700 ,evelation ofthe Apocalypre. CAP.19 fart wine is to them that are athirfl. That mutt needs be performed ßoi,tlyand thoroughly, which a man takerh great pleaCure in doing. The punishment thereforeof wicked men {hall be grievous and hor- rible, fo as they be made to pay deare to the uttermoft for their da in- ris, wherewith they have beene glutted in former times, fee 2)eut. 28.63. Ver fe 16. Q.4od he kale?, his Garment, anduponhis Thigh. This name is written upon his Garment, becaufe it (hall be manifefl unto all men at that time ;that Chrifl is the lùpreme king, which thing was notfo evident to the world in former Ages. TheChriftian profeflion was {pread abroad long :Igoe into all the world ; how miferably did the Heathen Emperouts nip it in the head, when it rft began ro fpring forth ; From that time how many and mifchievoas wayes did the Popeof Rome indeavour todefroy it utterly ? Neither bath he given over his oldcourt at this day, having for a Companion in the bufineffenowgotten the great Turke, though each of them aimeth at the fame marne end by a divers meanes. Certainly ever fince the time that Chrift bath been made known unto us Gentiles,he bath fee- med not fo much to raigne, as to live in a miferable bondage ; And yet he bath alwayes given us force good proofe and argument of this kingdomeof his, even in the middcft of all thefe miferies, that the Church hath endured, in that he bathpreferved the Church from pe- rifhing in fpightofall enemiess though hee have fidfered it in the meane while, to be fübjea to the lawleffe lull ofthefe enemies,and by meanes thereofto be overwhelmed almofl with all kind of calamities aciddiflreffes. But now at lall the contrary (hall be openly knovvne to all men. Chrifl himfelfe (hall take thegovernment of the whole worldupon earth into his owne hands, and (ball give it over unto his Church. Then (hall that time appeare, when the Stone that is cut out of the mountawe without handr,¡ball break e Iron, (lay, Silver and Gold in pieces, and fhall obtaina Kingdome, which /hall not be de- ffrcyed for ever, neither(hall it be left unto affrange people, Daniel z. 44.45. And this is more evident by the name that is written upon his Thigh . as it were in the lower parts ofthe body, and as it were in the feet. For the Scriptures are wont to call all that which is be- neath the belly, by the nameofthe Feet, as we may fee, Gen.49.1o. zo. Therefore hebath this name written in this Part of the body, not onely becaule that which is the lowefl and rowel thing belonging to Chrifi, fcarcecommi ng neere his feet, is higher then that which is the higher among men, feeing Monarches were the enfignes of their Empire
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