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

of the Revel. John hath a Reed given him, (he representing the godly of those ages) and is bidden to measure the Temple of God, and the Altar, and the Worshippers, and this as supposing a Temple to have been already built, only having too vast and great an Outward Court laid to it, ver. 2. And although the computation of the whole time of Antichrists reign, is there mentioned and annexed to these occurrences; yet but to this end to show how that time allotted him to reign should end & expire, and so in that to show what passages should fall out in the Church, towards the expiration of it, as a warning & signal of it, (whereof these are the chief) for Chap. before, ver. 6. the Angel that gives that Prophecy in the 11. swears that time should be no longer: (that is, the Beasts time:) but until the days of the seventh Trumpet which were shortly then approaching: for immediately after ⟨p. 57⟩these occurrences rehearsed we find that that seventh Trumpet sounds, ver. 15. of that 11. Chap.

of the Revel. John hath a Reed given him, (he representing the godly of those ages) and is bidden to measure the Temple of God, and the Altar, and the Worshippers, and this as supposing a Temple to have beene already built, onely having too vast and great an Outward Court laid to it, ver. 2. And although the computation of the whole time of Antichrists raigne, is there mentioned and annexed to these occurences; yet but to this end to shew how that time allotted him to raigne should end & expire, and so in that to shew what passages should fall out in the Church, towards the expiration of it, as a warning & signall of it, (whereof these are the chiefe) for Chap. before, ver. 6. the Angel that gives that Prophecie in the 11. sweares that time should be no longer: (that is, the Beasts time:) but untill the dayes of the seventh Trumpet which were shortly then approaching: for immediately after ⟨p. 57⟩these occurrences rehearsed wee find that that seventh Trumpet sounds, ver. 15. of that 11. Chap.

But then you will say, There is mentioned after this an overcoming and killing of these witnesses by a war of the Beast, even his last war against the Saints, whereby he shall throw down there Candlesticks, and cut down these Olive trees; And if so, where then is all the encouragement which you have given?