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21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl; and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent, glass. 22 And I saw no temple therein; for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.

? And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talk ed with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. 10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the ho- 23 And the city had no need of the ly Jerusalem, descending out of hea-sun, neither of the moon, to shine in ven from God, it; for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.

11 Having the glory of God; and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;

12 And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: 13 On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.

14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

15 And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.

16 And the city lieth four-square, and the length is as large as the breadth; and he measured the city 1 with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.

17 And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of man, that is, of the angel.

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18 And the building of the wall of it was of jasper; and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.

24 And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the 'light of it'; and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.

25 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day; for there shall be no night there.

26 And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.

27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie; but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.

Questions. What are the first four verses?
Who shall inherit all things!
Who will be punished?
Repeat the last verse.

CHAP. XXII.

The river of the water of life. 2 The tree of life 5 The light of the city of God is himself. 9 The angel will not be worshipped. 18 Nothing may be added to the word of God, nor diminished therefrom.

AND he shewed me a pare river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.

19 And the foundations of the wall 2 In the midst of the street of it, and of the city were garnished with all on either side of the river, was there manner of precious stones. The first the tree of life, which bear twelve foundation was jasper; the second, manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; every month; and the leaves of the the fourth, an emerald; tree were for the healing of the na

20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, tions. sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the 3 And there shall be no more curse: eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the but the throne of God and of the Lamb tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a shall be in it; and his servants shall jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.1 serve him:

1 The precious stones mentioned in this chapter are generally of the foliowing colours,

viz.

Jasper; sea-green.

Sapphire; blue.

4 And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.

5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth

Chalcedony; of several colours; the best is them light; and they shall reign for

yellow and red.

Emerald; a bright green.

ever and ever.

Sardonyx; a dark, horny colour, with a little To'paz; pale green, with a little yellow.

red.

Sar'dius; blood red.

Chrysoprasus; yellowish green, with a shade

of blue.

Chrysolite; dusky green, with a little yellow, Jacinth; red, mixed with yellow.
Beriyl; bluish green.

Amethyst; purple, or blue and red.

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6 And he said unto me, These say-1 ings 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 done.

7 Behold, I come quickly; blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.

8 And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things.

9 Then saith he 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 sayings of this book: worship God.

10 And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book; for the time is at hand.

15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.

17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.

18 For I testify 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 take away 11 He that is unjust, let him be un- from the words of the book of this projust still; and he which is filthy, let phecy, God shall take away his part him be filthy still; and he that is righ-out of the book of life, and out of the teous, let him be righteous still; and holy city, and from the things which he that is holy, let him be holy still. are written in this book.

12 And, behold, I come quickly, and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.

13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.

14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. 26 *

20 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly; Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

21 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

Questions What is the 7th verse! 15th verses? What is said in the 12th, 13th, 14th, and

Who are invited to partake of the water of life?

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Judges, temporary supreme governors, immediately appointed by God over the children of Israel.

Kings, and they either of the whole nation, or, after the falling off of the ten tribes, of Judah or Israel.

Second Priests, or Sagan, who supplied the high priest's office, in case he were disabled.

High Priests for the War, set apart for the occasion of an expedition.

Priests, Le'vites of the sons of Aaron, divided into twenty-four ranks, each rank serving weekly in the temple.

Levites, of the tribe of Levi, but not of

Elders, senators, the LXX, or Sanhe-Aaron's family; of these were three orders,

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Gershonites, Ko'hathites, Me'rarites, several sons of Levi.

Neth'inims, inferior servants to the priests and Levites (not of their tribe) to draw w 3ter, and cleave wood, &c.

Prophets, anciently called seers, who foretold future events, and denounced God's judgments.

Children of the Prophets, their disciples or scholars.

Wisemen, called so in imitation of the eastern ma'gi, or gentile philosophers. Scribes, writers and expounders of the

A Proselyte of the Gate, or stranger who worshipped one God, but remained uncir-law. cumcised.

OFFICERS UNDER THE ASSYRIAN OR
PER'SIAN MONARCHS.

Tirsha'tha, or governor appointed by the kings of Assyria or Persia.

Heads of the Captivity, the chief of each tribe or family, who exercised a precarious government during the captivity.

UNDER THE GRECIAN MONARCHS.
SUPERIOR OFFICERS.

Disputers, that raised and determined questions out of the law.

Rab'bies, or doctors, teachers of Israel. Libertines, freed men of Rome, who, being Jews or proselytes, had a synagogue or oratory for themselves.

Gauloni'tes, or Galileans, who pretended it unlawful to obey an heathen magis.

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Hero'aians, who shaped their religion to the times, and particularly flattered Herod. Epicure ans, who placed all happiness in

Maccabees, the successors of Judas Mac-pleasure. cube'us, high priests, who presided with kingly power.

UNDER THE ROMAN EMPERORS.

Presidents, or governors, sent from Rome with imperial power.

Tetrarchs, who had kingly power in four provinces.

Procon'suls, or deputies of provinces.
INFERIOR OFFICERS.

Publicans, or taxgatherers.
Centurions, captains of an hundred men.
BCCLESIASTICAL OFFICERS, OR SECTS

Stolicks, who denied the liberty of the will, and pretended all events were determined by fatal necessity.

Simon Magus, author of the heresy of the Gnos ticks, who taught that men, however vicious their practice was, should be saved by their knowledge.

Nicola'itans, the disciples of Nicolas, one of the first seven deacons, who taught the community of wives.

Naz'aries, who under a vow abstained from wine, &c.

Nazarenes, Jews professing Christianity. Zel'ots, sicarii, or murderers, who, under pretence of the law, thought themselves High Priests, who only might enter the authorized to commit any outrage.

holy of holies.

OF MEN.

Pharisees, separatists, who, upon the

TABLES OF MEASURES, WEIGHTS, &c.

opinion of their own godliness, despised all others.

Sadducees, who denied the resurrection of the dead, angels, and spirits.

Samaritans, mongrel professors, partly heathen and partly Jews, the offspring of the Assyrians sent to Samaria.

Apostles, mis'sionaries, or persons sent; their number, were called The Twelve. they who were sent by our Saviour, from Bishops, successors of the apostles in the

government of the church.

Deacons, officers chosen by the apostles to take care of the poor.

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The second, or middle watch, from the third hour to the sixth.
The third watch, or cockcrowing, from the sixth to the ninth.
The fourth, or morning watch, from the ninth hour to sun-rise,

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