79z A l evelatión ofthe Apocalypr... C A P.19 that have been called, for fo is the participle hereput in the preterper- fe.i tenfe,äs allo math.aa.3.4.8, When it is applied to the Iewes;And hereby a certaineprerogative feemeth to be noted, which the lew-es have before others in their calling, as whohave been called from the lira beginningofthe world. But the Gentiles are fa id to be men that are called, in the prefent tenfe, becaufe they were fir1 called at the cornmingofChri1, or ratherfrom the time ofhis death. And thisdit- térence feemeth to be obfervcd in this Revelation alto, whereupon thole who are faid to fubdue the ten Krnps, having the Lambefor their ('aptaine, are called thole that are caller, and chofen, who as it is cer- tame, are the faichfull among the Gentiles. Theft. words are true. This is the íccond confirmationof this matter taken from the principal! author thereof; as ifit were faid,Lookenot uponone that relaterh fomewhat ofmine own head, but know that it is the decree ofthe molt high God, as thou ha( heard even nowwith thine own eares,verfe 5.Btat the natural] placing ofdie words as they lie in the Greeke hath great force in it, which is loa if they be tranf- pofed, thus ; There true words, are the words evenof God himfelfc, that is, they containe in them a snot} divine, excellent, and certaine Truth. For Come words of a man alto are true, but the cruet words we (peak have fome infirmities lying under them. Weal wayes fpeak out ofthe earth,lohn 3. ;z. There is therefore a kind ofexcellency gi- ven to this Troth, which appearethnor, if we change theorder of the words.It is no Grange matter to fay,tharthe words ofGod are true. Verf. ro. Andlfell beforehisfeet;Wby doth he fall down nowmore then before time? What was he fmitten with the Majeayofan Angel? But hehad been nowofa long time acquainted with Grange and mer- varlous fights; Whether is it becaufe of the joy that he tooke in hear-: ingof converfion ofhis own Nation ? So indeed it feemeth to be ; For John being ravifhed with the pleafantneffe ofthis Prophecy, as it is cleare he was, by the aniwer ofthe Angel, in regardof the fudden joywith which he was carried away, he would have given greater worlhip, to the mefenger offuch welcome newes,then was meete. See that then. It is a defecr}ive fpeech,for, fee that thou do not wor- hip ire; hereby thegrievoufneffe ofhis finne is fignified. For he nia- keth fuch hart, that he makcth not an end of the Sentence for haft E- ven as we are wont, to flay a matter from proceeding em with Tome fud- drn°cry and Toile, or elfe with the hand, when as the matter will not endure delay in (peaking. Heconfirmed] his prohibition,by a double reafon ; fiat becaufe the miniaersofChril have equal! dignity, be- tween themfelves, l am faithhe) thj fellow fervent, and not thine onely
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