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geneva@Genesis:25:33 @ And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he (note:)...worldly conveniences over God's spiritual graces:...(:note) sold his birthright unto Jacob.
geneva@Genesis:32:4 @ And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my (note:)...be preferred to the spiritual... promise.(:note) lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now:
geneva@Genesis:48:4 @ And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee [for] an (note:)...Christ, and in the spiritual... forever.(:note) everlasting possession.
geneva@Exodus:20:8 @ Remember the sabbath day, (note:)...is by meditating the spiritual rest,...(:note) to keep it holy.
geneva@Leviticus:17:7 @ And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto (note:)Meaning, whatever is not the true God, (1Co_10:10; Psa_95:5).(:note) devils, after whom they have gone a For idolatry is spiritual whoredom, because faith toward God is broken. whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations.
geneva@Leviticus:18:28 @ That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it (note:)...unnatural copulations, idolatry or spiritual whoredom...(:note) spued out the nations that [were] before you.
geneva@Leviticus:20:6 @ And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a (note:)...sorcerers or conjurers is spiritual whoredom,...(:note) whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.
geneva@Leviticus:26:4 @ Then I will give you (note:)...rich treasures of the spiritual... blessings.(:note) rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
geneva@Numbers:25:18 @ For they vex you with their (note:)...commit both corporal and spiritual fornication...(Num_31:16; Rev_2:14).(:note) wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake.
geneva@Deuteronomy:1:1 @ These [be] the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on (note:)In the country of Moab.(:note) this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain So that the wilderness was between the sea and the plain of Moab. over against the Red [sea], between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab. The Argument - The wonderful love of God toward his Church is actively set forth in this book. Even through their ingratitude and many rebellions against God, for the space forty years. (Deu_9:7) they deserved to have been cut off from the number of his people, and forever to have been deprived of the use of his holy word and ordinances: yet he ever preserved his Church even for his own mercy's sake, and would still have his name called upon among them. Wherefore he brings them into the land of Canaan, destroys their enemies, gives them their country, towns and goods, and exhorts them by the example of their fathers (whose infidelity, idolatry, adulteries, complaining and rebellions, he had most severely punished)...belonging both to his spiritual service...
geneva@Deuteronomy:8:18 @ But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for [it is] he that (note:)...how much more do spiritual gifts...(:note) giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as [it is] this day.
geneva@2Samuel:1:1 @ Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag; (note:)The Argument -...against all power both spiritual and...(:note)
geneva@1Kings:5:7 @ And it came to pass, when (note:)...would help build the spiritual... temple.(:note) Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed [be] the LORD this day, which hath given unto David a wise son over this great people.
geneva@1Kings:11:39 @ And I will (note:)For this idolatry that Solomon has committed.(:note) for this afflict the seed of David, For the whole spiritual kingdom was restored in the Messiah. but not for ever.
geneva@2Kings:4:34 @ And he went up, and (note:)Elijah did the same to the widow's son at Zarephath (1Ki_17:21) and Paul in (Act_20:10)...and are distributors of spiritual... life.(:note) lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.
geneva@1Chronicles:26:32 @ And his brethren, men of valour, [were] two thousand and seven hundred chief fathers, whom king David made rulers over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for every matter pertaining to (note:)Both in spiritual and temporal things.(:note) God, and affairs of the king.
geneva@2Chronicles:9:27 @ And the king made silver in Jerusalem (note:)...a figure of the spiritual treasures...(:note) as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that [are] in the low plains in abundance.
geneva@Ezra:3:12 @ But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, [who were] ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, (note:)...the first, meaning the spiritual temple,...(:note) wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:
geneva@Psalms:25:13 @ His soul shall dwell at (note:)...will prosper both in spiritual and...(:note) ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.
geneva@Psalms:37:25 @ I have been young, and [now] am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his (note:)...he recompenses him with spiritual... treasures.(:note) seed begging bread.
geneva@Psalms:40:6 @ Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; (note:)...ears to understand the spiritual meaning...(:note) mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
geneva@Psalms:67:7 @ God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth (note:)...his great benefits both spiritual and...(:note) shall fear him.
