage as Pythagoras in tongue confessed God to be one But they knew not the trinity and that the Sonne would be manifested in the flesh to come a man looking through our walles and to come a Iudge of all nor that he framed the world for man because he would dwell in a tabernacle in vs. In the heavenly policy of the Gospell this must be proper to true Christians who finding a victory cast down their crownes when they come before God The Scribes confesse all that we cōfesse The trinity of old confessed they as their workes yet shew which might have broken the Arians necks if Greek pride had submitted them to learne Thalmudique studies One errour in the root maketh a million in the branches CHAP. V. The counsel of God is hid how he will vse the prophane Caesars and how man of sin will afterwardes exalt himself in the Temple of God Moyses by Balaam tould but briefly that Italy should afflict Heber be perishing vnto the end Daniel speaketh nothing of the Romans afflicting the faithfull But shewing that the Image and four beastes being cōsumed by our Lords first comming into the world by implication he sheweth that Italy should kill Christ destroy Ierusalem and so breed a new Image of a beast But his pictures end in the Macedonians Our Lord in Math. 24. only toucheth deceit and vexation and S. Paul 2 Thes 2. sheweth that Emperour shall hould on till he be taken away then shall man of sin shew himselfe in the Temple as if he were God Adoni kam a Lord standing sure But how the Emperour should be vsed and Pope come vp and fall that Daniel meddled not withall who dealt most of kingdomes And proclamation that none in heaven nor on the earth could open the book telleth that he medled not with Antichrist nor Caesars punishment Iohns weping that none could open the book telleth that the matter is of great vse that they shall have weeping and gnashing of teeth which contemne the matter Now one of the 24. Bishops hearing the person of a Doctor said to him being in his traunse now as a child that the Lyon of Iuda spoken of through the Prophets and specially Num. 24. how he should vnwall and subdue al the sonnes of Seth and is the roote of David his figure who conquered all resisters set vp religion he will tell what Esay spake of his conquests So Christ standeth at the mids of Gods throne in a playn description a lambe Iohn 1. as one that had been slain Mat. 27. slain by Rome vpon whom the revenge must goe having seven horns of power to revenge Satan with his sevē heads and seven eyes which be seven spirits of his providence sending Angels over the earth as in building Ierusalem Zach. 1. and 2. and 6. And he taketh the book from God as Chap. 1. 1. as Mediatour now though he were in the glory of GOD and held it no robbery to be equall with God and then the rare wightes and 24. Doctours pray him to open the state to come and all creatures shew that they shall serve Christ when Idolaters be destroyed CHAP. VI. The Lyon harted the pacient ox the wise man the high fighted eagle tell how by his martyrs he buildeth the Church and for their prayer the Caesars shall have war stil bloudy warre great famine that corne wil be as deare as spice that a bath choenix a pottle wil be sold for the Romane Denarius about half a french crown though GOD strike not vines and olives but in wrath remembreth mercy Such warre that bloud death famine and pestilence shall make a riddance of the fourth part of men This cometh in revenge of the martyrs In Aboth Rab. Nathan in Moses life all the just soulesly vnder the throne of glory Here the terme Altar teacheth that by Christ the Altar they have justice Neyther Scribes nor Apostles knew purgatory Covetousnes bred the teachers slouth and contempt of truth the beleevers They are told that they must have patience a while till martyrs blood be seed to make a Church of a sufficient number to have a Christian empire Then the prophane policies shall have an earthquake their sun of stately empire shal be turned to blacknes their moone of Princes into blood their starres shall fall as olives shaken their heaven shal be lapped vp as a rowl al Ilands and mountaines shal be changed for them Iohn from Esa 2. and 14 and 34 and Ose 10. seeth a vision fitted to their speches that by considering Iudaes fall the ten tribes fall Assurs fall and Daniels Image we may be sure of the Caesars fall and he expoundeth himself the Prophets That Kings great men rich and Coronelles the mighty shall hide themselves and wish as Samaria that mountaynes might hide them from the anger of the Lamb. And so he teach Iewes that for contempt of Christ their destructions came The five seales are not distinguished in time but in common place of victory war famine and both with plague and martyrdome all these in times come sometimes at once The sixt toucheth Constantines dayes Then an vnspeakable riddance was made after Dioclesians persecution that twelve Augusti and Caesars consume one another till all came to the sonne of our Helena who in the ends of the earth made the possession of Christ cometh to York to Constantius his Father that had Christians his chief men and by him is made his heyr of empire and by them and our nation and the neare in the end is alone the Emperour of the world and leaveth the Rome that crucified by the Gospell and 2. Thes 2. where in 100. yeares the slothfull Popes could not make Caesar good but were caught in their lying that Peter should long sit at Rome who expresly writeth that he kept about Babylon Rome in Italy is hated for Idolatry
