THE APOCALYPSE OF IOHN THE APOSTLE — CHAPTER X
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Chap. X.
An other ſtrong Angel crying out, 3 ſeuen thunders do ſpeake. 6 The Angel ſweareth that there ſhal be time no more, but at the voice of the ſeuenth Angel the myſterie ſhal be fully accompliſhed. 9 He giueth Iohn a booke to deuoure.
1. And I ſavv an other Angel, ſtrong, deſcending from heauen, clothed vvith a cloude, and a raine-bovv on his head, and his face vvas as the ſunne, and his feete as `a piller’ `pillers of fire. christ the valiant Angel is here deſcribed. † 2. and he had in his hand a litle booke opened: and he put his right foote vpon the ſea, and his left foote vpon the land. † 3. and he cried vvith a loude voice, as vvhen a lion roareth. And vvhen he had cried, the ſeuen thunders ſpake their voices. † 4. And vvhen the ſeuen thunders had ſpoken their voices, I vvas about to vvrite : and I heard a voice from heauen ſaying to me:Signe the things vvhich the ſeuen thunders haue ſpoken : and ⸬ vvrite them not. ⸬ Many great myſteries and truthes are to be preſerued in the Church, vvhich for cauſes knovven to Gods prouidence are not to be vvritten in the booke of holy Scripture.
† 5. And * the Angel vvhich I ſavv ſtanding vpon the ſea and vpon the land, c lifted vp his hand to heauen, † 6. and he ſvvare by him that liueth for euer and euer Dan. 12,7. c This vvas the maner of taking an othe by the true God. as Deut. 32., that created heauen and thoſe things vvhich are in it : and the earth, and thoſe things vvhich are in it : and the ſea, and thoſe things vvhich are in it : That there ſhal be time no more: † 7. but in the daies of the voice of the ſeuenth Angel, vvhen the trompet ſhal beginne to ſound, the myſterie of God ſhal be conſummate, as he hath euangelized by his ſeruantes the Prophetes.
† 8. And I heard a voice from heauen againe ſpeaking with me, and ſaying:Goe, and take the booke that is opened, of the hand of the Angel ſtanding vpon the ſea and vpon the land. † 9. And I vvent to the Angel, ſaying vnto him, that he ſhould giue me the booke. And he ſaid to me, * Take the booke, and c deuoure it Ezec. 3,1 c By earneſt ſtudie and meditation. : and it ſhal make thy belly to be bitter, but in thy mouth it ſhal be ⸬ ſvveete as it vvere honie. ⸬ Svveete in the reading, but in fulfilling, ſomevvhat bitter, becauſe it cõmaũdeth workes of penance and ſuffering of tribulatiõs. † 10. And I tooke the booke of the hand of the Angel, and deuoured it: & it vvas in my mouth as it vvere honie, ſvveete, and vvhen I had deuoured it, my bellie vvas made bitter, † 11. and he ſaid to me, Thou muſt againe prophecie to Nations, and peoples, and tonges, and many kinges.