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Seasonable truths in evil-times in several sermons / lately preached in and about London
Seasonable truths in evil-times in several sermons / lately preached in and about London by William Bridge, late preacher of the word of God at Yarmouth.Seasonable truths in evil-times in several sermons / lately preached in and about London by Willam Bridge, late preacher of the word of God at Yarmouth.
London: printed for Nath. Crouch, 1668
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Sermon 4: The two Witnesses, their Testimony.Sermon 4: The two VVitnesses, their Testimony.
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.
But then Secondly, As for their qualification.
For their quality: These are the two Olive trees, at the 4. verse (I shall speak to all these things, within the compass of my Doctrine) And the two Candle-sticks standing before the God of the Earth.
Wat's that? These are the Olive-trees: Why if you look into Zech. from whence this is taken, you shall find the two Olive-trees are the godly Magistrates and Ministers, by whose assistance the golden Oil is emptied into the Candle-sticks, and Lamps. Having spoken of the Candlestick of gold, at the 2d. vers. of that 4. of Zech. And of two Olive-trees by it; at the 3d. vers. At the 11. verse: Then answered I, and said unto him, what are these two Olive-trees upon the right side of the Candlestick, and upon the left side thereof? And I answered again, and said unto him, what be these two Olive-branches which through the two golden pipes, empty the golden Oil out of themselves? And he answered me, and said, knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No my Lord: Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole Earth—The two anointed ones—What's that?-Why the Magistrates were anointed, and the High-Priests were anointed. Zerubbabel and Joshua were the two anointed ones—
Wat's that? These are the Olive-trees: Why if you look into Zech. from whence this is taken, you shall find the two Olive-trees are the godly Magistrates and Ministers, by whose assistance the golden Oyl is emptied into the Candle-sticks, and Lamps. Having spoken of the Candlestick of gold, at the 2d. vers. of that 4. of Zech. And of two Olive-trees by it; at the 3d. vers. At the 11. verse: Then answered I, and said unto him, what are these two Olive-trees upon the right side of the Candlestick, and upon the left side thereof? And I answered again, and said unto him, what be these two Olive-branches which through the two golden pipes, empty the golden Oyle out of themselves? And he answered me, and said, knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No my Lord: Then said he, These are the two annointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole Earth—The two annointed ones—What's that?-Why the Magistrates were annointed, and the High-Priests were annointed. Zerubbabel and Joshua were the two annointed ones—