yet all are comprised by the Revelation and vision of John in the seven Angels Ministery of Asia So all Sects and Opinions are comprised in the seven Anti-angels Ministery of Europe And the Quakers Ministery it being the seventh and last Anti-angel that will sound the trumpet in regard there will come nor arise no higher nor better things in matter of Religion to the eye of reason So that men and women which doth not know truth when they want satisfaction in their mindes they must fall into the Quakers And as the Plagues and Judgements upon the earth are greater at the sounding of the Trumpet of the seventh Angel of Asia it being no less Plague then the end of the world Which Plague is far more greater then those six Plagues which was at the other Angels sounding So likewise there will be greater Plagues upon the earth at the sounding of the Trumpet of the seventh and last Anti-angel then there hath been at the sounding of the other six Angels for no more will come to the end of the world And the nearer it grows to the end the greater Plagues will be upon the earth For is not almost all the world in an uproar killing and destroying one another ever since the seventh Anti-angel did begin to sound And yet greater Plagues then hath been or is now will ensue upon the sounding of this Angel But I shall leave it to what providence and time will bring forth onely this to let the Reader see and know what a resemblance there is between the seven Churches of Europe and the seven Churches of Asia And how that the seven Anti-angels were included in the vision in the seven Angels of Asia and Plagues on the earth in like manner And as the Revelation of John in his vision did see that the end of the world would be at the sounding the trumpet of the seventh Angel the Anti-angel being included in the vision it will so come to pass But what day hour or year is not known to any man Therefore I shall leave it unto God who hath appointed an end in his own secret decree and hath declared it by his servants the Prophets and Apostles therefore ought to be believed by all that do expect eternal life by Gods putting an end to this world Neither can there be any satisfaction to the mind of man except it be believed It is that that satisfies me so that I do not question the thing though the time when is uncertain an end there will be as certain as there was a beginning So I shall leave it unto God that made a beginning of this world unto man and according to his own appointment there will be an end So that I need not say any more concerning the seven Churches of Europe there being a likeness and resemblance of their Ministery unto the Ministery the seven Churches of Asia And so may be called Seven Angels that sounded their trumpets and Plagues did and doth fall upon the earth at the sounding of every one of the Anti-angels as aforesaid Now I have given the interpretation of the seven Anti-angels I shall pass by the 10 11 and 12 chapters as I said before and proceed to interpret the chief things of concernment in the thirteenth chapter CHAP. XXXII IN the first verse of the thirteenth chapter John saith he stood upon the sand of the Sea and saw a Beast rise up out of the Sea having seven heads and ten horns and upon his horns ten Crowns and upon his heads the name of Blasphemy I would not have the Reader to understand that John did stand upon the sand of the Sea with the feet of his body when he saw this beast to arise out of the Sea But the meaning is the revelation of his spirit it was carried in the vision by the revelation of Faith as if he had stood upon the sand of the Sea-shore For the revelation of the spirit can stand upon the sand or upon the Sea though the body of a man be many miles distant from it Likewise it is not to be understood that this beast which he saw did arise out of the Sea but as I said before in another case this beast with seven heads and ten horns he did arise out of those Islands which did border about the Sea or lands that are environed about with the Sea and other great rivers of waters as some places of this earth is as that of Jordan and other places Which those that have travelled the earth and sea can better relate then I. But it may be said that this beast did arise out of the Sea in regard this borders kingdomes and people were environed or surrounded by the Sea as the land of Canaan was So that except the waters of Jordan had been dryed up by the power of God there had been no entring into it by the people of the Jews And so those four Angels that were bound on the river Euphrates as I shewed before so is it with this beast that John saw to arise out of the Sea He may be said to arise out of the Sea for those reasons aforesaid This beast is said to have seven heads and ten horns Now it is said Revel 12.2 That the great red Dragon had seven heads and ten horns also The difference between these two is this the Dragons seven heads and ten horns is spoken with relation to seven Kings that should proceed out of his loins that should have ten horns That is they should exercise persecution against the Saints ten times in the time of the Apostles Commission And this was the Dragons war that he made with the remnant of the womans seed as in Revelation the 12 and the last verse And the ten horns that the Dragon had were the Ten Persecutions of the Saints which are called by the revelation of John ten horns as is more opened in The Divine Looking-Glass But the thing I would have the Reader to minde is this the difference why the Dragon is said to have seven heads and ten horns and the beast that John saw to arise out of the Sea he had seven heads and ten horns also The meaning is this the Dragons seven heads did signifie seven Kings besides himself that should exercise the same idolatry and persecution of the Saints as he did For he gave his power unto this beast who had the seven heads and ten horns But this beast that did arise out of the Sea is said to have seven heads and ten horns in regard that he was one of the seven heads himself And the first of the seven heads that the Dragon had So that the Dragon is the eighth and is gone into perdition as I shall open more when I come to it Onely this that the Seed of Faith may see some difference between the Dragons seven heads and ten horns and the Beasts seven heads and ten horns The one having seven heads besides himself and the other having
both Jew and Gentile being called that holy City even as the other Babylon was troden and destroyed without the City of Jerusalem Which was many miles off Jerusalem thus in short I have given the interpretation of the most things of concernment in the fourteenth Chapter CHAP. XLV CHapter the fifteenth in the first verse John saw another sign in heaven great and marvellous seven Angels having the seven last Plagues for in them is filled up the wrath of God This great and marvellous sign that John saw in heaven it was those Plagues or wrath of God that was to be poured out upon this spiritual Babylon and those beasts and nations and people who did drink of the cup of her fornication of idolatry which is more explained in the sixteenth Chapter Also John saith he saw another sign great and marvellous It is said to be another sign because he spake in the chapter before much of that temporal Babylon with the Plagues and fall of it But in this fifteenth chapter these Plagues hath relation onely to this mystery Babylon therefore said to be another sign in heaven great and marvellous It is great and marvellous indeed for he saw the utter destruction and end of the world therefore calls them the seven last Plagues before upon the other Babylon But these seven Plagues are the last Plagues that are to be poured out upon the earth therefore called by the Spirit marvellous because the whole wrath or final wrath of God is filled up or finished upon the whore beast false prophets and all idolatrous persons in the world And this is to be executed by seven Angels that is these seven holy Angels have Commission from God to pour out those seven last Plagues in a suitableness or likeness to those Plagues that was poured out upon Egypt as will appear in the next chapter In the second verse John saw as it were a Sea of glass mingled with fire and them that had gotten the victory over the beast and over his image and over his mark and over the numbers of his name stand on the Sea of glass having the harps of God The Reader may remember that I have shewed before when I treated upon the fourth Chapter of the Revelation that there is a Chrystal Sea like unto glass or Chrystal waters in heaven above the Stars as really as there is Sea of waters here upon the earth and as certain as ships and other vessels can and do swim or glide upon the Sea and waters here below So may spiritual bodies stand or walk upon the Sea of glass in heaven above the Stars And this Sea of glass is mingled with fire it is said to be mingled with fire to signifie the purity of it the more because fire is that which purifies more then any thing but water Therefore the spirit of God is compared to fire and to water as Christ shall baptize with the Holy Ghost and with fire and Christ will give every true believer water of Life so that as the Spirit of God the operation of it is compared to fire and to water those two being the purifying things upon earth So likewise this Sea of glass mingled with fire which John saw in heaven it was that Chrystal Sea or Chrystal waters like unto clear glass Which was before the Throne of God as in the 4th of the Revelation aforesaid And John saw all them that had gotten the victory over the beast and over his image and over his mark and over the number of his name stand on the Sea of Glass having the harps of God That is the Saints of God who by their patient suffering they got the victory over the beast for faith and patience will conquer the greatest enemies in the world both within a man and without a man And this faith and patience in the Saints in the second Commission Was that which kept them from worshipping of idols images or submitting any ways to that false worship set up by the beast And in this regard the Saints may be said to get victory over the beast his image mark and name Which things I have opened before onely this is to be minded by the way that the Saints that getteth this victory over all false worship they shall have spiritual bodies that shall be capable to stand upon the Sea of glass in heaven even upon that Chrystal Sea which is round about the throne of God Even as men do stand upon ships upon the Sea of this world as aforesaid Observe if there be such power in saith in bodies that are mortal as to make them to walk upon the waters as in Christ and in Peter who walked in those bodies of flesh upon the waters how much more shall those whose faith is become a fiery glory which hath spiritualized the whole body That is it is a spiritual body capable to stand upon the Sea of glass in heaven as our earthly bodies are upon the firmest earth here below And those Saints that stand upon this chrystal Sea of glass these have the harps of God Now what is meant by the harps I have shewed before And in the third verse these that stood upon the Sea of glass having the harps of God they sing the Song of Moses and the Song of the Lamb which two Songs I have opened before Now what the words of the Song of Moses and the Song of the Lamb are some of them are set down in the third and fourth verses And those that stood upon the Sea of glass with the harps of God did sing these two Songs in those words aforesaid Their tongues being the harps of God to sound forth his praise and glory for his great mercies towards them There is nothing else of any great concernment to know in this Chapter but what I shall have occasion to speak of in the chapters following therefore I shall say no more nor interpret no more of this fifteenth Chapter CHAP. XLVI IN the sixteenth Chapter and the first verse John heard a great voice out of the Temple saying to the seven Angels Go your ways and pour out the Vials of the wrath of God upon the earth These seven Angels are to pour out the seven last Plagues upon the earth they are called seven Angels because of those seven several Plagues that are to be poured out upon the earth in the last dayes These Angels who had the seven last Plagues to pour out upon the earth they were of the holy Angels but whether they were just seven more or less is not much material But because the Plagues are counted but into seven therefore called seven Angels who poured out their Vials of the wrath of God which wrath of God are those seven Plagues when as one or two Angels might at the command of God pour out all those seven vials But this Book of the Revelation of John doth speak much of seven And 1. of the seven Spirits of God before the Throne