of incense and in his golden Mediation receyuing the prayers of the holy that with his incense they come before God so he sitteth a sacrificer for euer figured in Sem described as God without father without mother without beginning of dayes without ende of life witnessed in Moses description that he liueth for euer a King of Iustice and a King of peace so S. Paul to Scribes after their owne manner yet extant in Zohar and Menachem and others describeth his Vicar Sem the great as Rabbins terme him to haue figured the Redeemer to the world now of Noahs house The SON thus knowen in our Sonne How the old Testament came turned into wormewood Of the age before the flood God said I repent me that I made man therefore water tooke their bodies prison aeternall their spirits The tower-masons making Gods of starrs in contempt of SEM the high sacrificer and prating daylie against his faith were cut off froÌ„ Sems tongue to let it alone and in Babels captiuitie ended it from commune vse and soone after Daniels age from speach of all but schole learned But Moses by Sabbath reading was some what knowen to the people Besides God made Sems tongue so hard that a mans whole life will hardly catch it and left no authors of it but Sems prophets to make vs search how rare wordes in them open themselues and they vsed but once by the argument So Sems tongue is an hid pearle of it Iob cost me more paines alone then all Greeks who now coÌ„meth to open iudgemeÌ„t Churches had no Hebrew Rabbins for graÌ„mer of yer neare 1000. nor graÌ„mars or dictionaries Origen did put forth Ebrew in Ebrew letters and spell'd in Greeke much cited in Epiphanius with six Greeke translations The 70. hid their minde much specially in 3600. yeres alteration of liues from Moses truth as thus Adam liued 230. yeares and begate Seth. And afterwardes 700. for 130. in Moses and 800. our notes say Moses omitted 100. y. before Seths birth they may as well say he gaue 100. too many afterwardes and so in 3600. yeres Yet though Arabique were neare Hebrew and Aethiopian they translate the 70. And not the Ebrew and Greekes with Muscouia follow them But if Princes had allowed in euery land so big as Canaan 42. great Cities for Hebricians only they had beene Ezdrae for readinesse in the Law and had beene Atlantes to beare vp heauen God saw that his justice could chose but few and of eternitie did set many to anger and therefore gaue not Princes that iudgement nor to scholars one of a thousand millions a minde to such hard paines but to be such monachos as Nazianzenus taunteth giuen all to feed them selues and to enuie all paines and Athanasius Gregorie and his deare brother Basil felt for the holy Trinitie And West Monachos rested in Ierome for text and in S. Augustin for explication Of the New Testament The New Testament penned in Greeke by the H. Spirit is to be esteemed in Greeke better then all the world can euer conceiue Part I hope to vtter but conceiue more The preparation to bring Greeke ouer the world must heere be knowen To Iapheths Iauan God left it and spread his race from Cilicia ouer the West that Bardi Caesar CoÌ„ in France and our Cambria kept Greeke Philosophi And when God meant in open action to end by Babel Sems tongue which he kept in Canaan 500. yeares that Babilons coÌ„fusion hurt not the Kings house but the Chananean dialects twelue came neare his when God would end this tongue in holy Daniels age when hee had shewed the strict yeare and Pascha day of Christ his Pascha who being the first from the dead would shew light vnto the world And Aggei Zacharie and Esdras Malachi had commented vpon holy Gabriels oration when God would haue no more Diuinitie written all being spoken that could bee told he sheweth a miraculous prouidence to fiâ—t the Greeke tongue to the Gospell by Athenes and all Grecia Pisistratus of holy Iosiahs time brought noble Homers wit into more reuerence then Monkes the holy Gospell that children should learne him euery whit without booke and parted him twice in Iliade Odissea into Alpha Beta c. As the vnknowen God dealt Psal 25. 34. 37. 111. 112. 119. 8 tymes 145. Pro. 31. Lamen 6. tymes And Aristarchus made a commeÌ„tarie vpon his hard wordes so that S. Peter by Gods reuelatioÌ„ vseth his noble phrase and him not Eustathius I cited though Bil. and Bar. would win spurres to prick their owne sides Didimus elder then S. Peter kept Aristarchus remnants and froÌ„ Didimos not from Eustathius I brought Aristarchus and Homer whom I am sure S. Peter neuer read but the holy Ghost read him and led Peter This honor to Homer set on Solon to write senteÌ„ces and Theognes Phocillides Minermus that ciuill groundes were made pleasant in braue Greeke to make all eloquent in speach Then arise tragiques Aeschylus an Heroique equall to Homer or old Corinnos of Troyes age and P Alamedes scholar who in other warres gaue Homer his timber Euripides the painter of mans lot and Lyriques rare and Commediques as witty Aristophanes Phisitians Historiques from Hesters age Hellanicus and Herodotus and Plato and Aristotle and tenn Oratores and Theopompus innumerable of all sortes while Iuda was in Babilon and vnder Persian taught Dan. 10. that soone they should bee vnder Grecia till Christ came in some parte and therefore they taught their children Greek that the 70. flaunted in store setting 80. seuerall Greek sometime to one Hebrew tree as to Shub 70. 60. 50. 40. 30. 20. 10. and so to very many Now Macedonians of Selleucus Nicatores people being in 72. Kingdomes East and North were forced to knowe Greeke and by the Ptolomies South learned Greek and the Iewes scattred by them brought the 70. ouer all and mention of Moses So before our Lordes redemption tyme all nations as Tully for Archi saith knew Greek when Latin was kept in a narrow compasse And thus a fundation was laid for elegant timber to the N. Testament The Iewes note in Ierusalemi Megila that Noah prophecied how Sems house should bring Iapheth to faith in the tongue of Iauan the Greeke And Midras Rabba citeth the same and in Megilah theysay that no tongue but Greeke can giue Hebrew fitt termes Christians should vrge their owne testimonie that as a Tribe failed not from Iuda till Messiah came so all nations then spake Greek but not many ages after that And as Abben Ezra confesseth vpon Dan. 9. that the 70. seauens are 490. yeres from Daniels prayer to sealing of Messias the holy of holy wherein not one of a hundreth thousand millions speaketh so truely for our victorie as the sharpest enimy doth So Ierusalemi should haue confessed that the fishers of Gallile were to write in Greeke from Ierusalem after 490. yeres And before it should be destroyed as we see Actor 15. Of the
