THE APOCALYPSE OF IOHN THE APOSTLE — CHAPTER XV
Nota Bene: Before proceeding, the reader is advised to review our post titled, PREFATORY TO THE TRANSCRIPTION OF THE APOCALYPSE OF JOHN THE APOSTLE as well as our post titled, THE ARGVMENT OF THE APOCALYPSE OF S. IOHN. The reader is also advised that the source text of THE APOCALYPSE OF IOHN THE APOSTLE — CHAPTER XV transcribed herewith can be accessed online by referring to pp. 726–727 of the original Rheims New Testament through the following link: THE NEVV TESTAMENT OF IESVS CHRIST, TRANSLATED FAITHFVLLY INTO ENGLISH, out of the authentical Latin, according to the beſt corrected copies of the ſame, diligently conferred vvith the Greeke and other editions in diuers languages: Vvith Argvments of bookes and chapters, Annotations, and other neceſſarie helpes, for the better vnderſtanding of the text, and ſpecially for the diſcouerie of the Corrvptions of diuers late tranſlations, and for cleering the Controversies in religion, of theſe daies: In the English College of Rhemes. PRINTED AT RHEMES, by Iohn Fogny. 1582.
Chap. XV.
The 4 part
Of the 7 laſt plagues & final damnatiõ of the vvicked.
2 They that had novv ouercome the beaſt and his image and the number of his name, do glorifie God. 6 To ſeuen Angels hauing the ſeuen laſt plagues, are giuen ſeuen cuppes full of the vvrath of God.
The tribulations about the day of iudgement.
1. And I ſavv an other ſigne in heauen great and maruelous : ſeuen Angels hauing the ſeuen laſt plagues. Becauſe in them the wrath of God is conſummate. † 2. And I ſavv as it vvere c a ſea of glaſſe mingled vvith fire, and them that ouercame the beaſt and his image and the number of his name, ſtanding vpon the ſea of glaſſe, hauing the harpes of God: c Baptiſme. † 3. and ſinging ⸬ the ſong of Moyſes the ſeruant of God, and the ſong of the Lambe, ſaying, Great and maruelous are thy vvorkes Lord God omnipotent : iust and true are thy vvaies King of the `vvorldes’. `Saincts ⸬ The ſong of Moyſes and Chriſt, is the new Testamẽt and the old. † 4. Vvho ſhal not feare thee o Lord, and magnifie thy name? becauſe thou only art holy, becauſe al nations ſhal come, & adore in thy fight, becauſe thy iudgements be manifest.
The fifth vision
† 5. And after theſe things I looked, and behold the temple of the tabernacle of teſtimonie was opened in heauen: † 6. and there iſſued forth the ſeuen Angels, hauing the ſeuen plagues, from the temple : reueſted vvith cleane and vvhite `ſtone’, & girded about the breaſtes vvith girdles of gold. `linen λίνον λίθον. † 7. And one of the foure beaſtes, gaue to the ſeuen Angels ſeuen vials of gold ful of the vvrath of the God that liueth for euer and euer. † 8. And the temple vvas filled vvith ſmoke at the maieſtie of God, and at his povver : and no man could enter into the temple, til the seuen plagues of the ſeuen Angels vvere conſummate.