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3. It is no strain of wit, but a solid and judicious exposition of the fourth Chapter of the Revelation, to make it a description of a ⟨p. 41⟩particular visible Church of Christ, according to the platform and pattern of the New Testament: where, as the four living Creatures, are the four sorts of Officers, so the twenty-four Elders set forth the brethren in the Church, who are as Elders (in respect of their ripe age, Gal. 4.1, 2, 3.) and twenty-four, in number, answering to the twenty-four Orders of Priests and Levites, 1 Chron. 25.9. &c. And these are all said to join together in singing a new Song unto the Lamb, Rev. 5.8, 9, 10.

3. It is no straine of wit, but a solid and judicious exposition of the fourth Chapter of the Revelation, to make it a description of a ⟨p. 41⟩particular visible Church of Christ, according to the platforme and patterne of the New Testament: where, as the foure living Creatures, are the foure sorts of Officers, so the twenty-foure Elders set forth the brethren in the Church, who are as Elders (in respect of their ripe age, Gal. 4.1, 2, 3.) and twenty-foure, in number, answering to the twenty-foure Orders of Priests and Levites, 1 Chron. 25.9. &c. And these are all said to joyne together in singing a new Song unto the Lambe, Rev. 5.8, 9, 10.