geneva@Psalms:81:6 @ I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the (note:)...to him for our spiritual deliverance...(:note) pots.
geneva@Psalms:97:1 @ The (note:)...is all happiness and spiritual... joy.(:note) LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the For the gospel will not only be preached in Judea, but through all isles and countries. multitude of isles be glad [thereof].
geneva@Psalms:99:5 @ Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his (note:)...now he promises his spiritual presence,...(:note) footstool; [for] he [is] holy.
geneva@Psalms:100:3 @ Know ye that the LORD he [is] God: [it is] he [that] hath (note:)He chiefly means concerning spiritual regeneration, by which we are his sheep and people.(:note) made us, and not we ourselves; [we are] his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
geneva@Psalms:128:5 @ The LORD shall (note:)Because of the spiritual blessing which God has made to his Church, these temporal things will be granted.(:note) bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of For unless God blessed his Church publicly, this private blessing was nothing. Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
geneva@Proverbs:2:21 @ For the upright shall dwell in the (note:)...enjoy the temporal and spiritual promises...(:note) land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
geneva@Proverbs:8:18 @ Riches and honour [are] with me; (note:)...he chiefly means the spiritual treasures...(:note) durable riches and righteousness.
geneva@Songs:1:9 @ I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's (note:)For your spiritual beauty and excellency there was no worldly treasure to be compared to you.(:note) chariots.
geneva@Isaiah:11:1 @ And there shall come forth a (note:)...a figure of the spiritual captivity...(Isa_53:2).(:note) rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
geneva@Isaiah:19:21 @ And the LORD shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the LORD in that day, and shall do (note:)...ceremonies he comprehends the spiritual service...(:note) sacrifice and oblation; yea, they shall vow a vow to the LORD, and perform [it].
geneva@Isaiah:52:7 @ How (note:)...chiefly meant of the spiritual joy,...(Nah_1:15; Rom_10:15).(:note) beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that proclaimeth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that proclaimeth salvation; that saith to Zion, Thy God reigneth!
geneva@Isaiah:52:13 @ Behold, my (note:)...Christ, by whom our spiritual deliverance...(:note) servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.
geneva@Isaiah:55:1 @ Ho, every one that (note:)Christ by proposing his graces and gifts to his Church, exempts the hypocrites who are full with their imagined works, and the Epicureans who are full with their worldly lusts, and so do not thirst after these waters.(:note) thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath Signifying that God's benefits cannot be bought for money. no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy ...things necessary to the spiritual life,... wine and milk without money and without price.
geneva@Isaiah:56:7 @ Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt (note:)...this he means the spiritual service...(:note) offerings and their sacrifices [shall be] accepted upon my altar; for my house shall be called an house of prayer for Not only for the Jews, but for all others, (Mat_21:13). all people.
geneva@Isaiah:58:12 @ And [they that shall be] of thee shall build the old (note:)...is meant of the spiritual Jerusalem,...(:note) waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
geneva@Isaiah:65:21 @ And they shall (note:)...temporal things comprehends the spiritual... promises.(:note) build houses, and inhabit [them]; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
geneva@Jeremiah:13:12 @ Therefore thou shalt speak to them this word; Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Every (note:)...will be filled with spiritual drunkenness,...(:note) skin shall be filled with wine: and they shall say to thee, Do we not certainly know that every skin shall be filled with wine?
geneva@Jeremiah:16:15 @ But, The LORD liveth, that brought the children of Israel from the land of the north, and (note:)...chiefly respect to the spiritual deliverance...(:note) from all the lands where he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave to their fathers.
geneva@Jeremiah:31:12 @ Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for (note:)...benefits he means the spiritual graces...(Isa_58:11-12).(:note) grain, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
geneva@Jeremiah:31:38 @ Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the (note:)As it was performed, (Neh_3:1)...he alludes to the spiritual Jerusalem...(:note) city shall be built to the LORD from the tower of Hananeel to the gate of the corner.
geneva@Jeremiah:33:18 @ Neither shall the priests the Levites lack a man before me to offer (note:)...chiefly meant of the spiritual sacrifice...(:note) burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.