euen to trie them in the fire to purifie them to whitten them Twise the very same termes be told Heere is the same matter That God would trie the pacience as Dan. 12. of the holy Holy Peter writing from Babylon to the Iewes scattred telleth them of their happinesse in belieuing in Christ whose kingdome tryeth his as gold is tryed The witty wicked Poet could tell so much as Menander Epimenides and Aratus other poinctes Scilicet vt fuluum spectatur in ignibus aurum Tempore sic duro est inspicienda fides That is As yellow Gold in fier men doe trie So Faith is prou'd in miserie Euery trueth hath Gods warrant whosoeuer doth speake it Now the Popes religion standeth in prosperiti no common weale hath their wealth and quietnesse Therefore they are not of S. Peters faith who from Babylon wrote to the neere scattred Iewes of affliction Although at the first some Doctores of Rome were afflicted and martyrs is too But after quietnesse they still labored to bring home from the East to old Rome and pleaded from the Iewes manner of Fables that the first called Apostle was in the Principall Citie to make him a most wicked man that foreseeing as a Prophet combatts where hee hath beene would not in his owne tyme make that matter past all doubt As Saint Paul Bishoppe of Rome and Saint Luke of Antioh maketh it past all doubt that Peter was neuer neare Rome Clemens and Tertullian made Eusebius write that he was And all who folow them haue but rumores auctoritie And he is cursed that makes mans auctoritie his arme and Melchior Canus a Rhomist maketh a sounde common place that our Churches stories of men are weake testimonies In the 300. yer persequution it was not safe for any to write of others because enemies by such would search out more how to persequute Christians Paul of Romane name borne free in Rome who would not build in others fundations who was carefull for to strengthen the Romans as not hauing yet an Apostle who first told the Synagogue Acts 28. whereupon the Gospell stood sheweth that HEE brought the name of Christ to Caesares pallace Phil. 1. and was told Act. 23. that hee should so doe And saluting 25. Rom. 16. neuer giueth token of one word touching Peter but cleane otherwise Gal. 2. and Peter telleth expresly that from Babylon he wrote his first Epistle chap. 5. whereby all maner of speach all men would require proprietie that the most knowen Babylon should be there meant Yet as Pindarus saith that men belieue fables more then trueth so experience of sage men prooue that true men otherwise sage hold that true that Peter was in Italy as the Chaldi Iob saith hee was at Constantinople and the forged Ben Vziel vpon Num. 24. and millions of milliones after them whereas we despise Iewes Iewes equally despise Romists where any could not misse to haue knowen the trueth if Peter had euer bene at Rome They who say by Babylon he meant Rome would make him a simple Fisher that knewe not where a trope would make a wickedlie and afflict all ages where men neuer date cōmon bookes for all Ages from a misnamed place where the Reader would count the speaker a lyer so the 2. Epistle was written from Chaldea where the letter 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 was an S. in Bosor Beor in the 70. and that S. Peter would haue folowed liuing in Greeke landes And I saw another Beast comming vp from the earth which had two hornes like a lambe and spake as a Dragon and practised all auctority of the first beast before him and causeth the earth and them that dwell in it to worship the first beast whose wound to his death was healed c. to the end of the Chap. A most plaine description of the Pope 1. by the beast arising from the earth First his state is a beast as all armes of state are figured by beasts such So the King of Locusts ch 9. is a beast cōming out of the earth ch 11. earth opposition to the sea signifieth a quiet state So the Pope by quietnesse gate lands to be aboue all Emperours yet Ceph the Rocke aeternall would be a seruant And Peter Cephas a fisher but the vnlikest vnder their name would be the vnlikest next the Diuell the God of this world so his a great state vpon the earth in the City which crucifyed Christ By the Lambes two hornes The Lambe signifieth the S. of God Iohan. 1. Apoc 5. Hornes power Psalm 18. Dan. 8. So he that chalengeth to be in steade of Christ and to haue double power from him Ecclesiasticall and Temporall in Ebrew ADONIKAM My Lord is set vp he is heere described He so sheweth himselfe in the Temple of God as if he were God among many millions who knewe him to bee the wicked man But as in old Babel men were of Angells match the three nobles that quenched the fier and made Nemrods sonne confesse their God and gracious Daniel admitted to familiaritie with Christ and his Angells and Ezechiel and Ezra and men like Angells so where the Diuel had his Chappell God had and hath his Church to tell how Satan ruleth the Pope and hath strong worke in error OF ONE ERROR IN THE POPE WHICH MAKETH HIM NEXT THE DIVEL WHERE THE DIVEL WOVLD TREMBLE TO BEE SO IMPVDENT OPENLY The ground of our saluation standeth in belieuing this of the womans seede a destroyer of Satans workes Gen. 3. HEE shall bruise thy head that is spoken twise in Adams tongue in the masculine gender Some late Popes I thinke knewe so much Ebrew though of old few did when they made first the translation called S. Ieromes to be ignorant of this So not SHEE is meant but HEE The aeternall God as the Zoar from Iewes there note God in Christ and againe and againe thou Serpent shall bruise HIS foote-stepp and not HER foote-stepp yet the Popes translation corrupteth that which they call S. Ieromes and say shee shall bruise thy head 1. So the Latin called S. Ieromes goeth though Arias Mōtanus had a better Conscience put forth the true Ebrew 2. Of all Ebrew copies that euer haue bene heard of none herein was noted to differ as by them full many which we read wee may iudge of the rest who would not passe ouer difference in Silence if any difference had bene 3. All Greekes vniversally follow the Ebrew yet against all the Pope would haue not HE but SHEE Marie in his translations in a treatise foisted into Plantines great Bible 4. Satan is broken thus he brought Adams soule to death by sinne the restorer must giue it iustice 5. Satan brought mans body to corruption that HE must restore it in resurrection 6. Satan by Adams fall brought all this world to corruption the restorer must bee able to make a newe world But an HE not a SHEE must doe this wherfore this error conuicteth the Pope of
