460 dRevelation ofthe Apocalypfe. CAP .I3 ' And yet this order is changed in the Chapter following, Verfe s.. But only to aggravate the matter thereby, as it feemeth, as we íhall fee in that place. Verfe 17. And that no man can buy. The forceof this Marke that it may be a token oflibertygiven to commerce and bargaine a- mong men, What a great damage then muff they needs endure that want this badge, when they can neither convene nor have any dealing with any man ? And this is exprefly ordained in the decrees, t hat NO man ought once tofpeakto thofe WithWhom the 'Pope is aten-. mity,Cauf:i i.9.3. Ifan enemy. And again,dit+.q.3.Gratian.That fe- veraiyn obedience is due to the Pope, thatit is not lawfullforany man: to commune with him,towho the Pope is an enemyforfome deeds ofhis Chaire. For confirming ofwhich matter, the counterfeit Epiftle of Clement isalledged,faying,we miennotflay in this cafe tillone beex- communicate, but if this Clement be an enemy toany manfor any o f his ill deeds, doenot you Hay tillhefayunto you, &c. Doubtleffe lus becks are to be obferved, that fo wemay depart away from thofe with whomwe may conjecture that the Pope may be angry,& that without any warning given thereof. What plainer prohibition can there be made to keep men from bargainingwith any of themwho want the Mark ? Experience at this day confirmeth the fame thing, but the former times did it moreplainly, whenas the wholeearth didadmire theBeast ; for then hehad no leavegranted him to traf tickwith any man, who hadnot a Mark. ynleffehe hath a Marker a Name &c. Here wehave a diftribu lion ofthe Mark into three Kiudes, into a Mark, which is thename of the whole, as it is oftenufed indiftributions, into the Name ofthe Beall, andthe number ofthe name. The Mark is the firft &principali badge, proper to the Captaines and houfehold fervants ofthe Beaf, as it feemeth, confiftingpartly in ordaining Clerks, whohave an in- delible Character !tamped upon them, thereby to teftifie theirper- petuall Romifh fervirud e,Godsprovidence fo guiding their tongues, that they (horridnoteout the torce oftheir felt-deviled Sacrament in thofe words, that fo the Mark_ofthe Beall fhould beevident toall men.Partly in an Oath, whereby the higheft Emperours, Kings, and others oftheMagifiracv, and everycondition oflife among the Su- perior fort ofmen,are bound to yeeldobeifance to the Pope ofRome. Thus did Otto the first, in theyeare 942. fwear to `pope Iohn the 12, That he Would exalt the Church ofRome, andJohn theRuler thereof according to his power. DiftinlTl.63 Chapter. To thee O Lord, More filly
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