geneva@Ezekiel:36:29 @ I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the (note:)...benefits he concludes the spiritual... graces.(:note) grain, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you.
geneva@Ezekiel:47:1 @ Afterward he brought me again to the door of the house; and, behold, (note:)...which are meant the spiritual graces...(:note) waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the front of the house [stood toward] the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south [side] of the altar.
geneva@Ezekiel:47:7 @ Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river [were] very many (note:)...be refreshed by the spiritual... waters.(:note) trees on the one side and on the other.
geneva@Ezekiel:47:15 @ And this [shall be] the border (note:)...promise he signifies the spiritual land...(:note) of the land toward the north side, from the great sea, the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad;
geneva@Ezekiel:47:22 @ And it shall come to pass, [that] ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance to you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, which shall beget children among you: and they shall be to you as born in the country among the children of Israel; (note:)Meaning that in this spiritual kingdom there would be no difference between Jew nor Gentile but that all would be partakers of this inheritance in their head Christ.(:note) they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.
geneva@Daniel:7:1 @ In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: (note:)...they would have a spiritual deliverance,...(:note) then he wrote the dream, [and] told the sum of the matters.
geneva@Hosea:9:7 @ The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know [it]: (note:)...be their prophets and spiritual... men.(:note) the prophet [is] a fool, the spiritual man [is] mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.
geneva@Amos:9:11 @ In that day will I raise up the (note:)...restore by him the spiritual Israel;...(Act_15:16).(:note) tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:
geneva@Haggai:1:1 @ In the second year of (note:)Who was the son of Histaspis and the third king of the Persians, as some think.(:note) Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Because the building of the temple began to cease, by reason that the people were discouraged by their enemies: and if these two notable men had need to be stirred up and admonished of their duties, what will we think of other governors, whose doings are either against God, or very cold in his cause? Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying, The Argument -...a figure of the spiritual Temple...
geneva@Haggai:2:3 @ Who [is] left among you that saw this (note:)For the people according as had been prophesied in (Isa_2:2) and (Eze. strkjv@41:1-26)...the Prophets meant the spiritual Temple,...(:note) house in her first glory? and how do ye see it now? [is it] not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing?
geneva@Haggai:2:9 @ The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give (note:)Meaning all spiritual blessings and felicity purchased by Christ; (Phi_4:7).(:note) peace, saith the LORD of hosts.
geneva@Zechariah:2:4 @ And said to him, Run, speak to this (note:)Meaning himself, Zechariah.(:note) young man, saying, Signifying the spiritual Jerusalem and Church under Christ, which would be extended by the Gospel through all the world, and would need no material walls, nor trust in any worldly strength, but would be safely preserved and dwell in peace among all their enemies. Jerusalem shall be inhabited [as] towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle in it:
geneva@Zechariah:3:1 @ And he showed me Joshua the high priest (note:)He prayed to Christ the Mediator for the state of the Church.(:note) standing before the angel of the LORD, and ...with Satan himself, and spiritual wickedness;...(Eph_6:12). Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.
geneva@Zechariah:3:4 @ And he answered and spoke to those that stood before him, saying, Take away the (note:){{See Zec_3:3}}(:note) filthy garments from him. And to him he said, Behold, I have ...which refers to the spiritual... restitution. caused thy iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.
geneva@Zechariah:4:7 @ Who [art] thou, O (note:)...the building of his spiritual Temple,...(:note) great mountain? before Zerubbabel [thou shalt become] a plain: and Though the enemies think to stop this building, yet Zerubbabel will lay the highest stone of it, and bring it to perfection, so that all the godly will rejoice, and pray to God that he would continue his grace and favour toward the Temple. he shall bring forth its headstone [with] shoutings, [crying], Grace, grace to it.
geneva@Zechariah:4:9 @ The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and (note:)...and preservation of my spiritual... temple.(:note) thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me to you.
geneva@Zechariah:6:15 @ And they [that are] (note:)...the building of the spiritual... temple.(:note) far off shall come and build in the temple of the LORD, and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me to you. And [this] shall come to pass, if ye will diligently If you will believe and remain in the obedience of faith. obey the voice of the LORD your God.
