Zerubbabels encouragement to finish the temple. A sermon preached before the honourable House of…

Come we now to the Antitype, the times of Reformation from under Popery: In the story of which like gradual proceedings might easily be observed out of Ecclesiastical story, if it would not be too long to make such narrations: I will rather take it as it is briefly & at once presented by the holy Ghost himself in that great Prophecy of the New Testament, and the succeeding times thereof, the Book of the Revelation. In the 13. Chapter throughout, you have the Beast of Rome in one entire view presented in his height, and as possessing all the European world as worshippers of him: And then in the 14. and following Chapters you oppositely have Christ and those that followed him, & the story of their separation from, and the several degrees of winning ground upon that Beast, in the like entire view laid forth before you. In the 1. v. the Lamb appears with his company nakedly standing upon Mount Zion, without the mention of any Temple as yet built ore their heads, even such as these Jews condition was when they came first to Zion. Some Ordinances they had; they harping with their harps, ver. 2. and sung as it were a new song, uttering something differing from the doctrine of those times, but so confusedly, as no man could learn that song, v. 3. & they in a great part kept themselves virgins, and from being defiled with the fornications of the whore: And these are said to be the first-fruits to God, ver. 4. that is, the first beginnings of a dislike of Popery. But then by degrees the Lamb sends out three Angels, ⟨p. 15⟩to make a more open separation from Rome; the later of which rises still higher then the former. The first, ver. 6. only preacheth the everlasting Gospel, that is, salvation by Christ alone, and calleth upon men to fear and worship God alone who made heaven and earth, and not to worship Saints and Angels: (thus the Waldenses did.) But then ver. 8. an Age or two after that, there follow others who proclaim with open mouth, and tell Rome to her face that she is the whore of Babylon: (thus Wycliffe and Hus.) And then ver. 9. after these follows a third Angel, who proceeds further, and preaches that all those that will cleave unto her doctrine and superstitions, shall drink of the wrath of God for ever: and so urge a separation from her, upon pain of damnation. And then at the 14. ver.

Come we now to the Antitype, the times of Reformation from under Popery: In the story of which like graduall proceedings might easily be observed out of Ecclesiasticall story, if it would not be too long to make such narrations: I will rather take it as it is briefly & at once presented by the holy Ghost himselfe in that great Prophecie of the New Testament, and the succeeding times therof, the Booke of the Revelation. In the 13. Chapter throughout, you have the Beast of Rome in one entire view presented in his height, and as possessing all the European world as worshippers of him: And then in the 14. and following Chapters you oppositely have Christ and those that followed him, & the story of their separation from, and the severall degrees of winning ground upon that Beast, in the like entire view laid forth before you. In the 1. v. the Lambe appeares with his company nakedly standing upon Mount Sion, without the mention of any Temple as yet built ore their heads, even such as these Jewes condition was when they came first to Sion. Some Ordinances they had; they harping with their harps, ver. 2. and sung as it were a new song, uttering something differing from the doctrine of those times, but so confusedly, as no man could learne that song, v. 3. & they in a great part kept themselves virgins, and from being defiled with the fornications of the whore: And these are said to be the first-fruits to God, ver. 4. that is, the first beginnings of a dislike of Popery. But then by degrees the Lamb sends out three Angels,