the Presbyterian did persecute upon the account of Religion as many can witness at this day Likewise was not the King driven from Whitehall by the Presbyterians and Independents Was not great Armies raised against him was there not many men slain by both Armies Were there not many thousands of people undone and destroyed by these plagues and troubles at the sounding of these two Anti-Angels namely Presbytery and Independency When I say Presbytery the Scots are included So that plagues doth follow upon the sounding of the trumpets of these Anti-angels as there did at the sounding of the trumpets of the Angels of Asia And the Angel of the Presbyterian signifies and resembles the Angel of the Church of Pergamos And the Angel of the Independent doth signifie and resemble the Angel of the Church of Thyatira 5. Fifthly Was there not great plagues at the founding of the Baptists and the Angel of the Ranters these two sounded together also That is their Ministery sounded forth together as the Presbytery and Independent did And they held together in War as the other two Did not great plagues follow upon the sounding of these two Anti-angels Was not Oliver Cromwel upon the Baptists score at the first was not he made General was not many Baptists and Ranters made great Officers of the Army for the Levellers were of the Ranters and the Fifth-monarchy men were of the Baptists So that the Levellers were a Branch that sprouted forth of the Ranters And the Fifth-Monarchy men were a Branch that sprouted forth of the Baptists And were not these the men that overthrew the Kings Army and the Scotch Army Did not these beat down all those that stood against them Did not these cause Judgement to be given upon the King when they had overcome him Did not these make France Spain and Holland to bow and fear before them Was not Olivers name dreadful to Neighbor Nations was not he a Terror to the Cavaliers was there not great destruction in England and else where at the sounding of these two Anti-angels These things many that are now living can witness So that there is plagues upon the earth at the sounding of every Angel for the Angel of the Baptist being the fifth in resembling the Angel of the Church in Sardis And the Ministery of the Ranters being the sixth Angel in relation to the Angel of the Church of Philadelphia So that great plagues hath been upon the earth at the sounding of every one of these six Anti-angels far more than I can relate Onely this may give the Seed of Faith a hint whereby they may see what a suitableness there is in the sounding of the trumpets of the Anti-angels of the Churches of Europe to the Angels of the Churches of Asia and what plagues did follow CHAP. XXXI NOw when the seventh Angel of Asia did sound it is said That there should be time no longer as in Revel 10.6 And in Revel 11.15 it is said And the seventh Angel sounded and there were great voices in heaven saying The Kingdoms of this world are become the Kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ and he shall reign for ever and ever Intimating the end of all time at the sounding of the seventh Angel And as the Revelation of John hath involved the three Records in earth to agree in one That is to say the Water Blood and Spirit or the Commission of the Law and Commission of the Gospel and Commission of the Spirit These three being several and a great distance of time between every one of them as they were acted upon this earth Yet all but one record so is it with the Revelation of John in his vision he hath joyned the sounding of the seven trumpets of the seven Angels as if they did relate to no other but to the seven Churches of Asia When as the same spirit did sound in the time of the Law and so it doth now in these last days in the Commission of the Spirit For some of those Plagues that were upon the earth at the sounding of those four Angels they were acted in the time of the record of the Law which signifies the water yet seen in the vision by John as if they were all acted and performed by the seven Churches of Asia So likewise the seven Churches of Europe were included in the vision also For there is a remnant of the seed of the woman in all the seven Churches of Europe that will be saved though the Ministery of them be Anti. They being non-commissionated Angels yet called Angels who sound their trumpets And at the sounding of these Anti-angels great Plagues hath followed as I have shewed before Now the Quakers being the seventh and last Anti-angel that will sound in resemblance of the Angel of Laodicea There will fall great Plagues upon the earth at the sounding and in the sounding of this seventh and last Anti-angel For there is no more Angels to sound after the Quakers Ministery for this Ministery will last to the end of the world For there will never come no better nor higher Ministery while the world â—oth last For the Quakers Ministery is the seventh and last Anti-angel that will sound and as the mystery of God was finished in the days of the voice of the seventh Angel when it did begin to sound as in Revel the 10. and as I have declared in The Interpretation of the eleventh of the Revelation So likewise when this Angel hath sounded out-right the world will be at an end and the Kingdoms of this world will become our Lord Christs and he shall raign for ever and ever Revel 11.15 And this Plague will be the greatest Plague of all the other six Plagues unto the seed of reason who have persecuted the innocent and killed the just But how long time it will be when these things shall come it is not revealed to me nor no man else Onely this by revelation I know that the last or third Commission of the Spirit is now extant upon the earth And that the Quakers Ministery is the seventh and last Angel that will sound But how long time it will sound is not yet revealed to me But this I know that they are the last and being the last they may last a pretty while Neither would I have the Reader to think that the Ministery of the other six Angels will be extinguished for they will last to the end of the world also Onely this I would have the Reader to understand that all Sects and Opinions in matter of Religion are comprised in these seven Churches of Europe So that these seven Churches are the root and body and the other Opinions in religion though seemingly they differ from them yet I say they are but branches that are sprouted forth from some of these seven Churches of Europe Though they seem very great branches yet they are but branches as doubtless there was many differing opinions in the seven Churches of Asia
wit the three Records in earth Water Blood and Spirit That is to say the Commission of Moses the Commission of Jesus and the Apostles and the Commission of the Spirit these are the three paths which God doth walk thorow which every Commissionated Prophet could finde out God in that path he walked in Thus when Gods Spirit walked thorow the Law of Moses that being the path for Gods Spirit to walk in the Prophets afterwards did finde him out in that worship of the Law So likewise when Gods Spirit did walk in the path of the Gospel the Apostles did finde him out in the Gospel and could trace his â—tep in the paths of the Law So that the Apostles found God out in those two paths aforesaid Thirdly The Witnesses of the Spirit have found God out in all his three paths as thus 1. The Prophets kept close to the worship of the Law of Moses and therein they found God 2. The Apostles kept close to the worship of the Gospel and therein they found God 3. The Witnesses of the Spirit keeps close to the worship of God in Spirit and truth These three Records on earth are the three paths for God to walk in and who ever doth walk in them shall finde him Onely I would have the Seed of Faith to minde what advantage one Commission hath over another the Commission of the Gospel had great advantage of those in the Law In that the Apostles knew the path of the Law and the path of the Gospel also so that they had proofs from Moses and the Prophets that they were chosen to bear witness unto Jesus and that worship set up by them when as Moses had no books to proof he was chosen of God but he had the power of miracles to prove he was sent of God and the Prophets after him had his writings to prove that God had appeared to Moses so that the Prophets could go no further then Moses and he that could trace the steps of God until he came to Moses he was sure to finde God there but if any man went any further he could never finde God at all So that the Apostles advantage was great in that they had two paths to walk in when as the Prophets had but one for the Prophets in their time did see that God would become flesh and the Apostles did see that God is become flesh so that their advantage was great Thirdly The Commission of the Spirit hath advantage above them both in this respect in that the worship of the Spirit is spiritual without any outward ordinances so that the Spirit of Faith or revelation can walk thorow the path of the Law and can finde that God was there but he is not there now Secondly This Commission of the Spirit can walk thorow the worship of the Apostles and do finde that God was there but he is not there now Thirdly So that God is walking now in the third path or third record on earth even the Commission of the Spirit and there is no 〈◊〉 for any man to finde God but there for there is the knowledge of the true God and the true Interpretation of the Scriptures so that this Commission of the Spirit it hath a great advantage of the other two aforesaid in that the knowledge of the Spirit is a higher knowledge then that of the Prophets and Apostles and the Interpretation of Scripture more abundant then either Prophet or Apostle and more especially the interpretation of heavenly visions For this the Seed of Faith may minde that heavenly visions are hard to utter by those men that see them but it is more hard for a man to interpret that which he never saw for any mans reason would tell him that it was more easie for Pharaoh and Beltesâ—azzar to tell their dreams and visions on their heads then it was for Joseph and Dauid to interpret their dreams Yet this gift was given them of God so to do So likewise God hath given us the chosen Witnesses of the Spirit more knowledge in the Scriptures then all the men in the world at this day and not onely so but God hath given me the gift of Râ—â—â—lation and Interpretation of many Visions and Revelations in the â—â—â—â—ptures of truth and more especially in this Book of the Revelation of Saint John Which book doth consist of little else but heavenly Revelation and spiritual will be which if the Seed of Faith doth but minde they will finde in this Treatise all the most considerable Revelations and Visions and mystical sayings in the Book of Johns Revelation opened and interpreted So that who ever doth truly understand the interpretation of them may receive much satisfaction as to discourse in the Scripture language with any learned man in the world that speaks the English tongue And not onely so but much satisfaction will arise from the true understanding of it to their eternal peace joy and glory hereafter And though I had thoughts as aforesaid to write no more Books after the 〈◊〉 â—â—tion of the eleventh of the Revelation yet I 〈◊〉 written two 〈◊〉 onâ— the Quakers did extort out of â—e by their writing unto me but this the Revelation in â—pâ—â—â—g many places of this Book of the Revelation of John it came so powerfully 〈◊〉 that I thought it was better to break covenant with my self theâ— to 〈◊〉 those 〈◊〉 â—â—ly mysteries and divine secrets with my self And being importuned by some to let it be publick I did apply my selfe the in â—â—â—rious unto it so that I am not glad I did perfect 〈◊〉 thing for noâ— others will have it as well as my self so that I make no question but many will receive benefit by it which shall last to the end of their liveâ—â— and not onely so but the knowledge and benefit of this Book of the Interpretation of all thâ— chief mysterious sayings and visions in the Book of Johns Revelation it shall remain in some to the end of the world and happy will those be in whom it doth remain and miserable will those â—e who despise and reject it though I be laid in the dust so I shall leave the issue to my God my King and my Redeemer the Lord Jesus Christ God and Man in one singular person who is distinct of himself from Angels and men and conclude this Epistle Written by Lodowick Muggleton one of the last Witnesses of the spirit unto the High and Mighty God the Man Christ Jesus in Gâ—â— To my Worthy Friend Mr. LODOWICK MVGGLETON UPON HIS Interpretation of the Book of the Revelations 〈◊〉 Honored It was my great good happiness to see Part of this your â—â—vailed Mystery â—re to the censure of thâ— world it â—s 〈◊〉 And in that part we thought I did descry 〈…〉 and discerning ey◠〈…〉 which hidden were Enjoy those sweet Râ—vâ—â—s 〈◊〉 For they to us are truly now mad◠〈◊〉 To 〈…〉 wiâ—â—â—n And when at first this 〈…〉 view Like a Prospective glass it