geneva@Zechariah:14:4 @ And his feet shall stand in that day upon the (note:)By this manner of speech the Prophet shows God's power and care over his Church, and how he will as it were by a miracle save it.(:note) mount of Olives, which [is] before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst of it toward the east and toward the west, [and there shall be] a very great ...he means of the spiritual Jerusalem... valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
geneva@Zechariah:14:8 @ And it shall be in that day, [that] living (note:)That is, the spiritual graces of God, which would always continue in most abundance.(:note) waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.
geneva@Malachi:1:11 @ For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name [shall be] (note:)...sacrifice he means the spiritual service...(:note) great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense [shall be] offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name [shall be] great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.
geneva@Matthew:4:23 @ And (note:)...the believers of his spiritual and...(:note) Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in Their, that is, the Galilaeans. their Synagogues, that is, the Churches of the Jews. synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the Of the Messiah. kingdom, and healing Diseases of all kinds, but not every disease: that is, as we say, some of every kind. all manner of sickness and all manner of The word properly signifies the weakness of the stomach: but here it is taken for those diseases which make those that have them faint and wear away. disease among the people.
geneva@Mark:11:1 @ And (note:)...graphic image of the spiritual kingdom...(:note) when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples,
geneva@Luke:16:23 @ And in hell (note:)Heavenly and spiritual things are expressed and set forth using language fit for our senses.(:note) he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
geneva@John:2:1 @ And (note:)...men to consider his spiritual and...(:note) the After the talk which he had with Nathanael, or after his departure from John, or after he came into Galilee. third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:
geneva@John:3:13 @ And no (note:)Only Christ can teach us heavenly things, for no man ascends, etc.(:note) man That is, has any spiritual light and understanding, or ever had any, but only the Son of God who came down to us. hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, [even] Whereas he is said to have come down from heaven, this must be understood as referring to his Godhead, and of the manner of his conception: for Christ's birth upon the earth was heavenly and not earthly, for he was conceived by the Holy Spirit. the Son of man which That which is proper to the divinity of Christ, is here spoken of the whole Christ, to show us that he is but one person in which two natures are united. is in heaven.
geneva@Romans:2:27 @ And shall not (note:)He who is uncircumcised by nature and race.(:note) uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the ...is to say, the spiritual result... letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?
geneva@Romans:4:17 @ (As it is written, I have made thee a (note:)This fatherhood is spiritual, depending only upon the power of God, who made the promise.(:note) father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, [even] ...by membership in his spiritual family,... God, who Who restores to life. quickeneth the dead, and With whom those things are already, which as yet are not indeed, as he can with a word make what he wishes out of nothing. calleth those things which be not as though they were.
geneva@Romans:12:1 @ I beseech (note:)...himself wholly to the spiritual service...(:note) you therefore, brethren, By this preface he shows that God's glory is the utmost goal of everything we do. by the mercies of God, that ye In times past the sacrifices were presented before the altar: but now the altar is everywhere. present your Yourselves: in times past other bodies besides our own, but now our own must be offered. bodies a In times past, dead sacrifices were offered, but now we must offer those which have the spirit of life in them. living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, [which is] your Spiritual. reasonable service.
geneva@1Corinthians:10:3 @ And did all eat the (note:)The same that we do.(:note) same spiritual Manna, which was a spiritual meat to the believers, who in faith lay hold upon Christ, who is the true meat. meat;
geneva@1Corinthians:10:4 @...they drank of that spiritual Rock...(note:)Of the River and running Rock, who followed the people.(:note) followed them: and that Rock was Did signify Christ as an ordinance, so that together with the sign, there was the thing signified, and the truth itself. For God does not offer a bare sign, but the thing signified by the sign together with it, which is to be received with faith. Christ.
geneva@1Corinthians:12:1 @ Now (note:)...the right use of spiritual gifts,...(:note) concerning spiritual [gifts], brethren, I would not have you Ignorant to what purpose these gifts are given to you. ignorant.
