le, gent arguments, thy grief, and that he t uponher the whole rage ofthy oto.e. utty rejcyee, receive withall,tidings of the finall .;,on ofthe Turks, prcfently after thefubverfon of Rome. For fhe muff firft be defaced, as being the onlymatter and fewtll of their Barbarous Tyranny, whole fi newts hhall be quite cut in pieces, and their power brought tonought , after that the Chriftian world íua11 be purged from the wicked abhominations of Rome,by the laft and univerfal (laughter thereof, as this Revelation dcdareth.And left any thing fhould yet be wanting to the full heapof joy, here thou maift know , that the calling of the Imes tò be a Chriftian Nation , is hereunto joyned, aad withtlt, a molt happy tranquility from thence to the endof th_ world. Matters indeed exceeding great and admirable, whereof the one part, was after Come fort , long agoc published to the Chriftian Church, fó far forth as was behonffull for thofe times,which were fo far off from the event ofthis prophetiie; for whom, as fhe draweth nearer the fame, the more full knowledge is referved : the other part is fo firange and unexpe led, that I could never find, nonot any probable fufpition thereof gathered out of this Revelation by any man. All which effefts, notwithflanding this new hundred of the ages which we are awed into, (hall bring untous, as our Interpretation, (ifI be not eleceived)dcth make plain. For now is the laft a& begun of a moll long and dolefull Tragedy, which (hall wholly over-flow with fcourges, flaugheers, defirit5lions ; but after this Theater is once removed,there (hall come in room of it amolt delightful fpet&acle of perpetual) peace, joyned with abundanceof all good things. And thou haft (moff deareÇpoafeof shrift) the whole remainder of the race of thy warfare, (land now 'up- on theHatches, and afteralong tollingop anddowse, at lengthbehold the land. Hí- therm the cloud behelda far offhath deceived thee,but now fee the fhore,& take notice of themouth of the haven : whether I he worthy or no to have the reward ofa good news-bringer, I leave it to the judger..entof thine eye s. For I am fo far front thinking I ()aould (rand to th, judgment of an umpirage of Rome alone, that I hope I (hall by neccff'ry arguments demonfirater (he is quite deftiuuc of eyes byGods judgement, to the intent fhe might at unawares fall intoevcrlafting deftruCtion. Let her therefore think and judge what- fhe lüieth, fhe luall lhortly know what it is to deceive her f lfandothers with her j gling conveyances. Thou w the meane time, (0 true anti right heisted $joafe) thinke upon this florin hinging over thy head, and prepare thy felfcagainft it cone, make leffe thy faylcs, that the wind may have leffe force over them, labour hard at the (tern and pump.of the fltip , left thoumifearry in the very entrance into the haven,whieb God forbid. A: d now fee how exceeding ac- iik ceptable this book of theRevelation ought to be unto thee, not onlybeciufe of thefc Vems ofmolt great moment whichare tocome, but alto in refpett of thehilt 'ry of things pàft, unto which if thou wilt eaft thine. eyes , thou. (halt fee the perpetuall track
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