CAP.' 8. ./7/0 elation ofthe Apacatypfe. 771 agate revolters of our Countrey, that have deprived themfelves of their Cotintrey,theirgoods,& theirfriends;how bountifully & libe- rally are they entertained atRome,inSpain,& in otherPopifh places? They get that in forraigne Countries for a reward oftheir Treafon, which they could not come by at home in the way of honefty. There wanteth nothing at home to reward thole that dowell, but thefe night-owles hate the light oftrue vertue, and yet they would have all that that is due unto it : Thefe are the fellowes,whom Rome ma- keth rich, counting it afoul flame for her felf ( fo godly a heart would this ungracious whore feem to bear) that her favoures, and the promoters of her glory fhould not waxe rich by meanes of her abundance alone that fhe hath for them in fore , l owfoever they Lhould be diffreffed and left deftitute ofall other relief. Thefe men therefore may juffly bewaile the deffruftion of the VVhore,in whole fervice they met with wages for their wickednefl'e,whichnow they ¡'hall be compelled to praetiCe for nothing. For forne are too fully tninded,never to be thrifty. Verle 2o. O heaven reioyce over her. 'Thus far goeth the mour- ningof the wicked ; Now the Holy Ghoft fheweth how great and abundant joy [hall accrue to the godlÿ from the fall of Rome. Hea- ven is the univerfall multitude ofthe Saints on earth ; as we haveof- ten obferved. Apoflesand Prophets in this place are not thofe fa- mous Preachers ofthe earth of God,and founders of the Churches, which were fubfifting onearth in ancient times, hut all the godly men,that (hall be then living,and difcharging the fì:netion ofTeach- ers in the Church.For what do our matters on earth,belong to thofe holyblefled Soutes that are and have been yelling fo long and fo hap- pily in the heaven ? deadmen (faith the wife Salomon) know nothing any more, nothing ofour matters who are living as Pilgrimes, and are abfent from the Lord,Eccle.9.5.And thereforethe Prophet faith, That Abraham it ignorant ofee,and that Ifrael ktoWcth ue not,Ifa.63. 16. Therefore they are theholy Teachers that are and fhall be living upon the earth,whomtheHoly Ghoft calleth Apoftles and Prophets in this place, and thatfor this end, that they might be comforted by this name here given them agai'nft thofe troubles & vexations,which . they finde andmeet with, in and from the world, that though they be inferiour by many degrees to the Ancient Apofiles in gifts and graces,yet they fhouldknow that they are in account and eftima- tionwithCod,as if they wereApoffle.r,and Prephets.He calleth upon thefe by name, becaufe their joy fh-all be the cheifeft, as their F ffff mifery
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