The crown
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The crown
"The crown of twelve stars signifies the twelve apostles, who were sent forth as lights into the world; and the success of their mission crowning their travail. " And she, being with child, cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered." This represents he earnest labour, care and travail of the church and her faithful pastors, that her members might be preserved from carnal ordinances, and outward observations of meats, drinks, washings of the body, days and times, and such like ceremonies; that they might pursue those things which reach the spiritual, immortal soul, which must, therefore, be spiritual; that thereby they might be renewed into the image of Christ. That as he was, even so they might be, through his power, in this world> pure, holy, undefiled, and separate from sinners.. "And there appeared another wonder in heaven" that is, among the professors of religion. " And, behold, a great red dragon"a bloody spirit of infidelity, which opposedi and persecuted the Christians. The heads and horns represent the larger governments and less executive powers, which determined and executed the sanguinary mandates." And his tail drew the third part of the stars Beats By Dr Dre of heaven, and did cast them to the earth." Many who, from their offices, had been accounted as lights in the church, were drawn from their proper stations by the tail of the dragon. That is, by precedents, imitating the unbelieving Jewish and Gentile doctors; assuming arbitrary powers over the consciences of men, which they began to impose in the second century; and in the third, practised like earthly tyrants." And the dragon stood before the woman, for to devour her child as soon as it was born." He destroy ed the children at Bethlehem, but missed the child he f sought after. He crucified our Lord in the flesh, but could not stop the effusion of his Spirit. He perseā¢cuted his members, and seduced many from the faith, yet the manchild was brought forth, a pure, holy, heavenly birth in the soul, that no acts of barbarity or tyranny inflicted on the material body could reach or destroy. " Who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron." This will appear a mystery to the natural un derstanding of man; more especially as the children of the night have had a long time of revelling, rejoicing and triumphing over the Word and Spirit, whilst they prophesied Dr Dre Headphones in sackcloth: which true manchild, restored to its original state Beats By Dre and order, is to bear rule over nations, as well as individuals.
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