Lingua testium: wherein monarchy is proved, 1. To be jure divino. 2. To be successive in the Church (except in time of a nationall desertion) from Adam untill Christ. 3. That monarchy is the absolute true government under the Gospel. 4. That immediately after extraordinary gifts in the Church ceased, God raised up a monarch for to defend the Church. 5. That Christian monarchs are one of the witnesses spoken of Rev. 11. 6. That England is the place from whence God fetched the first witnesse of this kind. 7. England was the place whither the witnesses, (viz. godly magistracy and ministry) never drove by Antichrist. Where is proved, first, that there hath been a visible magistracy, (though in sackcloth,) these 1260. yeares in England. ... Amongst these things are proved that the time of the calling of the Jews, the fall of Antichrist, and the ruine of the Beast of the earth is at hand. Wherein you have the hard places of Mat. 24, and Rev. 17. explained with severall other hard texts: ... / Written by Testis-Mundus Catholicus, in the yeare of the Beasts of the earth's raign, 1651.
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             Lingua testium: wherein monarchy is proved, 1. To be jure divino. 2. To be successive in the Church (except in time of a nationall desertion) from Adam untill Christ. 3. That monarchy is the absolute true government under the Gospel. 4. That immediately after extraordinary gifts in the Church ceased, God raised up a monarch for to defend the Church. 5. That Christian monarchs are one of the witnesses spoken of Rev. 11. 6. That England is the place from whence God fetched the first witnesse of this kind. 7. England was the place whither the witnesses, (viz. godly magistracy and ministry) never drove by Antichrist. Where is proved, first, that there hath been a visible magistracy, (though in sackcloth,) these 1260. yeares in England. ... Amongst these things are proved that the time of the calling of the Jews, the fall of Antichrist, and the ruine of the Beast of the earth is at hand. Wherein you have the hard places of Mat. 24, and Rev. 17. explained with severall other hard texts: ... / Written by Testis-Mundus Catholicus, in the yeare of the Beasts of the earth's raign, 1651.
             Hall, Edmund, 1619 or 20-1687.
          
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           Charles -- I, -- King of England, 1600-1649.
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           Divine right of kings -- Early works to 1800.
           Continuity of the church -- Anglican Communion -- Early works to 1800.
           Eschatology -- Early works to 1800.
           Monarchy -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800.
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           LINGVA
           TESTIVM
           :
           WHEREIN
           MONARCHY
           IS
           PROVED
           ,
           
             
               1.
               
               
                 To
                 be
              
               Jure
               Divino
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               To
               be
               successive
               in
               the
               Church
               (
               except
               in
               time
               of
               a
               Nationall
               desertion
               )
               from
               
                 Adam
              
               untill
               
                 Christ
                 .
              
            
             
               3.
               
               That
               
                 Monarchy
              
               is
               the
               absolute
               true
               Government
               under
               the
               Gospel
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               That
               immediately
               after
               extraordinary
               Gifts
               in
               the
               Church
               ceased
               ,
               God
               raised
               up
               a
               
                 Monarch
              
               for
               to
               defend
               the
               Church
               .
            
             
               5.
               
               That
               Christian
               
                 Monarchs
              
               are
               one
               of
               the
               witnesses
               spoken
               of
               
                 Rev.
              
               11.
               
            
             
               6.
               
               That
               
                 England
              
               is
               the
               place
               from
               whence
               God
               fetched
               the
               first
               witnesse
               of
               this
               kind
               .
            
             
               7.
               
               
                 England
              
               was
               the
               place
               whither
               the
               Witnesses
               ,
               (
               
                 viz.
              
               godly
               Magistracy
               and
               Ministry
               )
               never
               drove
               by
               
                 Antichrist
                 .
              
            
          
           Where
           is
           Proved
           ,
           
             
               First
               ,
               that
               there
               hath
               been
               a
               visible
               Magistracy
               ,
               (
               though
               in
               sackcloth
               ,
               )
               these
               1260.
               yeares
               in
               
                 England
                 .
              
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               That
               this
               Magistracy
               in
               all
               Ages
               (
               since
               
                 Antichrists
              
               being
               visible
               )
               hath
               witnessed
               for
               
                 Christ
              
               against
               
                 Antichrist
                 .
              
            
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               That
               the
               late
               
                 King
              
               who
               was
               cut
               off
               with
               the
               Axe
               ,
               was
               the
               lawfull
               successor
               of
               Gods
               witnesses
               ,
               who
               for
               these
               1260.
               yeares
               have
               been
               Witnesses
               in
               Sackcloth
               for
               
                 Christ
              
               against
               
                 Antichrist
                 ,
              
               whereby
               t'
               is
               evident
               that
               he
               is
               the
               slain
               Witnesse
               that
               finished
               his
               Testimony
               .
            
             
               Fourthly
               ,
               That
               his
               Son
               the
               K.
               of
               
                 Scotland
              
               who
               is
               the
               Witnesse
               expected
               3.
               yeares
               and
               an
               half
               after
               the
               slaying
               of
               (
               the
               Witnesses
               to
               rise
               again
               )
               is
               by
               an
               unquestionable
               title
               Emperour
               of
               
                 Rome
                 ,
              
               and
               that
               Prince
               expected
               to
               be
               the
               ruine
               of
               the
               
                 Antichristian
                 Monarchy
              
               of
               
                 Rome
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             Amongst
             these
             things
             are
             proved
             that
             the
             time
             of
             the
             calling
          
           of
           the
           
             Jews
             ,
          
           the
           fall
           of
           
             Antichrist
             ,
          
           and
           the
           ruine
           of
           the
           Beast
           of
           the
           Earth
           is
           at
           hand
           ,
           Where
           in
           you
           have
           the
           hard
           places
           of
           
             Mat.
          
           24
           ,
           and
           
             Rev.
          
           17.
           explained
           with
           severall
           other
           hard
           Texts
           :
           Together
           with
           a
           description
           of
           the
           last
           Enemies
           which
           slay
           the
           Witnesses
           ,
           whereby
           t
           is
           evident
           that
           
             England
          
           is
           the
           place
           where
           the
           Witnesses
           are
           slain
           ,
           and
           no
           place
           else
           .
        
         
           Written
           by
           
             Testis-Mundus
             Catholicus
             ,
          
           In
           the
           yeare
           of
           the
           Beasts
           of
           the
           Earth's
           raign
           ,
           1651.
           
        
      
       
       
         
           READER
           :
        
         
           I
           Have
           taken
           upon
           me
           one
           of
           the
           hardest
           Taskes
           this
           day
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           who
           am
           I
           that
           undertake
           it
           ?
           but
           the
           weakest
           that
           ever
           travelled
           in
           this
           high
           way
           .
           I
           find
           Gyants
           in
           learning
           ,
           stumbling
           ,
           falling
           ,
           stragling
           ,
           and
           quite
           tyred
           in
           this
           way
           :
           many
           mighty
           men
           durst
           never
           adventure
           to
           put
           foot
           therein
           ,
           and
           few
           that
           ever
           entred
           it
           can
           say
           they
           came
           to
           their
           journies
           end
           ;
           there
           was
           still
           a
           
             pus
             ultra
          
           which
           they
           all
           acknowledged
           .
        
         
           This
           only
           was
           my
           encouragement
           to
           enter
           into
           this
           sacred
           Thicket
           of
           Divine
           Mysteries
           ,
           that
           that
           Divine
           Essence
           which
           gave
           it
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           delights
           to
           reveale
           it
           to
           Babes
           and
           Sucklings
           in
           the
           world
           .
           I
           am
           sure
           my
           Lord
           and
           Master
           the
           King
           of
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           delights
           to
           have
           it
           so
           ;
           The
           great
           God
           usually
           magnifies
           his
           grace
           this
           way
           ,
           by
           doing
           great
           things
           by
           the
           weakest
           meanes
           ,
           He
           made
           a
           poore
           ,
           weake
           ,
           despised
           Maid
           ,
           alone
           ,
           to
           bring
           forth
           the
           mighty
           Monarch
           of
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           ,
           in
           this
           great
           work
           I
           have
           been
           ,
           (
           as
           the
           blessed
           Virgin
           )
           both
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           alone
           .
           Whiles
           I
           was
           bigge
           of
           what
           I
           have
           here
           brought
           forth
           in
           both
           these
           Tracts
           ,
           I
           was
           inforced
           
           (
           like
           
             Elizabeth
          
           )
           to
           hide
           my self
           ;
           for
           so
           grievous
           were
           the
           thrumps
           and
           kicks
           of
           my
           friends
           against
           it
           ;
           whiles
           I
           went
           in
           pain
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           I
           could
           not
           endure
           them
           ,
           and
           now
           it
           is
           born
           ,
           the
           
             Herods
          
           of
           the
           times
           doe
           seek
           its
           life
           .
           I
           must
           confesse
           it
           goeth
           adroad
           in
           a
           homely
           dress
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           never
           the
           lesse
           ,
           nor
           never
           the
           worse
           truth
           .
           The
           Harp
           is
           
             Davids
          
           Harp
           ,
           though
           the
           Method
           and
           the
           Stile
           (
           which
           are
           as
           the
           strings
           and
           the
           fingers
           )
           are
           mine
           ;
           which
           I
           could
           heartily
           wish
           were
           better
           .
           The
           rudenesse
           of
           them
           I
           doe
           acknowledge
           may
           give
           occasion
           to
           my
           enemies
           to
           make
           me
           the
           morrall
           of
           
             Lucians
          
           Fable
           who
           (
           deriding
           illiterate
           sauce-boxes
           )
           tells
           us
           of
           a
           Supercilious
           Asses
           whose
           aspiring
           minde
           (
           looking
           at
           least
           five
           Sphere
           above
           his
           reach
           )
           made
           his
           rude
           fingers
           itch
           to
           be
           playing
           on
           
             Orpheus
          
           his
           Harp
           ,
           snatching
           it
           therefore
           from
           
             Apollo
          
           to
           whom
           't
           was
           dedicated
           ,
           to
           work
           he
           went
           ,
           and
           made
           therewith
           such
           an
           hideous
           noise
           ,
           that
           instead
           of
           making
           wilde
           Beasts
           tame
           (
           as
           
             Orpheus
          
           was
           wont
           )
           he
           made
           the
           tame
           Dogs
           of
           the
           Town
           madde
           ,
           who
           ran
           upon
           him
           and
           tore
           him
           in
           pieces
           .
        
         
           I
           doe
           not
           desire
           to
           make
           the
           morrall
           of
           this
           Fable
           ,
           let
           if
           I
           must
           ,
           because
           my
           enemies
           will
           have
           it
           so
           ,
           if
           I
           make
           such
           harsh
           musick
           of
           that
           Sacred
           Harp
           the
           Bible
           ,
           that
           I
           inrage
           the
           Dogs
           of
           this
           age
           against
           me
           ,
           but
           my
           enemies
           remember
           that
           my
           unskilfull
           fingers
           make
           harsh
           musick
           onely
           in
           Dogs
           eares
           ;
           and
           however
           ,
           the
           harp
           I
           play
           upon
           is
           still
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           none
           but
           Dogs
           thereat
           will
           be
           inraged
           .
        
         
           I
           confesse
           of
           all
           Instruments
           this
           of
           
             Sigionoth
          
           is
           the
           
           hardest
           ,
           and
           I
           may
           truly
           say
           that
           many
           excellent
           Musicians
           (
           otherwayes
           )
           have
           made
           such
           harsh
           musick
           on
           this
           Instrument
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Romish
          
           Dogs
           have
           had
           to
           Just
           a
           cause
           to
           bark
           at
           them
           ;
           but
           as
           for
           the
           
             Romish
          
           party
           I
           feare
           them
           not
           ,
           because
           I
           am
           sure
           they
           cannot
           come
           at
           me
           for
           their
           own
           Authors
           ,
           they
           must
           thrust
           them
           through
           to
           touch
           me
           ,
           and
           so
           must
           the
           
             Independents
          
           likewise
           :
           so
           that
           I
           have
           the
           least
           cause
           of
           any
           man
           to
           feare
           either
           of
           them
           ;
           and
           as
           for
           others
           ,
           I
           expect
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           gratitude
           faire
           dealing
           at
           their
           hands
           :
           if
           it
           be
           asked
           why
           this
           Preface
           is
           made
           a
           book
           distinct
           and
           not
           joyned
           to
           
             [
             Manus
             Testium
             ]
          
           as
           it
           ought
           .
           I
           answer
           ,
           1.
           
           'T
           is
           not
           my
           fault
           but
           theirs
           that
           print
           it
           ,
           these
           are
           times
           of
           separation
           .
           2.
           
           I
           committed
           them
           to
           severall
           hands
           ,
           that
           if
           one
           miscarried
           ,
           the
           other
           might
           possibly
           have
           safe
           arivall
           ;
           and
           if
           either
           ,
           there
           might
           be
           light
           enough
           in
           that
           alone
           to
           tell
           the
           the
           world
           who
           the
           witnesses
           are
           ,
           where
           they
           shall
           be
           slain
           ,
           when
           they
           shall
           be
           slain
           ,
           and
           who
           shall
           slay
           them
           ,
           and
           when
           and
           where
           he
           shall
           be
           overcome
           that
           slayes
           them
           ;
           For
           this
           cause
           have
           I
           handled
           many
           things
           in
           this
           Preface
           which
           I
           have
           touched
           on
           in
           the
           Book
           ,
           and
           touched
           many
           things
           here
           which
           I
           have
           handled
           in
           the
           Booke
           ;
           that
           (
           in
           this
           Tract
           I
           have
           handled
           more
           clearly
           )
           which
           
             I
          
           lest
           obscurely
           [
           through
           over
           much
           brevity
           ]
           in
           the
           Book
           ,
           especially
           that
           of
           
             Monarchy
             ,
          
           and
           that
           of
           the
           Beast
           which
           slayes
           the
           witnesses
           in
           
             Rev.
          
           17.
           where
           
             I
          
           have
           indeavoured
           to
           answer
           all
           the
           hard
           questions
           in
           that
           Chapter
           which
           is
           the
           mystery
           of
           the
           
             Revelations
             ,
          
           as
           yet
           to
           
           me
           never
           by
           any
           one
           fully
           and
           clearely
           opened
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           not
           studied
           loftiness
           but
           plainness
           of
           speech
           in
           these
           Tracts
           ,
           I
           have
           not
           (
           as
           most
           Schollars
           doe
           )
           eyed
           onely
           Schollars
           ,
           but
           herein
           (
           playing
           the
           Jesuite
           of
           our
           times
           )
           
             I
          
           have
           eyed
           the
           Vulgar
           ●ort
           most
           ,
           and
           writ
           to
           their
           capacities
           ,
           that
           so
           (
           counter-workking
           the
           
             Jesuite
          
           of
           our
           times
           )
           
             I
          
           might
           undeceive
           poore
           misled
           soules
           (
           who
           are
           stung
           with
           those
           Iesuiticall
           Independent
           Scorpions
           )
           and
           bring
           them
           to
           the
           knowledge
           of
           the
           true
           Church
           ,
           a
           lawfull
           Magistracy
           and
           ministery
           ,
           and
           discover
           to
           them
           the
           true
           Antichrist
           .
           For
           this
           cause
           (
           reader
           )
           doe
           
             I
          
           run
           a
           corporall
           hazard
           on
           purpose
           to
           save
           thy
           soule
           harmlesse
           by
           pulling
           thee
           by
           timely
           repentance
           out
           of
           Babylon
           that
           is
           now
           falling
           .
           
             I
          
           beseech
           the
           therefore
           since
           
             I
          
           have
           not
           counted
           my
           paines
           ,
           purse
           ,
           person
           nor
           life
           to
           much
           too
           prepare
           it
           and
           present
           it
           to
           thee
           ,
           doe
           not
           think
           thy
           paines
           to
           much
           to
           read
           it
           ,
           read
           it
           as
           
             I
          
           writ
           it
           with
           much
           diligence
           and
           fervent
           prayer
           ,
           and
           
             I
          
           pray
           God
           grant
           that
           it
           may
           be
           so
           effectuall
           by
           the
           operation
           of
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           upon
           all
           that
           reade
           it
           ,
           that
           the
           drooping
           feebl
           soul
           may
           be
           incouraged
           ,
           the
           blind
           enlightned
           ,
           &
           the
           obstinate
           so
           terrified
           ,
           that
           the
           Divels
           kingdome
           may
           be
           shaken
           by
           it
           Antichrists
           kingdome
           may
           be
           confounded
           by
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           Beast
           of
           the
           earth
           who
           supports
           them
           both
           may
           be
           speedily
           and
           utterly
           ruined
           by
           it
           :
           this
           is
           the
           daily
           and
           hourly
           prayer
           of
           him
           who
           studies
           nothing
           more
           then
           thy
           spirituall
           welfare
           .
        
      
       
       
         
           The
           Author
           to
           his
           Book
           .
        
         
           MY
           little
           book
           (
           I
           only
           call
           thee
           mine
           ,
        
         
           because
           in
           these
           dark
           times
           I
           'm
           only
           thine
           )
        
         
           Goe
           quickly
           through
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           boldly
           say
           ,
        
         
           that
           mighty
           Monark's
           comming
           to
           destroy
        
         
           The
           church
           her
           enemies
           ;
           let
           proud
           Rome
           know
        
         
           from
           thee
           shee
           's
           neare
           her
           last
           great
           overthrow
           ;
        
         
           And
           tell
           the
           earth-Beast
           when
           the
           seven
           Trump
           '
           sounds
           ,
        
         
           his
           death
           's
           designd
           :
           that
           Trump
           '
           his
           power
           confounds
           .
        
         
           Then
           let
           the
           Dragon
           also
           understand
           ,
        
         
           Christs
           comming
           ,
           and
           his
           chaining
           up's
           at
           hand
        
         
           And
           let
           the
           house
           of
           Austria
           know
           ,
           and
           Spain
           .
        
         
           Their
           sunne
           shall
           set
           ,
           and
           never
           rise
           againe
        
         
           This
           message
           don
           ,
           (
           my
           Booke
           )
           goe
           to
           the
           Jewes
           ,
        
         
           and
           with
           a
           cheerefull
           voyce
           proclaime
           this
           news
        
         
           Our
           Lord
           is
           their
           Messias
           ,
           and
           their
           eyes
        
         
           shall
           weepe
           ore
           him
           whom
           now
           they
           doe
           despise
           .
        
         
           Their
           Native
           King
           our
           Lord
           ,
           shall
           by
           his
           hand
        
         
           restore
           the
           twelve
           Tribes
           to
           their
           Native
           land
           .
        
         
           They
           shall
           put
           eie
           to
           eie
           ,
           
           that
           is
           ,
           shall
           see
        
         
           their
           Prophets
           and
           the
           Apostles
           to
           agree
           .
        
         
           This
           don
           ,
           go
           to
           the
           Gentiles
           Church
           which
           lies
           ,
        
         
           this
           day
           o'rewhelmed
           with
           deep
           Calamities
           :
        
         
           Comfort
           her
           thus
           ,
           tell
           her
           the
           Scriptures
           say
           ,
        
         
           her
           witnesses
           shall
           rise
           that
           Beast
           to
           slay
           ,
        
         
           In
           whose
           destruction
           the
           grand
           power
           of
           all
        
         
           the
           three
           last
           Gospell
           Enemies
           shall
           fall
           ,
        
         
           Tell
           her
           this
           earth-Beast
           raignes
           ,
           this
           howers
           that
           day
        
         
           which
           slayes
           her
           witnesses
           ,
           the
           Scriptures
           say
           .
        
         
         
           Bid
           her
           not
           feare
           ,
           those
           Offices
           now
           slaine
        
         
           in
           Church
           and
           State
           shall
           shortly
           rise
           againe
           .
        
         
           Whose
           glorious
           rising
           shall
           the
           world
           affright
        
         
           and
           slay
           this
           earth-Beast
           with
           his
           men
           of
           might
           .
        
         
           Then
           shall
           the
           Vialls
           run
           ,
           Gods
           wrath
           shall
           rise
        
         
           and
           ruine
           his
           three
           last
           Grand
           enemies
           .
        
         
           Let
           then
           that
           Northern
           Kingdome
           understand
        
         
           by
           this
           ,
           it's
           day
           of
           triumph
           is
           at
           hand
           .
        
         
           It
           's
           now
           distressed
           Ministers
           and
           King
        
         
           shall
           mourne
           no
           more
           ,
           but
           Hallalu-jahs
           sing
           .
        
         
           That
           church
           no
           more
           her
           sackcloth
           shall
           put
           on
           ,
        
         
           shee
           shall
           be
           clothed
           with
           salvation
           .
        
         
           Her
           King
           shall
           Raigne
           in
           righteousnesse
           ,
           and
           make
        
         
           Gods
           enemies
           throughout
           the
           world
           to
           quake
           .
        
         
           He
           shall
           be
           nursing
           father
           to
           the
           Jewes
           ,
        
         
           and
           shall
           no
           acts
           of
           grace
           to
           them
           refuse
        
         
           They
           shall
           flock
           in
           to
           him
           ,
           he
           shall
           destroy
        
         
           their
           foes
           ,
           that
           bard
           them
           from
           Salvations
           way
           .
        
         
           Immediately
           before
           this
           come
           to
           passe
        
         
           her
           troubles
           shall
           be
           such
           as
           never
           was
           .
        
         
           The
           prefixt
           symptoms
           of
           this
           day
           must
           be
        
         
           her
           low
           State
           and
           her
           foes
           prospertie
           .
        
         
           Hence
           t
           is
           this
           great
           dayes
           prophecies
           allude
        
         
           to
           each
           great
           Church
           deliverance
           since
           the
           flood
        
         
           She
           sings
           the
           Song
           of
           Moses
           and
           the
           Lambe
           ;
        
         
           'cause
           out
           of
           such
           deep
           miserie
           she
           came
           .
        
         
           Lift
           up
           thine
           eyes
           (
           O
           Zion
           )
           then
           ,
           and
           see
           ,
        
         
           in
           this
           great
           day
           thy
           foretold
           Enemie
           .
           
        
         
           Three
           yeares
           and
           halfe
           thine
           enemy
           must
           rage
        
         
           ore
           thee
           ,
           by
           warre
           which
           he
           with
           thee
           doth
           wage
           .
        
         
         
           One
           thousand
           two
           hundred
           sixty
           dayes
           just
        
         
           O
           LaVer
           Vs
           CroMweLL's
           
             name
             makes
             ,
             who
             must
          
        
         
           50
           5
           5
           100
           1000
           50.
           50
           
        
         
           
             a
          
           Three
           yeares
           and
           an
           halfe
           by
           his
           
             b
          
           sword-power
           raigne
           ;
        
         
           which
           is
           that
           time
           the
           
             c
          
           witnesses
           lie
           slain
           .
        
         
           Jf
           (
           who
           he
           slayes
           )
           by
           ought
           demanded
           be
           ,
        
         
           t
           is
           Kingly
           Offfce
           ,
           and
           the
           Ministry
        
         
           This
           Beast's
           that
           
             d
          
           little
           horne
           that
           puls
           away
        
         
           three
           hornes
           ot'h
           ten
           him
           
             e
          
           Christ
           comes
           to
           destroy
           .
        
         
           This
           Beasts
           
             f
          
           deceitfull
           ,
           perjur'd
           ,
           base
           ,
           Love's
           lies
           ,
        
         
           and
           beares
           
             g
          
           up
           Rome
           with
           all
           her
           blasphemies
           ,
        
         
           This
           is
           that
           enemie
           which
           doth
           divide
        
         
           Mount
           
             h
          
           Olvet
           ,
           and
           makes
           the
           breach
           so
           wide
        
         
           Twixt
           North
           and
           South
           ,
           and
           makes
           one
           day
           like
           night
           ,
        
         
           but
           when
           its
           evening
           comes
           ,
           it
           shall
           be
           light
           ,
        
         
           That
           is
           ;
           this
           Beast
           in
           Scotland
           shall
           rage
           there
        
         
           but
           one
           prophetique
           day
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           one
           year
        
         
           Jn'th'
           '
           ev'ning
           of
           which
           yeare
           it
           shall
           bee
           light
           
        
         
           toth'
           Church
           ,
           and
           to
           this
           Beast
           Eternall
           night
           .
        
         
           This
           beast
           betwixt
           
             betwixt
          
           the
           seas
           in
           Scotland
           must
        
         
           incamp
           ,
           ●nd
           there
           be
           scattered
           as
           the
           dust
           .
        
         
           Share
           then
           my
           book
           twixt
           Zions
           friends
           and
           foes
           ,
        
         
           their
           unexpected
           lots
           of
           joyes
           and
           woes
           .
        
         
           Tell
           Zion
           now
           i'
           th
           dust
           full
           fraught
           with
           sorrow
           ,
        
         
           her
           bloodie
           tears
           shall
           bring
           forth
           joys
           to
           morrow
           .
        
         
           Haste
           then
           toth'
           Scots
           ,
           tell
           them
           the
           prophets
           say
           ,
        
         
           their
           warre
           is
           Christs
           and
           he
           'l
           give
           them
           the
           day
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           shall
           be
           the
           signe
           even
           this
           alone
           ,
        
         
           when
           the
           enemie
           seems
           most
           strong
           ,
           they
           most
           undone
           .
        
         
           
             Reader
             ,
          
        
         
           
             What
             is
             deficient
             in
             this
             ,
             thou
             shalt
             find
             supplyed
             in
             
               Manus
               Testium
               .
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           THe
           method
           of
           Gods
           afflicting
           providence
           in
           the
           Church
           since
           the
           Creation
           ,
           is
           worthy
           the
           observation
           of
           all
           ;
           but
           more
           especially
           of
           him
           who
           undertakes
           to
           interpret
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           .
        
         
           The
           method
           of
           God
           in
           his
           acts
           of
           providence
           towards
           his
           Church
           are
           :
        
         
           1.
           
           To
           bring
           them
           exceeding
           low
           before
           he
           deliver
           them
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           After
           he
           hath
           delivered
           them
           from
           their
           great
           troubles
           ,
           and
           put
           them
           in
           a
           hopeful
           way
           of
           peace
           ,
           for
           ends
           best
           known
           to
           himself
           ,
           he
           oftentimes
           dashes
           their
           hopes
           ,
           and
           darkens
           the
           way
           by
           sad
           and
           heavy
           afflictions
           :
           As
           the
           former
           is
           undeniable
           ,
           so
           the
           latter
           is
           cleer
           in
           the
           Scriptures
           .
           See
           this
           verified
           in
           
             Jacob
             ,
          
           the
           Father
           of
           the
           twelve
           Patriarchs
           ;
           
             Jacob
          
           being
           newly
           gotten
           from
           a
           Heardmaster
           ,
           and
           passed
           the
           River
           with
           his
           wifes
           and
           substance
           ,
           he
           resolved
           to
           go
           into
           the
           
             Promised
             Land
             :
          
           when
           he
           was
           got
           seven
           dayes
           journey
           (
           in
           all
           probability
           ,
           out
           of
           
             Labans
          
           reach
           )
           on
           a
           sudden
           the
           storm
           riseth
           ,
           
             Laban
          
           pursues
           him
           with
           his
           forces
           ,
           and
           
             Esau
          
           prepares
           to
           stop
           him
           in
           his
           flight
           with
           400
           men
           ;
           so
           that
           we
           may
           see
           here
           
             Jacob
             ,
          
           like
           Christ
           on
           the
           Cross
           ,
           a
           miserable
           object
           betwixt
           two
           Thieves
           .
           To
           this
           ,
           
             Jeremiah
          
           alludes
           ,
           when
           he
           prophesies
           of
           the
           great
           troubles
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           immediatly
           before
           the
           conversion
           of
           the
           twelve
           Tribes
           ,
           He
           calls
           it
           the
           time
           of
           
             Iacob's
          
           trouble
           ,
           none
           hath
           bin
           like
           it
           .
           So
           likewise
           when
           the
           Church
           was
           delivered
           from
           
             Egypt's
          
           Bondage
           ,
           and
           all
           their
           Enemies
           drowned
           ;
           and
           when
           they
           had
           seen
           and
           tasted
           of
           the
           goodness
           of
           the
           Lord
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           in
           raining
           Manna
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           sweet
           and
           spiritual
           love-tokens
           of
           God
           from
           Mount
           Sina
           ,
           when
           God
           had
           given
           them
           Lawes
           and
           Ordinances
           ,
           and
           began
           a
           glorious
           Reformation
           ;
           and
           when
           they
           were
           going
           into
           
             Canaan
             ,
          
           then
           riseth
           
             Corah
             ,
             Datha●
             ,
          
           and
           
             Abiran
             ,
          
           against
           the
           Witnesses
           ,
           
             Moses
          
           and
           
             Aaron
             ;
          
           and
           then
           the
           people
           rebell
           ,
           
           and
           that
           glorious
           Sun
           of
           a
           Reformation
           went
           retrogade
           many
           thousand
           of
           degrees
           by
           
             Asa's
          
           Diall
           .
        
