This is evident here, I saw one of his heads, as it were wounded to death (and you have heard when, and how) and yet, which is wonderful, His deadly wound was healed, and that to the admiration of all the world; And all the world wondered after the Beast, to see a wound so really and perfectly healed: when this Church was wounded, afterwards the Pope was perfectly recovered, but the wound of Caesars head was left bleeding, both in the East and West. This head must therefore be the spiritual head of Rome: God though he repress some insolency, yet he doth many times give free passage to their designs at length. He did so with Balaam, he met with him in the way, and had not the Ass hindered, certainly he had slain him, Numb. 22. 32. Because thy way was perverse before me, saith God: Balaak had sent him word, that if he would come and curse the people that were come out of Egypt, that he would give him this, and that; he saw he had an eye to these outward things; The Lord seeing his way perverse, he would have killed him; but yet at length in v. 35. The Angel of the Lord said unto Balaam, if it be thy mind to go, I will give thee leave, go with the men, but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak; And when he comes, he doth bless the people to the Indignation of the King of Moab; but afterwards when Balaam saw that he should loose all that he came for; come, saith he to the King, take some course to invite the Gallants of Israel to a feast (and it was an Idolatrous feast to the honour of Baal Peor) and so the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and there were four and twenty thousand dyed of the Plague, and at length Balaam was slain also: But yet you see, he gives way to his covetous designs, to satisfy himself to the full, though he afterward visited his Sin upon him. So did the Lord here with the Bishop of Rome; he wounded him as it were to death, and afterwards he heals him, and raiseth him up again, and sent Justinian to destroy the Goths out of Italy; and he being a wise man, gives him his Titles, and makes him Bishop ⟨p. 42⟩of Bishops, inspector over all the rest, and perfectly cures him; That whereas before he had lost his Titles, and one or other wrote against him; the Emperor being loath to make their own Arch-Bishop (that lived in their City with them) chief, for disturbing their civill Government;
This is evident here, I saw one of his heads, as it were wounded to death (and you have heard when, and how) and yet, which is wonderfull, His deadly wound was healed, and that to the admiration of all the world; And all the world wondred after the Beast, to see a wound so really and perfectly healed: when this Church was wounded, afterwards the Pope was perfectly recovered, but the wound of Caesars head was left bleeding, both in the East and West. This head must therefore be the spirituall head of Rome: God though he represse some insolency, yet he doth many times give free passage to their designes at length. He did so with Balaam, he met with him in the way, and had not the Asse hindred, certainly he had slain him, Numb. 22. 32. Because thy way was perverse before me, saith God: Balaak had sent him word, that if he would come and curse the people that were come out of Aegypt, that he would give him this, and that; he saw he had an eye to these outward things; The Lord seeing his way perverse, he would have killed him; but yet at length in v. 35. The Angell of the Lord said unto Balaam, if it be thy minde to go, I will give thee leave, go with the men, but onely the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak; And when he comes, he doth blesse the people to the Indignation of the King of Moab; but afterwards when Balaam saw that he should loose all that he came for; come, saith he to the King, take some course to invite the Gallants of Israel to a feast (and it was an Idolatrous feast to the honour of Baal Peor) and so the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and there were foure and twenty thousand dyed of the Plague, and at length Balaam was slaine also: But yet you see, he gives way to his coveteous designes, to satisfie himselfe to the full, though he afterward visited his Sinne upon him. So did the Lord here with the Bishop of Rome; he wounded him as it were to death, and afterwards he heals him, and raiseth him up again, and sent Justinian to destroy the Goths out of Italy; and he being a wise man, gives him his Titles, and makes him Bishop ⟨p. 42⟩of Bishops, inspector over all the rest, and perfectly cures him; That whereas before he had lost his Titles, and one or other wrote against him; the Emperor being loath to make their own Arch-Bishop (that lived in their City with them) chief, for disturbing their civill Government;
