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+*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 8373 ***
+
+
+
+
+THE HOLY BIBLE
+
+
+
+
+Translated from the Latin Vulgate
+
+
+Diligently Compared with the Hebrew, Greek,
+and Other Editions in Divers Languages
+
+
+THE OLD TESTAMENT
+First Published by the English College at Douay
+A.D. 1609 & 1610
+
+and
+
+THE NEW TESTAMENT
+First Published by the English College at Rheims
+A.D. 1582
+
+
+With Annotations
+
+
+The Whole Revised and Diligently Compared with
+the Latin Vulgate by Bishop Richard Challoner
+A.D. 1749-1752
+
+
+
+
+
+THE APOCALYPSE OF ST. JOHN THE APOSTLE
+
+In the first, second, and third chapters of this Book are contained
+instructions and admonitions which St. John was commanded to write to
+the seven bishops of the churches in Asia. And in the following
+chapters, to the end, are contained prophecies of things that are to
+come to pass in the Church of Christ, particularly towards the end of
+the world, in the time of Antichrist. It was written in Greek, in the
+island of Patmos, where St. John was in banishment by order of the cruel
+emperor Domitian, about sixty-four years after our Lord's Ascension.
+
+
+Apocalypse Chapter 1
+
+St. John is ordered to write to the seven churches in Asia. The manner
+of Christ's appearing to him.
+
+1:1. The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to make
+known to his servants the things which must shortly come to pass: and
+signified, sending by his angel to his servant John,
+
+The things which must shortly come... and again it is said, ver. 3, The
+time is at hand... This can not be meant of all the things prophesied in
+the Apocalypse, where mention is made also of the day of judgment, and
+of the glory of heaven at the end of the world. That some things were to
+come to pass shortly, is evident, by what is said to the Seven Churches,
+chap. 2 and 3, Or that the persecutions foretold should begin shortly.
+Or that these words signified, that all time is short, and that from the
+coming of Christ, we are now in the last age or last hour. See 1 John
+2.18.
+
+1:2. Who hath given testimony to the word of God and the testimony of
+Jesus Christ, what things soever he hath seen.
+
+1:3. Blessed is he that readeth and heareth the words of this prophecy:
+and keepeth those things which are written in it. For the time is at
+hand.
+
+1:4. John to the seven churches which are in Asia. Grace be unto you and
+peace, from him that is and that was and that is to come: and from the
+seven spirits which are before his throne:
+
+1:5. And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the first
+begotten of the dead and the prince of the kings of the earth, who hath
+loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
+
+1:6. And hath made us a kingdom, and priests to God and his Father.  To
+him be glory and empire for ever and ever. Amen.
+
+1:7. Behold, he cometh with the clouds, and every eye shall see him: and
+they also that pierced him. And all the tribes of the earth shall bewail
+themselves because of him. Even so. Amen.
+
+1:8. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, saith the Lord
+God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.
+
+I am Alpha and Omega... These are the names of the first and last
+letters of the Greek alphabet, and signify the same as what follows: The
+beginning and the end: the first cause and last end of all beings: who
+is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty... These words signify
+the true God only, and are here applied to our Lord and Saviour Jesus
+Christ, who is to come again to judge the living and the dead.
+
+1:9. I, John, your brother and your partner in tribulation and in the
+kingdom and patience in Christ Jesus, was in the island which is called
+Patmos, for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus.
+
+1:10. I was in the spirit on the Lord's day and heard behind me a great
+voice, as of a trumpet,
+
+1:11. Saying: What thou seest, write in a book and send to the seven
+churches which are in Asia: to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamus and
+to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.
+
+1:12. And I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And being
+turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks:
+
+1:13. And in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks, one like to the
+Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the feet, and girt about the
+paps with a golden girdle.
+
+1:14. And his head and his hairs were white as white wool and as snow.
+And his eyes were as a flame of fire:
+
+1:15. And his feet like unto fine brass, as in a burning furnace.  And
+his voice as the sound of many waters.
+
+1:16. And he had in his right hand seven stars. And from his mouth came
+out a sharp two-edged sword. And his face was as the sun shineth in his
+power.
+
+1:17. And when I had seen him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid
+his right hand upon me, saying: Fear not. I am the First and the Last,
+
+1:18. And alive, and was dead. And behold I am living for ever and ever
+and have the keys of death and of hell.
+
+1:19. Write therefore the things which thou hast seen: and which are:
+and which must be done hereafter.
+
+1:20. The mystery of the seven stars, which thou sawest in my right hand
+and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the
+seven churches. And the seven candlesticks are the seven churches.
+
+Apocalypse Chapter 2
+
+Directions what to write to the angels or bishops of Ephesus, Smyrna,
+Pergamus and Thyatira.
+
+2:1. Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write: These things saith
+he who holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the
+midst of the seven golden candlesticks:
+
+2:2. I know thy works and thy labour and thy patience and how thou canst
+not bear them that are evil. And thou hast tried them who say they are
+apostles and are not: and hast found them liars:
+
+2:3. And thou hast patience and hast endured for my name and hast not
+fainted.
+
+2:4. But I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first
+charity.
+
+2:5. Be mindful therefore from whence thou art fallen: and do penance
+and do the first works. Or else I come to thee and will move thy
+candlestick out of its place, except thou do penance.
+
+2:6. But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaites,
+which I also hate.
+
+2:7. He that hath an ear let him hear what the Spirit saith to the
+churches: To him that overcometh I will give to eat of the tree of life
+which is in the paradise of my God.
+
+2:8. And to the angel of the church of Smyrna write: These things saith
+the First and the Last, who was dead and is alive:
+
+2:9. I know thy tribulation and thy poverty: but thou art rich.  And
+thou art blasphemed by them that say they are Jews and are not, but are
+the synagogue of Satan.
+
+2:10. Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer. Behold, the
+devil will cast some of you into prison, that you may be tried: and you
+shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death: and I will
+give thee the crown of life.
+
+2:11. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the
+churches: He that shall overcome shall not be hurt by the second death.
+
+2:12. And to the angel of the church of Pergamus write: These things
+saith he that hath the sharp two-edged sword:
+
+2:13. I know where thou dwellest, where the seat of Satan is. And thou
+holdest fast my name and hast not denied my faith. Even in those days
+when Antipas was my faithful witness, who was slain among you, where
+Satan dwelleth.
+
+2:14. But I have against thee a few things: because thou hast there them
+that hold the doctrine of Balaam who taught Balac to cast a
+stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat and to commit
+fornication.
+
+2:15. So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaites.
+
+2:16. In like manner do penance. If not, I will come to thee quickly and
+will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
+
+2:17. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the
+churches: To him that overcometh I will give the hidden manna and will
+give him a white counter: and in the counter, a new name written, which
+no man knoweth but he that receiveth it.
+
+2:18. And to the angel of the church of Thyatira write: These things
+saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like to a flame of fire and his
+feet like to fine brass.
+
+2:19. I know thy works and thy faith and thy charity and thy ministry
+and thy patience and thy last works, which are more than the former.
+
+2:20. But I have against thee a few things: because thou sufferest the
+woman Jezabel, who calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce
+my servants, to commit fornication and to eat of things sacrificed to
+idols.
+
+2:21. And I gave her a time that she might do penance: and she will not
+repent of her fornication.
+
+2:22. Behold, I will cast her into a bed: and they that commit adultery
+with her shall be in very great tribulation, except they do penance from
+their deeds,
+
+2:23. And I will kill her children with death: and all the churches
+shall know that I am he that searcheth the reins and hearts. And I will
+give to every one of you according to your works. But to you I say,
+
+2:24. And to the rest who are at Thyatira: Whosoever have not this
+doctrine and who have not known the depths of Satan, as they say: I will
+not put upon you any other burthen.
+
+2:25. Yet that which you have, hold fast till I come.
+
+2:26. And he that shall overcome and keep my words unto the end, I will
+give him power over the nations.
+
+Power over the nations... This shews, that the saints, who are with
+Christ our Lord in heaven, receive power from him to preside over
+nations and provinces, as patrons; and shall come with him at the end of
+the world to execute his will against those who have not kept his
+commandments.
+
+2:27. And he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and as the vessel of a
+potter they shall be broken:
+
+2:28. As I also have received of my Father. And I will give him the
+morning star.
+
+2:29. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the
+churches.
+
+Apocalypse Chapter 3
+
+Directions what to write to Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea.
+
+3:1. And to the angel of the church of Sardis write: These things saith
+he that hath the seven spirits of God and the seven stars: I know thy
+works, and that thou hast the name of being alive.  And thou art dead.
