of the seven churches. A. D. 96. keh. 22. 4. 1 ch. 2. 7. 1Or. in Laodicea. mla. 65. 16. neh. 15.& 19. 11. & 22. 6. ver. 7. . Col. 1. 15. pver. L. Hos. 12. 8. 1 Cor. 4. 8. Is. 55. 1. REVELATION. A book sealed with seven seals. which cometh down out of heaven | lightnings and thunderings and 13 He that hath an ear, let him 13 PI know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. 16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of my mouth. 17 Because thou sayest, "I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: 18 I counsel thee to buy of me Matt 13. 44. gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. & 25.9. •2 Cor. 5. 3. eb. 7.13.& 16. 15. & 19, 8. t Job 5. 17. Prov. 3. 11, 12. and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before Pand behind. A. D. 96. k ch. 8. 5. & 16. 18. 1 Ex. 37. 23. 2 Chr. 4. 20, Ea. 1. 13. Zoch. 4. 2. meh. 1. 4. & 3. 1. & 5. 6. n Ex. 38 8. ch. 15. 2. o Ez. 1. 5. q Num. 2. 2, ke. 7 And the first beast was like pver. 8. a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle. 8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, "Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. 9 And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, Ea. 1. 10. & 10. 14. I. 6. 2. ver. 6. Gr. they have no rest. t Is. 6. 3. u ch. 1. 8. eh. 1. 4. yeh. 1. 18. & 5. 14. & 15. 7. sch. 5. 8. 14. a ver. 9. b ver. 4. 10 The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, "and worship hìm that liveth for ever and ever, band cast their crowns before the throne, saying, 20 Behold, "I stand at the door, 11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to and knock: if any man hear my receive glory and honour and power: & Gen. 1. 1. Luke 12. 37. voice, and open the door, I willd for thou hast created all things, and come in to him, and will sup with for thy pleasure they are and were him, and he with me. created. Heb 12.5.6. James 1. 12. u Cant. 5.2. FTER this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven and "the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, b Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter. 2 And immediately dI was in the Spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. 3 And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: fand there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald. 4 And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, hclothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold. 5 And out of the throne proceeded CHAPTER V. 1 The book sealed with seven seals: 9 A ND I saw in the right hand of I him that sat on the throne "a book written within and on the back side, sealed with seven seals. 2 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? 3 And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon. 4 And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon. 5 And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, fand to loose the seven seals thereof. 6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having, seven horns and seven eyes, which are i the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. ech. 5. 12. Acts 17. 24. a Es. 2. 9, 10. b Is. 29. 11. Dan, 12. 4. e ver. 13. d Gen. 49. 9, 10. Heb. 7. 14. o Is. 11. 1. 10. Rom. 15. 12. ch, 22, 16. fver. 1. ch. 6, 1. gls. 53. 7. John 1. 29, 36. 1 Pet. 1. 19. ch. 13. 8. ver. 9, 12. h Zech. 3. 9. & 4. 10. 7 And he came and took the book ich. 4. 5. The opening of the A. D. 96. k ch. 4. 2. m ch. 14. 2. & 15. 2. Or, incense. n Ps. 141. 2. ch. 8. 3, 4. o Ps. 40. 3. ch. 14. 3. peh. 4. 11. q ver. 6. REVELATION. out of the right hand kof him that sat upon the throne. 8 And when he had taken the book, 1 the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, A which are the prayers of saints. 9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; 10 And hast made us unto our God 1 Pet. 1. 18. kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth. r Acts 20, 28. Rom. 3. 24. 1 Cor. 6. 20. & 7.23. Eph. 1.7. Col. 1. 14. Heb. 9. 12. 19. 2 Pet. 2. 1. 1 John 1 7. ch. 14.4. 11 And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels "round about Dan. 4. 1. & the throne, and the beasts, and the elders: and the number of them was *ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; 12 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing. 6. 25. ch. 7. 9. & 11. 9. & 14.6. t Ex. 19. 6. 1 Pet. 2.5, 9. ch. 1.6. & 20. 6. & 22.5. uch. 4.4, 6. x Ps. 68. 17. Dan. 7. 10. Heb. 12, 22. y ch. 4. 11. ■ Phil, 2, 10. ver. 3. 1 Chr. 29.11. Rom, 9. 5. & 16. 27. 13 And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. 14 And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped dch. 4. 9, 10. him d that liveth for ever and ever. CHAPTER VI. 1 Tim. 6. 16. b ch. 6. 16. & 7. 10. e ch. 19. 4. 1 The opening of the seals in order, and what followed thereupon, containing a prophecy to the end of the world. ach. 5. 5, 6, 7. Need on when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, bone of the four beasts saying, Come and see. bch. 4. 7. c Zech. 6. 3. ch. 19. 11. 2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: dand he that sat on d P. 45, 4, 5. him had a bow; and a crown was LXX. given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. e Zech. 6. 