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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.
The first Angel is said to have poured his Vial upon the earth; whereupon there fell an exceeding great sore of Boils on them that had the mark of the Beast, and which worshipped his Image. The Plagues of this Chapter have great agreement with the Plagues set down in the eight and ninth Chapters, they being like in ⟨p. 96⟩the matter of the plagues, so also in the number: the difference is, that these were headed with more fierce tokens of Gods wrath, and with a more heavy indignation, because those were executed on all the earth; not on the Persons only, these on the Persons, and that on the principal offenders only, namely, on the worshippers of the Beast.
The first Angell is said to haue poured his Viall vpon the earth; whereupon there fell an exceeding great sore of Biles on them that had the marke of the Beast, and which worshipped his Image. The Plagues of this Chapter haue great agreement with the Plagues set downe in the eight and ninth Chapters, they being like in ⟨p. 96⟩the matter of the plagues, so also in the number: the difference is, that these were headed with more fierce tokens of Gods wrath, and with a more heauie indignation, because those were executed on all the earth; not on the Persons onely, these on the Persons, and that on the principall offenders onely, namely, on the worshippers of the Beast.
So that here we see the Lord executes his judgements by degrees; first by Boils, not killing them, but vexing them outwardly, if happily thereby they might be brought to repentance.
So that here wee see the Lord executes his iudgements by degrees; first by Biles, not killing them, but vexing them outwardly, if happily thereby they might be brought to repentance.