He who testifies these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon.” Amen! Yes, come, Lord Jesus!
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 20–21. He that giveth testimony of these things, that is God, and Jesus Christ by an Angel, saith, surely, (or even so, or truly, these are certain truths) I come quickly, to reward the good and punish the evil. To which words Saint John himself replieth with a zealous prayer and earnest desire, saying, Amen, let it be so.—Come, Lord Jesus: come, and remain always in my soul by thy grace, and make me partaker of thy glory for ever and ever. Amen. Witham.—Conclusion. The Church in sighs and groans, and by the mouth of her children, solicits the coming of Jesus Christ, her divine Spouse. The fruit to be drawn from the perusal of this sacred book, is ardently to desire the kingdom of God, to sigh after the day of eternity, to feel the weight of the yoke of the present life, and the disgrace of our exile, and to live here below as strangers. Enkindle in me, O Lord, this desire; enable my poor soul to join with the beloved disciple in this prayer: Come, Lord Jesus; that she may go and lose herself in Thee, who art her Centre, her God, her All.
17. The Rev. Fr. Haydock’s original observations, or such, at least, as he could not easily trace to their real authors, either through forgetfulness, or because he adopted some alteration, or received them from some of his learned friends, whose names he was not at liberty to mention will be marked with the letter H
18. The additional Notes in this Edition of the New Testament will be marked with the letter. Such as are taken from various Interpreters and Commentators, will be marked as in the Old Testament.
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3. Bible de Vence
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17. Tirinus
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