A37035:1964
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.
3. When the worship is not civil, it must be accounted Religious, as may be gathered from the circumstances thereof, as if the act, end and other circumstances be Religious, the action or worship it self must be so also; as it is one thing to bow the knee in a salutation to a man, it is another thing to bow in prayer, and that before an Image, to do it occasionally, and in such place, and purposely, as a piece of Religion and worship; to bow the knee at a table or before an Image, is one thing, but to do it before an Image, set up for a Religious end at a table, upon which Christ is esteemed to be really present, is another.
3. When the worship is not civil, it must be accounted Religious, as may be gathered from the circumstances thereof, as if the act, end and other circumstances be Religious, the action or worship it self must be so also; as it is one thing to bow the knee in a salutation to a man, it is another thing to bow in prayer, and that before an Image, to do it occasionally, and in such place, and purposly, as a peice of Religion and worship; to bow the knee at a table or before an Image, is one thing, but to do it before an Image, set up for a Religious end at a table, upon which Christ is esteemed to be really present, is another.
That we may be distinct in the second, we shall, 1. consider what is the practice of Papists. 2. What is their Doctrine concerning this sort of worship, and that in so far as is uncontroverted by them.
1. We will find infinite numbers of Images framed for the worship of God, and of the persons of the Godhead, distinctly, of the Virgin Mary, the Cross, Angels, Saints, &c. 2. We will find them in their practice giving great worship to all these, kneeling to them, discovering themselves before them, offering oblations, and putting up prayers to them, building Temples, and sanctifying of them by these, carrying them in processions, &c. 3. We will find a worship given to Angels and Saints in a high degree; as praying, dedicating of Temples, swearing by them, seeking their intercession: of such kind are to the virgin Mary, as followeth, Ora pro nobis, sancta Dei genitrix, ut digni efficiamur promissionibus Christi. Dulcis amica Dei, rosa vernans, stella decora, ju memor esth mei dumb mortis venerit hora. Ave, santissima mater Dei, regina Coeli, porta Paradisi, Domina mundi, libera me ab omni malo, ora pro peccato meo, that is, O holy Mother of God, pray for us, that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. Sweet friend of God, the pleasant Rose, and glorious Star, be mindful of me when the hour of death shall come. Hail, most holy Mother of God, the Queen of Heaven, the port of Paradise, the lady of the world, deliver me from all evil, pray for my sin. And infinite numbers of this kind to be gathered from the Roman Breviary, that is called Psalterium Marianum; a compend whereof, is set down by Chemnitius in his Examen of the Council of Trent, part. 3. de veneratione sanctorum & corum invocation. So are also their prayers to other Saints, as to Elizabeth; Eia, matter, nos agnosce, &c. O Mother, acknowledge us, &c. To Nicolas; Credo, sancte Nicolas, tuis me procibus esse salvandum, ido te clamo, &c. Serva me supplicem famulum tuum, amice Dei Nicolae, de praesentibus angustiis & tribulationibus, quia in te confidit anima mea, ut per t me salvet qui te sibi elegit. I believe, holy Nicolas, to be saved by thy prayers, therefore I cry upon thee, &c. O Nicolas, the friend of God, save me thy humble servant from my present straits and tribulations, because my soul trusteth in thee, that He who hath chosen thee to Himself may save me through thee. Sancta Dorothea, cor mundum in me crea; Holy Dorothy, create in me a clean heart: and hundreds of that kind. Yea, it is that length, that the Jesuits do monthly (as Lorinus in 1. Act.