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Matthew Poole — Annotations upon the Holy Bible — Volume 2
Poole, Matthew, 1624-1679 · 2,402,827 words · 2087 reading sections
Annotations upon the Holy Bible — Volume 2 — Section 2041
threeſcore days clothed in ſackcloth #. * ow wn i There hath been a.great Diſpute amongſt . godly and earned Men, who theſe two Witneſles ſhould be : Some have thought them to be Enoch and Elias, who, though long fince glorified, they have thought ( with no great probability, as. I ſuppoſe any indifferent Perſon w…
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{ Here is a manifeſt Alluſion to Zechariah's Viſion; Z ech. 43,11, 14. though with ſome little difference. He faw a Candleſtick all of Gold, with a Bowl upon the top of it, and his ſeven Lamps thereon, and ſeven Pipes.to. the ſeven Lamps which were upon the top thereof < and two Olive-trees by. 1t, one upon the rig…
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x Their Bodies dead, in the ſenſe before-mentioned, ſhall con- tinue ſo for three days and an half (of which we ſhall ſpeak, v. 11.) But what is here meant, 1. by the great City? 2. By the Street of the great City ? Some, by the great City, would have Hieruſa- lem underſtood ; but that was now far from a great City…
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| To And rhey that dwell upon the earth c ſhall re- Joice over them, and make merry, and ſhall ſend gifts one to another d, becauſe theſe two Prophets tor- mented them thar dwelt upon the earth e. c It is plain by the repeating of the ſame Words in the cloſe of the Verſe, that by thoſe that dwell up the Earth, are…
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n That is, about the ſame time, when the Spirit of Life from God entred into' the Witnefles, and they were again reſtored. 0 By Earthquake doubtleſs is here meant a great confuſion in the Werld, and ſhaking of Nations by differences one with another, and Wars ; ſee the Notes on chap. 6. 12. þ By the City doubtleſs …
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That the Beaſts Kingdoms beginning to fall under the ſixth Trum- pet, ſeveral of the Vials declaring the degrees of his falling, muſt belong to that. It appeareth by all we have in this Chapter from ver, 7, to 15. that Antichriſts Kingdom was in a great meaſure weakned under the fixth Trumpet, particularly from wer…
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From this myſterious Portion of holy Writ thus opened, it ap- peareth that God in theſe foregoipg Chapters, hath (though more luimnmarily) inſtrufed his Prophet in what ſhuuld come to paſs to the final Ruine of the Roman Empire, (confidered as Pagan, that is, till Cenftantine's Time) and alſo of the Reign of Antich…
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4 The tail of the red Dragon fignifies his Followers, his civil and military Officers, whoſoever were by him imployed to execute his Commands. m By the Stars here, are either meant the Miniſters of the Chriſtian Church, or the Profeſſors of it. n Turning them ont of their places and fiations, making them as uſeleſs…
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a The Dragon mentioned, ver. 3. which typified the Pagan Em- perours. b In caſting them out, the Devi! who influenced them, was caſt out ; who 1s here called the 0!d Serpent, with reference to the Form in which he ſeduced Eve, as well as in Malignity to Man. The Devil, that is, the Accuſer of the Brethren, (of whic…
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Church from the great Trouble: that preſently enſued. For ir = year 411, Alaricus King of the Goths took Rome, and continual Troubles ſo enſued, that by the year 480, the Weſtern Empire was quite extinguiſhed, ending in Augyſtulus, who becauſe of his mani- fold Afffiiatons, is ſuppoſed to be the Star mentioned chap.…
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The Riſe, Power, and Prevalency of this Adverſary, is deſcribed in this Chapter , the Oppoſition made to him by Chriſt and his followers, Chap. 14. His Fall, chap. 15, 16, 17, 18. for which, Praiſe is groen to God, chap. 19. The Enemy of the Church is ſhewed to John by the Sym- bol, or Repreſentation of two Beaſt…
