The Angel and the Small Scroll
(Ezekiel 3:1–15)

1And I sawe another myghtie Angel come downe fro heaue, clothed with a cloude, and ye raynebowe vpon his head, and his face as it were the sunne, and his feete as it were pillers of fyre. 2And he had in his hande a litle booke open, and he put his ryght foote vpon the sea, and his left foote on the earth: 3And cryed with a loude voyce, as whe a Lion roreth: And when he had cryed, seuen thunders vttered their voyces. 4And when the seuen thunders had vttered their voyces, I was about to write: and I hearde a voyce from heauen, saying vnto me: seale vp those thinges which the seuen thunders vttered, and write them not. 5And the Angel which I sawe stande vpon the sea and vpon the earth, lyft vp his hande to heauen, 6And sware by hym that lyueth for euermore, which created heauen and the thynges that therin are, & the earth and the thinges that therin are, and the sea, and the thynges which therin are, that there shoulde be no longer tyme. 7But in the dayes of the voyce of the seuenth Angel, when he shall begyn to blowe, euen the misterie of God shalbe finished, as he declared to his seruautes the prophetes.

8And the voyce which I hearde from heauen, spake vnto me agayne, & sayde: Go, and take the litle booke which is open in the hande of the Angel, which standeth vpon the sea and vpon ye earth. 9And I went vnto the Angel, & sayde vnto hym, geue me the litle booke. And he sayde vnto me, take it and eate it vp, and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shalbe in thy mouth as sweete as hony. 10And I toke the litle booke out of the Angels hande, and ate it vp, and it was in my mouth as sweete as hony: and assoone as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter. 11And he sayde vnto me, thou must prophesie agayne among the people, and nations, and tongues, & to many kinges.