C A P.11. ÁPevelation ofthe Apocalypse. 345 With theirdeath, verf to. The third time is indefinite , after three dapsandahalfe, Wherein they fhould rife again, being rayfdupby the Spirit, snuff upon their feet, Which Jhouldfirike a terrour into their enemies hearts, verf i I. After that in heaven,verf. r a. Whereat the tenth part of the Cirie fhould fall, many fhould be slain, and the refi fhould be terrified, verf. i 3. Lafl of all there is a Tranfci- tion made, Which declareth the endof thefixt Trumpet, and the brein- ningof the feventh , the Refolution whereof 'Ball be had afterwards, verf.14. THE EXPOSITION. Verf.. r. ThenWu theregiven me a reed. After the preparation that was made, whereof wee have heard in the former Chapter, namely a that in the firfi time that the truth began to fpring again aft i, and when as many excellent men did give themfelves dili- genlly to the ftudyof good learning, whole fervent delire thereun- to was fo great, that for tWo hundred veers together, after the yecr one thoufand and three hundreth , they feemed toeat up Books ; I fay, afterthis preparation, at length about the gndof thefixt Trum- pet, the matter was brought to this paflè, as is here in thefe words fet down, towit, a more full Prophecy , and a more plentifull know- ledge shined forth, both of the times that were pall, as alfoof thofe that were prefent ; learned men law by that Beoke which they re- ceived from the Angel, that the Church had been now for many A- ges in very great affliElion, fo that it could not be feen clearly of the world, as alto that it was at this prefent time marvellously vexed by Antichrit. For this Prophecy is arepeating of matters long linee pall, and. recorded, as Mofes did propheticallywrite of the firth be- ginning of theWorld; which name of a Prophecy,howmuch doth it amplifie the dignity of thisHiffory ? But to the matter, this Pro- phec % (I fay) that doth thus call to mind the timepaff, doth containe the wholefpace of the former trumpets, even as it is manifefl by the determining of the time, in the two next verfes. For the tWo andfeurty months, wherein theChurch fhould con- verfe in the Temple , if we number them backward , do notonely contain that hour, day, month, andyeer of thefixt Trumpet, whereof we heard,Chap.9. t g. But alto betides the five moneths of thefife Trumpet, in the fameChap. verfS. And thofe four times repeated, and yet fo,as there are yet remainingover and betdes alltheft, nine tnoneths
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