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e Daniel in his Viſion of the Chaldaick, Perſian, Grecian, and R9- man Monarchies by which the World was ſucceffively ruled from his time to St, Fohn's; and many years after; had the firſt repreſent- ed to him by a Lion, for its Nobleneſfs and Fierceneſs. The ſecond, by a Bear, for his Cruelty. The third, by a Leop…
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ons, or denying him the Perfeftion proper to him, or giving to the Creature what belongs to God only, which Blaſphemy muſt be in all Idolatry; for Adoration is due unto God alone, and when this is given to any Creature, there is both Blaſphemy in the Dofrine which teacheth the Lawfulneſs of it, and' 1dolatry in the…
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denounced Judgments againſt his People, to comfort them by a PrediCtion of the Ruin of their Enemies ; ſo here, by this his New- Teſlament-Prophet, he affureth his Church, that Antichriſt alſo ſhould have his Period, and have the ſame Meaſure meeted to him, which he had meeted out to others by leading into. Captivi…
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o The Lord ſheweth his Prophet by what nieans the Papacy ſhould | cheat the World, viz. by pretences of Miracles, which it had a pow- | er to work { the Dodtrines of the Church of Rome to this afe ſufficiently known,) all which are done in the fight of the Beaſt, that 1s, to his Honour, and to gain him a Reputation…
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be a want then of 60 years ; to anſwer which objeftion, the afore- faid Author (XN. Stephens) undertaketh to make out, that the year which according to our account was 606, was according to Daniel's Chronology 666; for it is the fix hundred fixty fixth year of the Roman Monarchy, which, faith he, is to be counted f…
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rather thinks, that the vice as of many waters, fignifies no more than a great multitude, and indeed it is ſo expounded, Chap. | 19, 6. | | *Chap.s.9. 3 And * they ſung as it were a new ſong before the throne f, and betore the four beaſts and the el- ders g : and no man could learn that ſong, but the hundred and …
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Fer. 51. 8. Babylm is ſuddenly fallen and deſtroyed, There is doubt,- but both the Prophets ſpake of that rh into which the Jews were carried captive; but that Babylon was typical of another Babylon, called here the great City, and great Babylon, Chap. 16. 19. and 17. 5. and 18. 10, 21. and the Mother of Harlots, C…
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e Theſe words denote the Excellency of the following Saying. it 1s a Voice from Heaven, therefore worthy of our Attention. Fohn is commanded to write it, to be kept in Memory tor the Comfort and Encouragement of God's People, who might be dif- couraged at the hearing of thoſe calamitous Times which they were lixe …
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13 And another angel cam2 our from the altar p. which had power over fire gz and cried with a4 loud cry to him that had the ſharp fickle, laying 7, thruft in thy ſharp fickle, and gather the cla{ters of the vine of the earth /*: for her grapes re: tully ripe 7. þ The place of Sacrifices and Burnt-offerinzs. q Whic…
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n Acknowledging, that for this God deſerved to be worſhipped and ſerved by all the VVorld ; 0 becauſe of his Holineſs much ſeen in the Juſtice and Truth af his VVays ; p Geclaring their Faith and Hope that now all Nationsſhould own and acknowledge Chriſt, and be ſubje& unto him. qg Now that his Judgments upon Antic…
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Chapter, under the Notions of the Earth, the Sea, the Rivers, and Fountains, the Sun, and the Seat of the Bea#F. The firſt Command to the Executioners of God's Juſtice, 1s, to pour out his Wrath on the Earth. By the Earth, Parexms underſtands ſome parts of the Earth ; others, the common People ; others, the Roman E…
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or that Interpreters miſtake the meaning of theſe Fountains and Rivers, than agree with them in that interpretation of this Prophe- Cy. I am much diſpoſed to believe that we are not farther than the pouring out of the ſecond Vial. God, indeed, hath made the Romiſh Clergy contemptible enough, and hath vexed and enra…