         
           So
           likewise
           
             David
             ,
          
           when
           he
           went
           to
           fetch
           the
           Ark
           home
           ,
           he
           went
           forth
           like
           his
           son
           
             Solomon's
          
           ships
           for
           gold
           ,
           with
           great
           pomp
           ;
           but
           came
           home
           broken
           and
           tottered
           with
           loss
           .
        
         
           He
           went
           with
           the
           Priests
           and
           the
           people
           to
           fetch
           the
           Ark
           to
           
             Ierusalem
          
           its
           resting
           place
           ;
           he
           made
           a
           new
           Cart
           and
           Wheels
           ,
           and
           prepared
           the
           Beasts
           to
           draw
           it
           ;
           he
           got
           the
           Ark
           upon
           the
           Cart
           ,
           and
           the
           Beasts
           did
           draw
           it
           towards
           
             Ierusalem
             :
          
           but
           in
           the
           way
           ,
           what
           an
           unexpected
           storm
           of
           cross
           winds
           riseth
           ,
           the
           Beasts
           stumbled
           ,
           the
           Ark
           tottered
           ,
           Gods
           wrath
           ariseth
           ;
           and
           this
           stops
           the
           Ark
           that
           it
           came
           not
           then
           to
           
             Ierusalem
             .
          
           To
           this
           doth
           
             Ezekiel
             (
             Chap.
          
           1.
           )
           allude
           ,
           Where
           he
           seeing
           in
           a
           Vision
           ,
           that
           glorious
           day
           of
           the
           twelve
           Tribes
           conversion
           to
           Christ
           in
           the
           last
           dayes
           ;
           immediately
           before
           that
           day
           ,
           he
           seeth
           the
           Gospel-Magistracy
           and
           Ministery
           ,
           drawing
           the
           Ark
           of
           a
           Reformation
           to
           his
           settled
           place
           :
           There
           the
           Magistracy
           (
           as
           in
           
             Revel.
          
           4.
           )
           is
           compared
           to
           the
           Beasts
           which
           draw
           the
           Ark
           ,
           and
           the
           Ministery
           to
           the
           Wheels
           full
           of
           eyes
           ,
           which
           support
           the
           Ark
           .
           These
           
             Ezekiel
          
           saw
           carrying
           on
           a
           Reformation
           with
           much
           boldness
           ,
           and
           through
           many
           difficulties
           :
           When
           the
           Beasts
           went
           ,
           the
           Wheels
           went
           ,
           and
           they
           turned
           not
           :
           When
           one
           was
           lifted
           ,
           up
           ,
           the
           other
           was
           lifted
           up
           :
           When
           the
           Magistracy
           went
           on
           ,
           the
           Ministery
           went
           on
           in
           a
           Reformation
           ;
           but
           when
           they
           stood
           ,
           they
           let
           down
           their
           whings
           ,
           there
           was
           the
           great
           stop
           :
           the
           Magistracy
           was
           taken
           away
           ,
           their
           whings
           ,
           after
           the
           war
           ,
           
             Ezek.
          
           1.
           24.
           were
           let
           down
           :
           and
           immediately
           follows
           ,
           
             ver.
          
           25.
           a
           voice
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           same
           with
           the
           seventh
           Trumpet
           ,
           
             Matth.
             24.
             
             Rev.
             11.
             
             Rev.
          
           16.
           17
           ,
           18.
           when
           the
           great
           day
           of
           the
           Jews
           conversion
           shall
           begin
           ,
           and
           the
           great
           obstruction
           of
           their
           conversion
           shall
           be
           removed
           :
           Likewise
           after
           the
           captivity
           ,
           that
           joyful
           Reformation
           begun
           and
           carryed
           on
           so
           successfully
           ,
           how
           did
           its
           evening
           come
           upon
           it
           (
           as
           I
           may
           say
           )
           at
           noon
           tide
           ?
           How
           was
           all
           dasht
           ,
           and
           that
           happy
           work
           retanded
           on
           a
           sudden
           ?
           And
           how
           great
           a
           Muntain
           the
           Devils
           Pioneers
           raised
           in
           
             Zerubbabels
          
           way
           ,
           
             Ezra
          
           4.
           
           Look
           we
           further
           ,
           and
           we
           shall
           see
           the
           greatest
           and
           gloriousest
           Reformation
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           retarded
           in
           the
           middle
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           height
           of
           it
           ,
           even
           that
           blessed
           Reformation
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           standing
           rule
           of
           Reformation
           to
           the
           end
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           that
           
           of
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           in
           the
           flesh
           here
           on
           Earth
           ,
           when
           he
           had
           called
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           sent
           out
           the
           seventy
           ,
           two
           by
           two
           ;
           and
           when
           he
           had
           preached
           ,
           healed
           ,
           converted
           many
           ,
           when
           his
           Enemies
           thought
           all
           the
           world
           would
           follow
           him
           ,
           when
           they
           sang
           
             Hosana
          
           to
           the
           highest
           ,
           and
           when
           his
           Enemies
           were
           confounded
           before
           him
           ,
           being
           unable
           to
           gain-say
           his
           truth
           ,
           when
           all
           the
           Countries
           round
           rang
           of
           his
           fame
           ,
           and
           came
           to
           see
           him
           ,
           and
           hear
           his
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           healed
           ,
           then
           on
           a
           sudden
           comes
           
             Judas
             ,
          
           and
           betrays
           him
           with
           a
           kiss
           :
           the
           King
           is
           taken
           and
           bound
           ,
           and
           falsly
           accused
           ,
           unjustly
           sentenced
           to
           death
           ,
           scourged
           ,
           buffited
           ,
           spet
           on
           ,
           mocked
           ,
           carryed
           away
           to
           be
           crucified
           :
           his
           Disciples
           fled
           ,
           he
           nailed
           to
           the
           Cross
           ,
           and
           a
           spear
           thrust
           into
           his
           heart
           ;
           he
           taken
           down
           from
           the
           Cross
           ,
           carryed
           to
           the
           grave
           ,
           and
           there
           seated
           in
           his
           grave
           :
           and
           thus
           to
           the
           eye
           of
           the
           world
           was
           that
           glorious
           Reformation
           destroyed
           ,
           the
           King
           being
           cut
           off
           ,
           and
           his
           Officers
           dissipated
           .
           This
           Reformation
           ,
           though
           to
           the
           eye
           of
           the
           world
           at
           that
           time
           it
           was
           quite
           put
           out
           ,
           yet
           it
           suddenly
           and
           unexpectedly
           rose
           again
           ,
           and
           broke
           out
           into
           greater
           and
           more
           glorious
           flames
           throughout
           the
           world
           then
           ever
           :
           For
           two
           Angels
           in
           glorious
           brightness
           appear
           at
           the
           grave
           of
           the
           slain
           Jesus
           ,
           that
           Martyr
           of
           Martyrs
           ,
           and
           immediatly
           follows
           a
           mighty
           Earth-quake
           ,
           whereat
           the
           souldiers
           that
           slew
           him
           trembled
           :
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           arose
           ,
           called
           together
           his
           dispersed
           and
           hopeless
           disconsolate
           Disciples
           ,
           led
           them
           to
           
             Galilee
             ,
          
           and
           there
           proclaims
           his
           Imperial
           Power
           and
           Soveraignty
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           Kingdoms
           in
           the
           world
           were
           under
           his
           power
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           mighty
           Dominions
           in
           Heaven
           were
           subject
           to
           him
           :
           And
           that
           those
           his
           Enemies
           that
           slew
           him
           ,
           might
           know
           this
           ,
           he
           ascended
           from
           
             Mount
             Olivet
             ,
          
           which
           Mountain
           was
           on
           the
           East
           of
           
             Jerusalem
          
           exceeding
           high
           ,
           looking
           directly
           into
           
             Ierusalem
             ;
          
           so
           that
           they
           that
           slew
           him
           in
           
             Ierusalem
             ,
          
           might
           plainly
           see
           him
           in
           that
           glorious
           bright
           Cloud
           ascending
           to
           Heaven
           :
           and
           immediatly
           after
           this
           ascension
           of
           his
           to
           his
           Imperial
           Court
           in
           the
           Heaven
           of
           Heavens
           ,
           where
           he
           is
           in
           full
           possession
           of
           his
           Royall
           Purchase
           ,
           He
           like
           a
           Conquerour
           in
           full
           possession
           of
           his
           Dignity
           ,
           gives
           to
           his
           Officers
           ,
           especially
           to
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           magnificent
           gifts
           ,
           beseeming
           so
           great
           a
           Prince
           to
           give
           ,
           and
           Officers
           so
           neer
           him
           to
           receive
           :
           these
           twelve
           spirituall
           Princes
           ,
           like
           so
           many
           Monarchs
           of
           Unity
           amongst
           themselves
           ,
           divided
           the
           world
           amongst
           them
           ,
           and
           went
           forth
           conquering
           ,
           and
           
           to
           conquer
           ,
           from
           sea
           to
           sea
           :
           The
           glorious
           spiritual
           Victories
           that
           these
           Champions
           got
           ,
           and
           the
           mighty
           Conquests
           over
           the
           Devils
           Kingdom
           which
           they
           made
           ,
           is
           not
           unknown
           to
           the
           whole
           world
           :
           Their
           Government
           and
           Laws
           still
           stand
           ,
           and
           shall
           remain
           for
           ever
           .
           Apostacie
           from
           which
           hath
           been
           the
           miserable
           ruine
           of
           all
           those
           famous
           Eastern
           Churches
           to
           this
           day
           .
           Great
           hath
           been
           the
           apostacie
           of
           both
           Eastern
           and
           Western
           Churches
           from
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Apostles
           :
           and
           sore
           have
           their
           spiritual
           afflictions
           (
           proportionated
           to
           their
           sins
           )
           been
           ;
           the
           Eastern
           Church
           is
           drove
           into
           the
           Wilderness
           by
           Mahumatisme
           ,
           and
           the
           Western
           Church
           by
           Popery
           :
           Of
           this
           grand
           apostacie
           ,
           and
           most
           abominable
           hypocrisie
           of
           the
           Western
           Churches
           ,
           not
           onely
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           but
           the
           Prophets
           in
           the
           Old
           Testament
           have
           prophesied
           .
           In
           the
           Church-Histories
           the
           dissipation
           of
           the
           Jews
           ,
           and
           the
           driving
           of
           the
           Gentile-Church
           into
           the
           Wilderness
           ,
           seems
           ,
           to
           me
           ,
           to
           begin
           near
           about
           one
           time
           ;
           and
           their
           rising
           again
           to
           a
           flourishing
           state
           ,
           seems
           to
           me
           to
           be
           both
           at
           one
           time
           ,
           by
           the
           Prophesies
           of
           the
           Old
           New
           Testament
           .
        
         
           Now
           the
           rising
           again
           both
           of
           the
           Jews
           and
           Gentiles
           to
           a
           flourishing
           state
           under
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           is
           that
           great
           and
           last
           day
           (
           
             i.
             e.
          
           )
           of
           Reformation
           ,
           so
           much
           spoken
           of
           both
           by
           the
           Old
           Testament-Prophets
           ,
           by
           Christ
           himself
           ,
           by
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           and
           especially
           by
           
             John
          
           in
           
             Revelation
             .
          
        
         
           Of
           this
           last
           Day
           ,
           there
           are
           not
           onely
           gross
           mistakes
           amongst
           the
           Ancients
           ,
           but
           many
           absur'd
           conjectures
           among
           the
           Ancients
           .
           Many
           of
           the
           Ancients
           looking
           into
           the
           Prophesies
           ,
           which
           are
           to
           be
           fulfilled
           in
           the
           end
           of
           the
           Roman
           Monarchy
           ;
           and
           reading
           those
           high
           prophetick
           expressions
           of
           that
           glorious
           Day
           ,
           wherein
           Christ
           promiseth
           in
           a
           most
           glorious
           powerful
           manner
           to
           appear
           for
           his
           Churches
           alvation
           ,
           and
           his
           Enemies
           ruine
           ;
           conceived
           that
           it
           should
           be
           by
           the
           personal
           raign
           of
           Christ
           on
           Earth
           a
           Thousand
           years
           ;
           conceiving
           (
           rightly
           )
           that
           the
           Thousand
           years
           binding
           of
           Sathan
           ,
           begins
           when
           Antichrists
           raign
           is
           accompl●shed
           (
           for
           't
           is
           absurd
           to
           think
           otherwise
           )
           but
           misunderstanding
           ,
           
             Rev.
          
           21.
           as
           if
           that
           Chapter
           were
           meant
           of
           the
           state
           of
           the
           Church
           in
           this
           life
           ,
           which
           is
           against
           the
           clear
           and
           manifest
           light
           of
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           in
           the
           prophesie
           :
           This
           gross
           mistake
           (
           I
           humbly
           conceive
           )
           made
           not
           onely
           
             Papias
          
           (
           the
           first
           Author
           of
           the
           abominable
           Opinion
           of
           
           Christs
           raign
           on
           Earth
           a
           Thousands
           years
           )
           of
           this
           opinion
           ;
           but
           many
           others
           more
           moderate
           as
           
             Irenaeus
             ,
             Turtullian
             ,
             Lactantius
             ,
             Victorinus
             ,
             Apolonius
             ,
             Severus
             ,
             Justinus
             ,
          
           and
           several
           others
           :
           These
           did
           not
           hold
           as
           
             Corynthus
          
           did
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           raign
           with
           Christ
           in
           corporal
           ,
           but
           in
           spiritual
           delights
           ,
           after
           6000
           ▪
           years
           were
           accomplished
           from
           the
           Creation
           ,
           may
           not
           I
           say
           
             Augustine
             (
             lib.
          
           20.
           
             de
             Civit.
             
             Dei
             ,
             Cap.
          
           7.
           )
           is
           of
           this
           opinion
           ,
           and
           
             Ierome
          
           on
           
             Dan.
          
           7.
           where
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             In
             uno
             Romano
             imperio
             propter
             Antichristum
             blasphemantem
             ,
             omnia
             simul
             regna
             delenda
             sunt
             ,
             &
             nequaquam
             terrenum
             imperium
             erit
             ,
             sed
             Sanctorum
             conversatio
             ;
          
           a
           saying
           much
           harped
           on
           (
           though
           not
           quoted
           )
           in
           these
           times
           ,
           to
           further
           the
           design
           of
           slaying
           the
           Witnesses
           .
           And
           upon
           the
           same
           mistake
           (
           as
           it
           is
           conceived
           )
           the
           Councils
           ,
           though
           they
           were
           for
           the
           most
           part
           against
           this
           opinion
           ;
           yet
           they
           could
           never
           unanimously
           agree
           to
           condemn
           the
           Opinion
           as
           heretical
           .
        
         
           Others
           of
           our
           recents
           ,
           very
           learned
           men
           and
           pious
           ,
           thinking
           to
           confute
           this
           errour
           of
           the
           
             Chiliasts
             ,
          
           run
           into
           more
           absurdities
           then
           the
           most
           of
           those
           whom
           they
           endeavour
           to
           confute
           ;
           for
           not
           knowing
           how
           to
           remove
           that
           Mountain
           betwixt
           the
           
             Chiliasts
             ,
          
           and
           them
           ,
           about
           the
           first
           Resurrection
           ,
           and
           the
           raign
           of
           the
           Saints
           ,
           and
           the
           1000.
           years
           binding
           of
           Sathan
           :
           they
           say
           that
           the
           raign
           of
           the
           Saints
           is
           pa●t
           ,
           it
           being
           before
           Antichrist
           comes
           into
           the
           world
           :
           Of
           this
           opinion
           is
           
             Hortulanus
             ,
          
           and
           (
           as
           I
           am
           informed
           by
           Schollars
           )
           
             Pereus
             ;
             Galianus
          
           that
           learned
           Romanist
           is
           of
           the
           same
           opinion
           ;
           as
           appears
           by
           his
           Manuscripts
           in
           the
           Vatican
           ,
           by
           Antichrist
           ,
           they
           mean
           that
           Beast
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           
             Rev.
          
           13.
           12.
           which
           shall
           arise
           ,
           
             Rev.
          
           11.
           7.
           and
           slay
           the
           Witnesses
           :
           few
           of
           the
           Romanists
           concur
           with
           them
           in
           their
           opinion
           ;
           but
           very
           many
           Protestants
           ,
           in
           the
           main
           ;
           jump
           with
           them
           :
           but
           as
           contrary
           to
           the
           light
           of
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           as
           darkness
           is
           to
           light
           .
        
         
           But
           there
           are
           other
           learned
           men
           of
           great
           renown
           ,
           who
           decline
           both
           these
           opinions
           ,
           as
           
             Bullinger
             ,
             Beucer
             ,
          
           and
           
             Seraphin
          
           who
           affirm
           that
           the
           great
           and
           magnificent
           promises
           made
           to
           the
           Church
           in
           the
           old
           Testament
           and
           in
           the
           new
           ,
           are
           not
           yet
           fulfilled
           ,
           but
           are
           to
           be
           fulfilled
           after
           the
           downfall
           of
           Antichrist
           ,
           after
           which
           (
           say
           they
           ,
           and
           others
           with
           them
           )
           the
           Devills
           kingdom
           of
           darknesse
           ,
           heresie
           and
           blasphemie
           shall
           be
           ruined
           ,
           and
           the
           Church
           shall
           no
           more
           be
           afflicted
           with
           heresie
           ,
           but
           the
           heavenly
           form
           of
           
           government
           shall
           be
           set
           up
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           which
           shall
           suppresse
           all
           its
           enemies
           :
           with
           these
           learned
           men
           ,
           so
           far
           as
           I
           have
           quoted
           them
           ,
           I
           shall
           concur
           .
        
         
           For
           ,
           this
           I
           do
           affirm
           (
           yet
           not
           I
           ,
           but
           the
           Scriptures
           )
           that
           there
           is
           another
           great
           day
           of
           reformation
           to
           be
           in
           the
           world
           before
           the
           day
           of
           judgment
           ,
           besides
           that
           great
           day
           of
           reformation
           already
           past
           ,
           which
           Christ
           when
           he
           was
           on
           earth
           began
           :
           this
           shall
           be
           a
           more
           glorious
           day
           then
           any
           that
           ever
           yet
           was
           on
           earth
           :
           I
           do
           not
           say
           that
           Christ
           shall
           reign
           on
           earth
           personally
           ,
           I
           abhor
           that
           extreme
           with
           that
           learned
           Father
           B.
           
             Hall
             ,
          
           in
           his
           tract
           called
           the
           
             Revelations
             unrevealed
             :
          
           but
           I
           (
           or
           rather
           the
           Prophets
           )
           do
           affirm
           ,
           that
           in
           this
           great
           day
           of
           reformation
           to
           come
           ,
           after
           the
           downfall
           of
           Antichrist
           ,
           the
           twelve
           Tribes
           shall
           be
           converted
           to
           the
           Gospel
           .
           Here
           therefore
           I
           must
           with
           my
           reverend
           fathers
           good
           leave
           be
           his
           dissenting
           son
           ,
           notwithstanding
           all
           he
           hath
           said
           to
           the
           contrary
           :
           For
           first
           ,
           whereas
           he
           saith
           ,
           the
           promises
           in
           the
           Prophets
           are
           spiritually
           to
           be
           taken
           ,
           and
           not
           literally
           ,
           concerning
           the
           twelve
           Tribes
           ;
           but
           concerning
           the
           Gospel-Church
           ,
           I
           briefly
           reply
           ,
           this
           argument
           is
           invalid
           ,
           because
           he
           neither
           backs
           it
           with
           reason
           nor
           Scripture
           :
           with
           reason
           he
           cannot
           ,
           for
           it
           is
           a
           
             non
             sequitur
          
           to
           say
           ,
           because
           the
           Prophets
           somtimes
           are
           to
           be
           understood
           ,
           therefore
           alwayes
           ;
           I
           am
           sure
           this
           is
           neither
           true
           in
           Logick
           nor
           Divinity
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           There
           is
           no
           probability
           in
           his
           assertion
           :
           for
           though
           indeed
           Jerusalem
           be
           somtimes
           in
           the
           Prophets
           put
           for
           the
           Gospel-Church
           ,
           yet
           where
           the
           Prophets
           speak
           of
           the
           house
           of
           
             Iudah
             ,
          
           and
           the
           house
           of
           
             Ioseph
             ,
          
           there
           I
           believe
           't
           will
           be
           hard
           for
           the
           Doctor
           to
           prove
           that
           they
           are
           spiritually
           to
           be
           understood
           of
           the
           Gospel
           Church
           ,
           as
           
             Zach.
          
           10.
           6
           ,
           7
           ,
           8.
           so
           in
           severall
           other
           places
           :
           had
           the
           Bishop
           instanced
           in
           any
           place
           of
           the
           Prophets
           ,
           we
           should
           have
           grapled
           then
           for
           probability
           .
           But
           I
           passe
           on
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           If
           these
           Prophecies
           do
           nothing
           concern
           the
           restauration
           of
           the
           Jewes
           in
           these
           latter
           dayes
           ,
           then
           to
           what
           purpose
           did
           God
           send
           his
           Prophets
           to
           sing
           songs
           in
           their
           ears
           ,
           if
           it
           nothing
           concerned
           them
           ?
           Certainly
           these
           Prophecies
           were
           prophesied
           amongst
           them
           to
           no
           purpose
           ;
           if
           all
           those
           Prophecies
           belonged
           to
           the
           Gentiles
           ,
           then
           certainly
           God
           would
           have
           sent
           his
           Prophets
           amongst
           them
           ,
           but
           they
           principally
           concerned
           the
           Jewes
           ,
           
           and
           therefore
           they
           were
           prophesied
           amongst
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           them
           ,
           to
           whom
           they
           belonged
           ;
           for
           God
           never
           sends
           his
           Prophets
           out
           of
           order
           ,
           all
           Gods
           Prophets
           prophesied
           to
           the
           people
           to
           whom
           they
           were
           sent
           ,
           but
           the
           Prophets
           of
           the
           old
           Testament
           were
           appointed
           Prophets
           for
           the
           twelve
           Tribes
           (
           except
           those
           that
           had
           speciall
           Commission
           ,
           as
           
             Ionas
             ,
          
           to
           go
           to
           the
           Gentiles
           )
           and
           therefore
           to
           them
           principally
           these
           Prophesies
           belong
           ,
           and
           therefore
           that
           hard
           question
           is
           thus
           resolved
           ,
           since
           in
           
             Luke
             21.
             
             Ierusalem
             shall
             be
             trodden
             underfoot
             untill
             the
             time
             of
             the
             Gentiles
             be
             fulfilled
             ;
          
           and
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Gentiles
           reigne
           continues
           (
           
             Rev.
          
           11.
           2.
           )
           1260.
           years
           ,
           how
           coms
           it
           to
           passe
           in
           
             Dan.
          
           12.
           that
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Church's
           dissipation
           shall
           be
           1290.
           dayes
           ?
           To
           that
           't
           is
           thus
           answered
           ;
           
             Daniel
          
           was
           a
           Prophet
           principally
           designed
           for
           the
           Jewes
           ,
           and
           therefore
           God
           declares
           to
           him
           how
           long
           the
           dissipation
           of
           the
           Jewes
           shall
           be
           ,
           which
           (
           as
           M.
           
             Brightman
          
           and
           other
           learned
           men
           say
           on
           
             Dan.
          
           12.
           11.
           
           )
           began
           
             Anno
          
           360.
           therefore
           their
           time
           is
           up
           about
           this
           yeare
           1650.
           their
           time
           of
           dissipation
           being
           to
           continue
           1290.
           years
           :
           but
           now
           our
           Saviour
           in
           
             Luke
          
           21.
           24.
           respects
           the
           Gospel
           Gentile
           Church
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Jewes
           ,
           which
           shall
           be
           (
           as
           
             Rev.
          
           11.
           1.
           
           )
           drove
           into
           a
           sack
           cloth
           condition
           untill
           the
           time
           of
           1260.
           years
           be
           accomplished
           .
        
         
           Now
           many
           learned
           men
           count
           ,
           that
           the
           time
           of
           Antichrists
           appearing
           to
           be
           formally
           Antichrist
           ,
           and
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Witnesses
           going
           into
           the
           Wilderness
           ,
           and
           putting
           on
           sackcloth
           ,
           was
           in
           ,
           or
           neer
           about
           the
           year
           390.
           
           So
           that
           Antichrists
           raign
           ,
           and
           the
           witnesses
           sackcloth
           condition
           ,
           is
           expired
           in
           
             Anno
             ,
          
           1650.
           
           Now
           if
           
             Daniel
             ,
          
           in
           his
           Prophesie
           ,
           should
           onely
           respect
           the
           Gentile
           Church
           ,
           how
           could
           
             Iohn
             ,
             Christ
             ,
          
           and
           
             Daniel
             ,
          
           be
           reconciled
           in
           their
           prophefies
           ?
           To
           return
           therefore
           to
           the
           thing
           in
           hand
           ,
           we
           affirm
           ,
           that
           the
           Prophets
           in
           the
           Old
           Testament
           ,
           prophesied
           of
           the
           futurehappy
           state
           of
           their
           own
           Kindred
           and
           Nation
           ,
           and
           not
           of
           the
           Gentile
           Church
           ;
           but
           accidentally
           and
           occasionally
           for
           the
           most
           part
           ;
           as
           shewing
           what
           shall
           come
           to
           pass
           in
           the
           Gentile-Church
           ,
           immediatly
           before
           the
           great
           Day
           of
           the
           Jews
           conversion
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           sign
           that
           the
           Jews
           shall
           have
           of
           their
           approaching
           glorious
           Day
           :
           And
           therefore
           the
           Old
           Testament
           prophesies
           of
           the
           uniting
           of
           the
           house
           of
           
             Ioseph
          
           and
           
             Iudah
          
           together
           under
           one
           King
           ,
           and
           bringing
           them
           back
           again
           to
           their
           own
           Land
           ,
           can
           be
           
           meant
           of
           nothing
           ,
           but
           of
           the
           restoring
           of
           the
           Twelve
           Tribes
           to
           their
           own
           Land
           ,
           under
           their
           ancient
           government
           ,
           as
           in
           
             Davids
          
           time
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           his
           alleaging
           a
           seeming
           inpossibility
           ,
           that
           they
           that
           have
           been
           out-casts
           so
           long
           from
           the
           Covenant
           of
           Grace
           ,
           should
           now
           be
           called
           home
           to
           the
           Gospel
           (
           which
           is
           it
           seems
           beyond
           the
           Doctors
           faith
           )
           to
           that
           we
           answer
           ,
           and
           he
           acknowledgeth
           .
           1.
           
           Nothing
           is
           impossible
           with
           God
           .
           2.
           
           God
           hath
           promised
           to
           call
           the
           dispersed
           out-casts
           of
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           from
           the
           four
           corners
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           
             Esa.
          
           11.
           12.
           and
           they
           shall
           be
           so
           hopeless
           in
           the
           eye
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           that
           before
           their
           conversion
           they
           shall
           be
           as
           dry
           bones
           in
           
             Golgotha
             ,
             Ezek.
          
           37.
           1
           ,
           2.
           
           Yet
           God
           will
           call
           these
           dry
           bones
           together
           :
           Therefore
           their
           conversion
           is
           also
           expressed
           ,
           
             Ezek.
          
           37.
           11
           ,
           12.
           under
           the
           notion
           of
           raising
           dead
           men
           out
           of
           their
           graves
           God
           will
           first
           open
           their
           graves
           ,
           and
           then
           lead
           them
           out
           of
           their
           graves
           :
           so
           that
           to
           the
           world
           they
           shall
           seem
           dead
           and
           buried
           ,
           when
           God
           intends
           to
           convert
           them
           :
           so
           that
           that
           which
           upon
           a
           bare
           principle
           of
           reason
           the
           Bishop
           makes
           his
           argument
           against
           the
           Truth
           ,
           I
           upon
           a
           principle
           of
           faith
           ,
           built
           upon
           Gods
           promises
           ,
           make
           the
           argument
           to
           confirm
           this
           Truth
           ;
           and
           who
           stands
           on
           the
           Beasts
           bottom
           (
           whether
           he
           on
           bare
           Reason
           ,
           or
           I
           on
           a
           divine
           promise
           )
           I
           'le
           leave
           Christians
           to
           judge
           :
           But
           that
           which
           the
           Bishop
           most
           derides
           ,
           is
           the
           opinion
           of
           those
           ,
           who
           say
           this
           year
           ,
           1650.
           the
           Jews
           shall
           be
           converted
           ;
           he
           bids
           us
           shew
           him
           a
           thrave
           of
           Jewes
           as
           yet
           converted
           ,
           which
           are
           now
           to
           gather
           ,
           professing
           the
           Gospell
           .
        
