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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.
he fetcheth himself in the Temple, and therefore his corruptions and additions, being removed, the worship is not his but Christs, even as if wholly he were removed the Church and Temple would still be the Lords; for, Baptism is not antichristian, nor doth of it self initiate any in his Church, but as men by their after carriage devote themselves to him, and take on his name or mark: and therefore when one disclaimeth what is antichristian, his Baptism is to be accounted the Lords Ordinance; so ordination and appointment of some for the Ministry is the Lords Ordinance: the restriction of ordination to such persons exclusively, and the adding of many ceremonies with rules for them to teach but so and so, that is Antichrists addition, and may be removed from the former, so that one may have been ordained by them and yet become a Preacher of pure Doctrine, even as they might be baptized by them and yet become Professors of it; And therefore no doubt many, in all that time, were called to the Ministry by the Lord through these ways of theirs, who did prove faithful witnesses for Christ against Antichrist even unto death; they cannot therefore be accounted antichristian Ministers who do not own that hierarchy, but, are to be accounted Ministers of Christ: for ordination simply doth not flow from Antichrist, but as it standeth in a subordination to him, and is a step of that Hierarchy, and not in a subordination to Christ; now these not being in subordination but to Christ, are to be accounted his. Indeed it may be in respect of the ordination it self not discernible for the time, whether such a person be a Minister of Christs, or Antichrists; and it may be for some space one may mistake his master and continue in Antichrists camp, not knowing what his commission leadeth him unto, yet when in effect it is discovered, and he made to take up his task and to walk according to it, and the Lord evidently sealing his call to him, he is then to be accounted a Minister of Christ, when all accessory dependence on Antichrist is cast off. We do therefore say, that it is not the ordination of that time simply that was sufficient to make one a Minister of Christ, but ordination going alongst with Christs call, and dispensed according to His allowance (though it may be the ⟨p. 484⟩dispensers intended no such thing) and having an after carriage suitable to a Minister of Christ:
he fetteth himself in the Temple, and therefore his corruptions and additions, being removed, the worship is not his but Christs, even as if wholly he were removed the Church and Temple would still be the Lords; for, Baptism is not antichristian, nor doth of it self initiate any in his Church, but as men by their after carriage devote themselves to him, and take on his name or mark: and therefore when one disclaimeth what is antichristian, his Baptism is to be accounted the Lords Ordinance; so ordination and appointment of some for the Ministrie is the Lords Ordinance: the restriction of ordination to such persons exclusively, and the adding of many ceremonies with rules for them to teach but so and so, that is Antichrists addition, and may be removed from the former, so that one may have been ordained by them and yet become a Preacher of pure Doctrine, even as they might be baptized by them and yet become Professors of it; And therefore no doubt many, in all that time, were called to the Ministrie by the Lord through these wayes of theirs, who did prove faithfull witnesses for Christ against Antichrist even unto death; they cannot therefore be accounted antichristian Ministers who do not own that hierarchie, but, are to be accounted Ministers of Christ: for ordination simply doth not flow from Antichrist, but as it standeth in a subodination to him, and is a step of that Hierarchie, and not in a subordination to Christ; now these not being in subordination but to Christ, are to be accounted his. Indeed it may be in respect of the ordination it self not discernable for the time, whether such a person be a Minister of Christs, or Antichrists; and it may be for some space one may mistake his master and continue in Antichrists camp, not knowing what his commission leadeth him unto, yet when in effect it is discovered, and he made to take up his task and to walk according to it, and the Lord evidently sealing his call to him, he is then to be accounted a Minister of Christ, when all accessory dependence on Antichrist is cast off. We do therefore say, that it is not the ordination of that time simply that was sufficient to make one a Minister of Christ, but ordination going alongst with Christs call, and dispensed according to His allowance (though it may be the