3 (2, l'Ievelationofthe Apeca,lypfe. C A Champion, Who Willgo up anddowntraverfng, and vanquiJhingth World,whoJhall (ubdue it under thy dominion; Iwill alfogivehim ano- therfervant to help him, Who /hall fight manfully With him :To Whom her fenfaid,Behold,7 have accepted thy perfon, but 7 Willfee Which bee themen, Whom thou Wilt appointtofogreat an office. ThenJbe prefented S.Dominic k to Chrifit:ToWhomChriftfaid,Indeed this is a very Worthy andvaliant Champion, and he Will performe all thofe things diligently that thon haft faid. She ofereth Saint Francis alfo sind Chrift in like manner commended this man , as lee had done the for- mer, 6-c. In the' fame place a little after, NoW While Saint Do- minickperfevered inprayer,anddid befeech the blefedYirgin,t°Whom, as beinghisfpeciall Patroxeffe, bee had committtdthe Wholecare of his order, &c. Out of which wee fee with what hair the Fryars are adorned ; Andnot thefe alone , but the whole rout of Romaniffs alfo,who account not to have Iefus Chrift favourable unto them any . otherwife,then as they canget Mary to win them force favour at his hands, by making requelf for them. But it will be needlefe to cite witneffes, for that which they themfelves doeof their own accord confeffe at this day. But (you will fay) how is it that I attribute lone hair to the Fryars now,-whom right now I called f savelings,and Pollards? To be fhaven,and to boaft of the names ofwomen,are not contrary ; and that this is fignified by this allegoÍy,and not anypro- per hair of their head, I fuppofe it to be manifell: enough ; fo above Chap.4. Thefour and twenty Elders arelaid to fit upon Thrones,With CroWns above upon their heads, whoyet afterWardsfall dowse on their face, andraft down their Crowns at the voiceof the Beads, that doe continually give glory to God ; which will not feeme to hang to- gether, if we take the words properly, and not figuratively. Chrifi alto in the Parable , byone man that was not clothed withhis mar- ri.tgegarrnent , and therefore was call out into utter darkneffe, in ferreth,that many are called, butfeW are chofen; when as theproper application would conclude the contrary, that many are called, and few are rejec4ed, Mat. x2.I 3, 14. But indifferent Readers, will eafily by their owne helpe rid themfelves and others of fuch doubts. And their TeethWere as of Lyons. The experienced Cruelty of both kind of locnfízs hashabundantly proved this truth to the world, that they have Lyons teeth; when as the Saracens did rob and fpoyle with fire and fword, the Fryars diddeveure WidoWs houfes under a JheW of prayer anddevotion. 9. They had habergions 'wife. Both of them fhould be notably fenced
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