CA P. 11. ARevelatiónofthe Apocalypse. 35i indeed to be in the Temple , who are within the very ontrnoO com- paffe of the walls at leaft while they look upon them a far dff; but let them once comeneerer, and they (hall fee moil clearly,that they whom they fuppofed to converfe in the innermoil , and inc(i fecret places of the Temple , are kept out of the Holyplace, with wals of braffe. And yet the natter is not now fo hard to be judged of, as it was longago, while the Church wantedall publike liberty of Gods worflLip. Only do but read the writings ofour men,and thy eyes (hall be in- lightned throughGods grace,to fee the truth clearly; maift thou not worthily fufpea the fraudulent dealing of the Popilh Doors and rulers, who do forbid thee all medling with our Books, and all So- ciety with men ofour Religion ? But do thou ftrive, the more to know the truth, whichthou (halt fee to be thus hated of thy leaders and teachers, as who are privy to the fiithinefs of their Religion. TlVoforty andmonths. This is the time in which the true fpoufe fhould lie hid, and the falfe fhould fway and rule all. But how great is theobfcurity and difficulty of this point ? And no marvell, feeing there is fo great blindnefs in the minde of man. Thou therefore who haft received thefe things, to declare them to thy fervants, be prefent wirh me, that I may through thy condu& fet my feet in fafe and fure places. For the driving away of this miff: , we mull= firf} of all obferve, that three common yeers anda half, as they commonly fall, are not to be determined in thefe tWo andforty moneths. I hope that the a- greeing of matters hath made it good and credible , that the four Angels of Euphrates in the 9. Chap. are theTurks, who feeing they had power given them for one hour, and a moneth , anda yeer, and now three hundredyeers are gone andpafi, is there any man fo per- verfe, that he will yet ((rive for this, that thefe two and forty moneths areto be crowded into the firairs of their native fignifica- tion ? To this may be added , that feeing thefe moneths are belong- ing to the Beat, Chapter 13. 5. And that was not yet born into the world , at the time when this Revelation was given , for /ohm taw it afterwards at the firfi arifing thereof,. Chap. 13.1. Which is no where fpoken, either can by any means be fpokenof the RomaneEmpire ; this fpace then of the moneths there, is out of doubt that time, wherein Antichrifi (hall be born, grow, be wounded, and be refiored to healthagain, wherein he(hall exercife power over every Tribe,tongu.e and Nation,and (hall make the place where
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