The key of the Revelation, searched and demonstrated out of the naturall and proper charecters of the visions.: With a coment thereupon, according to the rule of the same key, / published in Latine by the profoundly learned Master Joseph Mede B.D. late fellow of Christs College in Cambridge, for their use to whom God hath given a love and desire of knowing and searching into that admirable prophecie. Translated into English by Richard More of Linley in the Countie of Salop. Esquire, one of the Bargesses in this present convention of Parliament. With a præface written by Dr Twisse now prolocutor in the present Assembly of Divines.

The Synchronisme of the Beast and the woman. * 1.1

The times of the Beast and of the woman dwelling in the wil∣dernesse begin at the very same instant of time, to wit, the con∣quest of the red Dragon, and the thrusting him downe into the earth: therefore, since the said times are of aequall continuance, it must of necessity follow that they did concurre in the whole in termediate space of time, and likewise at length end their course together.

That the times of either of them do commence from the same beginning or terme, is manifest out of the 12. chap. for when as the dragon is cast downe by Michael, then the woman escapeth from his presence into the wildernes [ver. 6 and 14.] The Dra∣gon being angry, that hee had in vaine attempted to destroy her now entring thither [in the 15, 16, and 17. ver.] he went to make war with the rest of her seed (to wit, those which she should bring forth in the wildernesse, vers. 17. * 1.2 And standing upon the sea sand, [vers. 18.] To the ten horned Beast thence ascending [chap. 13.1. he gave his power, and his throne, and great autho∣ritie; there verse 2.

Notes

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  For without doubt it is to bee read with all the latine translati∣ons, the greeks of Aldus an. 1518. and the Syriaque Interpreter (who out of the greeke turneth it) et ste••¦tit, and he stood, not as at this day the greek copies have it, et ste••i, and I stood.