11. ch. 11. 14. fch. 4. 7. 8 Zoch. 6. 2. heh. 4. 7, i Zech. 6. 2. The word ehaniz sig nifieth a ineasure containing one wine quart, and the twelfth part of a quart. 3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and sec. 4 And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword. 5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and sec. And I beheld, and lo ia black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in seals in order. A. D. 96. kb. 9. 4. 1ch. 4, 7. m Zech. 6. 3. ures of barley for a penny; and k see thou hurt not the oil and the wine. 7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. 8 "And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto Or, to him, them over the fourth part of the earth, "to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with. Lev. 25. 22. the beasts of the earth. 9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under Pthe altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: 10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, 'How long, O Lord, "holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? 11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellow servants also and their brethIren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled. 12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, "and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and bthe sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; 13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. 14 dAnd the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. 15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bond man, and every free man, fhid themselves in the f. 2. 19. dens and in the rocks of the mountains; 16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: 17 b For the great day of his wrath is come; iand who shall be able to stand? An angel sealeth the servants of God in their foreheads. 4 The number of them that were sealed: of the tribes of Israel a certain number. 9 Of all other nations an innumerable multitude, which stand before the throne, clad in white robes, and palms in their hands. 14 Their robes were washed in the blood of the Lamb. AND after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, "holding the four winds of the earth, bthat the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. Hos. 10. 8. Luke 23, 30. ch. 9. 6. hla. 13.6. &c. Zeph. 1. 14. ch. 16. 14. 1 Pa. 76. 7. Dan. 7. 2 beh. 2.4. The number of the sealed. A. D. 96. ech. 6.6. & 9. 4 d Ea. 9. 4. ch. 14. 1. ⚫ch. 22. 4. feh. 9. 16. geh. 14. 1. à Rom. 11.25. i eh. 5. 9. k ch.3.5.18.& 4.4.& 6. 11. ver. 14. 1 Pa. 3. 8. Js. 43. 11. meh. 5. 13. och. 5. 13, 14. p ver. 9. 6. REVELATION. Four angels sound their trumpets. 2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, 3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have d sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. 4 'And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed a hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel. 5 Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand. 6 Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nephthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand. 7 Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand. 8 of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand. 9 After this I beheld, and, lo, ha great multitude, which no man could number, iof all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, kclothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; 10 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. 11 "And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, 12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen. 13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? 14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou q ch. 6.9.& 17. knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. r Is. 1. 18. Heb. 9. 14. 1 John 1.7. ch. 1. 5. See Zech. 3. 3, 4, 5. ■ Is. 4. 5. 6. ch. 21. 3. t Is. 49. 10. u P. 121. 6. eb. 21. 4. 15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. 16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; "neither Av when he had opened the ch. 6.1. seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. Luke 1. 1. e 2 Chr, 29, 25 -28. 2 b And I saw the seven angels Matt. 18.10. which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets. 3 And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with d the prayers of all Or. add it saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. 4 And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand. 5 And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake. 6 And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound. to the prayers. deh. 5. 8. Ex. 30. 1. ch. 6. 9. f Ps. 141. 2. Luke 1. 10. 10r, upon. geh. 16. 18. h 28am. 22.8. 1 Kin. 19. 11. Acts 4. 31. E. 38. 22. 7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast kup-keh. 16. 2. on the earth: and the third part 1 of 11. 2. 13. trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up. ch. 9. 4. Amos 7.4. 