or noyse of many waters. For many peoples of diuers and sundrie nati∣ons, kynreds, and languages, hath confessed and still doeth confesse hym God and man by the same, though the one vnderstand not the other.
10 And he had in his right hande (which is his mightie power) seuen starres, which are not only the seuen preachers of his vij. congregations in Asia, but also all the true miny∣sters of hys word, the worlde ouer. For them hath he in his right hand. They are vnder hys gouernaunce, wil, protection, & custodie. So long as he retayneth them, they are wyse, godly, and profitable, but if hee once throw thē forth, then are they blind, wicked, and accursed, yea, and good for nothing but to be cast out, & to be troden vnder foote. Blessed are they therfore, which fal not besides yt hād.
11 Out of his mouth (which is hys holy spirite) procéeded a sharpe two edged sweard. This is hys strong, mightie, and quicke worde, or hys sacred scrypture, so sharpe that