a scroll and where the place of the reprobates shall be Chap. 21. What is meant by the four angels who had power over the winds and what by the sealing of the servants of God in their foreheads Chap. 22. What is meant by the first and second Angels sounding and of the mountain burning with fire and what is meant by the third part of creatures that died in the sea Chap. 23. What is meant by the Star that fell from heaven and how it burned like a Lamp Chap. 24. What is meant by the rivers and fountains of waters being made bitter and how those that drunk of them died Chap. 25. What is meant by the sun being smitten that she could not shine but a third part of her only and what is meant by the Moon and Stars being smitten and how a third part of them did not shine nor give no light in the night Chap. 26. What is meant by the Star that fell from heaven unto this earth what is meant by the bottomless pit and the key that openeth it and of the smoke that did arise out of the bottomless pit Chap. 27. What is meant by the smoke of the pit and by the locusts that came out of it how the Saints are called green grass and trees Chap. 28. What the four Angels were and how mens heads may be said to be like Lyons heads and what is meant by fire smoak and brimstone that issued out of their mouthes Chap. 29. What the serpent is and how they may be said to be the â—ayle and how they may be said to have stings and how they do hurt Chap. 30. How the Papist Episcopal Presbytery and Independent Ministery doth resemble the angels of the Churches of Ephesus Smyrna Pergamos and Thyatira and what Judgements did follow Chap. 31. How the Baptist Ranter and Quaker their Ministery doth resemble the Angels of the Churches of Sardis Philadelphia and Laodicea and how plagues doth follow at and in the sounding of their Ministery Chap. 32. The Interpretation and difference between the dragons ten horns and the beasts ten horns and how they may both be said to have seven heads apiece Chap. 33. No true faith upon the earth but in the time of a Commission from God Chap. 34. The Interpretation and distinction why man may be called a dragon devil or serpent and how the seed of Reason may be said to be in heaven Chap. 35. How the beast may be said to be like a Leopard what is meant by his feet being like the feet of a Bear and his mouth like the mouth of a Lyon and what is meant by his deadly wound being healed Chap. 36. What is meant by the Tabernacle in heaven and by those that dwell in it how the Saints are not called the world and how they may know their names are written in the Book of Life Chap. 37. What is meant by the beast out of the earth with two horns like a Lamb and what the two horns doth signifie and how those miracles he wrought were counterfeit and meer shadows Chap. 38. What is meant by the Image and how the Image may be said to speak Chap. 39. What is meant by receiving the mark of the beast in the forehead and in the right hand and how they may be said to have the name of the beast and the number of his name Chap. 40. The Interpretation of the number of the beast and how he may be said to be six hundred threescore and six and yet but the number of a man Chap 41. What is meant by the Lamb that stood upon mount Sion and what those hundred forty and four thousand were who stood upon mount Sion with him and how the voices of the Saints are called the sound of waters and as the noise of thunder Chap. 42. The Interpretation how men and women may be said to be not defiled with women and in what sense they may be called Virgins And why the Jews are called the first-fruits unto God and who the Angel was that did flie in the middest of Heaven and how the everlasting Gospel was preached to every nation and kindred and tongue and people Chap. 43. The difference between the temporal Babylon and the spiritual Babylon expounded and how men may be said to drink the wine of the wrath of her fornication Chap. 44. How Christ is called by the Spirit The Son of Man and what is meant by the white cloud and the Crown of Gold upon his head and what is meant by the sharp sicle in his hand and what is meant by reaping the earth and how the wine-press of Gods wrath is â—roden without the gates or City of Jerusalem and what the City is Chap. 45. How the Saints of God are capable to stand upon the sea of glass in heaven as men may upon this earth they being spiritual bodies Chap. 46. What is meant by the seven vials of Gods wrath poured out upon the earth and what Angels they were that poured them out and why they are called seven Angels and how the Angel of the Gospel doth pour out his plagues as the Angel of the Law did Chap. 47. The Interpretation of the waters being turned into bloud and how the waters of the soul of man is turned into bloud in the spiritual as the natural waters of Egypt were Chap. 48. How the seâ—d of Reason did drink the Saints bloud and how they must drink their own bloud and what is meant by pouring out the vial upon the Sun and by scorching men with fire Chap. 49. An Interpretation of the kingdom of darkness in the temporal and what that darkness signifies Chap. 50. How the spirit of Cain doth run through all wicked Herods and how the Land of Goshen doth signifie true light and the Land of Egypt hell death and darkness Chap. 51. What is meant by the great River Euphrates in the natural and in the spiritual and how it may be said to be dryed up and who they are that are called kings of the earth Chap. 52. How these three unclean spirits like frogs proceeded from one spirit and yet by their several operations and workings they may be called three Chap. 53. A further Interpretation of the dragon beast and false prophet and how all the worship set up by them is false Chap. 54. An Interpretation of the operation of that wisdom that cometh out of the dragons mouth and why it is called by the Spirit an unclean spirit like a frog Chap. 55. What the unclean spirit is that came out of the beasts mouth and how they are clothed in scarlet Chap. 56. What is meant by the false prophet and how he cometh to be clothed in sheeps clothing and how these three unclean spirits like frogs deceive one another and all people else Chap. 57. What is meant by the great earthquake and by that great hail and how every stone may be said to weigh a talent and how mingled with fire and brimstone
into the sea and after they were destroyed the Charriots swum upâ—n the waters and in this regard they are called by the Revelation of John ships For when Pharaoh was drowned we do not read that he nor no Nation else had any ships but what hath been builded since So that John might call his Charriots that swum upon the waters after they were destroyed ships And the life of his horses and his mules and his men were the third part of creatures which died in the sea And this was that Mountain burning with fire that was cast into the sea at the second Angels sounding the trumpet c. CHAP. XXIII VErse the tenth And the third Angel sounded and there fell a great Star from Heaven burning as it were a lamp and it fell upon the third part of the rivers and upon the fountains of waters And in the eleventh verse The Name of the Star is called Wormwood and the third part of the waters became Wormwood and many men died of the waters because they were made bitter This third Angel sounded when Elijah and Elisha did those wonderful Mâ—racles in Israel in their reproving of Ahab and his sons for their idolatry and when Isaiah the Prophet prophesied against the King of Assyria For when the Angel doth sound there is always some great trouble upon the earth attends to one or more particular Nations As there was in the days of Elijah and more especially in the days of Elisha the Prophet when as the King of Syria warred with Israel but was prevented by the Prophet Elishas counsel As you may read 2 Kings and the sixth Chapter beginning at the eighth verse how many times he prevented the King of Syria But in process of time another King of Syria came against Samaria as in the 14 verse of this Chapter so that there was a great and extream famine in Samaria as may be read in that Chapter But this King of Syria was disappointed also And in process of time there arose another King of Assyria which came up against Samaria and besieged it and at the three years end took it as in 2 Kings chap. 13. verse 8. So in the 18 chapter verse 13. In the fourteenth year of the reign of King Hezekiah did the King of Assyria come up against all the fenced Cities of Judah and took them And further he went on until he came to besiege Jerusalem with great high boasting words against the God of Israel as he did against other idol gods Which he cast into the fire as Rabshakeh the servant of the King of Assyria doth declare as the History doth abundantly relate So that Hezekiah King of Judah did send to the Prophet Isaiah to enquire of the Lord as in 2 Kings 19. verse 2. And the Prophet Isaiah put the king in good comfort that the Lord would destroy the king of Assyria and his host as afterwards was done according to the words of the Prophet Isaiah as may be read in the Chapter aforesaid Now this king of Assyria and the other kings of Syria and the king of Moab that rebelled against Israel but especially this great king of Assyria was that great Star which John saw in his vision fall from heaven burning as it were a Lamp for he was in his own thought with pride and loftiness of his heart as high as the Stars are from the earth in power from the King of Judah So that Hezekiah his strength it was but as the earth for him to tread upon or like a reed which he could crush in his hand And this Star it burned like a Lamp that is a rumor and noise of his great army it went thorow many kingdoms putting them into such a fear which made the inhabitants hearts to burn with fear of his strength for he burned as a Lamp That is not swiftly but slowly that is he overcame one kingdom after another for when he had burned one kingdom by overcoming them by the word and firing their wooden gods The noise of this burned like a Lamp in other Kings hearts with fear that they and their gods should be served so And so it did prove as you may read 2 Kings the 19. chapter and the 12 verse what a many kings and gods did he destroy So that he burned indeed like a Lamp until he had consumeâ— many kings and their wooden gods So that his heart was lifted up with pride even as a great Star in heaven so that he thought to do by the God of Jacob in whom Hezekiah did trust as he did by those wooden gods which other nations did worship Therefore he proudly saith What God shall deliver Hezekiah the King out of his hand So that he burned as a Lamp with fear and terror both to the King and all Judah so that Kings are called Stars as it is said in Scripture speaking of Christ A Star shall come out of Jacob. So that Christ being the King of the Jews he is called a Star So likewise this great King of Assyria who had overcome so many Kings and had burned all their wooden gods who thought to do so to Judah he was that Star that fell from heaven burning as it were a lamp It fell upon the third part of the rivers and upon the fountains of waters this Star is said to burn like a lamp in regard he conquered so many Kings and burned their gods with fire And this Star is said to fall upon the third part of the rivers and upon the fountains of waters because he fell upon those kings that were scituated by Jordan and the Sea-coast many kings did Senacherib King of Assyria subdue and burn their gods with fire as you may see 2 Kings 19. and 18 verse So 2 Kings 1. ver 33. Hath any of the Gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the King of Assyria Where saith he are the Gods of Hamath with divers other Kings and Samaria or countries that have been delivered out of the King of Assyria's hand So that he hath digged and drunk strange waters and with the sole of his feet hath he dryed up all the rivers of besieged places as in the 2 Kings 19.24 And this was that great Star that fell from heaven which burned like a Lamp as aforesaid And this Star fell upon the third part of the rivers and fountain of waters It is said to be the third part of the rivers and fountains of waters in regard he stopped all those rivers and fountains of waters which did belong to all those kingdoms and lands which he conquered So that the inhabitants of those Lands could have no benefit of those Rivers and Fountains of waters which did belong to their Land For this Star falling upon their rivers and fountains of waters in besieging their Cities so that their rivers fountains of waters were dryed up with the sole of his feet For his Army was so great that the feet of
