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Chap. XLV. How the saints of God are capable to stand upon a sea of glass in heaven, as men may upon this earth, they being spiritual bodies.

Chap. XLVI. What is meant by the sevén vials of God's wrath poured out upon the earth; and what angels they were that poured them out; and why they are called seven angels; and how the angel of the gospel doth pour out his plagues, as the angel of the law did. Chap. XLVII. The interpretation of the waters being turned into blood; and how the waters of the soul of man are turned into blood in the spiritual, as the natural waters of Egypt were. Chap. XLVIII. How the seed of reason did drink the saints blood; and how they must drink their own blood; and what is meant by pouring out the vial upon the sun; and by scorching men with fire,

Chap. XLIX. The interpretation of the kingdom of darkness in the temporal; and what that darkness signifies.

Chap. L. How the spirit of Cain doth run through all wicked Herods; and how the land of Goshen doth signify true light; and the land of Egypt, hell, death, and darkness.

Chap. LI. What is meant by the great river Euphrates in the natural, and in the spiritual; and how it may be said to be dryed up; and who they are that are called kings of the earth.

Chap. LII. How these three unclean spirits, like frogs, proceeded from one spirit, and yet by their several operations and workings, they may be called three,

Chap. LIII. A further interpretation of the dragon, beast, and false prophet; and how all the worship set up by them is false.

Chap. LIV. An interpretation of the operation of that wisdom that cometh out of the dragon's mouth; and why it is called by the spirit, an unclean spirit, like a frog.

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Chap. LV. What the unclean spirit is that came out of the beast's mouth; and how they are cloathed in scarlet.

Chap. LVI. What is meant by the false prophet; and how he came to be cloathed in sheep's clothing; and how these three unclean spirits like frogs deceive one another, and all people else. Chap. LVII. What is meant by the great earthquake, and by that great hail; and how every stone may be said to weigh a talent; and how mingled with fire and brimstone.

Chap. LVIII. How the spiritual Babylon is compared unto the temporal; and how false worship may be, and is called mystery Babylon, in opposition to the mystery of God; with many other

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things opened; and how, and when the scepter departed from the Jews, and how the Gentile's worship is idolatrous, and so becomes, or makes up that great city mystery Babylon, the mother of harlots; and what is meant by her fornication.

Chap. LIX. How the kings of the the earth may be said to commit fornication; and how the saints do drink the wine of the wrath of her fornication; how the scarlet coloured beast doth carry the whore; and how she sits upon the beast; and what is meant by the beast, and why called a scarlet coloured beast.

Chap- IX. The interpretation of the woman, nd how she is arrayed in scarlet colour, and purple, and precious stones, with a golden cup in her hand; and what these things do signify; and how the woman may be said to be drunken with the blood of the saints.

Chap. LXI. The interpretation of the beast that was, and is not, and yet is; and how he may be called the eigth, and is of the seven ; with other deep secrets.

Chap. LXII, How the woman may be said to sit upon seven mountains; and what the mountains are.

Chap. LXIII. The interpretation of the ten horns; and what is meant by their having power one hour with the beast; and how they make war with the Lamb; and what weapons they fight with; and with what weapons the Lamb doth overcome them.

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Chap. LXIV. How the ten horns received power from the beast to persecute the saints and how the same ten kings received power from God to make thn whore desolate, to fulfil God's will; yet all but wicked kings, yet they did his will.

Chap. LXV. How all this seventeenth chapter was shewed unto John by vision, and none could interpret it, but he that hath a commission from God.

Chap. LXVI. The difference between the temporal Babylon, and the spiritual Babylon; and how this spiritual Babylon is called an habitation of devils, and a cage of every hateful bird, and a hold of every unclean spirit; and how the kings of the earth and all nations commited fornication with her.

Chap, LXVII. How the saints may be said to come out of her and how she must drink her own blood; and what is meant by filling her cup and giving it her double to drink; and what manner of famine and fire she shall be destroyed with.

Chap. LXVIII. What is meant by the merchant's standing afar off, for fear of her torment.

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Chap. LXIX. How the prophets and apostles are bid to rejoice over the destruction of the great city, in that God hath avenged himself on her

Chap. LXX. How the seed of reason doth walk in the paths of the scriptures, they cannot find out the true God; but the seed of faith can find out God in all those narrow paths where he doth walk ; and how the voice of mirth did cease when Babylon was destroyed; and the blood of prophets and saints is found in her

Chap. LXXI. How the four beasts and four and twenty elders, and saints do sing praise unto God for the perpetual downfal of spiritual Babylon.

Chap. LXXII. What is meant by the voice of many waters; and the voice of mighty thunderings; and how the saints are married unto God. Chap. LXXIII. What is meant by the white horse; and by the many crowns that he had on his head; and of the difference of glory between the work of creation, and the work of redemption; and how it may be said that no man knew his name but himself. Chap. LXXIV, The interpretation of the garment of Christ down to the foot; and his vesture dipt in boold; and what is meant by treading the wine-fat.

Chap, LXXV. What is meant by the armies in heaven that followed Christ; and how they all sat upon white horses and how Christ trod the fierceness of the wine-press of Almighty God, and yet not his father's wrath.

Chap. 1.XXVI. The interpretation of the name of Christ written upon his thigh; and how he may be called King of Kings, and Lord of Lords, in respect of the power of his creation and the power of his redemption; and how his death got power over sin, death, and hell, so that he can dispose of death now as he pleases, for his own glory.

Chap. LXXVII. What is meant by the fowls of heaven; and what the supper is they are invited unto; and what it is they must have to supper; and how the saints may be said to eat the flesh of kings, and of captains, and of mighty men.

Chap. LXXVIII. How ihe temporal power signifies the beast, and the spiritual power signifies the false prophet; and how they are both cast alive into a lake of fire and brimstone; and what is meant by the remnant that were slain with a sword that came out of his mouth; with the end of the nineteenth chapter. Chap. LXXIX. The prophet's prayer and thanksgiving unto Jesus Christ,

Christ, the only God, who became very man, and yet was very God at the same time.

Chap. LXXX. What is meant by Gog and Magog; and how the camp of the saints may be said to be compassed about in all the four quarters of the earth; and what that fire is that came down from heaven.

Chap. LXXXI. How non-commissionated men are those that do add unto the prophesy of this book of the revelation, and to all the scriptures; and how the plagues written in that book will be added unto them, for going before they were sent of God.

Chap. LXXXII. How men are said to diminish, or take away from this book; and how he hath his part taken out of the book of life.

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CHAP. I.

HE first chapter of the Revelation of John doth speak of things which must shortly come to pass.

John calls it The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his Servants things which must shortly come to pass.

John might well say that God did give it unto him, because Jesus Christ is God, as he doth make it appear in his following discourse in this chapter.

Also those servants which he was to declare this Revelation of Jesus Christ unto, I declare it was unto the ministers of those seven churches in Asia, and from them to the churches themselves.

Also John doth speak much of this book of the Revelation by way of vision, as well as revelation; and that doth make this book of the Revelation to

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