j8o evelationofthe Apocypj"e. CAP . 4. aeay, l~ff they (boaaldfall into theditch, .Mat.I:.,i 4. That are apt to fraebr I T'un.3.2. Thatfo they might both exhort Withfound dotrineá and convince the gainfayer.r, yeaflop their morethes, Tit.; L7.9. For the Prieftr lips ought topreferve kpoWledge, and thelaw ir to be in. juired at theirmouthes. For he is the meffenger ofthe Lord ofHuffs, .Malachy 2.7. They therefore who do either altogether, or for the greateft part want eyes, what have they to do with theíeliving creatures ? What communion is there betweenblinde Moles and Argun full of eyes ? Let thofe men therefore that fet 4 Linde and beetle-eyed Luskes over Chrifls people, look well and call aboutthem for an anfwer one day to him, that requireth fo great plenry'ofeyes inthe Pallors. Doth not Goddefpife thole that havedefpifed kknoWledge,for ever ferving him in the `Prie(ts office ? Hofea4.6. Now the eyes both before and behinde, lignifie filch a kinde of knowledge, as whereby they are able both to know things pall, to fee things that be prefent, and whereby (grounding upon authority ofthe divine Oracles onely) they can allo wifely perceive things aforehand., Which !uinifIers bee as like as may be to that houfeholder that bringethforth ofhis treafury thingsnewand old Matthew 13. 5 2. Which kindeofknowledge is abundantlyminiflred both out of the ancient Scriptures , Mofes, the 'Efalmes, and the Prophets, as al fo out of the Writings of the Evangelifts and Apofler. Out of thefe Fountainesmuff we draw tothe full, that fo the Man of god. maybefurnifhedWith thefe eyes both behinde and before. Such fharpe lighted Paftours and full of' eyes doth G o v account all Eifhops to be in Chrift , who according to the talent that is deliveredover in truft unto them , do faithfully teachthe peoplecommittedunto, them , howfoever much ignorance, incident to mans nature , be dwelling in theheft. 7. Now the firfl beaft Wat like, to a Lion. So much for the pro- perry that is common to all the Beafts; the proper forme ofevery one is, ofthe firfl a Lion, ofthe fecund an Oxe, of the third a Man, ofthe fourth anEagle. Which foure diverfe kindes, all the Interpreters aloft draw and apply unto the foure evsthgelif .r. And that fo , that according to Aretás, john fhould be the Lion, .M'ar1se the Eagle. According to others, yohn fhould be the eagle, Marie the Lion. Auguftin Will. have Mattheu to be theLion, Markle the Man. Thus they waver in uncertainty. But it is not tobe thought , that the
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