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A54594	The revelation unvailed, or, An essay towards the discovering I. When many Scripture prophesies had their accomplishment, and turned into history, II. What are now fulfilling, III. What rest still to be fulfilled, with a guess at the time of them : with an appendix, proving that pagan Rome was not Babylon, Rev. 17, and that the Jews shall be converted / by Samuel Petto.	Petto, Samuel, 1624?-1711.	1693 (1693)	Wing P1901; ESTC R33395	87,755	184

to the forces of the Electors had a great Battle with Tilly the Emperours General at Leipsick This Battel wherein were hazarded the Caps of two Electours the Liberty of the Princes of Germany the conquests of so many years and the whole hope of the Roman Catholicks was very bloody and the old Bands which had never been seen fly gave gound here ib. c. 21. King Gustave hath the Victory and Tilly with the Imperialists were put to flight An Army of Four and Twenty Thousand Captains that is old Souldiers were broken in the Plain and open Field This Bloody Battel was Sept. 7. 1631. which was called a day of Blood and changed the Countenance of the Affairs of Germany And the news of this victory unspeakably rejoiced not only all the Protestants but also all such as to whom those glorious Eagles seemed too proud and too much undertaking Ib. c. 21. The first Post which arrived at Vienna brought news of the defeat of the Saxons the second that of Tilly which disturbed the joy and the Third filled the whole Court with sadness and made it think of a way how to repair this great loss If the Africans were much amazed to see them i. e. the Romans before Carthage so to say the truth the Bishops and the Roman Catholicks were not a whit less by the destruction of this Army which had always been victorious and by means whereof after the gaining of one Battel they hoped to see the Mass and the Imperial Authority restored throughout all Germany A flock of Sheep is is not more scattered when it sees itself environed by Wolves and without a Shepherd than were the Ecclesiasticks by this accident for terrour having thrust it self in amongst them they betook themselves all to flight some to the other side of the Danube and others by the Rheyn to Cologne c. ib. c. 21. Italy was Alarmed by the report of so great prosperity The Swede still goeth on though not without some checks and even after the death of Gustave yet often had great successes and prevailed much against the German Emperour and at last forced him to stoop to such terms as he could make with him And now judge whether the fifth Vial was not here poured out upon Germany as the Throne or Chief Kingdom of the Ten-horned Beast For this War was stated between the Beasts party of the one part to the striking great terrour into the Hearts and overthrowing so many thousands of them and the Protestants as the other party And seeing this is a distinct storm upon that party after four Vials had been poured out what can this be but the fifth Vial and the rather because all things answer to it even as to effects As The whole Kingdom of the Beast was darkned as Rev. 16. 10. even by that one blow given by Gustavus Adolphus did it not suffer a greater Eclipse of its esteem and glory at that day than ever before even at Jankow Battel March 6. 1645. there was a most sensible Defeat to the Imperial Party for it left Bohemia as a Prey and opened the Passage into Moravia and the Emperours Hereditary Lands as far as the Danube Every one thought that the Emperour was lost if the Swedes chanced to pass the Danube They were in great amazement to see the Swedes at one and the same time at the Gates of Vienna Copenhaghen and Bremen every where treading down their Enemies ●b Part 2. c. 16. This therefore was the fifth Vial which seemed to have spent its greatest Strength and to be drawing towards a Conclusion when the Pacification was made in Germany or Peace Ann. 1649. but some Effects may have continued since Neither will this deny it to be that Vial that the Effect of the German War fell as heavy upon God's People there as his Enemies For at the first hand here was a great distinction between the People of God and others And however in some of the first Plagues in Egypt to which the Vials allude the Lord made no distinction between the Israelites and the Egyptians till Exod. 8. 22. And further the Effect of this Vial is Rev. 16. 10 11. they gnawed their Tongues for pain and blasphemed God and repented not Which argue the indignation vexation rancour and extremity of Rage which the Beasts Party shall be filled with by the pouring out of this Vial upon them and so they not only persist in their Evil way without repentance blaspheming God but like distracted Mad-men they seek to revenge their own quarrel by falling upon and raising bitter Persecutions against the Protestant Party and therefore this is but an expected issue of the Kingdom-filling darkness and Tongue-gnawing Pain an event of this Vial and so rather a Confirmation of its being then poured out Neither will this deny that German War to be a Vial because the Empire is yet standing For I see no Scripture-Evidence that any Vial except the 6th or 7th do bring a Total Destruction upon the Subjects on which they fall for if the Beasts Earth Sea Rivers and Fountains had been utterly destroyed by the three former Vials there could have remained nothing for several other Vials to be poured out upon these comprising the whole Antichristian World And this fifth Vial doth but darken not utterly destroy the Kingdom of the Beast Rev. 16. 