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 deſcribed. At the beginning of the Goſpel, (faith a late learned Annotator) 7ohn ſaw only a Door opened, chap. 4. 1. At the Reſurre&tion of the Wit- neſſes, he ſaw the Temple opened, chap. 11.19. Here after the Ru- ine of Babylon, he ſeeth Heaven opened. Fohn ſaw ſuch an Horſe, chap. 6. 2. Dr. Moor obſerves, that the Horſe with his Rider figni« fies Rule; and the white Colour, Proſperity and Succeſs. d It ap- pears that the Rider was Chrift, becauſe he is called Faithful and True, which agrees with chap. I. 5. and by the Names in the follow- ing v. 13, and 16. given tohim.
12 His eyes were as a Hame of fire e, and on his head were many crowns f, and he had a name written that no man knew but he himſelf g.
e See chap. 1.14. chap. 2.18. This denoted either his piercing Knowledge, or his infinite Wiſdom and Underſtanding. f And there needs muſt be fo; for, ver. 16. he is ſaid to be the King of Kings, and the Lord of Lords. g This denoted the Incomprehenfi- bleneſs of his Divine Eflence and PerfeCtions.
13 * And he way cloathed with a veſture dipt in , ;, 63.2
blood h, and his name is called the + Word of God z. . h Either to denote that he was he who redeemed us by his Blood, +1 Toh. 5.7 or rather to ſignifie that he was now coming forth to ſhed the Blood * of his Enemies, both in Vindication of his own Honour and Glory, and of his People ; in which Notion it alſo agrees with Tſaiah's Vi- ſion of him, chap. 63. 1, 2, 3. ver. 3» Their Blood ſhall be ſprinkled upon my. Garments, and TI will ſtain all my Raiment. i See the Notes on Fohn 1. z. He is alſo called the Word, chap. 1. 2, a Name given him hardly by any except this Apoſtle.
' 14 And the Armies which were in heaven followed him & upon white horſes /, * cloathed in fine linnen, +144. 28. white, and clean 7. 4 4:
k The glorious Angels, 2 Theſſ. 1. 7. and ten thouſands of his & 7. g. Saints, Fude 14. who follow the Lamb whitherſoever he goeth. / To Prophefie Succeſs and Viftory. m To denote their Glory, Pu- rity and Holineſs.
15 And * out of his mouth goeth a ſharp ſword 7, « <,, ;5
that with it he ſhould {mite the nations o : and Þ he verſe 21. ſhall rule them with a rod of iron : and he || treadeth Þ Pr. 2. 9.
the wine-preſs of the fierceneſs and wrath of Almighty - God 9. | th. I4
n I can eaſily agree that this two-edged Sword is the Word of | 9, 20. Chriſt coming out of his Mouth, but not the Goſpel, (the time was *? paſt for that, it was the time of the Sacrifice in Bozrah) but his Word of Command, calling out his People to take - Vengeance upon the Remainder of his Enemies. The Sword, was both the Sword of the Lord, commanding it to be drawn, and the Sword of his People whoſe hands were to wield it. o With this he now ſmites the Re- mainder of his Enemies, and þ breaks them to pieces. q His Ene- mies were the Grapes, that now were put into the Wine-freſs of God's fierce Wrath ; Chriſt trod them there. See Iſa. 63. 3.
16 And he hath on his veſture and on his thigh a -
name written, KING OF KINGS AND LORD
OF LORDS -. | r The ſame Name as in chap. 17. 14. 1 Tim. 6. 15. (See the Notes
2 27. - ſl
-on thoſe two Texts) denoting the Sovereign Power and Au'hority
which he had. This he always had, but he now comes forth open- ly to manifeſt it ; therctore this Name 1s ſaid to be written upon his Veſture, and upon his Thigh, that all might take Notice of it,
i7 And I ſaw an angel ſtanding in the ſun, and he cried with a loud voice 2, ſaying to all the fowis that ==
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fic in the midſt of heaven z, Come, -and ſelves togerher to the ſupper of the great God «».
# The beſt conjeure I can find at the ſenſe of theſe words, is, That they fignifie the Preachers of the Goſpel bold and clear foretel- ling the Ruine of Antichriſt, « There are divers kinds of Fowls, amongſt others ſome that feed on Fleſh. Theſe are thoſe Fowls here mentioned, ſuch as feed upon dead Carcaſes. w They are 1n- vited to the Supper of the great God ; called fo, becauſe it is made and prepared by the Power of him who is the great God; or becauſe it 15 2 Sacrifice to the Juſtice of God. See 1 Sam. 17. 46. Iſa.18.6. fer. 12. 9. Exek. 39.17. God's Juſtice upon his Enemies, is called 4 Sacrifice, Iſa. 34. 6. Jer. 46. 10. Exek. 39. 17. Idolaters were wout upon their Sacrificing to have a Feaſt ; God hath alſo a Feaſt upon tius his Sacrifice , but it is for the Fowls and Beaſts, that feed on dead Carcaſes,
13 That ye may eat the fleſh of Kings, and the fleſh of captains, and the fleſh of mighty men, and the tieth of horſes, and of them that fit on them, and the fleth of all men both free and bond, both ſmall and
great .x.
x In the former Verſe God invited all the rayenous Fowls to a Supper, he here ſheweth their Chear. The meaning is no more than this, That in the great Battel of Armageddon, which was for the Deſtruftion of all the Remainder of the Enemies of the Church, whether Papiſis, or Atheiſts, or Turks, Men of all ſorts and orders ſhould be tlain, and their dead Bodies made meat for the Fowwls of Heaven, that feed on dead Fleſh.
19 And I ſaw the beaſt, and the kings of theearth and their armies gathered together ro make war again{t him thar far on the horſe, and againſt his ar: my y.
y The Beaſt, whether by it be underſtood the Dragon, or the Beaſt with ſeven Heads, and ten Horns, or the Beaſt with two Horns, or all of them, fhall- before this time be all deſtroyed, (that is, as to their Power and Dominion) but there will be Relidts left, both of Pazans, and Turks, and Papits, of whom it is probable, that this is to be underſtood, viz. That after God, upon the pouring out of the fifth Vial, ſhall have deprived the Papacy of their Domi- non, and by the pouring out of the ſixth Via!, ſhall have deprived the Turk of his Dominion ; that yet ſuch Pagans, Turks, and Pa- ?iſts, as ſhall be left, ſhall be gathered together, and make one or