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Revelation 7

4.9 He seeth the servants of God sealed in their foreheads out of all nations and people, 15 Which though they suffer trouble, yet the Lamb feedeth them, leadeth them to the fountains of living water, 17 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
1.And after that, I saw four Angels stand on the four corners of the earth, holding the afour winds of the bearth, that the winds should not blow on the earth, neither on the csea, neither on any dtree.
2.And I saw another ^Angel come up from the East, which had the seal of the living God, and he cried with a loud voice to the four Angels to whom power was given to hurt the earth, and the sea,
3.Saying, eHurt ye not the earth, neither the sea, neither the trees, till we have fsealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
4.And I heard the number of them, which were sealed, and there were sealed gan hundred and four and forty thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
5.Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Ruben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand.
6.Of the tribe of Aser, were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nephthali were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand.
7.Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of hLevi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand.
8.Of the tribe of iJoseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.
9.After these things I beheld, & lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations & kindreds, & people, & tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with long kwhite robes, and lpalms in their hands.
10.And they cried with a loud voice, saying, mSalvation cometh of our God, that sitteth upon the throne, and of the Lamb.
11.And all the Angels stood round about the throne, and about the Elders, and the four beasts, and they fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,
12.Saying, Amen. Praise and glory, and wisdom, and thanks, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God forevermore, Amen.
13.And one of the Elders spake, saying unto me, What are these which arrayed in long white robes? and whence came them?
14.And I said unto him, Lord, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they, which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their long robes and have made their long robes white in nthe blood of the Lamb.
15.Therefore are they in the presence of the throne oof God, and serve him day and pnight in his Temple, and he that sitteth on the throne, will dwell among them.
16.*They shall qhunger no more, neither thirst any more, neither shall the sun rlight on them, neither any heat.
17.For the sLamb, which is in the tmiddes of the throne, shall govern them, and shall lead them unto uthe lively fountains of waters, and *God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

Notes

1-a.
The spirit is compared to wind, and the doctrine also: and though there be one spirit and one doctrine, yet four are here named in respect of the diversity of the four quarters of the earth where the Gospel is spread, and for the four writers thereof, and the preachers of the same throug the whole world.
1-b.
Meaning, the men of the earth.
1-c.
That is, the islands.
1-d.
Signifying all men in general, who can no more live without this spiritual doctrine, then trees can blossom and bear, except the wind blows upon them.
2-^.
Or, Christ.
3-e.
God prevents the dangers and evils, which otherwise would over- whelm the elect.
3-f.
Those that are sealed by the Spirit of God, and marked with the blood of the Lamb, and lightened in faith by the word of God, so that they make open profession of the same, are exempted from evil.
4-g.
Though that this blindness be brought into the world by the malice of Satan, yet the mercies of God reserve to himself an infinite number which shalbe saved both of the Jews and Gentiles through Christ.
7-h.
He omitted Dan, & puts Levi in, whereby he means the twelve tribes.
8-i.
That is, the tribe of Ephráim, which was Joseph’s son.
9-k.
In sign of purity.
9-l.
In token of victory and felicity.
10-m.
All that are saved, attribute their salvation unto God only and to his Christ and to none other thing.
14-n.
There is no purity nor cleanness, but by the blood of Christ only, which purges our sins and so makes us white.
15-o.
That is, of the majesty of God the Father, the Son, and the holie Ghost.
15-p.
Meaning continually: for else in heaven there is no night.
16-*.
Isa. 49.10.
16-q.
For all infirmity and misery shalbe then taken away.
16-r.
They shall have no more grief and pain.
17-*.
Isa. 25.8, Chap. 21.4.
17-s.
Jesus Christ the mediator and redeemer.
17-t.
Which is very God.
17-u.
He shall give them life and conserve them in eternal felicity.