10. and so the German Empire may be yet standing after that Vial is poured out upon it as Egypt was darkened before Pharaoh and the Egyptians were destroyed And immediately before that Vial which destroyeth the Whore she fitteth as a Queen saying she shall see no sorrow Rev. 18. 7. and how could she sit in such Pomp if former Vials had caused an utter Destruction of what they fell upon In short either Rome cannot be the Throne which this fifth Vial is poured out upon seeing then they repented not Rev. 16. 10 11. or else it cannot be the Tenth part Rev. 11. 13. for then they repent And if the fifth Vial was poured out in Germany then we are under the latter part of that or the beginning of the sixth Vial. That which followeth is mostly hereafter to be fulfilled or in a great part to come 6. The sixth Vial is poured out upon the great River Euphrates Rev. 16. 12. The Effects of it are the drying up the Waters thereof and war-like Preparations v. 12. to 17. The Subjects of the other Vials are not Literal but Mystical or Metaphorical and therefore Euphrates is not to be understood literally here of that very River especially seeing all the seven are Plag●es or Vials of the Wrath of God Rev. 15. 1 6 8. and the drying up that River is no such Plague neither is the Wrath of God kindled against it more than against any other River Therefore the River Euphrates here must notifie either that which is the strength of Mystical Babylon as Euphrates was of Literal Babylon Or else the People inhabiting about Euphrates which are the

Beast and appeared for the restoration of the Church It is when they rejoice with singing for redemption from and victory over Antichristian Pollutions v 2 3 4. which plainly must be at the beginning time of pouring out the Vials for then a like Song of Moses and the Lamb is sung upon the same account Rev. 15. 1 2 3. for victory over the Beast his Image and Mark and the number of his Name it was then after some getting out of Spiritual Egypt So that the imposing the Mark of the Beast and the Churches first restoration by the Fathers name on their foreheads in an open profession are of the same date beginning at the first Vial and thence the number of the Beast is 666 years to the time of his Fall And the first Vial I think began about the time of Berengarius whose opinion was condemned by Popish Councils at Vercellis and Rome about Ann. 1049 or 1050 c. therefore his 〈◊〉 ●rofession was before how many years 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ●udge CHAP. IV. Of the Little Horn. Rule 4. THAT the Two-Horned Beast the Pope is the Little Horn Dan. 7. Note that there is a little Horn Dan. 8. 5 9. growing on the Hee-Goat which is expressly there said to be the King of Graecia v. 21. that Horn is Antiochus Epiphanes But the Little Horn Dan. 7. groweth on another Beast the fourth Monarchy v. 7 8 19 20 24. and all the Characters of him agree to the Pope therefore he is that Little Horn. As the Pope in his Original or Rise was a little Horn v. 8. a poor Bishop yet grew in his looks more stout than his fellows v. 20 25. he did grow up among the ten Horns and was diverse from them v. 8 24. Another had Eyes like a Man i. e. full of Policy and Wisdom hath a mouth speaking great things against the Most High v. 8. 11 25. making himself supream Judge in matters of faith a Vice God He Warreth with the Saints by Persecutions and prevaileth v. 21. weareth out the Saints as a Garment by long rubbing fretting and ill using of them And he thinketh to change Times and Laws i. e. change Gods Laws for his own as in Doctrine Worship and Discipline particularly in Marriages Meats Festivals all which obviously agree to the Pope and also 1. The little Horn prevaileth against three of the other Dan. 7. 8. before him three of the first Horns were plucked up by the Roots and v. 20. fell V. 24. he shall subdue three Kingdoms This agreeth to the Pope for he was a means of rooting out the Grecian Exarchs the Lombards and also the Goths who ruled in Italy and had Soveraignty over Rome Silverius the Bishop brought this to pass saith Evagr. l. 4. c. 18. and these were precisely three and this doth not lessen the number of Horns or reduce them to seven but giveth him more Power at Rome Or Mr. Parker thinketh they were three Mahumetan Kings viz. Solyman in Asia Cassianus in Syria the Egyptian Caliph in Judea which were subdued by the Pope who raised the War and this was one of the greatest acts that ever he did and these are precisely three and properly subdued by him and these were of the Ten Horns or their Territory belonging to Daniels fourth Beast 2. The Little Horn continueth until a time times and the dividing of time wearing out the Saints Dan. 7. 