446 4 velat4on ofthe Apocalypfe. CAP.r3, many into bondage by whole troopes , yet they should be ofgood cheere, for they should fee him at /aft carried away intocaptivity. He alai' bedearoyed himfelfe with the (word, though he doenow kill whom he will with the (word ; which is alike comfort to that in the Prophet Efay. Woeunto thee destroyer, thatwaft not deftroycd, and to thee that doeft Wickedly, and they did.n t wickedly again/ thee, whex theu/balt caufe to fpoile, thou /halt befpoiled,&c. Chap.33. r. Here is the patience of Saints. This another argument ofcon- folation. All thefe troubles ferve to exercife the faith and constancy ofSaints, And indeed there is required great valour in fo great dan- gers; but thegreater the dangers fhall be, let the praifeofthe godly thine forth fo much the more : therefore let no man tremble for fareofdanger, but let him confider, that this Beat} is railedup to be thematter and means ofhis glory. i 1. After that Ibeheldanother Bea Thus muchofthe firfI Beat-}; the fecond followeth, which isanother indeed inhis birth and be- ginning,but the veryfarcealtogether innature& difpofition.Where- upon it is that the feventcenthChapter maketh mention but ofone ofthem only, comprehending both under one, as wehave obferved upon the first verfe of thisChapter. For which caufe alfo theHe- ly Ghoft doth not let upon a particular defcription ofeach ofhis members, but only fpeaksofthofè things whichbelong to-this new uprifing, the reft ofthe thingsbeing common , as it feemeth to this with the former. Firs} heafccnds omit oftheearth, as being both made more ample and great by the authorityofearthly men , and theseof the Laity, as they call them, whom the Earthdoth chiefly lignifie, and as one thatexceedeth inhonours,thofèvery fame menby whom he grew to thisgreatneffe. For that which afcendeth out of the Earth , is lift up above the Earth, having it fubdued under his feet, with thewaight whereofit had his head overwhelmed before. So theformer Beaft arose out of the Sea , as having the men ofthe fea set underhits, out of whole crew he did by degrees break forth arid get aloft. This ascending fell into the timesof Gregory the fecond,about the yeare726. When as the Pope relying upon theaideofthe Lombardsftrook downLeo ifaurua the Emperour with the Thunderbolt ofhis caufe, and drew away Rome it felf,and Italy,andSpain, from his obedience.For now began theBeetfttruly toarife out of& above the Earth, as which did not only exercifepower over the Ecclefiallicall rout, but hebridled the Laity alfo. with his authority,yea,and the Emperour that was the chiefe
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