+
+3:2. Be watchful and strengthen the things that remain, which are ready
+to die. For I find not thy works full before my God.
+
+3:3. Have in mind therefore in what manner thou hast received and heard:
+and observe and do penance: If then thou shalt not watch, I will come to
+thee as a thief: and thou shalt not know at what hour I will come to
+thee.
+
+3:4. But thou hast a few names in Sardis which have not defiled their
+garments: and they shall walk with me in white, because they are worthy.
+
+3:5. He that shall overcome shall thus be clothed in white garments: and
+I will not blot out his name out of the book of life. And I will confess
+his name before my Father and before his angels.
+
+3:6. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the
+churches.
+
+3:7. And to the angel of the church of Philadelphia write: These things
+saith the Holy One and the true one, he that hath the key of David, he
+that openeth and no man shutteth, shutteth and no man openeth:
+
+3:8. I know thy works. Behold, I have given before thee a door opened,
+which no man can shut: because thou hast a little strength and hast kept
+my word and hast not denied my name.
+
+3:9. Behold, I will bring of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are
+Jews and are not, but do lie. Behold, I will make them to come and adore
+before thy feet. And they shall know that I have loved thee.
+
+3:10. Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I will also keep
+thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon the whole world
+to try them that dwell upon the earth.
+
+3:11. Behold, I come quickly: hold fast that which thou hast, that no
+man take thy crown.
+
+3:12. He that shall overcome, I will make him a pillar in the temple of
+my God: and he shall go out no more. And I will write upon him the name
+of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which
+cometh down out of heaven from my God, and my new name.
+
+3:13. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the
+churches.
+
+3:14. And to the angel of the church of Laodicea write: These things
+saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, who is the beginning of
+the creation of God:
+
+The Amen... that is, the true one, the Truth itself; the Word and Son
+of God. The beginning,`ï 'àpxï... that is, the principle, the source,
+and the efficient cause of the whole creation.
+
+3:15. I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot. I would thou
+wert cold or hot.
+
+3:16. But because thou art lukewarm and neither cold nor hot, I will
+begin to vomit thee out of my mouth.
+
+3:17. Because thou sayest: I am rich and made wealthy and have need of
+nothing: and knowest not that thou art wretched and miserable and poor
+and blind and naked.
+
+3:18. I counsel thee to buy of me gold, fire tried, that thou mayest be
+made rich and mayest be clothed in white garments: and that the shame of
+thy nakedness may not appear. And anoint thy eyes with eyesalve, that
+thou mayest see.
+
+3:19. Such as I love, I rebuke and chastise. Be zealous therefore and do
+penance.
+
+3:20. Behold, I stand at the gate and knock. If any man shall hear my
+voice and open to me the door, I will come in to him and will sup with
+him: and he with me.
+
+3:21. To him that shall overcome, I will give to sit with me in my
+throne: as I also have overcome and am set down with my Father in his
+throne.
+
+3:22. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the
+churches.
+
+Apocalypse Chapter 4
+
+The vision of the throne of God, the twenty-four ancients and the four
+living creatures.
+
+4:1. Aftengs which must be done hereafter.
+
+4:2. And immediately I was in the spirit. And behold, there was a throne
+set in heaven, and upon the throne one sitting.
+
+4:3. And he that sat was to the sight like the jasper and the sardine
+stone. And there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like
+unto an emerald.
+
+4:4. And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the
+seats, four and twenty ancients sitting, clothed in white garments. And
+on their heads were crowns of gold.
+
+4:5. And from the throne proceeded lightnings and voices and thunders.
+And there were seven lamps burning before the throne, which are the
+seven Spirits of God.
+
+4:6. And in the sight of the throne was, as it were, a sea of glass like
+to crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne,
+were four living creatures, full of eyes before and behind.
+
+4:7. And the first living creature was like a lion: and the second
+living creature like a calf: and the third living creature, having the
+face, as it were, of a man: and the fourth living creature was like an
+eagle flying.
+
+4:8. And the four living creatures had each of them six wings: and round
+about and within they are full of eyes. And they rested not day and
+night, saying: Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty, who was and who is
+and who is to come.
+
+4:9. And when those living creatures gave glory and honour and
+benediction to him that sitteth on the throne, who liveth for ever and
+ever:
+
+4:10. The four and twenty ancients fell down before him that sitteth on
+the throne and adored him that liveth for ever and ever and cast their
+crowns before the throne, saying:
+
+4:11. Thou art worthy, O Lord our God, to receive glory and honour and
+power. Because thou hast created all things: and for thy will they were
+and have been created.
+
+Apocalypse Chapter 5
+
+The book sealed with seven seals is opened by the Lamb, who thereupon
+receives adoration and praise from all.
+
+5:1. And I saw, in the right hand of him that sat on the throne, a book,
+written within and without, sealed with seven seals.
+
+5:2. And I saw a strong angel, proclaiming with a loud voice: Who is
+worthy to open the book and to loose the seals thereof?
+
+5:3. And no man was able, neither in heaven nor on earth nor under the
+earth, to open the book, nor to look on it.
+
+5:4. And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open the book,
+nor to see it.
+
+5:5. And one of the ancients said to me: Weep not: behold the lion of
+the tribe of Juda, the root of David, hath prevailed to open the book
+and to loose the seven seals thereof.
+
+5:6. And I saw: and behold in the midst of the throne and of the four
+living creatures and in the midst of the ancients, a Lamb standing, as
+it were slain, having seven horns and seven eyes: which are the seven
+Spirits of God, sent forth into all the earth.
+
+5:7. And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat
+on the throne.
+
+5:8. And when he had opened the book, the four living creatures and the
+four and twenty ancients fell down before the Lamb, having every one of
+them harps and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of
+saints.
+
+The prayers of saints... Here we see that the saints in heaven offer up
+to Christ the prayers of the faithful upon earth.
+
+5:9. And they sung a new canticle, saying: Thou art worthy, O Lord, to
+take the book and to open the seals thereof: because thou wast slain and
+hast redeemed us to God, in thy blood, out of every tribe and tongue and
+people and nation:
+
+5:10. And hast made us to our God a kingdom and priests, and we shall
+reign on the earth.
+
+5:11. And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the
+throne and the living creatures and the ancients (and the number of them
+was thousands of thousands),
+
+5:12. Saying with a loud voice: The Lamb that was slain is worthy to
+receive power and divinity and wisdom and strength and honour and glory
+and benediction.
+
+5:13. And every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under
+the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, I heard
+all saying: To him that sitteth on the throne and to the Lamb,
+benediction and honour and glory and power, for ever and ever.
+
+5:14. And the four living creatures said: Amen. And the four and twenty
+ancients fell down on their faces and adored him that liveth for ever
+and ever.
+
+Apocalypse Chapter 6
+
+What followed upon opening six of the seals.
+
+6:1. And I saw that the Lamb had opened one of the seven seals: and I
+heard one of the four living creatures, as it were the voice of thunder,
+saying: Come and see.
+
+6:2. And I saw: and behold a white horse, and he that sat on him had a
+bow, and there was a crown given him, and he went forth conquering that
+he might conquer.
+
+White horse... He that sitteth on the white horse is Christ, going forth
+to subdue the world by his gospel. The other horses that follow
+represent the judgments and punishment that were to fall on the enemies
+of Christ and his church. The red horse signifies war; the black horse,
+famine; and the pale horse (which has Death for its rider), plagues or
+pestilence.
+
+6:3. And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second living
+creature saying: Come and see.
+
+6:4. And there went out another horse that was red. And to him that sat
+thereon, it was given that he should take peace from the earth: and that
+they should kill one another. And a great sword was given to him.
+
+6:5. And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third living
+creature saying: Come and see. And behold a black horse.  And he that
+sat on him had a pair of scales in his hand.
+
+6:6. And I heard, as it were a voice in the midst of the four living
+creatures, saying: Two pounds of wheat for a penny, and thrice two
+pounds of barley for a penny: and see thou hurt not the wine and the
+oil.
+
+6:7. And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the
+fourth living creature saying: Come and see.
+
+6:8. And behold a pale horse: and he that sat upon him, his name was
+Death. And hell followed him. And power was given to him over the four
+parts of the earth, to kill with sword, with famine and with death and
+with the beasts of the earth.
+
+6:9. And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the
+souls of them that were slain for the word of God and for the testimony
+which they held.
+
+Under the altar... Christ, as man, is this altar, under which the souls
+of the martyrs live in heaven, as their bodies are here deposited under
+our altars.
