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contradistinction to those ungodly men. A vrovg, for u^dg, refers to the preceding announcements, as Matt, xxiii. 37. — xccnvui^iov rijg do^g aurov, before the presence of His glory) before the presence of Him- self, when He shall be revealed most gloriously. — a(aw/Aou$, ' without fault) in your own selves. This is antithetical to, free from stumbling.
25.1 A oga xa/ fisyaXucvw, j, glory and majesty) This refers to the only God. — xpdrog xa/ sjouty/a, might and power) This refers to, who is able.
wit, the reading vpcoig does not seem a probable one according to the decision of both Greek Ed. — E. B.
Avtov; is the reading of B (according to Tisch.) and Stephens’ Rec. Text. 'XfAxg, in C Yulg. and Elezev. Rec. Text. A has ijpcoig. — E.
1 The words, (hat T naov Xptarov roi> Kvpiov qpdov, which immediately precede, have been received into the Germ. Version with the sanction of Ed. 2. — E. B.
ABC Yulg. support the words. Rec. Text with modern MSS. omit them. — E.
I have prepared two Commentaries on the Apocalypse at the same time ; the one in German , separately published,1 for the sake of those who, although they are unacquainted with Latin, are yet searchers after the truth ; the other in Latin , which is this last part of the Gnomon of the New Testament. Do not imagine, Leader, that these differ only in language : there is a much greater difference be- tween them, on account of which they may be used together , or rather, they ought to be so used. That treatise in German is full, regular, and without intermission ; but these annotations in Latin exhibit a kind of miscellaneous gleaning, which is also serviceable in its class. For I judged, that the testimonies of antiquity, the explanation of Greek phrases, critical supplements,2 and the refutation of false opi-
1 The first edition of this came from the press a. 1740 ; the second, without any change in the principal matters , and furnished with a new Prologue, a. 1746 : respecting the others, which were published after the death of my sainted father , as also respecting the Sacred Discourses on the Apocalypse which followed, a. 1747, 60 erbauliche Reden, of which likewise several editions are now pub- lished, there is no reason why 1 should speak. There is only one thing which 1 wish those unacquainted with it to know:— Es waren keine offentliche Pre- digten (wie man sie schon genennet hat), sondern Vertrauliche Vortrage, die in sogenannten Erbauungs-Stunden gemacht worden. — E. B.
2 These here, for the greatest part, on account of the reasons alleged in my In- troduction, I have now removed : why I have not thought, however, that some, though inserted in the Apparatus, should be cut out , the matter speaks for itself. — E. B.