794 Revelation ofthe Apocalypf-. CA r- .i9 Sewer may have nothing to hinder them,when they retorne into their country again; now the Holy Ghofl goeth forward to the other part ofthefixt Vrall, that is, to the Preparation ofabarrel, the Captain whereof is Eft defcribed. Now filch a portraitute isdrawne of him, not onelyas he mull needs have to fit him to this batten, but afro fuch as declareth the whole efface of things that (hall bee from this very moment of tiwe,to the end ofthings. It is no new courfc that the Ho- ly Ghoft taketh to deliver unto us a fhort and compendious Prophe- cyof the whole (late ofhis foule in the perron of Chrift alone. He is not changed,but onely fo farre-forth as it isconvenient forhis Church to have him changed. Therefore in this new refeutblance, as in a loo- king=glafï'e, weought tobehold the face ofChrift the Spoufç, andwe are fo much the more diligently to confider ofit. This mervailousV,- ftonis feene in heaven that is opened, that is, in the holy Church, whole moll renowmedand glittering glory, flail benowmade moll mani- fell untoall men, as above the notabledignity and excellency of the fir( Churchof the Gentles fuch as it was to be feene in the times of the Apo(lles, and firaight after, which was fignified bÿ the doore o- pened in the heaven ; Chap.4.r . But this is a more ample glory then that, as heaven is here let open not by Tome little doore thatgocth in- to it, but by whole great gates, yea, by the whole walls rather, as I may fay, there being nothing to hinder men from beholding the full Majefiy thereof, as farre as it can be feene uponearth. And beholdwhite harp. lc is not tobe thought, that Chrift will come forth in any vifibleforme ; There things that are now in aching, are farre off from the fall commingof Chrift, as it (hall be made ma- nifefi, by the expofition following, but he (hall openly put forth and exercilc fogreat power in the adminifiration of his kingdome, as this refemblance defcribeth him to have : The whole defcription conlirl- eth of foute members. In each of there, wehave both hisfurniture and his namegiucn us to confider off. In this firft part his furniture is a white borre, his name is Faithful! and True in his fayings,The likenefe ofwhich things with that vifon,Chap.6.2. path made certaine men to fìippof that this is the fame vilon with that, by meanes of which errour they fhuffle all together, but there vifront differ much both in the times and in the matter and meaning, That white Horrewas font out when the Churchwas in the beginning of her race, and at the barriers. This cimmeth when (he is towards the end ofit ; andat the Gole as it were, That comeout prefently after lohn, when Trajane and the next ofhis fucceflours flourifhed, This is not feene but after the overthrowing of Rome. There the confided multitude of all the faithfull
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