+
+6:10. And they cried with a loud voice, saying: How long, O Lord (Holy
+and True), dost thou not judge and revenge our blood on them that dwell
+on the earth?
+
+Revenge our blood... They ask not this out of hatred to their enemies,
+but out of zeal for the glory of God, and a desire that the Lord would
+accelerate the general judgment, and the complete beatitude of all his
+elect.
+
+6:11. And white robes were given to every one of them one; And it was
+said to them that they should rest for a little time till their fellow
+servants and their brethren, who are to be slain even as they, should be
+filled up.
+
+6:12. And I saw, when he had opened the sixth seal: and behold there was
+a great earthquake. And the sun became black as sackcloth of hair: and
+the whole moon became as blood.
+
+6:13. And the stars from heaven fell upon the earth, as the fig tree
+casteth its green figs when it is shaken by a great wind.
+
+6:14. And the heaven departed as a book folded up. And every mountain,
+and the islands, were moved out of their places.
+
+6:15. And the kings of the earth and the princes and tribunes and the
+rich and the strong and every bondman and every freeman hid themselves
+in the dens and in the rocks of mountains:
+
+6:16. And they say to the mountains and the rocks: Fall upon us and hide
+us from the face of him that sitteth upon the throne and from the wrath
+of the Lamb.
+
+6:17. For the great day of their wrath is come. And who shall be able to
+stand?
+
+Apocalypse Chapter 7
+
+The number of them that were marked with the seal of the living God and
+clothed in white robes.
+
+7:1. After these things, I saw four angels standing on the four corners
+of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that they should not
+blow upon the earth nor upon the sea nor on any tree.
+
+7:2. And I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun,
+having the sign of the living God. And he cried with a loud voice to the
+four angels to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
+
+7:3. Saying: Hurt not the earth nor the sea nor the trees, till we sign
+the servants of our God in their foreheads.
+
+7:4. And I heard the number of them that were signed. An hundred forty-
+four thousand were signed, of every tribe of the children of Israel.
+
+7:5. Of the tribe of Juda, twelve thousand signed: Of the tribe of
+Ruben, twelve thousand signed: Of the tribe of Gad, twelve thousand
+signed:
+
+7:6. Of the tribe of Aser, twelve thousand signed: Of the tribe of
+Nephthali, twelve thousand signed: Of the tribe of Manasses, twelve
+thousand signed:
+
+7:7. Of the tribe of Simeon, twelve thousand signed: Of the tribe of
+Levi, twelve thousand signed: Of the tribe of Issachar, twelve thousand
+signed:
+
+7:8. Of the tribe of Zabulon, twelve thousand signed: Of the tribe of
+Joseph, twelve thousand signed: Of the tribe of Benjamin, twelve
+thousand signed.
+
+7:9. After this, I saw a great multitude, which no man could number, of
+all nations and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the
+throne and in sight of the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in
+their hands.
+
+7:10. And they cried with a loud voice, saying: Salvation to our God,
+who sitteth upon the throne and to the Lamb.
+
+7:11. And all the angels stood round about the throne and the ancients
+and the four living creatures. And they fell down before the throne upon
+their faces and adored God,
+
+7:12. Saying: Amen. Benediction and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving,
+honour and power and strength, to our God, for ever and ever. Amen.
+
+7:13. And one of the ancients answered and said to me: These that are
+clothed in white robes, who are they? And whence came they?
+
+7:14. And I said to him: My Lord, thou knowest. And he said to me: These
+are they who are come out of great tribulation and have washed their
+robes and have made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
+
+7:15. Therefore, they are before the throne of God: and they serve him
+day and night in his temple. And he that sitteth on the throne shall
+dwell over them.
+
+7:16. They shall no more hunger nor thirst: neither shall the sun fall
+on them, nor any heat.
+
+7:17. For the Lamb, which is in the midst of the throne, shall rule them
+and shall lead them to the fountains of the waters of life: and God
+shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
+
+Apocalypse Chapter 8
+
+The seventh seal is opened. The angels with the seven trumpets.
+
+8:1. And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in
+heaven, as it were for half an hour.
+
+8:2. And I saw seven angels standing in the presence of God: and there
+were given to them seven trumpets.
+
+8:3. And another angel came and stood before the altar, having a golden
+censer: and there was given to him much incense, that he should offer of
+the prayers of all saints, upon the golden altar which is before the
+throne of God.
+
+8:4. And the smoke of the incense of the prayers of the saints ascended
+up before God from the hand of the angel.
+
+8:5. And the angel took the censer and filled it with the fire of the
+altar and cast it on the earth: and there were thunders and voices and
+lightnings and a great earthquake.
+
+8:6. And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves
+to sound the trumpet.
+
+8:7. And the first angel sounded the trumpet: and there followed hail
+and fire, mingled with blood: and it was cast on the earth.  And the
+third part of the earth was burnt up: and the third part of the trees
+was burnt up: and all green grass was burnt up.
+
+8:8. And the second angel sounded the trumpet: and, as it were, a great
+mountain, burning with fire, was cast into the sea. And the third part
+of the sea became blood.
+
+8:9. And the third part of those creatures died which had life in the
+sea: and the third part of the ships was destroyed.
+
+8:10. And the third angel sounded the trumpet: and a great star fell
+from heaven, burning as it were a torch. And it fell on the third part
+of the rivers and upon the fountains of waters:
+
+8:11. And the name of the star is called Wormwood. And the third part of
+the waters became wormwood. And many men died of the waters, because
+they were made bitter.
+
+8:12. And the fourth angel sounded the trumpet: and the third part of
+the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part
+of the stars, so that the third part of them was darkened. And the day
+did not shine for a third part of it: and the night in like manner.
+
+8:13. And I beheld: and heard the voice of one eagle flying through the
+midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice: Woe, Woe, Woe to the
+inhabitants of the earth, by reason of the rest of the voices of the
+three angels, who are yet to sound the trumpet!
+
+Apocalypse Chapter 9
+
+Locusts come forth from the bottomless pit. The vision of the army of
+horsemen.
+
+9:1. And the fifth angel sounded the trumpet: and I saw a star fall from
+heaven upon the earth. And there was given to him the key of the
+bottomless pit.
+
+A star full... This may mean the fall and apostasy of great and learned
+men from the true faith. Or a whole nation falling into error and
+separating from the church, not having the sign of God in their
+foreheads. And there was given to him the key of the bottomless pit...
+That is, to the angel, not to the fallen star.  To this angel was given
+the power, which is here signified by a key, of opening hell.
+
+9:2. And he opened the bottomless pit: and the smoke of the pit arose,
+as the smoke of a great furnace. And the sun and the air were darkened
+with the smoke of the pit.
+
+9:3. And from the smoke of the pit there came out locusts upon the
+earth. And power was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have
+power.
+
+There came out locusts... These may be devils in Antichrist's time,
+having the appearance of locusts, but large and monstrous, as here
+described. Or they may be real locusts, but of an extraordinary size and
+monstrous shape, such as were never before seen on earth, sent to
+torment those who have not the sign (or seal) of God on their foreheads.
+Some commentators by these locusts understand heretics, and especially
+those heretics, that sprung from Jews, and with them denied the divinity
+of Jesus Christ; as Theodotus, Praxeas, Noetus, Paul of Samosata,
+Sabellius, Arius, etc. These were great enemies of the Christian
+religion; they tormented and infected the souls of men, stinging them
+like scorpions, with the poison of their heresies. Others have explained
+these locusts, and other animals, mentioned in different places
+throughout this sacred and mystical book, in a most absurd, fanciful,
+and ridiculous manner; they make Abaddon the Pope, and the locusts to be
+friars mendicant, etc. Here it is thought proper, not to enter into any
+controversy upon that subject, as the inventors of these fancies have
+been already answered, and fully refuted by many controvertists:
+besides, those who might be inposed on by such chimerical writers, are
+in these days much better informed.
+
+9:4. And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of
+the earth nor any green thing nor any tree: but only the men who have
+not the sign of God on their foreheads.
+
+9:5. And it was given unto them that they should not kill them: but that
+they should torment them five months. And their torment was as the
+torment of a scorpion when he striketh a man.
+
+9:6. And in those days, men shall seek death and shall not find it. And
+they shall desire to die: and death shall fly from them.
+
+9:7. And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto
+battle. And on their heads were, as it were, crowns like gold: and their
+faces were as the faces of men.
+
+9:8. And they had hair as the hair of women: and their teeth were as
+lions.
