A37035:1902
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
AN EXPOSITION Of the BOOK of the REVELATION. › Lecture 1 › Chapter 9
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1. The object of this plague, is, the visible Church, and hypocritical Professors in it, who are not appointed and marked for eternal life. It is the same Christian world, and light of Ordinances, which is darkened and destroyed by it, which was weakened by the former trumpets. 2. The nature of it, is Spiritual, corrupting the Ordinances of Spiritual life, and bringing with it destruction to immortal souls. 3. The extent of it, is universal, over the face of the whole visible Church, the actors in it are Church-men, once by their places having Power and Authority in the Church of Christ. In time it breaketh out in a Spiritual Kingdom and Hierarchy; and upon a pretended Ecclesiastic account, assuming great Power and Authority, it doth breed, and is supported by swarms of Church-officers: the time of its public appearing to be a Kingdom in an established form, will be found to be about the year 600. for, it followeth immediately the fourth trumpet; which continued the story of that time, and doth immediately proceed the rise of the Mahometans, which from the 700. year forward is at an height, and groweth, as the exposition of the following trumpet will clear. This plague carrieth alongst with it much corrupt Doctrine; yea, bringeth again Idolatry into the Christian Church, as we will see in the close of this Chapter, and especially such corrupt Doctrine as overturneth the comfortable and quieting grounds of the Gospel; it bringeth also to the world great store of new created orders for promoving these Doctrines and supporting that Kingdom, who both by covered subtlety and violence carry on their designs, and many such other particulars.
1. The object of this plague, is, the visible Church, and hypocriticall Professours in it, who are not appointed and marked for eternal life. It is the same Christian world, and light of Ordinances, which is darkened and destroyed by it, which was weakened by the former trumpets. 2. The nature of it, is Spirituall, corrupting the Ordinances of Spiritual life, and bringing with it destruction to immortall souls. 3. The extent of it, is universall, over the face of the whole visible Church, the actors in it are Church-men, once by their places having Power and Authority in the Church of Christ. In time it breaketh out in a Spirituall Kingdom and Hierarchie; and upon a pretended Ecclesiastick account, assuming great Power and Authority, it doth breed, and is supported by swarmes of Church-officers: the time of its publick appearing to be a Kingdom in an established form, will be found to be about the year 600. for, it followeth immediately the fourth trumpet; which continued the story of that time, and doth immediately preceed the rise of the Mahometans, which from the 700. year forward is at an height, and groweth, as the exposition of the following trumpet will clear. This plague carrieth alongst with it much corrupt Doctrine; yea, bringeth again Idolatry into the Christian Church, as we will see in the close of this Chapter, and especially such corrupt Doctrine as overturneth the comfortable and quieting grounds of the Gospel; it bringeth also to the world great store of new created orders for promoving these Doctrines and supporting that Kingdom, who both by covered subtilty and violence carrie on their designs, and many such other particulars.