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Antichrist stormed, or, Mystery Babylon the great whore, and great city, proved to be…
Antichrist stormed, or, Mystery Babylon the great whore, and great city, proved to be the present Church of Rome wherein all objections are fully answered : to which is added, the time of the end, or a clear explanation of Scripture prophecies, with the judgment of divers learned men concerning the final ruin of the Romish Church, that it will be in this present age : together with an account of the two witnesses, who they are, with their killing, resurrection & ascension : also an examination and confutation of what Mr. Jurieu hath lately written concerning the effusion of the vials ... : likewise a brief review of D. Tho. Goodwins exposition of the 11th chapter of the Revelations, concerning the witnesses, and of that street in which they should lie slain, proving it to be meant of Great Britain : and a brief collection of divers strange prophecies, some very ancient / by Benj. Keach ... ; to which is annexed, a short treatise in two parts : 1. The calculation of Scripture numbers by Scripture only, without the help of humane history, 2. Upon the witnesses, giving light to the whole book.Antichrist stormed, or, Mystery Babylon the great whore, and great city, proved to be the present Church of Rome wherein all objections are fully answered : to which is added, the time of the end, or a clear explanation of Scripture prophecies, with the judgment of divers learned men concerning the final ruine of the Romish Church, that it will be in this present age : together with an account of the two witnesses, who they are, with their killing, resurrection & ascention : also an examination and confutation of what Mr. Jurieu hath lately written concerning the effusion of the vials ... : likewise a brief review of D. Tho. Goodwins exposition of the 11th chapter of the Revelations, concerning the witnesses, and of that street in which they should lie slain, proving it to be meant of Great Brittain : and a brief collection of divers strange prophecies, some very antient / by Benj. Keach ... ; to which is annext, a short treatise in two parts : 1. The calculation of Scripture numbers by Scripture only, without the help of humane history, 2. Upon the witnesses, giving light to the whole book.
London: printed for Nath. Crouch, 1689
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6. That none of the seven last Plagues or Vials are yet poured out, nor will be till after the rising of the Witnesses, (does appear) for this reason, viz. because none of the seven Angels come forth with their Golden Vials, until the Tabernacle of the Testimony is opened in Heaven, Rev. 15. 5. but that part of the Tabernacle of the Testimony is to be shut all the time of the Witnesses prophesying in Sackcloth may be gathered from Rev. 11. 1. with v. 19. Hence this Argument might be framed, viz. No Angel is to come forth with his Golden Vial, till the Tabernacle of the Testimony in Heaven is opened. But the Tabernacle of the Testimony is not to be opened till after the rising of the Witnesses. Therefore no Angel with his Golden Vial is come forth till after the rising of the Witnesses. The proof of this Argument are the Scriptures before, viz. Rev. 15. 5. cap. 11. v. 1, 19. Now if any do think that the four last Angels shall come forth from the Temple opened in Heaven, and not the first three such an Opinion is against the Text expressly, […] saith the seven Angels come out of the Temple, verse 6. Neither do I know any ground they have, who think that the Angels pouring out the four last Vials shall have more ⟨p. 172⟩Light, Zeal, Faith, Holiness, &c. than the former three had—but certainly there is a vast difference between the state of the Church now, and that when they say the first Vial was poured out, nay, and the second or third too, and none can doubt but the opening of the Tabernacle of the Testimony in Heaven points to some greater Church glory that shall be then, or a different state of the Church than ever was before under the Beasts reign. 7. Neither do I (saith he) think, that the effects of any of the Vials (which some suppose are poured out) make good what is said, Rev. 15. 4. For thy Judgments are made manifest, which holds forth to me much more than what followed the preaching of Grostead, Wycliffe, Huss, Luther, Melanchthon, &c. or the Switzers Wars, or of that of the Parliament in England, for Gods Judgments, notwithstanding what hath been yet done, remain still more dark, doubtful and disputable, especially to the World, than shall be under the effects of the Vials.