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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.
Herein we see how God disposeth of his word, viz. some he revealeth unto his Servants, some he keepeth hid in his own everlasting counsel.
Herein wee see how God disposeth of his word, viz. some he reuealeth vnto his Seruants, some hee keepeth hid in his owne euerlasting counsell.
To teach us, that seeing God hath kept many things of his to himself, which he hath not revealed unto us; that therefore we should not despair in our troubles, but seeing he hath reserved secret to his own counsel, even many things which concern the special good of his Church, and the singular comfort of his children, we are therefore rather to be stirred up by prayer, to come unto him to entreat him that he would govern all things to the good of his Church.
To teach vs, that seeing God hath kept many things of his to himselfe, which he hath not reuealed vnto vs; that therefore we should not dispaire in our troubles, but seeing hee hath reserued secret to his owne counsell, euen many things which concerne the speciall good of his Church, and the singular comfort of his children, wee are therefore rather to be stirred vp by prayer, to come vnto him to intreate him that he would gouerne all things to the good of his Church.
Again, that is here further to be considered which John speaketh else-where, that we are not able, by reason of our carelessness and dullness of understanding, to attain in any measure to the true knowledge of the meaning of this Book; how much less if greater matters had been written down? nay, rather we would have been quite driven back from it: And therefore this is to teach us to be diligent in the searching out of those things he hath already set down, leaving to meddle (as many foolishly and madly do) with those things that God hath hidden in his secret will; And seeing we are so backward, slack, and dull in the seeking out of those things which we have, we should have been much more careless of them if all the other had been set down.