The Christian's AFTER A. D. 90. e John 14. 15. II. JOHN. 2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. 3 For this is the love of God, that we 21, 23. & 15. | keep his commandments: and his commandments are noɛ grievous. 10. 2 John 6. ƒ Mic. 6. 8. Matt. 11. 30. g John 16. 33. ch. 3. 9. & 4. 4. h 1 Cor. 15. 57. ch. 4. 15. i John 19. 34. k John 14. 17. & 15. 26. & 16. 13. 1 Tim. 3. 16. / John 1. 1. Rev. 19. 13. m John 10.30. n John 8. 17, 18. o Matt. 3. 16, 17. & 17. 5. Rom. 8. 16. 7 John 3. 33. confidence in prayer. 12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. 13 These things have I written unto you 4 For whatsoever is born of God over- 6 This is he that came by water and blood, 7 For there are three that bear record in 9 If we receive "the witness of men, the 10 He that believeth on the Son of God Phath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; bccause he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. 11 "And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 14 And this is the confidence that we have 15 And if we know that he hear us, what- 16 If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not 18 We know that dwhosoever is born of 19 And we know that we are of God, and 21 Little children, keep yourselves from AFTER A. D. 90. t John 3. 36. u John 20. 31. a Matt. 12. 31, Mark 3. 29. b Jer. 7. 16. & e James 1, 27. ƒ Gal, 1. 4. Luke 21. 45. h John 17. 3. AFTER A. D. 90. al John 3, 18. ver. 3. 3 John 1. b John 8. 32. Gal. 2. 5, 14. & 3. 1. & 5. 7. Col. 1. 5. 2 Theзs. 2.13. 1 Tim. 2. 4. Heb. 10. 26. el Tim. 1. 2: † Gr. shall be. d ver. 1. € 3 John 3. f1 John 2.7, 8. & 3. 11. g John 13. 34. & 15. 12. Eph. 5. 2. 1 Pet. 4. 8. 1 John 3. 23. h John 14. 15, THE SECOND EPISTLE OF JOHN. 1 He exhorteth a certain honourable matron, with | THE That, ias ye have heard from the beginning, 7 For many deceivers are entered into Christ Jesus. 2 For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in 3 Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, din truth and love. 4 I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father. 5 And now I beseech thee, lady, ƒ not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another. 6 And this is love, that we walk after bis commandments. This is the commandment, 21. & 15. 10. 1 John 2, 5. & 5. 3. 8 "Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward. 9 PWhosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. 10 If there.come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: 11 For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds. 12 "Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak † face to face, that our joy may be full. 13 The children of thy elect sister greet|r3 Jolin 13. + Gr, mouth thee. Amen. to mouth. John 17. 13. 1 John 1. 4. [Or, your. t1 Pet. 5. 13. AFTER A. D. 90.. a2 John I. Į Or, truly. [Or, pray. 62 John 4. e 1 Cor. 4. 15. Philem. 10. + Gr. worthy of God. d1 Cor. 9. 12, 15. THE THIRD EPISTLE OF JOHN. He commendeth Gaius for his piety, 5 and hospitality 7 to true preachers: 9 complaining of the unkind dealing of ambitious Diotrephes on the contrary side, 11 whose evil example is not to be followed: 12 and giveth special testimony to the good report of Demetrius, TH THE elder unto the well beloved Gaius, " whom I love in the truth. 2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. 3 For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as 6 thou walkest in the truth. 4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth. 5 Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers; 6 Which have borne witness of thy charity before the church: whom if thou bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do well: 7 Because that for his name's sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles. 8 We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellow helpers to the truth. 9 I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence ainong them, receiveth us not. 10 Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church. 11 Beloved, "follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God. 12 Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the truth itself: yea, and we also bear record; hand ye know that our record is true. 13 I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee: 14 But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak face to face. Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Greet the friends by name. AFTER A. D. 90. e Ps. 37. 27. Is. 1. 16, 17. 1 Pet. 3. 11. f1 John 2. 29. & 3, 6, 9, g 1 Tim. 3. 7. John 21. 24. i 2 John 12. + Gr, mouth to mouth. A. D.. about 66. a Luke 6. 16. Acts 1. 13. b John 17. 11, 12, 15. 1 Pet. 1. 5. c Rom. 1. 7. d1 Pet. 1. 2. 2 Pet. 1. 2. e Tit. 1.4. Phil. 1. 27. 1 Tim. 1. 18. & 6. 12. 2 Tim. 1. 13. & 4. 7. g Gal, 2, 4: 2 Pet. 2. 1. A Rom. 9. 21, 22. 1 Pet. 2. 8. i2 Pet. 2. 10. Tit. 2. 11. Heb. 12. 15. /Tit. 1. 16. 2 Pet. 2. 1. 1 John 2. 22. THE GENERAL EPISTLE OF JUDE. He exhorteth them to be constant in the profes‐ | sion of the faith. 4 False teachers are crept in to seduce them: for whose damnable doctrine and manners horrible punishment is prepared: 20 whereas the godly, by the assistance of the Holy Spirit, and prayers to God, may persevere, and grow in grace, and keep themselves, and recover others out of the snares of those deceivers, JUD UDE, the servant of Jesus Christ, and "brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called: 2 Mercy unto you, and dpeace, and love, be multiplied. 3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you "of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. 4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. 5 I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that "the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward "destroyed them that believed not. 6 And the angels which kept not their first m1 Cor. 10. 9. | estate, but left their own habitation, Phe hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. 7 Even as "Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going 11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and bran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core. 12 d These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: fclouds they are without water, "carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; 13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever. 14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, "the Lord cometh with ten thousand of his saints, 15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. 16 These are murmurers, complainers, A. D. about 66. + Gr. other. u Dan. 10. 13. 2 Pet. 2. 15. c Num. 16. 1, &c. 22 Pet. 2. 13. e1 Cor. 11. 21. Prov. 25. 14. 2 Pet, 2. 17. Eph. 4. 14. A Matt. 15. 13. i Is. 57. 20. Phil. 3. 19. 12 Pet. 2. 17. m Gen. 5. 18. n Deut. 33, 2. Dan 7. 10. Zech. 14. 5. Matt. 25. 31. 2 Thess. 1.7. Rev. 1. 7. o 1 Sam. 2. 3. Ps. 31. 18. & 94. 4. Mal, 3. 13. John writeth his revelation. A. D. about 66. p 2 Pet. 2. 18. 81 Tim. 4. 1. & 4, 3, 2 Pet, 2. 1. & 3.3. t Prov, 18. 1. Heb. 10. 25. u 1 Cor 2. 14. James 3. 15. ≈ Col. 2. 7. 1 Tim. 1. 4. y Rom. 8. 26. Eph. 6. 18. walking after their own lusts; and their 21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, 17 "But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; 18 How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts. 19 These be they who separate themselves, "sensual, having not the Spirit. 20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, A. D. about 66. 22 And of some have compassion, making Tit. 2. 13. a difference: a 23 And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. 24 d Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, 2 Pet. 3. 12. a Rom. 11.14. 1 Tim. 4. 16. b Am. 4. 11. Zech. 3. 2. 1 Cor. 3, '15. c Zech. 3, 4, 5. Rev. 3. 4. 25 ƒ To the only wise God our Saviour, bed glory and majesty, dominion and power, Amen. both now and ever. Rom. 16. 25. Eph. 3. 20. e Col. 1. 22. ƒ Rom, 16. 27. 1 Tim. 1. 17. & 2, 3. A. D. 96. a John 3. 32. & 8. 26, & 12. 49. b ver. 3. ch. 4. 1. cch. 22. 16. d1 Cor. 1. 6. Yer. 9. ch. 6. 9. & 12. 17. el John 1. 1. fLuke 11. 28. ch. 22. 7. g Rom. 13. 11. James 5. 8. 1 Pet. 4. 7. ch. 22. 10. h Ex. 3. 14. ver. 8. i John 1. 1. k Zecli. 3. 9. & 4. 10. ch. 3. 1. & 4. 5. &. 5. 6. John 8. 14. 1 Tim. 6. 13. ch. 3. 14. m 1 Cor. 15 20. Col. 1. 