36Z 4 (Revelation ofthe Apocalypfe. CAP. It. together defpife it, or elfe didwreft it to ftrengthen their toyes, and fooleries. Thcfe Prophets therefore being fo ill entreated, burnt up the third part ofthe trees,and all thegreengrafeWith fire that Was mingledWith hail, killed thethird part of the creatures that live in the Sea , With a burnine. mountain that Was call into the Sea,turned the ftoudsand Foun- tains into Worm-Wood,by means of a Star thatfeli,and flamedout like a firebrand ; Teagave power tofend theLecufls and the Angels of Eu- phrates into the World , as we have before expounded the former Trumpets, out of each Of which, eitherfare, or at leaf a he/ißh fmoke iffued forth. All which evils were nothing elfe but a flame, that broke out of the mouths, of the Prophets, that did punifh the wicked defpifers of the truth in a terrible manner. The fame ac- count doth God make of the Candlejocks , that is , of theaflèmbly of his Saints, for he will not fuffer his Church to be oppre(%d for nought ; but he being moved with their prayers, punifheth their oppre{fours according as they deferve. Diecleftan giving over his Empire, decreed to lead the ref of his lifequietly : But he efcaped not fo ; For after that his houle was wholly confumed with light- ning , and a flame of fire that fell from heaven, he hiding himfelf for fear of the lightning, died within a little after : So faith Cott- flantine the great himfelf in that Bookof his, that is commonly cal- led, Thefift Bookof Eufeb. of the lifeof Contant. ?a . i 68. a. Al- though Eufebius, Nicepherus, and others do tell of a far more hor. rible death thatbefell him. Maximinian Herculim his co-emperour, perifhed by breaking his neckwith a halter. Maxentitts his Son was drowned inTiber. Galeriue was deflroyed with horrible and pain- ful! difeafe.Iaxitrts "us Licinius was taken away after the fame manner, being often overcome, and chafed away, and at laft (lain. What fhould I fpeak of others ? Valens fighting unhappily againft the Gothes, and flying into a certain bale cottage,was burnt up,toge- ther with the houfe it felt-by afire. Now thefe were but particular perlons; but as for the whole multitude, the; were punifhed very often and grievoufly with famine, peftilence and war, as might be fullydeclared,but that it istoo long, andnot much needful! to relate it. Let thefe things ferve to dewnonfrate enough and more ; that thefe Prophets, howfoever they feemed to be miferable, ragged, andovergrown with filth, yet they were armed with no contempti- ble power , which fell fame condition may be looked for of all other Prophets. Verle 6.
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