3 g 6 ;4kevelation oftheApoca lypfe. C A P.12. loath begunto deflroy the covering in Ins mountain that coveredallpeople, mndthe vail that Wasfpread upon all nations, as hepromifed , Efay 25. 7. He hath begun it (I fay ) becaufe it !hall be taken away more fully, when it !hall be taken from the Lewes alfo. And there IVere lightnings. This is the third part of the figne, which teacheth what fhould follow of the opening of the Temple. Great evils fhould rush into the world from out oftiie Church, when it fhould be thus increafed and enriched with fuch great abundance ofdivine knowledge, the World waxeth lean when that waxeth fat and well liking, and the more bright and glorious a funfhine the Church hath, the more do the Ryes of the world wax fore, and full of pain. Whereupon it wi[heth the fubverfionof the Church, and Both endeavour to effect it as much as it can ; but all the profit that cometh by the labour it taketh,is to pull down upon it felt lightnings, and all the evils that are here fpokenof. But this is onely acompen- dious fhadowing out ofthefe matters beforehand, theexprefl'e por- traiture !hall be feen afterwards. . The twelfth CHAP T E R. 40 se Nd there appeareda great wonder in heaven : ëiE a woman clothed with the Sun, under whole :0 feet was the Moon, and upon her head a a; crownof twelve flars. 2 And beinggreat with childe, floe cryed, travelling in birth, and was pained that themight bring forth. 3 And there appeared another Wonder in heaven : for behold, there flood a great i-ed Dragon, having feven heads, and ten horns, and upon his heads feven crowns. 4 Whole tail drew the third part ofthe flars ofheaven, which he call to the earth. And that Dragon flood be- fore the woman, being ready to bring forth , that when thee had brought forth , he might devour her childe. 5 And the brought forth a manchilde , which thould rule all nations with a rod of iron : and the childe was ta- ken up unto God, and his throne. 6 But the woman fled into the wildernels, where floc thould
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