Christs Victory Over the Dragon, Table of contents
THE ANALYTICALL TABLE OF THE WHOLE CHAPTER: With the severall Verses and Arguments.
The Chapter hath six principall Parts:
I. A Description of the true Church, v. 1. 2. Where
1 The Preface:
In which
1 What is the Wonder,
2 The Greatnes of it.
3 The manner of appearing.
4 The place whence, Heaven.
2 The Vision, of one of the Combatants:
Described 1 By her person, A woman.
Described 2 By her properties, foure
1 Her Apparell: Where
1 The Garment, The Sunne.
2 The Application, Clothed.
2 Her Place: The Moone under her feet.
3 Her Ornament: The Crowne of twelve stars on her head.
1 Why Crowned.
2 What the 12. stars.
3 Why on her head.
4 Her fruitfulnes: being with childe, &c.
1 Her Conception.
2 Her painful travel.
II. A Description of the Devill, another of the Combatants, v. 3, 4, 5, 6. Two wayes.
1 By his Adjuncts, five,
1 Magnitude. Vers. 3.
2 Cruelty. Vers. 3.
3 Subtiltie. Vers. 3.
4 Power. Vers. 3.
5 Victory. Vers. 3.
2 By his Effests,
1 Against the Stars: He threw downe a third part with his tayle.
2 Against the Woman:
1 Assailing, ver. 4. Where
1 His Action, He stood before the Woman.
2 His Intention: to devour the childe, &c.
2 Disappointed, in respect of
1 The woman: described
1 By her childbearing, v. 5. she brought forth a manchilde.
2 By her flight, v: 6. where,
1 The place prepared of God, In the wildernesse.
2 Her sustentation, to feed her there.
3 Her continuance there, 1260. daies
2 Her Issue, whose
1 Sex, Amanchilde.
2 Office, To rule the nations with a rod of Iron.
3 Advancement, taken up to God and his throne.
III. A fierce Battell betweene those Combatants: vers. 7. Where,
1 The Battell: And there was a Battell.
2 The Armies:
1 The Actors:
On one side, Michaell and his Angels.
On the other, The Dragon and his angels, In both
1 The Generall of the Field: Michael, or the Dragon.
2 The Band or Army: The Angels of eyther.
2 The Action: They fought.
IIII. The successe of the Battell, ver. 8. 9. The Dragons overthrow:
1 Expressed,
2 Interpreted:
1 He prevailed not.
2 He was so prevailed against, that he had no more place in heaven.
1 In a description of the party overthrowne:
1 By his names, & titles: foure
2 By his effect, he deceiveth the whole world
1 The great Dragon.
2 That old Serpent.
3 The Devill.
4 Satan.
2 For the maner of his overthrow, he was cast out
3 The place whither he was cast, the earth.
4 His assotiats in the overthrow, his angells with him.
V. The Triumph of the godly for this victory, verse 10, 11, 12. Where
1 The Preface: In it,
1 What Voyce this was.
2 Whose.
Why lowd.
2 The Parts: Two,
1 The Ioy of the Church, Whereof
1 The Acts: It singeth out,
1 The praises of God, the giver of all victory.
2 The praises of Michael the Generall, v. 10.
3 The praises of the Armie, or Angels of Michael, ver. 11. Where
1 The report of the Victory, But they overcame him.
2 The Causes of it:
1 Principall and meritorious, The blood of the Lambe.
2 Instrumentall:
1 The word of their testimony.
2 Their constancy in martyrdome, they loved not their lives, &c.
2 The Object: Where
1 The matter; ascribing
1 To God, Salvation, Strength & Kingdome.
2 To Christ, power: 1. Title, Christ: 2. Relation to the Father, his Christ: 3. Attribute, power.
2 The Reason: Where,
1 His Crimination
1 What are these accusations.
2 Who are accused, Brethren:
3 Where, before God,
4 When, day and night.
2 His Dejection, at the tribunall
1 Of God.
2 Of men.
2 The wofull estate of the enemies, v. 12.
1 The woe denounced.
2 The Persons on whom, the inhabitants of the earth and sea.
3 The Reason: twofold,
1 The comming downe of the Devill.
2 His wrathfull Disposition, with the cause: Where
1 How his time is said to be short
2 How hee knoweth it is so.
3 What use hee makes of this knowledge.
VI. The fury of Satan, renewing the assault, v. 13. to the end: where
1 The new Onset: v. 13. In it
1 The person persecuting, the Dragon.
2 The person persecuted, the woman.
3 The time and manner, when she had brought forth the manchilde.
2 The escape of the party assailed, v. 14. Where
1 The Kinde: It was by flight.
2 The Meanes: Here,
1 The meanes themselves: 1 What, Wings: 2 Number, two: 3 Whence, given her: 4 Similitude, Eagles.
2 Whence she did fly with them: from the face of the Serpent.
3 Whither: into the wildernesse, called her place:
4 To what end. to be nourished and preserved there.
5 How long: for a time, times, and halfe a time.
3. Another Device of the Dragon against the Womans good-name, v. 15. Where
1 The Mischiefe intended: In it,
1 What the floods of water are.
2 What the spring of thē: the dragons mouth.
3 What the end: to carry the woman away.
2 The Remedy against it, v. 16.
4 Enmitie against her Issue: v. 17 Where,
1 The Dragons wrath and warre, appearing by
the
1 Captaine.
2 Weapons.
2 The persons with whom: Described
1 By their paucity: the remnant of her seed.
2 By their property: twofold,
1 They keep the Commandements of God.
2 They have the Testimonie of Iesus Christ.