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faith in Christ. For when all others who professed our doctrine For the Emperor Valentinian left religion to the
were divided into three parts & many erred about the Son &
many more had an unsound faith about the holy Ghost ( where
a lighter impiety had a repute of piety, ) & but few were ~
sound in both points: he first of any man & alone or th
very few, doubted not to publish the truth openly & in plain
words, confessing in writing that there was one divinity &
essence of the three persons: and the grace which had been
formerly granted to the many fathers at Nice concerning
the Son, he afterwards obteined by divine inspiration con
cerning the holy Ghost; & offered to the Emperor a gift
truly royall & magnificent namely a written confession of
his faith against an unwritten innovation; that so one Em
peror one doctrine & one profession of faith might anti
quate another & succeed another. By the authority of this
profession as it seems to me the western Churches & what
ever is vital in the eastern being induced do partly culti
vate piety in their mind ( if we may beleive their words, )
but do not speak out & partly do a little kindle it as
a small fire, that is, so far as to satisfy the time & the
more fervent & pious part of the orthodox people & partly
do preach the truth with all liberty of speech. This was
written by Gregory in an Oration upon the death of Athanasius
A.C. 373 & imports that the controversy about the holy Ghost
was set on foot by Athanasius in the reign of Iovian ch
about ten years before & from Egypt & Syria spread into the
west, & that after the death of Iovian who reigned but
seven months, it was restrained in the Greek Empire by the
dominion of Valens, being only whispered in Asia & Syria &
muttered in Egypt; but in the western Empire under the do
minion of Valentinian
of speech.
bishops & gave them leave to meet in Councils about it as
they should think of fit, but Valens prohibited the deifying of
the holy Ghost as polytheistical.
The Council of Serdica by asserting that there was
but one hypostasis of the father son & holy Ghost & that the laid the foundation upon
hypostasis of the Son was that ch
to be the hypostasis of the father,
which the Deity & worship of the holy Ghost was after
wards erected. But they did not yet worship him or call him
God. The controversy at this time was only about the Son.
After two years, t
from the west into Egypt, making some stay at Antioch,
avoided the communion of Leontius the bishop of that city
& communicated with the disciples of Eustathius who had
been deposed for Sabellianism. And at that time they began
to sing the verses of the Psalms alternately & to add the
doxology to the end of them. And some said: Glory be to the father & the Son to denote an equality; & others:
② Hilary acknowledged a Trinity in baptism but gave the
name of God only to the father & the Son. I do not remember
in all his works. His opinion about this matter you may know
by the end of his last book de Trinitate. The Council of
Paris convened out of all France by the means of Hilary A.C.
361 in a large profession of their faith, contend only for the
deity of the Son. Auxentius bishop of Millain ten years
after the Councils of
366 , being of heresy & &
ledging the deity of the holy Ghost or being accc
lary of denying it, & was acquitted, as you may see in ~
Hilaries book against him
about the deity & worship of the holy Ghost was not yet
begun in the west. It seems the western bishops were
willing to let the deity of the holy Ghost alone till
that of the Son was established.
But after the consubstantiality & coequal Deity
of the Son was by the influence of the bishop of Rome
& industry of Hilary, Eusebius Vercellensis & others
sufficiently established in the west, Pope Damasus A.C.
373 called a Council of 93 Bishops at Rome, & this
Council sent a letter to a Council convened at the
same time ch
faith. When the evil of the hereticks began to be in vigor, as the blasphemy of the Arians is now especially, Thus they reestablished the language of the Council
and they prophesy in the kingdom of the Beast & Woman because they
are slain by him & lye dead in the street of the great city: ch
is spiritually called Sodom for its whoredome, Egypt for its oppreswhere our Lord was crucified for its being drunken
with the blood of the Martyrs of Iesus, treading under foot the holy City
& worshipping in the outward court of the second Temple.
