THE APOCALYPSE OF IOHN THE APOSTLE — CHAPTER VIII
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Chap. VIII.
1 The ſeuenth ſeale being opened, there appeare Angels vvith trompets : 5 and vvhen an other Angel povvred out fire taken from the altar, vpon the earth, there folovv diuers tempeſtes. 7 In like maner, vvhiles foure Angels of the ſeuen ſound their trompets, there fall ſundrie plagues.
The 4 vision.
1. And vvhen he had opened the ſeuenth ſeale, there vvas made ſilence in heauen, as it vvere halfe an houre. † 2. And I ſavv ſeuen Angels ſtanding in the ſight of God : and there vvere giuen to them ſeuen trompets. † 3. And an other Angel came, and ſtoode ⸬ before the altar, hauing a golden cenſar : and there vvere giuen to him many incenſes, that he ſhould giue of the praiers of al ſainctes vpon the altar of gold, vvhich is before the throne of God. ⸬ The Prieſt ſtanding at the altar praying & offering for the people in the time of the high myſteries, Chriſt him ſelf alſo being preſent vpon the altar, is a figure of this thing, & therevnto he alludeth. † 4. And the ſmoke of the incẽſes c of the praiers of the ſainctes aſcended from the hand of the Angel before God. c If this be S. Michael or any Angel, and not Chriſt him ſelf, as ſome take it, Angels offer vp the praiers of the faithful, as the 24 Elders did chap. 5. for this vvord, Saincts, is taken here for the holy perſons on earth, as often in the Scriptures: though it be not againſt the Scriptures, that the inferior Sainct or Angel in heauẽ ſhould offer their praiers to God by their ſuperiors there. But hereby vve cõclude againſt the Proteſtants, that it derogateth not from Chriſt, that Angels or Saincts offer our praiers to God. as alſo it is plaine of Raphael Tob. 12,12. † 5. And the Angel tooke the cenſar, and filled it of the fire of the altar, and caſt it on the earth, and there vvere made thunders & voices and lightenings, and a great earthquake. † 6. And the ſeuẽ Angels vvhich had the ſeuen trompets, prepared them ſelues to ſound vvith the trompet.
† 7. And the firſt Angel ſounded vvith the trompet, and there vvas made haile and fire, mingled in bloud, and it vvas caſt on the earth, & the third part of the earth was burnt, & the third part of trees vvas burnt, and al greene graſſe vvas burnt.
† 8. And the ſecond Angel ſounded with the trompet : and as it vvere, a great mountaine burning vvith fire, vvas caſt into the ſea, and the third part of the sea vvas made bloud: † 9. and the third part of thoſe creatures died, vvhich had liues in the ſea, and the third part of the ſhippes periſhed.
† 10. And the third Angel ſounded vvith the trompet, and a great ſtarre fel from heauen, burning as it vvere a torche, and it fel on the third part of the ſloudes, and on the fountaines of vvaters: † 11. and the name of the ſtarre is called vvormevvod. and the third part of the vvaters was made into Worme Wod: and many men died of the vvaters, becauſe they vvere made bitter.
† 12. And the fourth Angel ſounded vvith the trompet, and the third part of the ſunne vvas ſmitten, and the third part of the moone, and the third part of the ſtarres, ſo that the third part of them vvas darkened, and of the day there ſhined not the third part, and of the night in like maner. † 13. And I looked, and heard the voice of one egle flying through the middes of heauen, ſaying vvith a loud voice, Vvo, vvo, vvo to the inhabiters on the earth : becauſe of the reſt of the voices of the three Angels vvhich vvere to ſound vvith the trompet.