C A P.14. ARevelation oftlae Apocalyp%. 475 army of the Pope of Rome,whofe hair was,as the hair of*omen,Chap. 9.8. ThefeWho are brought from the earth , did not confent to com- mit the fätneldolatry with the womaniíh Locufts, neither .diel they worship their King, by adoring tither the Beafl. , or his Image , orby taking his marke either in hieforehead , or in his hand, or if perhaps they have been carried away for a time with the common errour, yet they did renounce it by repentance,whichcloth fo wipe off all their filthy fpots,as: if theyhad never been polluted with them in the lea(t manner. They folloW the Lambe Whither foever he geeth. Obeying Chrift their Captain in all things,and hearkening to his precepts alone. Montanus inferrethfor, and readeth thus, for.whither foever h.ç £hall go,&c. Thefeare brought from men , they are preferved from thecommon contagton,and chofenout of the crueofthofe that (hall perifh for themerit of Chrifts blood, left any man should attribute falvation unto them for that integrity of theirs,which was fpokenof right now. That purity was not enough tofalvation,fo far as it was' inherent in them, but thepaying of theprice for themby Chrift was neceffa,ry. Being thefirftfruits to goad: That is, in refpeft of thehuge multitude, which£hall at. laft embrace the truth , having all their myfts ofdarkneil'e driven áway,Chap.2o.5,6.&c. Verf.5. For they are unblameable, &c. God beho.ldeth go filthi- ne£fe in them, as whom he clotheth with the tnoft pure garment of hi* Son, in whom he beholdeth the Elétit, in whole righteoufneffe imputedon, them this molt pure integrity of theirs conffteth, and not in the perfeá ion of their own vertue. Aretae left out theft words , before the th. one of god : and putteth inftead of them the Avords in the a verfe, thefèare they thatfolio* the Lambe. Verf.6. Then I fiw another Angel. Hitherto wee have feen the generali conftitution of the whole Church , as it lay in the Campe with, the Lambe ; now the battle followeth, whereof the on- fet is made by fome of the. Citizens, and firft by thofe that fet upon the Beata With Words. For about the end of a thoufand yeers from the time of the Woman! firfl. Might into the Wilder- nelre, as it ihal! bee made very manifeft "out of the twentieth Chapter.; the Lambe fendeth out certain light harneffed skir- thilhers,, who ridingby the teats of Antichrifi did provoke him to fight, and-;bore off manfully his firft affault. Thefe be the three Angels here fpoken of in the verles follówing,the first where- óf are thofe worthy men,who arofe up about the yeer,i3oonamely QZq q Ockirìa
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