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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 here Christ comforteth and upholdeth his Servants, and warneth them to take heed to themselves, that howsoever the Beast, with his Prophets, thus proceeded, and made themselves strong, by joining to them the Princes of the earth; yet he saith, he will come upon them as a Thief; namely, at unawares to them. And therefore he admonisheth the Children of God to watch; and keep upon them their clothes and their armour, lest he coming in the night, should find them naked, both to their shame, and to their destruction, they being naked to his judgements: alluding to a Soldier, who being naked and without Armour, when the enemy cometh must needs be slain.
And here Christ comforteth and vpholdeth his Seruants, and warneth them to take heed to themselues, that howsoeuer the Beast, with his Prophets, thus proceeded, and made themselues strong, by ioyning to them the Princes of the earth; yet hee saith, hee will come vpon them as a Thiefe; namely, at vnawares to them. And therefore hee admonisheth the Children of God to watch; and keepe vpon them their cloathes and their armour, lest hee comming in the night, should finde them naked, both to their shame, and to their destruction, they being naked to his iudgements: alluding to a Souldier, who being naked and without Armour, when the enemie commeth must needs be slaine.
And as they gather the Kings for their assistance; so he also gathereth great companies together, and the place he gathereth them to, is Harmageddon; signifying the mountain of destruction, which was the place where Josiah was slain, and a great overthrow was given to the Israelites by the King of Egypt; which fearful and grievous overthrow, the wicked bragged at, and used to object it against the people of God, which here he seemeth to aim at: as if he should say, that they should brag no more against the Church of God, because they had so sore an overthrow at that time, for which, there was so great a lamentation, as it is said, that there was never the like heard; for even as that place, was a place of destruction ⟨p. 101⟩to them, so this should be to these enemies of God.