458 A (Yevelatton o, f theApocalypfe. CAP. 13, e.lsd fborsld caufe as manyac Would not adore the Image. Now lothhe joyn fore to his fraud; for whom he cannot perfwade by his miracles, to adore him, he compelleth them by pwnifhments. But who is this that caufeth as many as will not adore the Beans Image to be (lain ? Truly (the Image it fel£ For there is the fame Perfon thatfpeake_th and caufeth,as appearethby the two verbs in the Greek, which agree with one and the fameNoun fo that word for word, the words in the Greek are plainer, then they are exprefíed in the vrtaïtr Latin, and they go thus, andhe hadpoWer given him to put life fnte the Image of the Beaft, that lathe Image of the BeastJhould botb fpr¡ak, and¡ßiouldcaùfe, that Whofoever Would not adore, &c. Out of which it is plain that the word Image, is the Noun that governeth theverb (caufeth) by which argument we provedbefore, that thefe things are not to be underftood of any Image made with hands, which cannot be thought to be of fo great power, but rather offome living Image, whichwe have heard before to fpeak terribly, fo as it should kill all thole that would refute toacknowledge the divinena- ture andpower thereof.Neither can any manbe ignorant whatmat facres have been made through all the Chriftian world, becaufe men have nor been obfequious at an inch to this his Image.The Emperours themfelves that made fomewhat dainty of their olficioufnefhe, paid fo dear for refuting this adoration, that they loft their dignity, yea and their lives too; what may we then think became of the refs of the multitude ? It were endlefhe to rehearfe all, and it is as needleffe, the matter being futficiently known, Montanus and Plantine read, andhe caufeth, againfc the authorityofall other copies. Verf. 16. Andhe maketh all, both(mall andgreat. Another kinde ofpunningmen is in theirgoods, wherein they are amerced, that Will not receive theMark Now this Markdoth contain fummarily all thofe wayes, by which men are bound to the obedienceof the Beaft. And it is tobe confidered, how theBeaft requireth to have his flaves bound untohimwith a more ftrong band then God requireth thofe, ofhis houfhold to be obliged unto him. For God counts it enough tohave a feal that might touch and trouble the uppermoft part of the skin only. But the Seat} will have his mark go deeper; Whereupon he caufeth it to be ingraven on the flefh, which he doth to make the world to know with howmuch greatercare and vehemency he ur- geth the obedience ofman then ofGod ; Therefore he teacheth us in this verfe, both Who they be that receive this Mark, and in What parr they receive it. The parties receiving it, be all men, as is decla- red
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