286 .C e ielatwnoftheApocalypífe. C A P.9. in-theref{ofthis Chapter, partly a Confolation ofthe Saints in the tWa next, the calamity iQ, firft commanded to be infiEEed, the Author of Which commandment ti declared,verf. 13. The miner to Whom the commandment is made, and thefuns ofthe commandment, verf t 4.And then it is accomple:l,;rd in very deed, both by the captains, to Whom the fpace oftime Wherein they /heuld race,andthenumber of thole Whom ix their rage theyAmidflay, U.prefcribed, verf. i S. As al(o by the Soiddi- ers, Where number isdeclared, verf. i 6. As elfo theirfierce , and cruel nature,verf;17.Ofall Which the Event is double,a'laughter of thethird part of men, verf. i 8, 19. And an obduratingof the reff, verf.2o, 2I. THE EXPOSITION. i. Then thetarp Angel blew the Trumpet, and If tW a Stir. The firft effeet of the fifthTrumpet is thefall ofthe f ar, as we have Paid in the Refolution. Which Star is not any good Angel. Thefe are ne- ver laid tofail from heaven to earth, which is alwaies taken in the worfe part in this Book,but todefcend,as:Çhap 19.1 .and 18. i.and o.i Moreover this Star is the_Angelofthe bortoinleepit,of whom; verf. z t ,. Who_is called a deffroyer, not only becaufehe íhali deftroy others, but altobecafe he himfelflhall go into deft major, Chap. 17. S. Who cameforth ofthefame bottorileffe pitfrom Whence he Wrought eleftrisllionfor others , in the fame place.. -.it is, true indeed that the holy Angel hash the Key-of the bettomeleffepit, Ch4la. zó.ß i. But that is a key of/hutring.up the pitonely after the Devil was thruft into it, this on the contrary,hath only pdwer ofòpeniing.Neither is it a found poinr,that the Key is never,committed to any other but to friends. For what other thing is -aKey,but a power over any thing,which we inow to begiven to uncleanSpirits, whence the Devil is called the Trinee ofthe world, Iob, r.4. 3o. The Prince ofthepower' in the air, Ephef.2. z, The Prince ofthe ddirkcneffeofthis World, Epheî 6. i z. This Star therefore by an uliiall cuftom of fpeaking in the Scriptures is force Wicked man, towhomwehave alre dy heard that thename of a.Star bath been_. given. That Amba.oie, which. Ton- ffallfet forth not long fince, will hive him to be fome.maffer of an Herefy,whobefore he fell did (hide in the Church like a Star in heaven, With learning, andWifedam ; Ioachimiis eribbas will have him to be fame Clergynaan,a;nd one endued With the&noWledoe oflearning.i_Z ight- ly do they judge, and according to the meaningof the holy Chaff nunfelfe,' as,ve fiiall fee by and by. The \3ord,for felling,,is,. the participle of the preterperfej tenfe in. the Creek , to. note that this
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