C A r'.1. fl evelationoftheApoca1yple. 5 may aridefull credit; Which can be no other but God himlelf vert. S. Alfo the perfon called, vert9.10. Laflly, themanner ofcalling him, by hearing, vert.i1. by feting, verf 12. AvitionWhereofisfet before u, verf it, 13,14,15,16. and a certain confequenceWhereof is declared.,9n thepart of lohn, an aftonithmenr, on Chrifls part, a confolation, verf 17,18. then a commandement to write, verf: i y. and an Interpretation of the vifion,verf.20. THE EXPOSITION. V Erf. 1. ARevelation. The Argument of this Book fignifying a Revelation madeby God, from which all the veils ofobfcurity are taken away, which did before keep it from the fight of mertallmen. Which kinde of matters were wont tobe called of old, Vijion.: and Prophecies; but in thewritings of the Apoftles,the wordRevelation is more ufed ; IWit come (faith Paul) to Vifons and Revelations of the Lord, 2 Cor. 12. 1. Andagain, Left I fhould be out ofnteafure lift up With excellency ofRevelations, verf7. So every one ofyou hash a Pfalm, bath Doilrine,hath a Tongue, bath a Revelation, i Cor. 14,x6. Befidas the knowledge of the Gofpel is attributed to a Revelation, as to the undeiftanding whereof weehave no more power till it be opened unto us,*hen we have tounderffandthings to come.Igive thee thanks (o Father) that thou haft hidden thefe things from the Wife, andhall revealed them to babes, faith Chrift, Mat./ r.25. Now then is this the 'meaning of this word, that ro new thing is brought in the preaching of the Gofpel, but as the Gofpel is an unfealed and difclofed Law, fo when the veils are removed, that onely is pointed out cleerly, which -before lay hidden under the old coverings : Indeed fo it may feem, unlef e this word were ufed allo in and belonging to the old Teffa- ment. The faying (faith Balaam) ofhim that heareth the Words ofGod, thatfeeth the viñion of the Aimghty, fallingdown, yet Whfe eyes Were openedor revealed, Num. 24.4. So the man. of God faith to Eli in the name of the Lord, I have revealedmy felf to the houfe of thy Father, i Sam. 2.27. Wherefore there can no Argument be drawn hence to make for this matter. This may be certain, that this marinerof fpcak- ing here and there ufed Both arm, that it neither was at the begin- ing, nor as yct is, in the power of mortali wit, to attain ly: fearci-- i ig to filch myfteries as thefe, and that yet through the grace ofour Lord Jefus Chrift, all things are made eafìe to be paffed through, fo far as may be behooffull for his Church. Thou therefore moil excellent dy- flar, and Light bringer, open our eyes, that We may behold thi marvel- lous things. Of
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