his Souldiers were every whereupon the rivers and fountains of water so that they were all become dry to the people of those Lands Neither could any of the inhabitants of those Lands not so much as taste of those Rivers and Fountains of water which did belong unto them For the feet of his army had besieged every place and in this regard the King of Assyria that Star that fell from heaven may be said to fall upon the third part of the rivers and fountains of waters and that he had dryed them up with the sole of his feet CHAP. XXIV ANd in the eleventh verse John saith the name of the Star is called Wormwood and the third part of the waters became Wormwood and many men died of the waters because they were made bitter Now John calls the Name of this Star aforesaid Wormwood in regard it made the third part of the waters it fell upon to be Wormwood also For many men that drank of these waters which this Star fell upon died because they were made bitter The meaning is this that when the men of those Islands or Lands did sally out or any other ways to get water out of those rivers or fountains to give themselves and their cattel drink Then the feet of this Star that is his souldiers fell upon those men and killed them So that the waters became bitter and that many men died of the waters for the waters were good of themselves but they could get none of them neither could they get any water no where else so that they must have of those Rivers and Fountains of water where the Star fell or else they must perish both men and beast for want of water So that they were forced to drink of those bitter waters though they died with it For the Star whose name was Wormwood was fallen upon them that is he had besieged the waters so in every place that the waters became as bitter as Wormwood So that whosoever did drink of them without the Stars leave he must die So that the waters became bitter indeed likewise many of Judah did drink of these bitter waters and as you may see Isaiah the 8 and the 7. In the 6 verse Judah is blamed for refusing the waters of Shiloah and many other waters therefore in the seventh verse it is said Now behold the Lord bringeth up upon the waters of the river strong and many even the King of Assyria and all his glory and he shall come up over all his Channels and go over all his Banks So that this Star whose name is Wormwood must go over the Channels and Banks of Judah and Samaria and make their waters as bitter as Wormwood So that they must many of them die of the waters also As it is said Jer. 9 ver 15. Therefore thus saith the Lord of Hosts the God of Israel behold I will feed them even this people with Wormwood and give them water of Gall to drink So that besieged waters are called by the revelation of the Prophets and of John Wormwood of waters And bitter waters and many are said to die of the waters because they were bitter It is because of the drought in that the Star the King of Assyria or any other power hath besieged or set guard upon the waters and so the waters becometh as bitter as Gall or Wormwood to those that shall drink of those rivers or fountains of water which are besieged They become as bitter as Gall or Wormwood and many men died of the waters in that they were bitter They were bitter indeed in that many men lost their lives in attempting to drink of them That is they were slain by the King of Assyrias host who was that Star whose name is called by Johns Revelation Wormwood And the rivers and fountains of waters which he besieged or any other power is called bitter Wormwood or Gall and who ever was seen to drink of these waters so besieged they were slain Therefore said to die of the waters because they were bitter as aforesaid So much for the sounding of the three Angels Now I would have the Reader to understand that there was other Kings that besieged the waters and fountains of Samaria and Judah Moab and Egypt and divers other kingdoms so that their waters became Wormwood and bitter So that many men died of the waters they being made bitter in that they were besiged by the enemy So that what King or power soever did act after the same nature and manner as the Star did aforesaid It may all be called but one Star which name of the Star is called Wormwood which made the waters bitter as aforesaid So that many men died of the waters and this was at the sounding of the third Angel So that what things hath been acted of that nature by any other Kings besides the King of Assyria between the sounding of the third Angel and the fourth Angel they are all included under one Star For at the sounding of every Angel there is some differing Judgement did follow upon it So that these three Angels that sounded they were fulfilled in the time of the Law But at the sounding of the fourth Angel the Law and the Gospel are joyned together That is the end of the Law and the beginning of the Gospel were now tyed close together as one thing by the sounding of the fourth Angel Onely this I would have the Reader to understand that the same Judgements was acted upon the earth in the other Angels sounding in the time of the Gospel as there was in the time of the Law Onely they differ something in every Angels sounding And as the Law is involved in the Gospel so hath John involved those three Angels that sounded in the time of the Law into the Ministery of the seven Churches of Asia Which are called by the Revelation of John in the vision Seven Angels therefore I shall proceed to open unto you that can understand when the fourth Angel did sound CHAP. XXV THe twelfth verse of this chapter And the fourth Angel sounded and the third part of the Sun was smitten and the third part of the Moon and the third part of the Stars so as the third part of them was darkned and the day shone not for a third part of it and the night likewise The meaning I declare is this it is spoken with relation to Christ and John the Baptist and the Rulers of the Jews The third part of the Sun being smitten it was with relation to Christs sufferings He being the Sun of righteousness and the head of the Gospel that heavenly light that shined from him it was as the light of the Sun to all those that believed him But he being smitten with persecution and suffering while he lived it may be said that the third part of the Sun was darkned So that the Sun could not shine so bright as it would have done For never any man spake like
the Reader may know what is meant by the mark and by the name and by the number of his name Observe the mark of the beast in the forehead is when a man doth worship the beast and his image willingly And the mark in the right hand is when a man doth worship the image for fear of loosing his goods or fear of persecution or against his will This is to receive the mark of the beast in his right hand And he that hath the name of the beast are such men as have the beasts warrants or his hand to sign their Commissions for places of Trust or any other Offices in the State This is the meaning of having the name of the beast And those men that have the number of his name are such as do wear a Badge or Figure of the Beasts Arms. And this Figure or Badge doth distinguish those men from others and not onely so but it signifies the race how many kings or beasts loins this beast came thorow even to the number of six hundred sixty and six And this is the true Interpretation of the Beast his mark and name and the true wisdom of God and true understanding of the number of the beast and of this thirteenth Chapter CHAP. XLI IN the first verse of this fourteenth Chapter John looked and lo a Lamb stood on the Mount Sion and with him an hundred forty and four thousand having his Fathers Name written in their foreheads This Lamb that John saw stand on Mount Sion he was no other but God himself For Christ is called The Lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the world for who can take away the sins of the world but God Also it is he that stood upon Mount Sion He may well be called the Lamb of God for he is God as I have shewed before And that Mount Sion he stood upon it did signifie the Faith of the Gospel according to that saying of Paul to the Believers in his time You saith he are not come unto Mount Sina which genders to bondage but saith he you are come unto Mount Sion That is to say the Worship of the Law that was given by Moses it was but Mount Sina but the Faith and Worship of the Gospel it was Mount Sion And as Moses stood upon Mount Sina by power from God to give the Law unto the people of Israel and this Law Moses gave it had power over the people to plague them if they did not obey therefore called Mount Sina which gendred unto bondage And Moses being chosen of God to give forth this firy Law he may be said to stand up n Mount Sina So likewise Jesus the Lamb of God he giving forth the Worship of the Gospel or Law of Faith which is called A New Law or Mount Sion Now Christ being the Head that gave forth this Gospel-worship giving peace to all those that doth truly believe he may be said to stand upon Mount Sion even as Moses stood upon Mount Sina So that Jesus the onely God is that Lamb that John saw stood upon Mount Sion So that the Reader may see what is meant by the Lamb and what is meant by Mount Sina and Mount Sion Again it is said And with him an hundred forty and four thousand having their Fathers name written in their foreheads Observe this hundred and forty and four thousand of Saints who were with the Lamb on Mount Sion I declare they were all of the Jews Nation who were begotten by the Faith of the Gospel in the Apostles Commission in relation or likeness to those hundred forty and four thousand that were begotten by Moses and the Prophets Commission of the Law as is spoken of by John Revel 7.4 Where he saith And I heard the number of them that were sealed and there were sealed an hundred forty and four thousand of all the Tribes of the children of Israel This number here sealed were spoken with relation to those of the twelve Tribes that were saved in the Commission of the Law And these of the same number in the fourteenth Chapter were Jews of the same Tribes who were saved in the time of the Gospel in the time those two Commissions did last But as for the Gentiles and other Nations who believed and were saved in these two Commissions they are not counted in the number of these hundred forty and four thousand that were sealed in their foreheads or that hundred forty and four thousand that stood with the Lamb on Mount Sion I say they both had relation to the Jewish Nation onely who were saved in the two Commissions or two Testaments aforesaid But the Gentiles and all Nations that were saved in those two Testaments they were so great a number or multitude which no man could number as Revel 7.9 Neither would I have the Reader to understand that the Spirit in John did mean exactly such a number of the Jews and no more But if his revelation led him out to speak of such a number or to include many thousands more in such a small number who shall gainsay it But happy will those be that know themselves to be one of the saved of the Lord though they be none of those hundred forty and four thousand spoken of who stood upon Mount Sion with the Lamb. So much for the Interpretation of the first Verse In the second Verse John heard a voice from Heaven as the voice of many waters and as the voice of a great thunder and he heard the voice of Harpers harping with their Harps This voice of many waters and as the voice of a great thunder which John heard from heaven I declare it was that Praise Halelujah and Melody that those hundred forty and four thousand which stood with the Lamb on Mount Sion did sing they all harping with their Harps it made a noise as the sound of many waters or as the voice of a great thunder For I say the voice of such a great number of Saints singing Praise to the Lamb together it would make a great sound even as the sound of many waters For many waters will make a great roaring that people that have travelled can tell And as for thunder that dreadful noise most people can experience and such a great noise or voice do the Saints make when they play upon the harps of their souls Which Harps what they are I have opened what is meant by them before therefore I shall spaek no more of them here And in the third Verse And they sung as it were a new Song before the Throne and before the four Beast and the Elders and no man could learn that Song but the hundred forty four thousand which were redeemed from the earth This new Song was that sound of many waters and the voice of a great thunder which those Harps did sound forth which Harps were the tongues of those hundred forty four thousand Saints as aforesaid Who sung the new Song that
