C A P.9. ATç.'elation ofthe Apocalypfe. 285 brimftone : and the heads ofthe Horfes were as the heads ofLyons s and out of their mouthes went forth fire, and fmoke, andbrimftone. 18 By thofe three was the third part ofmen killed, that is, of the fire, and of the fmoke, and of the brimfionc, which came out oftheir mouthes. 19 For the Hordes power is in their mouths, and in their tailes : for their tailes are like unto Serpents having heads, wherewith they hurt. 20 And the remnant of the men,which were not killed by theee plagucs,repented not ofthe works oftheir hands_ that they fhouldnot worfhip devils and Idols of Gold, and ofSilver, and of Braffe, and of Stone, andofWood, whichneither can fee, neither heare,nor got. 21 Neither repented they of their murthers,iior of their forceries, neither oftheir fornication, nor of theirtheft. The Logicall Refolution. SuchWas the common proheme, a< We havePaid in the laß verfe of theformer Chapter. Thefpeciall effect of the greater Trumpets folloWeth, of Which two are handled in this Chapter, the fifth at the 13. verfe, thefixt h in the refl. : the ftrft of eEt ofthat is the failing *fa Starfrom Heaven, verf,z . v4 fecundary one, the opening of the bot- tomle (Tc pit, afmoake afcending out of the pit, darkning the Sun,ver/:z. eArnd the procreation of Locufls, Whofe defcription afterwards, is firfi' theirpoWer,like to Scorpions, verf.3. eílgainft Whom it is, verfq. How long it lafleth, verf. 5. Ho*great it is, both by the degreeof torment, Whichfheuld not be unto death, but only unto a butcherly torturing of men, verf. 5. As alfo by the efteemingofdeathas of a lighter matter, verf. 6. e/Ifter that a defcription is addedof thofe Locufts,both ofWhat kinde they are by themfelves, and thatpartly fummarily, that they are like to Warlike Horfes, verf.7. `Partly member after member, in rc- fpe1t oftheir heads and faces in the fame verfe : their haire and teeth, verf. 8. Their breafts and Wings, verf 9. Their Tailes,andthe con- tinuance oftheirpower to hurt men,verfIo. Then lafily, ofWhat kinde they are in refpect oftheir kingAbaddon, verf. i i . So muchfor thefifth Trumpet. The two next are illuftratedby their tranfcifons, verf12. The former Whereof that it the frxtb, doth partly contain a calamity P p E i91
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