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¶The .iiij. Chapter.
1 The vision of the maiestie of God. 2 He seeth the throne, and one syttyng vpon it, 8 and .xxiiii. seates about it, with .xxiiii. elders syttyng vppon them, and foure beastes praysyng God day and nyght.
[unspec A] 1 AFter this, I loked, and be∣holde a doore was open in heauē: and the first voyce which I heard, was as it were of a trumpet talking with me, which saide: Come vp hyther, and I wyll shewethee thynges which must be fulfylled hereafter.
2 And immediatly I was in the spirite, and behold, a throne was set in heauen, and one sate on the throne.
[unspec B] 3 And he that sate, was to loke vppon like vnto a Iasper stone and a Sardine stone: and there was a raynebowe a∣bout the throne, in sight like to an Eme∣ralde.
4 And about ye throne were .xxiiij. seates, and vpon the seates .xxiiij. elders sitting, clothed in whyte rayment, and had on their heades crownes of golde.
5 And out of the throne proceaded light∣nynges, and thundrynges, and voyces, and there were seuē lampes of fire bur∣nyng before the throne, whiche are the [unspec C] seuen spirites of God.
6 And before the throne there was a sea of glasse, lyke vnto cristall, and in the myddest of the throne, & rounde about the throne, were foure beastes, full of eyes before and behynde.
7 And the first beast was lyke a Lion, and the seconde beast lyke a Calfe, & the thirde beast had a face as a Man, and the fourth beast was like a fleyng Egle.
8 And the foure beastes had eche one of them sixe wynges about hym, and they were full of eyes within: and they had no rest day neither night, saying: * 1.1Holy, holy, holy Lorde God almightie, which was, and is, and is to come.
9 And when those beastes gaue glorie, [unspec D] and honour, and thankes to hym that sate on the throne, which lyueth for euer and euer:
10 The xxiiij. elders fell downe before him that sate on the throne, and worshipped hym that lyueth for euer, and cast their crownes before the throne, saying:
11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receaue glorie, and honour, and power: for thou hast created all thynges, and for thy pleasures sake they are & were created.