"48z ARezielationofthe Apocalypfe. C A P.14: with the Turkifh Tyrannie. But obferve that this adoration is per- formed,not by falling down upon the earth ; but by acknowledging his dominion,and fupremacy,after which manner they may adore the the Beafr,who never law him. T o. He fhall alfo drinke of the Wine of Gods Wrath. The confe- quent of the propofition defcribeth the defi:ruaion of thofe whodo adore the Beaft, both by the kind of thepunithment in this verfe, as alto by the eternity thereof in the next. That is hill pro- pounded allegorically in the beginning of the vcrfe, then it is ex- plained with proper words in the other part of it. To drink,of the Wine of wrath,feemeth to be a Metaphor, made by a figure wherein there is a reference in another fenfe to that wine of fornication , of which verf8. Wherby was fignified the Idolatry,withwhich men are no leffedelighted,rhen with the daintieft wine. As men therfore do greatly rejoyce in their fins, fo (hall God no le(fe rejoyce in punifh ingthem ;forhewill mingle unto them a Cupofthe wineofhit Wrath; according to that,Deut.28.63. Or the fenfe of it may be taken from them , whoput wicked men to deathwith poyfoned cups,as the A- thenians,.andother people did ofold, and as the`Tarkr ufe to doat thisday. But what was this mingled wine ? The words in the Greek feem to be contrary to themfelves, the wordput for wine fignifying that which never was mingled, which in Latine is called merum. To clear this, a thing is Paid to be mingled , which is poured in for him that (hall drink, though it be not alayed with water; but that expoli- fion feemeth to mee to be more probable , whichwill have divers kinds of wines to be mingled together, which mixture doth much fooner beget drunkenncfs,and doth work greater difrurbance to the whole body ; water mingled with unmixt wine,breaks the force of fuch wine;which tempering ofwater withwine,eannot fo well ferve to lignifie the exceeding feverenefs of the puni(hment, which thing is fpok;n of here,To then mingled wine fignifieth judgement without mercy to them that repent not. He 'hall be tormentedWith fireandbrinfione.There words do note Out the punifhmentmore properly, which is like to be filch , as that was of Sodom longago; Afearfull fpeetaele wherofBoth frill abide in the world, in that allay earth,and (linkingLake, which is calledof it,Afphalites ; whereinwe have a vifible refemblance of theeverla- f}ing punifhment. This puni(hment (hall be inflicted in thepretence of the e4ngels, and the Lambe , that the torment may be more grievous , by howmuch more it is known to their enemies. Vert-.
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