geneva@1Corinthians:14:1 @ Follow (note:)He infers now of what he spoke before: therefore seeing charity is the chiefest of all, before all things set it before you as chief and principal. And so esteem those things as most excellent which profit the greater part of men (such as prophecy, that is to say, the gift of teaching and applying the doctrine: which was condemned in respect of other gifts, although it is the chiefest and most necessary for the Church) and not those who for a show seem to be marvellous, as the gifts of tongues. This was when a man was suddenly endowed with the knowledge of many tongues, which made men greatly amazed and yet of itself was not greatly of any use, unless there was an interpreter.(:note)...after charity, and desire spiritual... [gifts], but rather that ye may What prophecy is he shows in the third verse. prophesy.
geneva@1Corinthians:14:37 @ If any man think himself to be a prophet, or (note:)...in knowing and judging spiritual... things.(:note) spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.
geneva@1Corinthians:15:47 @ The first man [is] of the earth, (note:)Wallowing in dirt, and wholly given to an earthly nature.(:note) earthy: the second man [is] the Lord from ...representative of all the spiritual offspring:...«the Lord from heaven»; in distinction from the first man. (Ed.) heaven.
geneva@2Corinthians:10:2 @ But I beseech [you], that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked (note:)...and state, with his spiritual and...(:note) according to the flesh.
geneva@2Corinthians:10:5 @ Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, (note:)An amplification of this spiritual power, which conquers the enemies in such a way, be they ever so crafty and mighty, that it brings some of them by repentance to Christ, and justly avenges others that are stubbornly obstinate, separating them from the others who allow themselves to be ruled.(:note) and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
geneva@Galatians:3:2 @ This only would I learn of you, Received ye the (note:)Those spiritual graces and gifts, which were a seal as it were to the Galatians that the Gospel which was preached to them was true.(:note) Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of Of the doctrine of faith. faith?
geneva@Galatians:4:29 @ But as then he that was born after the (note:)By the common course of nature.(:note) flesh persecuted him [that was born] after the ...promise and after a spiritual... manner. Spirit, even so [it is] now.
geneva@Ephesians:2:1 @ And (note:)...that with regard to spiritual motions...(:note) you [hath he quickened], who were See (Rom_6:2). So then he calls those dead who are not regenerated: for as the immortality of those who are damned is not life, so this knitting together of body and soul is properly not life, but death in those who are not ruled by the Spirit of God. dead in He shows the cause of death, that is, sins. trespasses and sins;
geneva@Ephesians:5:19 @...psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,...(note:)With an earnest affection of the heart, and not with the tongue only.(:note) heart to the Lord;
geneva@Philippians:2:17 @ Yea, and if I be offered upon the (note:)...to accomplish this your spiritual... offering.(:note) sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.
geneva@Colossians:1:9 @ For this cause we also, since the day we heard [it], do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of (note:)God's will.(:note)...in all wisdom and spiritual... understanding;
geneva@Colossians:3:16 @ Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in (note:)By «psalms» he means all godly songs which were written upon various occasions, and by «hymns», all such as contain the praise of God, and by «spiritual songs», other more special and artful songs which were also in praise of God, but they were made fuller of music.(:note)...psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,...
geneva@1Peter:2:5 @...are built up a spiritual house,...(note:)...who alone all our spiritual offerings...(:note)...priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices,...
