1025 garment down to the foot, and " girt about the paps with a golden girdle. 14. His head and his hairs were white like wool as white as flow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; 15. And his feet like unto fine. brafs, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the found of many waters. 16. And he had in his right hand feven ftars; and out of his mouth went afharp two-edged fword: and his countenance was as the fun dhineth in his ftrength. 17. And when I faw him, I fell at his feet as dead: and he c and he laid his right hand s Ee 3 5 lfo was like the Beryl, and his of mighty Thundrings, faying, Face like the Appearance of Light-Alleluia: for the Lord God oming, and his Eyes like Lamps of nipotent reigneth. Fire, and his Arms and his Feet ike in colour to polished Brass, and he Voice of his Words, like the Voice of a Multitude. "See on Rev. 15. 6. Dan. 7. 9.-The Hair of is [the antient of Days] Head like he pure Wool. P. Dan. 10. 6. See on Ver. 13. Rev. 2. 18-Thefe, things faith he Son of God, who hath his Eyes ike unto a Flame of Fire, and his Feet are like fine Brafs. Rev. 19. 12. His Eyes were as a Flame of Fire 15. Ezek. 1. 7. [The Fect of he four living Creatures] fparkled like the colour of burnished Brass. † Dan. 10. 6. See on Ver. 13. Rev. 2. 18. See on Ver. 14. Rev. 10. 1. I faw another mighty Angel, his Feet as Pillars of Fire. 16. Ver. 20. Rev. 2. I. Thefe things faith he that holdeth the feven Stars in his right Hand. . Rev. 3. 1.-These things faith he, that hath the feven Spirits of God, and the Seven soStars.— 15 20 Ezek. 1. 24. I heard the Noife 25. of their Wings, like the noife of great Waters, as the Voice of the Almighty. Ezek. 43. 2. Behold, the Glory of the God of Ifrael came from the Way of the Eaft: 30 and his Voice was like the noife of many Waters. Dan. 10. 6. See on Ver. 13. † Rev. 14. 2. I heard a Voice from Heaven, as the Voice of 35 many Waters, and as the Voice of a great Thunder. Rev. 19. 6. I heard as it were the Voice of a great Multitude, and as the Voice Emany Waters, and as the Voice 40 4. 12. + Ifa. 49. 2. + Heb. Rev. 2. 12,16. † Rev. 19.15,21. See on Eph. 6. 17. Acts 26. 13. At mid-day, O King, I saw in the Way, a Light from Heaven, above the brightness of the Sun... Rev. To. I. I faw another mighty Angel, his Face was as it were the Sun, and his Feet as Pillars of Fire. b 17. Ezek. 1..28. As the appearance of the Bow that is in the Cloud in the Day of Rain, fo was the Appearance of the Brightness round about. This was the ap pearance of the Likeness of the Glory of the Lord and when I faw it, I fell upon my Face, and I heard a Voice of one that fpake. 2 Efdr. 10. 30. And lo, I lay as one that had been dead, and mine Underftanding had been taken from me: and he took me by the right Hand, and comforted me, and fet me upon my Feet. с f Dan. 8. 18. Now as he was fpeaking with me, I was in a deep Sleep on my Face toward the Ground; but he touched me, and fet h f d hand upon me, faying unto me, Fear not; I am the firft and the laft: 18. I am he that liveth, and was dead; and behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. 19. Write the things which thou haft feen, and the things which are, and the things which fhall be hereafter, 20. The mystery of the feven ftars which thou faweft in my right hand, and the mi feven golden candlesticks. The feven stars are the angels of the feven churches: and the feven candlesticks which thou faweft, are the feven churches. U CHA P. II. NTO the angel of the These things faith ftars in his right hand, who fet me upright. † Dan. 10. 10. Behold, an hand touched me, which fet me upon my Knees, and upon the Palms of my Hands. d+Ifa. 41. 4. † Ifa. 44. 6. Rev. 2. 8. Ver. 11. See on Ver. 8. 18 e See on Rom. 6. 9. Job 12. 14. He fhutteth up a church of Ephefus, write, he that holdeth the seven walketh in the midft of 5 10 15 fear him which is able to destroy both Soul and Body in Hell. Luk. 20 1.32.-The Lord God fhall give unto him the Throne of his Father David. Rev. 3. 