Part I
NICHOL S SERIES OF STANDARD DIVINES,
PUEITAN PERIOD.
THE
WORKS OF THOMAS GOODWIN, D.D.
VOL. IIL
COUNCIL OF PUBLICATION.
W. LINDSAY ALEXANDER, D.D., Professor of Theology, Congregational Union,
Edinburgh.
THOMAS J. CRAWFORD, D.D., S.T.P., Professor of Divinity, University,
Edinburgh.
WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM, D.D., Principal of the New CoUege, Edinburgh.
D. T. K. DRUMMOND, M.A., Minister of St Thomas Episcopal Church, Edin
burgh.
WILLIAM H. GOOLD, D.D., Professor of Biblical Literature and Church His-
tory, Reformed Presbyterian Church, Edinburgh. ANDREW THOMSON, D.D., Minister of Broughton Place United Presbyterian
Church, Edinburgh.
THE WOEKS
THOMAS GOODWIN, D.D,
SOMETIME PRESIDENT OE MAGDALENE COLLEGE, OXFORD.
(Beneral preface BY JOHN C. MILLER, D.D., LINCOLN COLLEGE ; HONOBARY CANON OF WORCESTER; RECTOR OF ST MARTIN S, BIRMINGHAM.
BY ROBERT HALLEY, D.D., PRINCIPAL OF THE INDEPENDENT NEW COLLEGE, LONDON.
VOL. III., -J#j.
CONTAINING
AN EXPOSITION OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION;
CERTAIN SELECT CASES RESOLVED;
AND THE VANITY OF THOUGHTS DISCOVERED.
EDINBURGH: JAMES NICHOL. LONDON : JAMES NISBET AND CO. DUBLIN : W. ROBERTSON.
M.DCCC.LXI,
POINTED BY BALLANTYNE AND. COMPACTS ,
PAUL S WORK.
CONTENTS.
A PREFACE TO THE READER,
AN EXPOSITION OE THE REVELATION,
PART I.
CHAPTER I.
The design of the Book of the Revelation That it is a prophecy,
wherein as in a vision, the story of all times is represented The
prophetical part of it begins at the 4th chapter An exposition of
the 4th chapter The vision of the throne, beasts, and elders A
representation of the church in all ages,
CHAPTER II.
The exposition of the 5th chapter,
CHAPTER III.
The scheme and division of the whole prophecy, from the beginning
of the 6th chapter,
CHAPTER IV.
Of the first six seals in the 6th chapter,
CHAPTER V.
The six first trumpets,
SECT. I. The exposition of the 8th chapterThe four nrst tr
pets signifying the ruin of the western empire,
SECT. II The exposition of the 9th chapter The fifth and
sixth trumpets betoken the ruin of the eastern empire, which
was first broken by the Saracens, and at last utterly destroyed
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by the Turks, A.D. 1453, . . -
SECT III The exposition of the 7th chapter Why reserved till
after that of the 8th and 9th Who are intended by the hundred
and forty-four thousand persons that were sealec ^ foreheads,
. -,* "rm. SECT. IV. A short view of the 10th and llth chapters The
ends for which the mighty angel (i.e. Christ) descended from
heaven The seal-prophecy being closed, a new prophecy is
given, which begins at the 12th chapter,
CONTENTS.
CHAPTEE VI. PACK Of the book-prophecy, that begins at the 12th chapter An account
of the general design of it, . . . . 65
CHAPTEE VII.
The exposition of the 13th chapter, in which is set forth the state of
the false church under Antichrist What his name, and the number
of his name, denotes to us A short account of the time which some fix for his fall, . . . . .67