*i1.IQ. , , : ;.orvolíi)*of el r páca pfr: 33` ,. ft, ,,g4 b sr k, the :hid*at it game, as is ufed in fhutting up the ffth, 414414cu*pefif, Chap.yti. anrtfooh, Chap. i z. t4. For this Bookofthe R.eueiation loth not lead us fo far,becaufe is not expedient for us to knowfo snuck, neither is into be imparted/ to any Creature, as thewhich the Sotf himfelf, as he:was man, was ignorant of, Mark, 13. 3 w e.4"s he bathdeclared ta hit fervants the ?rophuits> To whom this ,41yflerio was abundantly revealed ; bet yet fo,as it is not fo well un- deritood of the mea in our times ; whereby it cometh topaffe, that thofe things which the Prophets foretell, as things to come,the conk- mon fort death fo interpret them, asif theywere already paft. Mofeg inhis moa renowned Song, celebrateth this Myferie about the end of it, Dent.3a. So `Davidcommonly in thePfalms; So Ifay, Teremy, P(ael, and the ref} : it were too long even to reckon up theplaces. Learned men will becontent, even thus to have'this'matter pointed at, as whom it(hall be enough even inone word to admonifh,that we are to feel: out another manner of interpretation of many places in the Prophets, then that which they have hitherto followed in their lxpofitions Ifthefe words fhouldbe underfood ofthe Taft comingofChrif't to iudgernent, the Prophets have not fo many words, at leannot cicar etaóugh, as touching this matter. But now hence we may learn, that the old Prophecies arenot tobe thought to receive accomplífhment, Other in thefins comingof Chrif, or in the callingofthe Gentiles. ; but t;at they do reach even unto the full confiimmationoftheMyflerie. They, therefore that thrust them up into the (traits of the cálla"ng of tkç-Çrntile,r, do íhut up from theinfelves the paffage into the un, derftanding of them, and bereave the Church of a great part of her folaee.. 8. Çqe, n1tg,be the littleBook. Another thing that is to becom- municated is, theeiit ofPropl1ecierefiereelagain nhto the church. For this nett cor}trlb menu iheweth what atould be doneby theMini- f ers oftheWord; thatfhouldlivv in the time of this /a'xth trumpet. As for ?oho .himfelf,he för, his part feemeth to be preparedenough before toperceive thematters in, this Revelation, both by the things which he, raw and heard,;, as alfo by the in iratie of the Holy Ghof, wherewith he was, extraordinarily indeed. And if there, were only force tranfcifion, propounded here, that fo matters might.be taught more clearly, hee. would have ufed the fame in their, duo:; l?laiÿe wife~ here .era this Treatife: Wherefore I doubt Yy not
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