A37035:1756
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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Fifthly, We may consider the Sovereignty and freeness of this intercession, which tendeth not a little to the consolation of Gods people: for, in the exercise thereof, our blessed Lord Jesus hath not tied Himself to wait on our prayers, or on our sight and sense of, or weightednesse with, our own evils either of sin or misery, but often His way appeareth to be very gracious and sovereignly condescending, that He answereth before we call, Isa. 65. vers. 24. and that He interposeth, even when we are like fruitless trees troubling the ground▪ Luk. 13. and when we are secure, not minding the snares the devil is laying for us, as Luk. 22, 32. He prayeth for Peter that his faith fail not, He in the mean time not knowing any such snare. Hence in the Scripture, grace i• exalted, and sinners are invited to come with boldness thereunto, upon this ground of Christs intercession •s much a• any: so (Heb. 4.) when the compassionateness of this high Priest hath been spoken to, this conclusion is drawn from it, Let us therefore approach with boldness unto the thr•n• of grace that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in the time of need: here grace hath a Throne; and He that seeketh upon this account, may expect to find mercy and grace as that which aboundeth most under thi• Dominion and about this Throne. It is from this ground of His intercession, that so many evils are prevented and kept back from the people of God, which have even been at their door: and were the mercies which we obtain, and that without any direct petitioning of the Lord for them, and the many evils which we are liable to, and might and would come, if the Lord prevented not, we our selves in the mean time being but little watchful to have them prevented: were these (I say) considered, how much? O how very much would we find our selves obliged to the Intercessor, from whom His people have all these? yea, if we will consider this freeness more nearly, we will find, that this Intercession and sympathy is not broken off and made less because of the Believers sin; but is in some respect the more stirred and provoked, because this sympathy floweth from the relation that is betwixt Head and members, which sin doth not cut off; and it is as with a tender natural parent, who cannot but be affcted with the child's straits, even though he hath shamefully brought them on himself;