18. THE REVELATION OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE. 4 John writeth his revelation to the seven churches HE Revelation of Jesus Christ," which 3 ƒ Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein for the time is at hand. 4 JOHN to the seven churches which are in Asia Grace be unto you, and from him which is, and iwhich was, peace, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne; 5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the "firstbegotten of the dead, and "the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, Pand washed us from our sins in his own blood, 6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; "to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. 7 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which ch. 17. 14. & pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen. 8 "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. 12 And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; 13 And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle. 14 His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and "his eyes were as a flame of fire; 15 And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and "his voice as the sound of many waters. 16 7 And he had in his right hand seven stars and "out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength. 17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last : 18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and "have the keys of hell and of death. 19 Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter; 20 The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, fand the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches. first and the last: and, What thou seest, UNTO the angel of the church of Ephesus u Is. 41. 4. & 44. 6. & 48, 12. ver. 11, 17. ch. 2. 8. & 21. 6. & 22. 13. ver. 4. ch. 4. 8. & it. 17. & 16. 5. y Phil. 1. 7. & 4. 14. 2 Tim. 1. 8. z Rom. 8. 17. 2Tim 2. 12. a ver. 2, ch. 6. 9. b Acts 10. 10. 2 Cor. 12. 2. ch. 4, 2. & 17. 3. & 21. 10. cJohn 20. 26. Acts 20,7. 1. Cor. 16. 2. dch. 4. 1. & 10. 8. ever. 8. fver. 17. John's message to the A. D. 96. d1 John 4, 1. e2 Cor. 11, 13. 2 Pet. 2. 1. ƒ Gal. 6. 9. Heb. 12, 3, 5. g Matt. 21. 41, 43. h ver. 15. REVELATION. thy patience, and how thou canst not bear 3 And hast borne, and hast patience, and 4 Nevertheless I have somewhat against 6 But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of h the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. 7 He that bath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the & ch. 22. 2, 14. paradise of God. i Matt. 11. 15. & 13. 9, 43. ver.11, 17,29. ch. 3. 6, 13, 22. 13. 9. / Gen. 2. 9. m ch. 1. 8, 17, 18. 8 And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith " the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive; 9 "I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of P them which say they are 1 Tim. 6. 18.Jews, and are not, I but are the synagogue of Satan. n ver. 2, o Lúke 12. 21. James 2. 5. p Rom. 2. 17, 28, 29. & 9.6. q ch. 3. 9. Matt. 10. 22. s Matt. 21. 13. t James 1. 12. ch. 3. 11. u ver. 7. ch. 13. 9. ch, 20. 14. & 21. 8. y ch. 1. 16. z ver, 2. a ver, 9. Num. 24.14. & 25, 1. & 31. 16. 2 Pet. 2. 15. Jude 11. c Acts 15. 29. 1 Cor. 8. 9.10. & 10. 19, 20. ver. 20. 10 "Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give theet a crown of life. 11 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death. 12 And to the angel of the church in Per gamos write; These things saith he which 13 I know thy works, and where thou 14 But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, dand to commit fornication. 15 So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate. 16 Repent; or else I will come unto thee d1 Cor. 6. 13, quickly, and ƒ will fight against them with the sword of my mouth. &c. ever. 6. fIs. 11. 4. 2 Thess. 2. 8. ch. 1. 16. & 19. 15, 21. g ver. 7, 11. h ch. 3. 12. & 19. 12. angels of the churches. servants to commit fornication, and to eat 21 And I gave her space "to repent of her 22 Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. 23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works. 24 But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden. 25 But "that which ye have already, hold fast till I come. A. D. 96. m Ex. 34. 15. Acts 15, 20, 29. 1 Cor. 10. 19, o 1 Sam. 16. 7. 25. p Pa. 62. 12. 7 Acts 15, 28. John 6. 29. 1 John 3. 23. t Matt, 19, 28. u Ps. 2. 8, 9. Sardis write; These things saith he 5 He that overcometh, the same shall be 18 And unto the angel of the church in 20 Notwithstanding I have a few things 11 Kin. 16.31. against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my & 21. 25. 2 Pet. 3. 10. ch. 16. 