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creased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable,3 and poor, and blind, and naked :

18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest

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19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock : if any man hear my voice, and open the door, "I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

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21 To him that overcometh " will I grant to

3 pitiable. Dod. We.

nothing. Hos. xii. 8: Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance. 1 Cor. iv. 8: Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us.

MAT. XXV. 9: But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell; and buy for yourselves. See on MAT. xiii. 44.

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REV. vii. 13: And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? See on MAT. xxii. 11.

t See on 1 Cor. xi. 32.

"CANT. V. 2: It is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me. LUKE, Xii. 37: Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them. JOHN, xiv. 23: If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

v1 JOHN, v. 4,5: For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? REV. xii. 11: And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

w2 TIM. ii. 12: If we suffer, we shall also reign with him:

sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.

22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

CHAP. IV.

2 John seeth the throne of God in heaven: 4 the four and twenty elders: 6 the four beasts full of eyes before and behind: 10 the elders lay down their crowns, and worship him that sat on the throne.

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AFTER this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, "Come up hither, and I will show thee things which must be hereafter.

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2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.

if we deny him, he also will deny us. MAT. xix. 28.

REV. ii. 26. See on

* JOHN, xvi. 33: These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

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y See on REV. ii. 7.

CHAP. IV.

a REV. i. 10: I-heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet.

REV. xi. 12: They heard a great voice from heaven, saying unto them, Come up hither.

C REV. i. 19: Write-the things which shall be hereafter. do. xxii. 6: And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to show unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.

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d See on REV. i. 10.

e ISA. vi. 1 I saw also the LORD sitting upon a throne, high, and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. JER. xvii. 12: A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary. EZEK. i. 26: Above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne-and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance

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man above upon it. do. x. 1: I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there

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3 And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a frainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.

4 And round about the throne were four and twenty seats and upon the seats I saw four and twenty & elders sitting, h clothed in white raiment ; and they had on their heads i crowns of gold.

5 And out of the throne proceeded * lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were 'seven

in countenance. Ham. to the sight. Pu.

appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne. DAN. vii. 9: I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.

fEZEK. i. 28: As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about.

8 Ver. 10. REV. v. 8, 14: do. xi. 16: The four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God. do. xix. 4 : And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.

h See on REV. iii. 4, 5.

i Ver. 10.

* REV. viii. 5: There were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake. do. x. 3: When he [another mighty angel] had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices. do. xi. 19 : There were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail. do. xiv. 2: I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder. do. xvi. 18: There were voices, and thunders, and lightnings. do. xix. 6: I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.

IGEN. Xv. 17 : And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces. Exod. xxxvii. 23: He made his seven lamps-of pure gold. 2 CHR. iv. 20: The candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold. EZEK. i. 13: As

lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.

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6 And before the throne there was a "sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts 2 full of eyes before P and behind.

7 And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.

8 And the four beasts had each of them "six wings about him; and they were full of eyes " within :3 and they rest not day and night, say

2 living creatures. Ham. Dod. We. Pu. 3 being full of eyes round about, and within. Ham. Gr. they have no rest. A. V.

for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lighning. ZEC. iv. 2: 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.

m REV. iii. 1: do. v. 6. See on REV. i. 4.

n EXOD. XXXviii. 8: He made the laver of brass. REV. xv. 2: I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled fire.

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EZEK. i. 5: Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures.

P Ver. 8.

9 NUMB. ii. 2, &c: Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father's house. On the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch, &c. EZEK. i. 10: As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle. do. x. 14: Every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.

ISA. vi. 2: Above it [the throne] stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.

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ing, Holy, holy, holy, "Lord God Almighty, ▾ which was, and is, and is to come.

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9 And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne," who liveth for ever and ever,

10 The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their * crowns before the throne, saying,

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11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

CHAP. V.

1 The book sealed with seven seals: 9 which only the Lamb that was slain is worthy to open: 12 therefore the elders praise him, 9 and confess that he redeemed them with his blood.

AND I saw in the right hand of him that sat

t ISA. vi. 3: And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.

"REV. i. 8: I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending the Almighty.

See on REV. i. 4.

"REV. xv. 7: And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever. do. v. 14. See on Roм. vi. 9.

* See on ver. 4.

y Ver. 9.

z Ver. 4.

a REV. v. 12.

b EPH. iii. 9: And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ. COL. i. 16: For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him. REV. x. 6: And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer. See on Acтs, xiv. 15.

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