         
           To
           this
           't
           is
           answered
           :
           1
           We
           can
           shew
           in
           this
           year
           ,
           1650.
           more
           probability
           for
           the
           conversion
           not
           onely
           of
           a
           few
           ,
           but
           thousands
           of
           the
           Hebrews
           to
           the
           faith
           of
           Christ
           ,
           then
           the
           Bishop
           can
           against
           it
           :
           In
           the
           year
           ,
           1650.
           there
           is
           a
           book
           that
           makes
           mention
           of
           5900.
           
           East-Indians
           converted
           to
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           by
           Mr.
           
             Robert
             Iunius
             .
          
        
         
           Now
           there
           are
           more
           arguments
           to
           prove
           these
           of
           the
           Seed
           of
           
             Iacob
             ,
          
           then
           the
           Bishop
           can
           bring
           to
           prove
           the
           contrary
           .
           Again
           ,
           look
           into
           the
           West-Indies
           ,
           and
           this
           year
           1650.
           tells
           us
           of
           a
           glorious
           Harvest
           begun
           ,
           in
           the
           conversion
           of
           those
           Natives
           there
           ;
           and
           there
           is
           more
           probability
           that
           they
           are
           of
           the
           stock
           of
           
             Iacob
             ,
          
           then
           the
           contrary
           .
           For
           there
           have
           been
           Jews
           that
           travelled
           those
           
           ways
           ,
           who
           have
           found
           some
           of
           the
           Ten
           Tribes
           in
           
             America
             :
          
           some
           learned
           Travellers
           have
           rationally
           conjectured
           ,
           that
           those
           Natives
           in
           
             New-England
          
           are
           some
           of
           the
           Ten
           Tribes
           :
           For
           upon
           diligent
           observation
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           their
           Customes
           ,
           Language
           ,
           and
           Ceremonies
           ,
           have
           brought
           these
           arguments
           ,
           to
           prove
           them
           Hebrews
           ;
           for
           (
           say
           they
           )
           1.
           
           They
           have
           a
           traditionall
           knowledge
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           they
           say
           their
           fore-fathers
           which
           were
           wise
           ,
           and
           endued
           with
           knowledge
           ,
           taught
           them
           :
           they
           say
           that
           God
           made
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           this
           God
           is
           but
           one
           God
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           They
           say
           this
           God
           is
           the
           Author
           of
           all
           the
           good
           that
           is
           dispensed
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           the
           author
           of
           all
           the
           evill
           that
           is
           inflicted
           in
           the
           world
           .
        
         
           And
           hence
           is
           that
           custom
           amongst
           them
           to
           this
           day
           ,
           When
           any
           evill
           is
           inflicted
           on
           them
           ,
           either
           by
           immoderate
           weather
           ,
           whereby
           their
           corn
           is
           spoiled
           ,
           or
           by
           any
           other
           judgment
           ,
           they
           solemnly
           meet
           together
           under
           a
           green
           tree
           ,
           and
           weep
           before
           him
           who
           hath
           inflicted
           all
           that
           evill
           upon
           them
           ,
           whom
           they
           acknowledg
           to
           be
           the
           Maker
           of
           the
           World
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           They
           preserve
           their
           pedigree
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           care
           they
           can
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           their
           memories
           will
           go
           ,
           and
           are
           carefull
           to
           promote
           their
           kindred
           after
           the
           manner
           of
           the
           
             Hebrews
             .
          
        
         
           4.
           
           The
           chief
           of
           them
           are
           exceeding
           reserved
           ,
           and
           keep
           themselves
           from
           strangers
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           wisest
           of
           them
           are
           hard
           to
           be
           met
           withall
           ,
           whereby
           further
           discovery
           might
           be
           made
           of
           their
           Original
           ;
           but
           much
           of
           the
           golden
           oar
           ,
           of
           the
           Hebrew
           Language
           ,
           is
           found
           among
           the
           drossie
           Language
           of
           the
           vulgar
           Natives
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           'T
           is
           said
           that
           they
           are
           excellent
           in
           expressing
           themselves
           parabolically
           ,
           after
           the
           manner
           of
           the
           
             Hebrews
             :
          
           By
           all
           which
           there
           is
           probability
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           of
           the
           dispersed
           of
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           whom
           God
           is
           now
           calling
           home
           to
           the
           knowledge
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
        
         
           
             Menasseh
             Ben-Israel
          
           saith
           ,
           and
           also
           
             Montezinus
             ,
          
           (
           both
           Jews
           ,
           and
           learned
           men
           )
           that
           the
           first
           Inhabitants
           of
           
             America
          
           were
           the
           Ten
           Tribes
           :
           if
           so
           ,
           I
           think
           I
           have
           the
           greatest
           probability
           on
           my
           side
           ,
           that
           these
           many
           Thousands
           that
           we
           have
           heard
           of
           already
           converted
           ,
           and
           the
           many
           more
           Thousands
           which
           we
           expect
           and
           pray
           for
           ,
           are
           
             Hebrews
          
           of
           the
           sons
           of
           
             Jacob
             ,
          
           to
           be
           converted
           to
           
             Christ
          
           in
           this
           age
           of
           the
           world
           .
        
         
         
           But
           suppose
           there
           were
           never
           a
           Jew
           converted
           ,
           must
           this
           make
           the
           purpose
           of
           God
           of
           none
           effect
           ?
           God
           forbid
           ,
           it
           is
           true
           that
           from
           
             posse
          
           to
           
             esse
          
           there
           can
           be
           no
           certain
           consequence
           ;
           but
           from
           Gods
           promise
           to
           his
           purpose
           ,
           we
           may
           conclude
           affirmatively
           .
        
         
           If
           God
           have
           promised
           to
           convert
           the
           Jews
           ,
           't
           is
           his
           purpose
           to
           call
           them
           :
           all
           his
           promises
           are
           
             yea
             ,
          
           and
           
             amen
             :
          
           if
           God
           promise
           that
           
             Israel
          
           shall
           be
           no
           longer
           then
           40.
           years
           in
           
             Egypt
             ,
          
           they
           shall
           be
           there
           not
           a
           day
           longer
           ,
           though
           nothing
           more
           unlikely
           in
           the
           world
           then
           their
           deliverance
           :
           so
           shall
           it
           be
           in
           their
           conversion
           in
           these
           latter
           dayes
           ,
           though
           there
           be
           nothing
           more
           unlikely
           ,
           yet
           there
           shall
           be
           nothing
           more
           certain
           ;
           for
           God
           hath
           promised
           it
           ,
           
             Rom.
             11.
             25
             ,
             26.
             
             All
             Israel
             shall
             be
             saved
             i.
             e.
          
           )
           all
           the
           Tribes
           shall
           be
           converted
           :
           the
           precedent
           verse
           tells
           us
           the
           time
           when
           (
           
             viz.
             )
             When
             the
             fulnesse
             of
             the
             Gentiles
             is
             come
             in
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           (
           as
           in
           
             Luke
          
           21.
           24.
           
           )
           when
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Gentiles
           is
           fulfilled
           ,
           which
           
             Rev.
          
           11.
           2.
           
           )
           is
           42.
           moteths
           ,
           
             i.
             e.
          
           1260.
           dayes
           ,
           
             i.
             e.
          
           years
           .
        
         
           Observe
           ,
           
             Paul
          
           writes
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           forbidding
           them
           to
           boast
           of
           their
           Gospel-priviledges
           ,
           in
           a
           proud
           insulting
           way
           over
           the
           rejected
           Jews
           .
        
         
           
             Paul
          
           foresaw
           to
           what
           impudent
           insulting
           pride
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           would
           rise
           ;
           therefore
           he
           bids
           the
           Church
           not
           to
           be
           high-minded
           ,
           but
           fear
           ;
           for
           if
           God
           spared
           not
           the
           Jews
           ,
           the
           naturall
           branches
           ,
           much
           less
           would
           he
           spare
           the
           Gentile-church
           of
           Rome
           :
           for
           this
           end
           
             Paul
          
           would
           not
           have
           the
           Gentile-church
           ignorant
           of
           this
           mystery
           ,
           which
           mystery
           of
           God
           (
           
             Rev.
          
           10.
           7.
           
           )
           shall
           be
           finished
           at
           the
           seventh
           Trumpet
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           when
           Antichrist
           that
           sits
           in
           Rome
           ,
           when
           the
           fulness
           of
           his
           time
           shall
           come
           in
           ,
           then
           shall
           
             Israel
          
           be
           converted
           :
           Here
           
             Israel
          
           is
           put
           in
           opposition
           to
           the
           Gentile-church
           .
           Now
           this
           
             Paul
          
           acquaints
           the
           Roman
           church
           with
           ,
           lest
           they
           should
           be
           wise
           in
           their
           own
           conceit
           ,
           or
           over-much
           puffed
           up
           with
           pride
           :
           so
           that
           from
           these
           texts
           it
           seems
           cleer
           to
           me
           ,
           That
           the
           Jews
           conversion
           shall
           be
           at
           that
           time
           when
           the
           Roman
           Pontifick
           state
           shall
           go
           to
           ruine
           ;
           and
           if
           in
           this
           sense
           we
           may
           understand
           
             Romanum
             imperium
             ,
          
           the
           Bishop
           knows
           better
           then
           my self
           .
           I
           have
           many
           thraves
           of
           ancient
           and
           latter
           Writers
           to
           support
           me
           against
           him
           .
        
         
         
           Lastly
           ,
           I
           answer
           ,
           That
           the
           conversion
           of
           the
           Jews
           shall
           come
           in
           on
           the
           sudden
           :
           they
           shall
           come
           like
           the
           Doves
           to
           the
           windows
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           swiftly
           and
           in
           great
           numbers
           ;
           and
           this
           shall
           be
           (
           
             Ezek.
          
           37.
           11.
           
           )
           when
           
             Israel
          
           gave
           themselves
           for
           lost
           ,
           and
           their
           hopes
           were
           cut
           off
           ,
           then
           the
           whole
           house
           of
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           like
           bones
           exceeding
           dry
           ,
           came
           together
           ,
           and
           they
           that
           were
           in
           the
           Valley
           of
           dry
           bones
           (
           
             v.
          
           1.
           )
           became
           an
           exceeding
           great
           Army
           ,
           
             ver.
          
           10.
           
           How
           cleer
           there
           doth
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           prophesie
           of
           the
           conversion
           of
           the
           whole
           house
           of
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           twelve
           Tribes
           .
        
         
           Now
           if
           it
           should
           be
           objected
           ,
           't
           was
           prophesied
           of
           their
           restauration
           under
           the
           second
           Temple
           ,
           to
           that
           I
           answer
           ,
           it
           cannot
           be
           ,
           because
           onely
           the
           two
           Tribes
           returned
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           ten
           Tribes
           ,
           to
           the
           second
           Temple
           ,
           as
           
             Manass-Ben-Israel
          
           affirms
           ;
           and
           generally
           all
           Historians
           hold
           ,
           that
           very
           few
           of
           the
           ten
           Tribes
           returned
           with
           the
           two
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           this
           Prophesie
           extends
           to
           the
           whole
           house
           of
           Israel
           ,
           
             ver.
             11.
             (
             i
             e.
          
           )
           the
           twelve
           Tribes
           :
           So
           that
           from
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Prophesie
           ,
           untill
           this
           day
           ,
           it
           hath
           not
           as
           yet
           been
           fulfilled
           ,
           and
           therefore
           't
           is
           to
           be
           fulfilled
           ;
           and
           when
           't
           is
           fulfilled
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           suddenly
           :
           as
           Romes
           ruine
           will
           be
           sudden
           ,
           so
           the
           Jews
           conversion
           will
           be
           sudden
           ,
           and
           therefore
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           ,
           and
           their
           true
           Messia's
           prophecying
           of
           their
           conversion
           ,
           
             Matth.
          
           24.
           in
           
             ver.
          
           24
           ,
           25
           ,
           26.
           he
           tells
           them
           Antichrist
           shall
           be
           busie
           with
           his
           false
           Prophets
           immediatly
           before
           the
           day
           of
           Christs
           coming
           to
           destroy
           Antichrist
           ,
           and
           to
           convert
           the
           Jewes
           ;
           and
           then
           shall
           he
           come
           ,
           as
           the
           lightning
           which
           comes
           from
           the
           East
           ,
           and
           is
           quickly
           in
           the
           West
           ,
           so
           shall
           the
           coming
           of
           Christ
           be
           .
        
         
           This
           coming
           of
           Christ
           cannot
           be
           meant
           of
           his
           coming
           to
           judgment
           ,
           but
           of
           his
           coming
           to
           call
           the
           Jews
           to
           repentance
           ,
           and
           to
           destroy
           the
           Roman
           Monarchy
           ,
           or
           the
           Roman
           Antichristian
           Pontifick
           state
           in
           ver.
           29.
           the
           destruction
           of
           Rome
           is
           prophesied
           ,
           and
           
             ver.
          
           30.
           prophesies
           of
           the
           repentance
           of
           the
           twelve
           Tribes
           in
           the
           day
           of
           his
           spiritual
           appearance
           to
           them
           in
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           
             ver.
          
           31.
           prophesies
           of
           the
           time
           when
           this
           shall
           be
           ;
           it
           shall
           be
           at
           the
           sounding
           of
           the
           great
           voyce
           ,
           and
           the
           Trumpet
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           at
           the
           sounding
           of
           the
           seventh
           Trumpet
           ,
           
             Rev.
          
           11.
           16.
           when
           the
           Witnesses
           shall
           rise
           ,
           Antichrist
           shall
           fall
           ,
           and
           
             Euphrates
          
           shall
           be
           dryed
           up
           ,
           
             ver.
          
           32
           ,
           33.
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           the
           Tribulation
           of
           the
           Gospel-church
           under
           the
           rage
           
           of
           Hereticks
           ,
           as
           Separatists
           ,
           Blasphemers
           ,
           Seducers
           ,
           Antichrists
           ,
           and
           false
           Prophets
           ,
           is
           as
           sure
           a
           sign
           of
           the
           downfall
           of
           Rome
           ,
           and
           the
           conversion
           of
           the
           Jews
           ,
           as
           the
           budding
           and
           sprouting
           of
           the
           trees
           are
           of
           the
           approaching
           of
           the
           summer
           .
        
         
           Now
           these
           Heresies
           ,
           and
           these
           false
           Prophets
           shall
           be
           eminent
           in
           the
           Gospel-Gentile
           Church
           ,
           which
           shall
           be
           the
           true
           sign
           of
           the
           Jews
           conversion
           ,
           
             ver.
          
           34.
           plainly
           tells
           us
           ,
           this
           cannot
           be
           meant
           of
           the
           day
           of
           Judgement
           ;
           for
           this
           generation
           (
           saith
           Christ
           )
           shall
           not
           passe
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           stock
           of
           Israel
           shall
           not
           be
           extirpate
           ,
           untill
           they
           have
           seen
           all
           these
           things
           fulfilled
           ;
           this
           day
           is
           called
           
             Luke
          
           21.
           the
           day
           of
           the
           redemption
           of
           the
           twelve
           Tribes
           :
           Now
           if
           this
           day
           (
           as
           some
           would
           have
           it
           )
           be
           the
           day
           of
           Judgement
           ,
           this
           day
           would
           be
           the
           damnation
           of
           the
           Tribes
           ,
           if
           they
           must
           be
           in
           the
           world
           untill
           this
           day
           ,
           and
           unconverted
           ;
           therefore
           this
           day
           is
           the
           day
           of
           the
           Jews
           conversion
           ,
           not
           the
           day
           of
           Judgement
           .
           
             ver.
          
           25.
           
           The
           next
           verse
           is
           to
           confirm
           the
           certainty
           of
           the
           Prophecy
           ,
           
             For
             heaven
             and
             earth
             shall
             passe
             away
             ,
             but
             not
             one
             title
             of
             the
             Word
             shall
             passe
             away
             .
             ver.
             36.
             
             But
             of
             that
             day
             ,
             and
             of
             that
             hour
             (
             i.
             e.
          
           )
           (
           of
           the
           heavens
           and
           earth
           passing
           away
           )
           
             knoweth
             no
             man
             :
          
           by
           this
           't
           is
           manifest
           ,
           that
           Christ
           in
           the
           whole
           Chapter
           speaks
           not
           one
           word
           of
           the
           day
           of
           Judgement
           ,
           untill
           
             ver.
          
           35.
           which
           he
           forbids
           any
           to
           pry
           into
           ;
           for
           God
           only
           knew
           that
           ;
           but
           of
           the
           day
           of
           his
           coming
           to
           ruine
           Rome
           ,
           and
           convert
           the
           Jews
           ;
           he
           bids
           us
           by
           the
           foregoing
           signes
           know
           for
           certain
           that
           it
           was
           near
           ,
           even
           at
           the
           doors
           .
           
             ver.
          
           33.
           
           Now
           this
           glorious
           coming
           of
           Christ
           in
           his
           spirituall
           and
           corporall
           punishments
           on
           his
           enemies
           ;
           and
           his
           spirituall
           and
           corporall
           favors
           to
           the
           Jews
           ,
           shall
           be
           as
           the
           lightning
           which
           is
           swift
           in
           it's
           motion
           ,
           it
           gives
           light
           from
           
             East
          
           to
           
             West
          
           presently
           ,
           so
           shall
           all
           the
           Kingdomes
           in
           this
           world
           become
           the
           Lords
           ,
           and
           his
           Christs
           on
           a
           suddain
           :
           Therefore
           far
           be
           it
           from
           any
           Protestant
           to
           have
           such
           a
           malignant
           thought
           ,
           as
           that
           God
           hath
           forgot
           to
           be
           gracious
           ,
           or
           that
           his
           hand
           is
           shortned
           that
           he
           cannot
           help
           the
           poor
           Jews
           ,
           which
           are
           this
           day
           ,
           many
           of
           them
           ,
           looking
           ,
           listening
           ,
           and
           admiring
           at
           us
           in
           
             England
          
           and
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           whose
           eyes
           ,
           I
           trust
           ,
           shall
           see
           some
           glorious
           sign
           of
           good
           to
           them
           ere
           long
           .
        
         
           Forty
           times
           more
           may
           be
           said
           in
           vindication
           of
           this
           manifest
           
           truth
           ,
           concerning
           the
           twelve
           Tribes
           conversion
           ;
           but
           considering
           how
           little
           is
           said
           against
           it
           ,
           I
           shall
           say
           no
           more
           ,
           but
           proceed
           .
        
         
           The
           subject
           of
           my
           ensuing
           Discourse
           in
           this
           ,
           and
           
             Manus
             Testium
          
           which
           should
           be
           joyned
           with
           this
           is
           ,
           concerning
           this
           great
           day
           .
        
         
           My
           opinion
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           three
           grand
           Enemies
           of
           the
           Church
           shall
           neer
           about
           the
           end
           ,
           or
           within
           a
           year
           of
           1650.
           begin
           to
           rise
           ,
           and
           never
           fall
           more
           :
           at
           this
           time
           also
           the
           morning
           of
           the
           Jews
           conversion
           shall
           begin
           ,
           and
           shall
           shine
           more
           and
           more
           untill
           it
           come
           to
           a
           perfect
           day
           .
        
         
           These
           Opinions
           the
           Reader
           shall
           find
           bottomed
           on
           Scripture
           ,
           which
           Scriptures
           are
           not
           of
           any
           private
           interpretation
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           are
           matched
           with
           Scripture
           ,
           which
           illustrate
           the
           things
           proved
           by
           them
           ,
           and
           also
           have
           several
           learned
           Authors
           concurring
           ,
           in
           the
           confirmation
           of
           the
           same
           thing
           ;
           so
           that
           if
           I
           am
           laughed
           at
           for
           my
           opinion
           ,
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           in
           that
           particular
           (
           what
           ever
           it
           be
           of
           moment
           )
           I
           shall
           make
           the
           Remonstrant
           confess
           ,
           he
           scoffs
           not
           onely
           at
           me
           ,
           but
           at
           his
           betters
           .
        
         
           I
           write
           not
           this
           to
           deter
           any
           from
           endeavouring
           to
           confute
           this
           ensuing
           Tract
           :
           for
           one
           end
           of
           my
           writing
           so
           briefly
           on
           so
           large
           a
           subject
           ,
           is
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           have
           a
           speedy
           answer
           ,
           and
           a
           seasonable
           confutation
           ;
           which
           if
           it
           be
           cleer
           from
           Scripture-grounds
           ,
           I
           shall
           readily
           and
           willingly
           submit
           ,
           and
           return
           a
           thankfull
           Reply
           to
           my
           Corrector
           ,
           and
           promise
           him
           to
           retract
           my
           Errours
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           time
           of
           Antichrists
           fall
           ,
           which
           I
           conceive
           to
           begin
           presently
           after
           1650.
           it
           is
           well
           known
           that
           't
           is
           no
           new
           opinion
           ;
           for
           
             Brightman
             ,
          
           and
           several
           other
           learned
           men
           have
           so
           conjectured
           ,
           upon
           this
           ground
           ,
           which
           is
           humane
           ,
           because
           't
           is
           drawn
           from
           humane
           story
           :
           for
           he
           begins
           the
           Jews
           great
           afflictions
           in
           
             An.
          
           360.
           so
           that
           their
           1290.
           years
           afflictions
           must
           necessarily
           be
           expired
           in
           this
           year
           ,
           1650.
           and
           Dr.
           
             Homes
             ,
          
           and
           several
           others
           well-versed
           in
           the
           study
           of
           the
           
             Revelations
             ,
          
           and
           of
           History
           ,
           do
           gather
           ,
           that
           Antichrist
           appeared
           visibly
           in
           the
           Church
           in
           
             Anno
          
           390.
           so
           that
           the
           Gentile
           and
           Jewish
           church
           afflictions
           seem
           both
           to
           expire
           at
           one
           time
           ;
           for
           Antichrist
           is
           to
           rage
           over
           the
           Gentile
           church
           but
           1260.
           years
           ,
           which
           by
           the
           compute
           is
           accomplished
           
             Anno
          
           1650.
           
           Now
           (
           as
           Dr.
           
             Homes
          
           saith
           very
           well
           )
           in
           so
           many
           years
           ,
           possibly
           ,
           there
           may
           be
           lost-time
           in
           the
           account
           ;
           so
           that
           he
           takes
           a
           grain
           of
           allowance
           
           (
           that
           is
           )
           a
           year
           over
           to
           his
           1260.
           years
           :
           Upon
           the
           same
           ground
           ,
           in
           this
           thing
           ,
           I
           shall
           follow
           him
           ,
           and
           comply
           with
           him
           ,
           though
           there
           is
           no
           necessity
           for
           it
           .
        
         
           Others
           (
           as
           
             Clavis
             Apocalyptica
             ,
          
           written
           by
           a
           German
           )
           draw
           water
           from
           the
           same
           Springs
           ,
           quote
           the
           same
           texts
           ,
           as
           
             Dan.
          
           12.
           and
           
             Rev.
          
           11.
           and
           looking
           into
           History
           ,
           say
           ,
           that
           these
           texts
           of
           1290.
           days
           ,
           and
           1260.
           days
           ,
           are
           not
           fulfilled
           until
           1655.
           so
           that
           these
           agree
           with
           the
           former
           in
           explication
           of
           the
           texts
           ,
           but
           not
           in
           application
           of
           the
           Histories
           to
           the
           text
           :
           in
           which
           difference
           ,
           he
           that
           hath
           the
           clearest
           Histories
           to
           shew
           the
           time
           of
           Antichrists
           rising
           ,
           and
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Witnesses
           going
           into
           sackcloth
           ,
           as
           relating
           to
           the
           Gentile
           Church
           ;
           and
           likewise
           he
           that
           interprets
           that
           text
           (
           
             Dan.
          
           12.
           11.
           
           )
           most
           clearly
           ,
           and
           by
           history
           can
           clear
           it
           exactly
           ,
           and
           tell
           when
           the
           daily
           sacrifice
           was
           taken
           away
           ,
           and
           the
           abomination
           of
           desolation
           set
           up
           be
           doubtless
           ,
           will
           gaine
           the
           greatest
           credit
           from
           the
           judicious
           Reader
           .
        
         
           In
           my
           jndgment
           learned
           
             Brightman
          
           on
           
             Dan.
          
           12.
           11.
           is
           most
           clear
           and
           rational
           ,
           and
           none
           do
           ,
           I
           find
           ,
           guess
           nearer
           the
           time
           (
           in
           print
           )
           of
           Antichrists
           visible
           appearance
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           then
           Dr.
           
             Homes
             ,
          
           let
           me
           give
           the
           Devil
           his
           due
           .
           But
           of
           the
           main
           point
           ,
           which
           is
           concerning
           the
           slaying
           the
           Witnesses
           at
           ,
           or
           neer
           the
           end
           ,
           (
           or
           whether
           at
           or
           neer
           the
           end
           )
           of
           Antichrists
           1260.
           years
           Raign
           ,
           he
           speaks
           not
           a
           word
           ,
           which
           makes
           me
           think
           ,
           that
           his
           Sermon
           ,
           
             Octob.
          
           8.
           1650.
           was
           preached
           against
           the
           light
           of
           his
           own
           conscience
           ;
           For
           in
           the
           
             Revelations
          
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           hath
           so
           linked
           Antichrists
           raign
           ,
           and
           the
           Witnesses
           slaying
           in
           the
           end
           of
           Antichrists
           raign
           ,
           that
           he
           that
           studies
           the
           one
           ,
           must
           necessarily
           take
           notice
           of
           the
           other
           ;
           and
           indeed
           he
           that
           can
           shew
           us
           the
           Witnesses
           slain
           ,
           may
           easily
           point
           at
           the
           end
           both
           of
           the
           Gospel-church
           afflictions
           and
           the
           Jewish
           States
           dissipation
           :
           but
           here
           is
           the
           difficulty
           ,
           and
           here
           are
           the
           gross
           mistakes
           of
           men
           ,
           who
           studying
           application
           of
           history
           to
           the
           text
           ,
           more
           then
           the
           explication
           of
           the
           text
           it self
           ,
           have
           given
           most
           ridiculous
           ghesses
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           scandall
           of
           the
           Protestant
           .
        
         
           My
           Antagonist
           speaks
           not
           one
           word
           to
           this
           text
           ;
           but
           the
           German
           Divine
           in
           his
           
             Clavis
             Apocaliptica
             ,
             p.
          
           87.
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           three
           years
           and
           a
           half
           before
           Antichrists
           raign
           is
           out
           the
           Witnesses
           shall
           be
           slain
           ;
           for
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           they
           both
           expire
           together
           ,
           both
           Antichrists
           
           raign
           ,
           and
           the
           Witnesses
           slaying
           :
           and
           therefore
           he
           renders
           ,
           
             Rev.
          
           11.
           7.
           
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             in
             futuro
             simplici
             ,
          
           when
           they
           are
           about
           to
           finish
           :
           so
           
             Cloverius
          
           and
           
             Mead
          
           reads
           the
           text
           :
           In
           this
           I
           shall
           not
           much
           dissent
           from
           them
           ;
           yet
           I
           think
           they
           render
           it
           best
           ,
           who
           read
           it
           from
           the
           words
           ,
           as
           it
           most
           naturally
           drops
           into
           English
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           when
           they
           shall
           have
           finished
           their
           testimony
           :
           for
           it
           will
           nothing
           at
           all
           clash
           with
           
             ver.
          
           2.
           where
           they
           prophesie
           1260.
           days
           in
           sackcloth
           :
           for
           the
           finishing
           of
           their
           testimony
           doth
           not
           cause
           their
           prophecying
           to
           cease
           :
           their
           suffering
           ,
           and
           their
           slaying
           is
           the
           gloriousest
           part
           of
           their
           sackcloth
           prophesie
           ;
           for
           then
           saith
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           
             Here
             is
             their
             faith
             ,
             and
             here
             is
             their
             patience
             .
          
        
         
           The
           finishing
           of
           their
           testimony
           is
           the
           joynt
           concurrence
           of
           the
           two
           Witnesses
           (
           
             viz.
          
           the
           Magistracy
           and
           the
           Ministery
           )
           in
           establishing
           the
           Doctrine
           and
           the
           Discipline
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           against
           Antichrist
           the
           Beast
           of
           the
           Sea
           (
           
             i.
             e.
          
