c"p . i 1. 4 qeevelatíorxofthe Apocolyppc. 853 farre death shall be taken away, namely. as it is apunifhment, not as itis a meanes to tranflatemen to everlafting l:fr. So fhall the fervitours and Sergeants attendingupon it be takenaway alto. For whatright have fer- vants where there is nopower in their matter ? O molt happy Spoufe, that (hail never be molefted With fuch difturbers ofher happineffe as thefe be, a vifible Image ofthe happy kingdome in heaven, fhall converfc now among mienupon earth. Becaufe the foregoing things are gonealbay. The Greekword is, the firft things ; whereby perhaps the Holy Ghoft refpe teth the firft eftate of theJewes,whichwas lamentable and miferable becaufeofthe wrath of God that was provoked by their often rebellions ; as ifit werePaid, There (hall be never after this any inch ohftinacy and pervetfe wicked - neffe among this peopleas there wasbefore in former ages, and there- fore neither (hall God bet fuch a heavie friend againft thrìn as hee way before. Vei fe 5. And he that fat upon the Throne/aid. Thecertainty of this renewing and fJicity is confirmedby another teftimony, that is ofvery high and great authority, namely, ofhim that fitteth upon theThrone, that isof the molt high and eternall God, who tea .fieth openly, that he will make things new, that is, that he will fo reftore the doctrine, the worfhip, th p: ople, and the wholegovernment ofmatters , that men may worthily account them to benew. Andhe_aidunto me, write. John commeth unto thofe things which were fpoken by naive tohimiLife. In that he is commanded to write, it isall one, as if it were Paid, that this is fur _ly d; creed and appointed by God,that it is as it were fet forth in ftatute books, fo as it cannot bechan- ged : or elfe do thoudraw an inlrument and put this into ir, that fo the faithfìall may have fomewhat whereby they may call upon me and claim their right, Chap. 59, 9. That that is commanded tobe written is, that thefewords ate true and faithful', fach as are to be performed at length in their due time; though therebenothing Joffe likely to come to pafi'e, in the opinion of the world. Verfe 6. AndhePaidunto me, It is done. This is the fecond thing that was told John in private, viz. that the myfter y was fulfllled, as which fhould come to the end thereof in the rcftorirg of theJ ewes ; and this confumrnation is a part of the feventh Viall ; to which it b. longeth, t4 accomplifh the myllerie ofGod, Chap. 16.17. For the fameword is u- fed here that is ufed there, toexprefl"e this accomplifliment, It is done. l f the accomplifhing of fome other matter were meant here that fhould come to paffe, after that that is faid , to bee accoinpii!hed there : CZggqq z this
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