An exposition upon the thirteenth chapter of the Revelation by that reverend and eminent…

Now of this book it is, of which Moses speaks, Exo. 32. 33. If thou wilt not forgive the sin of thy people, then blot me out of the book which thou hast written; not which the Church hath written, but which thou hast written, which the Lord hath written of life in Christ, in which the Lord hath written all the names of his Elect: This is the book out of which he desires to be blotted out of; such was the ecstasy, I cannot say of his zeal, but he was filled with such ardent zeal, that rather then such a reproach should be cast upon God, that he was not able to bring them to the Land of Canaan, let him be blotted out of the book which he had written, let damnation it self fall upon him, rather then the name of the Lord should be reproached ⟨p. 135⟩by the uncircumcised Heathens; and in that sense Paul wisheth himself separate from Christ, for his brethren, his kinsmen according to the flesh, Rom. 9. 3. He doth not say, he would be cast out of the Church; but he found, that zeal for the whole Church, and for the Lord Jesus, that rather then the Gospel of Christ should be hindered, if it may stand with Gods liking, he could rather wish such a wretch as he should be cut off, then that the whole body of his people should be cast off: This is the Lambs book of Life, called the book of Life, not because the Lord stands in need of a book, but because those whom in his eternal purpose he hath decreed to save, his unchangeable purpose doth fix them as fast in his remembrance, as if they were written in a book before him: For that end his decree hath taken such particular notice of them, that if they were written in a book before him, they could not be more steadfastly and particularly recorded.

Now of this book it is, of which Moses speaks, Exo. 32. 33. If thou wilt not forgive the sin of thy people, then blot me out of the book which thou hast written; not which the Church hath written, but which thou hast written, which the Lord hath written of life in Christ, in which the Lord hath written all the names of his Elect: This is the book out of which hee desires to be blotted out of; such was the extasie, I cannot say of his zeale, but he was filled with such ardent zeale, that rather then such a reproach should be cast upon God, that he was not able to bring them to the Land of Canaan, let him be blotted out of the book which he had written, let damnation it selfe fall upon him, rather then the name of the Lord should be reproached