C j , P. t 8. f Revelationofthe Appoc 1ypre. 771 theSea. For this Type is fet forthunto is by fe many degrees. And thefe thingsdo teach us the admirable celerity that !hall beufed in ruinatingRome, as alto that Rome being once fallen, !Hall never be repaired, and reedified again ; Agreat (tone rufheth down with the own waight,and that exceeding forcibly;but yet farre more forcibly, if it be calf down; andyet molt forcible ofall other, if it be calm down by fome mighty andittong man. Neither can it have any hope to floataloft again on the top of the Sea, whichboth its own waight, as all() the force ufed fromwithout ir, have pitched in the bottome of theSea. Thus (hall Babylon bee caft out with main force , and {hall never bee found again. Yet are nót thefe things thus fpo- ken of; as ifBabylonihould be furprifed at the firft affault, that fhall be made againft ir, as which we have fbewed by probate reafon, that it fhai1 bebeleged for force time ; for foold Babylon was not fubdu- -ed by Cyrrltu, and brought intohis power, till after force long delay, but therefore is this thus delivered,becaufe' the layingof Rome wafte fhalbemoft quickly at an end,after that it fhalbe once taken,<ind Thai be begun to be fpoiled.It may be that this Type may intimate unto us the manner of furprifing Rome which we know was ufed in furpri- fingold Babylon. It is great reafon,that bothof thefe Babylon fhould have both one fgne to fhadow out their deftru&ion, feeing both of -them are ungodly alike, and (hall bee deftroyed in like manner, Iere.S,t. 63, 64. Sofball it becall on- withforce. The word (hall be joyned with the fignc; without which; fignes are cold things , without l:fe and étficacy. Verle 22. and the voice ofharpers : Heopén.eth this ruine of Rome in more words, after the manner of the Prophets, who are wont to defcribe the utter deftruaion ofany place with flch kinde ofwords; as Ier.25. I4. AndIWill caxfe, the voice ofioy,and ofgladnefe to pe- from among there, thevoice al;ô of the Bridroroorae, and the voice ofthe Bride, the foxed of the Miller, and the light of the Candle. He waneth that all things-shall perish which pertain either to their pre- lent delight, or neceility, or elfe to their future encreafing andmul= tiplyng upon earth. For this efpeciall numbring up of matters fer- veth to teach us thus much. They are called I.arpers which fing and play on their H rpe. ; They are called Mrtfcians with a common name,that fing-with a loudvoice. The Pipeand Trumpet are Wind - inftrumentç;the one having a fofter and fweeter found, the other ha- -vir.g a more harihand terriblefound,fit for war,and yet there is force 1'ffff 2 ufc
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