           )
           the
           Pope
           that
           keeps
           the
           Witnesses
           in
           sackcloth
           on
           the
           one
           hand
           ,
           and
           against
           the
           Beast
           of
           the
           Earth
           that
           slayes
           the
           Witnesses
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ;
           now
           when
           was
           this
           testimony
           finished
           ?
           the
           sum
           of
           this
           testimony
           you
           shall
           find
           in
           the
           Covenant
           ;
           but
           when
           they
           finished
           this
           testimony
           I
           leave
           Christians
           to
           judge
           ,
           Whether
           when
           the
           Assembly
           of
           Divines
           had
           finished
           their
           work
           ,
           that
           of
           the
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           Discipline
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           when
           the
           Parliament
           ratified
           their
           work
           ,
           resolved
           to
           disband
           their
           Armies
           ,
           and
           bring
           home
           the
           King
           on
           honourable
           covenant-tearms
           ;
           and
           then
           the
           Beast
           of
           the
           Earth
           arose
           ,
           made
           war
           against
           them
           ,
           and
           drove
           them
           out
           of
           the
           house
           :
           since
           which
           that
           Reformation
           hath
           lain
           dead
           .
           Or
           whether
           it
           began
           then
           when
           the
           Magistracy
           were
           fully
           agreed
           to
           establish
           the
           Doctrine
           and
           the
           Discipline
           of
           the
           Church
           against
           Popery
           ,
           on
           one
           hand
           ,
           and
           Heresie
           on
           the
           other
           ,
           when
           the
           King
           gave
           his
           royal
           assent
           ,
           and
           the
           Parliament
           voted
           the
           Kings
           concessions
           to
           be
           a
           sufficient
           ground
           for
           the
           establishing
           the
           peace
           of
           the
           Church
           and
           State
           ;
           then
           the
           Beast
           ariseth
           and
           makes
           war
           against
           them
           ,
           and
           overcomes
           them
           ,
           and
           kills
           them
           :
           how
           kills
           them
           ?
           
             Rev.
          
           20.
           5.
           makes
           answer
           ,
           beheads
           them
           ,
           (
           saith
           
             Beza
          
           )
           cuts
           them
           off
           with
           the
           Axe
           .
        
         
           Now
           which
           of
           these
           times
           't
           is
           ,
           is
           no
           easie
           thing
           to
           determin
           ;
           but
           the
           former
           act
           seems
           ,
           to
           me
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           time
           when
           they
           finished
           their
           
           testimony
           :
           For
           then
           the
           Beast
           set
           up
           his
           Sword-power
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           Magistracy
           and
           Ministery
           finished
           their
           Church-work
           :
           and
           immediatly
           after
           they
           had
           finished
           it
           ,
           this
           Beast
           of
           the
           bottomless
           put
           threw
           it
           down
           ,
           and
           then
           followed
           that
           abominable
           Vote
           of
           
             non-addresses
             to
             the
             King
             .
          
        
         
           Now
           this
           fell
           out
           neer
           about
           
             October
             ,
          
           164●
           .
           (
           as
           I
           remember
           )
           if
           about
           that
           time
           ,
           then
           the
           Witnesses
           must
           ●●●e
           about
           
             May
          
           or
           
             June
          
           in
           the
           year
           ,
           1651.
           or
           thereabouts
           ,
           for
           then
           his
           three
           years
           and
           an
           half
           is
           up
           :
           but
           if
           we
           begin
           to
           account
           the
           Witnesses
           s●aying
           ,
           their
           finishing
           their
           Testimony
           ,
           and
           the
           Beasts
           of
           the
           bottomless
           pits
           raign
           not
           to
           begin
           ,
           unti●December
           
             ,
          
           1648.
           when
           the
           King
           was
           slain
           ,
           and
           the
           Offices
           of
           the
           Two
           Houses
           slain
           ,
           and
           the
           Assembly
           scatterd
           ,
           for
           not
           subscribing
           to
           the
           Beasts
           mark
           ,
           then
           the
           witnesses
           will
           not
           rise
           untill
           
             June
             ,
          
           1652.
           
        
         
           Now
           that
           these
           Witnesses
           are
           the
           Magistracy
           and
           the
           Ministery
           ,
           there
           is
           nothing
           so
           cleer
           as
           learned
           
             Woodcock
          
           on
           
             Rev.
          
           11.
           makes
           it
           appear
           ,
           and
           several
           others
           ;
           besides
           the
           ferenity
           of
           the
           holy
           texts
           themselves
           ,
           which
           makes
           it
           most
           cleer
           :
           This
           is
           most
           certain
           ,
           that
           the
           two
           Witnesses
           are
           two
           lawful
           Offices
           (
           
             i.
             e.
          
           )
           a
           lawful
           Magistracy
           ,
           and
           a
           lawful
           Ministery
           .
        
         
           Now
           their
           Opposites
           who
           slay
           them
           ,
           are
           Usurpers
           in
           the
           State
           ,
           and
           Usurpers
           in
           the
           Church
           (
           that
           is
           the
           Beast
           of
           the
           Earth
           and
           the
           Beast
           of
           the
           Sea
           ,
           with
           their
           followers
           )
           now
           the
           Witnesses
           rising
           shall
           be
           these
           Usurpers
           confusion
           (
           
             i.
             e.
          
           )
           the
           ruine
           of
           the
           Pope
           ,
           and
           the
           Beast
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           with
           their
           seven
           thousand
           men
           of
           name
           :
           so
           that
           the
           Battel
           shall
           be
           fought
           betwixt
           lawful
           Magistracy
           ,
           and
           lawful
           Ministery
           ,
           against
           Usurping
           Magistracy
           and
           Ministery
           ;
           but
           more
           of
           this
           in
           its
           place
           .
           The
           greatest
           difference
           (
           betwixt
           those
           that
           come
           near
           the
           time
           of
           their
           slaying
           is
           concerning
           the
           place
           where
           they
           must
           be
           slain
           :
           Now
           there
           are
           many
           groundless
           conceits
           that
           we
           find
           in
           print
           ,
           about
           this
           place
           ,
           where
           they
           shall
           be
           slain
           ,
           I
           shall
           not
           repeat
           what
           others
           have
           said
           ,
           but
           indeavour
           to
           prove
           that
           the
           Witnesses
           must
           be
           slain
           in
           these
           three
           Islands
           of
           
             England
             ,
             Scotland
             ,
          
           and
           
             Ireland
             .
          
        
         
           This
           I
           shall
           prove
           :
           1.
           
           From
           the
           Offices
           that
           are
           slain
           .
           2.
           
           From
           the
           person
           that
           slays
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           Offices
           that
           are
           slain
           are
           Two
           ;
           a
           lawful
           Magistracy
           ,
           and
           a
           lawful
           Ministery
           .
           The
           lawful
           Magistracy
           is
           that
           which
           hath
           the
           
           Christ
           and
           his
           Apostles
           ordained
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           established
           ,
           untill
           his
           second
           coming
           for
           to
           teach
           ,
           instruct
           ,
           rebuke
           and
           comfort
           the
           Church
           .
        
         
           Now
           these
           two
           must
           be
           slain
           in
           that
           place
           where
           they
           have
           all
           their
           time
           been
           in
           sackcloth
           ;
           but
           a
           lawfull
           visible
           Magistracy
           ,
           and
           a
           lawfull
           visible
           Ministery
           have
           since
           390.
           been
           visible
           in
           England
           ,
           though
           in
           sackcloth
           under
           the
           Popes
           tyranny
           ,
           treachery
           ,
           and
           oppression
           :
           Now
           let
           these
           Countreys
           that
           brag
           of
           the
           slaying
           of
           the
           Witnesses
           ,
           amongst
           them
           first
           shew
           me
           for
           these
           thousand
           two
           hundred
           and
           sixty
           years
           .
        
         
           A
           lawfull
           Magistracy
           and
           Ministery
           ,
           and
           then
           those
           so
           long
           in
           sackcloth
           if
           they
           shew
           me
           not
           this
           ,
           I
           'le
           not
           believe
           the
           Witnesses
           shal
           be
           slain
           where
           they
           are
           not
           ;
           but
           confident
           I
           am
           ,
           England
           can
           only
           shew
           these
           Witnesses
           ,
           &
           no
           Nation
           els
           ,
           so
           long
           together
           in
           the
           world
           ;
           as
           God
           continued
           Monarchy
           in
           the
           Church
           from
           the
           Creation
           ,
           untill
           the
           mighty
           Monarch
           of
           the
           world
           came
           :
           So
           that
           mighty
           Monarch
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           after
           his
           Ascention
           ,
           chose
           him
           his
           first
           Vice-Gerent
           here
           in
           England
           :
           
             Lucius
          
           by
           name
           ,
           who
           swaid
           the
           Scepter
           for
           Christ
           ;
           from
           that
           Christian
           Race
           the
           Romans
           received
           their
           Christian
           Magistracy
           (
           as
           
             Constantine
          
           )
           and
           Christian
           Monarchy
           (
           except
           in
           a
           National
           discertion
           )
           hath
           continued
           visible
           in
           this
           Kingdome
           of
           England
           ,
           well
           nigh
           1500
           years
           ;
           so
           that
           England
           above
           and
           before
           all
           other
           Nations
           since
           the
           profession
           of
           the
           Gospell
           hath
           retained
           Gods
           Witnesses
           ,
           a
           lawfull
           Ministery
           being
           established
           by
           that
           good
           King
           
             Lucius
             ,
          
           that
           Christian
           Monarch
           ;
           let
           us
           then
           look
           for
           the
           Witnesses
           where
           God
           hath
           placed
           them
           ,
           and
           never
           till
           this
           day
           totally
           plucked
           them
           up
           :
           I
           say
           ,
           I
           here
           challenge
           all
           the
           Historians
           and
           Antiquaries
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           to
           shew
           me
           where
           ,
           or
           when
           since
           these
           fourteen
           hundred
           years
           past
           ;
           that
           the
           two
           great
           Offices
           in
           the
           Church
           and
           State
           (
           the
           lawfull
           Magistracy
           ,
           and
           the
           lawfull
           Ministery
           )
           were
           in
           so
           sad
           a
           slain
           abject
           condition
           ,
           as
           at
           this
           day
           in
           England
           ;
           let
           Historians
           bring
           me
           the
           blackest
           night
           that
           ever
           came
           upon
           these
           two
           Offices
           ,
           and
           I
           dare
           undertake
           to
           make
           it
           appear
           ,
           that
           this
           day
           is
           seven
           times
           blacker
           and
           sadder
           to
           these
           great
           Offices
           ,
           then
           any
           heretofore
           ;
           may
           I
           not
           add
           one
           thing
           more
           ,
           to
           
           prove
           that
           the
           Witnesses
           have
           onely
           been
           in
           this
           Kingdome
           visibly
           in
           sackcloth
           ,
           before
           
             William
          
           the
           
             Conquerors
          
           time
           ,
           our
           Chronicles
           make
           mention
           of
           godly
           Kings
           ,
           which
           for
           their
           piety
           were
           called
           Saints
           :
           Th●se
           you
           shall
           find
           them
           opposing
           the
           insolency
           and
           wickednesse
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           King
           
             Edgar
          
           acknowledged
           no
           supremacy
           in
           the
           Pope
           ,
           but
           saith
           ,
           that
           the
           care
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           
             ad
             nos
             spectat
             ,
          
           it
           belongeth
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           not
           to
           the
           Pope
           ;
           and
           this
           he
           did
           (
           saith
           
             Hoveden
          
           )
           by
           the
           advice
           and
           means
           of
           
             Ethelwood
             ,
          
           Bishop
           of
           Winton
           ,
           and
           
             Oswald
          
           Bishop
           of
           Worcester
           ;
           so
           that
           seven
           hundred
           years
           since
           we
           have
           had
           Magistrates
           and
           Ministers
           ,
           against
           the
           Popes
           supremacy
           ,
           and
           before
           that
           as
           is
           evident
           in
           
             Malmsbury
             de
             Gest.
             Reg.
             lib.
             2.
             P.
          
           57.
           afterwards
           ,
           from
           
             William
          
           the
           
             Conqueror
          
           to
           the
           last
           King
           of
           England
           ,
           we
           have
           it
           clear
           ,
           they
           have
           testified
           against
           the
           Popes
           usurpation
           ,
           and
           have
           in
           every
           Age
           suffered
           much
           ,
           and
           been
           put
           into
           sackcloth
           ,
           by
           the
           prevailing
           treacherous
           ,
           rebellious
           factions
           of
           the
           Popes
           raising
           against
           the
           Kings
           of
           England
           ,
           no
           Kingdome
           in
           Europe
           can
           say
           the
           like
           ,
           and
           which
           is
           one
           of
           the
           remarkablest
           passages
           in
           the
           world
           ;
           the
           King
           that
           wast
           cut
           off
           when
           he
           had
           finished
           his
           testimony
           ,
           was
           the
           only
           Protestant
           King
           in
           the
           world
           ;
           therefore
           the
           only
           Witnesse
           (
           say
           I
           )
           yea
           he
           was
           ,
           as
           learned
           Sir
           
             Robert
             Naunton
          
           proves
           in
           his
           
             fragmenta
             regalia
             ,
             cap.
             1.
             p.
          
           2.
           the
           lawfull
           Successor
           by
           lineall
           dissent
           of
           the
           ancient
           British
           Kings
           ,
           so
           that
           if
           any
           Magistracy
           in
           the
           world
           be
           the
           slain
           Witnesse
           ,
           't
           is
           that
           of
           England
           ,
           which
           is
           lawfull
           in
           it's
           self
           ,
           hath
           been
           visible
           for
           Christ
           before
           Antichrist
           ,
           in
           sackcloth
           visible
           under
           Antichrist
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           sight
           and
           hearing
           of
           all
           the
           world
           cut
           off
           with
           the
           Axe
           ,
           for
           finishing
           the
           testimony
           against
           Antichrist
           .
           Now
           as
           for
           the
           Ministery
           of
           England
           ,
           the
           other
           Witnesse
           of
           Christs
           against
           Antichrist
           ,
           that
           it
           hath
           been
           as
           ancient
           as
           the
           Christian
           Magistracy
           ,
           and
           as
           visibly
           suffered
           under
           Antichrist
           ,
           and
           now
           lieth
           under
           the
           greatest
           reproach
           ignominy
           ,
           and
           slain
           condition
           ,
           is
           as
           clear
           as
           the
           former
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           say
           nothing
           to
           this
           Office
           ,
           that
           Office
           will
           speak
           for
           it self
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           't
           is
           of
           age
           and
           ability
           enough
           to
           gainsay
           all
           his
           opposers
           ,
           you
           see
           how
           much
           probability
           we
           have
           from
           the
           persons
           that
           are
           slain
           ,
           that
           the
           English
           Magistracy
           and
           Ministery
           are
           the
           Witnesses
           .
        
         
           Now
           we
           proceed
           to
           shew
           what
           probability
           ,
           there
           is
           ,
           that
           
           these
           Witnesses
           are
           to
           be
           slain
           in
           these
           Northern
           Islands
           ,
           I
           will
           say
           the
           lesse
           of
           the
           Beast
           that
           slaies
           them
           ,
           because
           I
           portrayed
           him
           in
           the
           ensuing
           tract
           ,
           I
           shal
           only
           discover
           him
           where
           he
           is
           to
           be
           found
           in
           Scripture
           Prophecies
           ,
           and
           then
           what
           those
           Scripture
           Prophecies
           say
           of
           his
           downfal
           in
           
             Rev.
          
           11.
           7.
           he
           is
           called
           the
           Beast
           that
           ascendeth
           out
           or
           the
           bottomlesse
           pit
           after
           the
           Witnesses
           have
           finished
           their
           testimony
           ,
           where
           note
           that
           this
           Beast
           that
           slaies
           the
           Witnesses
           ,
           is
           not
           the
           Pope
           ,
           but
           one
           that
           riseth
           when
           the
           Witnesses
           have
           finished
           their
           testimony
           ,
           and
           his
           raign
           is
           but
           three
           years
           and
           an
           half
           ,
           and
           this
           all
           the
           Greek
           and
           Latin
           Fathers
           assent
           unto
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           as
           clear
           as
           the
           Sun
           from
           this
           text
           .
        
         
           In
           
             Rev.
          
           13.
           11.
           he
           is
           called
           the
           Beast
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           to
           have
           us
           to
           observe
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           one
           distinct
           from
           the
           Sea
           ,
           
             ver.
          
           5.
           't
           is
           wonderfull
           to
           behold
           how
           many
           learned
           Protestants
           joyn
           these
           together
           in
           one
           ,
           when
           God
           by
           his
           Word
           hath
           severed
           ;
           they
           are
           distinguished
           by
           their
           originall
           ;
           the
           one
           ariseth
           out
           of
           the
           earth
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           out
           of
           the
           Sea
           .
        
         
           The
           Holy
           Ghost
           calls
           the
           Beast
           of
           the
           Earth
           another
           ,
           and
           many
           Protestants
           (
           though
           not
           all
           of
           them
           ,
           for
           Bishop
           
             Cooper
          
           saith
           ,
           't
           is
           one
           distinct
           from
           the
           Beast
           of
           the
           Sea
           )
           make
           them
           notwithstanding
           the
           same
           ,
           the
           Beast
           of
           the
           Earth
           hath
           but
           two
           horns
           ,
           and
           and
           the
           Beast
           of
           the
           sea
           ten
           :
           more
           arguments
           may
           be
           picked
           out
           of
           the
           texts
           to
           prove
           the
           Beast
           of
           the
           Earth
           which
           slays
           the
           Witnesses
           shall
           rise
           and
           raigne
           but
           three
           years
           and
           an
           half
           during
           the
           time
           the
           Witnesses
           shall
           lie
           slain
           ,
           as
           't
           is
           clear
           ,
           
             Rev.
          
           11.
           7.
           12.
           this
           Beasts
           rising
           is
           the
           Witnesses
           falling
           ,
           and
           the
           Witnesses
           rising
           in
           this
           Beasts
           ruine
           ,
           That
           the
           Beast
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           and
           the
           Beast
           of
           the
           bottomlesse
           pit
           are
           one
           ,
           and
           the
           same
           is
           clear
           ,
           for
           
             Rev.
          
           13.
           10.
           11.
           he
           riseth
           then
           ,
           when
           the
           faith
           and
           patience
           of
           the
           Witnesses
           are
           exercised
           ,
           here
           is
           the
           faith
           and
           patience
           of
           the
           Saints
           ,
           their
           suffering
           graces
           ,
           when
           the
           Beast
           of
           the
           Earth
           ariseth
           ,
           are
           exercised
           ,
           and
           the
           Beast
           of
           the
           bottomlesse
           pit
           ,
           is
           he
           that
           exerciseth
           their
           defensive
           graces
           ,
           so
           
             Rev.
          
           11.
           7.
           he
           makes
           war
           with
           them
           and
           overcomes
           and
           kills
           them
           .
        
         
           This
           Beast
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           or
           bottomlesse
           pit
           Beast
           ,
           is
           called
           in
           
             Rev.
          
           17.
           the
           Beast
           bearing
           up
           Babilon
           with
           all
           her
           blasphemies
           murthers
           .
           In
           this
           sevententh
           Chapter
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           gives
           us
           a
           
           view
           of
           the
           last
           Scene
           of
           the
           last
           Act
           of
           the
           Romish
           Antichristian
           Factors
           :
           I
           'le
           beg
           the
           sober
           Christians
           earnest
           attention
           here
           ,
           for
           it
           is
           the
           hardest
           Chapter
           in
           the
           whole
           
             Revelation
             ,
          
           in
           
             Rev.
          
           17.
           1.
           the
           Angell
           tells
           you
           what
           time
           o'
           th'
           day
           't
           is
           with
           Rome
           ,
           't
           is
           neer
           her
           judgment
           day
           at
           this
           time
           :
           
             Iohn
          
           saw
           a
           woman
           sitting
           on
           a
           scarlet
           beast
           :
           Here
           are
           three
           distinct
           names
           mentioned
           in
           the
           Chapter
           ,
           the
           Woman
           ,
           the
           Beast
           ,
           and
           the
           great
           Whore
           :
           Now
           the
           great
           Whore
           sitting
           on
           many
           waters
           ,
           
             v.
          
           1.
           is
           expounded
           
             v.
             
          
           15.
           to
           be
           that
           spirituall
           Whore
           that
           hath
           inticed
           the
           kings
           of
           the
           earth
           to
           commit
           idolatry
           (
           which
           is
           spirituall
           fornication
           )
           with
           her
           :
           this
           Whore
           is
           the
           Pope
           of
           Rome
           which
           inhabits
           the
           City
           with
           seven
           hills
           ,
           which
           is
           Rome
           .
           The
           woman
           mentioned
           
             v.
             
          
           3.
           is
           expounded
           
             v.
             
          
           9.
           and
           
             v.
          
           18.
           't
           is
           the
           city
           standing
           on
           seven
           hills
           as
           Rome
           doth
           ,
           
             v.
          
           18.
           't
           is
           the
           Metropolitan
           city
           as
           Rome
           is
           .
           But
           now
           the
           scarlet-coloured
           beast
           ,
           
             v.
          
           3.
           which
           beares
           up
           the
           city
           Rome
           ,
           is
           not
           so
           plainly
           to
           the
           eye
           of
           the
           Reader
           unfolded
           ,
           though
           there
           be
           most
           spoken
           in
           this
           Chapter
           of
           this
           Beast
           and
           his
           party
           ,
           this
           Beast
           is
           one
           part
           of
           the
           mystery
           which
           
             Iohn
          
           wonders
           at
           .
           Observe
           therefore
           in
           
             v.
          
           3.
           this
           Beast
           is
           called
           a
           scarlet
           coloured
           Beast
           ,
           because
           of
           his
           bloudinesse
           :
           This
           Beast
           cannot
           be
           the
           Pope
           ,
           for
           the
           Pope
           is
           the
           great
           Whore
           that
           sits
           upon
           many
           waters
           ,
           and
           is
           born
           up
           by
           this
           Beast
           ,
           2.
           
           It
           cannot
           be
           the
           Pope
           ,
           for
           the
           Pope
           came
           not
           out
           of
           the
           bottomlesse
           pit
           ,
           but
           fell
           from
           heaven
           ,
           and
           got
           the
           key
           of
           Independency
           into
           his
           own
           hands
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           bottomlesse
           pit
           there
           spoken
           of
           
             Rev.
          
           9.
           1.
           
           But
           now
           this
           Beast
           coms
           out
           of
           the
           bottomlesse
           pit
           ,
           to
           shew
           that
           this
           Beast
           is
           the
           selfesame
           that
           slayes
           the
           Witnesses
           ,
           
             Rev.
          
           11.
           7.
           who
           also
           coms
           out
           of
           the
           bottomlesse
           pit
           .
           3.
           
           This
           Beast
           cannot
           be
           the
           Pope
           upon
           any
           rationall
           account
           from
           any
           Expositor
           ,
           because
           this
           Beast
           is
           the
           eighth
           ,
           and
           is
           of
           the
           seven
           :
           Now
           the
           Pope
           by
           every
           Protestant
           account
           makes
           the
           seventh
           distinct
           head
           of
           government
           in
           Rome
           ,
           but
           this
           Beast
           is
           of
           the
           eighth
           :
           now
           lest
           he
           should
           be
           taken
           for
           the
           eighth
           head
           of
           Rome
           ,
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           (
           as
           it
           were
           with
           a
           
             Prolepsin
             ,
             v.
          
           11.
           )
           tells
           us
           he
           is
           of
           the
           seven
           ,
           and
           how
           he
           is
           of
           the
           seven
           ;
           it
           may
           be
           because
           he
           beares
           up
           the
           Woman
           with
           seven
           heads
           ,
           and
           ten
           horns
           :
           he
           is
           none
           of
           the
           ten
           subjected
           to
           Rome
           ,
           neither
           is
           he
           one
           of
           the
           seven
           heads
           of
           Rome
           ,
           but
           he
           is
           the
           eighthdistinct
           from
           the
           seven
           of
           Rome
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           
           ten
           hornes
           subject
           to
           Rome
           ,
           and
           yet
           he
           is
           of
           the
           seven
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           he
           hath
           somthing
           of
           all
           their
           wicked
           craft
           and
           subtilty
           ,
           he
           is
           of
           the
           seven
           (
           saith
           
             Haymo
          
           )
           because
           this
           Beast
           shall
           seven
           times
           more
           persecute
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           then
           the
           other
           seven
           :
           this
           holds
           good
           ;
           for
           to
           prove
           him
           to
           be
           the
           Beast
           that
           slayes
           the
           Witnesses
           .
           Saith
           another
           of
           this
           text
           ,
           he
           is
           the
           eighth
           ,
           because
           
             regnum
             ejus
             distinctum
             à
             singulis
             ,
          
           and
           he
           is
           of
           the
           seven
           ,
           
             Quia
             in
             omnibus
             septem
             existit
             .
          
           I
           humbly
           conceive
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           uses
           this
           expression
           
             [
             he
             is
             of
             the
             seven
             ]
          
           to
           take
           us
           off
           from
           imagining
           that
           this
           Beast
           (
           though
           he
           be
           the
           eighth
           )
           is
           the
           eighth
           head
           of
           Rome
           :
           No
           ,
           saith
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           he
           is
           of
           the
           seven
           ,
           and
           that
           you
           might
           not
           imagine
           this
           Beast
           ,
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           to
           be
           one
           of
           the
           ten
           horns
           subject
           to
           Rome
           ;
           saith
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           
             He
             is
             of
             the
             seven
             ;
          
           and
           what
           followes
           ?
           
             And
             goeth
             to
             perdition
             .
          
           Twice
           you
           have
           the
           perdition
           of
           the
           Beast
           mentioned
           in
           this
           Chapter
           ,
           I
           humbly
           conceive
           ,
           for
           two
           ends
           :
           1.
           
           To
           note
           that
           this
           Beast
           is
           the
           last
           enemy
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           which
           bears
           up
           Rome
           with
           all
           her
           blasphemous
           hypocrites
           ,
           which
           vent
           their
           poyson
           ,
           and
           profer
           it
           to
           the
           world
           in
           the
           golden
           cup
           of
           glorious
           Gospell
           truths
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           full
           of
           all
           abominations
           ,
           and
           filthinesse
           of
           fornication
           ;
           when
           Romes
           judgment
           day
           is
           neer
           ,
           then
           
             v.
          
           3.
           doth
           that
           scarlet
           coloured
           blasphemuus
           Beast
           arise
           ,
           then
           is
           it
           a
           year
           of
           Jubilee
           with
           Rome
           ,
           
             v.
          
           5.
           she
           is
           richly
           adorned
           and
           decked
           with
           all
           outward
           pomp
           ,
           and
           hath
           a
           golden
           cup
           in
           her
           hand
           ,
           out
           of
           which
           she
           vents
           her
           abominable
           blasphemies
           .
           Then
           hath
           Rome
           ,
           
             v.
          
           5.
           a
           name
           written
           on
           her
           forehead
           ,
           
             Mystery
             Babylon
             ,
          
           now
           
             Mystery
             Babylon
          
           is
           legible
           in
           her
           forehead
           ;
           we
           shall
           see
           
             Babylon
          
           in
           a
           mystery
           ,
           when
           Rome
           is
           neer
           her
           downfall
           ,
           as
           to
           cry
           
             down
             with
             Antichrist
             ,
             and
             murther
             a
             King
             that
             ingaged
             to
             pull
             down
             Antichrist
             :
          
           To
           pretend
           to
           promote
           the
           Gospell
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           and
           pull
           down
           the
           godly
           Ministery
           .
           To
           exalt
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           to
           grant
           a
           toleration
           of
           all
           Religions
           against
           Christ
           :
           to
           plead
           liberty
           of
           conscience
           ,
           and
           devise
           spirituall
           wracks
           and
           tortures
           for
           mens
           consciences
           :
           For
           the
           Brats
           of
           Rome
           to
           cry
           
             Down
             with
             the
             Pope
             ,
             and
             down
             with
             Rome
             ,
             and
             down
             with
             Antichrist
             ,
          
           whilest
           they
           promote
           Rome
           and
           the
           Pope
           ,
           and
           undermine
           the
           Gospell
           ?
           What
           is
           this
           but
           
             Mystery
             Babylon
             ,
          
           written
           upon
           
             Rome's
          
           Politicians
           fore-heads
           :
           this
           is
           the
           
           comfort
           ,
           
             Mat.
          
           24.
           24
           ,
           30.
           these
           are
           the
           forerunners
           of
           
             Romes
          
           ruine
           By
           these
           mysterious
           plots
           ,
           the
           Wolves
           of
           
             Rome
          
           get
           into
           the
           sheepfold
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           suck
           the
           bloud
           of
           Christs
           Flock
           ;
           and
           therefore
           
             ver.
             6.
             
