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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 state of the world is declared in the first verse, in that it is said, there was a new heaven & a new earth; that is, the heavens being partly corrupted and darkened by sin, and having lost somewhat of their glory they had before, shall not only have that former, but a better glory then the first: so likewise should the earth, and the sea also; for in that it is said, the Sea shall be no more, it is not to be understood, that it should not afterwards be, but that it should not then be the same that now it is; namely, raging, tempestuous, and disturbed, as now we see it to be; but it should be still and quiet, the waters and the fishes remaining still, yet without roaring, swelling, and that distemperature which now it hath.
The state of the world is declared in the first verse, in that it is said, there was a new heauen & a new earth; that is, the heauens being partly corrupted and darkened by sinne, and hauing lost somewhat of their glory they had before, shall not onely haue that former, but a better glory then the first: so likewise should the earth, and the sea also; for in that it is said, the Sea shall be no more, it is not to be vnderstood, that it should not afterwards be, but that it should not then be the same that now it is; namely, raging, tempestuous, and disturbed, as now wee see it to be; but it should be still and quiet, the waters and the fishes remaining still, yet without roaring, swelling, and that distemperature which now it hath.
As for the Church, it is described generally in the first seven Verses; particularly in the rest of the Chapter; as also in some of the next.
As for the Church, it is described generally in the first seauen Verses; particularly in the rest of the Chapter; as also in some of the next.
In general, he compares the Church to a brave Spouse, prepared and trimmed for a King; Christ being her Husband, signifying the glory and beauty of the Church of God: for as in the days of the solemnizing of marriage, Brides use to go beyond their ordinary custom and kind of apparel, so the Church is now decked and beautified with full and perfect glory.