25. yea after till he overcometh them v. 21 22 27. Neither doth the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 until deny its being longer as one observeth donec signifieth Consecutionem non exceptionem vel exclusionem futuri temporis Genebr in Psal 109. So until is not exclusive Psal 110. 1. and 57. 1. Cant. 2. 16 17. Mat. 12. 20. And besides the Little Horn is up Dan. 7. 22. Until the Ancient of Days came and judgment was given to the Saints of the Most High and the time came that the Saints possessed the Kingdom which is not till after the Death and Resurrection of the Witnesses and sounding of the seventh Trumpet Rev. 11. 14 15. Daniels Beast is comprehensive of the whole fourth Monarchy from first to last and so may clearly enough be distinguished from the little Horn as Dan. 7. 11. though the Pope be it he hath but a part thereof not all the Ten Horns CHAP. V. Of the first rising of the Ten-Horned Beast Rule 5. THat the first rising of the Ten Horned Beast in all probability was in the time of Valens however before Ann. 400. It is a great mistake that a knowledge of the day of his Birth will give a certain knowledge of the day of his death for he may not so early be in that work which giveth the first date to the Prophetical numbers and he surviveth some of these viz. the 42 months which many would have to be the whole of his time yet seeing he must be up before he can act it is of great importance to enquire after the time of his first rising and take it thus 1. When the Roman State or Empire became like a troubled Sea after the Dragons downfal then did the Beast arise and this was before Ann. 400 I saw A Beast rise out of the Sea Rev. 13. 1. Sea is the gathering together of Waters Gen. 1. 10. and Rev. 17. 15. Waters are people and multitudes and Nations and Tongues Ammianus Marc●llinus who lived at the very time of Valens and Valentinian and was a Souldier then useth these words At this time as if the Trumpets had sounded the Battel throughout all the Roman World most Fell and Savage Nations rose up in Arms and Invaded the next limits to them the Alemanes wasted at once both Gaule and Rhae●ia the Sarma●ians and Quadi made spoil in Pannonia both the one and the other The Ticts Saxons Scots and Allacots infested the Brittains with continual troubles The Anstorians and other Manrite Nations made Rodes more fiercely than they had wont into Africk certain Bands of Gothick Brigands and Rovers rifled and ransacked Thracia the King of Persia laid violent hands upon the Armenians c. thus far he lib. 26. cap. 5. And now judge whether the Roman Empire was not at this time like a troubled Sea and so whether the Beast did not rise out of it especially seeing some of the Horns were Crowned in this time of Valens about Ann. 376 and 378. as is proved Antichristi excidium But further the Alemanes brake through the limits of Germany provoked thereto with a more mischievous mind than usually c. about that time or not long after Procopius in the East rose up in arms and plotted to usurp the Empire c. There were most woful Tempests and Storms up in both parts of the Empire at one and the self same time in the same Months both in the West and also in the East part of the World c. Ib. lib. 26. c 6. See much more lib. 27. c. 8. The State of Rome

Turks The Event will be the best Interpreter of the Prophesie If Euphrates be the strength of Mystical Babylon then as the drying up literal Euphrates by Cyrus was the means of taking Literal Babylon so the drying up here importeth the great means of the desolation or downfall of Mystical Babylon And Waters being Multitudes People Nations and Tongues Rev. 17. 15. hence the drying up of these is by the Conversion of many and their coming into the Kingdom of Jesus Christ Rev. 11. 15. or by some great destruction or desolation and wasting of People about Vienna and Austria the strength of Mystical Babylon and this may be a Provocation to the Nations that they are angry v. 18. and make preparation against Christ And the Triumph for the Ruin of Babylon being Vial-work and being the immediate fore-runner of Armageddon Rev. 19 1 2 3. the Preparation to which is in the close of the sixth Vial Rev. 16. 12. to the end hence it seemeth that the desolation of Babylon at Rome is by that sixth Vial and before the seventh else there must be two Earthquakes under that one seventh Vial viz. one at that and the Exaltation of the Witnesses under the sixth Trumpet Rev. 11. 13. and another the greatest under the seventh v. 19. Rev. 16. 18. Or else Euphrates must be the Turks the People that inhabit about Euphrates which is but once more mentioned in this Book Rev. 9. 14. and there referreth to the Turks The Waters are as Rev. 17. 