             John
          
           saw
           
             Rome
          
           drunk
           with
           the
           bloud
           of
           the
           Saints
           at
           this
           time
           when
           she
           was
           going
           to
           ruine
           :
           to
           note
           ,
           that
           immediately
           before
           Rome
           goeth
           to
           ruine
           the
           Witnesses
           must
           be
           slain
           ,
           for
           she
           is
           now
           found
           drunk
           with
           the
           Saints
           bloud
           :
           And
           when
           is
           this
           that
           Rome
           is
           drunk
           with
           the
           Saints
           bloud
           (
           
             ver.
          
           7.
           )
           it
           is
           when
           this
           Beast
           bears
           up
           Rome
           ,
           that
           otherwise
           had
           fallen
           by
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           Witnesses
           ,
           whose
           bloud
           they
           now
           drink
           :
           In
           as
           much
           as
           this
           Beast
           throws
           down
           those
           that
           would
           have
           ruined
           Rome
           ,
           and
           had
           covenanted
           so
           to
           do
           ,
           he
           may
           well
           be
           called
           the
           Beast
           that
           bears
           up
           Rome
           .
           For
           certain
           the
           tenth
           part
           of
           the
           City
           
             Babylon
          
           had
           fallen
           ,
           had
           not
           this
           beast
           bore
           it
           up
           ,
           by
           slaying
           those
           that
           had
           finished
           their
           Testimony
           ,
           and
           were
           fully
           resolved
           to
           pour
           out
           their
           Vials
           on
           Rome
           :
           Now
           when
           this
           beast
           goeth
           to
           perdition
           that
           bears
           up
           Rome
           ,
           certainly
           then
           Rome
           will
           fall
           ,
           when
           the
           pillar
           that
           props
           it
           up
           falls
           ,
           then
           down
           it
           falls
           :
           and
           therefore
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           in
           
             Rev.
          
           19.
           19
           ,
           20.
           
           When
           the
           Witnesses
           arise
           ,
           and
           put
           themselves
           under
           the
           wings
           of
           Christ
           :
           this
           Rome-supporting
           beast
           
             John
          
           saw
           ,
           when
           the
           Pope
           and
           his
           party
           ,
           
             v.
          
           20.
           with
           him
           ,
           And
           when
           the
           beast
           by
           the
           Witnesses
           (
           for
           I
           have
           proved
           already
           ,
           that
           the
           battel
           is
           onely
           betwixt
           the
           Beast
           bearing
           up
           Rome
           ,
           and
           the
           Witnesses
           )
           is
           overcome
           :
           in
           
             ver.
          
           20.
           the
           Pope
           is
           taken
           ,
           and
           with
           him
           the
           false
           Prophet
           that
           wrought
           miracles
           :
           This
           false
           Prophet
           is
           the
           Beast
           of
           the
           Earth
           that
           slays
           the
           Witnesses
           ,
           who
           is
           called
           a
           false
           Prophet
           ,
           because
           
             Rev.
             13.
             13.
             
             He
             doth
             great
             wonders
             (
             ver.
          
           14.
           )
           
             on
             purpose
             to
             deceive
             :
          
           so
           that
           this
           eighth
           Beast
           bearing
           up
           Rome
           when
           Rome
           is
           going
           to
           Judgment
           ,
           when
           he
           goeth
           to
           perdition
           ,
           Rome
           must
           necessarily
           fall
           with
           him
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           Holy
           Ghost
           in
           that
           he
           calls
           him
           (
           
             Rev.
          
           17.
           11.
           
           )
           the
           eighth
           Beast
           ,
           and
           tells
           us
           twice
           in
           that
           Chapter
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           he
           that
           goeth
           to
           destruction
           .
           I
           humbly
           conceive
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           points
           at
           
             Daniel
          
           7.
           8.
           which
           
             Daniel
          
           calls
           another
           little
           horn
           .
           
             Daniel
          
           longing
           to
           know
           the
           meaning
           of
           him
           ,
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           tells
           him
           ,
           
             'T
             is
             that
             horn
             that
             shall
             rise
             after
             the
             ten
             horns
             ,
             under
             the
             Roman
             Monarchy
             ,
             and
             shall
             pull
             three
             of
             the
             ten
             horns
             up
             by
             the
             roots
             ,
             ver.
          
           8
           ,
           21.
           makes
           
           war
           with
           the
           Saints
           ,
           and
           prevails
           against
           them
           :
           just
           as
           in
           
             Rev.
          
           11.
           7.
           
           
             This
             horn
             (
             ver.
          
           24.
           )
           
             shall
             arise
             after
             the
             ten
             Kings
             subject
             to
          
           Rome
           
             and
             shall
             be
             diverse
             from
             them
             :
          
           In
           this
           respect
           he
           is
           said
           to
           be
           the
           eighth
           ,
           
             Rev.
             17.
             and
             he
             shall
             subdue
             three
             Kings
          
           (
           i.
           e.
           )
           
             Kingdoms
             ,
          
           and
           
             ver.
          
           11.
           
           By
           the
           setting
           up
           of
           Christs
           Kingdom
           ,
           the
           Beast
           shall
           be
           slain
           ,
           and
           given
           to
           the
           burning
           flame
           ;
           as
           
             Rev.
          
           19.
           20.
           and
           25.
           
           
             He
             shall
             reign
             untill
             a
             time
             ,
             times
             ,
             and
             the
             dividing
             of
             times
             ;
             and
             then
             by
             the
             coming
             in
             of
             Christs
             Kingdom
             ,
             he
             shall
             be
             destroyed
             to
             the
             end
             ,
             utter
             ruine
             shall
             befall
             him
             .
          
           Now
           who
           should
           this
           little
           horn
           be
           that
           riseth
           in
           the
           end
           of
           the
           Roman
           Monarchy
           ,
           and
           throws
           down
           three
           Kings
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           usurps
           the
           Dominion
           of
           three
           Kingdoms
           ,
           purely
           professing
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           where
           the
           Saints
           whom
           he
           persecutes
           are
           ,
           and
           reignes
           tyrannically
           over
           the
           Saints
           but
           three
           years
           and
           an
           half
           ,
           and
           must
           be
           destroyed
           by
           the
           erecting
           of
           Christs
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           putting
           the
           Saints
           in
           possession
           :
           but
           onely
           the
           Beast
           which
           
             John
             Rev.
          
           11.
           13
           ,
           17.
           and
           19.
           setteth
           forth
           in
           his
           rising
           ,
           reigning
           ,
           and
           ruine
           .
        
         
           
             Object
             .
          
           But
           how
           comes
           this
           Beast
           to
           have
           seven
           heads
           ,
           and
           ten
           Horns
           ,
           since
           he
           is
           none
           of
           the
           Roman
           Heads
           ?
           in
           
             Revel.
          
           17.
           3
           ,
           7.
           
        
         
           
             Sol.
          
           I
           thought
           ,
           till
           I
           looked
           into
           the
           Original
           ,
           that
           the
           seven
           Heads
           ,
           and
           ten
           Horns
           ,
           had
           related
           to
           the
           Woman
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           the
           Beast
           ;
           and
           I
           thought
           
             ver.
          
           9.
           would
           have
           born
           me
           out
           as
           well
           as
           the
           vulgar
           Translation
           ;
           but
           I
           perceived
           it
           not
           onely
           clashing
           with
           
             ver.
          
           12.
           and
           
             v.
          
           16.
           but
           confounding
           the
           Syntaxis
           of
           the
           words
           in
           the
           Greek
           Copy
           ;
           for
           the
           Participle
           in
           
             v.
          
           3.
           and
           the
           Article
           in
           
             v.
          
           7.
           are
           of
           another
           Gender
           :
           as
           in
           
             v.
          
           3.
           how
           can
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           and
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           agree
           together
           ;
           but
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           and
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           agree
           together
           :
           so
           likewise
           in
           
             v.
          
           7.
           how
           can
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           and
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           agree
           together
           ,
           when
           as
           it
           agrees
           with
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           therefore
           learned
           
             Beza
          
           reades
           
             v.
             3.
             vidi
             mulierem
             insidentem
             bestiae
             Coccinae
             plenae
             nominibus
             plasphemiae
             habenti
             Capita
             Septem
             ;
          
           so
           that
           
             habenti
          
           agrees
           with
           
             bestiae
             ,
          
           which
           is
           agreeable
           to
           the
           Greek
           Copy
           ;
           the
           vulgar
           renders
           it
           doubtfully
           ,
           but
           the
           Greek
           Copy
           decides
           this
           cleerly
           ,
           by
           referring
           the
           Horns
           to
           the
           Beast
           ,
           not
           the
           Woman
           .
        
         
           
             Ob.
          
           How
           comes
           it
           to
           pass
           then
           ,
           if
           the
           Beast
           be
           not
           the
           Pope
           ,
           but
           he
           that
           riseth
           and
           slays
           the
           Witnesses
           (
           when
           the
           Popes
           time
           is
           
           drawing
           neer
           to
           an
           end
           )
           that
           he
           is
           said
           Rev.
           13.
           to
           have
           but
           two
           horns
           ,
           and
           here
           to
           have
           seven
           Heads
           ,
           and
           ten
           Horns
           ?
        
         
           
             Sol.
          
           The
           subject
           I
           am
           now
           upon
           is
           exceeding
           mysterious
           :
           so
           mysterious
           ,
           that
           
             John
          
           wondered
           ,
           with
           great
           admiration
           ,
           to
           see
           
             Babylon
          
           in
           a
           mystery
           ,
           devouring
           the
           bloud
           of
           the
           Saints
           ,
           
             v.
          
           5
           ,
           6.
           to
           see
           men
           ,
           under
           the
           name
           of
           Saints
           ,
           and
           tender
           consciencious
           men
           ,
           drinking
           exceedingly
           of
           the
           bloud
           of
           the
           Saints
           :
           This
           is
           a
           great
           mystery
           ,
           and
           a
           mystery
           to
           be
           wondered
           at
           ;
           now
           this
           mystery
           
             v.
          
           7.
           )
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           tells
           us
           is
           double
           :
           there
           is
           a
           mystery
           of
           the
           Woman
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           Rome
           ;
           and
           the
           mystery
           of
           the
           Beast
           that
           at
           this
           time
           (
           now
           Rome
           is
           going
           to
           ruine
           )
           bears
           her
           up
           .
           Now
           this
           Beast
           is
           not
           the
           Pope
           ,
           for
           the
           Pope
           sits
           as
           a
           Whore
           upon
           many
           waters
           :
           This
           double
           mystery
           then
           is
           in
           thishow
           the
           Woman
           Rome
           should
           come
           to
           be
           drunk
           now
           with
           the
           bloud
           of
           Saints
           ,
           when
           she
           's
           going
           to
           ruine
           ;
           and
           the
           other
           part
           of
           the
           mystery
           lyeth
           in
           
             verse
          
           7.
           how
           the
           Beast
           that
           had
           horns
           like
           a
           Lamb
           ,
           and
           a
           fair
           smooth
           tongue
           like
           a
           Dragon
           ,
           
             Rev.
          
           13.
           11.
           should
           now
           have
           the
           feet
           of
           a
           Bear
           ,
           and
           the
           jawes
           of
           a
           Lyon
           ;
           how
           he
           that
           had
           covenanted
           to
           throw
           down
           Rome
           ,
           and
           professed
           himself
           a
           great
           friend
           to
           the
           Saints
           ,
           and
           yielded
           all
           his
           assistance
           to
           throw
           down
           Popery
           ,
           Superstition
           ,
           and
           Idolatry
           ,
           and
           holds
           the
           same
           Religion
           in
           profession
           that
           the
           true
           Saints
           do
           :
           how
           this
           Beast
           should
           become
           the
           Beast
           bearing
           up
           Rome
           ,
           here
           is
           the
           mystery
           ,
           and
           such
           a
           mystery
           as
           is
           to
           be
           in
           the
           Church
           when
           the
           Witnesses
           shall
           be
           slain
           ,
           and
           when
           Rome
           is
           neer
           to
           utter
           ruine
           ,
           which
           mystery
           being
           this
           day
           in
           our
           eyes
           revealed
           ,
           is
           a
           sure
           prognostick
           to
           me
           ,
           that
           Rome
           is
           not
           far
           off
           from
           her
           utter
           ruine
           .
        
         
           Now
           I
           humbly
           conceive
           that
           the
           Beast
           is
           said
           to
           have
           the
           seven
           heads
           ,
           and
           ten
           horns
           ,
           because
           he
           supports
           Rome
           with
           seven
           heads
           ,
           and
           ten
           horns
           :
           Now
           as
           the
           Heathen
           Emperours
           were
           called
           the
           red
           Dragon
           with
           seven
           heads
           ,
           and
           ten
           horns
           ,
           
             Rev.
          
           12.
           2.
           and
           the
           Pope
           is
           the
           Beast
           of
           the
           Sea
           with
           seven
           heads
           ,
           and
           ten
           horns
           ,
           because
           they
           kept
           up
           the
           Emperial
           pomp
           and
           state
           of
           Rome
           :
           so
           this
           Beast
           of
           the
           Earth
           is
           said
           here
           to
           have
           seven
           heads
           ,
           and
           ten
           horns
           ,
           because
           he
           supports
           the
           pomp
           and
           state
           of
           Rome
           ,
           when
           the
           Witnesses
           had
           finished
           their
           testimony
           ,
           and
           were
           ready
           to
           pour
           out
           the
           vialls
           upon
           it
           .
        
         
         
           This
           Beast
           is
           therefore
           the
           Eighth
           ,
           
             ver.
          
           11.
           because
           he
           is
           distinct
           from
           those
           seven
           Kings
           ,
           
             v.
          
           10.
           and
           yet
           he
           is
           of
           the
           seven
           because
           he
           is
           an
           Usurper
           and
           a
           Tyrant
           ,
           who
           rules
           by
           his
           Sword-power
           ,
           as
           the
           seven
           before
           him
           did
           ,
           who
           bore
           up
           the
           woman
           with
           seven
           heads
           :
           therefore
           this
           Eighth
           Beast
           ●●●…d
           to
           be
           of
           the
           seven
           ,
           because
           of
           the
           likeness
           of
           the
           Government
           he
           sets
           up
           to
           theirs
           before
           him
           .
           Hence
           't
           is
           that
           in
           
             v
          
           8.
           the
           Beast
           that
           bears
           Rome
           is
           called
           the
           Beast
           that
           is
           not
           ,
           and
           shall
           ascend
           out
           of
           the
           bottomless
           pit
           :
           He
           was
           in
           the
           Idaea
           of
           his
           Government
           ,
           in
           the
           Usurpation
           of
           
             Caesar
             ,
          
           but
           
             [
             is
             not
             ]
          
           because
           he
           is
           to
           come
           out
           of
           the
           bottomless
           pit
           ,
           
             Rev.
          
           11.
           7.
           where
           the
           1260.
           years
           reign
           of
           Antichrist
           draws
           towards
           an
           end
           ,
           and
           then
           slays
           the
           Witnesses
           :
           the
           next
           words
           cleers
           it
           ,
           that
           this
           Beast
           is
           also
           the
           Beast
           of
           the
           Earth
           mentioned
           
             Rev.
          
           13.
           12
           ,
           13
           ,
           14.
           
           Hence
           he
           is
           called
           the
           Beast
           that
           was
           ,
           because
           
             Rev.
          
           13.
           12.
           he
           makes
           the
           people
           to
           worship
           the
           first
           Beast
           whose
           deadly
           wound
           is
           healed
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           he
           makes
           people
           subject
           to
           a
           Government
           as
           
             Caesar
          
           set
           up
           in
           Rome
           ,
           which
           was
           a
           packt
           company
           of
           Senators
           ,
           whom
           he
           at
           his
           command
           could
           sway
           ,
           to
           what
           he
           pleased
           after
           he
           had
           drove
           away
           ,
           and
           secluded
           the
           faithfull
           members
           of
           the
           Senate-house
           :
           But
           by
           what
           power
           doth
           he
           do
           this
           ?
           the
           same
           ver.
           of
           
             Chap.
          
           13.
           tells
           us
           ,
           He
           doth
           it
           by
           the
           power
           of
           the
           first
           Beast
           before
           him
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           Pope
           ,
           (
           as
           we
           have
           shewed
           )
           these
           two
           first
           Beasts
           mentioned
           in
           the
           same
           verse
           signifie
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           Pope
           ,
           in
           whose
           presence
           the
           last
           Beast
           acts
           ,
           and
           by
           whose
           power
           he
           acts
           .
        
         
           And
           the
           other
           is
           
             Caesar
             ,
          
           whose
           Government
           he
           endeavours
           to
           set
           up
           :
           Now
           he
           doth
           it
           by
           the
           power
           of
           the
           Pope
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           by
           treachery
           ,
           lying
           perjury
           ,
           treason
           ,
           and
           lying
           wonders
           :
           Therefore
           in
           
             Rev.
          
           17.
           8.
           the
           time
           when
           this
           Beast
           shall
           be
           in
           the
           world
           shall
           be
           a
           time
           of
           wonder
           ,
           the
           people
           shall
           wonder
           at
           him
           ,
           wonder
           at
           the
           changes
           he
           makes
           in
           Times
           and
           Laws
           ,
           and
           wonder
           at
           his
           proceedings
           ;
           and
           the
           reason
           is
           in
           
             Rev.
          
           13.
           13.
           because
           he
           doth
           wonders
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           the
           men
           of
           the
           Earth
           (
           that
           have
           not
           rooting
           in
           Christ
           )
           by
           his
           glorious
           successes
           ,
           and
           his
           specious
           pretences
           ;
           and
           also
           his
           boasts
           of
           the
           prevalencies
           of
           his
           prayers
           with
           Heaven
           ,
           how
           providence
           guides
           him
           ,
           prospers
           ,
           and
           protects
           him
           :
           thus
           he
           cheats
           the
           Pope
           ,
           and
           makes
           them
           to
           admire
           him
           ,
           for
           his
           
           acting
           by
           the
           first
           Beasts
           power
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           by
           the
           Popes
           power
           ,
           so
           that
           this
           Beast
           is
           after
           the
           Pope
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           expected
           (
           as
           the
           Fathers
           say
           )
           when
           Rome
           is
           to
           go
           to
           ruine
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           destroyed
           .
        
         
           Thus
           this
           Beast
           is
           the
           Beast
           that
           was
           ,
           and
           is
           not
           ,
           and
           yet
           is
           .
        
         
           
             Ob.
          
           How
           is
           he
           the
           Beast
           that
           is
           ?
        
         
           
             Sol.
          
           He
           is
           [
           the
           beast
           that
           is
           ]
           because
           at
           that
           time
           when
           
             John
          
           had
           this
           Revelation
           ,
           Rome
           had
           the
           government
           of
           
             Caesar
             ,
          
           though
           
             Caesar
          
           and
           that
           Family
           were
           extinct
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           Senate
           in
           Rome
           ,
           and
           that
           Senate
           curbed
           under
           the
           power
           of
           the
           sword
           ,
           sword-men
           bore
           the
           sway
           ,
           the
           General
           of
           the
           Army
           was
           the
           Emperour
           :
           though
           they
           had
           the
           name
           of
           the
           Senate
           ,
           they
           sate
           &
           voted
           in
           the
           Senate
           ,
           but
           it
           was
           the
           General
           and
           his
           souldiers
           acted
           what
           they
           pleased
           ;
           and
           in
           this
           sence
           ,
           this
           beast
           was
           in
           
             Johns
          
           time
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           in
           the
           Government
           ;
           and
           in
           this
           sence
           also
           the
           eighth
           is
           of
           the
           seven
           .
        
         
           The
           hardest
           knot
           still
           remains
           to
           be
           untied
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           
             Rev.
          
           17.
           12
           ,
           16.
           where
           't
           is
           said
           ,
           That
           the
           ten
           Horns
           are
           ten
           Kings
           ,
           which
           have
           received
           no
           Kingdom
           as
           yet
           ,
           but
           receive
           power
           as
           Kings
           one
           hour
           with
           the
           beast
           :
           What
           should
           these
           ten
           Kings
           be
           who
           have
           no
           Kingdom
           ,
           nor
           power
           ,
           untill
           this
           beast
           arise
           ,
           and
           then
           they
           have
           but
           power
           as
           Kings
           one
           hour
           with
           the
           beast
           ?
        
         
           1.
           
           We
           must
           answer
           negatively
           these
           ten
           Horns
           here
           mentioned
           cannot
           be
           meant
           the
           ten
           Kingdoms
           subject
           to
           Rome
           (
           as
           some
           would
           have
           it
           )
           for
           that
           is
           expressed
           in
           
             ver.
          
           25.
           
           Otherwise
           ,
           then
           by
           ten
           Horns
           there
           the
           head
           of
           Rome
           ,
           the
           pontifick
           state
           ,
           is
           called
           the
           Whore
           ,
           and
           the
           powers
           subject
           to
           Rome
           compared
           to
           Waters
           ,
           which
           Waters
           are
           by
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           in
           the
           same
           verse
           interpreted
           Peoples
           and
           Multitudes
           ,
           Nations
           and
           Tongues
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           We
           answer
           possibly
           ,
           yea
           most
           probably
           ,
           ten
           Horns
           may
           have
           a
           double
           sence
           and
           meaning
           ;
           the
           one
           ,
           to
           set
           forth
           these
           Kings
           subject
           to
           the
           Roman
           Empire
           ,
           and
           so
           
             Dan.
          
           7.
           7.
           is
           to
           be
           understood
           ;
           and
           so
           the
           most
           learned
           Protestant
           Writers
           understand
           these
           ten
           Horns
           :
           'T
           is
           also
           the
           opinion
           of
           learned
           men
           ,
           that
           by
           ten
           Horns
           is
           meant
           the
           Senate
           of
           Rome
           ,
           subordinate
           to
           the
           Imperiall
           power
           of
           Rome
           :
           so
           
             Alcazar
          
           understands
           these
           ten
           Horns
           ,
           he
           calls
           them
           
             Poliarchiam
             Senatorum
             .
          
        
         
           And
           (
           not
           rejecting
           the
           common
           interpretation
           of
           the
           ten
           Horns
           )
           I
           conceive
           this
           may
           be
           the
           meaning
           of
           
             Rev.
          
           13.
           1.
           where
           when
           the
           state
           of
           Rome
           was
           changed
           from
           Emperours
           to
           Popes
           ,
           
           the
           seven
           Heads
           had
           blasphemous
           Names
           on
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           ten
           Horns
           were
           crowned
           .
           The
           Senate
           of
           Rome
           under
           the
           Emperor
           had
           no
           Crowns
           ;
           but
           when
           the
           Pope
           came
           up
           with
           his
           ten
           Horns
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           his
           Conclave
           of
           Cardinals
           (
           resembling
           a
           Senate
           )
           they
           had
           their
           Miters
           on
           ;
           here
           the
           ten
           Horns
           are
           crown'd
           :
           As
           I
           do
           not
           dote
           upon
           this
           interpretation
           ,
           so
           I
           dare
           not
           despise
           it
           ,
           for
           it
           hangs
           upon
           as
           much
           reason
           as
           the
           other
           ,
           if
           not
           more
           ,
           and
           I
           know
           no
           reason
           ,
           but
           why
           these
           ten
           Horns
           may
           have
           a
           double
           signification
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           seven
           Heads
           ;
           but
           the
           seven
           heads
           (
           
             Rev.
          
           17.
           9
           ,
           10.
           )
           signifie
           seven
           Mountains
           ,
           and
           seven
           Kings
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           by
           these
           ten
           Kings
           here
           ,
           
             Rev.
          
           17.
           12.
           
           I
           conceive
           is
           meant
           those
           Senators
           ,
           or
           that
           packt
           party
           ,
           that
           this
           Beast
           sets
           up
           by
           his
           sword
           power
           ;
           and
           as
           
             Caesar
          
           conquer'd
           under
           pretence
           of
           subjecting
           people
           to
           his
           packt-senate
           in
           Rome
           :
           so
           doth
           this
           subdue
           Nations
           and
           Kingdoms
           to
           his
           packt-party
           of
           Senators
           .
           Observe
           how
           clearly
           this
           appears
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           
             v.
          
           12.
           1.
           
           The
           Holy
           Ghost
           doth
           not
           say
           these
           Kings
           shall
           receive
           Kingdoms
           ,
           but
           a
           Kingdom
           
             [
             Ten
             ]
          
           is
           but
           indifinitly
           for
           many
           ;
           as
           ten
           Virgins
           ,
           ten
           Talents
           ;
           and
           now
           these
           many
           shall
           not
           reign
           in
           distinct
           Kingdoms
           :
           for
           
             John
          
           saith
           they
           have
           not
           received
           a
           Kingdom
           ,
           noting
           these
           many
           Kings
           shal
           be
           in
           one
           Kingdom
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           They
           are
           not
           absolute
           Kings
           ,
           but
           receive
           power
           as
           Kings
           ;
           they
           rule
           and
           tyrannize
           ,
           and
           make
           Lawes
           ,
           and
           exact
           obedience
           from
           the
           people
           as
           Kings
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           'T
           is
           but
           one
           hour
           that
           they
           have
           this
           power
           ,
           three
           years
           and
           an
           half
           is
           the
           utmost
           extent
           of
           their
           duration
           in
           this
           power
           ,
           for
           they
           come
           in
           with
           this
           beast
           :
           now
           this
           beast
           continues
           but
           three
           years
           and
           an
           half
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           These
           all
           make
           but
           one
           vote
           ,
           
             v.
          
           3.
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           that
           is
           ,
           in
           English
           ,
           make
           one
           vote
           .
           I
           do
           not
           know
           how
           better
           to
           express
           it
           in
           English
           :
           therefore
           I
           conclude
           ,
           that
           these
           are
           not
           distinct
           Kings
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           vote
           together
           in
           one
           Councel
           to
           propagate
           the
           beasts
           designs
           ;
           and
           in
           so
           doing
           ,
           
             ver.
          
           14.
           they
           are
           by
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           marked
           for
           those
           who
           fight
           with
           the
           Lamb
           ,
           and
           the
           Lamb
           overcomes
           ,
           so
           that
           hence
           I
           gather
           ,
           that
           the
           great
           battel
           spoken
           of
           to
           be
           fought
           (
           
             Rev.
          
           19.
           19
           ,
           20.
           )
           by
           Christ
           against
           the
           beast
           ,
           and
           the
           false
           Prophet
           ,
           is
           the
           battel
           that
           is
           to
           be
           fought
           against
           the
           beast
           ,
           and
           these
           ten
           Horns
           :
           For
           on
           the
           Churches
           side
           the
           Generall
           and
           his
           
           Army
           are
           one
           and
           the
           same
           in
           both
           ;
           here
           he
           is
           called
           the
           Lamb
           ,
           and
           
             Rev.
          
           19.
           7
           ,
           8.
           he
           is
           called
           the
           Lamb
           ;
           here
           he
           is
           called
           the
           King
           of
           kings
           ,
           and
           Lord
           of
           lords
           ,
           and
           there
           ,
           
             vers.
          
           16.
           he
           is
           called
           King
           of
           kings
           ,
           and
           Lord
           of
           lords
           :
           here
           his
           Army
           is
           called
           faithfull
           and
           chosen
           ,
           and
           in
           
             ver.
          
           11.
           there
           their
           Generall
           (
           who
           makes
           them
           like
           him
           ,
           by
           calling
           them
           to
           him
           )
           is
           called
           faithfull
           and
           true
           .
           This
           battell
           is
           set
           forth
           ,
           
             Rev.
          
           11.
           13.
           by
           a
           great
           Earthquake
           ,
           and
           
             Rev.
          
           14.
           19
           ,
           20.
           by
           gathering
           the
           Vine
           of
           the
           Earth
           into
           the
           Vinepress
           of
           Gods
           wrath
           :
           a
           usuall
           metaphor
           to
           set
           forth
           the
           ruine
           of
           the
           Enemies
           of
           the
           Church
           by
           ,
           like
           that
           in
           Judges
           ,
           
             The
             gleanings
             of
             Ephraim
             are
             better
             then
             the
             Vintage
             of
          
           Ebiesar
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           little
           Conquests
           of
           
             Ephraim
          
           in
           taking
           these
           two
           Princes
           ,
           were
           greater
           then
           (
           the
           Vintage
           )
           the
           great
           Conquest
           of
           
             Gideon
          
           over
           that
           vast
           Army
           .
        
         
           But
           here
           is
           another
           hard
           question
           comes
           in
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           from
           
             v.
          
           14.
           and
           16.
           
        
         
           
             Q.
          
           How
           can
           it
           be
           said
           in
           
             v.
          
           13.
           that
           the
           Horns
           make
           war
           with
           the
           Lamb
           ,
           and
           the
           Lamb
           overcomes
           them
           ;
           and
           in
           
             v.
             16.
             
             The
             ten
             Horns
             shall
             hate
             the
             whore
             ,
             and
             make
             her
             naked
             ,
             and
             eat
             her
             flesh
             ,
             and
             burn
             her
             with
             fire
             .
          
