The mystery of the two witnesses unvailed: Wherein wee have a description of their persons time acts death and office. manner of prophecie. sufferings. resurrection. With the consequences that follow. Together with the seaventh trumpet, and the kingdome of Christ explained. by John Robotham, preacher of the Gospel in Dover.

VERS. 17.—We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty: which art, and wast, and art to come, because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.

HEre likewise three things are con∣siderable.

First, The praises of the Saints: we give thee thankes, &c. They sing the song of deliverance and joy; of triumph and victory, saying, we thanke thee O Lord: not to us, not to man, not to creature be the praise, but to thee O Lord, thou onely deservest all praise, O Lord, God, Almightie, & therefore we will praise thee onely. The Saints exalted into the liberty and glory of Christs king∣dome, they sing the song of Moses, and of the Lamb, Revel. 15. 2. They give thankes for deliverance and salvation-Their hearts, and their mouths are full of divine praises, they sound forth Ha∣lelujahs, and sing aloud the glory of the Lord.

Secondly, They praise him, who is the everlasting and eternall being: which

art, and wast, and art to come. Here we have the very circle of eternitie, that is most comprehensive, and doth compre∣hend, both the beginning and end of all things. The Lord was before all creatures, and shall abide alwayes, though all creatures should perish: from him all creatures had their be∣ing, and to him they are referred, as their utmost end. Therefore the Lord is worthy of all praise, being before all things: by whom all things are, and to whom all things tend; the Lord is the beginning, being, and end of all things, meeting and concentering to∣gether.

Thirdly, The ground of their praise, Because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned. As if they had sayd; Lord thou hast given thy power to others, thou hast let Satan, Anti∣christ, and wicked men reigne on the earth: but now thou hast taken thy power to thy selfe again, and hast wre∣sted it out of the hands of earthly men, that have abused it, and thou wilt use it thy selfe. The men of the earth have reigned by wisdome, policy, by plots, carrying on their own designes: but

the Lord will reigne in truth and righ∣teousnesse. It must needs be matter of great joy unto the earth, that the Lord will reigne: for while man reigned, there was nothing but oppression on the earth, but the Lord rules & reignes with deliverance and salvation. It fol∣loweth.