XI. Year of our Lord 96. 1055 The fecond wo is paft, and behold, the third wo cometh quickly. 15. And the feventh angel founded, and there were great voices in heaven, faying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Chrift, and he fhall reign for ever and ever. 16. And the four and twenty elders which at before God on their feats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, 17. Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God almighty, which art, and waft, and art to because thou haft taken to thee thy great power, indhaft reigned. 18. And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead that they fhould be judged, and that thou fhouldft give reward unto thy fervants the prophets, and to the faints, and them that fear thy name, ffmall and great, and fhouldft destroy them which deftroy [Or, corrupt] the Gg 2 come; earth.' See on Rev. Dan 7. 14. and on Joh. † Rev. 19.4. 17. See on Rev. 1. 4. c. Rev. 19.6. The Words under ver. 15. 18. Ver. 2. Dan. 7. 9, 10. I beheld till the Thrones were caft down, and Ifa. 27. 13. And it fhall 15 the ancient of Days did fit,- The come to pafs in that Day, that the Judgment was fet, and the Books great Trumpet fhall be blown, and were opened. they fhall come which were ready. to perifh in the Land of Affyria, and the Outcafts in the Land of Egypt, and fhall worship the Lord in the holy Mount at Jerufalem. Rev. 16. 17. The feventh Angel® 8. Rev. 13. 10. He that leadpoured out his Vial into the Air; eth into Captivity, fhall go into Cap-.. and there came a great Voice out of 25 tivity: he that killeth with the the Temple of Heaven, from the Sword, must be killed with the Throne, faying, It is done. Rev. Swora. Rev. 18. 6. Reward 19.6. And I heard as it were the her even as the rewarded you, and Voice of a great Multitude, and as double unto her double, according the Voice of many Waters, and as 30 to her Works in the Cup which the Voice of mighty Thundrings, he hath filled, fill her double. faying, Alleluia: for the Lord God f. Rev. 19. 5. Praife our God, all ye his Servants, and ye 20 that fear him, both fmall and great. Rev. 20. 12. I faw the Dead, Small and great, ftand before God. earth. 19. And the temple of God was opened in hea ven, and there was feen in his temple the ark of his teftament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thundrings, and an earthquake, and great hail. CHA P. XII. AND there appeared a great wonder [Or, fign] in a heaven, a woman clothed with the fun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: 2. And the being with child, cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. 3. And there appeared another wonder [Or, fign] in heaven, and behold a great red dragon, having feven heads, and ten horns, and feven crowns upon his heads. 4. And his tail drew the third part of the f ftars of heaven, and did caft them to the earth: and the dragon food તે 2 before feven Heads and ten Horns. 19. that I looked, and behold the Tem ple of the Tabernacle of the Teftimony in Heaven was opened: And the Temple was filled with Smoke from the Glory of God, and from his Power, and no Man was able to enter into the Temple, till the feven Plagues of the seven Angels were fulfilled. ht Rev. 15. 5, 8. And after': Rev. 17. 9, 10, 12. Here is 3. Rev. 17. 3. So he car ried me away in the Spirit into the Mind which hath Wisdom. The feven Heads are feven Moun stains, on which the Woman fit teth. And there are Seven King:: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he muft continue a rofhort Space. And the ten Horns which thou faweft are ten Kings, which have received no Kingdom as yet; but receive Power as Kings one Hour with the Beast. + Rev. 13. 1. and 15 25 Rev. 17. 18. The "Woman which thou faweft is that great City, which reigneth over the Kings of the Earth. Dan. 8. ro. It waxed great, even to the Hoft of Heaven, and it the Wildernefs and I faw a Wo-30caft down some of the Hoft, and of man fit upon a fearler coloured Beast, the Stars to the Ground, and stamp. full of names of blafphemy, hav- ed upon them. k before the woman which was ready to be delivered, r to devour her child as foon as it was born. 5. nd fhe brought forth a man-child, who was to rule. I nations with a rod of iron and her child was caught > unto God, and to his throne. 6. And the woman fledto the wilderness, where the hath a place prepared of od, that they fhould feed her there a thouland two. undred and threefcore days. 7. And there was war in eaven; " Michael and his angels fought against the agon, and the dragon fought and his angels: 8. And evailed not, neither was their place found any more heaven. 9. And the great dragon was P caft out, that old ferpent, called the devil and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was caft out into e earth, and his angels were caft out with him. nd I heard a loud voice faying in heaven, u. Now is me falvation and ftrength, and the kingdom of our od, and the power of his Chrift: for the accufer of r brethren is caft down, which accufed them before r God day and night. 11. And they overcame him Gg 3 S b 10. by him into the bottomless Pit, and fhut him up, that he fhould deceive the Nations no more, till the thousand Years fhould be fulfilled; 5 and after that he must be loosed a. little Seafon. See on Rev. 13. 14. $. Rev. 9. 