CAP. 10. Akvelatton of the Apocalypse. 8/3 at ir, to fee himfelf banifhed from theonly holy Catholike Church, fuch as the Church of7oonae braggeth that the is,unlefie the Spirit had avouched it that they are bleffed and holy,. who fhouldprofefle. and maintaine the truth with a fincere minde when. it fpringeth up a- gain; and unlefìe he had taught us withall, that that Church ofRowe, that callethher felfCatholike,ìsa moFt impudent H.:riot, and is fo to be called, if (hehave her true name given her. This Refurre'hon be- longeth only to thofe,-who forfaking the Romifh Synagogues of Sa- tan, become the true Citizens of the reformed Churches. They who flick ífill wholy drowned in the filthy dregs, that is, the wicked doctrines and rites of Popery, have no part in the the firff refur- rectiokl, neither !hall have a part in the fecond, unlefle they (hall repent. Whohath a part. This is a Metaphorical( fpeech borrowed from thofe portions, which weredividedof old by lot in thé land of Ca- naan, ferving to this end,that we may acknowledge the mercy and providence of God towards every one of thole that fhouldbe con- verted, and that we shouldnot attribute any thing herein to chance and fortune. The 'record death bath no power. The fecond death is dellruaion in the lake of .fire burnirg .vithbrimftone,ofwhich we heard, Chap. 19, 20. But why Both the HolyGhoIf exempt them only from thefe- conddeath? becaufe thofe who should be partakersof this refurreEli- on, were not as yet pet the pikes and pangs of the fi :fl, that is, the death of the body, which though they fhould fàffer at the hands of the Reai,.yet here they are put in fecurity, that they (hall be free from the fecond death, which muff be the Solace of their hearts, in themidi} of all their qualifies and tuff;rings. Certainly there is no need to have this comfort promifed unto us; in the laff.refürrecfion, when we (hall live no longer by faith, but we (hall poffefle the in- heritance it felf, which we hoped for..This comfortable promife therefore, belongeth to men that are warfaring upon earth,who are hereby put out ofdoubt,that they fhall have the vierory,but yet they have not attained to the crown. But they (hall be PrieTofGodand'o fChrif, Chap. T . 6. and g. i o. it is faid, they fhall b Priefts to God,in the DativeCafe, but this be- ing in the Genitive explaineth that. All the faithful! indeed are TriellsandKing inChriff,that is,partakers of thefe dignities, and are endowed with tome power to obtains them,but here fomething store feemeth to&e fpoken according to the manner of the Hebrews; who
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