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⟨there⟩ find the same pomp the round of a Trumpet, and the glorious presence of our Svaiour ⟨in⟩ the midst of his Church; and, withal he ⟨appeareth⟩ there walking in the midst of the ⟨seven⟩ Candlesticks, and sitting in the midst of ⟨the⟩ four living Creatures and the four-and-⟨twenty⟩ Elders: By which conformity, we are given to understand, that this first vision is of ⟨equal⟩ weight and of an equal extension, with ⟨all⟩ the other; and that this of the 7 Churches ⟨preached⟩ to the end of the world, as all the following together do.
4. Jesus Christ saith to John, ver. 19. "Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter." Which is as much as if he had said, Write, not only things which concern the Churches that are mentioned, and which ought to be instructed as these are; but which also concern all Churches to the end of the world and whereof the seven that are named are a model and type.
The State of the Church of Ephesu doth lively represent the condition of the Primitive where Truth prevailed, and where, at the last, the decay of Clarity became a disposition and a step to a more doleful state. Who ever well considers what is said to the Church of Ephesus, will therin find the condition of the Primitive Church painted forth to the life
That of Symrna represents the state of the church during the fourth and Fifth Ages; wherein