of God If they had grace and to helpe many landes so to doe that in the Pope as in Elies sonnes a fall extreeme shall be Of Samuel c. When God hastening to shewe CHRIST from Iuda gaue Israel a minde to choose a King hee would giue one of Beniamin that Rachel should be aequall to Leah but soone remoue him then commeth DAVID of Iuda Dauid rare for faith and all humanitie whose Psalmes tell of Christ all that can be known from Stories past and in Prophecies for the state following That all men high and low rich and poore should still sing his psalmes And to him is promised an aeternall throne in Christ Now to prooue that this throne is not for this World Salomon hath all wisedome prosperitie and pleasure and writeth a song of songes that is all in continued allegories of true soules following Christ and Prouerbes to warne Ephraim from Idolls and Ecclesistes to tell that all vnder the sunne was vanitie To the same effect the historie of poore Ruth of Lot leauing Countrey kins folke and fathers house conteineth a sage hope in the songe for the Lambe And Salomons Temple is soone cast off to be despysed and the Kings of his seede in 1. and 2. of the Kings to shew that a King of Nathan Salomons brother should be the true King when Salomons Kings should cause captiuity to Babel and ouerthrow of all The Books of Kings and Chronicles shew that in euent Then Daniel sheweth 7. tymes ouer how vnder Kings Iuda shall bee in affliction till the King of Kings commeth In Prophecie Hosea telleth of his saluation how he shall be called from Egypt and destroy death and aryse the third day which matter Ionas in figure experienced before This saluation Osee teacheth and how Lo-Ammi should be Ammi and Lo-Ruchamah should be Ruchamach Ioel sheweth Gods fauor for the spirite vpon all flesh to speake of the resurrection chapter 2. and sharpe iudgement cited in this Chapter And Amos of erecting Dauids Tabernacle Isaiah is an Euangelist from chapter 40. specially chapter 53. and where not and who is like to Michah telling Herod of Bethlechem where the sonne of Dauid should be borne Nahum comforteth the true Iew with the faire feete of them that shew peace and sayth Aggie Aggeicha festiue thy festiuities though Niniueh scattred Israel yet Iuda should be built The name of Aggei the Prophet calleth that into minde Abbakuk embraceth the people with comfort against Babel and leaueth a messe of potage for Daniel and all good that the iust shall liue by faith Ieremie 40. year telleth Iudah their Ceremonies cannot turne their heartes from strange Gods But Babell shal bee their dwelling to consume the wicked to shew Gods glorie where the Towre brought shame to all nations built to worship Creatures and to forget the Creator Tzephain telleth that Tze-phan Iah the aeternall hath sealed vp iudgement for despysing the Redeemer taught by the Passouer in Iosiahs dayes therefore he will visite the Kings Children for close Idolatry the rulers for cruelty the false Prophets for lying vanities ouerthrow the state cary them to Babell but after confession of their sin he will leaue a poore and humble people that shall trust in Messiah the Lord. Obadiah telleth Edom that for helping Babell to destroy Ierusalem by Babell they should be destroyd yet in tyme Sauiours that is Apostles shall come from Syon to conquer and iudge them Luc. 22. 30. that is to bring them to the faith and that of that Kingdome Christ shall be King Ezechiel sheweth the sonne of man glorious aboue the Cherub Chap. 1. and from 40. a new Ierusalem and chap. 38. sheweth to the eye the resurrection touching his Ierusalem S. Peter tuneth the Harpe on Mount Sion that euery prophecie of scripture is not to bee expouded properly because the holy men of God spake caried by the holy Ghost Daniel expoundeth him that the death of Christ shall bring all nations to be an heauenly Ierusalem Of Daniel I haue written more then any since Daniel wrote how his holy Gospell sheweth Christ vnto Children The Copies of my last edition hee that vseth as the Persians the Prophete shall be commended of mee to the God of Daniel whom hee knoweth not For if he had knowen him he would not so haue crucified againe the Lord of glory So described king of the Iewes and first named CHRIST meere properly in Daniel Ages folowing shall enquire how God will deale with the men Aggei answering in name as was shewed to Nahums words sheweth that of Zorobabel the SIGNET shall come who shall shake the heauen of the Iewes policie and the profane earth Zachary and Malachy with him shewe what Zachary Malachy Luc. 1. should learne to begin the New Testament by the Angell Gabriel on whom they comment Ezra and Nehemias also record his trueth and celebrate the names of the chiefe returned and the number of all And Mordecai in Esther telleth how by faith in Christ they escaped the edge of the sword Thus vpon Mount Sion of old they tuned their harps in the strang land of this world knowing that God would receiue them hence into his Ourano polin yet they were not perfected in their musique heere to see and feele as 1. Ioh. 1. the word of life S. Peter writing to poore Iewes 2 Pet. 1. commendeth the reading of the old harpes as a light shining in a darke place till the morning starre Psal 22. Apo. 2. 21. and Dauid Kimchi vpon Psal 22. arise in our hearts The Popes contrarietie S. Peters most deadly enimie the Pope which would make him the Rock or God and will not learne how he expoundeth Rock to be the Creator 1. Pet. 4. from 2. Sam. 22. will not suffre the people to read the Law a Pope or Daemon openly bent against the goodnesse of God Of the New Testaments musique The Gospell The holy Publican maketh in his first Chapter a stately porch to the new Temple shewing from Abraham to Dauid that the Fathers of Christ were all afflicted in this world and knew the holy Trinitie and foresaw Christ and his kingdom which ariseth from David by Nathan not from Salomon whose house would not be vpright with God 2. Sam. 23. All be faltie but Ioakim so wicked that because hee ouerthrew the state the Iewes enacted not to name him in their narrations and so S. Matthew left him out Now when Nathans house commeth in for whom all Daniels Visions speake in them wee see heauen opened and howe God sate vpon a Throne as if he were like Iasper and Rubi with the Rainebow like Moses Smaragd about the Throne and his harpe hath all tunes of Law till Christ be taken vp So Marke playeth vpon Gabriels harpe Dan. 9. till CHRIST is King in heauen Luke playeth first
