upon whose head were many crowns, to signify his sovereign command over all the kingdoms of the earth: both He and his Name are infinite and incomprehensible, neither is any finite creature capable of the perfect knowledge thereof.

XIX. 13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.

And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood; to shew, that he had already victoriously steeped his garments in the blood of his enemies, and triumphed in their confusion, and so should do again and his Name is called, The Eternal and Incarnate Word of his Father.

XIX. 14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.

And the armies of the Saints in heaven followed him, in a triumphant and warlike manner, upon white horses; clothed in perfection of purity and righteousness.

XIX. 15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

And out of his mouth proceedeth that sharp two edged sword of his mighty word, whereby he pierceth and subdueth the hearts of all nations: and, by the powerful scepter of that kingdom of his, he swayeth and governeth them; and he most justly and yet terribly executeth the fierce and final vengeance of God, upon his

enemies.

XIX. 16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. And, in the demonstration of his power, he hath given open. marks and proofs of his glorious sovereignty over all creatures; so as he is publicly proclaimed and acknowledged, The King of Kings, and Lord of Lords.

XIX. 17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;

And I saw an angel stand in the sun, the most conspicuous place in heaven, to execute the office of the great Herald of God; who, with a loud voice, cried to all the fowls that fly in the air, saying, Behold, there is a wonderful slaughter towards, of all the enemies of Christ: there will be infinite numbers of carcases strewed upon the earth; come, therefore, O all ye fowls of prey, and address yourselves to this great banquet, that the great God hath provided for you;

XIX. 18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, &c.

That ye may feed upon the delicate flesh of kings, and great commanders of the earth, &c.

XIX. 19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and ́ their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.

And I saw the great Roman Monarch and his confederated princes and their armies gathered together, to make war against Christ and his Gospel, and against the faithful professors thereof.

XIX. 20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.

And that same presumptuous monarch was overcome and taken ; and, together with him, that False Prophet, the Man of Sin, who had, by pretence of many miracles, deceived both him and those that professed their homage to his idolatrous government, and ascribed divine worship to his shadow or image, that came in his rooni. These both, after their grievous seducements and abominations, were cast down into hell.

XIX. 21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.

As for the remnant of their followers, which, out of ignorance or simplicity, maintained their errors and tyrannies, they were slain by the powerful command of Christ; and, upon their bodily death, all the fowls were filled with their flesh.

XX. 1, 2, 3 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.

And, whereas in my former vision, I had seen the Dragon persecuting the Church under the tyrannical rule of the Heathen Emperors; now I saw an Angel come down from heaven, having power and commission from God, to chain up and imprison the Dragon, that Old Serpent, the Devil; and to restrain his power during the space of a thousand years, after Constantine's restoring of peace to the Church: who did, accordingly, lay hold on him, and shorten and restrain his power and malice, from his wonted violent and subtle machinations against the Church; that he should not, in so prevalent manner, deceive the nations of the earth, until that thousand years were accomplished: and, after that, he must be let loose for some further exercise of God's chil dren, and seducement and destruction of his enemies; but that liberty of his shall be but for a short time.

XX. 4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

And now I saw such glory and majesty put upon the faithful ones,

in the time that Satan was shut up, as that they sat upon thrones ; and the power of judgment was committed unto them, to manage the affairs of God's Church, and to execute due censures upon the offenders: and I saw those faithful and holy martyrs, which were ready to lay down their lives for the testimony of Jesus Christ and his Gospel; and those, which refrained from and abhorred the idolatry of the times: and they lived and reigned with Christ, in a sanctified and comfortable estate here upon earth; framing themselves to all godly courses, during all this time of the thousand years of Satan's restraint.

XX. 5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.

But, for the rest, which lay dead in their sins and impieties, they did not at all recover, at the last, this spiritual happiness and life, and attain to the true knowledge and fruition of God. This, which we now speak of, viz. the abandoning of the corruptions of the times, and attaining to the true knowledge and love of the saving truth of God, and a conscionable obedience to him, is the First Resurrection.

XX. 6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. Blessed and holy is he, that thus hath his part in this First Resurrection for, certainly, on such, the Second Death, which is eternal damnation and separation of the soul from God, neither hath nor can have any power; but they shall be wholly consecrated to the service of God and his Christ; and shall here reign with him, in their several times, all the whole space of the thousand years, wherein Satan is shut up: they shall triumph in God and themselves, while the rest of the world is in vexation and bondage.

