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10 And cried with a loud voice, saying, 'Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.

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11 And all the angels stood "round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,

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12 Saying, Amen: blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.

13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in a white robes ? and whence came they?

'Ps. iii. 8: Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people. Is A. xliii. 11: I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour. JER. iii. 23: Truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel. Hos. xiii. 4: I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt-there is no saviour beside me. REV. xi. 15: The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. do. xii. 10: Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ. do. xix. 1: Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God.

m REV. v. 13: And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.

n REV. V. 11: And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders. REV. iv. 6: In the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind. PJUDE, 25: To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen. REV. v. 13, 14: And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.

See on REV. iii. 4.

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14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall " dwell among them.

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16 They shall ▾ hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.

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JOHN, xvi. 33: In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. REV. vi. 9. do. xvii. 6: I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. See on ACTS, xiv, 22.

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ISA. i. 16-18: Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; learn to do well.-Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. ZEC. iii. 3-5: Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel. And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment. And I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. So they set a fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the LORD stood by. 1 COR. vi. 11: And such were some of you but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

t See on ACTs, xx. 28.

" See on 2 COR. vi. 16.

▾ ISA. xlix. 10: They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.

w Ps. cxxi. 6: The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. REV. xxi. 4, 23: And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain for the former things are passed away. The city had no

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CHAP. VIII.

1 At the opening of the seventh seal, 2 seven angels had seven trumpets given them: 6 four of them sound their trumpets, and great plagues follow: 3 another angel putteth incense to the prayers of the saints on the golden altar.

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AND when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.

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need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.

* REV. v. 6: And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain.

y Ps. xxiii. 1, 2, 5: The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. do. xxxvi. 8: They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. Isa. xl. 11: He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young. JOHN, X. 11, 14: I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.

2 ISA. XXV.8: The Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces. REV. xxi. 4: God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. CHAP. VIII.

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REV. vi. 1: I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals. b See on REV. i. 4.

LUKE, i. 19: And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to show thee these glad tidings. See on MAT. xviii. 10.

42 CHR. xxix. 25, &c: He set the Levites in the house of

3 And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers' of all saints upon f the golden altar which was before the throne.

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4 And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.

5 And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into 2 the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.

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6 And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.

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the LORD. And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.-And when the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD began also with the trumpets.

REV. v. 8: The four beasts and the four and twenty elders feli down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.

f Exod. XXX. 1: And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon of shittim wood shalt thou make it. REV. vi. 9: And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held.

* See on LUKE, i. 10.

hACTS, x. 4: Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.

See on REV. iv. 5.

* See on REV. vi. 12.

1 EZEK. Xxxviii. 22: I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone..

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REV. xvi. 2: The first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth.

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ISA. ii. 13: [The day of the Lord of hosts shall be] upon all

was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up. 8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the Pthird part of the sea a became blood;

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9 And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.

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10 And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;

11. And the name of the star is " called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became

the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan. REV. ix. 4.

° JER. li. 25: Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain. Aмos, vii. 4: Thus hath the Lord GOD showed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.

P JER. li. 36, 44: Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry. And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall. REV. xvi. 3: The second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man and every living soul died in the sea.

EZEK. xiv. 19: Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast.

' REV. xvi. 3: The words under ver. 8.

REV. ix. 1. See on do. vi. 13.

REV. xvi. 4: The third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood. "RUTH, i. 20: She said unto them, Call me not Naomi, Call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. ▾ Exod. xv. 23: And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah. JER. ix. 15: T

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