Christs victorie over the Dragon: or Satans downfall shewing the glorious conquests of our Saviour for his poore Church, against the greatest persecutors. In a plaine and pithy exposition of the twelfth chapter of S. Iohns Revelation. Delivered in sundry lectures by that late faithfull servant of God, Thomas Taylor Doctor in Divinitie, and pastor of Aldermanbury London. Perfected and finished a little before his death.

THE ANALYTICALL TABLE OF THE WHOLE CHAPTER: With the severall Verses and Arguments.

The Chapter hath six principall Parts:

• ...I. A Description of the true Church, v. 1. 2. Where
  • 1 The Preface:
  • ...In which
    • 1 What is the Wonder,
    • 2 The Greatnes of it.
    • 3 The manner of appearing.
    • 4 The place whence, Heaven.
  • 2 The Vision, of one of the Combatants:
    • Described 1 By her person, A woman.
    • Described 2 By her pro∣perties, foure
      • 1 Her Apparell: Where
        • 1 The Garment, The Sunne.
        • 2 The Application, Clothed.
      • 2 Her Place: The Moone under her feet.
      • 3 Her Ornament: The Crowne of twelve stars on her head.
        • 1 Why Crowned.
        • 2 What the 12. stars.
        • 3 Why on her head.
      • 4 Her fruitfulnes: being with childe, &c.
        • 1 Her Conception.
        • 2 Her painful travel.
• ...

• II. A Description of the Devill, another of the Com∣batants, v. 3, 4, 5, 6. Two wayes.
  • 1 By his Adjuncts, five,
    • 1 Magnitude. Vers. 3.
    • 2 Cruelty. Vers. 3.
    • 3 Subtiltie. Vers. 3.
    • 4 Power. Vers. 3.
    • 5 Victory. Vers. 3.
  • 2 By his Effests,
    • 1 Against the Stars: He threw downe a third part with his tayle.
    • 2 Against the Woman:
      • 1 Assailing, ver. 4. Where
        • 1 His Action, He stood before the Woman.
        • 2 His Intention: to devour the childe, &c.
      • 2 Disappointed, in respect of
        • 1 The woman: described
          • 1 By her childbearing, v. 5. she brought forth a manchilde.
          • 2 By her flight, v: 6. where,
            • 1 The place prepared of God, In the wildernesse.
            • 2 Her sustentation, to feed her there.
            • 3 Her continuance there, 1260. daies
        • 2 Her Issue, whose
          • 1 Sex, Amanchilde.
          • 2 Office, To rule the nations with a rod of Iron.
          • 3 Advancement, taken up to God and his throne.
• ...

• ... III. A fierce Battell betweene those Combatants: vers. 7. Where,
  • 1 The Battell: And there was a Battell.
  • 2 The Armies:
    • 1 The Actors:
      • On one side, Michaell and his Angels.
      • On the other, The Dragon and his angels, In both
        • 1 The Generall of the Field: Michael, or the Dragon.
        • 2 The Band or Army: The Angels of eyther.
      • 2 The Action: They fought.
• IIII. The successe of the Battell, ver. 8. 9. The Dra∣gons overthrow:
  • 1 Expressed,
  • 2 Interpreted:
    • 1 He prevailed not.
    • 2 He was so prevailed against, that he had no more place in heaven.
  • 1 In a description of the party overthrowne:
    • 1 By his names, & titles: foure
    • 2 By his effect, he deceiveth the whole world
  • 1 The great Dragon.
  • 2 That old Serpent.
  • 3 The Devill.
  • 4 Satan.
• 2 For the maner of his overthrow, he was cast out
• 3 The place whither he was cast, the earth.
• 4 His assotiats in the overthrow, his angells with him.
• ...

• V. The Triumph of the godly for this victory, verse 10, 11, 12. Where
  • 1 The Preface: In it,
    • 1 What Voyce this was.
    • 2 Whose.
    • ... Why lowd.
  • 2 The Parts: Two,
  • 1 The Ioy of the Church, Whereof
    • 1 The Acts: It singeth out,
      • 1 The praises of God, the giver of all victory.
      • 2 The praises of Michael the Generall, v. 10.
      • 3 The praises of the Armie, or Angels of Mi∣chael, ver. 11. Where
        • 1 The report of the Victory, But they over∣came him.
        • 2 The Causes of it:
          • 1 Principall and meritorious, The blood of the Lambe.
          • 2 Instrumentall:
            • 1 The word of their testimony.
            • 2 Their constancy in martyrdome, they loved not their lives, &c.
    • 2 The Object: Where
      • 1 The matter; ascribing
        • 1 To God, Salvation, Strength & Kingdome.
        • 2 To Christ, power: 1. Title, Christ: 2. Re∣lation to the Father, his Christ: 3. Attri∣bute, power.
      • 2 The Reason: Where,
        • 1 His Cri∣mination
          • 1 What are these accusations.
          • 2 Who are accused, Brethren:
          • 3 Where, before God,
          • 4 When, day and night.
        • 2 His Dejection, at the tribunall
          • 1 Of God.
          • 2 Of men.
• ...

• 2 The wofull estate of the enemies, v. 12.
  • 1 The woe denounced.
  • 2 The Persons on whom, the inhabitants of the earth and sea.
  • 3 The Reason: twofold,
    • 1 The comming downe of the Devill.
    • 2 His wrathfull Disposition, with the cause: Where
      • 1 How his time is said to be short
      • 2 How hee knoweth it is so.
      • 3 What use hee makes of this knowledge.
• VI. The fury of Satan, renewing the assault, v. 13. to the end: where
  • 1 The new Onset: v. 13. In it
    • 1 The person persecuting, the Dragon.
    • 2 The person persecuted, the woman.
    • 3 The time and manner, when she had brought forth the manchilde.
  • 2 The escape of the party assailed, v. 14. Where
    • 1 The Kinde: It was by flight.
    • 2 The Meanes: Here,
      • 1 The meanes themselves: 1 What, Wings: 2 Number, two: 3 Whence, given her: 4 Similitude, Eagles.
      • 2 Whence she did fly with them: from the face of the Serpent.
      • 3 Whither: into the wildernesse, called her place:
      • 4 To what end. to be nourished and preser∣ved there.
      • 5 How long: for a time, times, and halfe a time.
  • ...

• ...
  • 3. Another Device of the Dragon against the Wo∣mans good-name, v. 15. Where
    • 1 The Mischiefe intended: In it,
      • 1 What the floods of water are.
      • 2 What the spring of thē: the dragons mouth.
      • 3 What the end: to carry the woman away.
    • 2 The Remedy against it, v. 16.
  • 4 Enmitie against her Issue: v. 17 Where,
    • 1 The Dragons wrath and warre, appearing by
    • ...the
      • 1 Captaine.
      • 2 Weapons.
    • 2 The persons with whom: Described
      • 1 By their paucity: the remnant of her seed.
      • 2 By their property: twofold,
        • 1 They keep the Commandements of God.
        • 2 They have the Testimonie of Iesus Christ.