7. These things faith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the Key of Da- 25 vid, he that openeth, and no Man fhutteth; and butteth, and no Man openeth. Rev. 20. 1. I faw an Angel come down from Heaven, having the Key of the bottomlefs 30 Pit. nt Mal. 2. 7. The Priests lips fhould keep Knowledge, and they fhould feek the Law at his Mouth: for he is the Maffenger of the Lord of Hofts. a ot Zech. 4. 2. [The Angel] faid unto me, what feeft thou? and I faid, I have looked, and behold, a Candlestick all of Gold, with Bowl upon the Top of it, and his feven Lamps thereon, and feven Pipes to the feven Lamps.-† Mat. 5 15. Neither do Men light a Candle and put it under a Buthel: but on a Candlestick, and it giveth Light to all that be in the House. † Phil. 2. 15. That ye may be blameless, and harmlefs, the Sons of God, without rebuke in the mids of a, crooked and perverte Nation, among whom ye fine at Lights in the World. e e feven golden candlesticks; 2. I know thy works, nd thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou. canft ot bear them which are evil: and thou haft d tried hem which fay they are apoftles, and are not; and aft found them liars: 3. And haft born, and haft paence, and for my names fake haft laboured, and haft ot fainted. 4. Nevertheless, I have fomewhat against thee, ecause thou haft f left thy first love. 5. Remember herefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and o the first works; or helfe I will come unto thee quick, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, exept thou repent. 6. But this thou haft, that thou haeft the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I alfo hate. . He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spiit faith unto the churches, To him that overcomth will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is 1 the midit of the paradife of God. 8. And unto the ngel of the church in Smyrna, write, These things faith he firft and the laft, which was dead, and is alive: .I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but Ee 4 2 Cor. 11. 13. Such are falfe poftles, deceitful Workers, transrming themfelves into the Apoftles f Christ. f 4. 2 Tim. 4. 10. Demas hath 1 thou Man that is born upon the Earth fhall fight; That if he be overcome, he fhall fuffer as thou haft faid ; but if he get the Victory, 5 he fhall receive the thing that I fay. 121 † Gen. 2. 9. Out of the Ground made the Lord God to grow every Tree that is pleasant orfaken me, having loved this pre- 10 to the Sight, and good for Food: ent World. h Mat. 21. 41, 43. He will mierably destroy thofe wicked Men, and will let out his Vineyard unto 15 other Husbandmen, who fhall render him their Fruits in their Seafons. The Kingdom of God fhall be taken from you, and given to a the Tree of Life alfo in the midst of the Garden, and the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. † Rev. 22.2,14. In the midst of the Street of it, was there the Tree of Life, which bare twelve manner of Fruits, and yielded her Fruit every Month: and the Leaves of the Tree were for the healing of Nation bringing forth the Fruits 20 the Nations. Bleffed are they that thereof. Rev. 3.19. 6. Ver. 15. 7. * See the Note on Mat. 11. 15; S thou art rich) and I know the blafphemy of a them which fay they are Jews, and are not, but are the fynagogue of Satan. 10. Fear none of those things which thou fhalt fuffer: behold, the devil fhall caft fome of you into prifon, that ye may be tried; and ye fhall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and i will give thee a crown of life. 11. He that hath "an ear, let him hear what the Spirit faith unto the churches, He that overcométh fhall not be hurt of the fecond death. 12. And to the angel of the church in Pergamos, write, These things faith he, which hath the fharp fword with two edges, 13. I know thy works, and where thou dwelleft, even where Satans feat is: and thou holdeft faft my name, and haft not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was flain among you where Satan dwelleth. 14. But I have a few things against thee, because thou haft there them that hold the doctrine of Baláam, who taught Balac to caft a ftumbling-block before the children of Ifrael, to eat things facrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication. 