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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.
That it relateth to former sufferings, and that not for a short time, but for sufferings of some continuance. Their complaint, that their blood •s spil•, implieth their sufferings to be past; and their cry, How long, implieth their continuance under suffering for a time: and therefore must relate to the sufferings mentioned under the former seals, as is said. 3. That the matter contained here must be understood rather Spiritually, as it pointeth at the scope, than literally a• the words bear: for, properly souls can neither be seen nor heard, and so also in other circumstances, but the Spirit maketh use of such expressions for setting forth the reality and certainty of the thing intended.
That it relateth to former sufferings, and that not for a short time, but for sufferings of some continuance. Their complaint, that their bloud •s spil•, implieth their sufferings to be past; and their cry, How long, implyeth their continuance under suffering for a time: and therefore must relate to the sufferings mentioned under the former seals, as is said. 3. That the matter contained here must be understood rather Spiritually, as it pointeth at the scope, than literally a• the words bear: for, properly souls can neither be seen nor heard, and so also in other circumstances, but the Spirit maketh use of such expressions for setting forth the reality and certainty of the thing intended.
More particularly to come to the words, in what John saw, vers. 9. These three are to be considered, 1. What he saw, the souls of them that were slain, to wit, of Martyrs. 2. Where he saw them, to wit, under the altar. 3. We have the properties whereby he ⟨p. 361⟩describeth these Martyrs and differenceth them from others, They were slain for the Word of God, and for the testimony which they held.