shall the seconde deeth have no power/ for they shalbe the prestes off God and off Christ, and shall raigne with hym a м. yere. And when the M. yere are expiered Satan shalbe lowsed out off hys preson, and shall goo oute to deceave the people which are in the foure quarters of the erth gog and Magog, to gadder them to gedder to battayle whose nombre is as the sonde off the see: and they went vppe on the playne off the erth, and compased the tentes off the saynctes about and the beloved cite. And fyre cam doune from God out off heven, and devoured them and the devyll that desceaved them was cast into a lake off fyre and brymstone, where the beest and the falce prophett were and shalbe tormented daye and nyght for ever more. : And I sawe a grett whyte seate and hym that sate on hit from whose face fleed awaye both the erth and heven, and their place was no more founde. And I sawe the deed both grett and smale stonde before God: And the bokes were opened, and another boke was opened, which is the boke of lyfe, and the deed were judged of thoo thynges which were wrytten in the bokes accordinge to their dedes: and the see gave vppe her deed/ which were in her, and deth and hell delyvered vppe the deed which were in them: and they were iudged every man accordinge to his dedes. And deth and hell were cast into the lake of fyre. this is that second deeth. And whosoever was nott founde written in the boke off lyfe, was cast into the lake off fyre. The rri. Chapter. AND I sawe a newe heven, and a newe erth. For the fyrst heven and the fyrst erth were vanysshed awaye, and there was no more see. And I Jhon sawe that holy cite newe Jerusalem come doune from God oute off heven prepard as a bryde garnysshed for hyr husband. And I herde agrett voyce from the trone saynge: be holde the tabernacle off God is with men / and he wyll dwell with them. And they shalbe his people, and God hym sylffe shalbe with them and be their god. And God shall wyppe awaye all teares from their eyes. And there shalbe nomore deeth nether sorowe nether cryinge nether shall there be eny more payne for the olde thynges are gone. And he that sate apon the seate/ sayde: Behold I make all thynges newe. And he sayde vnto me: wryte, for these wordes ar faygthfull and true. And he sayde vnto me: hit is done. I am Alpha and Omega/ the begynynge, and the ende. I will geve to hym that is a thyrst of the well of the water of lyfe fre. He that overcommeth shall inheret all thynges, and I wyll be his God, and he shalbe my sonne. But the fearfull and vnbelevynge, and the abhominable, and murdres and whormongers, and sorceres, and ydolatrers, and all lyars shall have their parte in the lake which burnyth with fyre and brymstone, which is the seconde deth. And there cam vnto me one the vij. angels which had the vij. vyalls full of the vij. laste plages: and talked with me sayinge: come hydder I will shewe the the bryde the lambes wyfe. And he caryed me awaye in the sprete to a grett and an hye mountayne and he shewed me the grett cite/ holy Jerusalem descendinge out off heven from God/ havynge the brightnes off God. And her shynynge was lyke vnto a stone moste precious/ even a Jaspar cleare as cristall: and had walles grett and hye/ and had xij gattes, and att the gattes xij angels and names wrytten, which are the xij trybes of Israell: on the est parte iij gatis, and on the north syd iij gates, and to wardes the south iij gates and from the west iij gates: and the wall off the cite had xij foundacions and in them the names off the lambes .xij. Apostles. : And he that talked with me had a golden rede to measur the cite with all and the gates theroff and the wall ther off. And the cite was bylt iiij. square and the length was as large as the bredth of hitt, and he measured the cite with the rede .xij m. fur longes and the lenght, and the breth and the heyght off hit were equall. And he measured the wall therof. an cxliiij. cubittes: the measure that the angell had was after the measur that man vseth. And the byldinge of the wall of hit was of iaspar. And the cite was pure gold lyke vnto cleare glasse, and the foundacions off the wall of the cite was garnisshed with all maner off precious stones. The fyrste foundacion was iaspar/ the seconde saphyre the thyrde a calcedony, the fourth an emeralde: the fift sardonix: the sixt sardeos: the sevente crysolite the ayghte berall: the nynthe a topas: the tenthe a crysoprasos: the eleventhe a iacyncte the twelfe an amatist. The xij gattes were xij pearles every gate was of one pearle, and the strete of the cite was pure golde as thorowe shynynge glasse. And there was no temple therin. For the lord god allmyghty and the lambe are the temple of hit And the cite hath no nede of the sunne nether of the mone to lyghten hit. For the bryghtnes off God dyd