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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.
That which followeth in the 13, 14, 15, 16 verses of this Chapter, is not any proper effect of this Vial, nor any part thereof, but rather an interval of time betwixt the sixth and seventh Vials, wherein some remarkable things are to be transacted in order to the pouring forth of the seventh Vial, and therefore contain a preparatory Vision thereunto.
That which followeth in the 13, 14, 15, 16 verses of this Chapter, is not any proper effect of this Vial, nor any part thereof, but rather an interval of time betwixt the sixth and seventh Vials, wherein some remarkable things are to be transacted in order to the pouring forth of the seventh Vial, and therefore contain a praeparatory Vision thereunto.
In which Vision John saw three Ambassadors or Agents sent from the Dragon, the Beast, and the false Prophet, to the Kings of the Earth.
In which Vision John saw three Embassadors or Agents sent from the Dragon, the Beast, and the false Prophet, to the Kings of the Earth.
The Dragon is that old Serpent called Satan, which is the Devil, chap. 20.2. The Beast is the civil State or political Powers, which Beast rose out of the Sea, chap. 13.1. The false Prophet is the Ecclesiastical State, ⟨p. 28⟩which is the Beast that rose out of the Earth, chap. 13.11. He is here called the false Prophet, because now he is unmasked, and his Visor plucked off, to wit, his pretended likeness unto the Lamb, chap. 13.11. And now he is discovered to be that Deceiver and false Prophet which was to come.
The Dragon is that old Serpent called Satan, which is the Devil, chap. 20.2. The Beast is the civil State or political Powers, which Beast rose out of the Sea, chap. 13.1. The false Prophet is the Ecclesiastical State,