'9g 4totlatso>9®itheApocalypfc° CA s. i,. that follow after that. His name is fitted very conveniently to this time, That wordofgod, which the World (hall then know to their cofl, to be molt true, when, he (hall have performed all thole things at length, which are delivered is the Scriptures. It made a mocking ftocke almofi oftheword ofgodbefore this, as it doth alto at this day hecaufe it feeth both the promifedblefñngs, and the threatned curfcs ofGod tobedeferred fo long; yea the Citizens ofthe Church began tobe in a mamrnering, and to doubt ofthe credit thereof; where up- on that complaint is made in. the Prophet, The Lord bathforfaken,w, wndGodbathforgetter me,Efay; 44. z4 As ifGods promifes in his word werenothing els but flately, fwellìng and loftywords ()tidy, thathave no fubltance in them, to deceive men withal!, which in the end had come tonothing. Chrift therefore Ihall now tench men invery deed, that there is not theleaft jott and Titrleof it that hate been fpoken in vaine, and that (hall not be fulfilled This defcripti- enofChrifl agreeth to the feaventh Viall, under which that voice Call be heard laying It is dome. Chapt. r6. 17.. andwhen the Atiftery ofGoldflralbefullfi(led. Chap. ro. 7. untill which time the Perfeót ac- somplifhingofthings that are foretold is referved,and then (hall the authorityofthewordofGod flouri(h in the greatell glory thereof that (halbe in this world, whenas the moll confiant Truth thereof. Fall in every thingbe plainely perceived. Verf. 14. Andthe hoafl.rwhich are inheaver. Here we have the 1aß part of the defcription ofChrifl ; where his furniture is corgi- Ringpartly in his Souldiers in this verfe, partly in his weapons and infiruments ofwarne ; verf. r5. His name is, the King of Riss s, and lordofLords, verf. r6. This army feemeth to be levied, and addref- fed rather for a Triumph, then for a Battei ; For what fhould white Horfsdo in a Battell, what ufe is there of white andpure linnet,. An helmet, an aBrigantine were fitter for this purpofe, And indeed fo (landeth the matter; for this preparation is made for a triumph, not for a pitched feild ; Forwhen the weflerne and Eafierne enemies 4halbe at length vanquifhed and deflroyed, by meanes of that bat- tell that was fpoken of. immediatlybefore, the Church (hall have a great and glorious peacegrantedunto it, and fuch as no rumour of troubles (hall ever interrupt againe after that. Then (hall all the SonnesofGod keepe a perpetual) triumph,when all thole (halbe taken away for ever, that fhouldralle up any troubles againft them as it thalbe mademore cleare out of the expofition following. slbifhare in beam. That is, the Cittizensof the Holy Church up- an:
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