, _346 ; ztel4rim:of the. pn ályp> e. ; A.r: +1r. monethr above the number,which whether elfe can they he referred, but to thofe fourfirß Trumpets of the eight Chapter ? But perhaps you will fay , thefe two and fourty monethr take their beginning at the end of that houre , day, moneth, ayeet-, of the forge a rngels, Chap.9.I5. And fo both thefe fpaces of time fhould belong joyntly to the fixt Trumpet, which indeed canby no means be fo: For the whole fixt Trumpet is wofull unto the wicked, in which regard it is called the f econd Woe,Chap.p, x z, and i t, t S. But if the times fhould be difp ofed after this manner, it contains but a little naifery for them, who ilaould triumph with all manner of joy, for the fpace of t*e and fenny monethr, when as the Godly fhould be afflifted all the while. What great difcommodity ikrould,the fixt Trumpet bring .them, if after that fhort trouble of one ye,er., 4 monet!?,a day, and an hour, they (liquidKaye thrice as long a felicity and more. It is moil: certain therefore, that this Prophecy doth reach backwards, to the first beginning of the Trumpets ; butyet it is fet in this place,becaafe the whole race of this time couldnot be fees throughly, before that it was brought to the iflüe, and end thereof. And now indeed about this time did Godraife up learned men, namely , Btrga- neenfis, Francis JCnicciárdin, MartinLuther , Iohx Carion, hilip Me/ant`Ion, Gafpar Peuceru, Hea{y, tullinge,r Iohn_Sleiden, Iol»g Funíliur, and others , who compiling the Hiftories of the times raft, did fet beforeus the outward cftáte ofthe Church in their wri_ tings in a map. And indeed this Prophecywas tíow at fait to be addedofneceffity. Foraman Would, and thatnot withouttsca_nfe enquire, whatVita become of the true when, the hail fmote the thirdpart of the graffe, the burning mountain, turned the Sea ifgQ blood, the Locufis, and the rest of thofefiends did fo cruelly rage? Indeclaring all tbefe troubles, there was a marvelkqus filence, kept touching the Çhurcl Now therefore the Holy GhoA teasL & by the helkpe.of this revived 7Prophecy, what manner of eít, tg it was, in, during this. time., left otherwife the only fhould be,pá(ed QVçr, for whafe falre.alone this took was written. This Chapter thereforç is to be joynedwith the feventh , where th Prophecy, touch,ing the, Saints ceded. That Sealing there, and thisTemple tring rç,bçl ongs to the fame timç,and it is one. and the fame matterthat is handled inbothplaces, favechat that belongs tothe Citizensfe, erally one bt one, this belongs,to,them.alG ipyntIji, -and certaincf thepripç p#1/,not04rt, Now
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