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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 fourth Angel casts his Vial on the Sun; noting, that the judgement was not only on the earth, but in the heaven, by the distemperature thereof, through the intemperate weather, as namely, the extreme heat which should proceed from it, which should scorch the earth, and the men that were in it, whereon should come dearth, famine, &c.
The fourth Angell casts his Viall on the Sunne; noting, that the iudgement was not onely on the earth, but in the heauen, by the distemperature thereof, through the intemperate weather, as namely, the extreame heat which should proceed from it, which should scorch the earth, and the men that were in it, wheron should come dearth, famine, &c.
And here the Evangelist notes, that these worshippers of the Beast, whether they had received the mark of the Beast upon the foreheads, that is, were open professors of the worship of the Beast, or received it in their hands, that is, were private favourers of the Beast and his Idolatries, namely, whether they did openly or privately or any way yield to the Idolatry of the Beast of Rome; yet they repented not: signifying, that whereas as yet, Gods judgements were in his hand to remove them if they repented, ⟨p. 98⟩or to double them if they did not repent: They notwithstanding for all these degrees of Plagues, do still continue obstinate; yea, they proceed to blaspheme God, so far are they from repenting and glorifying God. And hitherto it seems God began with the common people; for as in his Plagues, he useth to begin first with his Church, then with the wicked; so in the wicked he begins first with the lower and inferior sort, and then follows with the more grievous and principal offenders.
And here the Euangelist notes, that these worshippers of the Beast, whether they had receiued the marke of the Beast vpon the foreheads, that is, were open professors of the worship of the Beast, or receiued it in their hands, that is, were priuate fauourers of the Beast and his Idolatries, namely, whether they did openly or priuately or any way yeeld to the Idolatry of the Beast of Rome; yet they repented not: signifying, that whereas as yet, Gods iudgements were in his hand to remoue them if they repented,