C A P.19. ,4 evelatton of theApocalyplc. 799 on the earth ; All theremaking one (hepefold. (hail follow their one- iy Paftour Chrif+,the) areclothed with white and pure fine linnen, for that caufe which we have fpokenofat the 8. verle. Vert. i 5..indout ofofhil mouthwent out. When once the Vth ory frialbe gotten, it (halbe alwayes kept inviolable, neither (hall there ever beany feareofwarre that (hall be railed upagaine,our Captains being fodifpofed and provided, that he both can and will alio eafily and at pleafure, curbe and keepe under all his enemies when they are once fubdued in the former Bartell. For a Sword comming out of +bit mouth,fhal punnifli them forchwi:h,as he chreatned the Church of Pergamru, above that he wouldfight agarnff them with the[word ofhis mouth. ifthe, wouldnet repent. Chapt. 2.16. Whereby it is fignified , either that the enemies, are to be del+roycd according to the fentence that isdenounced againfi them in the holy word, when as they (krall bepunned in fuck manner as the word hath let down or els at leaf} that they (halbe brought to that paffe, that they ( halbe made to o- bey thole laveswhich the word (hall prefcribe, and that whether theywill or no. This latter fenfe feemeth to agree better with this place, fceingat this time, all nations fhalbe at the Churches com- mand, and that at a becke,requiring and taking lawes and ordinan- cesfrom it, whereby they may be governed. There nations therefore lhalbe&mitten in this manner. But ifany (halbe fo rebellious for all this, that hewill not yeeld obediencehe (hall be tamed with his iron rod, thatis, he (halbekept under and (hall have a hard hand held over him ; but ifBill he (hall go on in his contumacy, and will nor fiiffer himlelfe to be bowed or broken with any ordinary meanes though there fhould be manyof thefe rebels who fhould confpire to- gether to refit+his government in a notorious wicked manner, yet they (halbe calf like clutters of Grapes into the Winepre(fe of his wrath, and there they (halbe troden in peices. Wherefore his ene- mies (hall never have any power, to get head, againe, but they muff now be held under the yoke neceffarily, while the world lafleth Complutenfisand the Kings Bible read, Afharpe two edged Swordgo- oth .wt, andhe treadeth, in the prefent Tenfe, which reach that the Pu- nifhmentofwicked men {hall not be deferred any longer as before, but they (hall prefendy pay for their wickedneffe being to be troden down with great fury, as Grapes in the wine-preffa ; Efay 63.3. Lamen. I . a S. The wine-preffi ofthewine ofhis wrath. Becaufe the Pun i(hWhen t of dhe wicked (halbe no le(% pleating to God,then the Drinking of plCa- Á1111 Pant
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