13 Theſe have one mind, and ſhall give their pow- er and ſtrength to the beaſt /.
S They ſhall al! be Papi/ts, and for a while ſhall employ all their Power and Strength to uphold the Popiſh Religion.
14 * Theſe ſhall make war with the Lamb 7z, and *ch.1£.14 the Lamb ſhall overcome them x, tor he + is Lord of fDeat. 10.
Lords, and King of Kings, and they that are with him are called, and choſen and fairhtul .
t Theſe Ten Kings ſhall a while oppoſe themſclves to the Goſpel, taking part with Antichriſt. # But Chriſt ſhall overcome them by the Power of his Goſpel, or ſome of them that way ; others that will not be Converted ſhall be confounded, ſome way or other brought to ruine. w For he hath a power above others, and knows how to fit Inſtruments for his purpoſe; ſo as thoſe whom he ſhall make uſe of in this work, ſhall be choſen Perſons, and taithiul in diſcharge of the Truſt committed to them.
15 And he ſaith unto me,The * waters which ttiou faweſt, where the whore fitteth x, are people, aud multirudes, and nations, and tongues. LED
x John ſaw the great Whore ſitting upon ſeven Mountains, ver.g- and upon many Waters, ver. 1. theſe ſignified her Dominion and Juriſdi&ion over many People. =
16 And the ten horns which thou ſaweſt upon the beaſt x, theſe ſhall hate the whore, and ſhall make her deſolate and naked, and ſhall eat her fleſh, and * burn her with fire y. : :
x See wer. 3. and ver. 12. The ten Kings y ſhall Apoſtatize from the Papacy, and be great Inſtruments of God to rue !t When we ſee ſome other Kingdoms now in Vaſſalage to the Pope,
17. 1Tim6.rs Ch. 19.15.
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do as much as hath been done in England and Scotland, aud — :
7 NI Chap. RJ VII. and ſome other places, we may poſſibly underſtand this Prophecy better than we yet do.
17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will x, and to agree and give their kingdom ro the beait y, until the words of God ſhall be fultil- "i ted >.
1, x That is, what he hath determined fhall be done z not what he commandeth Men to do, or approveth their doing of ; his permiſ- I five VVill. y For God puts Malice againſt himſelf and his Son into the hearts of none, which is the cauſe of any Perſons affiſting the Beaſt. x Nor ſhall they do this any longer than till the 42 Months be expired, which he by his word hath declared, he hath allowed to | theſe mungrel Gentiles, to tread down the outward Court: But till I that time be expired, theſe Kingdoms will agree to give their power S to the Beaſt, whom about the expiration of that time they ſhall hate, and help to deſtroy. :
1s And the woman which thou ſaweſt y, * is that | great City 5 which reigneth over the Kings of the ; earth 7. |
y See ver. 3. 7 That is, ſignifieth that great City, ſee ver. 5. Ba- bylon the Great. a Commanding and puniſhing them as ſhe plea- ſeth. To what Perſon or Power that either now is, or ever was : upon the Earth, is this applicable, but to the Pope who makes Em-
f perors hold his Stirrop, ſends his Edits to Princes to execute, Ex-
© communicates them, and interdi&s their Subje&s, and arms them
againſt them if they refuſe ? So that if the Pope fits upon ſeven Hills, or Rome be built upon them ;| if the Papacy hath allured the Inhabitants of the Earth to Idolatry; if in her Idolatries ſhe be the Image of the old Pagan [dolaters; if to her many Princes have
x grven their Power and Strength ; if ſhe reigneth over the Kings of
} rhe Earth; and theſe things be applicable to no other Perſon or Go- f vernment; there is no more doubt, whether the Pope be Antichriſt, and Rome myſtical Babylon, which ſhall certainly be deſtroyed for her Idolatries, and ſhedding the Blood of God's Holy Ones, than there is of what we have, chap. 1.1, 2. That this Book contains the Revelation of Feſus Chriſt, to ſhew unto his $.ruants things which muſt ſhortly come to paſs, which he ſent and ſigntfied by his Angel, to his Ser- vant John, who bare Record of the Word of God, and of the Teſtimony of | Zejus Chriſt, and of all things that he ſaw.
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Babylon 7s Fallen, 1, 2. The People of God Commanded to come out of her, 4. The reaſon of the Command, $. Plagues- come ſuddenly vfon Babylon, 8. The Kings and Merchants bewail her Ruin, and the MaSters of Ships, 919. The Holy Prophets exhorted to Re- Joyce, 20. The Angel ſheweth how Babylon ſhall be Deſtroyed, by caſting a great Store into the Sea, 21. No Inſfirument of oy any more in her, 22, 23. The Reaſon why, 24-
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N D atier theſe things I ſaw another angel
come down from heaven a, having great power 6b, and the earth was lightned with his olory c. ;
a ic is a matter of no great moment, whether by this Ange! we underſtand Chriſt, or a Created Angel; the deſcription agreeth to Chriſt, and may agree to a Created Angel. b To whom God had Y given Power and Authority to declare the Ruine of Babylon, c and + had communicated to him a great Glory ſuited to his Splendor and vj Greatneſs, whoſe Meſſenger he was. ;
HA 2 And he cried mightily, wirh a ſtrong voice, ſay- | * 134.14. ing d, * Babylon the grear zs fallen, is fallen e, and 1s { Jer.50.39. + become the habitation of Devils, and the hold of | Ss 37. every foul ſpirit, and a || cage of every unclean and 5541” hateful bird e.
d Whoever was meant by the Angel, ver. 1. whom John ſaw, his Buſineſs was to give warning to the whole World, (therefore he crieth with a ſtrong voice,) e That Rome the great City, the Meo- ther of ſpiritual Harlots, ſhould fall, This Angel was a Prophet, and a Mefienger of him who calls the things that are not, as if they were; and therefore he ſpeaks in- a Divine Prophetick ſtile : the Prophets (ordinarily) ſpeaking of things to come, as paſt, or pre- ſent, or denote the certain tuturity of them, and doubling their words to aflure us of it; for this, is fallen, ver. 21. is expound- &d by, ſhall be thrown down. We read of this Angel, chap. 14+ 2, but it is ordinary with Prophets to repeat the ſame things ; and