1. The fifth Angel founded, and I faw a Star fall from 10 Heaven unto the Earth: and to him was given the Key of the bottom. lefs Pit. Gen. 3. 1, 4. Now the Serit was more fubtle than any Beaft the Field which the Lord God d made. And the Serpent faid to the Woman, Ye fhall not 20 rely die. 2 Pet. 2. 4. If God ared not the Angels that finned, tcaft them down to Hell. + Rev. .2, 3. He laid hold of the Dra, that old Serpent, which is the 25 refift him. evil and Satan, and bound m a thousand Years, And caft 11. † Rom 8.33, 34, 37. Who by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their teftimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. 12. Therefore rejoyce, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Wo to the inhabiters of the earth, and of the sea: for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, becaufe he knoweth that he hath but a fhort time. 13. And when the dragon faw that he was caft unto the earth, he perfecuted the woman which brought forth the man-child. 14. And to the woman two wings of a great eagle, that he might fly into the Wilderness, into her place: where the were given fhall lay any thing to the Charge of God's elect? It is God that juftifieth: Who is he that condemnet? It is Chrift that died, yea rather, that is rifen again, who is even at the right Hand of God, who alfo maketh Interceffion for us. Nay in all these things we are more than Conquerors through him that loved is † Ifa. 49. 13. Sing, O Heavens, and be joyful, O Earth,- for the Lord hath comforted his People, and will have mercy upon his afflicted. Jer. 51. 48. The Heaven and the Earth, and all that is therein, fhall fing for Babylon: for the Spoilers fhall come unto her from the North, faith the Lord. Rev. us. Rom 16. 20. The God of 10 18. 20. Rejoice over her, thou Hes Peace fhall bruife Satan under your Feet shortly. Luk. 14. 26. If any Man come to me, and hate not his Fa ther, and Mother, and Wife, and Children, and Brethren, and Sifters, yea, and his own Life alfo, he cannot be my Difciple. A&ts 20+ 24. None of thefe things move me, neither count I my Life dear unto, my felf, fo that I might finith my Courfe with joy, and the Miniftry which I have received of the Lord Jefus. Heb. 11. 35. Others were tortured, not accepting Deliserance; that they might obtain a Better Refurrection. 12. Pfal. 96. 11. Let the Heavens rejoice, and let the Earth be glad; [because the Lord cometh to judge the Earth.] Ifa. 44. 23. Sing, O ye Heavens; for the Lord hath done it: Shout, ye Jower Parts of the Earth: break 20 25 ven, and ye holy Apoftles and Prophets, for God hath avenged you of her. e. Rev. 11, 10. f. Rev. 10.6. [The Angel] fware by him that liveth for e ver and ever, that there fhould be Time no longer. 13. 8. Ver. 5. 14. • Exod. 19. 4. Ye have feen what I did unto the Egypti ans, and how I bare you on Eagles Wings, and brought you unto my felf. Deut. 32. 11, 12. As an Ea gle ftirreth up her Neft, fluttereth over her young, fpreadeth abroad her Wings, taketh them, beareth them on her Wings; fo the L alone did lead him, Jacob, his Peo ple, and there was no ftrange God 30 with him. :: Ver. 6. k1 Mac. 2. 29. Then many forth into finging, ye Mountains,35 that fought after Justice and Judg ment, went down into the Wilder O Foreft, and every Tree therein:35 nefs, to dwell there. Rev. 17 for the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, 3. So he carried me away in the and glorified himself in Ifrael. Spirit into the Wilderness.— 111 1059 nourished for a time and times, and half a time, m the face of the ferpent. 15. And the ferpent " caft t of his mouth water as a flood, after the woman; at he might caufe her to be carried away of the flood. And the earth helped the woman, and the earth ohed her mouth, and fwallowed up the flood which the agon caft out of his mouth. 17. And the dragon was oth with the Woman, and went to make war with remnant of her feed, which keep the commandments God, and have the teftimony of Jefus Chrift. CHA P. XIII. ND I ftood upon the fand of the fea, and faw a * Beast rise up out of the fea, having feven heads, d ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and uphis heads the name [Or, names] of blafphemy. 2. And e beaft which I faw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as e mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him Gg 4 +Dan. 7. 25. They fhall be en into his Hand, until a Time, Times, and the dividing of Time. Dan. 12. 7. It shall be for a me, Times, and an half.→ m his 15. tIfa. 59. 19. Só fhall ti Cor. 2. 1. † 1 Joh. 5. 10. e on 1 Cor. 1.6. a CHAP. XIII. dt Dan. 7. 5. Behold another Beaft, a fecond like to a Bear, and it raised up it felf on one fide, and it had three Ribs in the Mouth of it between the Teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arife, de20 your much Flesh. I. † Dan.: 3, 7. —I faw in y Vifion by Night, and behold, e four Winds of the Heaven Tove upon the great Sea. After is law in the Night-Vifions, 25 d behold a fourth Beast dreadful d terrible, and ftrong exceeding and it had great iron teeth : е † Dan. 7. 4. The first was like a Lion, and had Eagles Wings; and I beheld till the Wings thereof were pluckt, and it was lifted up from the Earth, and made ftand upon the Feet as a Man, and a Mans Heart was given to it. + Rev. 12. 9, |