C A P.B. A revelationoftheApocalypfe. 2.81 Europe did,who onely fought toplant themfelves there, but were not offuçh hatefull mindes to Religion it felfe : For which caufewe fup- pole thisfoorth Trumpets blaß to be proper to the African tandale, and fo much the more, becaufe it came to paffe by theirmeones, that t .Sun hathbeen Pet in thefe Regions continually, ever fince till this day ; For after that horrible darknffe, which the Vandals brought in, god in his terrible judgement, gave over thole Nations to the Mahometicall fury, whofe hcllifi night at this day fuffers not any fa- ving bearne to Thine upon it. How lamentable a thing is ir, that that part of the world that was wont to be fet out ofold, and beautified withmolt excellent Lights, fuch as Tertullian, Cyprian, Augufline were, with infinite others, almoff isnowwholly covered with black- tteffeofdaaknef e, and hath not one leaft fparkle to glitter in it ? But filch is thy good pleafure, moff Holy Father, who haft left re- maining the Churches inEurope alone,and haft compaf ed them about with molt wofull fpedacles ofthy anger, both from EaJt and South, and that though they be fuch as do abuic thy holy name ina mot} un- worthy manner. Thus therefore are the foure firft Trumpets, Con- tention, Ambition, .Heretic, war, thole foure Angels, whom Con,$an- tine the Great did for a time reltraine. The Prophefie of this Chap- ter containes about 23ò. yeeres, to wit, from the beginning of the laigne ofC'onRoutine, to the yeere ofChrif1,5 33. At which timeBel lifarisu teoke Gilimer captive, and deftroyed-the race of the Van- dah. in Africke, Euagr. Booke4.16. You may fetch a more large ex- plaining ofthis Story from Eufebiue, on the lifeof ConJlant.Socrates, Theodoret, Soz,omene, Euagrius, Procepius of the War of the Vandals, andFiner ofUtica,touchiug this perfecution ufed by the famepeople, whofe Commentaries God would have to be extant, to give light and credit to this Prophecie. 13. AndI beheld, and heard one Angelflying. Nowhe cometh to the three laß Trumpets, which were more full ofcalamity, then the former, as appeareth by the common preparation made unto them in this verfe:For as if the nfuall blaß were not enóugh by it felf to f id e a feare into men, a Prefaee common to thefe three, and that full of terror is prefixed, and each of them is afterwards illuftrated with their owne tranfcifions. As for the words, fome doe reade, in Read of Angel, Eagle, as Aretera, C'om lut. and theVulgar, being indnceil. thereto, as it feemeth, becaufe the fourth Beaff was like unto aflying Eagle, Chap.4.7. But the word one,jovned to ir, maketh againft that. For a determination is wont to be Of an uncertaineand indefinite matter
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