reason the root which doth send forth refreshing thoughts motions and actions Many times the seed of reason doth this which is as a river of water to refresh the soul of man But when evil thoughts motions and actions do arise out of the heart it causeth fear wrath and torment of soul both of the punishment of the Law here in this life and the punishment of eternal damnation hereafter So that the rivers and fountains of waters that doth flow out of the hearts of men and women they are turned into blood That is as I said before the motions thoughts and actions which did arise out of the heart that yielded peace to the minde they were as water to refresh the heart of man even as water doth quench the thirst of nature both of man and beast But when these waters of the soul be turned to blood there is nothing but thoughts of fear motions of wrath and fear of eternal death So that the soul of man is loth or doth loath to drink of those thoughts motions and actions which are turned to blood that is to wrath and fear of eternal damnation But drink they must of the wine of the wrath of God for they have made the Saints to drink of the wine and wrath of their persecution for not worshipping the beast nor his image nor receiving his mark Though I speak of all men and women in general because all people have a river of water in their hearts but all rivers are not turned to blood But the meaning is all those people who worship the beast his image who receive the mark of his name or the number of his names these things includes both the beast and all false worships and false worshippers since Christ gave the Commission of the Gospel to his Apostles And as Moses poured out that Plague of turning the natural rivers and fountains of water of Egypt to blood at the first coming into his Commission of the Law So likewise will Christ pour out his vial of wrath upon the spirits of men and women and turn the waters of their souls to blood as aforesaid and this will be executed at the latter end of the world which end will be as certain as the beginning was by Moses Therefore John by the spirit of Revelation saw these vials poured out upon the beast and his seat and upon his image and upon those that had his mark name or number of his name as aforesaid For it is the nature of true faith to see things afar off or at a distance as near at hand or in present being So that this vial of Gods wrath which the third Angel poured out upon the rivers and fountains of waters I declare it is meant upon the souls that is upon the peace of the souls of those wicked beasts or Head-Magistrates who set up images idols and forms of false worship and cause the people so to do And all those people that do bow down to this worship they receive the mark of the beast or the name of the beast or the number of his name upon all these their souls is this vial poured out upon That is upon the peace of all their souls which peace is called by the Spirit rivers and fountains of waters And upon these rivers and fountains of waters the Angel doth pour out his vial and turn the waters of idolatrous men and womens souls to blood For this the Reader is to minde that there is motions that doth run in the minde of man as the waters doth in a river or spring And these motions doth cool or satisfie the soul of man as waters doth when men are athirst As the rich man Christ speaks of who being in hell desired one drop of cold water to cool his tongue that is one motion of peace or hope of deliverance out of this heat For if there could but one motion of peace arise out of the heart of one being in hell it would be that drop of cold water to cool the tongue of the soul But these waters being turned to blood by the vial of Gods wrath being poured upon it no waters can arise That is no peace can spring from the souls of men and women who have this vial poured out upon them that is who have the waters of their souls turned to blood that is to wrath torment and the fear of eternal damnation And because the Reader may know that the motions of peace in a mans minde may be called a river of water you may minde the words of Christ where he saith He that believeth in me out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water So likewise Christ said to the woman of Samaria If thou hadst asked me I would have given the Water of Life it should have been a Well springing up unto eternal life These waters flow from the Seed of Faith in the soul of men and women these are not those waters that are turned to blood But there are waters that proceed from the seed of Reason in the heart of men and women which are motions of natural peace that doth arise from the seed of Reason in man and these are those waters that are turned to blood by the pouring out of the vial of Gods wrath upon them as will appear by Scripture As first the waters of Cains soul was turned to blood for killing his brother Abel 2. The waters of cursed Cham his soul was turned to blood for uncovering his fathers nakedness in that he procured the curse of his father and Cain had more torment upon his soul than he could bear 3. The waters of Esau's soul was turned to blood for despising his Birth-right 4. The waters of King Saul's soul was turned into blood for disobeying the Commandment of the Lord in that it caused him to enquire of a Witch These being all of them the seed of Reason and the waters that is the motions of peace that did arise from that Seed as you may read that Saul had many or much peace for he was called Saul amongst the Prophets And further it is said that the good Spirit of the Lord departed from him and an evil spirit from the Lord was sent unto him That is the motions of peace departed from him and the motions of fear and horror was sent unto him That is the waters of his soul were turned to blood and so will it be not onely with these afore-mentioned but with all the seed of the serpent who rebel against God and that worship false gods as these beasts and all those that receive his mark So that to conclude this vial of Gods wrath of turning the rivers and fountains of waters to blood it hath relation to all wicked Kings and Head-Magistrates who are called by the Spirit Beasts and all those that receive the mark in the fore-head or right hand or his name or the number of his name For the mark name and number of his name doth include
which Land there is the light of Faith whereby they may see the way to that eternal light of Glory where no sad or melancholly thought shall arise to darken the light of peace joy and everlasting glory So on the contrary the Land of Egypt it signifies that hell and darkness of the minde So that all those who know not the true God nor his true Worship they are in that spiritual darkness in their mindes as the Egyptians were who gnawed their tongues for pain Even so will it be with all those wicked beasts who have and do set up Images and Idols of gold wood and stone or any false worship whatsoever contrary to Moses the Apostles and the two Witnesses of the Spirit I say all those that worship contrary to these three Commissions they are in that spiritual Egyptian darkness in their mindes whilest they are here in this world And this darkness in their spirits it will lead them to that eternal dark night when as no light shall appear for ever That is no motion of peace or hope of deliverance shall arise in their mindes for ever and ever And then shall this Beast and all that received his mark name or number of his name gnaw their tongues for pain to eternity For this Vial or Plague is poured out upon the seat of the beast then of necessity it will follow that all that worship according to his command will have the Vial of darkness poured out upon them also So much for the interpretation of the fifth Vial and of the tenth Verse CHAP. LI. I Shall pass by the eleventh and come to the twelfth verse And the sixth Angel poured out his Vial upon the great river Euphrates and the waters thereof was dried up that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared This great river Euphrates was in the Land of Canaan where those four Angels was bound as I shewed before And as those four Angels were loosed at the sounding of the Trumpet of the sixth Angel so at the pouring out of the sixth Vial this great river Euphrates must be dryed up Now this great river Euphrates it signifies all the rivers and fountains of waters in the whole world in the natural That is to say at the end of the world God will pour out his vial of wrath upon all rivers and fountains of waters so that they shall be dryed up so that the thirst of man and beast shall not be quenched this will God do in the natural Also God will pour out his vial of wrath upon the spiritual estate of man even upon the great spiritual river Euphrates that is upon all the souls and consciences of wicked idolatrous persecuting men and women all the world over That is the waters of their souls shall be dryed up so that no motion of peace shall arise or spring from their souls to quench the thirst of sin then no more then there did to Dives the rich man who being in hell wanted one drop of cold water to cool his tongue But the river of his soul that did run with motions of peace in his natural life it was now dryed up so that no drop of cold water could be had That is not one motion of peace or hope could arise in his spirit it being dryed up by the wrath of God being poured out upon the river of his soul So that the souls or spirits of all wicked persecuting idolatrous people all the world over maybe called in the spiritual the great river Euphrates and the vial of Gods wrath being poured out upon the spirits of those people aforesaid it doth dry up all the waters of their souls That is all their peace so that no hope of eternal happiness can arise in them For all hope is dryed up so that there is no motion of peace can arise in their souls to quench the fire of hell in them for all the waters are dryed up in their souls and this is that great spiritual river Euphrates spoken of by John Whose waters thereof are dryed up for the peace of the minde of man is called in Scriptures Water as Christ saith He that believes in me out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water So likewise Christ said to the woman of Samaria if thou hadst asked me I would have given thee water of Life and it should be in thee a well springing up unto eternal life So that there is spiritual waters that doth spring out of the soul of man as there is natural waters that doth spring out of the earth or out of the rocks And these spiritual waters doth satisfie the spirit of man in its kinde as the natural