7$0 evelatien ofthe Ap©eaíypfe. CAP.19a flameeut like fire,Crownes on his head, Rada name that is unknown, serf. i 2. He cotnmeth forth to the Battell both being hanmfelfe Grayed with a bloody Garment, andcalled the word of God, verf. 33. And having alfo a great army teaccompany hits, verf: I4. And laxlyberm furnifhed with warlike lnfrumens, verf. 15. Andwith anaine fit re exprefe fuck a portraiture, the KingofRings, rc. verf. 16. ',Ind fuck is the Captain ; TheSouldiers aremufr redtogether by the voice *fan Herald /landing in the Sunne, andpromifingcertaine vifleryr verf. 17. Is. Then the army ofenemies isgathered together alto, verf. l9. Icing nowoney touched in a word,feing the preparationand training of it wasfpokenfufciently ofbefore, Chapt.12.13. 14. 15. 16. So much for the more large opening of the fixt Viali, whichgoeth nofurther then tothispreparing ofthe Reuell. The feaventh and la' followeth, confining pert/Jim thedearuétionof the enemies, partlyin the kappines ofthe Church after that the eneanres thereoffhalbe defllrayed Thesstemies are two, the Beat} ofthe Weft, andDragon of the Eau+ Theoverthrowing ofthe wef{ern encnay is handled in the other two verfes that romaine of this Chap. bothofthe Prince himfelfe, verf. 2o. ,Qs rrlofthe Souldiers, verf. sI . THE EXPOSITION. After theings Ihearda voice. In refolving ofthis Chapter we referre their foure fir(/ verfes to the Fife Vials, chat is, to the falltfRome As wherein we are taught what ioyfull matter ofpraifing hod the de(Iru&ion ofRome {hall afford to the faints. The Angell *Aborted them toreioyce aboveChap. 18.20. Now therefore when the matter is once accomplifhed, all the Godly (hall triumph in good canal, and with all their hearts. But Icing this exceeding ioy of theirs followeth the fall of Rome, it mutt needs be that, either that mining ofthe Milf one into thefea is the deflroying of the Citty, or ell, fat manner of the de(Iru&ion thereof, is altogether concealed ; which yet (hall happen between that fgne and this Thanksgiving. The fira Gratulation is of a grist multitude in heaven, that is, ofa ionfufed company ofall fortsof People that (hall then be converting ha the Churchupon Earth. For we abide (till in the Ggnification of his word that is uCuali in this booke, which will not fi:ffer us to refer drefe[hinges here fpokenof to any knowledgethat the heavenly foules bay ofmatters that are done upon earth. The Citiznes therefore of the Church militant that are abiding in any place of the world whe- lcr..tl e ReporçofiZoms:r muse (hatbe known, (hail icape for the ex- . ceñve
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