534 .R 1 ervedation ofthe Ap@calyp re. CAP. i 6. butcherly maílácres they bring the Chriflians for the molt part by their information, fothat none,not the innocent party fcapes their hands as they fay, but he is either put to death, or he lofeth all his goods ? But befides, it is nowwell known to all the world ; that thfe are the plotters of Con,piracies againfiz Princes,andthe dijiurbers of thepubliiepeace ; that donot fear to lay violent hands no not upon thefacredperfons of 'Princes Whofe death they do contrive by fundry crafty devices, as we have often had experience of their villaniy lìercin, to our great danger, which thing alto other Princes have learned with their own mifchief. But howfoever the things flaould not be thus, feeing they are bound by their OathofAllegiance to the Pope of Rome , whofe ftouteft Champions they Phew themfelves to be, they are worthily made guiltyof thebloodof the Saints , which the Pope himfelf hath flied in fo great abundance. So doth Chrift condemn the Lewes then living for killing Zachary, whom their anceflours flew many ages before becaufe they allowed the fame courfes which their Fathers took , who commited that wickednefs, Mat th. 2 3. 3 5 emend therefore thou haft liven them blood- to drink, As 7omyris gave untoCyrus; to give blood unto one, is to put one to death,as, I Willgive thee the blood of zealandWrath, that is, I will caufe thee to-be flain,asmen are Hain in the burning rage ofanger and jealoufie. Ezec. i6. 36. Out of which words it is plain, that thefefoods and Fountains are men,as we interpreted them at firft,who are made the killers of the Saints, whom therefore they mull pay for killing with their own blood. Verf.7. AndI heardanother out ofthe Altar.The fecond teftimony is of the Angel from the Altar : The word put for Altar, fignifieth properly an Altar for brags that are,flab% ; though fometimes it be put for the Altar of incenfe ; as Chap. 8. 3. Which is alto a figne of Chrifs death in like manner. Theod. Beza translates thus, out of the fantinary, whichdoth not expreffe the force of the fentence fuifici- ently ; perhaps he turned it fo , becaufe of the propofitionout of which for the moll part belongs to a place, and fomething that con- taineth fomewhat within it, which might feemnot to agree to an .Altar; but there was the like place above, where the Angel same forth out of the Altar,Chap.t 4. t 8. Which may open the meaning of this place.We (hewed there,that this kind of fpeakingbelongs unto thofe that areHain for Chrifts caufe, whofe place is under the Altar, Chap.6.g. This
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