+
+9:9. And they had breastplates as breastplates of iron: and the noise of
+their wings was as the noise of chariots and many horses running to
+battle.
+
+9:10. And they had tails like to scorpions: and there were stings in
+their tails. And their power was to hurt men, five months.  And they had
+over them
+
+9:11. A king, the angel of the bottomless pit (whose name in Hebrew is
+Abaddon and in Greek Apollyon, in Latin Exterminans).
+
+9:12. One woe is past: and behold there come yet two woes more
+hereafter.
+
+9:13. And the sixth angel sounded the trumpet: and I heard a voice from
+the four horns of the golden altar which is before the eyes of God,
+
+9:14. Saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet: Loose the four
+angels who are bound in the great river Euphrates.
+
+9:15. And the four angels were loosed, who were prepared for an hour,
+and a day, and a month, and a year: for to kill the third part of men.
+
+9:16. And the number of the army of horsemen was twenty thousand times
+ten thousand. And I heard the number of them.
+
+9:17. And thus I saw the horses in the vision. And they that sat on them
+had breastplates of fire and of hyacinth and of brimstone. And the heads
+of the horses were as the heads of lions: and from their mouths
+proceeded fire and smoke and brimstone.
+
+9:18. And by these three plagues was slain the third part of men, by the
+fire and by the smoke and by the brimstone which issued out of their
+mouths.
+
+9:19. For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails.
+For, their tails are like to serpents and have heads: and with them they
+hurt.
+
+9:20. And the rest of the men, who were not slain by these plagues, did
+not do penance from the works of their hands, that they should not adore
+devils and idols of gold and silver and brass and stone and wood, which
+neither can see nor hear nor walk:
+
+9:21. Neither did they penance from their murders nor from their
+sorceries nor from their fornication nor from their thefts.
+
+Apocalypse Chapter 10
+
+The cry of a mighty angel. He gives John a book to eat.
+
+10:1. And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with
+a cloud. And a rainbow was on his head: and his face, as the sun, and
+his feet as pillars of fire.
+
+10:2. And he had in his hand a little book, open. And he set his right
+foot upon the sea, and his left foot upon the earth.
+
+10:3. And he cried with a loud voice as when a lion roareth. And when he
+had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.
+
+10:4. And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about
+to write. And I heard a voice from heaven saying to me: Seal up the
+things which the seven thunders have spoken. And write them not.
+
+10:5. And the angel whom I saw standing upon the sea and upon the earth
+lifted up his hand to heaven.
+
+10:6. And he swore by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created
+heaven and the things which are therein, and the earth and the things
+which are in it, and the sea and the things which are therein: That time
+shall be no longer.
+
+10:7. But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall
+begin to sound the trumpet, the mystery of God shall be finished, as he
+hath declared by his servants the prophets.
+
+Declared... literally evangelized, to signify the good tidings,
+agreeable to the Gospel, of the final victory of Christ, and of that
+eternal life, which should be the reward of the temporal sufferings of
+the martyrs and faithful servants of God.
+
+10:8. And I heard a voice from heaven, again speaking to me and saying:
+Go and take the book that is open, from the hand of the angel who
+standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.
+
+10:9. And I went to the angel, saying unto him that he should give me
+the book. And he said to me: Take the book and eat it up. And it shall
+make thy belly bitter: but in thy mouth it shall be sweet as honey.
+
+10:10. And I took the book from the hand of the angel and ate it up: and
+it was in my mouth, sweet as honey. And when I had eaten it, my belly
+was bitter.
+
+10:11. And he said to me: Thou must prophesy again to many nations and
+peoples and tongues and kings.
+
+Apocalypse Chapter 11
+
+He is ordered to measure the temple. The two witnesses.
+
+11:1. And there was given me a reed, like unto a rod. And it was said to
+me: Arise, and measure the temple of God and the altar and them that
+adore therein.
+
+11:2. But the court which is without the temple, cast out and measure it
+not: because it is given unto the Gentiles. And the holy city they shall
+tread under foot, two and forty months:
+
+11:3. And I will give unto my two witnesses: and they shall prophesy, a
+thousand two hundred sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.
+
+My two witnesses... It is commonly understood of Henoch and Elias.
+
+11:4. These are the two olive trees and the two candlesticks that stand
+before the Lord of the earth.
+
+11:5. And if any man will hurt them, fire shall come out of their mouths
+and shall devour their enemies. And if any man will hurt them, in this
+manner must he be slain.
+
+11:6. These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of
+their prophecy: And they have power over waters, to turn them into blood
+and to strike the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
+
+11:7. And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that
+ascendeth out of the abyss shall make war against them and shall
+overcome them and kill them.
+
+11:8. And their bodies shall lie in the streets of the great city which
+is called spiritually, Sodom and Egypt: where their Lord also was
+crucified.
+
+11:9. And they of the tribes and peoples and tongues and nations shall
+see their bodies for three days and a half: and they shall not suffer
+their bodies to be laid in sepulchres.
+
+11:10. And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them and
+make merry: and shall send gifts one to another, because these two
+prophets tormented them that dwelt upon the earth.
+
+11:11. And after three days and a half, the spirit of life from God
+entered into them. And they stood upon their feet: and great fear fell
+upon them that saw them.
+
+11:12. And they heard a great voice from heaven, saying to them: Come up
+hither. And they went up to heaven in a cloud: and their enemies saw
+them.
+
+11:13. And at that hour there was made a great earthquake: and the tenth
+part of the city fell. And there were slain in the earthquake, names of
+men, seven thousand: and the rest were cast into a fear and gave glory
+to the God of heaven.
+
+11:14. The second woe is past: and behold the third woe will come
+quickly.
+
+11:15. And the seventh angel sounded the trumpet: and there were great
+voices in heaven, saying: The kingdom of this world is become our Lord's
+and his Christ's, and he shall reign for ever and ever. Amen.
+
+11:16. And the four and twenty ancients who sit on their seats in the
+sight of God, fell on their faces and adored God, saying:
+
+11:17. We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, who art and who wast
+and who art to come: because thou hast taken to thee thy great power,
+and thou hast reigned.
+
+11:18. And the nations were angry: and thy wrath is come. And the time
+of the dead, that they should be judged and that thou shouldest render
+reward to thy servants the prophets and the saints, and to them that
+fear thy name, little and great: and shouldest destroy them who have
+corrupted the earth.
+
+11:19. And the temple of God was opened in heaven: and the ark of his
+testament was seen in his temple. And there were lightnings and voices
+and an earthquake and great hail.
+
+Apocalypse Chapter 12
+
+The vision of the woman clothed with the sun and of the great dragon her
+persecutor.
+
+12:1. And a great sign appeared in heaven: A woman clothed with the sun,
+and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.
+
+A woman... The church of God. It may also, by allusion, be applied to
+our blessed Lady. The church is clothed with the sun, that is, with
+Christ: she hath the moon, that is, the changeable things of the world,
+under her feet: and the twelve stars with which she is crowned, are the
+twelve apostles: she is in labour and pain, whilst she brings forth her
+children, and Christ in them, in the midst of afflictions and
+persecutions.
+
+12:2. And being with child, she cried travailing in birth: and was in
+pain to be delivered.
+
+12:3. And there was seen another sign in heaven. And behold a great red
+dragon, having seven heads and ten horns and on his heads seven diadems.
+
+12:4. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven and cast
+them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was ready
+to be delivered: that, when she should be delivered, he might devour her
+son.
+
+12:5. And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations
+with an iron rod. And her son was taken up to God and to his throne.
+
+12:6. And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she had a place
+prepared by God, that there they should feed her, a thousand two hundred
+sixty days.
+
+12:7. And there was a great battle in heaven: Michael and his angels
+fought with the dragon, and the dragon fought, and his angels.
+
+12:8. And they prevailed not: neither was their place found any more in
+heaven.
+
+12:9. And that great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, who is
+called the devil and Satan, who seduceth the whole world.  And he was
+cast unto the earth: and his angels were thrown down with him.
+
+12:10. And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying: Now is come salvation
+and strength and the kingdom of our God and the power of his Christ:
+because the accuser of our brethren is cast forth, who accused them
+before our God day and night.
+
+12:11. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of
+the testimony: and they loved not their lives unto death.
+
+12:12. Therefore, rejoice, O heavens, and you that dwell therein.  Woe
+to the earth and to the sea, because the devil is come down unto you,
+having great wrath, knowing that he hath but a short time.
+
+12:13. And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he
+persecuted the woman who brought forth the man child.