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z Upon the Turkiſh Empire, See the Notes on Chap. 9. 14. a Their Force, Power, and Strength ſhall be deſtroyed, 5 that a way may be prepared for the Convertion of the Fews. This I find to be the Senſe of the moſt Learned and Judictous Interpreters of this Myſterious Book, amongſt whom I count Mr. Mede, Dr. Mor, Pa…
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Pagan part, the Evangelical part, and the Antichriſtian part, (faith Dr. Moor) the three Parties that made up the Armies that fought 1n Armageddon : Or elſe this added as the Effet of-the great Earth- quake. 7 God now took Vengeance on the Papacy,and all their Ad-. herents, though he had for 1260 years ſpared them,…
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I. Some would have it to be the whole World of wicked Men. Againſt this 1t 15 ſaid, 1. That Fohn ſpeaks here of a certain great City which reigneth over the Kings of the Earth, wer. 18. This cannot be meant of the wicked World. 2. The World of wicked Men are theſe In- habitants of the Earth, whom this Woman made Dr…
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q The Papacy filled with the Blood of thoſe Holy Ones, which ſhe cauſed to be ſlain for bearing Teſtimony to Jeſus Chriſt. / VVhich he would not havedone, had it been Pagan Rome he had ſeen in this Viſion. But that any that owned Chriſt, and called themſelyes the Holy Church, ſhould kill Men for bearing Teſtimony t…
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13 Theſe have one mind, and ſhall give their pow- er and ſtrength to the beaſt /. S They ſhall al! be Papi/ts, and for a while ſhall employ all their Power and Strength to uphold the Popiſh Religion. 14 * Theſe ſhall make war with the Lamb 7z, and *ch.1£.14 the Lamb ſhall overcome them x, tor he + is Lord of fDeat…
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| it is done as to the Chaldean Babylon, the Type to this Antitype : Both Iſuiah and Feremiah declared in more than one Sermon 1ts certain approaching Ruine. Theſe words are taken from J/a. 21. 9. where the word fallen is doubled, as here. They are found al- ſo, Fer. 51. 8. God here explaineth what he had ſaid befo…
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R 10 Standing Jafar off for fear of her torment, ſlaying, * Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that * 15,21. mighty city ! for in one hour is thy judgment Ch. 14. 8. COINC TW. w As well as they loved her, they will not come nigh her in the time of her Torments : The Fire will be too hot for them, they will on…
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ouy and ſhall be found no more ar 411 ;. .$ FOraoignor Symbol þ of the irreparable Ruine of Rome fig- — that great Milſtone which had grounded to Powder fo _ ny - God's Holy Ones. 2 By this Sign God ſhews his Prophet, - Inat Rome ſhall be Ruined. 2. That it ſhall be done with vio- 22 * Andthe voice of harpers, and…
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5. And 4 voice came ont of the throne, ſaying /, Praiſe our God, all ye his ſervants, and ye that tear him, both ſmall and great . | | From Chriit. m Declaring it the Will of God, that all holy Ones ſhould praife him upon this account, : 6 find I heard as it were the voice of a great multi- tude, and as the voice…
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c The remaining part of this Chapter is conceived more fully to open . what ſhall come to paſs under the Sixth and Seventh Vials, mentioned chap. 16. 12. more eſpecially the Battel in Armageddon, mentioned there v. 16. There mention was made only of the Ar- mies being gathered together ; here it is more fully deſcr…
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. ! £ S more great Armies, with whom the Jews and Gentiles (now united in one Church) ſhall fight under the Condu& of Chriſt, as the Captain-General of his Church, by whom they ſhall be overcome : and that this ſhall be the great Battle in Armageddon, mentioned chap. 16. 16. : FCh.161 4 hy . . falſe prophet that…
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\ N D I ſaw an angel coming down from heaven. having the key of the bottomleſs pir, and a row Chain in his hand @. a The Deſcription of this Angel can agree to noo but Cliritt, or one that exerciſeth a power by deligation trom him ; for, c!/. I. 18. it 1s he who hath the Power of Hell and Death; and it is hic who…
