A37035:1469
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
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LECTURE IIII.
Vers. 5. And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come, and see. And I beheld, and so, a black horse, and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. 6. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny, and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
Vers. 5. And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come, and see. And I beheld, and so, a black horse, and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. 6. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a peny, and three measures of barley for a peny, and see thou hurt not the oyl and the wine.
These Verses continue the history of the opening of the seals, or rather the prophecy revealed by them. The third seal holdeth forth a sad condition of the Church, in some things agreeing with the former type, and preparation thereunto; but, in many circumstances, differing. As first, the voice that calleth, Come, and see, is the voice of the third beast, which (Chap. 4. and 7.) had the face of a man: whereby is signified, 1. Prudence and reason in the Ministers of the Gospel, as we said there. 2. It signifieth such a condition of the Church to be typified by this type, as should have need of prudence, reason, and wisdom in the Ministers of the Gospel, even as the former two called respectively for boldness and patience as meet for them. 3. It holdeth forth that the Church under this dispensation should be well furnished with Ministers accordingly qualified, as suitable to such a dispensation.