15. People Multitudes Nations and Tongues By this Vial these Waters are dried up i. e. wasted consumed vast Numbers great Multitudes of the Turkish People are destroyed or many Nations fall off from the Turks so as they lose much of their Power and Dominion and cease to be a Wo to the Romanists when this cometh to pass the sixth Vial is pouring out By what ways and means this will be whether by Intestine Discords or some exterraneous Enemy the Event must determine The Angel that poureth out this Vial cometh out of the Temple as well as others and is clothed in pure and white Linnen Rev. 15. 6. and so it seemeth not to be primarily or only by Intestine Discord nor by the Antichristian Romanists as Vial Angels but Jesus Christ may imploy these in the destructive work dashing Enemies as Potsheards one against another as a fruit of the Prayers of Saints As the former Vials were much poured out by Preaching so the two last by Prayer A Vial Angel out of the Temple solliciteth Jesus Christ the Angel on the white Cloud to thrust in his Sickle and reap a Harvest by cutting down his Enemies and he doth it as a return of Prayer Rev. 14. 14 15 16. and this I think doth contemporate with and is an Explication of this sixth Vial. And thus the Angel is in white Linnen under a pure Profession who poureth out the Vial in a way of Prayer but it is referred to Jesus Christ to do the work and he may and oft doth make Enemies Executioners of his Wrath upon one an●●●er The drying up this Euphrates is 〈◊〉 the way of the Kings of the East may be Prepared By Kings of the East many understand the Jews and near this time they shall return and be converted else how should they escape the Wrath of the seventh Vial and they shall come not only from the East but from all Quarters Isai 43. 6. and 49. 12. Jer. 31. 8. Zech. 8. 7. and then the import of it is that the drying up of Euphrates either of Mystical Babylon Rome or the consuming of Turkish People and Power it is to this intent it is designed for this end to make way for that ancient People of God the Jews to return to their own Land and unto God That the Kings of the East that the Jews may be reduced God in ruining Rome or wasting the Turks prepareth a way for the Jews And as God dried up the Red-Sea of old to make a Passage over for his People so what if the Lord should dry up the very River Euphrates to make a Passage for the Jews to come to their own Land Isai 11. 15 16. and thus indeed it might be a Judgment or Wrath upon the Turk letting in an Enemy upon them for their Destruction But let it be considered whether these Kings of the East or as it may be rendred from the rising of the Sun may not be meant of those Enemies Dragon Beast and False Prophet Seeing the very next thing mentioned is a Preparation of them unto Armageddon Rev. 16. 13 〈◊〉 15 16. and that out of all Parts of the 〈◊〉 World from the rising of the Sun which noteth the greatest distance as Isai 45. 6. and 59. 19. Mal. 1. 11. And then it importeth that the ruine of Rome or wasting the Euphratean People the Turks will provoke all the Enemies of Christ to make a Combination against him The return and Conversion of the Jews the first setting up the Kingdom of Jesus Christ will be such a grievance to Enemies that they which were at variance before shall reckon themselves so concerned that all shall joyn their Forces against Christ to their ruine Rev. 19. Whether these three Dragon Beast and False Prophet shall be gathered together in three Parts or Places or only in one Place viz. about Jerusalem time will manifest 7. The seventh Vial is poured into the Air Rev. 16. 17. Air Is Universal and so noteth that this Vial bringeth general Wrath upon the Dragon Beast and false Prophet all tast of the Wrath of this Vial. One Adjunct is A great Voice out of the Temple of Heaven from the Throne saying It is done i. e. the Mystery of God is finished Rev. 10. 7. the Jews are converted or the New Jerusalem Throne is now set as Rev. 21. 5 6. where we have the same Throne and the same Voice from it It is done now is the New Heaven and New Earth v. 1. not yet Consummate and in the fulness of its Latitude and Glory but inchoate in the beginning ●● it v. 2. prepared as a Bride adorned for her ●●sband now is the Preparation as Rev. 19. 7. 〈◊〉 The Effects are v. 16. Voices and Thunders and a great Earthquake such as was not since Men were upon the face of the Earth i. e. great Commotions and Alterations in the Nations And v. 19. the great City was divided into three Parts The City is the whole Jurisdiction of the ancient Roman Empire is divided and so overthrown I think the three Parts are those before mentioned v. 13. possibly rendevouzed in three several places Some shall belong to the Dragon i. e. be Pagans or not professedly Christian Others to the Beast i. e. Civil-Crowned Horns Others to the False-Prophet i. e. Ecclesiastical Men or belonging to the Pope And the Calamities of divers are pointed out v. 19. the Cities of the Nations fell i. e. they of the Nations who Engage and lend