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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
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.
This power looketh especially to the Authority that God hath given them to denounce His judgements against Antichrists followers with the certainty of the event thereof, and that both temporal in due time to be fulfilled, but eternal alway according to that denunciation, Chap. 14.9.10. As often as they will, is not to be understood as if they had it committed to them at their arbitrement to use the keys (even extraordinary Prophets did not work miracles and prophesy in foretelling of events at their pleasure, or by any habitual power, but when and where it pleased the Lord so to bring forth such effects) but it holdeth forth the supremacy and independency of their power as to men; they were in the exercise thereof no way subordinate to that beast, which the world admired: and it holdeth forth the respect and Court (to speak so) which they have with God, He will refuse them nothing, and make good all His word spoken by them, as He had done in the persons of Moses, Elijah, and these alluded unto; for which cause, these expressions are especially used. Justus Jonas useth such an expression of Luther's effectualness in Prayer, that quicquid voluit pot uit, which is upon the matter, agreeable with what is said here.
This power looketh especially to the Authority that God hath given them to denounce His judgements against Antichrists followers with the certainty of the event thereof, and that both temporall in due time to be fulfilled, but eternal alway according to that denounciation, Chap. 14.9.10. As often as they will, is not to be understood as if they had it committed to them at their abitrement to use the keyes (even extraordinary Prophets did not work miracles and prophesie in foretelling of events at their pleasure, or by any habituall power, but when and where it pleased the Lord so to bring forth such effects) but it holdeth forth the supremacie and independencie of their power as to men; they were in the exercise thereof no way subordinate to that beast, which the world admired: and it holdeth forth the respect and Court (to speak so) which they have with God, He will refuse them nothing, and make good all His word spoken by them, as He had done in the persons of Moses, Elias, and these alluded unto; for which cause, these expressions are especially used. Iustus Ionas useth such an expression of Luthers effectualness in Prayer, that quicquid voluit pot uit, which is upon the matter, agreeable with what is said here.