[ Now for understanding what is meant by the two Candle
sticks you are to remember that the nations in ch
Church of Christ was seated, consisted of three parts, the
eastern Empire the western Empire & the northern nations
of Europe. The Temple with seven Candlesticks com
prehends the true Christians in all the Greek Empire in
cluding Dacia. The new Temple with two Candlesticks
was built for the Christians in all the Western Empire includ
ing the northern nations of Germany & so comprehends two of the
three parts & therefore has in it two Candlesticks & two Olive trees
to represent the true Churches of those two parts, one Church
within the bounds of the old Roman western Empire & the other
Church diffused throughe the Empire of Germany. For Candle
sticks are
17. ) The seven Candlesticks were applied litterally to the Churches
of particular cities as types of the Church Catholick, but it is
not necessary to apply the two Candlesticks to particular cities for they
are called also Olive trees, & Olive trees are types of nations & nati
onal Churches ( Ier. XI.16 Rom XI.17. ) They are also called two
Witnesses & by that name comprehend all the saints &
martyrs who prophesy against the Beast & Whore of Babylon
& th
into the northern nations. For the northern nations invaded
the
ing most of the ten horns, & at length Charles the great king
of France by conquering all Germany & by being crowned Em
peror of the Romans by the Pope & swearing fealty to the
Church of Rome, & by establishing the religion & Liturgy
& authority of the Pope in all his conquests propagated into
all Germany the dominion of the Whore of Babylon &
that of the Beast on ch
of the Prophesy to make the Beast & his Churches true &
false of one & the same extent so that the two Witnesses
might prophesy against the Woman & her Beast in all their
dominions. ]
So then the Dragon the Woman & the first Temple with
seven Candlesticks continue from the beginning to the end of the
Prophesy, & relate each of them to the whole Roman Empire while
the Empire continues entire: but when it becomes divided into the
Greek & Latin Empires, that each Empire with its Churches true
& false may be distinctly represented, there arise two new Beasts
& a new Temple is built th
& two-horned Beast worship in the outward court of the first
Temple & represent the Empire & Church of the Greeks, & the
Woman & ten-horned Beast worship in the outward court of the
new Temple & represent the Church & kingdoms of the Latines
including Germany. The Apostates worship in the outward Courts
of the two Temples to signify that they have an outward form of theChristian
the twelve tribes of e
captivity came set a mark go through e
men that sighed & cried for the
& in allusion to the Mans scattering over th from between the Cherubins & scattering them over the city in token of the approaching the a ( Ezek 10 .
nacle & first Temple & the cloud thchth
of God, & this is done to signify a new State of the Church commencing thth
the sea of glass & worship in the Temple of the Tabernacle. And whe
then in allusion to Ezekiels measuring the Temple ✝e
When those that got the victory over the Beast & his ma the mount Sion ethe
When etheit is to be con they are represented by eth
they stand on the sea of glass & sing the song of Moses & the Lamb in the Temple of the tabernacle they are fitly typified by the seven
golden candlesticks chWhen & to represent a new state of the Church this Temple or tabernacle is dedi
cated th
sticks of olive tree in this temple & called the inner courts of this Temple are measured to signify the rebuilding
mainder of the mystical body of the Lamb ththird nations of the third & fourth Monarchies & repr of the mystical bodies of the son of Man th
they are represented by two Candlesticks & for their testimony & sufferings In whatever Temple they worship they are We are not to conceive that Iohn saw more Temples then one
fitly represented by the Candlesticks of that Temple. . A at once.
All the visions appeared in one & the same Temple, but the scene of the visions varied in that Temple so as to make it represent
either the Tabernacle or the first or second Temple as the nature of the visions required: & in whatever Th
visions appeared, the Church was fitly represented by the Candlesticks of that Temple: & wherever the Lamb or Son of man
appeared the Church was fitly represented by his seven horns or two leggs.
In the Babylonian captivity when the first temple was destroyed & the Iews rebuilt only the inner Court of ee& in their conquerors & in allusion to this Iohn is commanded to measure the courts to leave out the
of the Temple & outward r & measure it not for it is given to the chna
gentiles who tread under foot the holy city that is
his mark. When the 144000 were numbred & sealed out of eleft omitted & not numbred &
when the court of those that were numbred was measured the court of the rest was left unmeasured. Those This
given to them that were left unnumbred & received the mark of the Beast. In that Court they worshipped the Beast & his Image
while the 144000 worshipped God in the inner Court. The Beast acts in the streets of the great city & there kills the Witnesses &
therefore is king of Babylon. The Woman flees through the
This great city is spiritually called Sodom because of the chcommitted with ththe wine of ch
she made the nations drunk. It is also called the Egypt with relation to the Dragon the king of Egypt from whom the
had brought forth a Man child fled into epe
people of the Dragons kingdom to receive the mark of the Beast & worship his Image, so that all men whose names were not written
in the Book of life wondred after the Beast. It is also called the City where our Lord was crucified, ch
the saints & overcomes them & crucifies th is drunk th& crucifies the Lord afresh e
twelve Tribes who rebelled against
ten kings make war thswonder after the Beast & Image & receive his mark, & these ch& is the Church of God
represented by begin to worship receive the mark of the Beast & worship his Image before the pouring out of the first Vial Apoc. 16.2. And
the Beastgreat Babylon
at the pouring out of the seventh Vial great Babylon comes in remembrance before God to give unto her the cup of the wine of e
fierceness of his wrath Apoc. 16.19. And therefore great Babylon reigns during all the time that the Angels sound the Trumpets & pour out
the Vials of wrath. The Whore reigned till the ten kings
sounding of the seventh Trumpet & pouring out of the seventh Vial & then they were cast into the lake of fire, & all these are B great Babylon treading under foot the holy city & worshipping the Beast & his Image in the outward court, till the sanctuary be
cleansed
Christian religion, & in the inward courts of the same temples
are the saints or true Churches of God in the two Empires,
one Church represented by the two Witnesses & two Candlesticks in the
Temple of the Latines, & the other represented by them that stand on
mount Sion with the name of God on their foreheads & th by the two seven candlesticks in the temple of the Greeks. For the seven
candlesticks do not cease at the division of the Roman Empire. The
Churches of Pergamus Sardis Thyatira & Philadelphia are four of
the seven & the Church of Pergamus lasts till Christ comes &
fights with against the Nicolaitans with the sword of his mouth,
& that of Sardis till Christ comes as a thief & those of Thyatira
& Philadelphia are to hold fast what they have till Christ comes.
