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

Beast in this Prophecy of the Revelation, is sometimes named without any distinction; and then by Beast we are to understand the whole Complex Body of the Antichristian Politic and Ecclesiastic State of the Roman Kingdom, Church, and Government, as chap. 11.7, 13.18, 14.9, 11. and sometimes the Beast is named with distinction, chap. 13.11, 12. as if there were two Beasts, both which is but one Beast distinguished by his twofold, Power, and Dominion, to wit, Political and Ecclesiastical, as doth appear, vers. 1. & 4. So chap. 17.3. the Beast and the Woman, that is to say, the Political Government, and the Ecclesiastic State; likewise chap. 16.13. and 19.20. the Beast, and the false Prophet; also the Beast and his Image, chap. 13.14. By the Beast we are to understand the Roman Antichristian Political State Power and Dominion. By the Woman, wh• is the Whore, the Image of the Beast, and the false Prophet, (in divers respects) w• are to understand the Roman Antichristian Ecclesiastic State, Church, Worship, an• Government. The Reason of this distinction is the two-fold Authority and Jurisdiction ⟨p. 21⟩which the Beast exerciseth in the World, and in the Church; and therefore the Beast is said to rise from two places, to wit, out of the Sea, Chap. 13.1. and out of the Earth, vers. 11. and to have two Horns like the Lamb, chap. 13.11. that is to say, a two-fold Power, Political and Ecclesiastical, both which was given unto the Beast by the Dragon, chap. 13.2. And the Dragon gave him his Power, and his Throne, and great Authority. Which Dragon is called the old Serpent, the Devil, and Satan, chap. 12.9. & 20.2. And he laid hold on the Dragon, that old Serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan.

Beast in this Prophesie of the Revelation, is sometimes named without any distinction; and then by Beast we are to understand the whole Complex Body of the Antichristian Politick and Ecclesiastick State of the Roman Kingdom, Church, and Government, as chap. 11.7, 13.18, 14.9, 11. and sometimes the Beast is named with distinction, chap. 13.11, 12. as if there were two Beasts, both which is but one Beast distinguished by his twofold, Power, and Dominion, to wit, Political and Ecclesiastical, as doth appear, vers. 1. & 4. So chap. 17.3. the Beast and the Woman, that is to say, the Political Government, and the Ecclesiastick State; likewise chap. 16.13. and 19.20. the Beast, and the false Prophet; also the Beast and his Image, chap. 13.14. By the Beast we are to understand the Roman Antichristian Political State Power and Dominion. By the Woman, wh is the Whore, the Image of the Beast, and the false Prophet, (in divers respects) w are to understand the Roman Antichristian Ecclesiastick State, Church, Worship, an Government. The Reason of this distinction is the two-fold Authority and Jurisdiction