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A plain explanation of the whole Revelation of Saint John Very necessary and comfortable…A plaine explanation of the vvhole Revelation of Saint John Very necessary and comfortable…
A plain explanation of the whole Revelation of Saint John Very necessary and comfortable in these days of trouble and affliction in the church. Penned by a faithful preacher, now with God, for more private use, and now published for the further benefit of the people of God.A plaine explanation of the vvhole Revelation of Saint John Very necessary and comfortable in these dayes of trouble and affliction in the church. Penned by a faithfull preacher, now with God, for more priuate vse, and now published for the further benefit of the people of God.
London: printed by T.S. for Nathaniel Newbery, 1622
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.
In that he taketh coals from the Altar, and casteth them on the earth, it signifieth the denouncing of his judgements against the wicked on the face of the earth; showing that as he is the means of mercy unto the Godly, so he is the executioner of the judgement on the wicked: At the greatness of which his judgements, there were Voices, and Thunders, and Lightnings, and Earth-quakes. Afterward followeth the execution of the judgments, whereof four Trumpets of judgements are sounded in this Chapter, performed by the four first Angels. The first Angel bloweth his Trumpet, & then it is said there was hail, and fire, mingled with blood, and these did destroy the trees, and every green thing.
In that hee taketh coales from the Altar, and casteth them on the earth, it signifieth the denouncing of his iudgements against the wicked on the face of the earth; shewing that as he is the meanes of mercy vnto the Godly, so hee is the executioner of the iudgement on the wicked: At the greatnesse of which his iudgements, there were Voices, and Thunders, and Lightnings, and Earth-quakes. Afterward followeth the execution of the iudgments, wherof foure Trumpets of iudgements are sounded in this Chapter, performed by the foure first Angels. The first Angel bloweth his Trumpet, & then it is said there was hayle, and fire, mingled with blood, and these did destroy the trees, and euery greene thing.
By this he seemeth to allude unto that in the ninth ⟨p. 44⟩of Exodus, where it is said, that in one of the Plagues of 1Egypt, was Hail mingled with Fire, the like is here mentioned; but in this place there is an addition of blood; noting, that all should be consumed, namely, that there should not only be a destruction of the trees and green things, but of the men also, which came to pass even among the Egyptians, for those that were in the fields were consumed by the tempest. After, in the second place, it is said that the second Angel did blow his Trumpet; whereupon, there was a mountain burning with fire cast into the Sea, being set on fire by the wrath and anger of God, signifying the judgements to be executed on the Earth, and then upon the Sea: Seeming to allude to that place in the Psalm, where the Prophet saith, that though the