And it's to be conceived that the saints in the inner courts of
both Temples bar
the same sacrifices. For the two – witnesses consume their enemies
with fire at the sounding of the first Trumpet & turn the waters
to blood at the sounding of the second & smite the earth with all
plagues as often as they will, that is, with all the seven plagues
& therefore we are to conceive that the plagues of the seven
Trumpets & Vials of wrath are inflicted by the joynt power
of the saints in both Temples. For this is further represented by e
mighty Angel cloathed with a cloud & standing with his right foot on the
sea & his left foot on the earth while the seven thunders utter
their voices. For the sea & earth comprehend both Empires.
Iohn tells us that before the Beast ascended out of the abyss,
five of the kings represented by his heads wee
was then in being. For before he ascended he was latent in e
body, & therefore partakes of all his heads. For he was the water ch
Woman to cause her to be carried away of the flood. For waters
are peoples & nations & multitudes & tongues & an aggregate of
waters as a river a flood or sea, is a body politi or king
dom, & the western Empire has a particular relation to e
watry element, the Beast rising out of the sea & the Woman
sitting upon many waters. As the Woman was flying west
ward he cast this flood after her, & therefore the flood is a
western kingdom. She fled into the wilderness by a division
of the Empire & the Dragon cast out of his mouth this
flood after her to cause her to be carried away by it, & there
fore the casting of this flood out of his mouth signifies the
division of the Empire by which she was
The occasion of this division was the building of Constan
tinople by Constantine the great A.C. 330 & endowing it with
a Senate & privileges like those of Rome, & making it theMetropolis
Babylonian gentiles are placed in the outward court. For Zerubbabel b
Temple & Altar or open unbuilt & open to the Babylonian Gentiles.
When the twelve tribes represented by the four Beasts chth
& the other receives the mark of the Beast: the multitude chthche
in worshipping the Beast & his Image as the heathens worshipped their
they are Iews & are not. They have an outward form of religion & Church government & therefore are said to worship in the outward Court. those of her the twelve tribes upon degenerating to the worship of he
who worship her Beaste
The Temple being the scene of the visions I conceive that it remains the same from the beginning
allusion to the times of the first Tabernacle or first temple or those of the second for representing the various states of the
Church the things chevery state all thcases the Church is represented by the
cadch & by the 24 Elders &
four Beasts whenever they appear. In the beginning of the prophesy untill the seventh Trumpet is ready to sound, & again in the repeAr temple
it until the seventh Vial be poured out , the times of the Tabernacle & first Temple are alluded unto. And in
Church of God is represented by the thch
Candlesticks in the first Temple
In this Tabernacle or Temple the Church is also represented p
the seals of the Book, or stands on mount Sion with the 144000. And the at the opening of the seventh seal the great apostasy is represented
by the distinction of the twelve tribes into the 144000 chthchv
mark of the Beast, & by the dedication of eTaberna Temple of the Tabernacle thso In the latter part of the prophesy from
that & by thee
his hand untill the sounding of the seventh Trumpet & in
when one of eee
Babylonian captivity & second Temple are alluded unto & the Church of God is represented by the of olive tree chchestanding th
feet as pillars of fire standing on the earth & sea. And the great Apostasy is represented by measuring the Temple & altar & chthout
to the Gentiles. And the four Beasts fourch
Court of the firs Tabernacle & first Temple & represented the twelve tribes of Israel, the Gentiles or Nations are placed in the
outward court of the second Temple. And For
Beasts Except the 144000 who were sealed thchthe masuring
signifies the very same thing thto worship of the 12 Tribes & leaving all the rest of them unsealedworship in the measured court of the Temple & Altar in the & worship in the unm & their Court is left unmeasured, & because they worship the Beast & his ime
Gentiles worshipped their fals Gods, they are called Gentiles. While these worship in the outward th
religion & Church government the 144000 worship in the th
sea of glass. And these are in several respects the seven golden candlesticks & the two Candlesticks of olive tree. When the
first Temple is alluded unto they are the seven golden candlesticks & seven Churches of Asia that is the remaind & seven horns of e
remainder of them: When the second Temple is alluded unto they are the two candlesticks of olive tree & two Witnesses & the
man. In respect of the seven churches of Asia chch
Church catholick, the Church in all ages is represented by the seven horns of the Lamb & seven golden candlesticks & in respect of the the Churches of the the nations of the third & fourth churches of the Greeks & Latio& of the division
through ch
of an Eagle, the remainder of the Churches represented by those two Wings are typified by
leggs of Christ & for their sufferings & testimony called the two Witnesses.