+
+12:14. And there were given to the woman two wings of a great eagle,
+that she might fly into the desert, unto her place, where she is
+nourished for a time and times, and half a time, from the face of the
+serpent.
+
+12:15. And the serpent cast out of his mouth, after the woman, water, as
+it were a river: that he might cause her to be carried away by the
+river.
+
+12:16. And the earth helped the woman: and the earth opened her mouth
+and swallowed up the river which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
+
+12:17. And the dragon was angry against the woman: and went to make war
+with the rest of her seed, who keep the commandments of God and have the
+testimony of Jesus Christ.
+
+12:18. And he stood upon the sand of the sea.
+
+Apocalypse Chapter 13
+
+Of the beast with seven heads and of a second beast.
+
+13:1. And I saw a beast coming up out the sea, having seven heads and
+ten horns: and upon his horns, ten diadems: and upon his heads, names of
+blasphemy.
+
+A beast... This first beast with seven heads and ten horns, is probably
+the whole company of infidels, enemies and persecutors of the people of
+God, from the beginning to the end of the world. The seven heads are
+seven kings, that is, seven principal kingdoms or empires, which have
+exercised, or shall exercise, tyrannical power over the people of God;
+of these, five were then fallen, viz.: the Egyptian, Assyrian, Chaldean,
+Persian, and Grecian monarchies: one was present, viz., the empire of
+Rome: and the seventh and chiefest was to come, viz., the great
+Antichrist and his empire. The ten horns may be understood of ten lesser
+persecutors.
+
+13:2. And the beast which I saw was like to a leopard: and his feet were
+as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion. And the
+dragon gave him his own strength and great power.
+
+13:3. And I saw one of his heads as it were slain to death: and his
+death's wound was healed. And all the earth was in admiration after the
+beast.
+
+One of his heads, etc... Some understand this of the mortal wound, which
+the idolatry of the Roman empire (signified by the sixth head) received
+from Constantine; which was, as it were, healed again by Julian the
+Apostate.
+
+13:4. And they adored the dragon which gave power to the beast.  And
+they adored the beast, saying: Who is like to the beast?  And who shall
+be able to fight with him?
+
+13:5. And there was given to him a mouth speaking great things and
+blasphemies: and power was given to him to do, two and forty months.
+
+13:6. And he opened his mouth unto blasphemies against God, to blaspheme
+his name and his tabernacle and them that dwell in heaven.
+
+His tabernacle, etc... That is, his church and his saints.
+
+13:7. And it was given unto him to make war with the saints and to
+overcome them. And power was given him over every tribe and people and
+tongue and nation.
+
+13:8. And all that dwell upon the earth adored him, whose names are not
+written in the book of life of the Lamb which was slain from the
+beginning of the world.
+
+Slain from the beginning, etc... In the foreknowledge of God; and
+inasmuch as all mercy and grace, from the beginning, was given in view
+of his death and passion.
+
+13:9. If any man have an ear, let him hear.
+
+13:10. He that shall lead into captivity shall go into captivity: he
+that shall kill by the sword must be killed by the sword.  Here is the
+patience and the faith of the saints.
+
+13:11. And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth: and he had
+two horns, like a lamb: and he spoke as a dragon.
+
+Another beast... This second beast with two horns, may be understood of
+the heathenish priests and magicians; the principal promoters both of
+idolatry and persecution.
+
+13:12. And he executed all the power of the former beast in his sight.
+And he caused the earth and them that dwell therein to adore the first
+beast, whose wound to death was healed.
+
+13:13. And he did great signs, so that he made also fire to come down
+from heaven unto the earth, in the sight of men.
+
+13:14. And he seduced them that dwell on the earth, for the signs which
+were given him to do in the sight of the beast: saying to them that
+dwell on the earth that they should make the image of the beast which
+had the wound by the sword and lived.
+
+13:15. And it was given him to give life to the image of the beast: and
+that the image of the beast should speak: and should cause that
+whosoever will not adore the image of the beast should be slain.
+
+13:16. And he shall make all, both little and great, rich and poor,
+freemen and bondmen, to have a character in their right hand or on their
+foreheads:
+
+13:17. And that no man might buy or sell, but he that hath the
+character, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
+
+13:18. Here is wisdom. He that hath understanding, let him count the
+number of the beast. For it is the number of a man: and the number of
+him is six hundred sixty-six.
+
+Six hundred sixty-six... The numeral letters of his name shall make up
+this number.
+
+Apocalypse Chapter 14
+
+Of the Lamb and of the virgins that follow him. Of the judgments that
+shall fall upon the wicked.
+
+14:1. And I beheld: and lo a Lamb stood upon mount Sion, and with him an
+hundred forty-four thousand, having his name and the name of his Father
+written on their foreheads.
+
+14:2. And I heard a voice from heaven, as the noise of many waters and
+as the voice of great thunder. And the voice which I heard was as the
+voice of harpers, harping on their harps.
+
+14:3. And they sung as it were a new canticle, before the throne and
+before the four living creatures and the ancients: and no man could say
+the canticle, but those hundred forty-four thousand who were purchased
+from the earth.
+
+14:4. These are they who were not defiled with women: for they are
+virgins. These follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth.  These were
+purchased from among men, the firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.
+
+14:5. And in their mouth there was found no lie: for they are without
+spot before the throne of God.
+
+14:6. And I saw another angel flying through the midst of heaven, having
+the eternal gospel, to preach unto them that sit upon the earth and over
+every nation and tribe and tongue and people:
+
+14:7. Saying with a loud voice: Fear the Lord and give him honour,
+because the hour of his judgment is come. And adore ye him that made
+heaven and earth, the sea and the fountains of waters.
+
+14:8. And another angel followed, saying: That great Babylon is fallen,
+is fallen; which made all nations to drink of the wine of the wrath of
+her fornication.
+
+Babylon... By Babylon may be very probably signified all the wicked
+world in general, which God will punish, and destroy after the short
+time of this mortal life: or it may signify every great city wherein
+enormous sins and abominations are daily committed; and that when the
+measure of its iniquities is full, the punishments due to its crimes are
+poured on it.  It may also be some city of the description in the text,
+that will exist, and be destroyed, as here described, towards the end of
+the world.
+
+14:9. And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice: If
+any man shall adore the beast and his image and receive his character in
+his forehead or in his hand,
+
+14:10. He also shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is
+mingled with pure wine in the cup of his wrath: and shall be tormented
+with fire and brimstone in the sight of the holy angels and in the sight
+of the Lamb.
+
+14:11. And the smoke of their torments, shall ascend up for ever and
+ever: neither have they rest day nor night, who have adored the beast
+and his image and whoever receiveth the character of his name.
+
+14:12. Here is the patience of the saints, who keep the commandments of
+God and the faith of Jesus.
+
+14:13. And I heard a voice from heaven, saying to me: Write: Blessed are
+the dead who die in the Lord. From henceforth now, saith the Spirit,
+that they may rest from their labours. For their works follow them.
+
+Die in the Lord... It is understood of the martyrs who die for the Lord.
+
+14:14. And I saw: and behold a white cloud and upon the cloud one
+sitting like to the Son of man, having on his head a crown of gold and
+in his hand a sharp sickle.
+
+14:15. And another angel came out from the temple, crying with a loud
+voice to him that sat upon the cloud: Thrust in thy sickle and reap,
+because the hour is come to reap. For the harvest of the earth is ripe.
+
+14:16. And he that sat on the cloud thrust his sickle into the earth:
+and the earth was reaped.
+
+14:17. And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he
+also having a sharp sickle.
+
+14:18. And another angel came out from the altar, who had power over
+fire. And he cried with a loud voice to him that had the sharp sickle,
+saying: Thrust in thy sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the
+vineyard of the earth, because the grapes thereof are ripe.
+
+14:19. And the angel thrust in his sharp sickle into the earth and
+gathered the vineyard of the earth and cast it into the great press of
+the wrath of God:
+
+14:20. And the press was trodden without the city, and blood came out of
+the press, up to the horses' bridles, for a thousand and six hundred
+furlongs.
+
+Apocalypse Chapter 15
+
+They that have overcome the beast glorify God. Of the seven angels with
+the seven vials.
+
+15:1. And I saw another sign in heaven, great and wonderful: seven
+angels having the seven last plagues. For in them is filled up the wrath
+of God.
+
+15:2. And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them
+that had overcome the beast and his image and the number of his name,
+standing on the sea of glass, having the harps of God:
+
+15:3. And singing the canticle of Moses, the servant of God, and the
+canticle of the Lamb, saying: Great and wonderful are thy works, O Lord
+God Almighty. Just and true are thy ways, O King of ages.
