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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.
And first he setteth down the particular persecution of the Church of the Jews in the thirteenth and fourteenth verses, and then of the Gentiles, in the seventeenth Verse. For the Church of the Jews, the persecution thereof is expressed in that it is said, that he persecuted her that brought forth the man-child, but the Lord delivered her from being devoured of the Dragon.
And first he setteth downe the particular persecution of the Church of the Iewes in the thirteenth and fourteenth verses, and then of the Gentiles, in the seauenteenth Verse. For the Church of the Iewes, the persecution thereof is expressed in that it is said, that he persecuted her that brought forth the man-childe, but the Lord deliuered her from being deuoured of the Dragon.
In that it is said, she being thus pursued, hath for her deliverance, wings given her to fly away into a Desert for two times, a time, and half a time; it notably describeth that strange deliverance of the Children of God which were in Jerusalem, before the overthrow of it, who (as the story witnesseth) being warned by the voice of God from heaven, did withdraw themselves for a time into a City called Pella beyond Jordan, in the Wilderness, where they did continue for the space of three years and a half, until Jerusalem were destroyed.
In that it is said, she being thus pursued, hath for her deliuerance, wings giuen her to flye away into a Desert for two times, a time, and halfe a time; it notably describeth that strange deliuerance of the Children of God which were in Ierusalem, before the ouerthrow of it, who (as the story witnesseth) being warned by the voice of God from heauen, did withdraw themselues for a time into a City called Pella beyond Iordan, in the Wildernesse, where they did continue for the space of three yeares and a halfe, vntill Ierusalem were destroyed.