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Apocalypsis A brief and learned commentary upon the revelation of Saint John the apostle…Apocalypsis A briefe and learned commentarie vpon the reuelation of Saint Iohn the apostle…
Apocalypsis A brief and learned commentary upon the revelation of Saint John the apostle and evangelist, applied unto the history of the Catholic and Christian Church. Written in Latin by M. Francis Junius Doctor of Divinity, and professor in the University of Heidelberg: And translated into English for the benefit of those that understand not the Latin.Apocalypsis A briefe and learned commentarie vpon the reuelation of Saint Iohn the apostle and euangelist, applyed vnto the history of the Catholicke and Christian Church. Written in Latine by M. Francis Iunius Doctor of Diuinitie, and professor in the Vniuersitie of Heidelberge: And translated into English for the benefit of those that vnderstand not the Latine.
London: printed by Richard Field for Robert Dexter, 1592
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1 12After that, I saw four Angels standing upon the afour corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that no wind should blow upon the earth, neither on the sea, 2neither on any tree.
1 12AFter that, I saw foure Angels standing vpon the afoure corners of the earth, holding the foure winds of the earth, that no winde should blow vpon the earth, neither on the sea, 2neither on any tree.
- 1The 2. member of this part is a preventing of danger, as we distinguished the same before ch. 6. 1. that is, of the caution whereby God took care before hand & provided for his; that after the example of the Israelites of old Exod. 8. 23. the faithful might be exempted from the plagues of this wicked world. This whole place, is a certain interloquution & bringing in, for this whose chap. by occasion of the prediction and argument of the sixth seal. For first that evil is prevented in the elect, unto the 9. verse. Then thanks are given by the elect for that cause, ver 10. 11, 12. Lastly the accomplishment of the thing is set forth, unto the end of the Chapter. The first verse is a transition, speaking of the Angels which keep these inferior parts from all evil, until God do command For (as it is excellently figured by Ezekiel cha. 1. 11. 12.) their faces and their wings are reached upwards, continually waiting upon and beholding the countenance of God for their direction, and every of them goeth into that part that is right before his face: whither soever the Spirit shall go, they go, they step not out of the way, that is, they depart not so much as a foot breadth from the path commanded them of God.