the two witnesses.
had the new Moon [ & ]
& upon her head a crown of twelve stars ch
twelve Apostles, & her seed keep the commandments of God
& have the testimony of Iesus, & therefore she is the ~
Church. In the first ages of Christianity she is the true
sincere Church of Christ diffused through the whole Ro
man Empire represented by the Dragon: but upon the
division of the Empire into two Empires represented by the
Dragon & ten-horned Beast, the also
into two Churches represented by the Woman & two-horned
Beast. For upon the
Dragon part from one another. She flies from the Dragon
into the western Empire from called a wilderness for its spiri
tual barrenness & desolation & leaves behind her a remnant & the Dragon goes from the Woman to
of her seed ch
testimony of Iesus,
make war upon that
rished in her place in the Wilderness for a time times &
half a time from the face of the serpent. And as the
ten-horned Beast rises out of the sea to succeed the Dra
gon in the western Empire, so the two-horned Beast rises
out of the earth to succeed the Woman in the eastern
Empire. eWo Dragon is restrained to signify the eastern part thereof & the Woman to signify the western part Church of the western part; & or ten-horned beast rises this sep
Every kingdom hath its Church, & the Churches
of the Dragon & ten-horned Beast are the synagogue of Satan or
Beast & e
into the Wilderness she fled from the Dragon & there
fore ceased to be th inhis kingdom
in the Wilderness sitting upon the ten-horned Beast,
that is, reigning over him, & therefore became his Church.
She is the great City which reigns over the kings of the
earth represented by the ten horns of the Beast. She is
Babylon the great, the western Babylon ch
seated upon seven hills & by consequence the Church
of Rome, & this Church is the Church catholic of the
western kingdoms & nations into ch
is now divided.
And the two horned Beast rose out of the earth
or nations of the eastern Empire, & therefore is seated
in that Empire. It hath two horns like the Lamb &there is two Churches like the seven Churches of Asia
signified by the seven horns of the Lamb, & therefore
And after his deart
Him & caused an Image to be erected to him as a God & that he & his Image should be worshippe& be receive his mark or name or the number of his names is to
of him & his Image as the heathens were initiated in the worship of their Gods by being
marked in the arm or neck with the mark or name or irs . And because those that are these initiated in the to whose worship they were dedicated.
And because theseose that worshipped
& his iir efall away
from ehis
the communion of those that worship the Beast & become members of theeseparated departthose who the
of Satan, who say they are Iews & are not, And by doing so made a very great alteration
in the frame & constitution of the Church in respect of her numbers & constitution. The external
form of Church government in the West went along thsin the
eastEastboth Empiresech& byi
not worship the Image of the Beast & all being both
receive his chChurch Cath
member of 144000 sealed out of all the twelve tribes of Israel. And these remained in
a state of persecution & affliction in the days of under the persecuting Dragon & Beast
like the 7000 who had not bowed the knee to Baal in the days of this great change is further represented by ththe measuring the Temple
For this Man of Sin is the Beast this worshipped as a
God in the outward court of the Temple ch
this worship: & the Na
is a God. The Beast kingdom &the
wondred after him whose names were not written in the book of life & the
Man of Sin opposed & exalted himself above every thing that is called God or
that is worshipped. The Beast reigned
of heaven the
sin continued till Christ destroyed him with the breath of his mouth & the brightness
of his coming. The Beast made war with the Lamb & therefore was the The Beast made
war with the Lamb & therefore is great Antichristian state & the Beast
thing that is called God. The Beast was revealed when he rose out of the sea & began
to be worshipped by as a God , & this was after the Dragon was cast down by Micha
el from his heathen throne: & the Re
of the man of Sin till it should b should be taken out of the
way. The When the At that time When the Beast was revealed, the invocation
of saints by means of a great outcry of miracles
their reliques, overspread the Empire: & the coming of the man of Sin was with all
signes & lying wonders. When the Beast ascended out of the sea he separated
from e144000 144000& the Man of Sin & this separation is signified by
sealing & math
with the mark &
made by ebecause had if they had been of us the would have continued
with us
all of us. While they conti those of erron
worship continued in communion of th
them; & when they
revealed to be Antichrists in the Apostles days with the
The mystery of iniquity chthe
got in with her & at length caused a separation
by chr
ving the mark of the Beast & being thereby initiated in the communion of his wor
shippers except thee
And from this revelation of the great Antichrist & of the glory ch
reign the Apocalyps hath its name. erevealed Lamb opened the seals of ey wer book was openedwa is revealed, that Antichrist who
with his worhsippers was to make war with the Lamb.
