fore my Father, and before his angels.

6 He who hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches.

7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia, write thus: These things saith he who is holy and true; he who hath the key of David; he who openeth, and no one shall shut it but he who openeth; and none else shall open:

8 I know thy works; behold, I have set before thee an open door, which no one can shut; for, thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name :

9 behold, I will give to thee them of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie: behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee:

10 because thou hast kept the rule of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of trial which is about to come upon the whole inhabited earth, to try them that dwell on the earth:

11 I come quickly; keep fast that which thou holdest, that no one take thy crown.

12 Him that overcometh, I will make a pillar in the sanctuary of my God, that he may not go out from it any more;

and I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem which cometh down out of heaven from God; my and my own new

name.

13 He who hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches.

14 And to the angel of the church in Laodicea, write thus: These things saith the AMEN, 2 Cor. i. 20. the faithful and true witness, the head of the creation of God; 15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would, thou wert either cold or hot:

16 so then, because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of my mouth:

James, v. 1.

17 for thou sayest, I am rich, and grown wealthy, and Luke, vi. 24. have need of nothing; and knowest not, that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: 18 I counsel thee, to buy of me gold purified by fire, that thou mayest become rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and the shame 2 Cor. v. 3. of thy nakedness not be made manifest; and eyesalve, that thou mayest anoint thine eyes, and mayest see:

19 as many as I love, I convict, and chasten: be zealous, therefore, and repent.

AFTER this I looked, and,

behold, a door was opened in heaven: and I heard the first voice, which was as that of a trumpet speaking to me, saying, Come up hither, and I will shew thee the things which must be hereafter.

2 Immediately, I was in the Spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven;

3 and he who sat on the throne was, to sight, like a jasper and a sardine stone: and round the throne was a rainbow, in sight like an emerald:

4 and around the throne, were four and twenty thrones; and on the thrones, four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiments, and having golden crowns on their heads:

5 and, out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices; and before the throne, were seven lamps of fire burning, which are seven Spirits of God:

6 and before the throne, was a sea of glass, like crystal; and in front of the throne, and around the throne, were four living-creatures, full of eyes before and behind: 7 and the first living-creature was like a lion, and the second living-creature like a calf, and the third living-creature had the face of a man, and the fourth living-creature was like a flying eagle:

8 and the four living-crea- Ezek. i. 5, &c. tures had, each of them, six wings around them; and they were full of eyes within; and they cease not, day and night, saying, "Holy, holy, holy, Lord "God Almighty, who wast, "and art, and art to come!"

9 and, when the living-creatures give glory, and honour, and thanks to him who sitteth on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever;

10 the four and twenty elders fall down before him who sitteth on the throne, and worship him who liveth for ever and ever; and lay their crowns before the throne, saying,

11 "Thou art worthy, O Our "Lord and God, the Holy One, "to receive glory, and honour,

8 And when he had taken the Book, the four living-creatures, and the four and twenty elders, fell down before the Lamb, having each of them a harp, and golden cups full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints;

9 and they sang a new song, saying, "Thou art worthy to "take the Book, and to open "its seals: for thou wast slain,

"Who is worthy to open the "Book, and to undo its seals?"

3 And no one in heaven above, nor on the earth, nor below the earth, was able to open the Book, nor to look on it:

4 and I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open the Book, nor to look on it:

5 and one of the elders saith to me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, hath conquered; who will open the Book, and its seven seals.

6 And I saw, standing between the throne and the four living-creatures and elders, a Lamb, as if it had been slain; having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent forth into all the earth:

7 and he went, and took it out of the right hand of him who sat on the throne.

"God by thy blood, out of "every kindred, and tongue, "and people, and nation;

10 " and hast made them to "become kings, and priests, to our God : and they will reign on the earth.”

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CHAPTER VI.

ND I saw, that the Lamb opened one of the seven seals; and I heard one of the four living-creatures, as it were the sound of thunder, saying, "Come and see!"

2 and I saw, and behold a white horse: and he who sat on it held a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.

3 And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living-creature say, "Come!"

4 and another horse went out, which was red: and authority was given to him who sat on it, to take peace from the earth, that they might slay one

:

another and to him was given a great sword.

5 And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third living-creature say, "Come, "and see!" and behold, a black horse; and he who sat on it had a balance in his hand:

6 and I heard a voice, in the midst of the four living-crea

8 and behold, a pale horse; and the name of him who sat on it was Death, and the Grave followed him and authority was given to him over the fourth part of the earth, to kill by sword, and by hunger, and by death, and by the wild beasts of the earth.

9 And, when he opened the fifth seal, I saw, below the altar, the souls of them that c. xx. 4. had been slain for the Word of God, even for the testimony of the Lamb, which they had held:

10 and they cried with a loud voice, saying, "How long, O "Lord, the holy and true One, "dost thou not judge, and

avenge our blood on them "that dwell on the earth?"

11 and, to them was given a c. vii. 13–17. white robe; and it was told them, that they must rest yet for a time, until the number of their fellow-servants also, and of their brethren, who should be slain as they, should be ful- Heb. xi. 39. filled.

12 And I beheld when he opened the sixth seal, and

there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the whole moon became as blood;

13 and the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree casteth its untimely figs, when it is shaken by a great wind:

14 and the heaven was rolled together, and taken away as a scroll; and all mountains, and islands, were moved from their places:

15 and the kings of the earth, and the nobles, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bond-man, and free-man, hid themselves in the caves, and among the rocks of the mountains ;

16 and said to the mountains, and to the rocks, "Fall on us, "and hide us from the face "of Him who sitteth on the "throne, and from the wrath "of the Lamb;

17"for, the great day of his "wrath is come, and who "will be able to stand?"

CHAPTER VII.

AND, ND, after this, I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, withholding the four winds of the earth, that no wind should blow on the earth, nor on the

sea, nor on any tree.

ascending from the east, having the seal of the Living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,

3 saying, "Hurt not the "earth, nor the sea, nor the 66 trees, until we have sealed "the servants of our God on "their foreheads."

4. And I heard the number of those who were sealed: an hundred and forty and four thousand were sealed of all the tribes of the children of Israel : 5 of the tribe of Judah, were sealed twelve thousand of the tribe of Reuben, twelve thousand of the tribe of Gad, twelve thousand:

6 of the tribe of Aser, twelve thousand of the tribe of Naphthali, twelve thousand of the tribe of Manasseh, twelve thou sand:

7 of the tribe of Simeon, twelve thousand: of the tribe of Levi, twelve thousand of the tribe of Issachar, twelve thousand:

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8 of the tribe of Zabulon, twelve thousand: of the tribe of Joseph, twelve thousand: of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.

9 After these things I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no one could number, out of all nations, and tribes,

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