vpon the last string of Malachie and the same tunes as the other two The Sonne of thunder beginneth from before the beginning shewing that by the SON God made the world and harpeth most vpon that string and teacheth the Pope that hee not Peter was the best beloued and needed not a threefold incouragement to feed the sheepe Thus the man Leui the Lion Marke The Oxe Luke Eagle Iohn play all Dauids tunes That mighty Theophilus saw in euery one Man Lion Oxe Eagle as Ezekiel chap. 1. Of the Actes The Actes telleth that S. Luke was full of eyes specially for depth of Ebrew skill Act. 7. and 13. as in his Gospell ch 4. which poinctes I touch in a Latin Epistle to PP of Germany and to our K. Maiestie The Antiochian sheweth how Antiochia first had Christian name to shew that Christ would be great ouer Magog Ezek. 39. and he alone was a miracle of Gods mercy But Nicolaus stood not sound as Antioch by Pride had a fall Though Peter were there and an heauenly company of which if Rome might haue bragged a 1000. Martin Luthers and Zuinglians and Martyrs Bucers should not haue shaken the Popes pride who swelleth that Paul comforteth the small Company who had no Apostles to strengthen that yet their faith was sounded ouer the world And S. Luke endeth in Paules speach vnto Iewes who knew not what the Gospell meant till hee came thither that the Pope might be ashamed to say that S. Peter was there whose writing is all in Iewes veine and if hee had bene there but one day the Synagogue had heard what the Gospell was In that he telleth how S. Paul was borne free in Rome and thereby found great protection and freedome and how Iesus our Sauiour told that he should bee the Apostle to bring his name before Caesar of the famous course by appeale from Festus to Caesar known to king Agrippa by famous nauigation and miracles these shew the Popes badnesse that would put all this out of tune to beg landes to match Emperors by a lye that S. Peter should be at Rome whereof God hath not giuen one syllable of found The Testimonie of Origen Clemens Alexandrine Tertullian Eusebius all vnsound and nothing worth without testimonie from them that should see him there The Pope must cut of all the stringes of S. Lukes harpe on mount Sion and vse Poliphemus musique to Galatea from Aetna if hee will stand in his old forgery Epiphanius would not stay vpon that fable though Latin writers to glory of the West could foster the fable Of the Epistle to the Romanes As the stringes of the Wolfes entralles will neuer haue concordes with the sheepes the musicall so the fable from the Pope that belieueth not that Christ is the only Rocke Psal 18. will neuer agree with the stringes of S. Paules epistle It Catechiseth men as needy of stay and telleth of a long desire that way and giueth expresse Law that euery soule should obey Caesar in matters of gouernement as to Iewes not taught in that And Modestly sheweth his reasons of rules fitt for simple though he was persuaded they could teach one another He had not passed ouer S. Peter if hee had taught them And hee pleadeth for his Bishoprick charge ouer the Gentils from Ierusalem to Illyrico all ready gone ouer and the Romanes to be of his Bishopricke where the name of Christ had not bene sounded by any Apostle And in salutations to fiue and twentie not one syllable soundeth toward that S. Peter had bene or euer should bee at Rome If the Pope had knowen IAH IEHOVAH THE ROCKE OF ALL AGES this epistle had taught him the Ebrews songe and to auoide them that should make sedition and scandala from this doctrine Of the first to the Corinthians This teacheth that the authority of Cephas Paul Apollos the cunning lawyer might not be of auctority But with expresse doctrine of Ceph to Rocke whereupon they that build be Cephae set vpon the Rocke And for excommunication he followeth the Synagogues sage manner That the open Court not Angelus Ecclesiae should practise it Though the Pope will be excōmunicating kings which thing Thal. Ieru in Sanedrin holdeth neuer vsed nor lawfull Other Thalmudique questions he decideth many and for the Lords supper putteth transsubstantiation out of tune and sheweth how all the Church should be as one body full of charitie and goodnesse and exhorteth all to haue skill in the Bible Of the second to the Corinth It continueth in the same tenor and that afflictions be the adiunctes to teachers of saluation not the Popes ease and quietnesse and that the Gospell shineth to all whom the god of this World blindeth not though ignorance be the mother of the Popes holy deuotion Against Purgatorie Where he sayth we know that if this earthly house of tabernack hath an end we haue a building from GOD an house not made with hands euerlasting in the heauens The Rock Leuit. 26. powreth water of that Doctrine to Moyses So Haides to all godly is heauen Of the Epist to Gal. Galatae barbarous Canniballs in Strabo are brought by S. Paul to the Rocke of saluation by faith without workes of the Law and if they stick to any one of them as Circumcision Christ profiteth nothing By this Epistle Martin Luther shewed the Pope to be an enimy to saluation And where he saith after many yeares he found Peter at Ierusalem and that Peter was the Iewes Apostle to saue whom hee could before the nation should be scattred And so he was for Greeks This water from the Rocke should wash away the Popes lies And the whole Epistle might tell him that he might as well repete Circumcision as Priest high Priest Mitre Cope Linen sacrifice Of the Epistle to the Ephesians The Epistle to the Ephesians conteineth a perfect doctrine of all faith penned easie for all to learne and dashing all popery The Philippians Are taught to reioyce in afflictions as the martyrs by Rome Apoc. chap. 1. and 7. and 11. and 12. and 14. and 15. and 17. and Pauls afflictions brought the name of Christ into Caesars pallace Colossians Epaphras brought the Colossians to the Rocke the son of God of whose aeternity and dignity S. Paul speaketh heauenly and to their building into all riches of full vnderstanding in the mysterie of Christ about deceit of Philosophie Iewes Ceremonies for meate the Pope in both matters is busie that his Wolfes stringes make no musique but where Lupa gaue milke to Rome builders Of the first to the Thess They in affliction be an example for the Martyrs in Spaine haters of the Popes idolls The last glorious comming of Christ will be their comforts Second Thess They should not looke that the last dayes were come to the World as to the Iewes Common weale in Prophets Genes chap. 49. Dan. 2. and Ebr. chap. 1. Because not onely open