waters doth in its kinde And as there is a spiritual water that doth proceed from the Seed of Faith so likewise there is a spiritual water that doth proceed from the seed of reason in man And this water that doth proceed or arise from the seed of reason it doth give great satisfaction to the minde of man Now these spiritual waters that doth arise from the seed of reason are called by the spirit the great river Euphrates And this is that river Euphrates that the sixth Angel poured out his vial upon and dryed up all the waters as aforesaid Not but that the natural river Euphrates which signifies all the rivers in the world will be dryed up also Onely this book of the Revelation of John it hath generally a two fold meaning that is to say a spiritual meaning and a temporal meaning So that both the great river Euphrates in the temporal and the great river Euphrates in the spiritual the waters of them both will be dryed up at the end of time which thing will be unexpressible sad to all those who have no water of Life in their souls to drink It is said by the spirit of John that this great river Euphrates was dryed up that the way of the Kings of the east might be prepared Now what these Kings of the east are is very necessary to know These Kings of the East I declare they are all good Kings further I declare that Christ the King of Heaven is said to come out of the East as you may read Math. 2.2 3 verses Where the wise men from the East came to Jerusalem saying where is he that is born King of the Jews for we have seen his Star in the East and are come to worship him So that this Jesus the King of the Jews he is called the King of the East because his Star in the East directed the wise men to finde him out that they might worship him Now this is to be minded by the Reader that Prophets Apostles and Saints they are called by the Spirit Kings and Priests unto God as the Scripture saith So that all Prophets Apostles and true Believers may be called Kings And seeing the King of Kings came out of the East these all following him in the same steps of faith and
patience they are called by the Spirit Kings of the east So that Christ his Prophets Apostles and Saints are those Kings of the East who have the aforesaid waters dryed up that the way for these Kings of the East might be prepared That is there is no natural rivers upon earth that shall hinder or keep from being dryed up neither temporal nor spiritual For the vial of Gods wrath it will dry up all the rivers of waters upon earth natural and all rivers of waters spiritual when Christ shall come in the clouds of heaven with all his Saints the Kings of the East to put an end to this bloody persecuting unbelieving world And to dry up all the waters of peace in mens souls And the Kings of the East by their faith and patience shall walk upon the waters of wicked persecuting mens souls as upon dry ground That is the Kings of the East shall rejoyce in the eternal destruction of their enemies even as their enemies did over them when they persecuted and put them to death So that the way that is the hearts of the Saints enemies may be as a way for the Kings of the East to tread and trample upon all that joy peace and comfort that the Dragon beast and false prophet had when they persecuted the Saints Which Saints are the Kings of the East and that faith and patience the Saints had it prepared themselves to suffer with chearfulness the persecution and death it self So that the waters of the great river Euphrates even the waters of their persecutors souls was dryed up that the Kings of the East that is the Saints might be prepared to fight that good fight of Faith as the Saints did in the time of the Ten Persecutions So much for the interpretation of the twelfth verse CHAP. LII VErse the thirteenth And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs came out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet These three unclean spirits like frogs they are said to come out of the mouthes of three several persons to wit the Dragon beast and false prophet yet these three proceed all from one spirit even the spirit of the fallen Angel or as I may say the spirit of Cain that Dragon-devil who was the first murderer And the spirit of Cain remaining in the seed it bringeth forth many Dragon-devils like himself So that all Dragon-devils make up but one Dragon and so all wicked beasts make up but one wicked beast so all false prophets and false priests or false speakers they make up but one false prophet Now they are called three unclean spirits like frogs in regard of the threefold operations and workings of them For they proceeded from that one spirit of reason the devil Onely this one spirit of reason it doth work three several ways and by three several persons yet all three of them were like frogs They were all alike for wicked idolatry and persecution of the Saints and to deceive the people For they are the spirits of devils working miracles which go forth unto the Kings of the earth and of the whole world to gather them to the battel of that great day of God Almighty as in the 14 verse of this chapter So that these three spirits like frogs that came out of the Dragons mouth and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet They were to go forth to all the Kings of the earth and not onely so but to all great men in the whole world to invite them to persecute and to fight against the Saints with a sword of steel and with other cruel deaths When as the Saints had no other weapons of war but those that were spiritual to wit the sword of the spirit the shield of faith the helmet of salvation these and such like weapons of war the Saints do fight withal But the Dragon beast and false prophet they by their councel power and authority did invite all the kings of the earth and of the whole world to fight against the Lord Jesus and the remnant of the Seed of Faith who are the Saints With persecution and death as aforesaid with carnal weapons and inventions of cruel deaths as the Scriptures and History doth make mention of But the Revelation of John gave him to see that the last battel that will be fought between God Almighty and the dragon beast and false prophet it will be at the end of the world That is Jesus Christ he is God Almighty he and his Saints and Angels shall fight with the dragon beast and false prophet and with all the Kings of the whole world And he and his Saints shall give them an utter overthrow that is an eternal overthrow so that the dragon beast and false prophet with all the adherents unto them shall be destroyed with a second death which shall burn as a lake of fire for even and ever CHAP. LIII IT will be necessary to open something more of the dragon beast and false prophet and of those three unclean spirits like frogs that came out of their mouths The Reader may remember that I shewed before that there was many dragons since Cain yet all counted by the spirit but one dragon and so of the beast and false prophet all are included into one Now this dragon spoken of he is meant the same great red dragon spoken of in the 12. of the Revelation who persecuted the woman namely Herod though there was many dragons after him yet it is called all but one dragon they being all partakers of the same spirit and acted in the same persecution of the Saints So likewise that beast that did arise out of the Sea with seven heads and ten horns as in the thirteenth chapter verse the first Is that beast spoken of here by the spirit though there was divers other beasts after him yet they acting by the same spirit of persecution of the Saints they are all called by the spirit but one beast So likewise the false prophet is meant that government of worship that was established upon the Chief or High-priests of the nations so that there was a spiritual government of worship which did belong to those Images and Idols that was set up by the Power and Authority of the Beast As all Forms of Worships let them be true or false there must be some particular Head as Aaron was High-priest of the Worship of the Law and Christ the Head of the Gospel Worship yet there was many more High-priests besides Aaron yet all called but Aaron the High-priest Even so it was with the false prophet the same spirit of idolatry and persecution for conscience sake for not submitting to worship the beast and his image it did run thorow the spirits of all the false priests as it did in him that was the chief who was set up by the power of the beast at the
with garments down to the heel So that the outward garb and clothing of these three they do carry such a glory honor and majesty among the people in outward appearance that the people do believe or think there is more honor and glory within whereby they are mightily deceived in their expectations For these three sorts of men afore-mentioned are counted by the Spirit of revelation in John no other but three sorts of Frogs and those three spirits that sent them out they were but three unclean spirits And the work these Frogs aforesaid are to do it is to go forth to deceive the people of the earth for where is there a man hardly to be found not fourteen yeares ago upon the earth but they were deceived either by the Physician Lawyer or Priest Nay they deceive one another for the Priest is deceived by the Doctor of Physick and the Doctor of Physick he is deceived by the Priest For the Priest deceives his soul in that the Doctor thinks he can preach such saving Doctrine that may save his soul but alas he is altogether deceived for the Priest doth not know what will become of his own soul after death much less of anothers So likewise the Doctor of Physick he deceives the Priest making him believe and think that he will give him such a portion of Physick as shall restore him to life and health when as many times it doth cause the want of health and life both So that he deceives the Priest both of his health and money also just as the Priest did him in the matter of his salvation And as for the Lawyer he cheats the Doctor and the Priest both For they are both forced to make use of him and they do the the like by him for the Lawyer he must have the Priest for his Minister to save his soul and the Doctor to be his Physician So that they get pretty even one with another but all people besides that deal with them are sure to be deceived and to loose by them These three sorts of men are esteemed by the world the most honorable men of all but by the Spirit of Faith they are branded for the worst of all men In that they are called frogs for experience doth shew that these three sorts of men do overflow the earth like crooking frogs in the water on a hot sun-shiny day So that hardly a man can escape being persecuted or deceived or cheated by them These are those that are sent forth by those three unclean spirits which are called the spirits of devils which go forth to the Kings of the earth And of the whole world to gather them together to the battel of that great Day of God Almighty That is these three sorts of men shall incite and invite all ignorant Kings of the earth or Head-magistrates and all ignorant people to persecute and kill the innocent Saints who cannot fight with no other weapons but faith and patience And such spiritual weapons as these must destroy all the great Army of the whole world when they are gathered together Because this battel will be the last battel that will be fought between the Seed of Faith and the seed of reason Therefore called the great day of God Almighty and the place where this great battel must be fought where they were gathered together it is called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon That signifies the whole world or that great City mystery Babylon the mother of harlots who hath made all nations drink of the cup of the wine of the wrath of her fornications When that City is destroyed the whole world will be destroyed also But I shall have occasion to speak more of that in the seventeenth Chapter so that the Reader may see a little more clear what is meant by those three unclean spirits like frogs what they are and from whom they did proceed Also I have interpreted what followed upon the pouring out of the vial of the sixth Angel with many other things which may satisfie the Readers spirit if understood So I shall pass by a verse or two there being nothing of any great concernment in them and