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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.
Where the Lord alludeth to the building of the Ceremonial Temple, in the building of the Church after Christ, in the Gospel. For first there was the outward Court, being the greater part which should be cast out, and then the Temple, the inner place where the people were, and the Altar, and the holy place, and the holyest of all, which were very small in comparison of the others: So likewise in the Church, the smaller number should be referred, the greater number should fall away.
Where the Lord alludeth to the building of the Ceremoniall Temple, in the building of the Church after Christ, in the Gospell. For first there was the outward Court, being the greater part which should bee cast out, and then the Temple, the inner place where the people were, and the Altar, and the holy place, and the holyest of all, which were very small in comparison of the others: So likewise in the Church, the smaller number should be referred, the greater number should fall away.
So that here he is bidden to take measure of the Temple, and not only of it, but of the worshippers which were in it, to wit, of the members of the Church of ⟨p. 64⟩God: Which teacheth that the Ministers are not only to regard the Church in general; but also to have a care of the good of every particular person in the Church.
So that here he is bidden to take measure of the Temple, and not onely of it, but of the worshippers which were in it, to wit, of the members of the Church of ⟨p. 64⟩God: Which teacheth that the Ministers are not onely to regard the Church in generall; but also to haue a care of the good of euery particular person in the Church.