The image of both Churches after the most wonderfull and heauenly Reuelation of sainct Iohn the Euangelist, contayning a very fruitfull exposition or paraphrase vpon the same. Wherin it is conferred vvith the other scriptures, and most auctorised histories. Compyled by Iohn Bale an exyle also in thys lyfe, for the faithfull testimony of Iesu.

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The image of both Churches after the most wonderfull and heauenly Reuelation of sainct Iohn the Euangelist, contayning a very fruitfull exposition or paraphrase vpon the same. Wherin it is conferred vvith the other scriptures, and most auctorised histories. Compyled by Iohn Bale an exyle also in thys lyfe, for the faithfull testimony of Iesu.
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Bale, John, 1495-1563.
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Printed at London :: By Thomas East,
[ca. 1570]
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"The image of both Churches after the most wonderfull and heauenly Reuelation of sainct Iohn the Euangelist, contayning a very fruitfull exposition or paraphrase vpon the same. Wherin it is conferred vvith the other scriptures, and most auctorised histories. Compyled by Iohn Bale an exyle also in thys lyfe, for the faithfull testimony of Iesu." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A02872.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 7, 2024.

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THE PARAPHRASE.

1 So many as I loue, I rebuke ear∣nestly, least they shoulde perish with the wicked. And those that I fauour I chastē in this life, least they should be dampned for euer. Woe is ye man that hath of me here neither chastise∣ment nor rebuke, but is left without restraynte, wallowyng in the con∣cupiscence

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and desires of his fleshe. A great signe it is of the indignation of God, where as the other is an e∣uident token of loue.

2 From henceforth therfore be fer∣uent in the trueth. Earnestly em∣brace it, kéepe it, and follow it. Ab∣horre thy olde superstitions, and re∣pent from the harte that thou haste béene so longe neyther whotte nor colde.

3 Beholde I stande at the doore of thy harte as one ready to helpe thy weakenesse. And I knocke at ye por∣tall of thy conscience as one yt would gladly comfort thée, I send forth my heauenlye worde to succoure thée, lighten thée, raise thée vp, & saue thée.

4 If any man with a glad harte wil heare my voyce, or the true prea∣ching of my word, and opē the doore of his fayth, thankefully to receyue it, I wil come in vnto him, enduing with all spirituall delights, as righ∣tuousnesse, peace, loue, and ioy in the holy Ghost.

5 Yea to hym shall I make many∣fest

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as to my friend the hidden miste∣ryes of the scripture, and secret coū∣sels of my father. And he shall final∣lie suppe with me and with him in the eternall habitacle of God, where no harte can estéeme what hee hath prepared for them, that loue him.

6 That man which through ye ear∣nest zeale of Gods trueth distroyeth hypocrisie, and ouercommeth sin, wil I admit to reigne with mée in the kingdome of my father, and graunt him to sitte with me in the seate of e∣uerlasting peace, as a déere member of myne owne body, declaring him a tryumphaunt conquerour in mée, ouer dampnation, hell, death, and the diuill, in a glorified nature.

7 Euen as my selfe was before, sit∣ting with my celestiall father in the seate of his eternitie. And to haue with mée that health, that blessyng, that ioye, that victorie, that honour, power, and glorie, that I haue.

8 Let him that God hath giuē eare vnto, apply them to his mynde, and marke what the spirite hath héere

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spoken to the Christen cōgregatiōs, for therevpon resteth his lyfe, or his death, his saluacion or his dampna∣tion.

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