C A P . 8. A ReVelatlo)r ofthe Apocalypfe. 171 burnt up ; but this whole ,eraffe belongs oncly to that third part, even as the thirdpart of Trees are all theTrees of the Ea¡; fo that it farethnot awhit better with theTrees, then with the graf '. Thefe things doe {hew us, that all belonging to the ÇhriftianReligion,both highand low,who kept in thefe Regions,and were not truly founded aid built uponChrift, weretobe fo miferably kitten with this tem- peft, that they fhould make this wrack of their falvätion. It maybe grow will fay, they were ordained to def}ruaion, and fo damned be- fore : it is true indeed,in regardOfGods counfell ; yet it oftenfalleth out, that Reprobate men doe flatter themfelves for a time with a falle höpe,and doe profeffe force outrlrard devoutneffe wirh great Thewof forwardneffa hich afterward time convinced' to have bin but racer hypocrifie, -T11Á a vainwizardof holinef e. So thefe trees andgraffe thus burnt up, fhould fuffer a lof e ofall theirpiety, by dafhing them- felves againft the rocks of fo great impiety that was among the Bi- lhops.Andindeed,how could it beotherwife,biitthatall they inwhofe hearts the truth had not taken deep rooting,fhould either be carried away intoerror,or which is worfe,fhould defpife all Religion,fhould revolt from Chrift, and hate-thole that worship him, as whom they fhould fee to minde and labour this one thing, even to flir up ftrife, contentions and hurliburlies. Worthily lothConfrantine in an Epi,/ile to the Synodgathered in Tyriee,tipbraid the Bifbops,that they didnothing elfe butfow difcordand hatred, and fuch things as tended to the deflra- Elionofmankinde,Socr.B.00k t.34. But thereis no needofwitneffes in a matter that is not doubtfull, rather is Gods.great mercy tobe mag- nified, which prefrved. a few fafe from this boylkous fforme. 8. Andthe fecundeAngel blew the Trumpet. The firfb effect ofthis. fecond Trumpets blafiz, is a great mountaine, burningWithfire, raft into the Sea. The fecond ig,the dying of the thirdpart of the creatures 1WsichWere inthe Sea. As toachingthe firft,Mountaincs inScriptures are Princes, .Peers, tofty mindedmen, and the like; as Efay faith, that theday ofthe Lord Jba1t come agaiñfl all the high Moantaines, and againft all the high Hils, and aóains`l every high ToWer, andagainfg every fenced wall, Chap_2. i 4, 15. Whereupon it fcemerh here to fìgnific King-domes,Principalities,fronoors,Divitieyhe Pomp andWife the world; C'7' theansbitious affeEiting offach ehings.ThisMountain burns with fire,like Vera-vim ande,ftna, two mountains, out ofwhichAle flames cf fire, becaufe the delire ofhonour and riches is of a burning nature, neither are men wont coldly and freezingly to beburied in getting of them. it is tact downe into the Sea ; becaufe the ambi- tions. t.
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