+
+15:4. Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and magnify thy name? For thou
+only art holy. For all nations shall come and shall adore in thy sight,
+because thy judgments are manifest.
+
+15:5. And after these things, I looked: and behold, the temple of the
+tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened.
+
+15:6. And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven
+plagues, clothed with clean and white linen and girt about the breasts
+with golden girdles.
+
+15:7. And one of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels
+seven golden vials, full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and
+ever.
+
+15:8. And the temple was filled with smoke from the majesty of God and
+from his power. And no man was able to enter into the temple, till the
+seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.
+
+Apocalypse Chapter 16
+
+The seven vials are poured out. The plagues that ensue.
+
+16:1. And I heard a great voice out of the temple, saying to the seven
+angels: Go and pour out the seven vials of the wrath of God upon the
+earth.
+
+16:2. And the first went and poured out his vial upon the earth.  And
+there fell a sore and grievous wound upon men who had the character of
+the beast: and upon them that adored the image thereof.
+
+16:3. And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea. And there
+came blood as it were of a dead man: and every living soul died in the
+sea.
+
+16:4. And the third poured out his vial upon the rivers and the
+fountains of waters. And there was made blood.
+
+16:5. And I heard the angel of the waters saying: Thou art just, O Lord,
+who art and who wast, the Holy One, because thou hast judged these
+things.
+
+16:6. For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets: and thou hast
+given them blood to drink. For they are worthy.
+
+16:7. And I heard another, from the altar, saying: Yea, O Lord God
+Almighty, true and just are thy judgments.
+
+16:8. And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun. And it was
+given unto him to afflict men with heat and fire.
+
+16:9. And men were scorched with great heat: and they blasphemed the
+name of God, who hath power over these plagues. Neither did they penance
+to give him glory.
+
+16:10. And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the
+beast. And his kingdom became dark: and they gnawed their tongues for
+pain.
+
+16:11. And they blasphemed the God of heaven, because of their pains and
+wounds: and did not penance for their works.
+
+16:12. And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon that great river
+Euphrates and dried up the water thereof, that a way might be prepared
+for the kings from the rising of the sun.
+
+16:13. And I saw from the mouth of the dragon and from the mouth of the
+beast and from the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits
+like frogs.
+
+16:14. For they are the spirits of devils, working signs: and they go
+forth unto the kings of the whole earth, to gather them to battle
+against the great day of the Almighty God.
+
+16:15. Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth and
+keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
+
+16:16. And he shall gather them together into a place which in Hebrew is
+called Armagedon.
+
+Armagedon... That is, the hill of robbers.
+
+16:17. And the seventh angel poured out his vial upon the air.  And
+there came a great voice out of the temple from the throne, saying: It
+is done.
+
+16:18. And there were lightnings and voices and thunders: and there was
+a great earthquake, such an one as never had been since men were upon
+the earth, such an earthquake, so great.
+
+16:19. And the great city was divided into three parts: and the cities
+of the Gentiles fell. And great Babylon came in remembrance before God,
+to give her the cup of the wine of the indignation of his wrath.
+
+16:20. And every island fled away: and the mountains were not found.
+
+16:21. And great hail, like a talent, came down from heaven upon men:
+and men blasphemed God, for the plague of the hail: because it was
+exceeding great.
+
+Apocalypse Chapter 17
+
+The description of the great harlot and of the beast upon which she
+sits.
+
+17:1. And there came one of the seven angels who had the seven vials and
+spoke with me, saying: Come, I will shew thee the condemnation of the
+great harlot, who sitteth upon many waters:
+
+17:2. With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication.  And
+they who inhabit the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her
+whoredom.
+
+17:3. And he took me away in spirit into the desert. And I saw a woman
+sitting upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy,
+having seven heads and ten horns.
+
+17:4. And the woman was clothed round about with purple and scarlet, and
+gilt with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in
+her hand, full of the abomination and filthiness of her fornication.
+
+17:5. And on her forehead a name was written: A mystery: Babylon the
+great, the mother of the fornications and the abominations of the earth.
+
+A mystery... That is, a secret; because what follows of the name and
+title of the great harlot is to be taken in a mystical sense. Babylon...
+Either the city of the devil in general; or, if this place be to be
+understood of any particular city, pagan Rome, which then and for three
+hundred years persecuted the church; and was the principal seat both of
+empire and idolatry.
+
+17:6. And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints and with
+the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And I wondered, when I had seen her,
+with great admiration.
+
+17:7. And the angel said to me: Why dost thou wonder? I will tell thee
+the mystery of the woman and of the beast which carrieth her, which hath
+the seven heads and ten horns.
+
+17:8. The beast which thou sawest, was, and is not, and shall come up
+out of the bottomless pit and go into destruction. And the inhabitants
+on the earth (whose names are not written in the book of life from the
+foundation of the world) shall wonder, seeing the beast that was and is
+not.
+
+The beast which thou sawest... This beast which supports Babylon, may
+signify the power of the devil: which was and is not, being much limited
+by the coming of Christ, but shall again exert itself under Antichrist.
+The seven heads of this beast are seven mountains or empires,
+instruments of his tyranny; of which five were then fallen. (See chap.
+13.1, and below, ver. 10.) The beast itself is said to be the eighth,
+and is of the seven; because they all act under the devil, and by his
+instigation, so that his power is in them all, yet so as to make up, as
+it were, an eighth empire, distinct from them all.
+
+17:9. And here is the understanding that hath wisdom. The seven heads
+are seven mountains, upon which the woman sitteth: and they are seven
+kings.
+
+17:10. Five are fallen, one is, and the other is not yet come: and when
+he is come, he must remain a short time.
+
+17:11. And the beast which was and is not: the same also is the eighth,
+and is of the seven, and goeth into destruction.
+
+17:12. And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, who have not
+yet received a kingdom: but shall receive power as kings, one hour after
+the beast.
+
+Ten kings... Ten lesser kingdoms, enemies also of the church of Christ:
+which, nevertheless, shall be made instruments of the justice of God for
+the punishment of Babylon. Some understand this of the Goths, Vandals,
+Huns, and other barbarous nations, that destroyed the empire of Rome.
+
+17:13. These have one design: and their strength and power they shall
+deliver to the beast.
+
+17:14. These shall fight with the Lamb. And the Lamb shall overcome them
+because he is Lord of lords and King of kings: and they that are with
+him are called and elect and faithful.
+
+17:15. And he said to me: The waters which thou sawest, where the harlot
+sitteth, are peoples and nations and tongues.
+
+17:16. And the ten horns which thou sawest in the beast: These shall
+hate the harlot and shall make her desolate and naked and shall eat her
+flesh and shall burn her with fire.
+
+17:17. For God hath given into their hearts to do that which pleaseth
+him: that they give their kingdom to the beast, till the words of God be
+fulfilled.
+
+17:18. And the woman which thou sawest is the great city which hath
+kingdom over the kings of the earth.
+
+Apocalypse Chapter 18
+
+The fall of Babylon. Kings and merchants lament over her.
+
+18:1. And after these things, I saw another angel come down from heaven,
+having great power: and the earth was enlightened with his glory.
+
+18:2. And he cried out with a strong voice, saying: Babylon the great is
+fallen, is fallen: and is become the habitation of devils and the hold
+of every unclean spirit and the hold of every unclean and hateful bird:
+
+18:3. Because all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her
+fornication: and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with
+her; And the merchants of the earth have been made rich by the power of
+her delicacies.
+
+18:4. And I heard another voice from heaven, saying: Go out from her, my
+people; that you be not partakers of her sins and that you receive not
+of her plagues.
+
+18:5. For her sins have reached unto heaven: and the Lord hath
+remembered her iniquities.
+
+18:6. Render to her as she also hath rendered to you: and double unto
+her double, according to her works. In the cup wherein she hath mingled,
+mingle ye double unto her.
+
+18:7. As much as she hath glorified herself and lived in delicacies, so
+much torment and sorrow give ye to her. Because she saith in her heart:
+I sit a queen and am no widow: and sorrow I shall not see.
+
+18:8. Therefore, shall her plagues come in one day, death and mourning
+and famine. And she shall be burnt with the fire: because God is strong,
+who shall judge her.
+
+18:9. And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and
+lived in delicacies with her, shall weep and bewail themselves over her,
+when they shall see the smoke of her burning:
+
+18:10. Standing afar off for fear of her torments, saying: Alas!  alas!
+that great city, Babylon, that mighty city: for in one hour is thy
+judgment come.
