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A commentary upon the book of the Revelation Wherein the text is explained, the…A commentarie upon the book of the Revelation Wherein the text is explained, the…
A commentary upon the book of the Revelation Wherein the text is explained, the series of the several prophecies contained in that book, deduced according to their order and dependence on each other; the periods and succession of times, at, or about which, these prophecies, that are already fulfilled, began to be, and were more fully accomplished, fixed and applied according to history; and those that are yet to be fulfilled, modestly, and so far as is warrantable, enquired into. Together with some practical observations, and several digressions, necessary for vindicating, clearing, and confirming many weighty and important truths. Delivered in several lectures, by that learned, laborious, and faithful servant of Jesus Christ, James Durham, late Minister of the Gospel in Glasgow. To which is affixed a brief summary of the whole book, with a twofold index, one of the several digressions, another of the chief and principal purposes and words contained in this treatise.A commentarie upon the book of the Revelation Wherein the text is explained, the series of the several prophecies contained in that book, deduced according to their order and dependance on each other; the periods and succession of times, at, or about which, these prophecies, that are already fulfilled, began to be, and were more fully accomplished, fixed and applied according to history; and those that are yet to be fulfilled, modestly, and so far as is warrantable, enquired into. Together with some practical observations, and several digressions, necessary for vindicating, clearing, and confirming many weighty and important truths. Delivered in several lectures, by that learned, laborious, and faithfull servant of Jesus Christ, James Durham, late Minister of the Gospel in Glasgow. To which is affixed a brief summary of the whole book, with a twofold index, one of the several digressions, another of the chief and principall purposes and words contained in this treatise.
Edinburgh: printed by Christopher Higgins, 1658
AN EXPOSITION Of the BOOK of the REVELATION. › Lecture 1 › Chapter 4
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.
The fourth circumstance, is, vers. 2. And immediately I was in the Spirit: whereby it is like, there hath been some interval betwixt the ecstasy he was in, Chap. 1. vers. 10. and this ecstasy of spirit he is now in: and it is the second way how our Lord Jesus fitteth John to receive these following Mysteries: First, He carrieth up his affections, and maketh him Heavenly, and then ravisheth him in the spirit, whereby (as Chap. 1.10.) in an extraordinary way John is, as it were, taken out of himself, put in an ecstasy, impressions of things to come made on his spirit, and palpably and visibly made discernible to him, in a Spiritual way, as if he had seen them with his bodily eyes.
The fourth circumstance, is, vers. 2. And immediately I was in the Spirit: whereby it is like, there hath been some intervall betwixt the ecstasie he was in, Chap. 1. vers. 10. and this ecstasie of spirit he is now in: and it is the second way how our Lord Jesus fittteth Iohn to receive these following Mysteries: First, He carrieth up his affections, and maketh him Heavenly, and then ravisheth him in the spirit, whereby (as Chap. 1.10.) in an extraordinary way Iohn is, as it were, taken out of himself, put in an ecstasie, impressions of things to come made on his spirit, and palpably and visibly made discernable to him, in a Spirituall way, as if he had seen them with his bodily eyes.
We come now to the vision it self: And in it we have, 1. Gods Throne (to speak so) set forth, 2. Himself sitting on it, 3. A description of His Glory as He sitteth upon it.
1. Behold, a throne was set in Heaven. These are borrowed expressions: for, God needeth not a material Throne, neither hath He any such in Heaven; but as among Kings, Thrones are used as seats for Judgement, and for places where they appear in their Royalty; so the same similitude is borrowed here, to set out the Sovereignty of God in Heaven, and in Earth, and in His Church (especially His Gospel-church) which is called His Throne,