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2. Christ appeareth, having in his ⟨hand⟩ 7 Stars, which are the seven Pastors of ⟨the⟩ seven Churches, and walking in the midst ⟨of⟩ 7 Candlesticks, which are the seven Churches that we have mentioned. But why Seven? Doth he not promise to be the protector ⟨but⟩ of these seven Pastors and the Overseer a Defender but of these Churches.
3. There is a conformity between ⟨that⟩ vision in the first chapter, and those of ⟨the⟩ seven Seals, and of the opened Book; for ⟨we⟩ there find the same pomp the sound of the trumpet, and the glorious presence of our Saviour 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 reached 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 which are mentioned, and which ought to be instructed as these are; but which also concern all churches to the end of