+
+18:11. And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her: for
+no man shall buy their merchandise any more.
+
+18:12. Merchandise of gold and silver and precious stones: and of pearls
+and fine linen and purple and silk and scarlet: and all thyine wood: and
+all manner of vessels of ivory: and all manner of vessels of precious
+stone and of brass and of iron and of marble:
+
+18:13. And cinnamon and odours and ointment and frankincense and wine
+and oil and fine flour and wheat and beasts and sheep and horses and
+chariots: and slaves and souls of men.
+
+18:14. And the fruits of the desire of thy soul are departed from thee:
+and all fat and goodly things are perished from thee. And they shall
+find them no more at all.
+
+18:15. The merchants of these things, who were made rich, shall stand
+afar off from her, for fear of her torments, weeping and mourning,
+
+18:16. And saying: Alas! alas! that great city, which was clothed with
+fine linen and purple and scarlet and was gilt with gold and precious
+stones and pearls.
+
+18:17. For in one hour are so great riches come to nought. And every
+shipmaster and all that sail into the lake, and mariners, and as many as
+work in the sea, stood afar off,
+
+18:18. And cried, seeing the place of her burning, saying: What city is
+like to this great city?
+
+18:19. And they cast dust upon their heads and cried, weeping and
+mourning, saying: Alas! alas! that great city, wherein all were made
+rich, that had ships at sea, by reason of her prices. For, in one hour
+she is made desolate.
+
+18:20. Rejoice over her, thou heaven and ye holy apostles and prophets.
+For God hath judged your judgment on her.
+
+18:21. And a mighty angel took up a stone, as it were a great millstone,
+and cast it into the sea, saying: With such violence as this, shall
+Babylon, that great city, be thrown down and shall be found no more at
+all.
+
+18:22. And the voice of harpers and of musicians and of them that play
+on the pipe and on the trumpet shall no more be heard at all in thee:
+and no craftsman of any art whatsoever shall be found any more at all in
+thee: and the sound of the mill shall be heard no more at all in thee:
+
+18:23. And the light of the lamp shall shine no more at all in thee: and
+the voice of the bridegroom and the bride shall be heard no more at all
+in thee. For thy merchants were the great men of the earth: for all
+nations have been deceived by thy enchantments.
+
+18:24. And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints and of
+all that were slain upon the earth.
+
+Apocalypse Chapter 19
+
+The saints glorify God for his judgments on the great harlot.  Christ's
+victory over the beast and the kings of the earth.
+
+19:1. After these things, I heard as it were the voice of much people in
+heaven, saying: Alleluia. Salvation and glory and power is to our God.
+
+19:2. For true and just are his judgments, who hath judged the great
+harlot which corrupted the earth with her fornication and hath revenged
+the blood of his servants, at her hands.
+
+19:3. And again they said: Alleluia. And her smoke ascendeth for ever
+and ever.
+
+19:4. And the four and twenty ancients and the four living creatures
+fell down and adored God that sitteth upon the throne, saying: Amen.
+Alleluia.
+
+19:5. And a voice came out from the throne, saying: Give praise to our
+God, all ye his servants: and you that fear him, little and great.
+
+19:6. And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the
+voice of many waters, and as the voice of great thunders, saying:
+Alleluia: for the Lord our God, the Almighty, hath reigned.
+
+19:7. Let us be glad and rejoice and give glory to him. For the marriage
+of the Lamb is come: and his wife hath prepared herself.
+
+19:8. And it is granted to her that she should clothe herself with fine
+linen, glittering and white. For the fine linen are the justifications
+of saints.
+
+19:9. And he said to me: Write: Blessed are they that are called to the
+marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith to me: These words of God are
+true.
+
+19:10. And I fell down before his feet, to adore him. And he saith to
+me: See thou do it not. I am thy fellow servant and of thy brethren who
+have the testimony of Jesus. Adore God. For the testimony of Jesus is
+the spirit of prophecy.
+
+I fell down before, etc... St. Augustine (lib. 20, contra Faust, c. 21)
+is of opinion, that this angel appeared in so glorious a manner, that
+St. John took him to be God; and therefore would have given him divine
+honour had not the angel stopped him, by telling him he was but his
+fellow servant. St. Gregory (Hom. 8, in Evang.) rather thinks that the
+veneration offered by St. John, was not divine honour, or indeed any
+other than what might lawfully be given; but was nevertheless refused by
+the angel, in consideration of the dignity to which our human nature had
+been raised, by the incarnation of the Son of God, and the dignity of
+St. John, an apostle, prophet, and martyr.
+
+19:11. And I saw heaven opened: and behold a white horse. And he that
+sat upon him was called faithful and true: and with justice doth he
+judge and fight.
+
+19:12. And his eyes were as a flame of fire: and on his head were many
+diadems. And he had a name written, which no man knoweth but himself.
+
+19:13. And he was clothed with a garment sprinkled with blood. And his
+name is called: THE WORD OF GOD.
+
+19:14. And the armies that are in heaven followed him on white horses,
+clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
+
+19:15. And out of his mouth proceedeth a sharp two-edged sword, that
+with it he may strike the nations. And he shall rule them with a rod of
+iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness of the wrath of
+God the Almighty.
+
+19:16. And he hath on his garment and on his thigh written: KING OF
+KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
+
+19:17. And I saw an angel standing in the sun: and he cried with a loud
+voice, saying to all the birds that did fly through the midst of heaven:
+Come, gather yourselves together to the great supper of God:
+
+19:18. That you may eat the flesh of kings and the flesh of tribunes and
+the flesh of mighty men and the flesh of horses and of them that sit on
+them: and the flesh of all freemen and bondmen and of little and of
+great.
+
+19:19. And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies,
+gathered together to make war with him that sat upon the horse and with
+his army.
+
+19:20. And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who
+wrought signs before him, wherewith he seduced them who received the
+character of the beast and who adored his image.  These two were cast
+alive into the pool of fire burning with brimstone.
+
+19:21. And the rest were slain by the sword of him that sitteth upon the
+horse, which proceedeth out of his mouth: and all the birds were filled
+with their flesh.
+
+Apocalypse Chapter 20
+
+Satan is bound for a thousand years. The souls of the martyrs reign with
+Christ in the first resurrection. The last attempts of Satan against the
+church. The last judgment.
+
+20:1. And I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key of the
+bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
+
+20:2. And he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, which is the
+devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.
+
+Bound him, etc... The power of Satan has been very much limited by the
+passion of Christ: for a thousand years; that is, for the whole time of
+the New Testament; but especially from the time of the destruction of
+Babylon or pagan Rome, till the new efforts of Gog and Magog against the
+church, towards the end of the world. During which time the souls of the
+martyrs and saints live and reign with Christ in heaven, in the first
+resurrection, which is that of the soul to the life of glory; as the
+second resurrection will be that of the body, at the day of the general
+judgment.
+
+20:3. And he cast him into the bottomless pit and shut him up and set a
+seal upon him, that he should no more seduce the nations till the
+thousand years be finished. And after that, he must be loosed a little
+time.
+
+20:4. And I saw seats. And they sat upon them: and judgment was given
+unto them. And the souls of them that were beheaded for the testimony of
+Jesus and for the word of God and who had not adored the beast nor his
+image nor received his character on their foreheads or in their hands.
+And they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
+
+20:5. The rest of the dead lived not, till the thousand years were
+finished. This is the first resurrection.
+
+20:6. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection.
+In these the second death hath no power. But they shall be priests of
+God and of Christ: and shall reign with him a thousand years.
+
+20:7. And when the thousand years shall be finished, Satan shall be
+loosed out of his prison and shall go forth and seduce the nations which
+are over the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog: and shall gather
+them together to battle, the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
+
+20:8. And they came upon the breadth of the earth and encompassed the
+camp of the saints and the beloved city.
+
+20:9. And there cane down fire from God out of heaven and devoured them:
+and the devil, who seduced them, was cast into the pool of fire and
+brimstone, where both the beast
+
+20:10. And the false prophet shall be tormented day and night for ever
+and ever.
+
+20:11. And I saw a great white throne and one sitting upon it, from
+whose face the earth and heaven fled away: and there was no place found
+for them.
+
+20:12. And I saw the dead, great and small, standing in the presence of
+the throne. And the books were opened: and another book was opened,
+which was the book of life. And the dead were judged by those things
+which were written in the books, according to their works.
+
+20:13. And the sea gave up the dead that were in it: and death and hell
+gave up their dead that were in them. And they were judged, every one
+according to their works.
