CAPJr. A Rervelat±on of the .Apocaïypfc. Were, Which came to an utter mine inprcceffe of lime:".; For'fo it is .faid, andheJhall raign for evermore. The firft entrance therefore of this Trumpet fhould be famous by this increáfe of new Kingdomes, even as it came to pafTe in our Kingdom of England: Unto which Chrif tint our moll gracious Elizabeth to be sfeen,at the firfl blafl, of the fetienth Trumpet,in the yeer 1558, and theagaine gave her felt, and her Kingdom tiì GhriFt by way ofthankfulnefte,which the fhewed,bv rooting out the llomiJl, fuperftitions forxhe greaterpart of them, 'throughout all her Domi- nions, and by reftoring thé fincere and favingTruth unto her people, that fo we might worfhip the Lord our Gildaccording to his ap- pointment. KingEdward her Brother,as it were another Iefas, did as much as this with an upright heart, all the time of his raign, but that was but a fhort raign; for the*Angel hadnot blown his Trumpet as yet, at which time, drift J ould raign for ever andever. And therefore the ftorrnie perfecution that was in een Maries dayes, fumed to pluck up that from the very foundation, which had he- gun to be worthily built up. But after that this norm wasblown over, and the weather began to look fair and pleafant, what time Elizabeth, that moll beautifull and comfortable Star rofe up, then was the Chriflian Empire augmented, with England and Ireland; the next yeer after Scotlandwas added ; fo as now all Britany With her Ifles that belong to her, was fubjeet to Chriff. IIów notable an increafe was this tobe made more ample, by thecoming in of fo populous nations ? But the gloryof this Kingdom is fo much the greater, becaufe it fhould be eternall. For fo do thevoyces gleak, andhe(hall raignfor evermore. The former Kingdomes ofChriff did perifli after force fort, being either deftroyed with the tempeft ofwars,or elfe they were changed into the Antichriftian thraldom;but from this beginning there fhould never want Chrißian Princes, who fhould keep the Truth fafe and foundwithin their Dominions. For now is that time begun, when Chrift (hall raign in all the earth, havingall his enemies round about fubdued unto him; and broken in pieces, ofwhich `Daniel fpeaketh, Chap.2.44. So alto doe, the Prophets commonly fpeakofit in fo ma- ny places,and that with words of fo great honour and Majesty we (hall fee out ofthofe things that follow, that this kingdome among the Gentiles is to be continually added unto this that began now,till it' be increafed infinitly by thecalling ofthe leWs, Rr be at laft translated' from thence intoheaven. And is there notamoil evidentproofgiven' Dd d 2 US
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