shall go on to the 17 verse CHAP. LVII ANd the seventh Angel poured his vial into the air and there came a great voice out of the Temple of heaven from the Throne saying It is done This seventh Angel he poured out his vial into the air Now this is to be minded that the vials of Gods wrath they are poured out upon the earth and upon the sea and upon the Sun and upon the seat of the beast c. And now last of all upon the air so that the wrath of God is poured out upon every thing and place that doth yield comfort and refreshment unto the heart of man And air being the greatest refreshment of life of any thing else especially when life is like to die this experience doth shew the truth of it Also air is the last refuge that life hath to fly unto for many people will in sickness call for air because for want of they it die for air is the life of nature and when life is weak and not strong enough to take in air into it then it doth dye for so long as life can receive air into it it doth live So that this seventh and last vial of Gods wrath it is poured out upon the air Because the air is the last and greatest refreshment unto a natural life and not onely so but it is the conclusion of life the want of it So that the last vial of Gods wrath it is poured out into the air onely to signifie the annihilation of all natural life which he created at the beginning of this world So now at the latter end of this world his vial of wrath being poured out upon or into the air it will destroy that natural life of man and beast and all other creatures that hath life Therefore it is that great voice out of the Temple of heaven from the Throne saying It is done Signifying that the vial of Gods wrath being poured into the air is the conclusion and end of all Gods plagues upon natural life in this world For though God had destroyed the life of many thousands and millions more then can be numbered by those six vials poured out before as that of the earth and of the sea and of the sun and of the seat of the beast as aforesaid I say they are not to be numbered the multitude these vials did destroy Yet this vial poured out into the air it destroyeth more then all the rest It being the last and the utter annihilation of all natural life and the end of the world Therefore it is said by the voice out of the Temple in heaven It is done That is all the vials of Gods wrath are poured forth upon this wicked unbelieving idolatrous world neither shall there be any more vials of wrath or plagues poured out
spiritual fornication or whoredom So that all false worshippers or all that do worship idols or false gods from the greatest to the least from the beginning of Moses Commission to the beginning of the Apostles Commission and to the end of them and not onely so but to the end of the world even to the end of the Commission of the Spirit even the seven Churches of Europe For all spiritual idolatrous worship is in them also though they differ in several forms of worship one from another Namely the Papist Episcopacy Presbyterian Independent Baptist Ranter and Quaker all other Sects and Opinions are involved in these seven and every one of these seven are idolatrous Because none of them knoweth the true God therefore cannot worship him aright So that by consequence it will follow that they all commit fornication with idols for whoever worships a false god he committeth spiritual fornication which I am sure they all do For neither the Ministery of them nor the people doth know the true God nor the right devil for if they did then would they know what worship doth belong unto the true God now in these latter dayes So that all the false worshippers from the beginning of Moses to the end of the world they make up but one great City Babylon or one Woman or one scarlet Whore who hath made all Nations drink of the wine of her fornication That is this spirit of Reason in Kings and Head-Magistrates hath made all Nations to worship idols and images for God So that they have become drunk with spiritual fornication that the people have thirsted after the blood of the Saints as well as those in authority So that they are all become one City Babylon which will be destroyed at the end of the world This is that great Mystery Babylon that great City that John did prophesie the downfal of in the sixteenth Chapter And in the seventeenth Chapter he saw by faith the total downfal of this spiritual Mystery Babylon that great City the Mother of harlots that is of spiritual idolatry which is spiritual whoredom So that there was many more harlots then one yet they are all counted by the Spirit but one whore or harlot For that great City Babylon doth consist of nothing else but spiritual harlots So that the Reader may see what is meant by this spiritual Babylon and this great City and what is meant by the woman the great Whore and what is meant by her fornication so that the Reader may the better understand the interpretation of the Chapter that followeth CHAP. LIX IN the first verse of this seventeenth Chapter there was one of the seven Angels which had the seven vials and talked with John by way of vision and revelation saying unto him Come hither and I will shew unto thee the judgement of the great Whore that fitteth upon many waters Here it is clear that John did see by way of vision and revelation the downfal or judgement of this great spiritual Whore which I have shewed what is meant by it before And as for her sitting upon many waters the many waters where the whore sitteth it signifies multitudes of people nations and tongues as you may see verse 15. That is the spirit of reason in the whore as aforesaid should have such a spiritual power over the spirits of whole nations and tongues and multitudes of people that she should cause them all to commit fornication with idols or else they should be persecuted or suffer death So that whosoever would not commit fornication with her or at her command they should drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication That is she would persecute and put them to death for death is the wine of her wrath For the blood of the Saints is that wine of her wrath which is put into her golden cup that is in her hand And she doth not onely drink the blood of the Saints that is in the golden cup her self but she doth make the Kings of the earth to drink it also For in the a verse With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk of the wine of her fornication That is the Kings of the earth hath committed fornication with her in that they have been perswaded by her and joyned with her to worship idols For except the Kings of the earth who are the temporal power doth joyn with her spiritual power she could do nothing So that the Kings of the earth committing fornication with her that is to worship idols with her So they came to commit fornication with her that is the Kings and Head-magistrates doth uphold that spiritual power the whore hath and doth help to make the people to drink of the wine of her fornication So that the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication That is the inhabitants of the earth what with command from the spiritual power of the whore and what with command from the temporal power of the Kings of the earth the inhabitants of the earth are forced to commit fornication with idols also So that they are made to drink the wine of fornication with her that is look what comfort or satisfaction can be found in worshipping of idols they shall drink it with her But the wrath of her fornication none shall drink that but the Saints because they will not commit fornication with her that is to say not worship idols at her command Verse the 3. So be carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness and I saw a Woman sit upon a Scarlet coloured beast full of names of blasphemy having seven heads and ten horns As for the wilderness I shall say nothing as to that because I have opened what it is in the Interpretation of the eleventh of the Revelation But this Woman who doth sit upon a Scarlet coloured beast the Woman is the same as I said before that great City Babylon And the Scarlet coloured beast it doth signifie all Kings and Head-magistrates who hath submitted unto the false suggestions of Learned men who have pretended to be Prophets and Priests and Ministers of God without a Commission from God And so by the advice of these false prophets priests and ministers kings and head-magistrates hath set up images or forms of worship And hath made Laws for all people to obey in point of worship as well as in point of civil or temporal affairs Also they have made these persons aforesaid to have the charge to see the people worship according to that Law And hath given them a spiritual power to punish all those that will not worship accordingly This hath been the practice of all Kings and Head-magistrates I mean all evil kings and head-magistrates ever since the first idolatrous practices was used under Moses Commission And so a successive idolatrous power did follow even amongst the professors of the God of
make war with the Lamb that is they make war with the Saints and shed their blood For these ten Kings do execute the will of the beast in making war with the Saints for in making war with the Saints they may be said to make war with the Lamb. And as the faith and patience of the Saints did bear their cruel torments to the terrifying of the souls of their persecutors even whilest in this life So that the sufferings of the Saints with patience and chearfulness for they have no other weapons of war but the weapon of the Spirit That is to say a Breast-plate of Righteousness the Shield of Faith the Helmet of Salvation the Sword of the Spirit these are the Lambs weapons of war and he doth furnish his Saints with them so that they shall be able to overcome all their enemies Who fighteth with Spear and Shield or with Sword of steel or Gun these are the devils weapons of war and he fighteth with the Saints with these and such like weapons and so kills the body and hath no more to do That is he puts to death this natural life which is called but a killing the body and hath no more to do But the weapons of war the Saints do use they being spiritual they kill the persecutors soul and yet shed no blood For as carnal weapons doth kill the natural life of man and shed his blood So likewise those spiritual weapons afore-mentioned doth kill that spiritual life in the persecutors with an eternal or second death and yet shed no blood and in this manner shall the Lamb overcome these ten Kings which ten Kings doth include all persecuting spirits whatsoever For the Lamb being King of kings and Lord of Lords he hath chosen his Saints and they are faithful to fight under his banner for he hath called them for that purpose And the Lamb being their King and Captain the Saints shall certainly overcome their persecutors and in this sense the Lamb shall overcome them CHAP. LXIIII. VErse the fifteenth And he saith unto me the waters which thâ—â— sawest where the whore sitteth are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues I have opened this verse before so that I need not speak any thing more of it here but I shall pass by this and go to the sixteenth verse Verse the sixteenth And the ten borne thou sawest upon the beast these shall hate the where and shall make her desolate and naked and shall eat her flesh and burn her with fire These ten horns are those ten Kings aforesaid they received power before from the beast to persecute the Saints and to make war with the Lamb. And now they receive power from God to hate the whore and to fight against her spiritual power as you may see in the seventeenth verse For God hath put it into their hearts to fulfil his will Yet I would have the Reader to minde that these ten horns or ten kings doth imploy all wicked kings who are subordinate or under the beast For all wicked beasts are included in this one beast and all idolatrous spiritual power is included in this one whore or City Babylon So that God will put it into the hearts of wicked kings to put down the spiritual power of idolatry So that the Fifth-Monarchy-men are mightily mistaken thinking in themselves that those Kings or great persons that shall pull down the Popes spiritual power or any other spiritual power that hath neer affinity with the Popish worship I say they are much mistaken For