A37035:1213
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.
First, Something of God. And hence, Obs. 1. His absolute and sovereign Dominion in Heaven and Earth: which we gather from the similitude it self, He sitteth on a Throne, and hath all these attendants waiting on Him; and from the song, brought in to point at this as the scope, which showeth the great end God had and hath before Him, in creating and preserving all things, It is to show Himself glorious, from this ground of His absolute Dominion over all creatures.
First, Something of God. And hence, Obs. 1. His absolute and soveraign Dominion in Heaven and Earth: which we gather from the similitude it self, He sitteth on a Throne, and hath all these attendants waiting on Him; and from the song, brought in to point at this as the scope, which sheweth the great end God had and hath before Him, in creating and preserving all things, It is to shew Himself glorious, from this ground of His absolute Dominion over all creatures.
2. Not only is He a stately King on the Throne, but He exerciseth His Dominion; He hath made all, and He sustaineth all for His good pleasure, and sitteth on the Throne ever executing His pleasure; and the world never wanteth a Governor, as long as this King sitteth on the Throne; and as there is a Sovereign God, there is also a Sovereign Providence in all the World, but more especially in the Church.
2. Not only is He a stately King on the Throne, but He exerciseth His Dominion; He hath made all, and He sustaineth all for His good pleasure, and sitteth on the Throne ever executing His pleasure; and the world never wanteth a Governour, as long as this King sitteth on the Throne; and as there is a Soveraign God, there is also a Soveraign Providence in all the World, but more especially in the Church.