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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.
For the first part, he saith, first, he saw another Angel, to wit, (as we have heard before) our Saviour Christ being of another nature, of other offices, and of another glory then any other Angel, as being the Angel of the Covenant, that is, he in whose hand the Covenant is established betwixt God and his Church.
For the first part, he saith, first, he saw another Angell, to wit, (as we haue heard before) our Sauiour Christ being of another nature, of other offices, and of another glory then any other Angell, as being the Angell of the Couenant, that is, hee in whose hand the Couenant is established betwixt God and his Church.
This Angel is said to come down from heaven, viz. not that Christ came down bodily, for the Scriptures say evidently, that the heavens must hold him till the restoring of all things, that is, till the end of the world; but here it was only represented unto John in a vision: For in that we say that Christ is in heaven, it is not that we tie or link him there (as the Papists charge and slander us wrongfully:) for we hold that as there is in the heavens infinite room for him to execute his will; so he hath the heaven as an incomprehensible place, and is not tied and kept in as it were like a Prisoner, but is at his own pleasure to do what he will himself: And this which we say, is proved out of the word of God, in the Acts, 1where we are taught, that he must stay there till the latter day. So that this sight was only a representation of the mind, wherein it was given to see Christ thus.
This Angell is said to come downe from heauen, viz. not that Christ came downe bodily, for the Scriptures say euidently, that the heauens must hold him till the restoring of all things, that is, till the end of the world; but here it was onely represented vnto Iohn in a vision: For in that wee say that Christ is in heauen, it is not that wee tye or lincke him there (as the Papists charge and slander vs wrongfully:) for wee hold that as there is in the heauens infinit roome for him to execute his will; so hee hath the heauen as an incomprehensible place, and is not tyed and kept in as it were like a Prisoner, but is at his owne pleasure to doe what he will himselfe: And this which wee say, is proued out of the word of God, in the Acts,