And it is observable that e
revelation whence fromee&
successively until the bo all the book be opened
Sin is revealed. For then e&
who are interdicted bying & selling for not receive
the nations worship him in the outward court of
the Temple, that is in an outward form
of religion & Church texcommu expelled
is of the Dragon's religion. And a Church in the eastern Empire
of the Dragon's language & religion is the Greek Church. This
Beast by fals miracles deceiveth them that dwell on the earth
& for doing so is called the fals Prophet, & therefore is of an
ecclesiastical kind, & this fals Prophet survives the Whore of
Babylon being cast alive into the lake of fire after the ten
kings have eaten the flesh of the Whore & burnt her with fire
and therefore this Prophet differs from the Whore & signifies
another idolatrous Church & by consequence the Greek Church
or Church of the Greek Empire. This Church is also called the
Synagogue of Satan. For the Dragon is that old serpent called the
Devil & Satan, & therefore the Synagogue of Satan is the Church of e
As the Beast & his horns signify a kingdom & the parts
of a kingdom so a Temple & its Candlesticks signify a Church
& the parts of a Church. And in this Prophesy there are two ~
Temples, the first with seven Candlesticks, the called the
seven Churches of Asia, the second with two Candlesticks
called the two Witnesses. The first Temple represents the
Church of God diffused throughout the kingdom of the Dragon
the second Temple represents the kingdom of Church of God
diffused throughout the kingdom of the Beast. While the Empire
continues united & the whole is represented by the Dragon
the Church of God diffused through the whole Empire is
represented by the first Temple & the seven Churches of
Asia being the seven Candlesticks ch
illuminate the whole Temple are to be considered as
the Metropolis of this Church & their teachers as the
lamps ch
the Empire becomes divided into two Empires represented
by the Dragon & Beast, that each Empire may have
its Temple, the first Temple continues in the kingdom
of the Dragon & a new Temple is built in the kingdom
of the Beast. Andwoman two-horned Beast & 144000 saints alone in this Temple, & has a new Temple built for himself & the Woman & saints in their kingdom. And the saints inare are the two
leggs
their lamps are his two eyes. To represent his people in the
reign of the two Empires under great persecutions, his leggs
are
furnace & his eyes are like flames of fire.
The second Temple is built in the kingdom of e
was dissolved & separated & the multitude spread in form as to its external form & constitution
& separated into parties. The external form of government went with in e
with the wthe
Womansche
144000 with the name of God & Christ in their foreheads, a new church the saints who had the testimony of Iesus being purged & separated from the multi
new form
tude initiated apart & consecrated apart &echAhab
Iesabel had e
temple ...... & being succeeded in the Temple by the two witt two Beasts edtsits in opposeth & exalteth himself above every thing that is called God or
the Temple of God &
that is worshipped so that he as God sitteth in the Temple of God shewing himself that he
is a God, is the Beast & his image ththeir cheAnd T He theall men wondred none were
able to make war with him & all men wondred after him whose names were not
in the book of life, & thereby he opposed & exalted himself above
And when he separated from the saints & quitted their communion then was this man of sin
revealed. They went out from us, saith the Apostlebut they were not of us: for if they had been of us they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out that they might be made manifest that they were not of us all of us. There were many Anti
Before the sealing of the twelve tribes
& Those that The multitude who receive the mark of the Beast &
of the Dragon & Beast. And the
one chkeeps the test is sealed thchch
the Beast & receives his mark. Then the Empire becomes divided into two Empires represented
by the Dradthe his thea
sented by purged of the worshippers of the Beast keeps still keeps the distinction ch
from the two Empires & so soon as the Woman in flying into the Wilderness separates from
the communion of the remnant of her seed & the Dragon begins to make war upon them they
cease to be a part of her mystical body & are no longer represented by her two wings by byFor
........ or Witnesses of Iesus. e
Woman & she received two Wings of a great Eagle, these
him. When But being but They are included in the two Womans two wings till she separates from their communion & the Dragon makes war upon them & kills them for not worshipping the Image of
the Beast. And& Then they cease to be represented
in common with the Woman by the seven golden Candlesticks & begin to be represented
alone by the two Candlesticks. And by reason of their testimony Then they cease to be
And fee
bitants of the earth & sea thcalled said to have the testimony of Iesus & called his Witnesses. But their testimony chiefly
respects their times sufferings from the time that the Dragon goes to make war upon them. [ These are the people spoken of by Daniel who when they shall fall shall be holpen with a The two Wings of a great Eagle .... have their
little help & many f
them with flatteries but of those of understanding there shall fall to try by them & to purge &
to make white till the time of the end. ]
Churches. But the two true Churches are but one, called the two Witnesses They were at first but
& the by the sometimes by the Pope
& from this division the two Witnesses have their name & keep it
forms of governments . These are the people spoken of by Daniel who when they
should fall should be holpen tht
temporal ends ] should cleave to them with flatteries, but of those of understanding there
should fall to make tryal by them & to purge & to make white till the time of e
end.
