...No :' — " Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book. Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear, the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein.". The ancient prophets examined carefully those portions of the sacred writings with which they were...

...ministers then, with any modesty pretend a certainty, where so many and such men differ? I know it is said, Rev. 1. 3. " Blessed is he that readeth, and they...prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein : but that proveth no more than 1. That some of it (as ch. 1 — 3.) is plain and commonly intelligible....

...ministers then, with any modesty pretend a certainty, where so many and such men differ? I know it is said, Rev. 1. 3. " Blessed is he that readeth, and they...prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein : but that proveth no more than 1. That some of it (as ch. 1 — 3.) is plain and commonly intelligible....

...knowledge. And although I feel encouraged in my attempt by the promise with which this book opens (i. 3), " Blessed is he that readeth and they that hear...prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein ; " and by the corresponding benediction at its close (xxii. 7) ; " Blessed is he that keepeth the...

...may add, a thoughtless misapplication of its inspired enigmas. " Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those...which are written therein : for the time is at hand." JBL POETRY. " HOW MUCH OWEST THOU, MY LORD ?" WHERE are the tears we owe to thee? The love, the gratitude,...

...can determine this question by referring to ihe-third verse: "Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those...which are written therein: for the time is at hand." Here John declares the time when these greal events should take piece was "at hand," when he wrote...

...show unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass. Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those...which are written therein ; for the time is at hand ;" and the opinion that the events predicted in the whole book were then •hortly to "come to pass"...

...where ao many and such men differ? 1 know it is said, Rev. 1.3." Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein : but that proveth no more than 1. That some of it (as ch. 1 — 3») is plain and commonly intelligible....

...knowledge ; and thirdly, The sanction of fear. 1. The sanction of blessing is contained in these words (i. 3) : " Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear...which are written therein, for the time is at hand ; " and in these words (xxii. 7) : " Behold I come quickly : blessed is he that keepeth the sayings...

...study of the Scripture, thus solemnly presented to us, a benediction is then emphatically pronounced : 3. " Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear...and keep those things which are written therein." Should Providence be pleased to permit this commentary to be the instrument of leading any one of the...