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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 11
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.
Because Historians differ in their setting down of events and matters of fact, some ascribing them to one year, some to another, whereby application particularly must be exceeding various, as men choose what history to follow or whose reckoning to lay weight on. 4. In taking times definitely, it will be very hard to agree men with themselves, as, whether to take them all literally and properly, or all prophetically and improperly: For, the thousand years in the 20. Chap. is by the most part taken literally. Again, 1260. days is expounded for so many years; and why it should be understood properly in one place and prophetically in another, is hard to give the reason, especially considering that these places, Numb. 14. and Dan. 9. and Ezek. 4. whereon this opinion of days for years is built, seem not sufficient to bear it; for, these places are particularly expounded by the Lord to signify so many years, and so to be understood, and so cannot be a precedent except in such cases, where by circumstances we may evince the same to be intended in that particular application: yea, by this opinion, it will be hard for a man to reconcile his thoughts, as, compare this time of Antichrists reign with that of the devils restraint, Chap. 20. it is hard to say the devil is restrained when Antichrist his special Minister and Mahomet prevaileth, and he in them reigneth, yet there cannot be so many ⟨p. 480⟩years as to allow strictly to each of these so long a time by particular application, except they fall in one time together; for, it would take 2260. years successively. If it be alleged from the common rule, that whole, complete, and even numbers in reckonings of this and other prophesies, as ten days or times, two hundred thousand thousand horsemen, Chap. 9. and the like, are to be taken indefinitely, but not so of broken numbers as 1260. days, three days and an half, &c. Ans. 1. What reason can be given from the Scripture to prove the one is definite and not the other, 1260. more than ten days. 2. All odd times may be resolved in some whole, odd years in whole months, or in days or so many hours. 3. Why rather are forty two months here to be understood prophetically than five before, Chap. 9? and why not five there, as seven,