. The workes of the most high and mightie prince, Iames, by the grace of God, king of Great Britaine, France and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c. . fromthe heauens vpon the earth, euen as the figgetree lets her vnripe figgesfall, being beaten by a mightie winde: I4 And the heauen went away likeafcrole that is rolled together, and all the hilles and lies were remoouedfrom their places: 5 And the Kings of the Earth,the Nobles,the rich men,the Tribunes or commanders of the people, the mighty men, and all thellaues, alwell as free-men, did hide themfelues in cauerns and vnder rockes Match. z\.i
. The workes of the most high and mightie prince, Iames, by the grace of God, king of Great Britaine, France and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c. . fromthe heauens vpon the earth, euen as the figgetree lets her vnripe figgesfall, being beaten by a mightie winde: I4 And the heauen went away likeafcrole that is rolled together, and all the hilles and lies were remoouedfrom their places: 5 And the Kings of the Earth,the Nobles,the rich men,the Tribunes or commanders of the people, the mighty men, and all thellaues, alwell as free-men, did hide themfelues in cauerns and vnder rockes Match. z\.i$. Luke of hills: l6 And they faid to the hilles and the rocks,Fall vpon vs,and hidevs from the fight of him that fits vpon the Throne, and from the wrathof the Lambe: 17 For that great day of his wrath is come, and who thenmay ftand? This is theaccomplimment of that diilbiution, crauedandpromifed in the fift Seale. Thefe terrible things, mentioned in the fixtSeale, are the alterations and fignes in the laft time: the very fame did ourMafterChrift prophefie,whenhe was walking on this Earth. C h a oftheiAfottle 21 CHAP. ARGVMENT. jt proper and comfortable digrejslon, interieEied of Gods care ouer theEUtl,in the times ofgreatesl temptations , figritfiedbytheFifions of the foure An*gelsjheEktlion andbappie ettateofthe ekcled. Vt left I, or any other,fhould doubt of the fafegard and fi-liation of the Elect, thinking that thefe terrible plaguesfhouldhaue lighted vpon both good and bad indifferent-ly, he reprefented vnto my fight foure Angels,ftanding onthe foure corners of the earth, and retayning the fourewinds in their hands,and Hopping them, either to blow vpon the earth,the f ca,or any tree: * A nd I did fee one Angel going vp from the riling ofthe Sunne, hauing the SealeoftheliuingGod, and hee cried with a loudvoice to the foure Angels that had power giuen them to harme the earth,and the fea, i Saying; Harme not the earth nor the fea, nor the trees,vnt
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