Revelation 15

Revelation 15:1

And I had another vision concerning the judgments of God upon heathen Rome, and methought I saw seven angels with seven plagues, all which were to come one after another, and between them to divide the tragedy, and act all God’s vengeance upon them.

Revelation 15:2

And methought I saw a great multitude of pure, zealous Christians, (the multitude noted by the sea, their purity by glass, and their zeal by fire) that had not yielded to the heathen terrors in any the least degree, but continuing constant in their purity and steadfast confession of faith. And they had in their hands harps, such as were wont to be used in the temple in God’s service, called the musical instruments of God, 1 Chron. xvi. 42.

Revelation 15:3

And they sung to Christ the same song (or another after that pattern) that Moses had done upon the victory and deliverance out of Egypt, when the Egyptians were overwhelmed in the sea, noting their acknowledgment of God’s goodness and mercy to them, who now, they saw, would punish and destroy the persecuting heathen emperors. And they magnified the mighty and wonderful works of God, his overruling power and fidelity in making good his promises to the Christians, his servants;

Revelation 15:4

And said, Now shall all the men in the world be obliged to fear and dread thee, and withal to magnify thy name. This is thine only work, O Lord; for the nations of the world, the Gentiles, the Roman empire, shall at length convert to Christianity upon the sight of thy revenges upon them who had crucified Christ, both Jews and Romans.

Revelation 15:5

And then methought I saw the holy of holies opened, those great mysteries which had long lain hid, revealed, that is, the decrees of God concerning the Romans now ready to come forth.

Revelation 15:6

And the sum of them was contained in seven plagues or punishments upon the Roman empire, brought out by as many angels in shining, glorious