C A P., 19. 4 l eVelaion oftheApocalypfe. 807 the dcfiru5tion of the Prince andCaptain of all milchicc; now in theie words the punifhment of his forces and fouldiers that aide him is fpoken of. And thcfe have another manner of' punifh- ment, not fo horrible at lcall:. in (hew as his way. TheySall be +411edwith the (word of hint that fitteth upon the borfe , That is with the word that commeth out ofhis mouth ; as Wit were, laid , they (hall Puffer fuch punifhment as is threatened in the word againfi thole who arc Difobedier,t, and will no! be fubjeet unto theTruth. As it is Ierem.5. r 4. Behold, l will pia my words ant® thy nsouth,esfire,and thie peopleJhall be as wood for it to cox/acme. What Singular matter then (hall there Le in the deltruciion of the Pope ? Forhe (hall be (lain alio withhis fword. Ir is truc indeed ;. but the word Both threaten divers punifhments according to the quality of' mens finnes,thc moll grievous plagues to the greatelt finnes,and ligh- ter puni(hments to feller times. Perhaps becaufe the Popcdome (hall be defiroyed farce more horribly,thcn we do think it fhall be, it is exempted out ofthe common rankeof punishments not that it is not foretold and denounced in the word, but becaufc perhaps it is-- le{C_ confidered ofby us, fag great a punilhmcnt that is which isdc. pounced again(t the popedome, and becaufe.wcfufpec it {hall be more flight, then the event will prove it to be. Or clic it may be, as we have (hewed at the 15. verfe, that thefe fouldiers after that they (hall be difcomfued, and flail begin to. feel the dint of the fword tomake havock amongst them, !hall yeeld up thevie-w- ry to the truth,!hall acknowledge themfelves to have the warft,and (hall be willing toput their necks under the yoke of Jefus Chriti, And all the fowls werefilledfull with their fle/h. The v c}.iry being once g.otten;the Fowles come flocking to the prey,& 511 themfelves with the carkaffes that are iltin,till they be glutted, and till they fùr- Pct again with easing. That whole Nation that was ere-whiles be- long'ng to the pops Territory,fhall be (ubje& after that ,, to the go vernment ofthe Reformed Church. Every Country that (hall live tinder the tmorage and fchoohngof that truth,that i.s of the purer no e,fh 111 have a pat tor thou Dominions fubdued unto them which were given to fupétftition before. -And this is that which famed ro be fi?..nifted by he birdsthat areglutted with this j2ateghtered Army; And-thus we have the full end and i(ítt: of the Pope and Popcdcnne óf Rome,plainly laid down before our eyes ;and hereby we fee thatthey final] fu :vivo the Ciry for fore few years,Lut they (hall be fo much theMore mifêrableai 1'}fi,becaufe the Cityhad tome left alive to Io- Kkkkk lctxrntis,
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