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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.
Apoc. Cap. 3. l. And write unto the Angel of the Church which is at Sardis, These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven Stars, I know thy works: for thou hast a name that thou livest, but thou art dead, &c.
Apoc. Cap. 3. l. And write vnto the Angell of the Church which is at Sardis, These things saith he that hath the seauen Spirits of God, and the seauen Starres, I know thy workes: for thou hast a name that thou liuest, but thou art dead, &c.
OF the things that were already done, there remaineth only that which is contained in this Chapter. Where; first, he writeth to the fifth Church, to wit, the Church of Sardis, where he getteth authority by using the same title which he did to the Church of Ephesus, & addeth another, to wit, that it is he which hath also the seven Spirits: whereby he noteth the fullness, and exceeding measure of his spirit, & the abundance of his power and grace, by the which he doth also uphold and govern the Stars, that is, the Ministers of his Church. This Church he commendeth not at all, as he did before commend the other Churches; but rather beginneth with reprehension, saying, that they had a name that they were alive, but indeed they were dead, Verse 1. that is, they seemed to have that, which in truth they had not.
OF the things that were already done, there remaineth onely that which is contained in this Chapter. Where; first, he writeth to the fift Church, to wit, the Church of Sardis, where he getteth authoritie by vsing the same title which he did to the Church of Ephesus, & addeth another, to wit, that it is hee which hath also the seauen Spirits: wherby he noteth the fulnesse, and exceeding measure of his spirit, & the abundance of his power and grace, by the which hee doth also vphold and gouerne the Starres, that is, the Ministers of his Church. This Church hee commendeth not at all, as he did before commend the other Churches; but rather beginneth with reprehension, saying, that they had a name that they were aliue, but indeed they were dead, Verse 1. that is, they seemed to haue that, which in truth they had not.