r t z 8 A ebelationofehe Apaca1ypfe. C A P. 3. Lukca ,Ifend any way, fave in finding fault with,or dìfgracing thofe that be warm in authority. But he that is the faithfuif, and true witnefs, fanfhfieth valli glcr the Paftonrs withhis truthbeyond all hope, in whole lips he dwel- rious leth to this day, thoughhe threaten fore by many , and thofe no ob- Laodicea Y g Y 1 (cure tokens, that he will be gone from us ere long, unlefhe we meet him fpeedily, with fruits worthy of true repentance, and of his glo- rious Golpel. The beginning of the creature of god. This is the laft property, which doth defcribehis power. Forwhether we interpret the word e/Irchi, calling it the beginning, or the principality , it cometh all to one,feeing it is neceffary all things should be fubjec`t tohis regiment, who did at firft create them. In confideration whereof, Chrifh bath alfo evidently chewed himfelfe tobe wonderfiill amongft us. What is it that the Pope of Rome bathnot allayed to do, that he might di- fturbe our peace ? Partly by his turfing Buds , andGrieves, founding out an Alarm of open rebellion ; partly by the fwarms of Iefuit,r, and other fuch Cot- throats, which he font over amongft us, by thefe agents hammering out that matter clofely, which he intended , even to Clay our facredPrinceffe, by fword, poyfon, guns, divelifh arts, or any other way. We know not long fince,the Prince of Orange was laid for by a popifh murderingvillain , and broughtto an untimely death. The murder of Henry the King of France , plotted and effe- fledby Jacobus Clemens the Monk , is as yet frefh in our memory. And Henry thefourth that now raigneth there, did hardlyefcape the bloody hands of Chaffellius the Iefuit,being thruft through the jaw- bone with a knife, fo that two of his teeth werefmitten out.But yet ourQueen, being fet for, and let upon, by many men, at many times, by many kinds of treacherousdevices,hath been kept fafe and found, even from the leaft harm. Whence came this, I pray ye ? Was there any opportunity wanting to the wicked wretches ? This Prince and beginnin(1 of the creature, whole beck all things obey , laughed to fcorn all the counfels of thefe mifcreants, brake and brought to nought all their affaults,and fubtilly contrived inventions; towit, he kept them from touching his Anointed , andfrom doing the Nurfing- mother of his Prophets any harms. NoIdle glorious was hispower in bridling the Spaniard, with whom wee have waged warre for fo manyyeers. What is it, that he thinkethnot himfelfeable todoe by his power and puiflance, who alone maketh work enough to trouble almoft all Europe, and other parts of the world ? His invincible Ar- my fo called, that was lentagainft us the year r 588. had devoured in
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