hostage at Rome. Vpon the death of Cleopatra the Queen
dowager of Ptolomæus Epiphanes, the governours of their young king Ptolomæus Philometor their son, prepared an army
to take Phœnicia & Cælosyria from Antiochus pretending
it to be her joynture. Whereupon Antiochus met & routed
the army of the Egyptians between mount Casius & Pelusium
& pretending friendship to the young king, went on to ~
Memphys to order the affairs of Egypt, anno Philip. 153.
And the next year coming again into Egypt with a
great army
of their cities & returned into Syria with much spoile,
& in his return entered Ierusalem slew many of e
& spoiled the Temple of its treasures ornaments & vessels of gold
& silver, being offended at the nation because Iason upon a
report that he was dead, one Iason had made a great commo
tion in Ieruslame to recover the High-priesthood from ch
Antiochus had removed him. They year following Antiochus
entered Egypt a third time & bechThen shall a king do according to his will. We are therefore to begin this persecution with the rise
A The Empire soon after its Honorius. The Greek empire is the king ch
Demetrius the son of Selencus
death was a hostage at Rome, &
brother of Selencus f
kept Demetrius &
& prevailed th&
when Demetrius applied himself to es Senate that
he might be allowed
right, they thought it more for their interest that Syria should be The syrians therefore no
the hands of a man Demetrius who was a man. Then NowAntiochus was set up & Phœ & Phœnicia. carried himself much below his
dignity, & privately &like in disguise th
of his companions, peo common people of e
& with forreigners & strangers, frequenting the meetings of yo rakes to
feast & revel, acting the parts of Rom cloathing himself like
the Roman candidates & officers & acting their parts like a mimic
& in publick festivals, & banquets & entertainments mixing hearding himself th servants &
self like one of the servants & with all manner of &c ch
represented by Daniel. And in his [ Philopator's ] seat shall stand up a vile person to whom they [ the Syrians ]
Antiochus the great had given Phœnicia PalSamaria & to the king of Ptolomæus Epiphanes for a portion with his daughter
Cleopatra & Epiphanes being dead their
now reigned being &
began to reign
the kings of Egypt & Syria about Cælo each claiming a right to Cæsyria
& Phœnicia & Antiochus
Helidorus having taken away Philopator affected the kingdom A Demetrius
the son of Philopator was newly& An in the room of brother Vnkle
tiochus Epiphanes who was then arrived at Athens in his way home from Rome.
But Antiochus EpiphanesHeliodorus the treasurer affected the kingdom in his way from Rome: Heliodorus the Treasurer affected the kingdom. But Antiochusthat they kept Demetrius at Rome & econtinued at Rome &
Heliodorus & brought placed Antiochus Epiphanes in the throne of Syria & & obliged
Antiochus to give way so that Antiochus became lord also of Cæloy
Iudea the Dowry of Cleopatra the mother of the king of Egypt, & bychee
neighbouring nations while Demetrius the right
Now Antiochus being made king carried himself th
& call him Antiochus Epimenes
deposed Ant Onias the High Priest & gave e
brother of Onias. For Iason had promised the king to give him 300 40
of Silver for edscholo place
of exercise for the training up of youth in the fashions of the heathen: ch
licence was granted sent
one Apollonius into Egypt for ( by way of friendship ) to
of Euergetes & Cleopatra, & knowing Philometor not to be well affected to his affair went Phenicia Pheniciacame remaining with his host went to& Ierusalem & went as went thence where he was honourably received th
& from thence with his army to other cities th
himself against Egypt by courting the people & distributing f unusual
favours amongst them. All chAnd in his [ Philometer's ] seat shall stand up a vile person, to whom they [ the Syrians who set up Heliodorus ]
These things were done in the first year of Antiochus
after, that is in eth year of his reign, Menelaus the bought e
hood from Iason, but not paying the price was sent for by the king, & the the mean time the king
left Andronicus his deputy at Antioch & & his brother of
money conveyed severel vessels & giving it by Onias caused Onias to be slain by Andronicus: for ch
king at his return from Cilicia caused Andronicus to be put to death ,
then prepared his second voiage against Egypt ch
Cleopatra the governours of
Antiochus as theraised an army to recover those countries.
