ouy and ſhall be found no more ar 411 ;.
.$ FOraoignor Symbol þ of the irreparable Ruine of Rome fig- — that great Milſtone which had grounded to Powder fo _ ny - God's Holy Ones. 2 By this Sign God ſhews his Prophet,
- Inat Rome ſhall be Ruined. 2. That it ſhall be done with vio-
22 * Andthe voice of harpers, and muſicians, and * iſt.24.8. of pipers, and rrumpeters ſhall be heard no more at Jr-7-34- all in the&; and no craftman, of whatſoever cratt © **: be be, thall be found any more in thee : andthe - Src lound of a milſtone ſhall be heard no more ar all in 13.
thee ;
23 And the light of a candle ſhall ſhine no more at all in thee z and the voice of the bridegroom, and of the bride, ſhall be heard no more at all in thee
& : * For thy merchants were the great men of * 164.23.8.
the earth /: for by thy ſorceries were all nations
deceived m :
k All theſe ſeem to me but the Expreſſion of an utter Ruine and Deſolation, by various Phraſcs and Epreifions ; they ſhould have no more Occation of Mirth, nor any more Bufinefs cone in their City. If any will underſtand theſe Exprefſions, of the ir Cr- gans, and other muſical Inftruments uted in Worſhip, and of $6: 7- tal Crafts-men, I ſhall not contradi@ it ; but 1 think it more pro- per to underſtand the words more largely, 1 Though thou hift had a Trade with great Men, and m by thy inchanted Cups of the Wine of thy Formcation hatt intoxicated many in all Nations, yet thou ſhalt uſe that Trade no more; the Nations ſhall be deceived no more by thee ; here ſhall be an end of thee. And one tiing that brings thee to thy ruine, ſhall be thy ſeducing others to Idola- Ys ſo as they have ſeemed to reaſonable Men, to be bewitched by
ICC,
24 And * in her 7 was found the hlood of pzo- * ch x15.5,
phers, and of ſaints, 2nd of all that were flain upon
the earth o.
n In the Rubbiſh of Rome, when deſtroyed, o will be found the Blood of al! thoſe holy Servants of God, whether Miniſters ot the Goſpel, or Pro!effors of it, who ever fince the year 606; when the
Pope came firſt to his Power, have been put to death for the Telti- _ *
mony of Chriſt, and a faithful Adherence to the Purity of Dottrine by him delivered, the Purity of Worſhip by him preſcribed and di- retted, or the Purity of Diſcipline by his Dire&tion ſet up. As it ls ſtoried, that upon the Diſolution of Abbeys, and Monaſteries, and - Nunneries here in England, there were found in Holes of Walls, and Ponds, the Sculls and Bones of many Iofants, the ſuppoſed Baſtards of thoſe Fathers : So thou:h Men cannot, or will not not ſee it now, yet when the Papacy ſhall have its Period, Men ſhall under- ſtand, that no Prophet, nor righteous Man, hath violently been pur to death for the truth out of Rome, that is, out of the 7uri/di&ion and Influence of Rome ; but though it may be they have been no proteiled Papiſts that have been the cauſe or inſtruments of their death, yet ti:cy have done it as influenced from that Bloodv City; and the Principles have been perfe&ly Popiſh and 4ntichriftian. which madly hurried them on to ſuch Cruelties. ' It was one of luther”s reaſons why he would have none -put to death for Hereſie (as they call it) becauſe he would have this particular Character reſerved for that Anticliriſtian Synagogue. But ah, Lo-d Jeing, when ſhall theſe things be * Or who ſhall live when the wiſe Providence of G:d ſhall eff: them, to joyn with the whote Church, both Trium- phant and Militant, in the Song which we have prophefied of upon this Occaſion in the next Chapter. As 1.7. It is mt forus to brow the times, or the ſeaſons, which the Father hath put in his own Power.
CHAP: XEL
God is Praiſed in Heaven for Judging the Great Whire, 1——4, The Marriage of the Lamb, 7. Joha would have worſhipped the Angel, but the Angel forbiddeth him, 10. John ſeeth ome ſitting on a white Horſe, whoſe Fuſtice and Truth, Fyes, Garments, hidaen Name, Train, Sword, and Iron Red, are Dejcribed, 11 16. Another Angel calls the Fiwls of the Air to the Great S!aughter, I7—21, |
A N D after theſe things 2 I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, ſaving b Alleluja c ,
+ Salvation and glory, and honour, and power, Unto + Ch -.10, & 12. 19,
the Lord our God d : | 4 Afffeer the pouring out of the fifth Vial upon the Seat of the
Beaſt, chap. 16. 10. (for chap. 17, and 18. as we have formerly hinted, is but a Parenthefis.to the Hiſtory) God in this Chapter more fully deſcribes the Effe&ts of the pouring out that Vial. 6 It may be underſtood either of the third Heavens, or the Heayen upon Earth, the Church of God ; for the Church Triumphant and Militant both will concur in praifing God for the ruine of Antichrilt's Power. c Allalujah is an Hebrew word, and ſignifies, Praiſe ye the Lord, & All theſe are but terms of Honour and Praiſe given unto God, acknowledging that the Churches Salvation is from him, the Effet of his Power ; and that to him upon that account, ail Ho- nour and Glory imaginable is due, as having ſewn himſelf his Peo- ples God.
2 For * true and righteous are his Judgments Cc, * ch, for he hath judged the great whore f which did Cor- & 16. F
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Chap. XIX,
Chap. XIX.
+ Deut.32. rupt the earth with her fornication g, and F hath
- +08 avenged the blood of his ſervants at her hand þ.
Cli-10-20 e The Lord's Judgments in hol; Writ, ſometimes ſipnifie his Pre- cepts, ſometimes his Diſpenſation. of Providence, either more ge- nerally, or more ſpecially ; in which Jaſt ſenſe it ſ1gnifies {as here) his puniſhment of Sinners. Theſe are juſt and rignteous, and theretore called Judgments ; f For he hath puniſhed the Papacy, g whach corrupted a great part of the Earth with its Idolatry. h And by theſe judicial Diſpenſations God hath alſo taken Vengeance on them for the Blood of his Saints ſhed by them. It is remarkable that all along this Book, 1d9/atry and Perſecutionare made the Bealt's provoking Sins.
* 11.34.20. 3 Andagain they ſaid, Allelujah. And her * ſmoke
Ch.14-17. roſe up for ever and ever 7.
&X 18.c,18% 5 As the Church proceeded in her Praiſes, ſo God proceeded in
his Judgments upon the great Whore, until ſhe was ruined paſt re-
cozery,
4 And * the four ind twenty elders, and the four beaſts fell down and worſhipped God that fat on the
throne, ſaving, Amen ; Allelujah #. | |
þ See the Notes on chap. 4. All the heavenly Quire praiſe God upon this account, deſiring that the Lord would tulfil what he had begun.