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Revelation 22

1 The river of the water of life. 2 The fruitfulness & light of the city of God. 6 The Lord giveth ever his servants warning of things to come. 9 The Angel will not be worshipped. 18 To the word of God may nothing be added nor diminished there from.
1.And he showed me a pure ariver of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God, and of the Lamb.
2.In the bmiddes of the street of it, and of either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and gave fruit every cmonth: and the leaves of the tree served to heal the dnations with.
3.And there shalbe no more curse, but the throne of God & of the Lamb shalbe in it, & his servants shall serve him.
4.And they shall see his face, and his Name shalbe in their foreheads.
5.*And there shalbe no enight there, and they need no candle, neither light of the sun: for the Lord God giveth them light, and they shall reign for evermore.
6.And he said unto me, These words are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy Prophets sent his Angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be fulfilled.
7.Behold, I come shortly. Blessed is he that keepeth the words of the prophecy of this book.
8.And I am John, which saw and heard these things: and when I had heard and seen, *I ffell down to worship before the feet of the Angel, which shewed me these things.
9.But he said unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellow servant, and of thy brethren the Prophets, and of them which keep the words of this book: worship God.
10.And he said unto me, gSeal not the words of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand,
11.He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
12.And behold, I come shortly, and my reward is with me, *to give every man according as his work shalbe.
13.I am *Α and Ω, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
14.Blessed are they, that do his commandments, that their right may be in the htree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
15.For without shalbe dogs and enchanters, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth or maketh ilies.
16.Ijesus have sent mine Angel, to testify unto you these things in the Churches: I am the root and the kgeneration of David, and the bright morning lstar.
17.And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth, say, mCome: & let him that is a nthrist, come: and *let whosoever owill, take of the water of life freely.
18.For I protest unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, if any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues, that are written in this book.
19.And if any man shall diminish of the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the Book of life, and out of the holy city, and from those things which are written in this book.
20.He which testifieth these things, saith. PSurely, I come quickly. Amen. Even so qcome, Lord Jesus.
21.The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all, Amen.

Notes

1-a.
He alludes to the visible paradise to set forth more sensibly the spiritual: and this agrees with that which is written, Ezek.47.1.
2-b.
Meaning that Christ who is the life of his Church, is common to all his and not peculiar for any one sort of people.
2-c.
For there are all things pleasant and full of all contentation continually.
2-d.
Which sometime were unpure as Gentiles, but now are purged and made whole by Christ.
5-*.
Isa. 60.19
5-e.
The light shalbe unchangeable and shine forever.
8-*.
Chap. 19.10
8-f.
Now this is the second time that he suffered himself to be carried away with the excellency of the person: which is to admonish us of our infirmity and readiness to fall, except God strengthen us miraculously with his Spirit.
10-g.
This is not then as the other Prophecies which were commanded to be hide till the time appointed, as in Daniel, 12.4, because that these things should be quickly accomplished, and did now begin.
12-*.
Rom. 2.6.
13-*.
Isa. 41.3, 44.6, Chap 1.8 and 22.13
14-h.
They shall live eternally with the Son of God.
15-i.
That maintain false doctrine and delight therein.
16-k.
That is, a true and natural man and yet God equal with my Father.
16-l.
For Christ is the light that gives light to everyone that comes into this world.
17-*.
Isa. 55.1
17-m.
Let them be afraid of God’s terrible judgements, and as soon as they hear the Lamb call, let them come.
17-n.
He that feels himself oppressed with afflictions, and desires the heavenly graces and comforts.
17-o.
That is, when God begins to reform their will by his Spirit.
20-p.
Seeing the Lord is at hand, we ought to be constant and rejoice, but we must beware we esteem not the length nor shortness of the Lord’s coming by our own imagination, 2 Pet. 3.9
20-q.
This declares the earnest desire that the faithful have to be delivered out of these miseries, and to be joined with their head Christ Jesus.