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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.
The second circumstance, is, the party by whom they are killed, it is the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit, to wit, Antichrist or the Pope: compare this with Chap. 13. and 17, 18. It is a beast making war with the Saints there, and here, who will be found guilty of their blood. First, He is called the beast, (as these in Dan. 7. and 8. are called) 1. For his power and greatness. 2. For his cruelty and inhumanity. Secondly, He is said to come from the bottomless pit, to wit, out of hell; So his Doctrine came from thence: Chap. 9.1. he is called the angel of the bottomless pit, and cometh after the working of Satan, whatever he pretend. Thirdly, He is said to be ascending, in the present time, 1. to show his propinquity, that in its first steps he was beginning to work, 2 Thess. 2. 2. That he rose insensibly and as it were by degrees till he was on his seat: and there is but one beast mentioned here, because these two, (Chap. 13.) are indeed but one and the same.
The second circumstance, is, the party by whom they are killed, it is the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomlesse pit, to wit, Antichrist or the Pope: compare this with Chap. 13. and 17, 18. It is a beast making war with the Saints there, and here, who will be found guilty of their bloud. First, He is called the beast, (as these in Dan. 7. and 8. are called) 1. For his power and greatnesse. 2. For his cruelty and inhumanity. Secondly, He is said to come from the bottomlesse pit, to wit, out of hell; So his Doctrine came from thence: Chap. 9.1. he is called the angel of the bottomlesse pit, and cometh after the working of Satan, whatever he pretend. Thirdly, He is said to be ascending, in the present time, 1. to shew his propinquity, that in its first steps he was beginning to work, 2 Thess. 2. 2. That he rose insensibly and as it were by degrees till he was on his seat: and there is but one beast mentioned here, because these two, (Chap. 13.) are indeed but one and the same.