An exposition upon the thirteenth chapter of the Revelation by that reverend and eminent…

You have heard that upon the recovery and healing of the wounded head of the Catholic Church, sundry effects followed; the Dragon gave unto the Beast a four fold power, Power to speak great things, power to continue and to be active 42. months, power to make war with the Saints and to overcome them; Power of sovereignty and Authority over all Kindreds, Tongues, and Nations, and that even to worship, that all that dwell on the Earth shall worship him, believing as the Church believes, and neither more nor less, submitting themselves in conscience to all their decrees, and expecting their salvation in the fellowship of that Church, which is divine worship peculiar only to the Lord Jesus. In the words now read, you have these that worship the Beast, that is, that give this divine honour to the Catholic Church, to believe as they believe, to submit their consciences to the power of this Beast, taking up all their observations for worship, for Government from them, not from God, and looking for their salvation in reconcilement with this Church; I say these men that do thus worship this Beast, they are described here by their state, by their spiritual and eternal state; that is to say, they are described by a denial of their elect estate, and that is expressed in a denial of the proper adjunct of that state, and that is, the writing of their names in the Lambs book of life, for that is the proper adjunct of all the elect people of God, that their names are written in the book of life of the Lamb; these men men therefore being denied this proper adjunct of an elect state, they are the refore here described by their damnable condition and state; now this therefore is here predicated of them all, that their names are not written in the book of the life of the Lamb, who ever they be that worship this Beast; and he saith, All did worship him, save ⟨p. 130⟩only they whose names were written in the Lambs book of life: They that did worship the Beast, had not their names written in the Lambs book of life. So then this book in which their names are said not to be written, it is set forth by the end, and by the subject of it.

YOu have heard that upon the recovery and healing of the wounded head of the Catholick Church, sundry effects followed; the Dragon gave unto the Beast a four fold power, Power to speak great things, power to continue and to be active 42. moneths, power to make warre with the Saints and to overcome them; Power of soveraignty and Authority over all Kindreds, Tongues, and Nations, and that even to worship, that all that dwell on the Earth shall worship him, believing as the Church believes, and neither more nor lesse, submitting themselves in conscience to all their decrees, and expecting their salvation in the fellowship of that Church, which is divine worship peculiar onely to the Lord Jesus. In the words now read, you have these that worship the Beast, that is, that give this divine honour to the Catholick Church, to believe as they believe, to submit their consciences to the power of this Beast, taking up all their observations for worship, for Government from them, not from God, and looking for their salvation in reconcilement with this Church; I say these men that doe thus worship this Beast, they are described here by their state, by their spirituall and eternall state; that is to say, they are described by a deniall of their elect estate, and that is exprest in a deniall of the proper adjunct of that state, and that is, the writing of their names in the Lambs book of life, for that is the proper adjunct of all the elect people of God, that their names are written in the book of life of the Lamb; these men men therefore being denied this proper adjunct of an elect state, they are the refore here described by their damnable condition and state; now this therefore is here predicated of them all, that their names are not written in the booke of the life of the Lambe, who ever they be that worship this Beast; and he saith, All did worship him, save