light hitt: and the lambe was the light off hit. And the people which are saved shall walke in the light off hit: and the kynges off the erth shall brynge their glory vnto hit. And the gattes off hit are nott shutt by daye. For there shalbe no nyght there. And there shall entre into hit none vnclene thinge: nether what soever worketh abhominacion or maketh lyes: but they only which are wrytten in the lambes boke off lyfe. AN The rrij. Chapter. ND he shewed me a pure ryver off water off lyfe pure as cristall: procedynge oute of the seate off God and off the lambe. In the myddes off the strete off hit, and off ether syde off the ryver was there wode off lyfe: which bare xij manner off frutes and gave frute ever moneth and the leves off the wodde served to heale the people with all. And there shalbe no more cursse but the seate of god and the lambe shalbe in hit: and his servauntes shall serve hym: And shall se his face and his name shalbe in their for heddes. Ande there shall be no moare nyghte there and they nede no candle, nether light off the sunne for the lorde God geveth them light, and they shall raynge for evermore. And he sayde vnto me: these sayinges are fayghtfull, and true. And the lorde god of saynctes and prophettes sentt his angell to shewe vnto his servauntes, the thynges wich muste shortly be fulfylled. Beholde I come shortly. Happy is he that kepeth the sayinge of the prophesy off this boke. I am Jhon/ which sawe these thynges and herde them. And when I had herde and sene, I fell doune to worshippe before the fete of the angell which shewed me these thynges. And he sayd vnto me: se thou do hit not for I am thy felowe servaunt and the felowe servaunt of thy brethren the prophettes and of them which kepe the sayinges off this boke. But worshippe God. : And he sayde vnto me: seale nott the sayinges off prophesy off this boke. For the tyme is at honde. He that doeth evle lett hym do evle still: and he which is fylthy lett hym be fylthy still and he that is righteous lett hym be more righteous: and he that is holy, lett hym be more holy. And beholde I come shortly and my rewarde with me, to geve every man acordinge as his dedes shalbe. I am Alpha and Omega, the begynnynge and the end, the fyrst and the last. Blessed are they that do hys commaundmentes, that their power maye be in the tree off lyfe and maye entre in thorowe the gates into the cite. For with out shalbe dogges and inchanters, and whormongers, and morthrers and ydolatres, and whosoever loveth or maketh lesynges. I Jesus sent myne angell, to testyfye vnto you these thynges in the congregacions. I am the rote and the generacion of David, and the bright mornynge starre. And the sprete and the bryde sayde come. And lett hym that heareth/ saye also come. And let hym that is a thyrst come. And let whosoever wyll, take of the water of lyfe fre. I testifye vnto every man thatt heareth the wordes of prophesy of thys boke. yf eny man shall adde vnto these thynges, god shall adde vnto hym the plages that are wrytten in this boke. And yf eny man shall mynnyshe of the wordes off the boke of this prophesy god shall take awaye his parte out of the boke of lyfer and oute of the holy cetie and from thoo thynges which are written in this boke. He which testifyith these thinges sayth: be hit, I come quyckly, Amen. even soo: come lorde Jesu. The grace of oure lorde Jesus Christ be The ende af the newe To the Reder. GE created a Whiche EVE diligence Reder (I exhorte the) that thou come with a pure mynde, and as the scripture sayth with a syngle eye/ vnto the wordes of health and of eternall lyfe: by the which (if we repent and beleve them) we are borne a newe fresshe, and enioye the frutes off the bloud of Christ. bloud cryeth not for vengeaunce, as the bloud of Abel: but hath purchased lyfe love faveour/ grace, blessynge, and whatsoever is promysed in the scriptures/ to them that beleve and obeye God and stondeth bitwene vs and wrathe vengeaunce / cursse/ and whatsoever the scripture threateneth agaynst the vnbelevers and disobedient, which resist and consent not in their hertes to the lawe of god that it is ryght/ wholy iuste and ought soo to be. Marke the playne and manyfest places of the scriptures, and in doutfull places / se thou adde no interpretacion contrary to them but (as Paul sayth) let all be conformable and agreynge to the fayth. Note the difference of the lawe, and of the gospell. The one axeth and requyreth, the wother perdoneth and forgeveth. The one threateneth, the wother promyseth all good thynges, to them thatt sett their trust in Christ only. The gospell signifieth gladde tydynges, and is nothynge butt the promyses off good thynges. All is not gospell that is written in the gospell boke: For if the lawe were a waye, thou couldest not know what the gospell |