        
         
           
             Resp.
          
           To
           this
           we
           answer
           ,
           Those
           ten
           Horns
           cannot
           be
           the
           same
           in
           person
           ,
           in
           
             v.
          
           14.
           with
           these
           in
           
             v.
          
           16.
           1.
           
           Because
           these
           in
           
             v.
          
           14.
           make
           war
           against
           the
           Lamb
           ;
           but
           those
           in
           
             v.
          
           16.
           make
           war
           for
           the
           Lamb
           .
           2.
           
           Those
           in
           
             v.
          
           14.
           are
           destroyed
           and
           overcome
           by
           the
           Lamb
           ,
           and
           therefore
           cannot
           be
           the
           same
           in
           person
           with
           those
           in
           
             v.
          
           16.
           because
           they
           shall
           hate
           the
           Whore
           :
           Now
           comes
           in
           the
           Judgement
           of
           the
           Whore
           spoken
           of
           ,
           
             v.
          
           1.
           and
           in
           this
           ,
           
             v.
          
           16.
           the
           Officers
           that
           shall
           bring
           her
           to
           Judgement
           are
           set
           forth
           .
           Observe
           but
           the
           opposition
           that
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           puts
           betwixt
           the
           person
           and
           persons
           in
           one
           Office
           :
           by
           the
           ten
           Horns
           (
           as
           I
           have
           shew'd
           )
           signifies
           a
           Senate
           ,
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           or
           a
           supream
           power
           consisting
           of
           many
           Members
           :
           This
           
             v.
          
           14.
           and
           16.
           (
           if
           seriously
           perused
           )
           shew
           us
           ,
           that
           there
           shall
           be
           a
           great
           Rent
           amongst
           persons
           conjoyn'd
           in
           one
           office
           ;
           the
           ten
           Horns
           ,
           
             v.
          
           12.
           arise
           with
           the
           beast
           ;
           but
           the
           other
           (
           
             v.
          
           17.
           )
           give
           their
           Kingdom
           (
           through
           their
           oversight
           to
           the
           beast
           ;
           so
           that
           these
           clearly
           are
           distinct
           :
           for
           these
           last
           ten
           Horns
           had
           a
           Kingdom
           ,
           or
           else
           they
           could
           not
           give
           it
           away
           ;
           but
           the
           other
           
             v.
          
           12.
           come
           to
           be
           Kings
           ,
           or
           as
           Kings
           with
           the
           beast
           :
           so
           that
           the
           coming
           
           up
           of
           these
           is
           the
           casting
           down
           of
           those
           (
           
             vers.
          
           17.
           )
           untill
           the
           words
           of
           God
           be
           fulfilled
           :
           Those
           ten
           Kings
           
             vers.
          
           13.
           give
           their
           power
           and
           strength
           (
           which
           they
           received
           from
           the
           beast
           )
           to
           the
           beast
           against
           the
           Lamb
           .
           But
           those
           ten
           Horns
           
             v.
          
           17.
           give
           but
           their
           Kingdom
           for
           a
           time
           ,
           and
           when
           that
           time
           is
           fulfilled
           (
           
             i.
             e.
          
           )
           when
           the
           seventh
           Trumpet
           sounds
           ,
           when
           the
           mystery
           of
           God
           shall
           be
           finished
           or
           fulfilled
           ,
           then
           those
           shall
           hate
           the
           Whore
           ,
           and
           
             shall
             make
             her
             desolate
             ,
             and
             eat
             her
             flesh
             ,
             and
             burn
             her
             with
             si●e
             :
          
           This
           gives
           us
           a
           most
           clear
           description
           of
           the
           slain
           Witnesses
           ,
           by
           a
           party
           atising
           out
           of
           their
           own
           bowels
           :
           Here
           are
           the
           same
           ten
           Horns
           for
           the
           beast
           against
           the
           Lamb
           ,
           and
           the
           same
           ten
           Horns
           for
           the
           Lamb
           against
           the
           Beast
           ,
           and
           the
           Whore
           :
           This
           is
           a
           mystery
           which
           hath
           been
           locked
           up
           from
           former
           ages
           ,
           and
           is
           now
           in
           the
           eyes
           of
           all
           the
           world
           revealing
           it self
           :
           these
           ten
           Horns
           therefore
           are
           distinct
           in
           their
           persons
           ,
           and
           the
           same
           in
           office
           ,
           onely
           the
           one
           party
           sides
           with
           the
           Beast
           who
           gives
           them
           his
           power
           to
           slay
           the
           Witnesses
           :
           so
           that
           these
           reigning
           ,
           keep
           the
           name
           and
           power
           of
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           so
           they
           are
           called
           the
           ten
           Horns
           ,
           and
           this
           Rome
           they
           keep
           till
           the
           true
           Parliament
           (
           which
           pretendedly
           was
           on
           the
           beasts
           head
           )
           arise
           ,
           and
           by
           their
           powerful
           prosecution
           of
           their
           Covenant-Reformation
           ,
           shew
           their
           hatred
           to
           the
           Whore
           ,
           
             make
             her
             desolate
             ,
             eat
             her
             flesh
             ,
             and
             burn
             her
             with
             fire
             :
          
           For
           certain
           the
           rising
           of
           the
           slain
           Witnesses
           shall
           be
           the
           downfall
           of
           the
           Beast
           ,
           the
           Pope
           ,
           and
           the
           Devils
           Kingdom
           :
           I
           am
           not
           ignorant
           how
           remote
           I
           am
           from
           the
           common
           received
           opinions
           of
           the
           Protestants
           ;
           neither
           am
           I
           ignorant
           ,
           how
           far
           they
           are
           from
           the
           clear
           light
           of
           sacred
           Text
           ,
           which
           gives
           too
           much
           occasion
           to
           the
           Romish
           party
           in
           their
           writings
           ,
           to
           scorn
           at
           their
           interpretations
           :
           It
           were
           easie
           to
           shew
           the
           contradictions
           that
           they
           make
           ,
           who
           interpret
           these
           ten
           Horns
           to
           be
           the
           ten
           Kings
           of
           Europe
           :
           but
           I
           forbear
           ,
           and
           only
           make
           this
           the
           excuse
           of
           my
           prolixity
           ,
           because
           I
           easily
           perceive
           the
           great
           stone
           which
           the
           Protestant
           Writers
           stumble
           at
           ,
           is
           this
           last
           beast
           that
           is
           to
           rise
           and
           raign
           three
           years
           and
           an
           half
           ,
           in
           which
           time
           he
           slays
           the
           Witnesses
           :
           This
           Beast
           few
           of
           them
           (
           for
           ought
           I
           can
           perceive
           )
           ever
           dream't
           of
           ;
           therefore
           they
           mistake
           the
           Beast
           rising
           out
           of
           the
           bottomless
           pit
           ,
           
             Rev.
             11.
             7.
             the
             Beast
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
          
           Rev.
           13.
           11.
           
             and
             the
             eighth
             Beast
             ,
             Rev.
          
           17.
           11.
           to
           be
           the
           Pope
           ,
           and
           these
           ten
           Horns
           to
           be
           the
           ten
           Europian
           Kingdoms
           ,
           which
           are
           all
           gross
           mistakes
           ,
           and
           the
           
           causes
           of
           greater
           in
           most
           of
           their
           Writings
           .
           Having
           thus
           (
           by
           the
           good
           grace
           of
           the
           Holy
           Trinity
           )
           by
           these
           mysterious
           Texts
           discovered
           this
           last
           Beast
           ,
           and
           these
           last
           Enemies
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           I
           trust
           he
           that
           is
           not
           spiritually
           blind
           will
           say
           ,
           
             Surely
             these
             Scriptures
             are
             fulfilled
             in
             our
             eyes
             this
             day
             .
          
           Was
           there
           not
           a
           glorious
           Reformation
           began
           ,
           and
           though
           with
           much
           danger
           and
           difficulty
           ,
           yet
           )
           clearly
           carryed
           on
           :
           Read
           but
           the
           Assemblies
           Works
           ;
           read
           the
           good
           Ordinances
           made
           by
           the
           Parliament
           for
           the
           carrying
           of
           it
           on
           ;
           read
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           and
           then
           say
           ,
           whether
           there
           was
           not
           a
           glorious
           Reformation
           began
           :
           nay
           did
           not
           the
           King
           give
           his
           Royall
           assent
           to
           this
           Reformation
           ,
           and
           did
           not
           the
           Parliament
           close
           with
           these
           Concessions
           ;
           and
           then
           ,
           even
           then
           ,
           on
           a
           sudden
           when
           these
           Witnesses
           had
           finished
           their
           Testimony
           ,
           then
           ariseth
           this
           Beast
           ,
           and
           over
           throws
           this
           Reformation
           ,
           by
           slaying
           the
           Witnesses
           which
           had
           finished
           their
           Testimony
           :
           By
           this
           the
           Reader
           may
           see
           my
           confidence
           ,
           upon
           Scripture-bottome
           ,
           that
           these
           are
           the
           times
           ,
           and
           this
           is
           the
           place
           ,
           and
           the
           Magistracy
           ,
           and
           Ministery
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           are
           the
           witnesses
           that
           now
           are
           slaying
           ;
           and
           this
           Power
           now
           tyrannizing
           over
           the
           Church
           ,
           is
           that
           Power
           that
           slayes
           the
           Witnesses
           ;
           and
           the
           Beast
           that
           set
           up
           this
           Power
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           Power
           that
           he
           hath
           erected
           ,
           shall
           gather
           all
           their
           strength
           against
           the
           Lamb
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           against
           the
           true
           Saints
           ,
           which
           in
           sincerity
           worship
           Christ
           ;
           and
           there
           the
           mighty
           hand
           of
           God
           shall
           appear
           to
           the
           utter
           ruining
           and
           confounding
           of
           them
           ;
           then
           shall
           the
           Witnesses
           arise
           and
           take
           up
           that
           Reformation
           which
           hath
           lien
           dead
           three
           years
           and
           an
           half
           ,
           and
           shall
           carry
           it
           on
           without
           any
           more
           opposition
           ;
           and
           all
           this
           shall
           begin
           to
           be
           done
           (
           I
           do
           not
           say
           finished
           )
           neere
           about
           this
           present
           year
           ,
           1651.
           
           These
           I
           have
           more
           largly
           discoursed
           of
           in
           the
           ensuing
           Tract
           ,
           yet
           not
           at
           large
           ,
           because
           I
           expect
           to
           have
           it
           answer'd
           by
           some
           of
           the
           Time-serving
           Champions
           ,
           especially
           Docter
           
             Homes
             ,
          
           whom
           I
           take
           to
           be
           the
           learned'st
           Saint
           of
           them
           all
           in
           this
           study
           ;
           and
           he
           hath
           got
           him
           almost
           as
           great
           a
           name
           amongst
           the
           ignorant
           Crew
           for
           a
           Prophet
           ,
           as
           
             Lillie
          
           the
           Hedg-Prophet
           ,
           who
           Jispsie-like
           gets
           his
           living
           by
           telling
           fortunes
           :
           as
           
             Lillie
             ,
          
           so
           doth
           this
           Doctor
           make
           his
           Oracle
           speak
           to
           the
           humour
           of
           the
           Times
           :
           as
           that
           infamous
           Priest
           of
           
             Apollo
             ,
          
           out
           of
           base
           flattery
           made
           the
           Oracle
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
           So
           doth
           the
           blasphemous
           wretch
           indeavour
           to
           make
           the
           Holy
           Oracles
           of
           the
           
           Scriptures
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           to
           humour
           the
           usurping
           Trayterous
           bloudy
           Hereticks
           of
           the
           Times
           ,
           and
           with
           more
           subtilty
           then
           any
           of
           his
           fellows
           .
        
         
           It
           behoveth
           Christians
           to
           observe
           some
           mens
           Designs
           more
           then
           others
           ,
           and
           to
           observe
           how
           they
           carry
           on
           their
           Designs
           ;
           as
           for
           this
           Doctor
           he
           undertakes
           to
           prove
           the
           foulest
           actions
           that
           ever
           were
           committed
           by
           Christians
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           gloriousest
           and
           greatest
           actions
           that
           ever
           were
           performed
           by
           Christians
           ,
           and
           pretends
           to
           fetch
           all
           his
           proofs
           from
           sacred
           Scripture
           ,
           from
           Propheticall
           Texts
           ;
           and
           't
           is
           commonly
           taught
           ,
           That
           King
           
             Charles
          
           who
           was
           cut
           off
           was
           the
           Antichrist
           ,
           and
           
             London
          
           the
           city
           that
           must
           be
           destroyed
           with
           seven
           hills
           ;
           and
           the
           Presbytery
           the
           Locust
           that
           must
           be
           destroyed
           ;
           so
           that
           ere
           long
           we
           shall
           have
           Protestants
           massacred
           as
           Antichristian
           ;
           't
           is
           therfore
           time
           to
           look
           after
           such
           fellows
           .
           Indeed
           there
           are
           many
           in
           print
           ,
           who
           assume
           
             scribendi
             libertatem
          
           (
           as
           
             Scaliger
          
           saith
           of
           the
           French
           )
           but
           have
           not
           
             scribendi
             facultatem
             .
          
           I
           think
           the
           Writers
           of
           these
           times
           upon
           this
           subject
           ,
           edged
           with
           the
           Doctors
           designes
           ,
           may
           be
           distinguished
           ,
           as
           maladies
           are
           amongst
           the
           learned
           ;
           some
           are
           privative
           ,
           some
           are
           positive
           ;
           in
           some
           there
           is
           
             seminarium
             stultitiae
             ,
          
           in
           other
           some
           
             seminarium
             invidiae
             :
          
           Now
           the
           later
           of
           these
           is
           most
           dangerous
           :
           From
           hence
           proceeds
           heresie
           and
           apostasie
           from
           truth
           ;
           if
           we
           mark
           it
           ,
           error
           is
           a
           positive
           act
           ;
           and
           where
           it
           meets
           a
           malicious
           heart
           ,
           and
           a
           subtill
           head
           ,
           it
           doth
           infinite
           hurt
           .
           Now
           I
           shall
           sooner
           prove
           the
           Doctor
           one
           of
           these
           ,
           then
           stile
           him
           one
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           that
           other
           sort
           of
           Prophetick
           time-servers
           ,
           though
           't
           is
           true
           there
           be
           
             unus
             utrique
             error
             ,
          
           yet
           ,
           poor
           soules
           ,
           they
           make
           such
           ridiculous
           nonsense
           of
           what
           they
           steal
           from
           learned
           men
           ,
           that
           every
           man
           of
           ordinaryparts
           cannot
           but
           cry
           out
           of
           them
           as
           
             eruditi
             fures
             ,
          
           and
           deserve
           as
           much
           to
           be
           slighted
           ,
           as
           
             Iohn
             Goodwins
          
           Songs
           to
           be
           laught
           at
           .
           The
           truth
           is
           ,
           such
           self-conceited
           ideots
           deserve
           better
           to
           be
           met
           with
           a
           Lacedemonian
           whip
           ,
           then
           to
           be
           corrected
           by
           a
           sober
           pen
           :
           They
           are
           such
           as
           
             Hierom
          
           complains
           of
           ,
           
             Qui
             loqui
             nesciunt
             ,
             &
             tacere
             non
             possunt
             ;
          
           I
           do
           not
           mean
           onely
           such
           tinkling
           cymballs
           and
           crackt
           trumpets
           as
           
             Sterrey
          
           and
           
             Powell
             ,
             Durie
             ,
             Feake
             ,
          
           the
           Furriers
           Boy
           ,
           
             Will
             .
             Sedgwick
             ,
             Iohn
             Goodwin
             ,
             Simson
             ,
          
           and
           
             Carpenter
          
           the
           converted
           Jesuite
           ,
           with
           his
           Brother
           
             Tillam
          
           the
           blasphemer
           ;
           but
           many
           others
           ,
           poor
           soules
           ,
           who
           are
           
           great
           Zealots
           against
           Antichrist
           ,
           but
           know
           not
           what
           he
           is
           :
           a
           man
           that
           hears
           the
           contradictions
           ,
           absurdities
           and
           egregious
           falsities
           that
           they
           impudently
           utter
           sometimes
           in
           one
           houre
           ,
           would
           conclude
           as
           (
           
             Lactantius
          
           doth
           against
           the
           Philosophers
           )
           
             Aut
             stulti
             aut
             in
             ani
             ,
             nullus
             enim
             ager
             ,
             nulla
             anus
             ,
             ineptiùs
             deliravit
             ;
          
           these
           empty-headed
           fellowes
           ,
           whose
           privative
           malice
           proceeding
           of
           ignorance
           ,
           makes
           them
           belch
           forth
           such
           indigested
           crudities
           ,
           I
           would
           intreat
           good
           Christians
           to
           pray
           for
           them
           ,
           for
           they
           know
           not
           what
           they
           say
           .
        
         
           But
           while
           I
           am
           viewing
           the
           followers
           of
           the
           Beast
           :
           There
           is
           a
           third
           sort
           of
           time-servers
           ,
           the
           worst
           of
           all
           ,
           by
           how
           much
           the
           more
           eminent
           they
           are
           for
           the
           profession
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ;
           for
           that
           of
           
             Iuvenali
          
           is
           true
           :
           
             
               Omne
               animi
               vitium
               tantò
               conspectius
               in
               se
            
             
               Crimen
               habet
               quantò
               major
               qui
               peccat
               habetur
               .
            
          
           These
           are
           not
           such
           lascivious
           Goats
           as
           the
           Doctor
           that
           I
           deal
           with
           ,
           nor
           such
           silly
           hogs
           as
           those
           I
           pass
           over
           ,
           who
           like
           those
           possessed
           run
           in
           a
           Herd
           together
           down
           the
           precipice
           of
           Ruine
           into
           the
           Sea
           of
           perdition
           ,
           without
           remorse
           or
           stop
           :
           But
           these
           are
           men
           of
           gravity
           ,
           men
           of
           sobriety
           ,
           men
           professing
           outwardly
           godliness
           ,
           men
           that
           ,
           like
           
             Judas
             ,
          
           kiss
           Christ
           with
           their
           lips
           ,
           and
           imbrace
           Christs
           murtherers
           in
           their
           arms
           ,
           that
           have
           their
           lips
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           their
           Arms
           in
           Hell
           :
           they
           are
           like
           the
           Ayr
           in
           their
           constitutions
           ,
           which
           Element
           ,
           though
           it
           proceed
           
             ex
             duobus
             Elementis
             à
             symbolicis
             ,
          
           yet
           notwithstanding
           't
           is
           
             utrique
             symbolicum
             ;
          
           and
           so
           are
           they
           ,
           I
           mean
           such
           as
           Mr.
           
             Nye
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
             Thomas
             Goodwin
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
             Shadrack
             Simpson
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
           
             Bridge
             ,
             Rows
          
           of
           
             Eaton
             ;
          
           who
           though
           no
           Priest
           ,
           yet
           may
           well
           be
           stiled
           a
           Franciscan
           Apostate
           :
           and
           I
           would
           I
           could
           leave
           out
           Mr.
           
           
             J.
             Car.
          
           and
           M.
           
             Ob.
             S.
          
           I
           am
           loth
           to
           name
           them
           ,
           because
           I
           am
           ashamed
           that
           the
           world
           should
           know
           that
           two
           such
           eminent-godly-learned
           men
           are
           amongst
           such
           an
           Antichristian
           abominable
           Faction
           :
           but
           who
           knows
           that
           Mr.
           
             Caryl
          
           is
           amongst
           them
           ,
           and
           that
           Mr.
           
             Obediah
             Sedgwick
          
           keeps
           publike
           Thanksgiving
           dayes
           for
           the
           overthrow
           of
           the
           
             Scots
             ,
          
           our
           Covenant-keeping
           Brethren
           ,
           
             Hi
             sunt
             illi
          
           (
           saith
           
             Tullie
             )
             qui
             non
             solùm
             vitia
             concipiunt
             ,
             sed
             etiam
             infundunt
             ,
             in
             Civitatem
             plusque
             exemplo
             quam
             peccato
             nocent
             :
          
           These
           are
           those
           
             adultae
             patriae
             pestes
             ,
          
           that
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           possible
           ,
           would
           seduce
           the
           Elect
           :
           How
           much
           mischief
           have
           these
           men
           
           done
           by
           their
           evill
           example
           ,
           by
           their
           open
           apostacy
           from
           their
           Church
           and
           State-principles
           ,
           by
           their
           Covenant-breaking
           ,
           and
           by
           their
           elegant
           pleading
           (
           like
           
             Job's
          
           acquaintance
           )
           against
           a
           righteous
           Cause
           ;
           and
           most
           shamefull
           extolling
           and
           complying
           with
           wicked
           men
           ,
           cursing
           the
           righteous
           whom
           God
           afflicts
           ,
           and
           blessing
           the
           wicked
           whom
           God
           abhors
           :
           These
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           (
           as
           
             Greg.
             Nazianzen
          
           calls
           them
           )
           such
           as
           will
           truck
           away
           their
           Religious
           principles
           ,
           and
           break
           their
           Covenants
           ,
           for
           the
           gain
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           notwithstanding
           their
           former
           Writings
           and
           Opinions
           ,
           fight
           with
           their
           present
           actings
           ,
           like
           the
           souldiers
           of
           
             Gadmus
          
           to
           their
           own
           confusion
           .
        
         
           These
           men
           going
           in
           the
           way
           of
           
             Cain
             ,
          
           and
           running
           after
           the
           errour
           of
           
             Balam
          
           for
           a
           reward
           ,
           have
           provoked
           me
           ,
           unworthy
           me
           ,
           like
           
             Balam's
          
           Ass
           ,
           unexpectedly
           ,
           though
           out
           of
           the
           anguish
           of
           my
           heart
           ,
           to
           reprove
           the
           madness
           of
           these
           Prophets
           .
        
         
           I
           no
           whit
           wonder
           that
           Hereticks
           ,
           and
           scandalous
           loose
           fellows
           ,
           such
           as
           Doctor
           
             Homes
             ,
          
           and
           
             John
             Goodwin
             ,
          
           keep
           Thanksgiving
           Dayes
           ,
           and
           make
           Ballads
           at
           the
           overthrow
           of
           the
           Church
           and
           State
           of
           
             Scotland
             ;
          
           for
           they
           know
           that
           
             Scotland
          
           is
           the
           greatest
           Enemy
           to
           Heresie
           and
           Lechery
           in
           the
           world
           :
           These
           go
           upon
           that
           new-found
           Maxime
           ,
           self-preservation
           ,
           and
           so
           have
           some
           ground
           for
           what
           they
           do
           :
           for
           doubtless
           
             Homes
          
           had
           been
           hang'd
           for
           his
           uncleanness
           ,
           and
           abominable
           lewdness
           ,
           had
           the
           
             Scots
          
           Laws
           been
           put
           into
           English
           practice
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           
             Goodwin
          
           had
           been
           justly
           banished
           ,
           for
           open
           apostacy
           and
           obstinate
           heresie
           ,
           if
           not
           hang'd
           for
           a
           blasphemer
           :
           Therefore
           I
           the
           less
           blame
           them
           for
           what
           they
           do
           ,
           and
           the
           rather
           ,
           since
           their
           own
           former
           Writings
           save
           me
           the
           labour
           :
           Doth
           the
           Doctor
           call
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Presbyterian
           Church
           whore
           by
           craft
           ?
           Poor
           man
           ,
           we
           very
           well
           know
           that
           this
           is
           not
           his
           first
           mistake
           ;
           it
           is
           not
           the
           first
           time
           that
           he
           hath
           mistaken
           an
           honest
           woman
           for
           a
           whore
           ,
           witness
           his
           Congregation
           that
           excommunicated
           him
           for
           such
           gross
           mistakes
           ,
           and
           to
           this
           day
           for
           the
           same
           stands
           excommunicated
           :
           Were
           it
           not
           therefore
           through
           this
           Doctors
           sides
           ,
           that
           I
           intended
           to
           wound
           the
           whole
           Rabble
           of
           Deceivers
           ,
           and
           false
           Prophets
           ,
           who
           most
           egregiously
           abuse
           prophetick
           Texts
           ,
           to
           the
           defaming
           of
           the
           true
           Church
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Time-servers
           may
           know
           I
           dare
           incounter
           their
           sturdiest
           Champions
           ,
           I
           should
           have
           been
           ashamed
           to
           have
           
           entred
           the
           list
           with
           so
           scandalous
           a
           man
           as
           Doctor
           
             Homes
             :
          
           But
           why
           should
           I
           be
           ashamed
           to
           confute
           him
           ,
           when
           the
           Lord
           Major
           of
           
             London
          
           was
           not
           ashamed
           to
           make
           him
           his
           Teacher
           .
        
         
           Let
           no
           man
           think
           that
           I
           do
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           meddle
           with
           that
           which
           concerns
           me
           not
           ;
           for
           by
           my
           Covenant
           I
           am
           bound
           timely
           to
           make
           known
           and
           discover
           ,
           whatsoever
           Church
           or
           State-evill
           :
           I
           am
           not
           able
           to
           suppress
           ,
           and
           I
           do
           no
           more
           here
           ,
           I
           know
           that
           this
           my
           young
           Lamb
           must
           pass
           through
           the
           midst
           of
           Wolves
           and
           Lyons
           ,
           who
           will
           indeavour
           to
           devour
           it
           :
           and
           therefore
           I
           have
           arm'd
           it
           with
           Armour
           of
           proof
           ,
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           .
           I
           do
           not
           (
           as
           
             Cromwel
          
           in
           his
           Letters
           falsly
           saith
           the
           
             Scots
          
           do
           )
           use
           weapons
           of
           a
           foolish
           shepherd
           ,
           I
           fetch
           all
           my
           weapons
           out
           of
           
             Davids
          
           Armory
           ,
           the
           Scripture
           :
           here
           hangs
           a
           thousand
           Bucklers
           ,
           all
           the
           shields
           of
           mighty
           men
           ,
           I
           draw
           no
           Arguments
           from
           Conjurers
           Dreams
           ,
           or
           from
           Astrological
           Predictions
           ,
           such
           really
           are
           the
           weapons
           of
           a
           foolish
           shepherd
           ;
           I
           offer
           no
           such
           poysonous
           water
           to
           the
           thirsty
           Traveller
           in
           this
           Road
           ;
           all
           that
           I
           draw
           comes
           clearly
           up
           
             exprofundissimis
             Scientiae
             fodinis
             ,
          
           from
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           the
           Wells
           of
           living
           Water
           :
           Here
           are
           no
           Texts
           crook't
           (
           though
           cross
           to
           the
           common
           interpretations
           )
           by
           any
           private
           interpretation
           ,
           to
           particular
           self-ends
           :
           Indeed
           I
           do
           swim
           against
           the
           stream
           of
           common
           Interpreters
           ,
           but
           not
           without
           just
           cause
           given
           ,
           I
           protest
           it
           is
           not
           out
           of
           a
           desire
           to
           be
           singular
           ,
           as
           not
           a
           few
           in
           this
           Age
           do
           ,
           who
           think
           no
           Fabrick
           of
           fame
           stands
           so
           stately
           ,
           as
           that
           which
           is
           built
           
             exruinis
             alienae
             existimationis
             ,
          
           esteeming
           it
           no
           small
           piece
           of
           honour
           to
           be
           counted
           
             novae
             alicujus
             rei
             Authores
             ,
          
           Let
           it
           be
           what
           I
           will
           ,
           for
           my
           own
           part
           ,
           I
           protest
           against
           such
           folly
           .
           I
           onely
           follow
           the
           Ark
           ;
           which
           way
           it
           goes
           ,
           I
           go
           ;
           and
           when
           it
           stands
           still
           ,
           I
           stand
           still
           .
           I
           shall
           submit
           my self
           wholly
           to
           the
           censure
           of
           learned
           Texts
           men
           ,
           whether
           I
           have
           wracked
           any
           Texts
           to
           stretch
           it
           beyond
           the
           lawfull
           bounds
           of
           interpretations
           ,
           or
           whether
           I
           have
           made
           any
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           or
           not
           made
           my
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           to
           be
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           onely
           .
           This
           I
           will
           assure
           the
           Reader
           ,
           that
           he
           shall
           find
           nothing
           in
           this
           book
           either
           
             prater
             fun
             lamentum
             salutis
             ,
          
           or
           
             contra
             a
             fundamentum
             salutis
             :
          
           Nor
           scarce
           any
           one
           Text
           (
           of
           these
           many
           )
           unfolded
           ,
           but
           what
           learned
           Writers
           do
           concur
           with
           me
           in
           ;
           for
           I
           walk
           upon
           the
           learned
           heads
           of
           at
           least
           fourscore
           Interpreters
           ,
           and
           if
           I
           fall
           from
           ones
           head
           ,
           I
           presently
           fall
           into
           anothers
           arms
           ,
           so
           that
           my
           sence
           falls
           not
           to
           the
           ground
           .
        
