C, AP.2'0. AT(evelation-oftheApocalypfe. 8r.ì xn4 Wouldnot come under his yoke in any fort, in thefame verte , the refidue of men didnot live again throughout all that time, dut being eleceivedby thefubtilties,e-couzenager ofthe Beaf}, tlky lay,as it Were deadand buried in their errours, verte5. The thirdPeriod which is the time ofthe Dragons loolino.,rclateth both the elate andCondition ofthe Eleeî, and thefurious rage ofthe Dragon let loofe, and revived, form- ing andplaying the Divell again. The Blell When once thofe thoufand leers Were ended , livedand rote up again, andthat not in a little num- ber as they did in the fecondperiod, but inafar greater andmore huge tnultitde, for theyforfake the errors oftheieafl,&Were converted to true Piety. And this is calledthe firlf refttrreaion, andthey are pronounced bleffed that have apart init,becauf of their Priefly and rgalldignity, andbecame ofthe longtimeof their raigning With Chrif , verfe..6. TheRage ofthe Dragon revivedagain after that imprifoning of hits fora thoufand yeers, verfe.7. He did mufler Souldiers,both certainfor thir name, Gog, and Magog, and infinitefor their multitude,vcrfe.8. He did make havock_ofall things far and Wide , and he did cornpafe the tents ofthe Saints Withafiege, in the beginning of the 9. vertr. o,lnd thusfar reacheth the repetition of theformer liges. That Which followethfrom that time, is to come, Which is both his endeavour againf the holy City , and the utter defrullion , both ofhis Army in the end of the ninth verte, acs alfo of hinfelF verte. z o. And thusfar of the dcftruftion of the enemies ; after this the felicity of the Saints is handled, WhereWith the Church fhall glifler glorioufly When it fall over-live all thfe - calamities. end this felicity thereof ù explained tWo. Mayes, both by laying open the gathering of the Saints together, in the ref of the chapter, and then by the laying out their happy ellate When they Ail' be thus gathered, in the Chapters following. The gathering of them bath both a pre- parative and an execution. The preparation is of a Judge fitting upon a great Throne, verte i i. The execution is partly a generall and furnmary one, againf thole Who are to bee fudged, Where the forme of the lodgement is fet down, which is out ofcertain Took: Wherein their V'orks are recorded according to Which they be iudged, verte. 1 2. And the manner ofprefenting then; before the Tribu-, nallofthe Judge, Which is called a Reforretlion, verte 11. Partly a particular one and by name,againf death and Hel, and thole Who Were notfound in th' Boole o( Life, verfe. 14. and 15. THE EXPOSITION. J® Nd l Tata an Anellcoming dolj'n. A man may fee by the Cc rnr .,[- mentaries of the Interpreters, how greatly t1.ey arc puz.led and L 1 I 1 l toyed
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