Antiochus considering that his father had not parted th
countries [ 2 Macab. 3.5, 8, & 4.4 ] denied that they were her dowry & raisin th
Casius
& down forbiding only to taken them alive. By chFor Ptolomy fled and rAntiochus — marched to Memphis pretending friendship to the
that he would take care of his affairs entered Egyptpretending frien laying the whole blame of e .
great multitude & aing
cities of Egypt & e
young king & that he would order his affairs th
a report being spread in Phenicia that Antiochus was dead
Iason to recover the High Priesthood assaulted & took e
revolted came out of Egypt in af a furious manner, & to
the City & slew 40000 of eo& spoiled
carried all away to Antioch anno Philippi 154. All chAll This was done in the year of Philip 154
Then the Egyptians
& deposed by in effect now in the hands of
king & Antiochus returned into Egypt [ This was in the 12 And t
year of Philometor so that & seventh of Antiochus & then ]
Antiochus in springp treated Philometer as a friend
& pretendede& beseiged
Euergetes & his s in Alexandria but not being able to take
the city
at Memphys to govern Egypt in his absence. & the next
.
in wrote to his brother went to
him that they should reign joyntly & for that purpose
went to him at Alexandria. At ch
angry returned
upon both the kings, but in his way to Alexandria was
met by Popillius Lænas, C. Decimius & C. Hostilius sent
embassadors sent from the Roman senate to compose the
eras between the kings. Antiochus – – – – & set up the
worship of the heathen Gods in Iudæa, & to to e
the Iews who opposed him designe
All which is thus described
by Daniel. And [
The Egyptians of Alexandria seing Philometor educated
in luxury mad
to Euergetes the younger brother of Ptolomy.
pretending to restore Philopa
at sea & beseiged him & his sister Cleopatra in Alexandria, & then the
e
metor at Memphys to govern Egypt in his absencethen
with his brother & And Antiochus
besige both the brothers in Alexandria, but he was metwas met by the
Roman Ambassadors Popillius Lœnas, A & offered
them his hand to kiss, but Popillius delivering to him the Tables wherein
the message of the Senate was written bad him read those first. When he
had read them he replied that he would consider th
fit to be done. But Popillius drawing a circle about him
answer before he went out of ech
ousness the king being astonished made answer that he would do what
the Romans commanded. And then Popillius gave the king his hand
to kiss, & the king returned by his captains An. Abr.
slaughtered the Iews prophaned the Temple & set up the worship of
the heathen Gods in Iudea & began to persecute & make war upon those
who would not worship them. Which actions At the time appointed he shall come towards the south but the latter shall not be as the former. For the ships of Chittin g shall come agains
In the same year that the Romans commanded Antiochus
out of Ægypt, they
a Province, & 35 years after eAn that kingdom of Pergamus that is, all Asia minor on this side ) by the last will & testament ; &
of Attalus the 64 79 69
of Syria & reduced it into a Province & 34 years after they did the like
to Egypt echfew words. And after him arms shall stand up.
And this came to pass in the reign of Constantine the great & his successors
& can be applied to no other period of time. Constantine & his sons a
Christian overcame the heathen emperor Licinius & ha applied the donaria of
the heathen Temples to the building of Constantinople caused great numbers of the
Idols to be thrown down & brought to Constantinople & there exposed to the
derision of the people; & he & his sons interdicted the worship pulled down the shut up the temples &
Altarspulled down th threw down the Altars & the porches
& roofs of some of the Temples & let the rest go out of ra
means Hea the heathen religion decayed so fast that in short reign of
their successor Iulian eee
& Valentinian & Valens continued e
prophesy of ee
reign of Gratian their successors Gratian & Theodosius. It was the custome
of the heathen Priests in the beginning of the reign of any sovereign
Emperor to offer him the title
dignity all Emperors had hitherto accepted of, B
& in the west threw down the Idols, interdicted the sacrifices & took away the revenues
of the sacrifices & e
his reign beg A.C. 39 , &
Heathenism recovered itself no more. vix pauca ingenia & pars hominum Prud. l. 1. ado. Symmach.