+
+20:14. And hell and death were cast into the pool of fire. This is the
+second death.
+
+20:15. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast
+into the pool of fire.
+
+Apocalypse Chapter 21
+
+The new Jerusalem described.
+
+21:1. I saw a new heaven and a new earth. For the first heaven and the
+first earth was gone: and the sea is now no more.
+
+The first heaven and the first earth was gone, being changed, not as to
+their substance, but in their qualities.
+
+21:2. And I, John, saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out
+of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
+
+21:3. And I heard a great voice from the throne, saying: Behold the
+tabernacle of God with men: and he will dwell with them.  And they shall
+be his people: and God himself with them shall be their God.
+
+21:4. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes: and death shall
+be no more. Nor mourning, nor crying, nor sorrow shall be any more, for
+the former things are passed away.
+
+21:5. And he that sat on the throne, said: Behold, I make all things
+new. And he said to me: Write. For these words are most faithful and
+true.
+
+21:6. And he said to me: It is done. I am Alpha and Omega: the Beginning
+and the End. To him that thirsteth, I will give of the fountain of the
+water of life, freely.
+
+21:7. He that shall overcome shall possess these things. And I will be
+his God: and he shall be my son.
+
+21:8. But the fearful and unbelieving and the abominable and murderers
+and whoremongers and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, they shall
+have their portion in the pool burning with fire and brimstone, which is
+the second death.
+
+21:9. And there came one of the seven angels, who had the vials full of
+the seven last plagues, and spoke with me, saying: Come and I will shew
+thee the bride, the wife of the Lamb.
+
+21:10. And he took me up in spirit to a great and high mountain: and he
+shewed me the holy city Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,
+
+21:11. Having the glory of God, and the light thereof was like to a
+precious stone, as to the jasper stone even as crystal.
+
+21:12. And it had a wall great and high, having twelve gates, and in the
+gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of
+the twelve tribes of the children of Israel.
+
+21:13. On the east, three gates: and on the north, three gates: and on
+the south, three gates: and on the west, three gates.
+
+21:14. And the wall of the city had twelve foundations: And in them, the
+twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb,
+
+21:15. And he that spoke with me had a measure of a reed of gold, to
+measure the city and the gates thereof and the wall.
+
+21:16. And the city lieth in a four-square: and the length thereof is as
+great as the breadth. And he measured the city with the golden reed for
+twelve thousand furlongs: and the length and the height and the breadth
+thereof are equal.
+
+21:17. And he measured the wall thereof an hundred forty-four cubits,
+the measure of a man, which is of an angel.
+
+The measure of a man, i.e., According to the measure of men, and used by
+the angel... This seems to be the true meaning of these words.
+
+21:18. And the building of the wall thereof was of jasper stone: but the
+city itself pure gold like to clear glass.
+
+21:19. And the foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all
+manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper: the second,
+sapphire: the third; a chalcedony: the fourth, an emerald:
+
+21:20. The fifth, sardonyx: the sixth, sardius: the seventh, chrysolite:
+the eighth, beryl: the ninth, a topaz: the tenth, a chrysoprasus: the
+eleventh, a jacinth: the twelfth, an amethyst.
+
+21:21. And the twelve gates are twelve pearls, one to each: and every
+several gate was of one several pearl. And the street of the city was
+pure gold, as it were, transparent glass.
+
+21:22. And I saw no temple therein. For the Lord God Almighty is the
+temple thereof, and the Lamb.
+
+21:23. And the city hath no need of the sun, nor of the moon, to shine
+in it. For the glory of God hath enlightened it: and the Lamb is the
+lamp thereof.
+
+21:24. And the nations shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of
+the earth shall bring their glory and honour into it.
+
+21:25. And the gates thereof shall not be shut by day: for there shall
+be no night there.
+
+21:26. And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.
+
+21:27. There shall not enter into it any thing defiled or that worketh
+abomination or maketh a lie: but they that are written in the book of
+life of the Lamb.
+
+Apocalypse Chapter 22
+
+The water and tree of life. The conclusion.
+
+22:1. And he shewed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal,
+proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb.
+
+22:2. In the midst of the street thereof, and on both sides of the
+river, was the tree of life, bearing twelve fruits, yielding its fruits
+every month: the leaves of the tree for the healing of the nations.
+
+22:3. And there shall be no curse any more: but the throne of God and of
+the Lamb shall be in it. And his servants shall serve him.
+
+22:4. And they shall see his face: and his name shall be on their
+foreheads.
+
+22:5. And night shall be no more. And they shall not need the light of
+the lamp, nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God shall enlighten
+then. And they shall reign for ever and ever.
+
+22:6. And he said to me: These words are most faithful and true.  And
+the Lord God of the spirits of the prophets sent his angel to shew his
+servant the things which must be done shortly.
+
+22:7. And: Behold I come quickly. Blessed is he that keepeth the words
+of the prophecy of this book.
+
+22:8. And I, John, who have heard and seen these things. And, after I
+had heard and seen, I fell down to adore before the feet of the angel
+who shewed me the things.
+
+22:9. And he said to me: See thou do it not. For I am thy fellow
+servant, and of thy brethren the prophets and of them that keep the
+words of the prophecy of this book. Adore God.
+
+22:10. And he saith to me: Seal not the words of the prophecy of this
+book. For the time is at hand.
+
+For the time is at hand... That is, when compared to eternity, all time
+and temporal things vanish, and are but of short duration. As to the
+time when the chief predictions should come to pass, we have no
+certainty, as appears by the different opinions, both of the ancient
+fathers and late interpreters.  Many think that most things set down
+from the 4th chapter to the end, will not be fulfilled till a little
+time before the end of the world. Others are of opinion, that a great
+part of them, and particularly the fall of the wicked Babylon, happened
+at the destruction of paganism, by the destruction of heathen Rome, and
+its persecuting heathen emperors. Of these interpretations, see Aleazar,
+in his long commentary; see the learned Bossnet, bishop of Meaux, in his
+treatise on this Book; and P. Alleman, in his notes on the same
+Apocalypse, tom. 12, who in his Preface says, that this, in a great
+measure, may be now looked upon as the opinion followed by the learned
+men. In fine, others think that St. John's design was in a mystical way,
+by metaphors and allegories, to represent the attempts and persecutions
+of the wicked against the servants of God, the punishments that should
+in a short time fall upon Babylon, that is, upon all the wicked in
+general: the eternal happiness and reward, which God had reserved for
+the pious inhabitants of Jerusalem, that is, for his faithful servants,
+after their short trials and the tribulations of this mortal life. In
+the mean time we meet with many profitable instructions and admonitions,
+which we may easily enough understand: but we have no certainty when we
+apply these predictions to particular events: for as St. Jerome takes
+notice, the Apocalypse has as many mysteries as words, or rather
+mysteries in every word. Apocalypsis Joannis tot habet Sacramenta quot
+verba--parum dixi, in verbis singulis multiplices latent
+intelligentiae. Ep. ad Paulin, t. 4. p. 574.  Edit. Benedict.
+
+22:11. He that hurteth, let him hurt still: and he that is filthy, let
+him be filthy still: and he that is just, let him be justified still:
+and he that is holy, let him be sanctified still.
+
+Let him hurt still... It is not an exhortation, or license to go on in
+sin; but an intimation, that how far soever the wicked may proceed,
+their progress shall quickly end, and then they must expect to meet with
+proportionable punishments.
+
+22:12. Behold, I come quickly: and my reward is with me, to render to
+every, man according to his works.
+
+22:13. I am Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and
+the End.
+
+22:14. Blessed are they that wash their robes in the blood of the Lamb:
+that they may have a right to the tree of life and may enter in by the
+gates into the city.
+
+22:15. Without are dogs and sorcerers and unchaste and murderers and
+servers of idols and every one that loveth and maketh a lie.
+
+22:16. I, Jesus, have sent my angel, to testify to you these things in
+the churches. I am the root and stock of David, the bright and morning
+star.
+
+22:17. And the spirit and the bride say: Come. And he that heareth, let
+him say: Come. And he that thirsteth, let him come.  And he that will,
+let him take the water of life, freely.
+
+22:18. For I testify to every one that heareth the words of the prophecy
+of this book: If any man shall add to these things, God shall add unto
+him the plagues written in this book.
+
+22:19. And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this
+prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out
+of the holy city, and from these things that are written in this book.
+
+22:20. He that giveth testimony of these things, saith: Surely, I come
+quickly: Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.
+
+22:21. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
+
+
+*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 8373 ***