. The workes of the most high and mightie prince, Iames, by the grace of God, king of Great Britaine, France and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c. . ties ,who euerwas, now is, andfhall come againe, replenifhed with all fulneffe of gloryand power: 9 And when thefe Beaits were giuing all glory, honour,and thankes to him that fate on the Throne, to him (I fay) who liues eter-nally ; 1 ° The foure and twentie Elders, as next in ranke, fell downe vpontheir faces before him that fate on the Throne, and adored Him who liuesfor euer, and caft downe their Crownes ofgolde at his feete, in token thatth
. The workes of the most high and mightie prince, Iames, by the grace of God, king of Great Britaine, France and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c. . ties ,who euerwas, now is, andfhall come againe, replenifhed with all fulneffe of gloryand power: 9 And when thefe Beaits were giuing all glory, honour,and thankes to him that fate on the Throne, to him (I fay) who liues eter-nally ; 1 ° The foure and twentie Elders, as next in ranke, fell downe vpontheir faces before him that fate on the Throne, and adored Him who liuesfor euer, and caft downe their Crownes ofgolde at his feete, in token thatthey receiued them onely of him, fay ing, x J Thou art onely worthy, 0 Lord,to be accounted glorious, honourable, and power full, for that thou haH created allthings, and for thysvill and pleafure haue they had their being, and were his glance did I fee of the glory that is in heauen, at the receiuing of myCommiflion, contained in the following Vifions which I did fee of thethings prefentand to come, in the generall Church militant. B z CHAP. Efay i6 zA Tamphrafe vpon the cReuelation Dan. Z4 CHAR defcription of the , therein too* conteined all the Miseries tohichTbere reuealed to this Writer: Qhrilis opening of them ho offer without any Intercejfour^ euery one his ownethankejgiuing^andpraifes to the Mediatour. && Hen firft I did fee in the Right hand of him that (ate on the?* Throne, a Booke, theBooke wherein thefe myfteries arecontained; and all the Booke was written vpon, afwell onthebacke as within; on the backe was written thefe Viri-ons that I did fee, and am prefently to declare vnto you ?>within was written theplaine expofition, and the very proper names ofall things which thefe Vifions did reprefent, which are inclofed there, tofignifie that the Lord hath not permitted me to manifest the fame to theworld,for the time thereof is not come yet; which Booke was fealed withfeuen Seales, afwell to keepe euery p
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