Whes Empire stood, it was im Empire stood it was
impossible for e
God, or worshippedhe being of another religion then or that is worseold heathen
but that ch
to see the Man of Sin revealed who was consume th
coming i
& lying wonders & with all deceivableness of unrighteousness. These lying miracles began in Egypt in the life reign
Antony
miracles, predicting things & seeing the devil souls of dead men. Andso the Apostle Paul tells us that it should continue to work till the Man of Sin should be revealed. For
under as to power but also preserved from corruption by perse
cutions & ach
so that the sincere part of Christians were always the most
numerous, but & prevailed over the mystery of iniquity: But
after the Empire became Christian the heathens flowed into
the Church in great numbers making an outward profession
of Christianity for temporal ends without receiving the love of
the truth & in these the mystery of iniquity worked till by their
numbers it prevailed against the truth. For these new converts being
used
images & were easily induced to change the names of their Gods & set up e
worships the Christian Divi instead of the heathen. And the superstitious
part of the Christians, for promoting
The
were forward to comply with the heathen opinions & practises under
a christian name so that Chris the Christian religion hence forward be
came a mixture of th Heathenism & Christianity together. under a For as the worship of the heathen Gods decreased,
Chrisin its r the in
vocation of Saints
powers to their souls saints
same kind theththmir
In the reign of Constantine & his sons the Christians by an unwary zeal
began to use the signe of the cross with too much superstition & to translate the pray at the tombs of the martyrs
bodiesin honour to the martyrs & to trans
late the bodies of the Martyrs into their churches turning the Christian
Churches into sepulchres s had done before before & in Egypt they began to keep the bodies of Martyrs & good men houses of their Gods unburied upon beds in their
In the reign of Constantius some began to tell stories of the souls
of dead men appearing to them & of miracles done by the signe of
the cross
a rumour of miracles done by the mart reliques of the Martyrs &
in the reign of Valentinian & Valens those miracles were every where
preached up & reliques were sent into all the Empire from Egypt &
Syria where the mischief began, & the invocation of the saints was
at the same time set on foot by Oratorical flourishes between jeast
& earnest, & by stories of the good effects of such devotion, untill
the doctrine that the saints did hear & helt into
the Churches & the oratorical flourishes ended in direct & positive
prayers: so that in the reign of Theodosius this heathen doctrine
that e
to them overspread as well the western as the eastern churches, &
before his death or at the furthest in the reign of his sons was
generaly received & fully established in all the Roman Empire,
the whole world ringing with the noise of the miracles said to be
done every where at the shrines of the saints. And in setting up
this new religion the ringleaders were the Monks
& pretending by extraordinary dreams & revelations to discover where
the bodies of the saints & martyrs were buried, dug up the bones of
the dead & carried them up & down the Empire & did it so very
much that some recconed this to be the first resurrection spoken
of in the Apocalyps & that the Emperors at length forbad these
graves of such pretended Saints in the fields & by the sides of for the devotion of travellers. [ And thus
the high ways was tin the latter times some shall
[ or times of the great Apostacy ] [ or
To presecute this matter fully would require a large
discourse. I shall content my self with some things
was three months before his death, his son Honoriu he sent for his
son Honorius from Cons to reign in the west & by his last will & testa
ment left the Empire divided between gave the western Empire to him. And now the Beast This was at the
seven Trumpets now the s thirteen years after, when the second
Angel sounds, the A.C. 408, the western Empire becomes at once divided
into ten kingdoms : signified by the ten horns. And which makes good
the prophesy of eThe ten horn wchwhich thou sawest are ten kings w ch which have received no kingdom as yet [
And all the world wondered after the Beast, or, as is afterwards
exprest, all they that dwell on the earth whose names are not written in
the book of life. They all had this holy Catholick Beast in great admi
ration. And they worshipped the Dragon so w
And there was given him a mouth [ or legislative power ] speaking great things
And it was given unto him to make war with the saints & to overcome them & power was given him over all [ as the Church Catho over all kindreds & tongues & nations. And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him whose names are not written from y That is all
And Iohn beheld another Beast coming up out of the earth [ that is out of the nations of the Eastern Empire ]
ecclesiastical body composed of the seven Churches of Asia. This For this Beast
succeed the Woman who flyes thence into the western.
and And he spake as the Dragon his two horns are two
great bodies of Monks with their admirers arising the
one in Egypt under the conduct of Antony, the other in
Syria under the conduct of Hilarion. They rose first in
desert places,
them became clergy men & divers of the clergy became
Monks. They rose at the same time that the Woman fled
into the wilderness, for they began to grow numerous in
the reign of Constantius & to overspread the east in the reign
of Valens, and These Those & the whole Empire in the reign of
Theodosius& Gree & all the Greek Empire in the reignThese Monks of Theodosius. th
but yet continued much more numerous in Egypt & Syria n
in any other part of the Empire. These Monks with so many
of the clergy as admired them & befriended them I refe & were
within the Greek Empire I refer to e
Beast & the after Monkery spread into the western Empire I
refer the Moncks of this Empire to the body of the whore of
Babylon. These at the Host ch
of Daniels He-Goat against the dayly sacrifice. Dan. 8.12 s in religion & all innovations not commanded are erroneus& not
And he spake as the Dragon. They For they were both
of the same religion & worshipped the same fals Gods. For
this Beast was the Church of the Kingdom represented by
the Dragon.
And he exerciseth all the power of the first Beast in his sight, [ not within him but before his eyes
And he doth great wonders so that he maketh fire come down f or rom heaven upon Earth in the sight of men, as Elijah did to
And he deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles w [ the inha
And [ at the same time that the servants of God are sealed in
their foreheads ] th he causeth all both small & great rich & poor, free