Preached to the Earl of Exeter, and his company, in his Chappell at Saint Johns; 13. Jun. 1624

              preached to the earl of ofexeter exeter and his ccompany in his che cha cae chappell apell ppell at saint10 johns ans hns i3juni624 1 run tun 1624 apoc aboc 7.9 79 79 AFTER THIS I1 BEHELDAND BEHELD AND LOE A GREAT GREA grehTMULTITUDE WHICH NO MAN COULD NUMBER NUMBERI OF OFALL ALL NATIONS AND KINDREDS AND PEOPLEAND PEOPLE AND TONGUES STOOD BEFORE THE THRONE AND BEFORE THE LAMBE CLOTHED WITH WHITE ROBESAND ROBES AND PALMES IN THEIR HANDS E SHALL have occasion by and by to say something of the W danger of curiosity and something of the danger of the broad way in which too many walk we will not there- fore fall into either of these faults at first we will not be over curious nor we will not stray nor cast our selves into that broad and bound lesse way by entring entering into those various and manifold senses which expositors expository Exposi tors have multiplyed multiply multiplied ed in the handling of this place and this part of this book but we take the plainest way and that in which the best meet and concur that these words are spoken of the loyes loyds and glory reserved for them who overcome the fraud and the fury the allurements allurements and the violences violences of antichrist in whom in that name and person of antichrist we consider all supplanters sup planters and all seducers all opposers of the kingdome kingcome kingdome of christ in us for as every man hath spontaneum da damones dcsmonem damonem monem as S chrysostomo chrysostome Chrysostome speakes a devill of his own making which is some customary and habitually habituall sin in him so every man hath spontaneum antichristum Antichristum an anti- christ of his own making some objections in the weakness of his I1