Mockers r JUDE. Ja. 2. 1. 9. praying foretold. of all their ungodly A. D. cir. 66. 20 But ye, beloved, deeds which they building up your o 1 Sa. 2. 3. selves on your most have ungodly committed, and of all P 2 Pe. 2. 18. holy faith, their hard speeches Pr. 28. 21. in the Holy Ghost which ungodly sin21 Keep yourselves ners have 2 Pe. 3. 2. in the love of God, spoken against him. Ti. 4. 1. looking for the mer16 These are murcy of our Lord Jesus murers, complainers, Christ unto eternal walking after their own lusts; and P their mouth speaketh great swelling words, a hav-u ing men's persons in admiration because of advantage. it a b 17 But, beloved, y 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. 2 Ti. 3. 1. Pr. 18. 1. life. Ho. 4. 14. 1 Ti. 4. 16. ze. 3. 2. 1 Co. 3. 15. Ze. 3.4,5. Re. 3. 4. d Ro. 16. 25. 24 d Now unto him that is able to keep from falling, you and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, 25 f To the only wise God our Sa Col. 1. 22. viour, he glory and dominion I Ti. 1. 17. majesty, f Ro. 16. 27. & 2. 3. and power, both now and ever. Amen. We learn from the inscription of this epistle, that the writer was Judas, the brother of James: not of James the son of Zebedee, and brother of John, but of James the son of Alpheus, the author of the Epistle that bears his name. Jude was therefore an apostle.-Ser Luke vi. 13-15; Acts i. 13. a Jno. 3. 32. A. D.96. and i which was, and which is to come; and k from the seven Spirits which are before his throne; 1 THE Revelation of Jesus Christ, b ch. 4. 1. which a God gave ch. 22. 16. unto him, to shew d 1 Co. 1, 6. 5 And from Jesus unto his servants e 1 Jno. 1. 1. Christ, I who is the things which b must f Lu. 11. 28. faithful witness, and shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his ser-h vant John: Ro. 13. 11. Ja. 5. 8. Pe. 4. 7. Ex. 3. 14. iJno. 1. 1. the m first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that " loved us, P and 2d Who bare re-k Ze. 3.9. washed us from our cord of the word of 1 Jno. 8. 14. sins in his own blood, God, and of the tes- 1 Ti. 6. 13. 6 And hath a made timony of Jesus m 1Co.15.20. us kings and priests Christ, and of all Col. 1. 18. unto God and his Fathings that he saw. n Ep. 1. 20. ther; to him be 3 Blessed is he o Jno. 13. 34. glory and dominion that readeth, and they Gal. 2. 20. for ever and ever. that hear the words Amen. p He, 9. 14. of this prophecy, and 1 Jno. 1.7. 7 Behold, he comkeep those things 1 Pe.2.5.9. eth with clouds; and which are written r1 Ti. 6. 16. every eye shall see time is at hand. He. 13. 21.j therein : for the 1 Pe. 4. 11. 4 JOHN to the seven churches which are in Asia Grace be unto you, and peace, from him h which is, Da. 7. 13. a Is. 41.4. him, and t they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even 80. Amen. 8 u I am Alpha and Omega, the begin Ex 25. 37. Ze. 4. 2. 10 b I was in the Spirit on the Lord's h ch. 2. 1. day, and heard be-i Ez. 1. 26. hind me d a great Da. 7. 13. voice, as of a trumpet, k Da. 10. 5. 11 Saying, I am 1 ch. 15. 6. Alpha and Omega, m Da. 7. 9. the f first and the n ch. 2. 18. last: and, What thou Da. 10. 6. seest, write in a book, o Ez. 1. 7. and send it unto the Da. 10. 6. seven churches which p Ez. 43. 2. are in Asia; unto Da. 10. 6. Ephesus, and unto q ch. 2. 1. Smyrna, and Pergamos, and Thyatira, and Sardis, and Philadelphia, unto Laodicea. unto unto untor Is. 49. 2. Ep. 6. 17. He. 4. 12. untos Ac. 26. 13. and t Ez. 1. 28. a Da. 8. 19. 12 And I turned to & 10. 10. see the voice that x ch. 2. 8. spake with me. And Is. 41. 4. being turned, g I saw y Ro. 6. 9. seven golden candle-z ch. 4. 9. sticks; a Ps. 68. 20. 13 h And in the ver. 12. midst of the seven i of John candlesticks One like unto the Son of man, k clothed with a garment down to the foot, and 1 girt about the paps with a golden girdle. 14 His head and his m hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and n his eyes were as a flame of fire; 15 And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and P his voice as the sound of many waters. 