for the Kings from the sun rising The same matter of Machmad and Turke arising from Euphrates and vexing the West was vnder the sixt Angells Trompet Geball All Tarik is a memorie how Machmadistes vexed thence Spaine and Italie But rather for a scourge then to hold long possession of old Euphrates stayed Parthians from the Empire But for Popes Idolatry euen Germanie is troubled by Hagarenes that Virgill might well say of both for Rome Hinc mouet Euphrates illinc Germania bellum On this side Euphrates begins to iarre On that side Germany doth menace warre And for Ciuil warres I may continue the verses following in the Poet for the words following in Iohn Vicinae ruptis inter se legibus vrbes Arma ferunt saeuit toto Mars impius orbe The neighbour Cities hauing broke their lawes Each against other vp in Armes arise And wicked Mars through all coasts of the world Acts mercilesse most cruell Tragedies And I saw that from the mouth of the Dragon and from the mouth of the beast and from the mouth of the false Prophet three vncleane spirits like vnto froggs for they be spirits of Diuels working signes goe foorth vn to the Kings of the earth to gather them into battel of the great day of the God of hostes Behold I come as a thiefe Blessed is he that watcheth and keepeth his garments that hee walke not naked that men see not his shame And hee gathered them into a place called in Ebrew Armageddon The Dracon is the company of the spirits that fell of old the beast the starre that fell from heauen chap 8. 9. and 11. 13. Prophecie is to teach the Gospell chap. 11. So false prophet is the troupe of false teachers three is exceeding many as cha xi two make many thousandes for Zach. chap. 4. Their spirites bee vncleane for doctrine of Diuells from the froggie puddles of slimie doctrine truth resteth in this HE shall bruse the old serpents head Rom. 16. God 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 shall tread Satan vnder your feete God in CHRIST destroyeth the workes of the Deuill and the verie Zohar vpon Gen. 3. saith HV HE is the holy and blessed Eternall But the old serpent deceiueth the Woman that sitteth on Rome beast to say that SHEE shall bruse the head of the serpent so their Latin goeth so their translations so their checking of the Hebrew text Thrise hauing the masculine gendre so against all Hebrewes and Greekes so against all prophets and Gospell and Gods creation that the woman should doe more then the man So to make this idle that God should be in Christ reconciling the World vnto himselfe if a woman could doe more then man and God in man Their writings are so plentifull vpon this poinct that they can deny nothing and so they crosse all the Bible which is but a commentarie vpon this place and all popery is a fight with this place and Satan conquering them for this maine castell hath conquered them for all the Bible That they haue against all religion Satans spirit Popes spirit and his Academies seruing the Pope These be the three vncleane spirits going against all holinesse of the Bible most euidently in deifying Creatures and their made sainctes and Bread with Wine which they would make better then all the world A seale of most high matters is most highly to bee estiemed But none without athean madnesse will say the seale is the King the Kings auctority it should haue to bee as himselfe as Tully saith to his brother But none of witt would make it the King him selfe All their doctrine is such that their Temples Masse and dayly profession in all things is from the vncleane spirite so that no man conuersant in the Bible can abide their Diuinitie For Liberall artes Law and Phisique they hold the principles of nations They should as well for the Bible and the Thalmudiques agreed with Saint Paul but for the incarnation and resurrection And in that the Pope granteth the storie But in all his proper differeth from all men therefore hee must haue a spirite from the vncleane Diuels The threatning of comming as a thiefe in the night is from Obadiah telling of Idumeans destruction suddenly who beeing of Izhaks house yet were close enimies to the truth The commandement of watching was vsed Math. chap. 24. And the apparell of the minde teacheth from care to our bodie what care we should haue to apparell our soule That faith regenerating trimme it The allusion to Armageddon where Barake of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 fought the combats of GOD that Mageddon was a mountaine of men cut in pieces that Iabin King of Chanaan was fully broken there this sheweth extreeme breaking of the enimie And when the world was not worthy of good Iosias GOD would plague Iuda at Mageddon So the name of it is fit to expresse a full ouerthrow by God from heauen Barak and the People did litle but God from heauen by the starres Auctors of weather fought from the storehouse of haile and raine that his mighty hand was Auctor of victorie The next Cupp expoundeth that plainely alluding further to the victorie of Iosuah where haile slew more then the men did And the seauenth Angell poured out his Cup on the aire and there came forth a great voice from heauen saying it is done and there came a great voice from the Temple in heauen from the throne saying it is done and there were voyces and thunders and lightnings and a great earthquake such as had not bene since men were vpon the earth so huge an earthquake so great Haile and fire mixed with blood were Pharaohs open punishments and thunderings and at the Law giuing was thunder lightnings and heauy cloude The Pope to come by supremacy weakning Greece by all meanes and begging landes and hauing Princes helpe to further his forgery of Constantinus donation made such warres and troubles that by Scripture phrase haile and fire was mixed with blood Then Princes thought the Turke getting Grecia should neuer plague them But now that they see him the cause of the Turks greatnesse and by Idolatry as Apoc. 9. told the cause of that successe and whole hinderance to saluation they requit him with taking from him what they gaue him He obscured sun and ayer all kind of learning Ebrew Greeke Latin hee abolished histories hee obscured that none of his applied well Greeks to Daniel the bridge to both Testaments Rhetorique tropes which Sacraments require hee turnes to propriety as in This is my body and This is my blood wherein all Couenants the signe hath the name of the thing signified Logique he turneth to sophistry To patch an whole art and policie ouer mighty kingdomes by sophistry most ridiculously when it is examined Not he but martyrs made the Gospell knowen which stirreth Princes against him that as to ouertrow New Rome or Constantina they gaue their authoritie to old Rome and atchieued their counsell but to their owne great mischiefe
