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 the Servants of God, thou miſtakeſt the Obje& of thine Adoration, I am a created Being, and can accept no ſuch Ho- mage
\» Py ”
of the Prophecy of this book Ff, Þ tor the time is at & 12. 4. hand g.
e This, He, 1s Chriſt, as appeareth from ver. 12, 13.- f Let theſe things be opened to be promulged, and publiſhed to the whole Church, 2 for it will not be long before they ſhall begin to be fulalled.
11 * He that is unjuſt, let him be unjuſt {till ; and « he which is filthy, ler him be filthy {till > ; and he 1 thar is righteous, ler him be righreous {till ; and he that is holy, let him be holy {till z.
h It may be, the keeping of this Book open, and the Publication of it, will diſpleaſe wicked and filthy Men ; but let them be ditplea- ſed, the Truths of God muſt not be concealed. 7 It will on the other fide, copfirm the Servants of God in their Faith, Patience; and Holineſs, and all the Fruits of Righteouſneſs,
12 And behold, I come quickly 4, and * my reward is with me /, to give every man according as his work ſhall be *. —
k To the laſt Judgment (as before, ver. 7.) { I bring with me 10 & 62, a Power and Authority to recompence every Man accorging to whit 71, he hath done, Dan. 12, 2. Rom. 2. 6. chap. 20. 15. HHatth, 25, * ROM, I 4. 34z 355 SC. ; RE 2.
13 *I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning; and the end, the firſt and the laſt 7.
m Sce the Notes on Chap. 1. 8. and 21.6.
14 Blefied are they that do his commandment F, that they may have right to the tree ot lite, and may enter in through the gares into the city 0.
+ That believeth in the Lord Jeſus Chrifc {for that 15 the great Commandment of the Goſpel) and live in conformity to the L2w oz God. n ToChrift, called before, thc 7ree of Life, wer. 2. by vertue of the Promiſe, Rev. 2. 7, for nv Wortks of ours wi give us a Ngnt of Purchaſe to it. o That they may enter into Heaven ,, the Joys and Pleaſures of which have becn defertbed under the Metzphor of a great and glorious City.
® Ha. 41.4- A 44. 6.
_ X : 10 And * he ſaith unto me e, Seal not the Sayings *pan 2.24
Chap. XXII.
* x Cor. 6. ©, IO.
Gol. 3. 6. whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and
whoſoever loveth, and maketh a lye.
Þ VVithout Heaven ; that is, in Hell ſhall be all Dogs that bark at,
and bite, and devour the Church of God, all Profane Perſons, Idola- ters, and Hypocrites, vid. chap. 21. 8,27. 1 Cor, 6. 9, 10, See the Notes there. *Ch.r.z, 25 * I Jeſus have ſenr mine angel to teſtifie unto +Chap.s.5 You theſe things in the churches 9: 1 + am the root, [Numb.24. and the oft-ſpring of David 7, ard the || bright and "_ morning ſtar /.
q In theſe words Chriſt owneth the Revelation as his ; the An- gel did but tzſtifie, John did but hear, and write it. r David's Lord, and yet his Son : His Root, as I am God, and gave a Being to his Family, as to all the Families of the Earth ; and yet his Son, a Branch out of the Root of Jeſſe. { VVho, as the Morning-Star, firſt brings, or prognoſticates Light to the V Vorld ; ſo have my ſelf firſt publiſh- ed my Goſpel, or this Revelation, to give Light to my People, concerning the Fate of my People to the laſt day. ;
17 And the ſpirit z, and the bride ſay, Come z.
* Ch.21.6. And let him that heareth, ſay, Come w. * And let him that is a thirſt, come x ; And whoſoever will, let
him take the water of lite freely. # The Spirit in the Hearts of Believers, or rather the Holy Spirit. # Becauſe the Bride, that is, the Church 1s alſo mentioned, to de- fire the ſecond coming of Chriſt to Judgment. w And every one that heareth of, and believeth theſe things, ſhould alſo defire the ſame thing. x And in order to that, every one that wanteth, and 15 ſenſible of his want of Righteouſneſs, or any Habit of Grace, 1s alſo invited unto Chriſt, under the Notion of the V Vater of Life, to take him freely, as T/a. 55. 1. 18 For 1 teſtifie unto every man that heareth the words of the Prophecy of this book F, * If any man ſhall add unto theſe things y, God ſhall add unto him
the prope that are written in this book 2. T
FDeut. 4-2. Pr [0] V, 4 O, 6.
Chriſt, or I John, teſtifie to every one to whoſe Hands or
by
R EV EL ATION.
15 For * without p are dogs, and ſorcerers, and | Ears the words of this Book ſhall come. y That if any Man ſhall | Invent new Prophecies contrary to the Propheſies contained in this
; Book. x God ſhall ſeverely puniſh him, by-adding to the Plagues threatned againſt Sinners, in this Book.
19 And if any man ſhall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy a, * God ſhall take away his part out of the book of life,and out of the holy city, and from the things that are written in this book 6.
Verſes, conſidering this as the laſt Portion of Holy VVrit, not only placed laſt in our Bibles, but revealed and written laſt. They con- celve theſe Verſes the Seal of all Canonical Scripture, and that God here denounceth a Curſe to thoſe who ſhall pretend any new Revela- tions of his VVill, other than what are to be found in the Books of the Old and New Teſtament; as alſo againſt all thoſe who ſhall de- ny, corrupt, or deprave any part of them. þ God as to ſuch Per- ſons, faith, they ſhall not have any ſuch Part or Portion in Heaven, as they would pretend a Right to, or ſeemed to have.
20 He which teſtifieth theſe things, ſaith, Surely I come quickly c, Amen d. Even ſo, come Lord
Jeſus-e.
c Thatis, Chriſt, who publiſheth theſe things by his Angel, or by his Servant Fohn, faith he is quickly coming to Judgment. d John replies, Lord, let jt beſo. e This expounds Amen uſed here as a Particle of wiſhing and deſiring, though it may be interpre- can as an afſertive Particle, and joyned to the former part of the
entence. |
21 * The grace of our Lord Jeſus Chriſt be with
you all. Amen.
f This is a Salutation uſed by the Apoſtles in all their Epiſtles containing a defire of the fulneſs and increaſe of all Grace, very pro- per here upon the Proſpe& which "gon in this Revelation had, of the long, and great Trials the Church would meet with, before the
glorious Appearance of our Blefled Lord and Savieur.
To God the Author of this, and all the other Books of Holy Writ, be Honour and Glory.