15. Acts 1. 15. Jude 23. ich. 4. 4. & 6. 11. & 7. 9, 13. ch. 19. 8. Ex. 32. 32. Pa. €9. 28. m Phil. 4. 3. ch. 13. 8. & 17, 8. & 20. 12. & 21. 27. n Matt, 10.32. Luke 12, 8. och. 2. 7. p Acts 3. 14. ch. 1. 5. & 6. 10. & 19. 11. * Is. 22. 22. Luke 1. 32. ch. 1. 13. 7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath "the key of David, be that openeth, and no man shutteth; and tshutteth, and no man openeth; 8 "I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee 2 an open door, and no man can shut it for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied myt Job 12. 14. name. Laodicea is rebuked. A. D. 96. a 2 Pet. 2. 9. 6 Luke 2. 1. c Is. 24. 17. d Phil. 4. 5. ch. 1. 3. & 22: 7, 12, 20. e.ver, 3. ch. 2, 25. fch. 2. 10. g 1 Kin, 7, 21. A ch. 2. 17. & m 13. 65. 16. n ch. 1. 5. & 19. 11. & 22. 6. ver. 7. o Col. 1. 15. p ver. 1. q Hos. 12. 8. 1 Cor. 4. 8. → Is. 55. 1. ch. 7. 13. & 16. 15, & 19. 8. t Job 5. 17. Prov. 3. 11, 12. Heb. 12. 5,6. James 1. 12. u Cant. 5. 2. ≈ Luke 12. 37. y John 14. 23. z Matt. 19.28. Luke 22. 30. 1 Cor. 6. 2. 2 Tim. 2. 12. cli. 2. 26, 27. a ch. 2. 7. a ch. 1. 10. dch. 1. 10. & e Is. 6. I. Dan. 7. 9. i ver. 10. k ch. 8. 5. & / Ex. 37. 23. REVELATION. 10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, "I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon ball the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. 11 Behold, dI come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. 12 Him that overcometh will I make 9 a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is inew Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: kand I will write upon him my new name. 137 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. 14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; "These things saith the Amen, "the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; 15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. 16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of my mouth. 17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: ୫ 18 I counsel thee "to buy of me gold tried | A book sealed with seven seals 12 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 full of eyes before Pand behind. 77 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: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, ť "Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and AND I saw in the right hand of him that 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. 21 To him that overcometh will I grant to 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. CHAPTER 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. AFTER 2 And immediately dI was in the Spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. 3 And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: fand there was a rainbow 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, hclothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold. 5 And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: land there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are " the seven Spirits of God. 2 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? 3 And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon. 4 And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon. 5 And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed | to open the book, ƒ and to loose the seven seals thereof. the throne and of the four beasts, and in 6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seren sexes, thint and the seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits 7 And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne. 8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them "harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints. 10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth. 11 And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels "round about the throne, and the beasts, and the elders: and the num A. D. 96. n Ex. 38. 8. ch. 15. 2. o Ez. 1. 5. p ver. 8. Ez. 1. 10. & **Is. 6. 2. 8 ver. 6. + Gr. they have no rest. t Is. 6. 3. u ch. 1. 8. ch. 1. 4. y ch. 1. 18. & d Gen. 1. 1. a Ez. 2. 9, 10, b Is. 29. 11. c ver. 13. d Gen. 49, 9, Heb. 7. 14. els. 11. 1, 10. ch. 6. I. 1 Pet: 1. 19. 1 ch. 4. 5. kch. 4. 2. / ch. 4. 8, 10. | Or, incense. → Acts 20. 28. 1 Pet. 1. 18, 2 Pet. 2. 1. 8 Dan, 4. 1. & ch.7.9. & 11. t Ex. 19. G. |