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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.
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.
By the testimony of Iohn, which saith, that it was hee which saw and heard these things; and therefore could testifie of them: whereupon hee taketh occasion to repeat his former fall, for saith he, such were the strangenesse of these things, that when I saw them, I fell downe and worshipped the Angell; where hee confesseth his grieuous fault in worshipping the creature in stead of the Creator, for which, hee is reprehended of the Angell, for drawing this vision to a wrong end, and making a contrary vse of the same, namely by worshipping him which was a Minister of God, to wit, an Angell, who was his fellow Seruant, and therefore not to be worshipped, ⟨p. 137⟩and hauing reprehended him for the abuse, hee teacheth him the right vse and end of the same; namely, first, that hee should hereby be stirred vp to worship God: and secondly, to manifest and testifie it to others: And therefore hee biddeth him not to seale the words of this Prophecie; noting, that hee should shew and manifest it to the Church of God: To the end, that first they might keepe and practise the things therein contained.