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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 conclusion of the Epistle followeth, in the last two verses, having two parts, as all the rest have. The first is a promise made to the overcomer, with an excellent qualification of the same, vers. 21. The promise, is, To him that overcometh, will I grant to sit upon my Throne: it is in substance the same with many promises formerly mentioned, to wit, a promise to make him partaker of Christs Glory: it is not only to bring him to Glory, but to make him a sharer of that Glory which Christ the Head possesseth; that so he may reign with him and partake of the fruits of His Dominion and Conquest. The qualification or amplification of this promise, is, even as I overcame, and am set down upon my fathers throne: which doth import these three, 1. The greatness of this glory, which they are to partake of: Christ is set upon the Fathers Throne, and they are to be admitted ⟨p. 218⟩to Christs Throne, and so consequently to partake both of the Glory of the Father, and of the Son according to their capacity. 2. It is set forth in the sureness thereof: it is sure to the overcomer, even as that exaltation is sure to Christ. 3. It setteth forth the method of it: so that as Christ did first suffer and overcome, and did then come to Glory; so these that are to be set down upon His Throne must come in the same method, by wrestling, and overcoming to obtain the same.
The conclusion of the Epistle followeth, in the last two verses, having two parts, as all the rest have. The first is a promise made to the overcomer, with an excellent qualification of the same, vers. 21. The promise, is, To him that overcometh, will I grant to sit upon my Throne: it is in substance the same with many promises formerly mentioned, to wit, a promise to make him partaker of Christs Glory: it is not only to bring him to Glory, but to make him a sharer of that Glory which Christ the Head possesseth; that so he may reign with him and partake of the fruits of His Dominion and Conquest. The qualification or amplification of this promise, is, even as I overcame, and am set down upon my fathers throne: which doth import these three, 1. The greatnesse of this glory, which they are to partake of: Christ is set upon the Fathers Throne, and they are to be admitted ⟨p. 218⟩to Christs Throne, and so consequently to partake both of the Glory of the Father, and of the Son according to their capacity. 2. It is set forth in the surnesse thereof: it is sure to the overcomer, even as that exaltation is sure to Christ. 3. It setteth forth the method of it: so that as Christ did first suffer and overcome, and did then come to Glory; so these that are to be set down upon His Throne must come in the same method, by wrestling, and overcoming to obtain the same.