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* and for witneſſing to the Truths of Chriſt contained in his Word. Theſe n are deſcribed as livins with Chriit in Honour and Dignity, all that ſpace of the Churches Reſt and Tranquility before expreſt. Our learned Dr. Moor interprets the Thrones and Zudgment, Concern- inz thoſe Thrones or places of Judicature, upo…
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y That 15, the Devil being got from under the Reſtraint of Divine Providence, ſhall tall upon his old Work, going about to deceive Men over all the World, either tempting them to Idolatry, or He- refie, or Lewdneſs of Life, or (which ſeemeth moſt probable) ſtir- ring them up to one Attempt more to ruine the Church.…
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of the Quick and the Dead in the laſt Day ; the Lord Jeſus Chriſt ſat upon a Throne of Glory, about to execute his laſt holy and righteous Judgment. Now he deſcribes the Perſons to be Judged, viz, all, both ſmall and great. k To ſhew the Juſtice and Righte- ouſneſs according to which this Judge would proceed, Books…
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_F What is ſaid here, is applicable to the Church of God in this Life, yea, to every true Believer, whoſe Body is faid to be the Temple of the Lord, and in whom the Lord dwells, according to the Phraſe of the Holy Ghoſt, in many Places of the New-Teſtament ; of whom it is alſo true, that God is with them, and will …
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£ A moſt excellent Glory received from God. h And her Light, that is (as fome interpret it) that which gave her Light (as the Sun is called the Light of the Earth) or her inlightner. þ Was Chriſt® himſeli, who 1s a Stone moſt precious, wer. 23. The Lamb is the Tight thereof. h Libe a Faſper Stone, ſee chap. 4. 3. G…
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þ I cannot tell what to make of theſe precious Stones, with which they are ſaid to be garniſhed, unleſs it be their Spiritual gifts and habits of Grace, the various manifeſtations of the Holy Spirit gt- ven to the Apoltles to profit the Church withal, with which they adorned the Doftrine of the Goſpel, and won upon…
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SOT mination d, or maketh a lie e; but they which are writ- - ten in the Lambs book of life | b In the Greek there are two Negative Particles, which though 1n the Latin they make an affirmative, yet in the Greek make a ſtronger Negative, which-we tranſlate in no wiſe, or by no means. c This {trongly denying Partic…
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9 Then faith he unto me, Sze zhou do iz not b ;, fer I am thy tellow-ſervant, and of thy brethren the pro- phets c, and of them which keep the ſayings of this book, Worſhip God 7. b See the Notes on chap. 19. 10. c Whoſe Imployment is the ſame with thine, to reveal the Will of God ; 4 yea, and a Brather to all th…
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a But Divines generally de further extend the ſenſe of theſe two Chap. XXII * Rom.1s, 20, 2 Thell, 3. 18. \ TaBLE of ſome Principal-Matters in the Annotations on | gecond Volume. The Annotations on the three firſt Goſpels, not being diſlingniſhed by Letters of Reference, 7 could only expreſs the Cl A. Dmirati…
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Excommunication muſt be by conſent of the Church, Mat.18.17. nature of it, x Cor. s. 5s. m Exorciſts, what, As 15. 13. 4 Exhort, what, Heb. 3. 13. 7 Experience of mercy, ſhould beget confidence, Lam. 3. $5. x External torce and compulſion, no pro- per means to make converts, Luke I4. 23, Ezekiel, why called S…
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21.6. k Mercy, what, Lam.3.22.c * remembred by God in midſt of Judg- ment, Jer.6.8. 7 remembrance of former begets hope of future, Jer. 21.2, 4 Miniſters corrupt,a ſign of Wrath, Jer. 23.11.h are a Fountain of Wickedneſs, v. IS. 4 none can expe a Bleſſing, but thoſe that are called by God, Jer.23.32.f muſt …
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4+ I. n Reviling to be judged of by the deſign, (not words) of eons. oh.9.28.k Reward at laſt will be according to our Works, Mat. 25. 40. Rhetoric, how far to be uſed in preach- _ _ 2ng, 1 Core2.4. Riblaſh, Ezek. 11.11. c Riches, a great hindrance in way to Hea- _ ven, Mat.rg.24. Righteous, what kind of Righ…
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