so Princes seeing that the former age by the Pope brought in the Turke to the hazard of the West and see that he knoweth not one letter in the LAW and is blinde in euery part of it and cannot make his owne cause good against the Turke or Iew they forsake him the seruant of seruants as God left the Chananites to bee conquered of Dauid So he is Chanaan they be Dauid and in his warre he shall be Iabin and by Sisera fall at Mageddon and bee no more able to resist And the great Citie became into three partes and the Cities of the nations fell and Babylon the Great was remembred before God to giue her the Cup of the Wine of the heate of his anger and euery Iland fled and the mountaines were not found and great haile talent bigge descended from heauen vpon the men and men blasphemed God for the stroke of the haile because the stroke of it was exceeding great By the Citie meane the policie and by three partes great diuision that it hath but a third part because the policies of nations fall from it and God remembred his anger told chap. 14. and as vnder the Caesares Ilands and Mountaines were moued from their place that is into another policy so heere alteration of policie is meant haile of a talent is great ouerthrowes by Gods hand the allusion being taken from plaguing the Chanaanites Ios chapter 10. where haile killed more then sword So the Spanish fleete hath often had great shipwrake by the extraordinarie hand of GOD specially 1588. And what an infinite masse of money and millions of men hath Netherland consumed to him And lately Venice shewed his weaknesse that he durst not goe forward to warre and specially Iuliaque where Leopoldu◠Emperour Spanie Pope wish they had neuer begon Touching the quantity of haile in countreies neere the Alpes wee see this speach to keepe neere propriety without a great hyperbole At Zurick my learned friend M. Caspar Wesserus told me of haile lately there that one stone was brought from a field somewhat farre off to the Consull and must melt in cariage yet beeing weighed it peised a wax pound Chanaan and Egypt haue greater haile that trees and beasts be stricken to destruction by it And in all this the Papists repent not but thinke God to fauor the wicked side and so blaspheme and keepe their old Idolatrie and locusts of all professions as before It is hard for men to repent which will not learne from the word of God how their case standeth Their false ground that Peter was the chiefe Apostle and at Rome and the Rocke and that hee had auctoritie to binde and loose more then others and could leaue that to Doctores of the Citie which crucified Christ as though they best deserued that and the fables of their miracles as though they were true these harden them that they cannot come into the Church till the anger of God consumeth the Pharaohs as chap. 15. vers vlt. told CHAPTER XVII Iohn like Daniel And one of the seauen Angels which had the seauen Cupp◠came and spake with mee saying to mee come I will shew thee the Iudgement of the great Whoore which sitteth vpon many waters with whom the Kings of the earth committed fornication and they which dwelt in the earth were drunke by the Wine of her fornication THe wise God maketh the Cloud of his word light to Israel and darke to Pharaoh That the wicked shall not be ouer busie with it he speaketh to them in Visions that they cannot see whither they tend because they know not the ground Besides commorations seeme vnto them new matter and not a commentarie vpon former So to them that be out of the Church all things are in parables But they that know the grounds shall see all easie Ieremiah taught Israel in the playnest propriety of wordes that might bee Ezekiel sweetneth the same with allegories when both are compared together all is plaine Daniel telleth how Iudah should bee afflicted by enemies likened to the proportion of a mans body fist so generally that heathen would not marke the persecuted But the Iewes knew And if at the first they had bene told of great affliction they would haue gone before captiuitie into Countries of Grecia But when they were in Babel and neere returne their enimies are beasts comming out of the sea and terrible but yet reuenged as the image was by strok from a stone so they by fire But the persecuters and persecuted neither be named In a new vision they are expresly named what the Ram and Buck meane and the persequutour aboue all that should goe before him is plainely described And last of all a proper speach expoundeth the Image expoundeth the sea beastes expoundeth the Land beast That no booke was euer plainer then Daniel Iohn is like him He telleth chapter 6. of great plagues to a state but telleth not to what state Then he telleth of a falling away but telleth not by whose occasion Then he describeth the occasioner vnder seauen trumpets but hideth from the profane world what policie hee would haue marked After this he bringeth the old Caesares and Pope with late into one serpent After this he diuideth the serpent into two beasts with resonable plaine notes and sheweth that the former beast cōming out of the sea should be reuiued by that which came vp out of the Land Now that reuiued beast after his particular doings and suffrings is heere to bee seene with the reuiuer The Angell teacheth Iohn in vision the learned men be Angeli Ecclesiae The great whoore is the great Idolatrous City the many waters the harlot sitteth on be people troupes nations and tongues Kings society in Idolatry is the fornication the dwellers on the earth are the Idolous whose 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or cariage is not in heauen And he caried me into the wildernesse in the spirit As the Church was driuen into the wildernesse to haue a policie vnmixed with Rome so Iohn sheweth that they must not be of Romes part that will condemne her but absolute free from her In Aegypt God could not giue lawes for Israel but they must be separated from other policies so God brought them into the wildernesse And when God would teach Iuda that Moyses Ceremonies were but poore elements and to praepare them for the rest of Christ he carieth them into the wildernesse of the heathen And when Iohn Baptist praepared a way for the rest of Christ and calling of the heathen who in the dayes of Dauid and Salomon were not circumcised but baptized Rambam Asure Bia. Per. 13. So we must goe into a wildernesse simply iudge by Gods word not by rumors of antiquity and vniuersality what is to be iudged of Rome And I saw a woman sitting vpon a scarlat beast full of names of blasphemy hauing 7. heades and 10. hornes So Satan being incarnate in the Empire of Rome had seauen heades and tenne