15. So haft thou alfo them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate. 16. Repent; or elfe I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the 2 P† Jam. 2. 5. 12. 21. h fword 14. † Numb. 24. 14. I will advertise thee, what this People fhall do to thy People in the latter Days. * Numb. 25. 1, 2, 3. And ; Ifrael abode in Shittim, and the People begun to commit Whoredom with the Daughters of Moab. And they called the People unto the Sacrifices of their Gods. And Ifrael joined himself to Baal-peor. Rev. 20. 14. And Death and to Hell were caft into the Lake of Fire: This is the fecond Death. Rev. 21. 8. But the fearful and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, 15 and forcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, fhall have their Part in the Lake which burneth with Fire and Brimftone: which is the Second Death: I 2. 6. 17. b 20 i† Rev. 1. 16. See on Eph. 13. † Ver. 2. Rev. 3. † Ifa. 11. 4. t 2 Thef. 2 8. † Rev. 1. 16. + Rev. 1915, 21. See on Eph. 6. 17. ord of my mouth. 17. He that hath an ear, let him ar what the Spirit faith unto the churches, To him at overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, d will give him a white ftone, and in the ftone a new name written, which no man knoweth, faving he at receiveth it. 18. And unto the angel of the church Thyatira, write, Thefe things faith the Son of God, ho hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and 17. 15. 3 k See the Note on Mat. 5 Joh. 6. 33, 49, 58. The Bread God is he which cometh down m Heaven, and giveth Life un the World. Your Fathers did Manna in the Wildernefs and e dead. This is that Bread which ne down from Heaven: not as ur Fathers did eat Manna, and 10 = dead: he that eateth of this ead fhall live for ever. in See Exod. 12. 23. The Lord Il pafs through to imite the Eptians, and when he feeth the od upon the Lintel and the two e-posts, the Lord will pass over the or, and will not fuffer the deftroyer come in unto your Houfes to ite you. Ezek 9. 4. The Lord d unto him, Go through the dft of the City, through the dft of Jerufalem, and fet a Mark on the Foreheads of the Men that h, and that cry for all the Aboinations that be done in the dft thereof. + Rev. 3. 12. Him at overcometh will I make a Pilin the Temple of my God,dI will write upon him my new me. Rev. 7. 3. Hurt not the rth, neither the Sea, nor the rees, till we have fealed the Ser nts of God in their Foreheads. Rev. 4. It was commanded them that ey fhould not hurt the Grafs of e Earth, neither any green ing, neither any Tree; but only fe Men which have not the Seal God on their Foreheads. his by the Means of thofe Miracles which he had power to do in the Sight of the Beat, faying unto them that dwell on the Earth, that they fhould make an image to the Beaft which had the Wound by the Sword, and did live. And he had Power to give Life to the Image of the Beaft, that the Image of the Beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the Beaft, fhould be kilJed. And he caufeth all, both fmall and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a Mark in their 15 right Hand, or in their Foreheads. Rev. 14. 1,9. I looked, and lo, a Lamb ftood on the Mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Fathers Name written on their Foreheads. The third Angel followed them, faying with a loud Voice, If any Man worship, the Beast and his Image, and receive his Mark in his Forehead or in his Hand, The fame fhall drink of the Wine of the Wrath of God. Rev. 19. 12. He had a Name written that no Man knew but he himself. Rev. 20. 4. I faw the Souls of them which were beheaded for the Witnefs of Jefus, and for the Word of God, and which had not worshipped the Beast, neither his Image, neither had received his Mark on their Foreheads, or in their Hands.Rev. 22. 4. They fhall fee his Face, and is Name fhall be on their Foreheads. 20 25 30 Rev. 13. 15, 16. [Another Beaft] deceiv. 49 them that dwell on the Earth 18. See on Rev. 1. 14. |