759 A c ee-celation4--the ApocolypCe. c A r. i $, of plagues could be equall toher horrible flumes. But thefe words doe teachns what the event (hall be , namely, ehat men (hall theex- treme feverity and rigour inexecutingofthislafl defolationofRome. And we are to obferve, that thofe men (hall be the executioners of thisdeftration, who (hall be the Citizens and fubjeets belonging to the Romane jurifdiftion at that time. For theAngell dothnowex- hort thofe very fame men to take vengeance, whom he commanded right now to ge out ofBabylon. It is likely that thefe men rernena- bring her fo longtyrannie over them , wherein theyhad been lying, and wherewith they had been opprefled fo many Ages, and having her wrongs which the had of late offered them fall and frefh fixed together in their mindes, the (lingwhereofdoth ftill wound them terribly, will give more free fcopeand indulgence to their an ger, andwill hardly fatisfie themfelves withany manner ofrevenge againft her. And this is that which is meant bythofe words, ren- der her double in the cupthat Aihashfilled unto you. Namely, that a mighty calamity (hailbebrought in upon her,and that withextreme bitterne.ffe & cruelty. Wehave feen before that there is a double Cup fpokenof in this Book, the one, the Cupoferror,whereby the whore maketh me i drunkewith the fweetneffe offinne, another of puni¡l,- ment, whereby weare taught, that the wicked aretobs punifhed iu lice manner as they have finned. Verfe 7. In as much aó fhe bath lift up her felfe. The wordsare bathglorifiedherfelf,that is,weighher out fo great a meafure oftor- ments with equall ballances, according to the meafure of her pride. glory, excelle in pleafure and jollity. Thou thereforeORome, Ihait be fo much the more miferable, by howmuch more happy and glo- rious thouhaft beenoutwardly. Who can expreffe the greatneffeof thy woe andmifrry, who haft fo abounded in all kinde ofwanton- nelle, pome, and 'riot, that the people ofSybarir in Greece that were branded with infamy for their fenfuality and delicioufneffe, are not to becompared with thee in this refpect. /fit beinf a Qeene. The quantity ofthepunifhment isdeclared twowages, both by her cruelty which fhe ufed towards others in a great meatare whichher punifhment mutt equal!, asalfo byher pride and liftingup ofher felfe in this Verfe, to which her caftingdowrie muff be correfpondent in the next. Now in that the faith that the is a Queen , fhe fheweth her felfe tobe naturall Daughter of her Mo- ther Babylon. And thefe words of hers are not darkely and whif- peringly fpoken, feeing (he challengeth a fupremacy to her felfe Ddddd a over
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