840 - Aervelattonof the Apocalypre. CHAP.2I. never relifh well and foundly in any mans heart , neither dothany man give his name and his heart withal! unto the Gofpel, unleffe his name be Written in the book of life : and unleffe he have a writingwithin the book ofhis heart, that anfwereth word for word, to that which is written in that book, fo as it may be a true Copy ofit. Ind the fea gave up her dead. Thefe words declare the manner of fummoning and prefenting there that (hall be judged before the Tribu- nall.judge ; to wit, the Iewes !hall be gathered out of all the corners of the earth,as in the general! refintrec`fion, nothing Chaff hinder a man from having his own body reffored unto him, what manner of death fo- ever he died of But yet, feeing the Sea fignifieth corrupt and coun- terfeit Dotrine through this book, it may be allo noted out unto us hereby , that thofe Iewes, that live in Chriflian Countries of which fort there are many in Spaine France , Germany , ?taly, as it were within the compaffe and precinels of the Popifh Sea ; of which wee have fpoken fo much before, !hall open their eyes to acknowledge the Truth , and [hall flye fwifrly to the light thereof. Death alfi, and Hell save rep. Here we have a figurative fpeech, by which all other fpeciall kinds ofdeath are underffood under one fpeciall,tògether with the general!; as if it were faid, and all thofe that died of any other death. Every dead corpfe muft.needs be either drown- edin the waters, or overwhelmed with the- earth, or rot in the air, or be confutned with fire, or bee ;devoured with wilde beaffs or it muff die offorce filch kinde of death. As for drowning, he fpake of the Sea before,; for the grave, now hee- mentioneth the word ( Nell) Death; contained) all other kindes. But feeing the Sea giveth- up thofeIewet,_which keep in hrifian Lands, aad which are infefted with Romifhfuperffition;1 'Death ark1 Hell Jhall reftore thofe, Which fhall live among the Turkes, and the Heathens, who are banned further from Salvation, and converfe as it were in the in- nermoff jaWes .o f Hell it felfe. For 'fo do all thofe nations live, who either hate,or have not heardof thename and profeflion ofChriff. Yet it matters not whether a mean peril$ by. Sea , or by Land, whe- ther among Chriffians , or among the enemies of Chrifian Reli- gion, Verle. 14. AndDeath andHell Were call. Herefolloweth a fpeciall execution agáinff Death and Hell. As therefore no death- thatl raign any longer in the world, from the time of the general! refurrediou,fave onely that which is eternall,which !hall feed upon wicked men,but (hall never
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