8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain Jer. 51. 25. burning with fire was cast into the sea: "and the third part of the sea became blood; n ch. 16. 3. o Es. 14. 19. 9 P And the third part of the creat- peh. 16. 3. ures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed. 10 And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; I. 14. 12. ch. 9. 1, rch. 16. 4. Ruth 1. 20. Jer. 9. 15. & 23. 15. 11And the name of the star is called Wormwood: tand the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter. 12" And the fourth angel sounded, ul. 13. 10. and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a Amos 8. 9. A star falleth from heaven. A. D. 96. zch. 14. 6. & 19. 17. 7 ch. 9. 12. & 11. 14. a Luke 10, 18. ch. 8. 10. b Luke 8. 31. ver, 2, 11. ch. 17. 8. & 20. 1. REVELATION. An angel appeareth with a book. third part of it, and the night like- 13 And I beheld, and heard an CHAPTER IX. x Ps. 68. 17. Dan. 7. 10. sch. 7. 4. 15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, Or, at. and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men. 1 At the sounding of the fifth angel, a stary of the horsemen were two hundred 16 And the number of the army falleth from heaven, to whom is given thousand thousand: and I heard E. 38.4. the key of the bottomless pit. 2 He openeth the pit, and there come forth locusts the number of them. like scorpions. 12 The first woe past. 13 The sixth trumpet soundeth. 14 Four angels are let loose, that were bound. ND the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. A 2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the Joel 2. 2, 10. pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. d Ex. 10. 4. Judg. 7. 12. . ver. 10. gch. 8. 7. *3 And there came out of the smoke 4 And it was commanded them fch.6.0. & 7.3. fthat they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not h the seal of God in their foreheads. h See Ex. 12. 23. Ex. 9. 4. ch. 7. 3. i ver. 10. ch. 11. 7. k Job 3. 21. 1 Joel 2. 4. A Dan. 7. 8. 5 And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man. 6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them. 7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto m Nah. 3. 17. battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, "and their faces were as the faces of men. 8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions. o Joel 1. 6. 2 And he had in his hand a little 3 And cried with a loud voice, as 4 And when the seven thunders 6 And sware by him that liveth The two prophesying witnesses. Es. 40.3, &o. Zech. 2. 1. eh. 21. 15. b Num. 23.18. Es. 40. 17,20. + Gr. cast out. d Ps. 79. 1. Luke 21. 24. • Dan. 8. 10. two witness h ch. 19. 10. i ch. 12. 6. k Ps. 52. 8. Ez. 43. 3. Hos. 6. 5. m Num. 16. 29. n1 Kin. 17. 1. REVELATION. A. D. 96. Dan. 7. 21. Zech. 14. 2. 8 And their dead bodies shall lie 17.1.5.& 18.10. u Heb 13. 12. ch. 18. 24. The seventh trumpet sounded. for ever and ever, who created less pit shall make war against heaven, and the things that therein them, and shall overcome them, are, and the earth, and the things and kill them. that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, i that there should be time no longer: 7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets. 8 And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth. 9 And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, " Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey. 10 And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter. 11 And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings. CHAPTER XI. 3 The two witnesses prophesy. They 9 And they of the people and 11 And after three days and a half 12 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven fin a cloud; and their enemies beheld them. 13 And the same hour h was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain t of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, kand gave glory to the God of heaven. x eh. 17. 15. y P. 79. 2. 3. seh. 12. 12. & 13. 8. 22. Esth. 9. 19. beh. 16. 10. ever. 9, d Ea. 37, 5, 9, 10, 11. .Is. 14. 13. heb. 6. 12. + Gr. names 14 The second woe is past; and, Josh, 7, 19. behold, the third woe cometh quick them, and kill them. 8 They lie unburied, 15 And the seventh angel sound- 2 But the court which is with- 3 And I will give power unto my 4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth. 5 And if any man will hurt them, 1fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed. 6 These "have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days James 5. 16, of their prophecy: and "have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will. 17. o Ex. 7. 19. pLuke 13. 32. q ch. 13. 1, 11. & 17. 8. rch. 9. 2. 7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottom ch. 14. 7. & 15. 4. 1 ch. 8. 13. & 912. & 15. 1. 17 Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned. 18 And the nations were angry, ver. 2, 9. and thy wrath is come, "and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth. 19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were light-ch. 8. 8. & nings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, band great hail. |