in the world now of 900. Chanaans sinne was growing to ripenes Amalek of 1000. came not to Amans pride as Israel bred not Sadducees of 1000. yer nor Rome gate rule to deceiue whole states of a thousand yeres Now the text will be cleare The Pope deceiued not generally till 1000. yerees And I saw thrones on which men sate and iudgement was giuen to them and the soules of them that were beheaded for the testimony of IESVS and for the word of God and which worshipped not the beast nor his Image nor tooke the marke in their forehead or vpon their hand but they liued and reigned with CHRIST the 1000. year The rest of the dead did not reuiue of the 1000. year This is the first resurrection Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection The second death hath no power ouer them but they shal be sacrificers of GOD and CHRIST and reigne with him a 1000. year Heere then be martyrs and holy for 1000. year But the starre-worme-wood and the darkened starres and the locusts they continued in profane heathen lot and the Diuels were in their pit helping them to sett him loose to vex the holy Church for the old Ierusalem which Christ pronunced that it should be Iebus or troden downe for euer And when the thousand yeres are finished Satan shall be let loose out of the Prison and shall goe foorth to deceiue the nations ouer the foure corners of the earth Gog and Magog togather them vnto warres whose nūber is as the sand of the sea The Pope to weaken Princes did set them on to recouer the holy land which God would haue to abide cursed that Iewes might see their sinne killing Christ this would the Pope haue recouered and Rome in a thousand yeeres could not learne this one chapter nor remember old Gog and Magog how the Pope now reuiueth that warre in my Concent I haue shewed the termes meaning Thence the Reader may fetch it The Iewes Ierusalem was holy but now the Christian Church is the beloued Citie and the tents of the holy which to besiege and weaken hee stirred this warres for desolate Ierusalem The Pope weakened the West in superstition prouoking to warre for as he termed it the holy Land And they ascended ouer the breadth of the earth and compassed the Tent of the holy and the beloued Citie All the strength of the West was deceiued by superstition to goe fight in the East for Antioch in the land of Magog and other soiles neere Ierusalem and all the force of Machmad from the East assembled and 200. yea the poore Church was afflicted that afterwards Popes might set Kings vp and down as they would And Machmad still since hath vexed the West and the king of Locusts now hath 300. yeares beeing a new Gog and Magog vexed the Church And a fire came downe from heauen and ate them vp As Satan dealth with Iobs sheepe he dealth with the Popes sheepe to eate them vp with fire Euen thence to the worlds end chap. 19. which matter is heere briefly repeated and in that which followeth The Pope is a Beast of Empire by his might And the Diuell which deceiued them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the Beast and false prophet and they shall be tormented day and night for euer and euer The Pope is a Beast of Empire by his might and so the eight is also the seauenth and hee with his Clergie is also the false prophet Heere Papists may see what shall become of them A liuely description of the latter Iudgement And I saw a great white throne and one sitting vpon it from whose presence the Earth and the Heauen fled and no place was found for them and I saw the dead small and great standing before God and bookes were opened All mens doings are in record before God as written in bookes the like speech is in Daniel chap. 7. And another Booke was opened which is of life and the dead were iudged by the things written in the bookes according to their workes All that put not on Christ are condemned for their works Now the sea had giuen vp her dead and death and the graue had giuen vp her dead And they were iudged euery one according to his workes and death and Haides 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 were cast into the lake of fire this is the second death Death and Haides are expounded in Arethas sensible Men which commit matter worthie of death destruction And if any were not found written in the booke of life hee was cast into the lake of fire This sheweth that only the chosen in Christ haue life euerlasting and what there companie is euen the heauenly Ierusalem in this world the chapters folowing doe shew And I saw a new heauen and a new earth for the first heauen and the first earth passed and the sea is no more This speach may well be referred to the new world which for vs to search of what sort it shall bee the Law Deut. 29. to leaue hid things to the Lord our God forbiddeth vs to search curiously Of the heauenly Ierusalem I haue made a treatise in Greeke alone at large which I made turne to other tongues This worke is made to conuict Rome to be damned through all and I hastened in the beginning to that and I would not draw the Readers minde from that The last end may bee handled best seuerally So this paines shall heere haue an end AN EXPLICATION OF THE HEAVENLY IERVSALEM SHEWED APOCAL. CHAPTER 21. AND 22. BEING of larger discourse then the former Commentarie made by the same auctor to shew Romes condemnation and with small strife against Rome and such as Rome will not refuse to reade By H. B r. After the destruction of Babylon Let vs behold the saluation of Sion A Commentary vpon the Apocalyps Chapter 21. and 22. CHAPTER XXI The second discourse of 21. and 22. Chapters And I saw a new heauen and a new earth for the first heauen and the first earth passed away and the sea was no more ISAIAH chap. 66. compareth the Gospell hauing the rest of Christ for the Iewes Ceremonies vnto a new heauen and the earthly heathen state called to the church a new earth as God will make indeed a new world And ioyneth the doctrine of both together So heere after mention of heauen and earth passed the wordes import the new world and praesentlie turne to the Gospell in saying the sea shall be no more that is a troubled state shall be no more For the peace of God which passeth all vnderstanding guardeth our heartes in the loue of Christ that no sufferings for him is a griefe or trouble and we read chap. 16. that his Angels haue seauen cups of wrath to poure vpon the helhounds that bite his seruants they shall not care for the sea whence the Romane beast ariseth And I Iohn saw the holy City Ierusalem new comming downe from God