God will put it into the hearts of wicked reprobate men to do his will they shall hate the whore and make her desolate and naked That it they shall smite her flesh with a sword of steel and burn her with fire that is they shall utterly destroy her For burning with fire signifies utter destruction and eating her flesh it signifies the being well pleased in their mindes so that their mindes doth feed upon the destruction of her and in this sense they may be said to eat her flesh Onely this I do confess that the Pope is that whore that must be made desolate for the same spirit of fornication concerning spiritual matters or worshipping of idols is in the Pope and others as there was in other whores who profess the same spiritual power as the Pope doth For one spirit of idolatry hath run thorow the line of them all in all ages and the Pope succeeding after the Ten Persecutions he is called by the Spirit a whore and the last whore And doth not she by her spiritual power sit upon many waters which waters doth signifie multitudes of people nations and tongues doth not she by her spiritual power and temporal both sit almost upon all Europe Doth noâ— she sit upon almost all the Beasts that is the Kings of Europe So that when this whore is made desolate the world will be at an end Onely this I would have the Fifth-Monarchy-men to minde that they must be wicked reprobate men that doth make her desolate for all that fighteth with carnal weapons that is a sword and Gun they are wicked Though God doth put it into their hearts to do his will for one wicked man shall destroy another with carnal weapons For these ten horns which signifies all wicked Kings when they have made the whore desolate they shall give their kingdoms unto the beast until the words of God shall be fulfilled That is these conquerors over the whore shall give their kingdoms unto the Beast who gave them Commission and power at the first to persecute and kill the Saints So that they take no notice that God did put it into their hearts to do his will upon the whore but they attribute all the power and glory of it to the beast looking more upon his Commission and Authority that he gave them To destroy the Saints and by the same Authority they think they do make the whore desolate not minding Gods putting it into their hearts Therefore it is they give their kingdom unto the beast until the words of God shall be fulfilled That is they shall give their kingdoms unto the beast until the end of the world When God shall make a final end that is an eternal destruction of the beast and of the whore and of these ten horns that gave their kingdoms unto the beast then will the words of God be fulfilled CHAP. LXV VErse the eighteenth and the last verse of this chapter And the woman which thou sawest is that great City which raigneth over the Kings of the earth I have spoken of these things in this verse in divers places before so that I need not say no more of it Onely this I would have the Reader to minde that all this seventeenth Chapter the things contained in it it was shewed unto John by way of vision And what judgement should befall in the end to all those that were concerned in those matters of spiritual and temporal
sense upon the words of this Prophecy even what their imaginations doth dictate unto them they being uncertain in themselves that what they say to be true So that who ever doth take upon him to be a Minister of the Gospel to interprete the Scriptures without a Commission from God or that knowledge aforesaid I say such men as those may be said to add unto the words of the Prophecy of this Book of the Revelation and not only so but to the whole Book of the Scriptures For all men that do undertake to be Ministers and Preachers of Christ without a Commission from him they not being sent by him these men onely are those that do add unto the Prophecy of this Book that is they add their own vain thoughts and conceivings of their own imaginations unto the truths of God So that in stead of the true meaning of the Scriptures the people have nothing else but the Preachers thoughts and conceivings of the Scriptures and so are altogether unsatisfied in their spirits and these are those men that do add unto the Prophecy of this Book of the Revelation and to the Book of the Scriptures So in like manner will God add unto him or them the plagues that are written in this Book Now what these plagues are they are spoken of in this Book The plagues that shall be added unto them are spiritual that is to say spiritual darkness upon the minde here and the fear of the second death so that the soul of man shall possess the second death which shall burn as a lake of fire and brimstone in utter darkness where is weeping and gnashing of teeth to eternity These are those spiritual plagues that God will add to all those men that go to be Preachers of his Gospel and were not sent by him for they onely do add unto the Prophecy of this Book So that the Reader may see what a dangerous thing it is for a man to take upon him to prophesie preach or teach as a Messenger of Christ without a Commission from him For who ever doth so he doth add his own vain thoughts and imaginations in the Scriptures of those Heavenly Secrets Mysteries and Visions declared by holy men who were inspired by the holy Ghost or the revelation of Faith to write those things aforesaid yet men by their own imaginations by the gift of Learning and by the natural wisdom of Reason will undertake to interprete Scriptures and to be Preachers to others without a Commission from God and without any true knowledge of God And so these men do come to add other Interpretations of their own conceivings unto the Scriptures which is contrary to the mind of that Spirit that writ them and so they become capable to receive of those plagues that are written in this Book as aforesaid CHAP. LXXXII ALso I would have the Reader to know that the same men that do add their conceivings unto this book the same sort of men do take away from the words of this Book of this Prophecy They may be said to take away from it in that they will not suffer any true Interpreter to expound the meaning of the words of the Prophecy of that Book of the Revelation or any other Scriptures onely this some mens mindes are acted out one way and some another some men so they may be suffered to speak their own phantasies upon the Scriptures so as to please themselves and their Hearers that is they care not how much they add to this Book not minding to take any thing from it It is not their principles to take any thing from the Scriptures but their delight is altogether to add their vain conceptions conceiving the meaning thus and thus But he that taketh away from this Book is such a one that will not suffer the true Interpretation of the Scriptures nor of this Book of the Revelation because the true Interpretation of the Scriptures overthroweth all the Principles of Religion in the world So that if truth should be suffered to have freedom in the world then all the old Principles of Religion that have been received in the world so many hundred years by the Pope and others they would quite fall to the ground So that there is a necessity that there should be a number of men to add unto this Book and a number of men to take away from it For true revelation always had some to add to it and some to take from it so that he that taketh from it God will take his part out of the Book of Life and out of the holy City and from the things which are written in this Book The meaning is this that as they would not suffer no true Interpretation of the Scriptures to abide in the world but would take it quite away both the Interpretation and the Interpreter also So in like manner God will take his part out of the Book of Life and out of the holy City so that he shall have no part in that glory and everlasting life which is written of in this Book of the Revelation That is he thought by taking away from the words of this book that is by his persecuting the true Interpretation of it that he did God good service even as he did that added to it for he that adds unto it as aforesaid doth think he doth God good service So in like manner he that taketh from it as aforesaid that persecutes true Revelation and true Interpretation he doth think he doth God good service in so doing and so he thinks to have a part in the Book of Life and to be one of the members of the holy City and to have a right to that glory and happiness that is written in this Book when as alas alas he is one of them that hath taken away from the Prophecy of this Book by persecuting the true Interpretation of it so that God hath taken away that part he thought he had in the Book of Life and that confidence he had in being a member of the holy City and of the glory hereafter I say all these things will God take away from those men that doth take away from the words of the Prophecy of this book of the Scriptures and more especially this book of the Revelation of Saint John This is the true meaning of the Spirit in adding and taking away from this Book of Johns Revelation Oh where is there a man hardly to be found but he is guilty of one of these two either to add or to take away from this mysterious book of the Revelation of John So that the Reader may see what the Spirit doth mean by adding and taking away and who they are that doth this for this is to be considered that no man can interpret the Scriptures truly but he that is chosen and sent of God as Moses and Aaron Peter and Paul and us the Witnesses of the Spirit Also none can interpret the Scriptures truly but those that have the same Spirit as those had that spake the Scriptures that spirit can trace the steps of God Almighty in those three paths which God hath walked in Those three parths are Gods three Commissions or three Records on earth to wit the Water Blood and Spirit so that no Commissionated man of God can be said either to add to or diminish from the word of God for he is chosen of God to reveal the mysteries of the kingdom unto his chosen ones which mysteries are hidden in that letter So that the messengers of God they shall be punished of God if they will not go forth to declare the mysteries of his kingdom but on the contrary if men go are not sent of God they are punished of God for going before they were sent and in going before they are sent they do add and take away from the Scriptures and from this book of the Revelation for they being not chosen nor sent of God they do not know the true meaning of the Scriptures so they not knowing the truth of them they add their own conceits and senses upon them and diminish and take away the true Interpreter by persecution and will not suffer it to abide in the world lâ—st their own principles should fall by it and this is the true meaning of the Spirit and what is meant by adding and taking away from the words of the prophecy of this book of the Revelation of St. John I thought it something necessary to open these two verses because it hath been a thing common in most peoples mouths when they have heard the interpretation of Scriptures with many deep Secrets opened and many heavenly Mysteries revealed which never was revealed before or that hath not been commonly known amongst Religious people they have seemed hard sayings So that men have cryed out O Blasphemy or else say I have added to the word of God or if the interpretation doth differ from the common received opinion or interpretation Then they will say I take away from the word of God yet they know not what it is to add or to take away from it therefore I have opened these two verses in the last chapter and the last verses but one of the Revelation of St. John that the Seed of Faith may know what it is and who they are that add and diminish the words of the prophecy of this book aforesaid and who it is that doth not add nor diminish but doth give the true interpretation of all the deep secrets and hidden mysteries of the whole book of the Revelation And now last of all what it is to add and take away with the joy and glory of them that doth not add nor diminish thereunto with the plagues shame and misery of all those that doth add thereunto or diminish there from So much for the Interpretation of all the chief Head and hard sayings in the whole book of the Revelation of St. John and the conclusion of this Epistle Lodowick Muggleton FINIS