856 fevelat:en of the Apocalypfe. CAp.2I. foretold , Daniel i 2.,I. And yet benot afraid, neither yet let your hearts fail you for fear : you arePure to get the viftory, and to attain cverlat}ing joy after this viftory. Verfe 8. But thefearefull andunbelecvers. Here we have a threatning of punifhment againft the wicked , who are firft called fearfull , fuch 014 areafraid of them that kill the Body , and therefare deny Christ before men, Matth. I o. 28. 33. Such au defire toPave their life, but in very deed they do all they can to loft ir, Matth. 16. 25. And perhaps there shall be tomefuch fearfullperfons as thefe at this time, who (hall be driv:n to this damnable fear with the greatnes ofthe danger,namely ofthat molt cruell deflruEtion,which the Turk ih Dragon (hall then threaten to bringupon all thofe that profefhe Chrift, Theunbeleevers are they, that fhail openly refufe the Truth. For the Iewes (hall not be at once converted , but it feemeth thatfome of them, (hall continue in their former ftubbornede- fpifingofChrift,as we haveobferved aboveout of Daniel. Theabomin- able perfons, are men that be defperately wicked , pats fear or (name, or hope of recoverg fuch as all men do commonly deteffand abhor. Aretat and Montanue read the wordfznnerr,before this word abominable,fo alto do the Complut, and the Kings Bibkread it. But thefe Sinners are the fame with thefe execrable men,viz. men that be notoriotatly wicked,lewd, and ungracious. But wherefore is theremention madeof Idolatershere. whereas yet the Lewes doe all of them univerfally abhorre Idols ? It may be that tome ofthem (hall have madea revolt to the Romifh impiety,and yet this is very rarely to be feen among them. Rome alto fhaIl be then laid even with thclground before thisday. Wherefore this and the re(t of the fins.alfo whichhave beenmentioned before , may be underftood of the Gentiles, as the which (hall cleave Bill unto their Idols , and therefore (hail have nopart in thisHoly city, the free denizens whereofyet all the Godly (hall be , wherefo ver they (hall dwell in all the world. The ly- ars alío (hall b. (hut out, that is, thofe that delight in lies, filch as hy- pocrites and difl'emblers in Religion are,who carry a certain thew,form, and face of Religion outwardly, whereof they have no root in th::sir hearts inwardly. Mark herehow the Holy Ghoft mingleth with thofe horrible fins before named,fome of thofe that bebut light in the opinion, and account of thecommon fort of men ; which he doth leaft other- wife a man (horrid deceive himfelfe, as men donow commonly, think- ing that if he fh.,uld keep hirnfelfe from committing thofe other more grievou and hainous enormities, he might givehimfelfe an indulgence, to live in thefe fmaller, and more petty iinnes without fear of punifh- ment. But thematter is farre othcrwife then thefe dreaming hypocrites imagine
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