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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
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 second thing in the Elders praise, vers. 10. is, their practice, see forth in three expressions, 1. Though these four and twenty Elders be sitting upon Thrones, yet, when they hear the beasts, or Ministers, mentioning the Holiness and Excellency of the Lord, the Word hath that weight with them as to make them quit their▪ Thrones, and fall down before Him that sat on the Throne: This is to show, 1. their high esteem of God, before whom they cannot be too vile. 2. It showeth their humble estimation of their own grandeur, and their being denied to it, when any thing of the honouring of God cometh in competition therewith. And, 3. it showeth their acknowledging of all to be from Him, and their accounting of it their greatest honour, not to sit upon Thrones, but to be humble before Him, and to have Him high. The second thing in their practice, is, They worship Him that liveth for ever and ever: This is added, 1. to show that their falling down is out of no astonishment, or confusion, but out of deliberation to glorify God. 2. To show that the more humble Saints fall before God, the more fit are they to worship Him, and the better progress will they make therein. 3. It is to express the inward adoration of their hearts, as going alongst with their external humbled condition. God is expressed by this, that they worship Him that liveth for ever and ever, (even as it was in the former Verse, in the beasts their giving praise) that thereby it may be seen that they worship no Idol, but the living God, in opposition to the heathenish and Antichristian worshippers: and also to show, that they know whom they worship, and are not worshipping an unknown God▪ Further, it expresseth the reverent impression which they have of Him, so that they cannot mention on Him but with such Titles and Attributes as prefer Him beyond all others. The third thing in their practice, is, and they cast their Crowns before the Throne: this showeth further, their great zeal to the Glory of God, their great sense of the huge dis-proportionableness that is between Him and them, their acknowledgement of their having their Crowns from Him, and holding them of Him; and their great, and only design to improve that honour and dignity to which they have been advanced, unto the honour of Him that sitteth upon the Throne, from whom they have the same:
The second thing in the Elders praise, vers. 10. is, their practice, see forth in three expressions, 1. Though these four and twenty Elders be sitting upon Thrones, yet, when they hear the beasts, or Ministers, mentioning the Holineste and Excellency of the Lord, the Word hath that weight with them as to make them quit their Thrones, and fall down before Him that sat on the Throne: This is to shew, 1. their high esteem of God, before whom they cannot be too vile. 2. It sheweth their humble estimation of their own grandour, and their being denied to it, when any thing of the honouring of God cometh in competition therewith. And, 3. it sheweth their acknowledging of all to be from Him, and their accounting of it their greatest honour, not to sit upon Thrones, but to be humble before Him, and to have Him high. The second thing in their practice, is, They worship Him that liveth for ever and ever: This is added, 1. to shew that their falling down is out of no astonishment, or confusion, but out of deliberation to glorifie God. 2. To shew that the more humble Saints fall before God, the more fit are they to worship Him, and the better progresse will they make therein. 3. It is to expresse the inward adoration of their hearts, as going alongst with their externall humbled condition. God is expressed by this, that they worship Him that liveth for ever and ever, (even as it was in the former Verse, in the beasts their giving praise) that thereby it may be seen that they worship no Idol, but the living God, in opposition to the heathenish and Antichristian worshippers: and also to shew, that they know whom they worship, and are not worshipping an unknown God Further, it expresseth the reverent impression which they have of Him, so that they cannot menion on Him but with such Titles and Attributes as prefer Him beyond all others. The third thing in their practice, is, and they cast their Crowns before the Throne: this sheweth further, their great zeal to the Glory of God, their great sense of the hudge dis-proportionablness that is between Him and them, their acknowledgment of their having their Crowns from Him, and holding them of Him; and their great, and only design to improve that honour and dignity to which they have been advanced, unto the honour of Him that sitteth upon the Throne, from whom they have the same: