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The world that now is; and the world that is to comeThe vvorld that now is; and the vvorld that is to come
The world that now is; and the world that is to come: or The first and second coming of Jesus Christ Wherein several prophecies not yet fulfilled are expounded. By Han. Knollys, a servant of Jesus Christ. Rev. I. 19.The vvorld that now is; and the vvorld that is to come: or The first and second coming of Jesus Christ Wherein several prophecies not yet fulfilled are expounded. By Han. Knollys, a servant of Jesus Christ. Rev. I. 19.
London: printed by Tho. Snowden, 1681
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.
§ 9.
Smectym. &c. assert, that the word Angel, Rev. 2.1, &c. doth signify only the Presbytery, or the College of Elders, Pastors, and not the Church.(a) And they draw argument from the Epistle of Christ, to the Church in Thyatira, Rev. 2.18.20, 24. Upon which place Beza thus paraphrased, Unto you, that is (saith he) unto the Angel as President; and unto the rest (of the Elders, viz. the College of Presbyters) in Thyatira: And as many as have not this Doctrine, that is have not received this Doctrine of Jezebel. But why would Christ have the Angel or Chief Bishop of the Church of Thyatira blamed for suffering false Teachers in that Church to Teach and Seduce his Servants, if he was not their President, or Superintendent, who had Priority, Preeminency and Authority above other Pastors, Teachers, Presbyters, or Elders (called Bishops) in that Church?(b) Consult Beza, Gualter, especially ⟨p. 65⟩Ignatius that holy Martyr, (who is said to live in the days of the Apostles, who writ an Epistle to the Ephesians, wherein he hath plainly and fully distinguished between Bishops and Presbyters, and towards the end of that Epistle he doth exhort them to obey both the Bishop and the Presbytery with an undivided mind.(b)