XX. 7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison.

And when those thousand years shall be expired, Satan shall, for the time, be let loose, and suffered to raise great tumults and troubles in the world,

XX. 8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: &c.

And shall, upon fair pretences, stir up all the enemies of God's Church, which are in all the regions of the earth, both Scythians, Turks, and mis-believing Christians; and shall gather them together to battle, against the little flock of Christ: &c.

XX. 9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.

And they went up into all the coasts of the earth, and by their great number encompassed the small handful of God's Saints round about; and, taking advantage of their paucity, hemmed them in, as enclosing the true believing Church, for the slaughter: but the fire of God's wrath did, as it were, fall from heaven upon

their heads, and consume them, and frustrate all their cruel intentions.

XX. 11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away, and there was found no place for them.

And I saw a great and glorious throne, erected for the Last Judg ment; and the Son of God sitting thereon, in great majesty: and heavenly magnificence: at whose presence the heavens and earth did melt away; and were so suddenly changed, as that they appeared in their former estate no more.

XX. 14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

There shall be now no more dying, nor graves: all these things are at an end; and nothing shall remain, but a final damnation of the devils and reprobate souls for ever. And this is the Second

Death.

XX. 15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

And whosoever was not found registered in God's eternal election to life, was cast into hell fire.

XXI. 1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no

more sea.

Then I saw a happy renovation of all things; even the heaven and earth refined to their utmost perfection: for this imperfect condition of the heavens and earth, that now are, passed away; neither was this sea, as it now is, but freed from that impurity and corruption which it now hath.

XXI. 2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

And now, in this universal revolution of the world, I, John, saw the Celestial City, the purified and glorious Church of God, coming down as it were from God out of heaven, decked with all kind of spiritual ornaments, and prepared with all riches of grace and glory, as a fit Bride for her Gracious Husband.

XXI. 3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.

And I heard a great voice out of heaven, saying, Behold now, God shall settle his eternal habitation with inen: so dwelling with and in his Saints, that he shall never be removed from them; but shall, in a full and perfect manner, enjoy and possess them as his people, and they him as their God.

XXI. 5 Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.

Behold, now I will remove away all the impurity and imperfection of my creature, and make all things absolute and glorious.

XXI. 6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and

Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.

And he said unto me, It is as surely done, as if it were past already: I am the First and the Last; even the First before all beginning, and the Last after all endings; Eternal, without beginning or ending. To him, that hath hungered and thirsted after righteousness, will I freely give, out of the lively fountain of my grace and mercy, everlasting life.

XXI. 7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

He, that overcometh the temptations of Satan and the world, shall be possessed of this heavenly inheritance of glory; and I will be his God and Father, and he shall be my dear Son for ever. . XXI. 8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

But those which have cowardly for fear of pain or danger shrunk from the truth, and the unbelieving, and those which have lived in abominable sins, cruel murderers, whoremongers, &c. shall have their portion in the everlasting torments of hell fire; which is the Second Death.

XXI. 10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God.

And he ravished me away, in an ecstasy of spirit; and, as it were upon a high mountain, shewed me the excellent beauty of his now renewed and purified Church, the holy and spiritual Jerusalem; which God from heaven had put upon that blessed Bride of his,

XXI. 11 Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal; Which was set forth with all heavenly glory, even the glory of God's eternal presence: and the shining brightness thereof was like unto the lustre of the most precious and glittering

stones;

XXI. 12 And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:

And, to set forth the magnificence thereof by the resemblance of a city built of the most pleasing and precious matter that the earth can afford, the walls thereof, which are wont to be for defence and ornament, were strong and high; impregnable by any enemy, and perfectly safe for the inhabitants: and, as it is the praise of a city, that the situation and form of it gives both security from enemies and easy entrance to the citizens; so it was here: as there was a strong and high wall to keep out the enemy; so there were twelve gates, to admit of the convenient and free passage of the inhabitants, that every tribe of Israel might have a gate of his own: and, for the more sure guard of those twelve gates, there were twelve heavenly angels to keep them; and every several