CAP. 19. el ppelatienofthe Apocalypse. 7 at Empire upon their head, in their Crownes andDiademes, but Chrift carrieth a higher Title upon his Thigh,then any Monarch. ever did; I fay it is not for this caufe onely that this title is fet in this part of his body,but efpecially becaufc this Ihalbe the time, wherein ChriCts feet, that is, his Church (hall have the dominion. Before this time his fet t were like fine braffe burning in the furnace, though free from all maine hurt, Chapt. I .15. but now after this fiery Trial' is over, they (hall enjoy a moll ample Kingdome; Then (hall Chrifi honour, the place of ho feet, as it is foretold, Efay 6o.z 3. This is that Kingdome which all theProphets doe extoll fo with fuch eloquent and lofty fpeech, TherePad he ow endof this Kingdome, but after that it (hall iiouri(b upon earth, it fhall be tranflated hence intoheaven at lafl, at the fecond comming of Chrifi. Thus therefore the foure naines of Chrifl, comprehend thewhole ERate of the Church from the calling of the Iewes, to the tall end of all the things. All which time may be difingutfhed into three moments, the firfl whereof goeth before the Battell, that hhall be fought with theBeall, and the Dragon, to which the twoHI names with the whole furniture belonging to them are applied. TheSecond is during the time of the Battell it felfe ; which is noted out unto us by the third name. The third is all the rcfl of the (pace from the timeof the vi&ory, till Chrifl (hall conic to Iodge- ment,towhich the fourth moll mighty name Both agree. Verfe z 7. Then I fare a certaine (Angel flanding in theSunne. This farre goeth the defcription of the Captaine ; now the Holy Chofl commeth to defcribe certaine of the Souldiers, that trinfI encounter with the Beafl.Thefe are unaltered by the voyce of an Herald (land- ing in theSavoie, who is a different Angell from him dial poured out the Viall upon the Sunne ; For this is he that (hall plague the Anti- chriflian Synagogue, by interpreting the Scriptures. That other thall found an Alarum to the battell, by lirring up the Saints thereunto. Neither (hall he that poureth out the Vial Band in the Sunne it felte, but being feated fvmewhere elfe,he (hall call abroad his liquor upon it. This Angel, as it were, fitting downe in the Charret of Phaba:i, takes up his (landing within the Compaffe of that great' light. But will foieman fay, how (hall we be able to conceive even in our thoughts ofany inch thing as this ? I thinke that we may fetch a light to find out this Sunne here meant, out of Chapt. z 2.1 . Where we heardthat the woman was clothed withthe Sunne, that is, that (he glit- tered on everyfrde round abour, with the moll cleare light of the Scriptures, with theclean knowledge whereof the being adorned as pr s
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