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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.
Here then is set down first the testimony of the Angel; then of John; lastly, of Christ himself.
Here then is set downe first the testimony of the Angell; then of Iohn; lastly, of Christ himselfe.
Of the Angel, who saith, that all these things are faithful and true: which he proveth by the efficient cause, which is God, by the instrument to deliver it to John, which was himself, being sent of God, and by the time, which is, that they shall shortly come to pass. And therefore heaven and earth shall sooner pass, then one of these shall fall to the ground.
Of the Angell, who saith, that all these things are faithfull and true: which he proueth by the efficient cause, which is God, by the instrument to deliuer it to Iohn, which was himselfe, being sent of God, and by the time, which is, that they shall shortly come to passe. And therefore heauen and earth shall sooner passe, then one of these shall fall to the ground.
By the testimony of John, which saith, that it was he which saw and heard these things; and therefore could testify of them: whereupon he taketh occasion to repeat his former fall, for saith he, such were the strangeness of these things, that when I saw them, I fell down and worshipped the Angel; where he confesseth his grievous fault in worshipping the creature in stead of the Creator, for which, he is reprehended of the Angel, for drawing this vision to a wrong end, and making a contrary use of the same, namely by worshipping him which was a Minister of God, to wit, an Angel, who was his fellow Servant, and therefore not to be worshipped, ⟨p. 137⟩and having reprehended him for the abuse, he teacheth him the right use and end of the same; namely, first, that he should hereby be stirred up to worship God: and secondly, to manifest and testify it to others: And therefore he biddeth him not to seal the words of this Prophecy; noting, that he should show and manifest it to the Church of God: To the end, that first they might keep and practise the things therein contained.