B03979:28
Apocalyptical mysteries, touching the two witnesses, the seven vials, and the two kingdoms, to…
Apocalyptical mysteries, touching the two witnesses, the seven vials, and the two kingdoms, to wit, of Christ, and of Antichrist, expounded. Wherein is contained some things necessary for the saints in this present generation to know ... By H.K. a servant of Jesus Christ.
London : s.n., Printed 1667
Part 1: Apocalyptical MYSTERIES, The First Part, Touching the two WITNESSES.
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By which Description it appears, that the two Witnesses are not any two individual Persons, as Moses and Elijah, nor is thereby meant any two particular Testimonies, as ⟨p. 3⟩the Old and New Testament, or two distinct Callings, as Magistracy and Ministry; for none of these Interpretations will agree with this Description of the two Witnesses, as will plainly appear in the Exposition of this fourth verse.
By which Description it appears, that the two Witnesses are not any two individual Persons, as Moses and Elias, nor is thereby meant any two particular Testimonies, as ⟨p. 3⟩the Old and New Testament, or two distinct Callings, as Magistracy and Ministry; for none of these Interpretations will agree with this Description of the two Witnesses, as will plainly appear in the Exposition of this fourth verse.
By the two Olive Trees are mystically signified the Lords Ministers and Prophets, who are here called Sons of Oil, which is an Hebraism, and a Metaphorical Expression borrowed from Zech. 4.11, 14. These are the two Anointed Ones that stand by the LORD of the whole Earth. Such were the Priests and Prophets of the LORD, who were Anointed, Exod. 28.41. & 1 Kings 19.16. Yea, and all the Saints who are a Royal Priesthood, 1 Pet. 2.9. have an Unction from the Holy One, 1 John 2.20, 27. but especially the Lord's Ministers and Prophets, who being anointed with the Spirit above their fellow-Brethren the Saints, do empty the golden Oil out of themselves into the seven Lamps of the golden Candlesticks.