3 51 IeVelatiora ofthe Apocalyple. C A P.t >!. where he (lull dwell, and play the Tyrant ir, to be the ueen ofthe *We world. Wherein laftly both he himfelf, and all the fa- &ours to procure and fulfill his beadily pleafures, (hall be altogether given to exceeding ryot , as it is plain out of the i 3. 17. and 18. Chapters ofthis Book. Now can all theft: things be performed inthree ordinary yeers and a half? Perhaps that Braggadochio in Plemurs (ball be revived,whom he calleth Therapontigontts lantagidorus, who conquered half of all the Nations in the world by himfelf alone, and that within twenty dayes. Alexander ofMacedonia is likened unto a Libard,whe had four wings on his back, which were notable foretellers of that fwiftnefs ofhis, whereby he fhould attain the whole EmpireofAfia in twelve yeres, and that while he himfelf fpent all his time in his Tents,and gave himfelf to nothingbut eafe and wantonnefs,llan.7.6; But Antichrif might be thought,and that worthily, to ride upon the Sun itfelf, ifhe fhould fubdue all the world at once in three yeas and halfe, and should in the mean time give himfelf in his lazy vein to all delights and a moil wretched intemperancy. But more expre(ly yet afterwards, Chap. 2o. 4. where the enemies of the Beath refit- ling to be governed by him, and that raign with Chriff a thoufand yeeres, namely, all that time, wherein the Divel was bound and fet- tred, and the fubje9s of Antichirft lie dead before the fiat refer- re&ion ; do necelfarily evince, that Antichrift the Beatt had his be- ing throughout all that time, otherwife how could they refit him, who not onely commanded them not to do any thing, but was not alive at all ? The fame thing fhall be manifeft altoout of the Perfon of Antichrift,which we will Phew in the proper place, not to belong to any fingular man, but to a certain Kingdom and fuccef- on, Chap. 17. Secondly,feeing this computation cannot be of common moneths, we muff needs number thefe moneths according to the cuflomofo- ther Scriptures. For all things areexpreffed in this Book of theRe- velation,after the mannerof the old Types. Now what is this man- ner ? Shall each monethnote out fevenyeeres, as the weeks inDaniel Flo? It is quite defiitute of all example and reafon, to equal! the moneths to the Week's. Neither will the words bear itby any means. For the Angel teacheth us,that every one of the day es are to be num- bred one by one, whereupon he doth note out this (pace indifferent- ly, fometimes by the forty two moneths, otherwhile by a thoufand fix hundreddayes, as in the next verle, and Chap.i z,6. But that manner cf
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