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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.
First, Under the sixth Trumpet, chap. 9.14.
And secondly, Under the sixth Vial, chap. 16.12.
I conceive it is most probable that one sort or Nation of People is intended in both places, to wit, the Turks, who then did, and now do inhabit about that great River Euphrates; and as the loosing of the four Angels which were bound in that great River, chap. 9.14. signified the Turks breaking in and over-running the Nations, ⟨p. 26⟩as a Plague (following Antichrist) upon the Christian WORLD: So the drying up of the Water of this same great River, chap. 16.12. signifieth the wasting and destroying of the Turks Dominion, Power, and People, as a Plague upon them for standing in the way of the LORD and his People, and aiding, assisting, and helping his and his peoples Enemies, whom God hath purposed to destroy utterly; That the way of the Kings of the EAST might be prepared, vers. 12.
I conceive it is most probable that one sort or Nation of People is intended in both places, to wit, the Turks, who then did, and now do inhabit about that great River Euphrates; and as the loosing of the four Angels which were bound in that great River, chap. 9.14. signifyed the Turks breaking in and over-running the Nations, ⟨p. 26⟩as a Plague (following Antichrist) upon the Christian WORLD: So the drying up of the Water of this same great River, chap. 16.12. signifyeth the wasting and destroying of the Turks Dominion, Power, and People, as a Plague upon them for standing in the way of the LORD and his People, and aiding, assisting, and helping his and his peoples Enemies, whom God hath purposed to destroy utterly; That the way of the Kings of the EAST might be prepared, vers. 12.