B03979:159
Apocalyptical mysteries, touching the two witnesses, the seven vials, and the two kingdoms, to…
Apocalyptical mysteries, touching the two witnesses, the seven vials, and the two kingdoms, to wit, of Christ, and of Antichrist, expounded. Wherein is contained some things necessary for the saints in this present generation to know ... By H.K. a servant of Jesus Christ.
London : s.n., Printed 1667
Part 2: Apocalyptical MYSTERIES. The Second Part, Touching the Seven VIALS.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
And the sixth Angel poured out his Vial upon the great River Euphrates, vers. 12.
The Object of the wrath of God poured out of this Vial, is the River Euphrates.
There was a River that ran through Mesopotamia unto old Babylon, which by way of Eminency, above all other Rivers, is ⟨p. 24⟩called the great River, the River Euphrates, Gen. 15.18. Deut. 1.7. Josh. 1.4. unto which this may bear some allusion; because what that natural River was to Material Babylon, this Metaphorical River is to Mystical Babylon. The principal benefits of a great River are two, viz. Revenue, Isa. 23.3. The Harvest of the River is her Revenue; and Strength, Isa. 8.7. The Waters of the River strong and many, even the King of Assyria and all his glory.