I asked her about the four colours which the beast had on his head. And she answered, and said to me, “Again you are inquisitive in regard to such matters.” “Yea, lady,” said I, “make known to me what they are.” “Listen,” said she: “the black is the world in which we dwell: but the fiery and bloody points out that the world must perish through blood and fire: but the golden part are you who have escaped from this world. For as gold is tested by fire, and thus becomes useful, so are you tested who dwell in it. Those, therefore, who continue stedfast, and are put through the fire, will be purified by means of it. For as gold casts away its dross, so also will ye cast away all sadness and straitness, and will be made pure so as to fit into the building of the tower. But the white part is the age that is to come, in which the elect of God will dwell, since those elected by God to eternal life will be spotless and pure. Wherefore cease not speaking these things into the ears of the saints. This then is the type of the great tribulation that is to come. If ye wish it, it will be nothing. Remember those things which were written down before.” And saying this, she departed. But I saw not into what place she retired. There was a noise, however, and I turned round in alarm, thinking that that beast was coming. Footnote 1612: _Rarely._ Easily.—_Lips._, _Sin._ Footnote 1613: _He might strengthen me_, omitted in Vat. Footnote 1614: _For ... marvels._ This clause is connected with the subsequent sentence in Vat. Footnote 1615: Comp. Rev. xi. 7, xii. 3, xiii. 1, xvii. 8. Footnote 1616: God.—_Lips._, _Vat._ Footnote 1617: The Vat. adds: with a stroke. Footnote 1618: _The Lord._ God.—_Vat._ Footnote 1619: _Care._ Loneliness and anxiety.—_Vat._ Footnote 1620: _God._ The Lord.—_Vat._ Footnote 1621: _Thegri._ The name of this angel is variously written, Hegrin, Tegri. Some have supposed the word to be for ἄγριον, _the wild_; some have taken it to mean “the watchful,” as in Dan. iv. 10, 20; and some take it to be the name of a fabulous lion. Footnote 1622: _The Lord._ God.—_Vat._ Footnote 1623: _Send scourges._ Send you help. But woe to the doubters who.—_Vat._ Footnote 1624: Matt. xxvi. 24. VISION FIFTH. CONCERNING THE COMMANDMENTS.