5 CHAP. XXII. 1 The river of the water of life. 2 The tree of life. 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 pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. 2 In the midst of the street of it and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bear twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the heal ing of the nations. 3 And there shall be no more curse; but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: 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 them light; and they shall reign forever and ever.. 6 And he said unto me, These sayings 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; be worshipped. 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. 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 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. 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 Nothing to be added nor Chap. xxii. taken from this book. 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 from 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 the things which are written in this book. 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. 45* END. A TABLE OF OFFICES AND CONDITIONS OF MEN. Officers, Provosts, Sheriffs, or Executioners. Judges, Inferior rulers, such as determine controversies in particular cities. Israelites,Hebrews, descendants from Jacob. An Hebrew of Hebrews, an Israelite by original extraction. A Proselyte of the Covenant, who was circumcised, and submitted to the whole Law. A Proselyte of the Gate, or Stranger who worshipped one God, but remained uncircumeised. Officers under the Assyrian or Persian Monarchs. Tirshatha, 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. Maccabees, the Successors of Judas Maccabeus, High Priest, 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. Proconsuls, or Deputies of Provinces. Inferior Officers. Publicans, or Taxgatherers. Centurions, Captains of an hundred men. Ecclesiastical, Officers, or Sects of Men. High Priests, who only might enter the Holy of Holies. 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, Levites of the sons of Aaron, divided into twenty Table of Offices and Conditions of men. four ranks, each rank serving weekly in the temple. Levites, of the tribe of Levi, but not of Aaron's family; of these were three orders, Gershenites, Kohathites, Merarites, several sons of Levi. Nethinims, Inferior servants to the Priests and Levites (not of their tribe) to draw water, 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 Magi, or Gentile Philosophers. Scribes, Writers and expounders of the law. Disputers, that raised and determined questions out of the law. Rabbies, or Doctors, Teachers of Israel. Libertines, Freed men of Rome, who, being Jews or Proselytes, had a synagogue or oratory for themselves. Gaulonites, or Galilæans, who pretended it unlawful to obey an heathen magistrate. Herodians, who shaped their religion to the times, particuly flattered Herod. Epicureans, who placed all happiness in pleasure. Stoicks, who denied the liberty of the Will, and pretend ed all events were determined by fatal necessity. Simon Magus, Author of the heresy of the Gnosticks, who taught that men, howev er vicious their practice was, should be saved by their knowledge. Nicolaitans, the disciples of Nicolas one of the first seven Deacons, who taught the community of wives. Nazarités, who under a vow abstained from wine, &c. Nazarenes, Jews professing Christianity. Zelots, Sicarii, or Murderers, who, under pretence of the law, thought themselves authorized to commit any outrage. Pharisees, Separatists, who upon the 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, Missionaries, or persons sent; they who were sent by our Saviour, from their number were called, The Twelve." Bishops, Successors of the Apostles in the government of the Church. Deacons, Officers chosen by the Apostles to take care of the poor. |