. 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. . faHe Church fhall be caftinto hell, becaufe they merit double punifhment for the abufing of men,although they fhall notalfb want their damnation thatfolloweth them, asis fignified by their {laughter with the fword of his mouth, whereof yeeheard in the beginning of this Epiftle, and by the fowles eating theirfiefh, as ye prefently perceiuc. CHAP. Ch , of the <zApottle *3 CHAP. XX. ARGVMENT. The fwnmeand recapitulation of all the f
. 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. . faHe Church fhall be caftinto hell, becaufe they merit double punifhment for the abufing of men,although they fhall notalfb want their damnation thatfolloweth them, asis fignified by their {laughter with the fword of his mouth, whereof yeeheard in the beginning of this Epiftle, and by the fowles eating theirfiefh, as ye prefently perceiuc. CHAP. Ch , of the <zApottle *3 CHAP. XX. ARGVMENT. The fwnmeand recapitulation of all the former to wit, the firfl eflate ofthe Church in allpuritie after Chrift: The herefies, andfpeciaQy the Topedomethat followed: The deftrutlion thereof, in theirgreatejt rage: The latter of the Elecltand condemnation of all others. He Spirit of God hairing now fhewen vnto mc the eflateof the Church militant, with the fpeciall temptations andtroubles of the fame, from the death of Chrifl to the con-tamination of the world, and their loyfulldeliuerance andvictory at that time, by the firit fixe Seales {and next more. amply by the ieuenth Seale,wherin were the feuen trumpets j and thirdly,her oreateft temptations and troubles, morecleerely andatlarge,by thevi-fionof thewoman,perfecutedby the Dragon j andlallfy,thecleere andample defcription, and damnation of Babylon, that great perfecuter, thefbrrow of the earth, and ioy of heauen therefore: This viflon now that yefhall prefently hcare, was next fhewen vnto me, to ferue for a iumme as itwere, and a lhort recapitulation of the whole Prophecie,fo often reitera-ted before: which is herediuided in three parts: Firlt, the happy eflate ofChriftes Church, though not in the eyes of the world, from his firfl com-ming to a long time after, as was declared by the firlt Seale: Next, thegrieuous troubles and temptations, vnto the which fhee (hall befubiecl:thereafter, as was declared by the third and fou th Seale; and by the thir
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