         
         
           Indeed
           my
           style
           and
           my
           method
           may
           justly
           be
           blamed
           ,
           I
           am
           heartily
           ashamed
           that
           it
           should
           go
           so
           tatter'd
           with
           its
           rags
           into
           the
           world
           ;
           but
           indeed
           the
           reason
           is
           because
           it
           was
           done
           in
           hast
           ,
           not
           that
           it
           was
           studied
           in
           hast
           ,
           but
           scribed
           in
           hast
           :
           it
           is
           well
           known
           this
           piece
           proffer'd
           to
           the
           Press
           within
           a
           month
           after
           the
           Doctors
           Sermon
           was
           printed
           ,
           and
           from
           that
           time
           ,
           to
           this
           day
           ,
           it
           hath
           waited
           at
           the
           Press
           (
           like
           the
           Cripple
           of
           
             Bethesda
          
           )
           expecting
           dayly
           some
           one
           to
           put
           it
           in
           ▪
           indeed
           my
           book
           (
           if
           it
           could
           )
           should
           not
           go
           like
           
             Independents
             wives
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
           Now
           the
           Church
           is
           in
           her
           winding
           sheet
           .
           The
           first
           part
           of
           it
           proves
           Monarchy
           to
           be
           
             Jure
             Divino
             ,
          
           and
           to
           be
           visible
           in
           the
           Church
           from
           the
           Creation
           to
           Christs
           Incarnation
           ,
           who
           was
           both
           Monarch
           (
           by
           a
           right
           of
           succession
           from
           
             Adam
          
           )
           of
           the
           whole
           world
           ,
           and
           by
           right
           (
           of
           succession
           from
           
             David
          
           )
           King
           of
           the
           Jews
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           flesh
           :
           I
           have
           not
           handled
           this
           point
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           ,
           so
           fully
           as
           I
           might
           and
           could
           ,
           I
           intend
           it
           not
           ,
           untill
           I
           hear
           what
           my
           Antagonists
           say
           against
           me
           ;
           and
           then
           I
           shall
           (
           by
           Gods
           good
           grace
           )
           say
           more
           upon
           this
           subject
           ,
           if
           need
           require
           ,
           not
           otherwise
           ;
           for
           I
           hate
           coming
           in
           print
           ,
           except
           in
           a
           case
           of
           necessity
           ;
           and
           in
           that
           case
           onely
           privatly
           .
           I
           heartily
           praise
           God
           that
           I
           have
           so
           fair
           an
           opportunity
           to
           declare
           my self
           in
           this
           of
           Monarchy
           ,
           for
           at
           least
           seven
           years
           ago
           ,
           I
           was
           unjustly
           slander'd
           by
           those
           ingrateful
           wretches
           whose
           family
           and
           goods
           I
           protected
           )
           that
           I
           should
           say
           that
           I
           would
           kill
           the
           King
           .
           This
           news
           ,
           and
           my
           name
           ,
           was
           carryed
           to
           the
           Court
           ,
           where
           it
           met
           with
           His
           Majesties
           ear
           as
           He
           was
           at
           dinner
           :
           there
           it
           was
           told
           him
           that
           I
           (
           naming
           me
           by
           name
           )
           was
           the
           man
           that
           had
           vow'd
           the
           Kings
           death
           where
           ever
           I
           saw
           him
           .
        
         
           This
           doubtless
           had
           died
           away
           ,
           and
           never
           come
           to
           my
           ears
           ,
           had
           not
           this
           accident
           hapned
           ;
           he
           gouty
           good
           Gentleman
           of
           the
           house
           (
           where
           the
           King
           at
           that
           time
           kept
           his
           Court
           )
           though
           he
           could
           neither
           stir
           hand
           nor
           foot
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           his
           age
           and
           disease
           ,
           yet
           was
           so
           inraged
           at
           the
           news
           ,
           that
           he
           vow'd
           ,
           as
           decrepit
           as
           he
           was
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           man
           to
           fight
           with
           ,
           and
           kill
           such
           a
           rebellious
           villain
           (
           meaning
           me
           )
           as
           would
           attempt
           such
           a
           thing
           .
           I
           never
           had
           an
           opportunity
           to
           vindicate
           my self
           from
           this
           foul
           aspersion
           ,
           nor
           so
           much
           as
           to
           present
           hearty
           thanks
           to
           the
           Gowty
           Gentleman
           for
           his
           hearty
           and
           loyall
           affections
           to
           his
           Soveraign
           the
           King
           ,
           in
           that
           he
           would
           adventure
           his
           life
           to
           kill
           a
           villain
           that
           should
           attempt
           
           to
           kill
           the
           King
           .
           I
           profess
           before
           God
           and
           Men
           ,
           that
           I
           ,
           when
           I
           was
           so
           aspersed
           ,
           was
           of
           this
           opinion
           ,
           That
           he
           was
           both
           a
           Villain
           and
           a
           Traytor
           and
           deserved
           sudden
           and
           cruell
           death
           ,
           that
           would
           presume
           in
           his
           heart
           to
           think
           so
           evil
           a
           thought
           as
           to
           kill
           the
           King
           :
           for
           my
           own
           part
           I
           had
           rather
           be
           a
           slave
           to
           my
           Liege
           Soveraign
           ,
           then
           a
           Ruler
           amongst
           the
           Rebellious
           .
        
         
           I
           am
           througly
           convinc'd
           ,
           that
           Monarchy
           is
           that
           Government
           which
           God
           hath
           ordain'd
           and
           set
           his
           stamp
           upon
           ;
           and
           all
           other
           Government
           is
           the
           Ordinance
           of
           man
           immediatly
           ,
           though
           approved
           by
           God
           ,
           as
           the
           Seventy
           were
           under
           
             Moses
             ,
          
           and
           that
           no
           person
           upon
           earth
           can
           by
           Gods
           law
           question
           or
           bring
           to
           punishment
           the
           person
           of
           a
           Monarch
           .
           This
           we
           all
           know
           ,
           both
           Jews
           and
           Gentiles
           ,
           that
           hold
           the
           Divinity
           of
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           that
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           (
           before
           Christ
           )
           was
           beholding
           to
           a
           Monarch
           ,
           both
           for
           their
           Church-Laws
           and
           State-Laws
           .
           For
           the
           Revelation
           of
           the
           Will
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           manner
           of
           his
           Worship
           ,
           
             Moses
          
           the
           Monarch
           was
           the
           first
           mediator
           ,
           into
           whose
           hands
           the
           first
           glorious
           Gospel
           dispensations
           were
           put
           .
           God
           revealed
           himself
           immediatly
           to
           
             Moses
             ,
          
           and
           the
           people
           received
           Gods
           mind
           immediatly
           from
           their
           Monarch
           
             Moses
             .
          
           The
           first
           Revelation
           of
           the
           Covenant
           of
           Grace
           was
           given
           to
           
             Adam
          
           the
           Monarch
           of
           the
           World
           :
           The
           second
           manifestation
           of
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           with
           a
           Seal
           ,
           was
           given
           to
           
             Abraham
          
           the
           Monarch
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           Gospel-Church
           received
           all
           their
           spirituall
           Lawes
           and
           Ordinances
           from
           Christ
           the
           natural
           Son
           of
           both
           :
           But
           now
           the
           question
           will
           be
           ,
           Whether
           Christ
           ordained
           Monarchy
           in
           the
           Gospel
           Church
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Ministry
           :
           if
           so
           ,
           shew
           us
           the
           Monarchy
           ,
           I
           acknowledg
           this
           a
           difficult
           question
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           find
           any
           of
           the
           Learned
           so
           much
           as
           touch
           upon
           it
           :
           indeed
           I
           find
           many
           men
           in
           the
           Negative
           ,
           but
           scarce
           one
           Affirmative
           in
           this
           Question
           ;
           I
           find
           (
           though
           not
           directly
           )
           
             Hierom
          
           and
           
             Calvin
          
           negative
           in
           the
           Question
           ,
           That
           Christ
           ordained
           a
           Government
           ,
           and
           that
           
             potestas
             &
             ordo
             ,
          
           power
           and
           order
           ,
           are
           essentiall
           in
           that
           Government
           ,
           ●o
           Divines
           do
           deny
           ;
           but
           the
           
             Modus
             &
             titulus
          
           in
           this
           government
           ,
           is
           that
           which
           as
           yet
           lies
           disputable
           .
           Some
           say
           this
           government
           ought
           to
           be
           Aristocraticall
           :
           Of
           this
           opinion
           is
           that
           holy
           and
           learned
           
             Calvin
          
           (
           which
           I
           wonder
           at
           )
           his
           grounds
           for
           it
           are
           because
           he
           thinks
           the
           ancient
           government
           of
           the
           Jewes
           was
           Aristocratical
           :
           but
           the
           sandy
           foundation
           of
           this
           opinion
           .
           
           shews
           us
           the
           weakness
           of
           this
           Argument
           :
           For
           there
           is
           nothing
           more
           clear
           ,
           then
           that
           
             Israels
          
           government
           ,
           from
           their
           deliverance
           out
           of
           
             Egipt
             ,
          
           to
           their
           captivity
           in
           
             Babylon
             ,
          
           was
           Monarchical
           ,
           if
           Supaemacy
           in
           one
           be
           Monarchy
           ;
           so
           that
           out
           of
           the
           rains
           of
           
             Calvins
          
           Argument
           will
           arise
           a
           firm
           Argument
           :
           Thus
           if
           the
           examples
           of
           Civill-government
           ,
           under
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           must
           be
           according
           to
           that
           under
           the
           Law
           (
           for
           there
           the
           force
           of
           
             Calvins
          
           argument
           lies
           )
           then
           Monarchy
           is
           the
           government
           that
           must
           be
           erected
           in
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Gospel
           :
           but
           we
           pass
           this
           .
           
             Hierom
          
           is
           of
           opinion
           ,
           which
           he
           grounds
           on
           
             Dan.
          
           7.18
           .
           That
           when
           the
           great
           Day
           of
           Gospel-Reformation
           shall
           come
           (
           
             i.
             e.
          
           )
           when
           the
           Roman
           Monarchy
           is
           destroyed
           ,
           then
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           all
           Kingdoms
           shall
           be
           thrown
           down
           ,
           and
           there
           shall
           be
           no
           government
           at
           all
           ,
           onely
           the
           Communion
           of
           the
           Saints
           .
           But
           this
           Opinion
           (
           as
           't
           is
           much
           built
           upon
           these
           Times
           ,
           so
           )
           't
           is
           built
           on
           a
           sandy
           foundation
           ,
           upon
           a
           mistake
           in
           the
           interpretation
           of
           
             Dan.
          
           7.
           18.
           and
           it
           is
           absolutely
           contradictory
           to
           these
           prophetick
           promises
           of
           uniting
           the
           two
           Tribes
           ,
           and
           the
           ten
           Tribes
           ,
           under
           one
           King
           or
           government
           ,
           (
           
             i.
             e.
          
           )
           making
           them
           ,
           as
           at
           first
           ,
           one
           Kingdom
           under
           one
           King
           ;
           and
           against
           those
           Texts
           which
           promise
           to
           the
           Jews
           ,
           That
           in
           the
           Gospel-dayes
           amongst
           the
           Gentile-Gospellers
           ,
           
             He
             will
             raise
             up
             Kings
             to
             be
             their
             nursing
             Fathers
             ,
             and
             Queens
             to
             be
             their
             nursing
             Mothers
             ,
          
           and
           many
           other
           texts
           :
           therfore
           we
           pass
           this
           also
           .
           The
           noble
           and
           most
           learned
           Hebrews
           ,
           for
           the
           most
           part
           ,
           conclude
           ,
           
             That
             God
             will
             call
             them
             again
             ,
             and
             make
             them
             a
             famous
             Monarchy
             :
          
           So
           that
           the
           worst
           of
           them
           hold
           ,
           that
           Monarchy
           shall
           continue
           untill
           the
           end
           of
           the
           world
           :
           indeed
           
             Levie
             Ben
             Gerson
             ,
          
           an
           Hebrew
           ,
           upon
           the
           first
           of
           
             Sam.
          
           8.
           pleads
           for
           Aristocracie
           ;
           and
           to
           advance
           it
           ,
           he
           (
           like
           the
           Serpent
           )
           bites
           Kingly-Government
           by
           the
           heel
           :
           like
           as
           the
           
             Prelates
          
           on
           the
           one
           hand
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Independents
          
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           plead
           against
           
             Presbytery
             ,
          
           so
           doth
           he
           against
           
             Monarchy
             :
          
           For
           he
           picks
           up
           the
           excrements
           of
           the
           Kings
           of
           
             Judah
          
           and
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           and
           from
           their
           illsavouring
           infirmities
           conclude
           ,
           therefore
           their
           government
           is
           such
           as
           their
           infirmities
           were
           ,
           which
           is
           such
           a
           childish
           weak
           way
           of
           arguing
           ,
           that
           it
           deserves
           no
           answer
           :
           As
           if
           because
           the
           Priests
           were
           naught
           ,
           therefore
           their
           Office
           must
           be
           naught
           :
           or
           because
           a
           Sacrifice
           was
           lame
           ,
           therefore
           the
           Temple
           was
           naught
           :
           or
           as
           if
           because
           the
           image
           on
           the
           gold
           is
           defaced
           ,
           therefore
           the
           gold
           is
           naught
           :
           
           this
           is
           peevish-childishness
           ,
           therefore
           we
           pass
           that
           also
           ,
           and
           come
           to
           the
           question
           ,
           Whether
           Christ
           ordained
           Monarchy
           to
           be
           in
           the
           Gospel
           Church
           ?
           To
           that
           we
           answer
           negatively
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           Title
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           No
           King
           on
           Earth
           since
           Christs
           incarnation
           ,
           to
           this
           day
           ,
           can
           shew
           an
           extraordinary
           or
           immediate
           Call
           from
           God
           to
           be
           King
           ,
           as
           
             David
          
           could
           ,
           and
           
             Solomon
          
           could
           ,
           for
           he
           was
           chosen
           King
           ,
           by
           God
           ,
           before
           he
           was
           born
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           There
           is
           no
           King
           ,
           since
           Christ
           ,
           that
           can
           say
           he
           hath
           a
           naturall
           right
           to
           his
           Kingdom
           .
           Succession
           ,
           that
           ended
           in
           Christ
           ,
           who
           had
           a
           true
           Title
           ,
           by
           natural
           succession
           ,
           to
           be
           Monarch
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           as
           descending
           from
           
             Adam
             ,
             Luk.
          
           3.
           and
           a
           natural
           right
           to
           the
           Monarchy
           of
           the
           Jews
           ,
           as
           descending
           of
           
             Abraham
             ,
             Matth.
          
           1.
           
           So
           that
           Christ
           onely
           is
           naturally
           according
           to
           the
           flesh
           ,
           by
           succession
           ,
           the
           King
           of
           the
           Jews
           and
           Gentiles
           ;
           and
           in
           this
           sence
           is
           
             Rom.
          
           5.
           14.
           to
           be
           understood
           ,
           where
           
             Adam
          
           is
           said
           to
           be
           a
           Type
           of
           him
           to
           come
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           as
           he
           was
           Monarch
           of
           the
           World
           by
           divine
           institution
           ,
           and
           naturall
           right
           :
           so
           that
           he
           that
           claims
           since
           Christs
           incarnation
           ,
           by
           a
           natural
           right
           ,
           the
           Monarchy
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           or
           Kingdom
           of
           the
           Jews
           ,
           usurps
           the
           Office
           of
           Christ
           ;
           for
           Christ
           onely
           is
           Monarch
           of
           the
           world
           by
           a
           natural
           descent
           ,
           and
           in
           this
           respect
           he
           is
           both
           King
           and
           Priest
           after
           the
           order
           of
           
             Melchisedeck
             ;
          
           for
           
             Melchisedeck
          
           was
           without
           beginning
           of
           dayes
           ,
           or
           end
           of
           time
           ,
           in
           respect
           both
           of
           his
           Priestly
           and
           Kingly
           Office
           ,
           without
           beginning
           of
           dayes
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           his
           pedegree
           ;
           for
           he
           was
           both
           King
           and
           Priest
           by
           naturall
           succession
           from
           
             Seth
          
           the
           son
           of
           
             Adam
             ,
          
           which
           was
           time
           out
           of
           mind
           ;
           For
           none
           at
           that
           time
           were
           able
           to
           tell
           the
           antiquity
           of
           his
           descent
           ,
           who
           by
           birth
           was
           both
           Monarch
           and
           Priest
           ;
           and
           then
           this
           
             Melchisedeck
          
           was
           without
           end
           of
           time
           :
           For
           neither
           the
           Kingly
           Office
           ,
           nor
           the
           Priestly
           Office
           were
           extinct
           in
           the
           Church
           untill
           Christ
           came
           ,
           in
           whom
           met
           both
           the
           Kingly
           ,
           the
           Priestly
           ,
           and
           the
           Prophetick
           Office
           :
           this
           Christ
           was
           according
           to
           the
           flesh
           the
           naturall
           son
           of
           
             Melchisedeck
             ,
          
           who
           having
           carried
           up
           to
           heaven
           with
           him
           his
           humane
           nature
           ,
           sits
           a
           King
           ,
           a
           Priest
           ,
           and
           a
           Prophet
           in
           that
           nature
           in
           heaven
           for
           ever
           ,
           on
           his
           Churches
           behalf
           ;
           and
           in
           this
           sense
           
             Melchisedecks
          
           offices
           are
           without
           end
           of
           time
           ;
           for
           our
           King
           and
           our
           Priest
           is
           ascended
           up
           into
           heaven
           ,
           where
           he
           makes
           continuall
           intercession
           
           for
           us
           ;
           so
           that
           since
           him
           there
           is
           no
           succession
           of
           Monarchs
           by
           lineall
           descents
           :
           but
           Magistracy
           is
           not
           made
           null
           under
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           because
           it
           ceaseth
           in
           respect
           of
           a
           naturall
           title
           by
           succession
           For
           God
           hath
           ordained
           by
           his
           approving
           providence
           ,
           other
           ways
           of
           erecting
           Monarchs
           then
           by
           succession
           or
           immediate
           call
           ,
           as
           
             David
          
           was
           Monarch
           over
           the
           countries
           round
           about
           him
           ,
           not
           by
           succession
           ,
           nor
           by
           an
           immediate
           call
           from
           God
           ,
           but
           by
           conquest
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           great
           Office
           of
           Monarchy
           may
           lawfully
           come
           in
           at
           other
           doors
           ,
           though
           the
           door
           of
           succession
           and
           immediate
           calling
           from
           God
           be
           shut
           .
           But
           this
           is
           not
           the
           question
           .
        
         
           That
           Christ
           hath
           not
           abolished
           Monarchy
           under
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           nothing
           is
           more
           clear
           :
           For
           government
           is
           a
           morall
           thing
           ,
           and
           stands
           as
           sure
           as
           the
           fifth
           Commandement
           :
           Now
           Monarchy
           is
           Gods
           government
           ,
           therefore
           it
           stands
           firm
           with
           the
           fifth
           Commandement
           ,
           which
           Laws
           he
           came
           not
           to
           make
           void
           ,
           but
           establish
           .
        
         
           We
           may
           truly
           argue
           therfore
           for
           Monarchy
           under
           the
           Gospel
           by
           an
           argument
           taken
           
             à
             fortiori
             :
          
           For
           if
           under
           the
           Law
           God
           gave
           to
           his
           Church
           Monarchicall
           government
           ,
           much
           more
           doth
           that
           great
           blessing
           belong
           to
           the
           Gospel
           Church
           ,
           
             Paul
          
           exhorts
           that
           
             prayers
             especially
             be
             made
             for
             Kings
             ,
          
           that
           they
           might
           be
           converted
           ,
           that
           so
           under
           them
           the
           Church
           might
           lead
           a
           peaceable
           life
           ,
           so
           that
           Kings
           were
           to
           be
           brought
           in
           under
           the
           Gospel
           as
           well
           as
           others
           .
           It
           is
           true
           indeed
           ,
           there
           was
           not
           immediately
           after
           Christs
           ascension
           a
           visible
           established
           Magistracy
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           because
           the
           Church
           was
           not
           then
           established
           :
           Besides
           ,
           there
           was
           no
           need
           of
           Magistracy
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           for
           Christ
           the
           absolute
           Monarch
           of
           heaven
           and
           earth
           by
           a
           true
           and
           unquestionable
           title
           ,
           both
           by
           succession
           and
           conquest
           ,
           after
           his
           ascension
           ,
           according
           to
           his
           promise
           ,
           sent
           his
           holy
           spirit
           in
           an
           extraordinary
           way
           upon
           his
           twelve
           Apostles
           ,
           who
           dividing
           the
           world
           amongst
           them
           ,
           went
           forth
           in
           the
           power
           of
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           conquering
           the
           people
           :
           During
           their
           time
           there
           was
           no
           need
           of
           any
           Magistracy
           ,
           for
           their
           protection
           ;
           for
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           protected
           them
           beyond
           all
           the
           Magistracy
           in
           the
           world
           ;
           it
           released
           them
           out
           of
           the
           strongest
           prison
           ,
           brake
           open
           the
           strongest
           gates
           ,
           and
           knockt
           down
           their
           stoutest
           enemies
           ,
           as
           
             Paul
             ,
          
           who
           was
           doubtlesse
           some
           great
           Magistrate
           amongst
           them
           ;
           for
           he
           was
           the
           companion
           of
           
             Herod
             ,
          
           and
           when
           he
           was
           converted
           ,
           the
           Church
           had
           peace
           round
           about
           ;
           which
           argues
           ,
           
           there
           was
           none
           before
           his
           conversion
           greater
           then
           he
           :
           he
           punished
           the
           scandalous
           ,
           as
           
             Ananias
          
           and
           
             Saphira
             :
          
           it
           gave
           (
           like
           a
           Monarch
           )
           large
           boons
           to
           those
           that
           desired
           it
           ;
           it
           healed
           the
           sick
           ,
           gave
           limbs
           to
           the
           lame
           ,
           raised
           the
           dead
           ,
           and
           by
           its
           imperiall
           power
           made
           spirits
           of
           men
           in
           every
           Nation
           bow
           down
           to
           the
           Apostles
           commands
           :
           this
           extraordinary
           presence
           of
           the
           spirit
           with
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           was
           beyond
           all
           the
           Monarchs
           in
           the
           world
           ;
           for
           this
           Spirit
           saved
           all
           the
           passengers
           in
           the
           Ship
           ,
           when
           the
           Ship
           was
           broken
           all
           in
           pieces
           ,
           which
           all
           the
           Monarchs
           in
           the
           world
           could
           not
           do
           ;
           this
           Spirit
           raised
           
             Paul
          
           from
           death
           to
           life
           after
           he
           was
           stoned
           ,
           which
           all
           the
           powers
           in
           the
           world
           could
           not
           do
           ;
           therefore
           there
           was
           no
           need
           of
           a
           Magistracy
           to
           protect
           them
           in
           that
           Age
           ,
           the
           power
           of
           working
           Miracles
           was
           their
           Magistracy
           at
           this
           time
           (
           say
           some
           .
           )
        
         
           We
           may
           truly
           affirm
           ,
           that
           since
           Christs
           universall
           conquest
           on
           the
           Crosse
           ,
           after
           his
           Resurrection
           ,
           from
           that
           day
           (
           
             Matth.
          
           28.
           18.
           
           )
           that
           he
           divulged
           this
           universall
           power
           in
           heaven
           and
           earth
           ;
           the
           Church
           hath
           not
           been
           left
           without
           a
           true
           Monarch
           ,
           for
           Christ
           is
           that
           Monarch
           who
           gave
           Commission
           to
           his
           Disciples
           to
           divulge
           his
           Laws
           ,
           and
           command
           the
           world
           to
           observe
           them
           ,
           and
           he
           would
           be
           with
           his
           Embassadors
           to
           the
           end
           of
           the
           world
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           true
           Church
           cannot
           be
           without
           a
           Monarch
           ,
           who
           by
           a
           naturall
           right
           according
           to
           the
           flesh
           ,
           raigns
           over
           them
           ,
           and
           will
           raign
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           his
           enemies
           ,
           and
           make
           all
           their
           designs
           promote
           his
           honor
           ,
           and
           his
           Churches
           good
           ;
           this
           grand
           priviledge
           only
           the
           Gospell
           Church
           injoys
           ,
           for
           the
           Jews
           had
           only
           temporall
           Monarchs
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           flesh
           ,
           who
           died
           away
           ,
           but
           they
           had
           not
           a
           spirituall
           Monarch
           ,
           who
           by
           right
           of
           Succession
           came
           ,
           whom
           (
           through
           unbelief
           )
           they
           reject
           to
           this
           day
           ,
           though
           for
           certain
           he
           is
           their
           lawfull
           naturall
           King
           ,
           by
           a
           naturall
           right
           of
           Succession
           ,
           being
           of
           the
           Linage
           of
           
             David
             ,
          
           and
           he
           is
           our
           naturall
           King
           (
           we
           being
           Gentiles
           )
           by
           a
           right
           of
           Succession
           from
           
             Adam
             ;
          
           and
           he
           is
           spiritually
           the
           King
           ,
           both
           of
           the
           Jews
           and
           Gentiles
           ,
           by
           that
           spituall
           infinitely
           glorious
           Conquest
           ,
           which
           he
           got
           over
           the
           Wrath
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           his
           Divine
           Justice
           ,
           over
           the
           Powers
           of
           hell
           ,
           and
           all
           their
           malice
           ,
           and
           over
           the
           souls
           of
           the
           Elect
           ,
           and
           all
           their
           sinnes
           ;
           so
           that
           he
           is
           by
           Conquest
           the
           Monarch
           of
           the
           Gospell
           Church
           ,
           
           so
           that
           the
           Church
           under
           the
           Gospell
           can
           never
           be
           without
           a
           Throne
           ,
           and
           one
           to
           sit
           upon
           that
           Throne
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           last
           place
           ,
           this
           we
           do
           affirm
           ,
           that
           soon
           after
           extraordinary
           gifts
           ceased
           ,
           and
           that
           extraordinary
           Succession
           of
           Ministers
           which
           Christ
           promised
           to
           be
           with
           til
           the
           end
           of
           the
           world
           (
           
             Mat.
          
           28.
           20.
           
           )
           succeeded
           ,
           God
           raised
           up
           a
           civil
           Magistracy
           for
           the
           protecting
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           propagation
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           preservation
           of
           the
           Ministery
           :
           This
           Magistracy
           was
           visible
           in
           
             England
          
           before
           any
           other
           part
           of
           the
           world
           ;
           and
           as
           
             Rome
          
           furnished
           our
           Magistracy
           with
           a
           godly
           orthodox
           Christian
           Ministery
           ,
           so
           not
           long
           after
           our
           Magistracy
           furnished
           
             Rome
          
           with
           a
           godly
           Magistracy
           ,
           to
           rescue
           the
           Ministery
           out
           of
           the
           Jawes
           of
           those
           Heathen
           Dragons
           :
           
             Lucius
          
           about
           170
           years
           after
           Christ
           (
           being
           a
           
             Brittish
          
           King
           of
           this
           Nation
           )
           was
           called
           to
           be
           Gods
           Vicar
           (
           as
           
             Elutherius
          
           Bishop
           of
           
             Rome
          
           terms
           him
           )
           this
           Christian
           King
           sets
           up
           Christs
           Lawes
           and
           Faith
           in
           his
           Kingdom
           ,
           pulling
           down
           Paganism
           ,
           and
           setting
           up
           Christian
           Bishopricks
           in
           the
           room
           of
           the
           Pagan
           Flamins
           .
        
         
           About
           130
           years
           after
           ,
           out
           of
           the
           same
           Royall
           Brittish
           bloud
           ,
           God
           raised
           up
           that
           famous
           Witness
           for
           his
           Truth
           
             Constantine
             ,
          
           who
           became
           the
           first
           great
           protecter
           of
           the
           Christians
           throughout
           the
           habitable
           world
           ;
           he
           was
           the
           first
           that
           made
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           which
           for
           a
           long
           time
           had
           been
           the
           Devils
           Throne
           ,
           to
           become
           Gods
           Throne
           ,
           
             Rev.
          
           12.
           