geneva@Revelation:3:17 @ Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, (note:)The spiritual misery of men is metaphorically expressed in three points which are matched as corresponds to those remedies offered in (Rev_3:18).(:note) and poor, and blind, and naked:
geneva@Revelation:9:14 @ Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, (note:)...that is, in their spiritual Babylon...(...a paraphrase of the spiritual Babylon,...) that they might not commit those horrible slaughters, which they long breathed after. Now go to it, let loose those four angels, that is, administers of the wrath of God, in that number that is convenient to the slaughtering of the four quarters of the world: stir them up and give them the bridle, that rushing out of that Babylon of theirs, which is the seat of the wicked ones, they may fly over all the world, therein to rage, and most licentiously to practise their tyranny, as God has ordained. This was done when Gregory the ninth by public authority established as Law, his own Decretals, by which he might freely lay traps for the life of simple men. For who is it that sees not that the laws of Decretal, most of them are snares to catch souls with? Since that time (O good God) how many great slaughters have there been? How many great massacres? All history is full of them: and this our age abounds with most horrible and monstrous examples of the these.(:note) Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
geneva@Revelation:11:4 @ These (note:)...and perpetual instruments of spiritual grace,...(Zec_4:3).(:note) are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
geneva@Revelation:11:8 @ And their dead bodies [shall lie] in the (note:)That is, openly at Rome: where at that time was a most great crowd of people, the year of Jubile being then first ordained by Boniface to the same end, in the year 1300, an example of which is read in chapter 1 «...the great citie, which spiritually is...» So by one act he committed two wrongs against Christ, both abolishing his truth by restoring the type of the Jubile, and triumphing over his members by wicked superstition. O religious heart! Now that we should understand the things of Rome, John himself is the author, both after in the seventeenth chapter almost throughout, and also in the restriction now next following, when he says, it is that great city (as he calls it) (Rev_17:18)...and Egypt: and that spiritually... (for that must here again be repeated from before)...two first names signify spiritual wickednesses:...«Roma vale, vidi, Satis est vidisse: revertar, Quumleno, meretrix, scurra, cinadus ero.» «Now farewell Rome, I have seen thee, it was enough to see: I will return when as I mean, bawd, harlot knave to be»(:note) street of the great city, which After a more secret type of meaning and understanding. spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, Namely in his parts, as also he said to Saul in (Act_9:5) where also our Lord was crucified.
geneva@Revelation:14:1 @ And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb (note:)The history of the Church of Christ being finished for more than a 1300 years at which time Boniface the eighth lived as has been said: there remains the rest of the history of the conflicting or militant church, from there to the time of the last victory in three chapters. For first of all, as the foundation of the whole history, is described the standing of the Lamb with his army and retinue in five verses, after his worthy acts which he has done and yet does in most mighty manner, while he overthrows Antichrist with the spirit of his mouth, in the rest of this chapter and in the two following. To the description of the Lamb, are propounded three things: his situation, place and attendance: for the rest are expounded in the former visions, especially in the fifth chapter.(:note) stood on the mount Sion, and with him Prepared to do his office see (Act_7:56), in the midst of the church, which mount Zion pictured before. an hundred forty [and] four thousand, having his Father's This retinue of the Lamb is described first by divine mark (as before in) (Rev_7:2) in this verse. Then by divine occupation, in that every one in his retinue most earnestly and sweetly (Rev_14:2) glorify the Lamb with a special song before God and his elect angels. Flesh and blood cannot hear this song, nor understand, (Rev_14:3)...were virgins, pure from spiritual and...(to conclude in a word) they are blameless before the Lord, (Rev_14:4-5). name written in their foreheads.
geneva@Revelation:17:1 @ And (note:)The state of the Church militant being declared, now follows the state of the church overcoming and getting victory, as I showed before in the beginning of the tenth chapter. This state is set forth in four chapters. As in the place before I noted, that in that history the order of time was not always exactly observed so the same is to be understood in this history, that it is distinguished according to the people of which it speaks, and that the stories of the people are observed in the time of it. For first is delivered the story of Babylon destroyed in this and the next chapter (for this Babylon out of all doubt, shall perish before the two beasts and the dragon)...the story of the spiritual Babylon,...(as often before) and a general proposition.(:note) there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto That is, that damnable harlot, by a figure of speech called «hyppalage». For John as yet had not seen her. Although another interpretation may be thought of, yet I like this better. thee the The sentence that is pronounce against this harlot. judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
geneva@Revelation:17:4 @ And (note:)That harlot, the spiritual Babylon, which is Rome. She is described by her attire, profession, and deeds.(:note) the woman was arrayed In attire most glorious, triumphant, most rich, and most gorgeous. in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having In profession the nourisher of all, in this verse and teaching her mysteries to all, (Rev_17:5) setting forth all things most magnificently: but indeed fatally besetting miserable men with her cup, and brings upon them a deadly giddiness. a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
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