The Newe Testament dylygently corrected and compared with the Greke by Willyam Tindale, and fynesshed in the yere of our Lorde God A.M.D. & xxxiiij. in the moneth of Nouember.

¶ The .vii. Chapter.

[illustration]

The .vi. figure.

ANd after that I sawe .iiii. angels stonde [ A] * 1.1 on the iiii. corners of y^• erth / holdynge y^e iiii. wyndes of the erth / that y^e wyndes shulde not blowe on the erthe / nether on the see / nether on eny tree. ✚ And I sawe another angell ascende from the rysynge of the sunne: which had the seale of the lyvynge god / and he cryed with a loude voyce to the iiii angelle (to whom power was geven to hurt the erth

and the see) saying: Hurt not the erth nether the see / nether the trees / tyll we have sealed y^• servauntes of oure god in their forheddes.

And I herde the nombre of them which we¦re sealed / & there were sealed an C. and xliiii. [ B] M. of all the trybes of the chyldren of Isra∣hell. Of the trybe of Iuda were sealed xii. M Of the trybe of Ruben were sealed xii. M. of the trybe of Gad were sealed xii. M. Of the trybe of Asser were sealed xii. M. Of the try∣be of Neptalym were sealed xii. M. Of the trybe of Manasses were sealed xii. M. Of y^e trybe of Symed̄ were sealed xii. M. Of y^• tribe of Leuy were sealed xii. M. Of y^• trybe of Isa¦car were sealed xii. M. Of the trybe of zabu∣lon weee sealed xii. M. Of the tribe of Ioseph were sealed xii. M. Of the trybe of Beniamin were sealed xii. thowsande.

After this I behelde / and lo a gret multitu¦de [ C] (which nomā coulde nombre) of all naciōs and people / and tonges / stode before the seate / and before the lambe / clothed with longe why¦te garmentes / and palmes in there hondes / & cryed with alowde voyce / sayinge: salvacion be asscribed to him that syttith apon the seate of oure god / and vnto the lambe. And all the angelles stode in the compase of the seate / & of the elders and of the iiii. bestes / and fel be∣fore the seat on their faces / and worshipped god / sayinge / amen: Blessynge and glory / wis∣dome and thankes / and honour / & power and myght / be vnto oure god for evermore Amen.

And one of the elders answered / sayinge

vnto me: what are these which are arayed in longe whyte garmentes / & whence cam they? And I sayde vnto him: lorde thou wottest. And he sayde vnto me: these are they which cam oute of gret tribulacion & made their gar¦mētes [ D] large & made them whyte in the bloud of the lam be: therfore are they in the presence of the seate of God & serve him daye & nyght in hys temple / and he that sytteth in the seate wyll dwell amonge them. They shall honger no more nether thyrst / nether shall the sunne lyght on them / nether eny heate: For the lam∣be which ys in the myddes of the seate shall fede them / and shall ledde them vnto fountay¦nes of lyuynge water / and god shall wype a∣waye all teares from their eyes.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Angell is a greke worde & signifieth a messen∣ger. And all the an¦gelles are called mes¦sengers / because they are sent so of te from god to mā on messa∣ge: euen so prophet∣es / prea∣chers and the prela∣tes of the churche e∣re called angelles: that is to saye mes∣sengers / because th¦eir offyce is to brin¦ge the mes¦sage of god vnto the people The good angelles here in th¦is booke are the tr¦ue byssho¦pes and p∣reachers / and the e∣uell angel¦les are th¦e here tyc∣kes and false prea¦chers wh¦ich euer falsi•• ye gods wor¦de / with which the churche of Christ shalbe th¦us misera¦blye pla∣ged vnto the ende of the wo¦rlde / as is paynted in these sy¦gures.