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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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12 After this they heard a great voice from heaven, saying unto them, Come up hither. And ⟨p. 40⟩22they ascended up to heaven in a cloud, 23and their enemies did see them.
12 After this they heard a great voice from heauen, saying vnto them, Come vp hither. And ⟨p. 40⟩22they ascended vp to heauen in a cloud, 23and their enimies did see them.
- 22They were called by God into heaven, and taken out of this malignant world, into the heavenly Church, which also lieth hidden here in the earth, to exercise their calling secretly: as of whom this wretched world was unworthy. Heb. 11. 38. For the Church of the wicked is by comparison called the earth or the world; & the Church of the godly, heaven. So in ancient time amongst the godly Israelites; so amongst the Jews in the days of Manasseh & other kings, whom the earth refused that heirs of heaven, we read that they lay hidden as heaven in the earth.They were called by God into heauen, and taken out of this malignant world, into the heauenly Church, which also lyeth hidden here in the earth, to exercise their calling secretly: as of whō this wretched world was vnworthy. Heb. 11. 38. For the Church of the wicked is by comparison called the earth or the world; & the Church of the godly, heauen. So in ancient time amongst the godly Israelits; so amongst the Iewes in the dayes of Manasses & other kings, whō the earth refused that heires of heauen, we reade that they lay hidden as heauen in the earth.
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