¶ And I turned backe to se the voyce that spake to me. And whan I was turned, I sawe seuen golden candelstyckes, and in the myddes of the candelstyckes, one lyke vnto y• sonne of man, clothed with a lynnen garment downe to the fere, and gyrde aboute the pappes with a golden gyrdle. His heade and his heares were white, as whyte woll, & as snowe: and his eyes were as a flame of fyre: and his fere lyke vnto brasse, as thoughe they brent in a forna••••, and his voyce as the sounde of many warers. And he had in his ryght hande scuēst••rres. And out of his mouthe went a sharpe two edged swearde. And his face shone euen as the sunne in his strength.
What is sygnifyed by the seuen golden candelstyckes, and by the vii. starres, that shall Christ himselfe hereafter declare: whiche beyng very god, yet he was in euery condicion (synne excepte) lyke vnto vs all, after his mans nature: And with his spirite, ayde, and gouernynge he is present in all churches, and shall so remayne vntyll the worldes end. He is clothed with innocencye & holynes, by reason wherof he made oblacion, not for his owne but for our synnes. He is also gyrded with heauenly myght and power, alwayes redy and glad to helpe the faithfull. He is the heade, full of godly and heauenly wysedome, whiche kno∣weth all thinges from euerlastynge. He loketh with a fearfull face, and with a terryble and grim countenaunce, against al vnfaythfull, but a pleasant and lo∣uyng countenaunce she with he towarde the electe and faythfull beleuers. He is ready with his hote flamynge and burnyng fete to stampe in peces and to de∣stroye the wycked and vngodly. His voyce is the holy gospell, whiche neyther all the gates of hell, all the power vpon earth & in hell, nor all his enemyes can ouercome, all thoughe Paule at the begynnyng beyng blynde and ignorante, thought & hoped ye cōtrary: The wicked Emperoure Nero lykewyse, & dyuerse other. But they all withall suche lyke, were alwayes stryken and ouercomme with the sworde of the almyghtye worde of god. And vnto the godly and fayth∣full, the ioyfull and comfortable syght of him is more pleasant and delectable than the bryghtnesse or clearnes of the sonne can be vnto any earthly creature.