A37035:1711
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.
13. nor distemper of air, or weather, nor any thing hurtful or noisome to the body, if properly taken. There was by the former phrase no sinful defect, and now there is no sinless defect, ⟨p. 400⟩which Christ was subject unto while He was here on earth, such as hunger or cold or weariness: there is nothing of that kind in Heaven, nothing to distemper their happiness or to impair their blessedness; not, the least blast that floweth from their natural infirmity within, nor from without by annoyance of the weather, as it is here on earth. The fifth is, a main step of their happiness, and it is given as the great ground and reason of all the rest, and serveth to confirm it, vers. 17. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the Throne, stall lead them; it shall be so, and can be no otherwayes; for, the Lamb Jesus Christ Himself, who is God on the Throne, equal to the Father, His care over them will be such as will admit no want, but will furnish all good: and this is set out in these two, 1. He shall feed them; which comprehendeth all care over them and tenderness to them in Him; and also taketh in all provision needful for their well-being in providing for them, and feasting them, and over-seeing them, to keep them from any hurt, as a shepherd doth his flock, Psal. 23. He shall take them in His special guiding, without intervening of Ordinances or Ministers. 2. It is set out in the excellent pastures He shall feed them in, not at puddles or streams, nor every fountain, but living fountains of waters, which dry not up, able to quench all thirst, and to cool from all heat: called living fountains, 1. In opposition to all earthly consolations, which are but as standing and dead puddles or cisterns, or streams at best; but there are at His right hand fullness of joy, and pleasures for evermore, Psal. 16. fountains and living fountains. 2. To show the diversity and abundance of consolation that is to be had and will be gotten in the presence of God, and of the Lamb in heaven. And, 3. living fountains, to show the inexhaustibleness of them: it is closed with a word to confirm the former, God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes, that is, God shall put an end to all their misery, and there shall be neither sigh nor tear there, nor cause of tears, though they have never been in their life without tears on their cheeks;