           He
           threw
           down
           the
           bloudy
           Dragons
           ,
           the
           Emperours
           ,
           and
           Rome
           afterward
           became
           famous
           in
           her
           Magistracy
           and
           Ministery
           for
           Christ
           ,
           beyond
           all
           the
           world
           ,
           untill
           Antichrist
           arose
           ,
           and
           drove
           these
           Witnesses
           into
           the
           Wilderness
           ,
           and
           made
           them
           war
           sackcloth
           ;
           since
           which
           rising
           and
           tyrannizing
           of
           Antichrist
           ,
           there
           hath
           been
           a
           visible
           Magistracy
           and
           Ministery
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           as
           Witnesses
           to
           the
           Truth
           of
           Christ
           ,
           though
           many
           times
           in
           great
           obscurity
           through
           outward
           persecutions
           :
           it
           would
           be
           here
           too
           tedious
           to
           relate
           what
           might
           be
           said
           of
           the
           Magistracy
           and
           Ministery
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           we
           will
           onely
           say
           thus
           much
           ,
           that
           the
           Kings
           and
           Bishops
           of
           
             England
          
           testified
           to
           the
           Truth
           against
           the
           Popes
           Antichristian
           Usurpation
           more
           then
           others
           ,
           and
           before
           any
           other
           Witnesses
           ;
           for
           about
           the
           time
           ,
           
             Anno
          
           800.
           when
           the
           Popes
           were
           swelled
           to
           their
           height
           ,
           even
           then
           shall
           we
           find
           (
           when
           other
           Kings
           kissed
           the
           Popes
           feet
           )
           the
           Kings
           and
           Bishops
           of
           
             England
          
           opposed
           their
           Usurpation
           .
        
         
         
           What
           if
           I
           did
           assert
           this
           ?
           That
           the
           first
           lawfull
           Christian
           Magistracy
           under
           the
           Gospell
           arose
           in
           England
           ,
           from
           England
           it
           went
           to
           Rome
           ;
           wherefore
           a
           little
           while
           (
           half
           an
           hour
           )
           it
           flourished
           and
           caused
           great
           peace
           in
           the
           Church
           ;
           but
           when
           Antichrist
           arose
           ,
           he
           drove
           the
           lawfull
           Magistracy
           and
           lawfull
           Ministery
           of
           Rome
           into
           Sackcloth
           ,
           and
           into
           the
           Wildernesse
           ,
           that
           is
           into
           some
           remote
           place
           from
           Rome
           ;
           observe
           it
           ,
           
             Rev.
          
           12.
           14.
           
           The
           Woman
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           Church
           that
           brought
           forth
           such
           a
           happy
           Son
           as
           
             Constantine
             :
          
           this
           Woman
           by
           Antichrist
           is
           drove
           into
           the
           Wildernesse
           (
           saith
           the
           Text
           )
           into
           her
           place
           ;
           whence
           I
           conclude
           that
           England
           is
           this
           Wildernesse
           .
           For
           first
           ,
           this
           was
           the
           place
           from
           whence
           a
           godly
           Magistracy
           went
           unto
           Rome
           :
           and
           secondly
           ,
           this
           was
           the
           place
           unto
           which
           the
           Witnesses
           were
           drove
           again
           ,
           where
           I
           say
           have
           been
           visible
           in
           sackcloth
           since
           the
           Popes
           usurpation
           of
           Rome
           :
           nay
           ,
           let
           me
           add
           this
           to
           my
           assertion
           ,
           that
           the
           lawfull
           Monarch
           of
           Rome
           by
           a
           true
           Line
           of
           Succession
           was
           
             Charles
          
           the
           King
           of
           England
           ,
           who
           was
           beheaded
           on
           a
           lofty
           Scaffold
           at
           noon
           at
           his
           own
           door
           ,
           
             January
          
           30.
           1648.
           
           For
           if
           noble
           Sir
           
             Robert
             Naunron
          
           that
           learned
           Antiquary
           ,
           and
           noble
           Lawyer
           say
           true
           in
           his
           
             Fragmenta
             Regalia
             ,
             cap.
             1.
             p.
          
           2.
           whose
           words
           are
           these
           ;
           Remarkable
           it
           is
           ,
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           concerning
           the
           violent
           desertion
           of
           the
           Royall
           house
           of
           Britains
           ,
           by
           the
           invasion
           of
           the
           Saxons
           ,
           and
           afterward
           by
           the
           conquest
           of
           the
           Normans
           ,
           that
           by
           the
           vicissitude
           of
           times
           ,
           and
           thought
           a
           discontinuance
           (
           almost
           a
           thousand
           years
           )
           the
           Royall
           Scepter
           should
           fall
           back
           into
           the
           Corrent
           of
           the
           old
           British
           bloud
           ,
           in
           the
           person
           of
           
             Henry
          
           VII
           .
           together
           with
           whatsoever
           the
           German
           ,
           Norman
           ,
           Burgundian
           ,
           Castalian
           and
           French
           atchievements
           ,
           with
           the
           intermarriage
           which
           eight
           hundred
           years
           had
           acquired
           ,
           incorporated
           ,
           and
           brought
           back
           into
           the
           old
           Royall
           Line
           .
        
         
           Hence
           then
           I
           prove
           ,
           if
           
             Henry
          
           VII
           .
           were
           the
           lawfull
           Successor
           of
           the
           British
           Kings
           ,
           then
           he
           was
           the
           lawfull
           Successor
           of
           
             Constantine
          
           King
           of
           England
           ,
           who
           conquered
           Rome
           ;
           and
           if
           
             Henry
          
           VII
           .
           be
           the
           lawfull
           Successor
           of
           
             Constantine
             ,
          
           then
           those
           lawfully
           descended
           of
           
             Henry
          
           VII
           .
           but
           this
           lawfull
           Family
           of
           the
           
             Stuarts
          
           are
           lawfully
           descended
           of
           
           
             Henry
          
           VII
           .
           
             ergo
             .
          
           The
           
             Stuarts
          
           are
           the
           lawfull
           Successors
           of
           
             Constantine
          
           the
           Great
           ,
           the
           first
           Christian
           Emperor
           of
           Rome
           :
           there
           are
           very
           many
           other
           waies
           which
           to
           some
           seem
           clearer
           ,
           whereby
           to
           prove
           this
           truth
           ?
           If
           so
           ,
           know
           !
           Oh
           Rome
           ,
           that
           the
           Lion
           of
           the
           North
           ,
           thy
           lawfull
           Emperor
           and
           true
           Christian
           Magistrate
           ,
           will
           suddainly
           arise
           to
           the
           utter
           confusion
           of
           that
           bloudy
           usurping
           Prelate
           ,
           which
           by
           his
           subtill
           treacheries
           hath
           caused
           the
           lawfull
           Magistrate
           ,
           the
           lawfull
           Emperor
           of
           Rome
           (
           drove
           into
           this
           Wildernesse
           ,
           where
           in
           sackcloth
           the
           office
           hath
           continued
           ,
           having
           finished
           that
           prophetick
           testimony
           in
           the
           year
           1648.
           )
           to
           become
           a
           slain
           Witnesse
           for
           Christ
           :
           the
           other
           office
           of
           the
           Ministery
           lying
           dead
           ever
           since
           ,
           but
           the
           three
           years
           and
           an
           half
           of
           their
           lying
           dead
           is
           almost
           expired
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           same
           Offices
           shall
           arise
           to
           the
           eternall
           ruine
           of
           the
           Pope
           ,
           and
           Popish
           Idolatry
           :
           but
           no
           more
           of
           this
           in
           this
           place
           ,
           I
           hope
           some
           Antiquaries
           will
           be
           so
           truly
           Noble
           ,
           that
           they
           will
           plead
           a
           distressed
           Kings
           cause
           ,
           and
           clear
           this
           Title
           of
           his
           ,
           which
           is
           doubtlesse
           to
           them
           an
           easie
           thing
           ,
           and
           may
           procure
           them
           great
           renown
           in
           after
           Ages
           ;
           for
           my
           part
           I
           shall
           say
           no
           more
           of
           it
           in
           print
           ,
           unlesse
           I
           am
           challenged
           ,
           and
           then
           if
           no body
           will
           take
           up
           the
           Cudgells
           in
           the
           Quarrell
           ,
           I
           am
           resolved
           ,
           
             neque
             clipeum
             objicere
             ,
             neque
             causam
             deserere
             ,
          
           though
           indeed
           I
           have
           as
           much
           upon
           my
           weak
           arme
           as
           I
           am
           well
           able
           to
           beare
           ,
           well
           able
           to
           doe
           I
           say
           ?
           I
           professe
           my selfe
           (
           as
           in
           the
           undertaking
           ,
           so
           in
           the
           defending
           of
           so
           great
           a
           cause
           as
           I
           have
           taken
           in
           hand
           )
           utterly
           unable
           without
           the
           Divine
           hand
           to
           support
           me
           :
           The
           reason
           why
           I
           have
           discoursed
           so
           much
           of
           Monarchy
           is
           ,
           because
           I
           am
           fully
           perswaded
           that
           the
           great
           Reformation
           to
           be
           wrought
           amongst
           Jewes
           and
           Gentiles
           ,
           shall
           be
           wrought
           by
           Monarches
           ,
           when
           God
           shall
           open
           the
           eyes
           of
           the
           Jewes
           ,
           to
           know
           assured
           that
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           is
           their
           true
           and
           naturall
           Monarch
           according
           to
           the
           flesh
           ,
           and
           their
           naturall
           Priest
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           by
           Birth-right
           ,
           as
           
             Melchisedech
          
           was
           ;
           then
           shall
           they
           look
           on
           him
           whom
           they
           have
           pierced
           ,
           and
           mourn
           over
           him
           ,
           they
           shall
           then
           be
           converted
           :
           Now
           this
           conversion
           is
           designed
           in
           that
           Gospell
           Epistle
           written
           to
           the
           twelve
           Tribes
           ,
           called
           the
           Epistle
           to
           the
           Hebrewes
           ,
           
           As
           the
           knowledge
           of
           their
           true
           Monarch
           and
           Priest
           shall
           work
           wonderfull
           conversion
           amongst
           the
           Hebrews
           ,
           so
           the
           knowledge
           of
           a
           lawfull
           Magistracy
           and
           a
           lawfull
           Ministery
           shall
           work
           a
           wonderfull
           change
           at
           the
           same
           time
           amongst
           the
           Gentile
           Churches
           ,
           who
           are
           now
           overwhelmed
           with
           the
           cruell
           tyranny
           of
           the
           usurping
           Prelaticall
           power
           of
           
             Rome
             :
          
           A
           lawfull
           Monarch
           rising
           shall
           be
           the
           instrument
           of
           a
           glorious
           Gospel-reformation
           ,
           of
           restoring
           the
           Witnesses
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           overturning
           of
           the
           Roman
           Empire
           in
           its
           pontifick
           Head
           .
           Much
           of
           this
           opinion
           is
           that
           Dutch
           Divine
           in
           his
           
             Clavis
             Apocalyptica
             ,
          
           to
           whom
           
             Iohn
             Durie
          
           the
           Scotch
           man
           binds
           himself
           as
           in
           a
           Dutch
           duell
           ,
           where
           he
           falls
           to
           stick
           and
           snee
           with
           him
           ;
           for
           saith
           the
           Dutch
           Divine
           in
           
             pag.
             89.
             
             A
             high
             Potentate
             amongst
             Evangelicall
             Professors
             shall
             arise
             ,
             and
             be
             exalted
             ,
             to
             the
             terror
             of
             the
             Papists
             ,
             and
             shall
             open
             again
             a
             free
             course
             to
             the
             Gospell
             ,
             and
             reestablish
             the
             exiled
             and
             oppressed
             Gospellers
             .
          
           And
           
             Iohn
             Durie
          
           out
           of
           the
           sootie
           region
           of
           a
           dark
           intellect
           ,
           gives
           us
           this
           dark
           notion
           in
           
             p.
          
           70.
           (
           which
           he
           cals
           the
           Preface
           to
           this
           Dutchmans
           Book
           ,
           intending
           that
           the
           Reader
           should
           put
           on
           his
           black
           spectacles
           to
           read
           the
           Dutchmans
           white
           Booke
           withall
           .
           )
           
             I
             believe
          
           (
           saith
           
             John
             Durie
             )
             that
             we
             shall
             not
             have
             any
             great
             earthly
             Potentate
             at
             all
             ever
             to
             appear
             for
             the
             Lamb
             in
             this
             battell
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             shall
             joyn
             alwayes
             against
             the
             lamb-like
             nature
             of
             the
             Saints
             ,
             to
             oppose
             and
             destroy
             it
             .
          
           How
           can
           two
           be
           more
           contrary
           ?
           I
           must
           leave
           them
           ,
           though
           I
           leave
           
             Iohn
          
           in
           the
           dark
           ,
           who
           participates
           more
           of
           the
           man
           of
           his
           countrey
           ,
           then
           of
           the
           nature
           of
           his
           Countrymen
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           some
           questions
           that
           betray
           ignorance
           ,
           rather
           then
           discover
           wit
           ,
           as
           this
           ;
           say
           some
           ,
           How
           can
           it
           be
           said
           that
           in
           
             Henry
          
           8.
           dayes
           when
           the
           Abbies
           were
           pulled
           down
           ;
           in
           
             Q.
             Elizabeths
          
           dayes
           ,
           when
           the
           Kingdom
           it
           flourished
           ,
           and
           Religion
           prospered
           and
           was
           countenanced
           ;
           and
           so
           in
           King
           
             Iames's
          
           time
           ;
           How
           can
           the
           Witnesses
           be
           said
           then
           to
           be
           in
           sackcloth
           ?
        
         
           In
           part
           we
           have
           answered
           to
           this
           elswhere
           ;
           but
           let
           such
           take
           this
           as
           one
           great
           part
           of
           the
           answer
           ,
           let
           them
           read
           diligently
           the
           history
           of
           our
           Nation
           since
           
             Henry
          
           the
           sevenths
           time
           ,
           and
           observe
           the
           counterworkings
           of
           the
           Pope
           against
           the
           Protestant
           Reformers
           ,
           and
           they
           will
           say
           they
           were
           in
           sackcloth
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           conclude
           this
           Preface
           with
           a
           short
           discourse
           of
           our
           former
           reformations
           ,
           not
           so
           much
           by
           way
           of
           information
           ,
           as
           premonition
           to
           him
           whom
           it
           concerns
           .
        
         
         
           The
           objects
           of
           every
           reformation
           have
           either
           been
           civill
           〈◊〉
           ●●clesiastick
           matters
           .
           A
           civill
           reformation
           hath
           respect
           either
           to
           the
           offices
           in
           the
           State
           ,
           or
           to
           the
           Laws
           in
           the
           State
           :
           the
           office
           of
           State
           in
           the
           Head
           hath
           been
           unquestionable
           in
           all
           ages
           ,
           except
           in
           times
           of
           rebellion
           or
           usurpation
           ;
           and
           then
           ,
           not
           the
           office
           ,
           but
           the
           persons
           in
           the
           office
           have
           been
           aspersed
           and
           questioned
           ;
           In
           all
           which
           ungodly
           actions
           ,
           the
           Pope
           ,
           and
           the
           Popish
           Clergie
           alwayes
           had
           a
           hand
           .
           Indeed
           the
           Popes
           have
           grapled
           with
           the
           supremacy
           of
           Kings
           ,
           and
           usurped
           a
           supremacy
           in
           this
           Kingdom
           over
           the
           Kings
           in
           Ecclesiastick
           affairs
           ,
           and
           in
           that
           respect
           their
           offices
           have
           been
           questioned
           ,
           but
           the
           Kings
           of
           
             England
          
           never
           yeelded
           up
           their
           right
           to
           the
           Pope
           ,
           but
           kept
           the
           supremacy
           of
           Church
           and
           State
           affairs
           in
           their
           own
           hands
           ,
           not
           only
           since
           the
           Norman
           line
           came
           in
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Saxon
           Kings
           ,
           as
           appears
           by
           many
           of
           their
           Lawes
           and
           Charters
           which
           respect
           the
           Clergie
           ,
           wherein
           the
           King
           ,
           as
           Head
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           doth
           
             Ecclesiastica
             authoritate
          
           dispose
           of
           the
           Rites
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           great
           Offices
           thereto
           belonging
           ,
           promoting
           some
           ,
           and
           debarring
           others
           ,
           whom
           they
           please
           ,
           from
           the
           office
           of
           Archbishop
           or
           Bishop
           .
           This
           supremacy
           the
           Norman
           Kings
           kept
           ,
           which
           was
           mostly
           the
           ground
           of
           this
           quarrell
           betwixt
           the
           Kings
           of
           
             England
          
           and
           the
           Popes
           ;
           who
           were
           the
           cause
           of
           the
           English
           Kings
           wearing
           Sackcloth
           ;
           for
           the
           Popes
           never
           suffered
           them
           to
           live
           quietly
           ,
           but
           alwayes
           either
           raised
           their
           own
           subjects
           to
           rebell
           against
           them
           ,
           or
           foraigne
           Princes
           to
           invade
           them
           ;
           but
           most
           commonly
           the
           Pope
           sets
           the
           Religious
           Houses
           against
           the
           King
           ;
           for
           there
           the
           Pope
           kept
           the
           Band-dogs
           to
           werry
           Royalty
           ,
           when
           it
           opposed
           this
           supremacy
           .
        
         
           The
           insolency
           ,
           strength
           and
           wealth
           of
           the
           Clergie
           caused
           accidentally
           a
           reformation
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           (
           which
           is
           the
           proper
           object
           of
           a
           reformation
           )
           now
           this
           must
           be
           premised
           before
           we
           can
           proceed
           .
           We
           must
           know
           that
           
             Lucius
          
           the
           first
           Christian
           King
           ,
           when
           he
           erected
           Bishopricks
           ,
           he
           gave
           estates
           to
           those
           Archbishops
           and
           Bishops
           which
           he
           placed
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           :
           he
           did
           but
           according
           to
           the
           light
           of
           nature
           in
           it
           :
           For
           the
           Pagan
           Priests
           had
           means
           allowed
           them
           :
           The
           three
           Archflamins
           and
           the
           twenty
           eight
           Flamins
           of
           the
           Pagans
           the
           King
           turned
           into
           so
           many
           Archbishopricks
           and
           Bishopricks
           :
           Afterwards
           the
           Saxon
           Kings
           erected
           many
           more
           religious
           Houses
           ,
           Chanteries
           ,
           Monasteries
           ,
           Hospitalls
           ,
           
           and
           to
           which
           livings
           were
           given
           for
           the
           maintenance
           of
           the
           Ministery
           ,
           and
           relief
           of
           the
           poor
           ,
           the
           giving
           of
           these
           livings
           was
           not
           the
           person
           that
           was
           sowed
           in
           the
           Church
           as
           some
           have
           erroniously
           conjectured
           .
           These
           Church-lands
           anciently
           were
           called
           by
           their
           right
           name
           ,
           Appropriations
           ,
           because
           they
           were
           appropriate
           to
           a
           particular
           Succession
           of
           Clergy-men
           ,
           which
           were
           of
           severall
           Orders
           and
           Houses
           ,
           each
           of
           which
           made
           a
           body
           Politique
           ,
           and
           obtained
           either
           of
           the
           Pope
           or
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           that
           their
           Successors
           (
           suppose
           the
           Incumbents
           ,
           Priors
           ,
           Abbots
           ,
           or
           Prebends
           )
           might
           without
           institution
           or
           induction
           of
           the
           Ordinary
           be
           perpetuall
           Incumbents
           ▪
           so
           that
           as
           one
           of
           them
           died
           his
           Successor
           might
           forthwith
           enter
           into
           his
           place
           :
           Hence
           they
           were
           called
           Appropriations
           .
           When
           the
           Clergy
           had
           appropriated
           these
           livings
           to
           themselves
           ,
           they
           grew
           idle
           ,
           lascivious
           ,
           proud
           ,
           rich
           ,
           and
           rebellious
           ,
           insomuch
           that
           the
           Pope
           for
           the
           most
           part
           ,
           making
           them
           of
           his
           Faction
           ,
           curbed
           the
           King
           of
           England
           in
           his
           own
           Dominion
           :
           whereupon
           
             Henry
          
           VIII
           .
           partly
           to
           secure
           himselfe
           from
           the
           inraged
           Pope
           ,
           but
           chiefly
           for
           the
           profit
           of
           the
           Abbies
           and
           religious
           Houses
           pull'd
           them
           down
           ,
           which
           that
           he
           might
           do
           effectually
           ,
           and
           with
           much
           applause
           he
           ingaged
           the
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           against
           them
           ,
           who
           envying
           their
           pride
           and
           wealth
           ,
           were
           easily
           drawn
           to
           concur
           with
           the
           King
           in
           the
           same
           :
           And
           that
           they
           might
           gain
           a
           party
           in
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           this
           work
           of
           pulling
           down
           Abbies
           was
           reported
           as
           the
           onely
           high
           way
           to
           a
           Reformation
           of
           Religion
           ,
           (
           and
           indeed
           there
           was
           a
           great
           alteration
           in
           Religion
           for
           the
           better
           )
           Hereupon
           the
           
             Magistri
             novae
             Disciplinae
             ,
          
           the
           Masters
           of
           new
           Discipline
           (
           these
           were
           the
           Protestant
           Divines
           )
           they
           were
           embraced
           by
           the
           King
           ,
           (
           just
           as
           the
           Presbyterians
           were
           by
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           when
           they
           took
           away
           the
           Bishops
           lands
           )
           the
           King
           made
           large
           promises
           ,
           untill
           the
           Parliament
           had
           confer'd
           the
           Church-land
           upon
           him
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           Masters
           of
           the
           new
           Discipline
           were
           as
           much
           slighted
           as
           the
           Presbyterians
           are
           now
           ;
           and
           thus
           appropriations
           become
           impropriations
           ,
           justly
           so
           called
           ,
           because
           they
           were
           put
           into
           improper
           hands
           ;
           Lay-mens
           hands
           .
           From
           this
           Discourse
           ,
           I
           draw
           these
           two
           inferences
           .
        
         
           1
           All
           the
           Reformations
           ,
           as
           yet
           ,
           have
           been
           but
           sackcloth
           Reformations
           .
        
         
           2
           'T
           is
           a
           land-devouring
           ,
           King
           destroying
           ,
           God-provoking
           ,
           
           Soul-damning
           sin
           ,
           to
           be
           guilty
           of
           Sacriledge
           :
           Let
           that
           King
           then
           that
           looks
           for
           a
           blessing
           from
           God
           ,
           make
           conscience
           of
           restoring
           that
           to
           the
           Church
           which
           is
           her
           due
           ,
           notwithstanding
           long
           detained
           from
           her
           :
           Let
           no
           man
           think
           that
           I
           plead
           for
           my self
           in
           this
           ,
           for
           I
           am
           no
           Clergy
           man
           :
           I
           must
           break
           off
           here
           abruptly
           ,
           for
           the
           Printer
           grutcheth
           at
           my
           prolixity
           .
           The
           blessing
           of
           the
           eternall
           Trinity
           be
           upon
           thee
           (
           
             Reader
          
           )
           in
           reading
           this
           and
           the
           ensuing
           Tract
           ,
           that
           from
           it
           thou
           may'st
           receive
           light
           and
           comfort
           in
           these
           dark
           and
           disconsolate
           Times
           .
        
         
           FJNJS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           REader
           ,
           since
           nothing
           is
           more
           common
           ,
           and
           nothing
           more
           dangerous
           then
           
             Erratas
             ,
          
           to
           prevent
           that
           common
           danger
           I
           have
           given
           thee
           here
           the
           
             Erratas
             ,
          
           to
           keep
           thee
           from
           error
           :
           thou
           hast
           only
           here
           those
           in
           
             Lingua
             Testium
             ,
          
           and
           not
           all
           those
           ,
           but
           only
           the
           grosse
           ones
           ,
           such
           as
           upon
           a
           swift
           perusall
           I
           found
           most
           grosse
           :
           I
           durst
           do
           no
           otherwise
           ,
           lest
           the
           Printer
           should
           (
           as
           those
           unworthy
           fellows
           that
           printed
           
             Manus
             Testium
          
           )
           totally
           neglect
           the
           printing
           of
           the
           
             Erratas
          
           sent
           them
           ,
           whereby
           the
           book
           suffers
           exceedingly
           ;
           as
           also
           in
           the
           leaving
           out
           of
           many
           clauses
           misplacing
           stops
           ,
           Commas
           ,
           and
           Parentheses
           ,
           and
           crowding
           together
           distinct
           matter
           in
           a
           confused
           heap
           ,
           with
           mistaking
           of
           Texts
           ,
           as
           in
           
             p.
          
           14.
           there
           
             Hebrews
          
           is
           put
           for
           
             Revel.
          
           and
           in
           
             f.
          
           the
           fourth
           seventeen
           for
           seven
           Psalmes
           ,
           which
           seven
           relate
           the
           Church
           her
           great
           distresse
           ,
           and
           her
           glorious
           deliverance
           by
           the
           mighty
           hand
           of
           God
           ;
           and
           in
           
             f.
          
           fourth
           
             Papists
          
           is
           put
           for
           
             Pa●●ias
             ,
          
           p.
           21.
           for
           
             this
             present
          
           r.
           
             the
             Protestant
             .
          
           p.
           16.
           
             ex
             ejus
          
           r.
           
             ex
             ciis
             .
          
           for
           
             ...
             endatiae
          
           r.
           
             mendariae
          
           p.
           17.
           for
           
             Sybillae
             fraudulentia
             predicet
             ,
          
           r.
           
             sub
             illâ
             fraudulentiâ
             perdidet
             .
          
           and
           in
           
             p.
          
           81.
           the
           fifth
           and
           sixth
           lines
           are
           confused
           ,
           and
           severall
           other
           places
           which
           I
           have
           forgot
           ,
           having
           not
           the
           
             Erratas
          
           by
           me
           .
           This
           I
           give
           thee
           to
           free
           my self
           from
           the
           censure
           of
           tolerating
           errors
           ;
           especially
           in
           that
           which
           so
           nearly
           concerns
           me
           .
        
         
           
             IN
             the
             Title
             in
             Proposition
             7.
             for
          
           never
           
             read
          
           were
           .
           
             in
             the
             last
             words
             in
             the
             Title
             page
             ,
             for
          
           beasts
           
             read
          
           beast
           .
           
             p.
             5.
             l.
             24.
             r.
          
           Petrus
           Galatianus
           .
           
             p.
             6.
             l.
          
           21.
           understood
           ,
           
             r.
          
           understood
           so
           .
           
             p.
             7.
             l.
             25.
             1650.
             r.
          
           1650.
           per
           their
           account
           .
           
             p.
             8.
             l.
          
           21
           beasts
           
             r.
          
           best
           .
           
             p.
             10.
             l.
             7.
             40.
             r.
             400.
             p.
             16.
             l.
          
           6
           October
           
             r.
          
           December
           .
           
             betwixt
             p.
             16.
             
             &
             17.
             three
             words
             are
             left
             out
             .
             p.
             25.
             penult
             .
          
           Pape
           
             r.
          
           people
           .
           
             p.
          
           30.
           
           Rome
           
             r.
          
           powers
           .
           
             p.
          
           31.
           eruditi
           
             r.
          
           ineruditi
           .
           
             p.
             32.
             l.
          
           6.
           malice
           
             r.
          
           maladies
           .
           
             l.
          
           23.
           à
           symbolicis
           
             r.
          
           à
           symbolis
           .
           
             l.
             32.
             r.
          
           who
           knowes
           not
           .
           
             p.
             37.
             l.
          
           4.
           raines
           
             r.
          
           ruines
           .
           
             l
          
           25.
           worst
           
             r.
          
           most
           .
           
             p.
             38.
             l.
          
           26.
           from
           Seth
           the
           son
           of
           Adam
           
             r.
          
           from
           Adam
           .
           
             p.
             42.
             l
          
           3.
           wherefore
           
             r.
          
           where
           ,
           for
           .
           
             l.
          
           14.
           
           I
           say
           have
           
             r.
             
          
           I
           say
           they
           have
           .
           
             l.
          
           24.
           thoght
           
             r.
          
           through
           .
           
             p.
             44.
             l.
          
           24.
           man
           
             r.
          
           name
           .
           
             l.
             45.
             l.
          
           27.
           this
           
             r.
          
           his
           .
           
             p.
             46.
             l.
          
           3.
           person
           
             r.
          
           poyson
           .
           betwixt
           p.
           40.
           
           &
           41.
           two
           or
           three
           words
           are
           omitted
           .
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A86683e-840
           
             Isay
             58.
             8.
             
          
           
             Dan.
             7.
             25.
             
          
           
             a
             D.
             7.
             25.
             
          
           
             b
             D.
             11.
             38
             
          
           
             c
             Rev.
             11.
             9
             
          
           
             d
             Da.
             7.
             8.
             9
             
          
           
             e
             R.
             19.
             10.
             20.
             
          
           
             f
             R.
             13.
             13.
             14.
             
          
           
             g
             Re.
             17.
             7.
             
          
           
             h
             Za.
             14.
             4.
             7
             
          
           
             Da.
             11.
             45.