I !verf r._ A -~I G 0 D''LY ·A NJ)~· LE~CJ{O'{ E1X eXPOSJT~!,O:J\( 0 f',Tl!f;~, three firfr Ch~pters of;.t~e R ~yE L .A t 'tcr:~:1 ,:~~ ', ::::·~ · ;·/ . , ·, · ... · . ·-~·,nh.1i i:&J-'I!£!~![t: ..m...t.1D':fl.,..t:!i!et.!li"'l31'_m.• Riltua.l!>i _.,~ ii!lfaii::!CDfii~-~-~~~ , :':.~! R ' \__~ ~- r.·"-·•.~-~."' I ,J'!: 1~.;~·-~:(~~-Q~:i . EVELA :f, I . il-;,oi•i:'o/ - 2,. I ·• • ' ...) :;:· ) ' _o; :; '::I I . The '7.\!velation of I if us (hrifl, '[Phich qodgaue .'ljrf~o-h_if(t;'J il jherP vntohiJ(eruants thingsrPbicbmufl jhort{y be. clone: rPhidf! heefent, andjherPedbyhiJ d ngetJiJneo.huferuant John~ -"'::·.! ' ,; ·r. \"!G., . J Eforc we come ro s,he A '{ ThGcontraric rcafonsbroughttoimprdouc. V\'Ords, wherein is con'· the authoririci()fthis bookc,aie ofno motue'n't( ~rained fingular matter I. Reafon.lohn nameth himfclfc {undric rime'S . · finCfor thi! rime and in this BOok?; whereas ih p~nnlng die c~r. age, this qudlion mufl rcl beedid not oilce mentio. n his ownc ~'ililC :I I be handled; Wlmher though he had rull occafion fo to doe: t!,crc-· ~-this booke of the Refore, it was · not pcnned ' by lohn, •but.by_ a."':1'c::==::;c:;;,·~ vel4tio1z be Canonicall ibme othe~::~ and publiihcd ilfccrward in lohifl Scrioturc:: Forfomc hauc heretofore-, as alfo name. · · .:.1 ..;. in o;lrtimc,ca1led the authoritic ofit inquefli- .Anfiv. The rcaloti fs ndt good : for thcfc i( on. Bucwc arc without all doubt, to rcfoluc great diffcr~lice becwecne an "Hifiorie ~_aft'()•,_.. our fducs that iris Canonicall Scripture, of C• Prophcfic. The Gofpel of!oh? is an hifl?'ric of c,er.ll authbr.i~i~ with the rcH of Gods Booke. ~hri(l: now ihcre is no necefiariC reafon, ~~llY Our reafoflstbCthcfc:Fir!l,thedoefrinecomaione ma11 penning the hifioric of an othH; ncd in ihi~ !lOok is Apof\olicall,asany'lhal per. ihouJd name himfelfe. Butthis booke of1hc' cciuc whichfcriou!ly reads the fame.Secondly, Rcuclation isaProphdie,inpenning whcrio"f; the fly le 6nhis bookc is Apof\oli~all, that is, B it is more rcquiGte the Prophet fhould putt et plaine, fimplc::~and cafic,ifwe confider that the hisownc na:nc; fo did the fonner P'rophcts! ; matter thereof Js Prophctic:~ll. Thirdly, this fcrcmic mcntioncrh his name in hts bookc at 1 bookc hath bccnc approoucd and tQceiucd fOr lcafi an hundred times,fo doth !fai,and JJaniqf C monicall, by the common confcnf ofGods ahnoH in cucry chapter. The-n fecing theydoe 1 Chun:h in all ages fincc the dayestof•/Qhn, <1nd it fo often, it is no maruell ifSaint John rcpe:n 1 was ncucr rcfufcd of a·nv v.·holcChurch, but his name fiue fundric times in this whole only off<Jmcpriu:uc mori. Fourthl}r,thc things bookc. foretold in this bookc, GlnlC to p'3(tC as they' 2. ·They obieC~,that this nyJc in this book-c were foretold: as:unong the rcH(in o'nc fOral) is not the fame with th:lt hce vtCd in the pen) may appcarc by.the Prophcfic of the two ning ofrhc Gofpcl.Anf. :rhcdiffer-ence-ofrh/ be3lls; "''hereofotlc c<>mc out of the 'Sea, the Hylc arifcth from the difference of the mattei',_' ' other om ofthccat'r~,Chap. I 3.the one prcfifceing rhcrc'hc \\'t_ircs ~m hiH~ry, here he pCtfs. · gured the Rom:lnC Empire, thc'othcr the He3Prophcfi.c. Aga1nc, hee Wntcs not his oV\•n' I \Nhich in"?ilt things arc tfomC to po!fc in thcfe l:Jy paniculai' r"cucbtions. · !' •. d rctit":l\1 .Apollo!icall Q:hurch ofHome: both \ woi·ds,but tl1ofe whi_ch hce'""receiuca.l frOChrili I.' 'j l~t.:_c~gc_~ 3nfwcr_ablc to ~l:_0'ro1~hetlc. · 3. They f~y, this booke hnh been rcic8dr\· .\-,.·--- 1 -· --·---·- --~-~·--··~V~ ~.:~ · ·--~~~~-.= ~0 1+-~-----
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