Apocalyptical mysteries, touching the two witnesses, the seven vials, and the two kingdoms, to…

And this Plague also may have some Allusion unto that Plague of Egypt, Exod. 7.20, 21. whose Waters was turned into blood, and the Fish that was therein died. So bloody and so deadly is the Idolatrous-worship ⟨p. 15⟩of the Sea of Rome, and of all other Nations that worship the Beast or his Image, who shall utterly be destroyed, as appears, chap. 14.9, 10, 11.

And this Plague also may have some Allusion unto that Plague of Aegypt, Exod. 7.20, 21. whose Waters was turned into blood, and the Fish that was therein died. So bloody and so deadly is the Idolatrous-worship ⟨p. 15⟩of the Sea of Rome, and of all other Nations that worship the Beast or his Image, who shall utterly be destroyed, as appears, chap. 14.9, 10, 11.

The third Angel poured out his Vial upon the Rivers and Fountains of Waters in the Beasts Kingdom, vers. 4.

These Mystical Rivers and Fountains of Waters, bear some Allusion unto those material Rivers and Fountains which Solomon saith, run into the Sea, Eccles. 1.7. As the Fountains or Spring-heads run into the Rivers, and the Rivers run into the Sea; so the Emperors, Kings, Princes, and Nobles of the Roman Antichristian Politic and Ecclesiastic Government and Kingdom, give their power and strength unto the Beast, chap. 17.12, 13. And to his Councils, Synods, Courts, &c. which is the River into which these Fountains run, and so into the Sea of Rome, Canterbury, &c. The great Monarchs of this World, and Kings of the Earth, are said in Scripture to be the Head of their Rivers,