Sy8 J rervelatson of the Apocalypfe. CAP .1I. majeftie and gloryof this Church hhall be moil divine andheavenly. But we fee there things a farreof , and darkly asyet ; Time thrall make the matter moll cleare at length. Verf. to. Andhe tooke me up in thefpirit into agreat and high hill.Here he fetteth upon the Defcription of the City , and that a more full one then the former , yet after a more compendious manner in theft two verfes following, after that he defcribed it moil largely of all the ref}. Therefore to the intent that Iohn might know this fpoufe throughly and certainely , he is taken up into an high and lofty mountains.. 'ïhe fir1} condemnation of the whore wasfeene in ti.e wildernefe, Chap. 17. 3. But the gloryof' the fpoufe1h:dl to revealed in anhigh mountain, in the eyes and fight of all the world. This mountain feemeth to be that of which Efay fpeaketh ; In the Leff clayey the mountaine of the hoofs of the LordMall be prepared in the top of other rnountainer, and ¡ball be ex- alted above the biller ; and all Nations fhallflow unto it ; Chspar 2. 2. This mountain is worthily Paid to begreat and high ; which is ter on the ridgeand the top ofother mour tains. Whatfoever therefore excellcth in dignityupon earth, (hall be furpaffed by the eminencyof this Church. The beauty of this City shall appear in this mountain, as ifthe venerable and divine excellency thereof fhould be moil mamfeGly teen of her citi- zens, that dwell within her tvalles , whichyet cannot be fo manifeft to thofe that keep further of in remote places. And indeed there (hall be many Iohn.c, that is, godly and holy men , who (hall leave all their own habitations , to flock to this mountain, not to take a viewof holy places as the fuperflitious Pilgrimes are wont to do , but that they may behold the glory of the Lord openly , and that they may enjoy,being prefenr, the pleaturesof the Saints. For can there be a more wilhed thing then to converfe together with them , who shall worfhip Chrifi moll purely and holily , according to his ordinance and appointment a- lone;and that with moil ardent defiresand endeavours ? Herein certainly hhall men have a moil fwect tall of the familiar converting of the Saints .mong the holy Angels. But it is enough to give a touch of thefè matters in a word , leaft I fhould feeme to tome 'men to Iblace and (latter_my folle with a ftveet dream. But let us cbferve, that if theft things were fpoken of the heavenly Country wherein the faints thrall live glorioufly after theTaft judgement ; no Olympus would be an hill higi enough to demonfirate this unto us. Verfe it. Andhe fhetred th4t great City. This City is great, as which is filled with multitudes of citizens, it hath been alwayes hither- to fmall and ftrait, as being content , with a fewer company of men, now
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