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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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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Nature it self (most noble Grinald) hath taught the husbandmen that are skilful in grafting, & inoculation, to fence the imps engrafted into the stock, with clay, straw, mortar or loam mixed with chaff until the plant have got a just strength, left by any injury of the weather it might receive hurt. The same thing hath God, the author of all wisdom & of every good gift, of his exceeding mercy, towards all mankind, provided continually in the husbandry of his Church. For he hath both infused inwardly into his most excellent plants, that vi•al sap which is necessary unto continuance, or rather unto eternity, as those which are borne again of his mighty word: & also by the covert of the same word, hath fenced those that are plan ted in Christ against the injuries that outwardly might happen unto them. In this manner was that ancient Church of the Jews confirmed of old by the holy servant of God Daniel a most faithful Prophet, against the violence & fraud of tyrants and of false prophets that were to come: And so also this our Church since the first coming of Christ, remaining in expectance of his second and glorious appearance, hath evermore by all his good servants, and especially by this most holy Apostle and Evangelist S. John, the disciple whom Christ loved, bin preserved against like, or also greater tempests: strengthened ⟨image 4⟩with his own forces, and covered as with certain eaves least by this perpetual shower of incommodities, it should rot, or any way drop through. For this Apostle, undoubtedly inspired of God, hath both mightily defended the truth of the doctrine, and person of Christ, and the love of the Church from the venomous teeth and bitings of heretics by his Gospel, thereby adding an accomplishment unto the other holy and divine Gospels: and also hath in this book of Revelation maintained the faith and patience of the saints, from the violent invasions of most cruel enemies, and of most false hypocrites. This divine and wholesome providence, most familiarly laid out unto us in this book, Satan hath not ceased from the beginning to oppugn, that he might pluck the same (if it were possible) out of the minds of the godly and elect. For as he hath striven against the credit and authority of this book very much:
NAture it selfe (most noble Grinald) hath taught the husbandmen that are skilfull in grafting, & inoculation, to fence the imps engrafted into the stocke, with clay, straw, morter or lome mixt with chaffe vntill the plant haue got a just strength, left by anie iniurie of the wether it might receiue hurt. The same thing hath God, the author of all wisdome & of euerie good gift, of his exceeding mercie, towards all mankind, prouided cōtinually in ye husbādrie of his Church. For he hath both infused inwardly into his most excellent plants, that vial sap which is necessarie vnto cōtinuance, or rather vnto eternitie, as those which are borne againe of his mightie word: & also by the couert of the same word, hath fenced those that are plā ted in Christ against the iniuries that outwardly might happen vnto them. In this manner was that auncient Church of the Iewes confirmed of old by the holy seruaunt of God Daniell a most faithfull Prophet, against the violence & fraud of tyrants and of false prophets that were to come: And so also this our Church since the first comming of Christ, remaining in expectance of his second and glorious appearance, hath euermore by all his good seruants, and especially by this most holy Apostle and Euangelist S. Iohn, the disciple whom Christ loued, bin preserued against like, or also greater tempests: strengthened