16 And he had in his right hand seven stars and out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword: s 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; am the first and the last: 18 y I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, z I am alive for evermore, Amen; and a have the keys of hell and of death. 19 Write b the Message to c ch. 2. 1. REV. II. things which thou, A. D. 96. hast seen, and the things which are, and d the things d ch. 4. 1. which shall be here-e ver. 16. after; e f ver. 12. g ch. 2. 1. 20 The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, fand the seven golden candlesticks. The seven a ch. 1. 16. stars are the angels of the seven churches: b ch. 1. 13. and h the seven can-c ver. 9. 13. dlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches. 20. the churches. I 4 Nevertheless have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. 5 Remember there fore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; & or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent. 19. 6 But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of h the Nicolaitanes, which I also hate. ch. 3.1.8. Ps. 1. 6. 15. d 1 Jno. 4. 1. e 2 Co.11.13. CHAP. II. 1 UNTO the angel of the church of 2 Pe. 2. 1. 7 He that hath an Ephesus write; Thesef Ga. 6. 9. ear, let him hear what things saith a he that He. 12. 3. the Spirit saith unto holdeth the seven g Ma. 21.41. the churches; To him stars in his right hand, 43. that overcometh will who b walketh in the h ver. 15. I give k to eat of the midst of the seveni ver. 11, 17. tree of life, which is golden candlesticks; 29. in the midst of the ch.3.6.13. paradise of God. & 13. 9. Ma. 11. 15. 8 And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These m the 14. things saith first and the last, which was dead, and is alive; 2 I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and 1 Ge. 2. 9. thoud hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars: m ch. 1. 8. n ver. 2. o Lu. 12. 21. 3 And hast borne, and hast patience,p and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted. I Ro. 2. 17. 28, 29. & 9.6. 9 n I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of p them which say they are Jews, and are not Message to REV. II. but a are the syna- A. D. 96. gogue of Satan. ch. 3. 9. t Ma. 10. 22. 10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: be-s hold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall x ch. 20. 14. have tribulation ten & 21.8. days be thou faith-y ch. 1. 16. ful unto death, and 1z ver. 2. will give thee ta a ver. 9. crown of life. b Nu. 24. 14. 11 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; e He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death. & 25. 1. ver. 20. the churches. hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam b, who taught Balac to cast a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacriticed unto idols, d and to commit fornication. 15 So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine e of the Nicolaitanes, which thing I hate. 16 Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my 1 Co. 8. 9, mouth. & 10. 19, 20. 12 And to the angel of the church in a 1 Co. 6.13. Pergamos write;e ver. 6. These things saith f ch. 1. 16. hey which hath the sharp sword with two edges; & 19. 15. Is. 11.4. 2 Th. 2. 8. ver. 7. 11. h ch. 3. 12. i ch. 1. 14 & 19. 12. 13 I know thy where works, and thou dwellest, even where a Satan's seat is and thou holdest fast my name, and k ver. 2. hast not denied my faith, even in those ver. 13days wherein Antipas was my faithful mar tyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth. 15. 175 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone ah new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it. 18 And unto the angel of the church tical history These things saith Eeclesias-in Thyatira write; does not mention this the Son of God, i who person; pro- hath his eyes like bably he had unto a flame of fire, 14 But I have a been a pastor and his feet are like few things against church. fine brass; thee, because thou of the 19 I know thy |