A37035:1934
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.
In the 18. Verse, The event of the execution is marked to be answerable to their Commission; By these three was the third part of men killed: this is to be understood properly, as vers. 15. It is marked, to show, that there is no threatening or prediction of Gods, but it is exactly fulfilled, and no Commission of His, but it is fully executed. In the application of this, the speedy, terrible and great overthrow of Asia the less, the coast of Afric, and a great part of Europe, being destroyed and overrun by the Turks, are sufficient evidences of the truth of this. Beside the cruel murder committed by the Saracens in Italy, France, Spain, where yet it pleased the Lord to keep them from settling.
In the 18. Verse, The event of the execution is marked to be answerable to their Commission; By these three was the third part of men killed: this is to be understood properly, as vers. 15. It is marked, to shew, that there is no threatning or prediction of Gods, but it is exactly fulfilled, and no Commission of His, but it is fully executed. In the application of this, the speedy, terrible and great overthrow of Asia the lesse, the coast of Africk, and a great part of Europe, being destroyed and overrun by the Turks, are sufficient evidences of the truth of this. Beside the cruel murther committed by the Saracens in Italy, France, Spain, where yet it pleased the Lord to keep them from settling.
Vers. 19. Their manner of hurting is more particularly explained, 1. by a double mean whereby they hurt; Their power is in their mouth and in their tails. By mouth is understood their open violence against the body. The tail signifieth the abominableness of the Doctrine spread by them, which is destructive to souls. 2. These tails are further described, (because their Doctrine was not spoken of before, though their violence had been described) they are said to be like serpents for poisonablnesse and subtlety; and they have heads, an unnatural-like thing that tails should have heads on them. This setteth out the gross abominableness and absurdity of that Doctrine. The locusts had tails, but they had not heads on them; these have heads, to show, that it shall be more discernible in its grossness than the former. It is added, and with them they do hurt, that is, with their tails and heads. The first part of the Verse showeth, that this Army hurteth both by cruelty to the body, and pestiferous Doctrine to the soul: therefore it is said, their power is in their mouth and their tails. This last part showeth the success that followed upon their Doctrine; there were many souls hurt and destroyed with this, as there were bodies with the former. This fully agreeth to the Turks also, who are not more terrible in their Armies to the bodies of men, than that pestiferous delusion of Mahomet is of it self hurtful and destructive to souls, and actually hath destroyed many, a great part of the world in Gods righteous judgement being carried away with it.