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CLARK'S

FOREIGN

THEOLOGICAL LIBRARY.

VOLUME XXII.

Wengstenberg on the Revelation of St John.

VOL. I.

EDINBURGH :

T. & T. CLARK, 38 GEORGE STREET;

LONDON: SEELEY AND CO.; WARD AND CO.; AND JACKSON AND Walford.
DUBLIN: JOHN ROBERTSON. NEW YORK: WILEY AND PUTNAM.

PHILADELPHIA: J. A. MOORE.

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THE

REVELATION OF ST JOHN,

EXPOUNDED FOR THOSE WHO SEARCH
THE SCRIPTURES.

BY

E. W. HENGSTENBERG,

DOCTOR AND PROFESSOR OF THEOLOGY IN BERLIN.

TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL, BY THE

AUTHOR OF

REV. PATRICK FAIRBAIRN,

TYPOLOGY OF SCRIPTURE,' ""EZEKIEL, AN EXPOSITION,"
"JONAH," &c.

VOLUME FIRST.

EDINBURGH:

T. & T. CLARK, 38 GEORGE STREET.

LONDON: HAMILTON, ADAMS, & CO.; SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, & CO. ;
SEELEY & CO.; WARD & CO.; JACKSON & WALFORD, etc.
DUBLIN: JOHN ROBERTSON.

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PREFACE.

THE Revelation of St John was for a long time a shut book to me. That it was necessary here to lay open a new path; that neither the course pursued in the older ecclesiastical, nor that of the modern Rationalistic exposition was to be followed, I never entertained a doubt. The constantly renewed attempts at fresh investigations resulted only in a better understanding of particular points, but accomplished nothing as to the main theme. I was not the less persuaded, however, that the blame of this obscurity lay not in the book itself, with the divine character of which I was deeply impressed, but in its exposition; and I did not cease to long for the time when an insight might be granted me into its wonderful depths. Several years ago, I was visited with what was, in other respects, a heavy season of affliction, which obliged me to discontinue for some months my official duties. I looked about for a rod and staff that might comfort me, and soon lighted on the Revelation. Day and night I pondered on it, and one difficulty vanished after another. At the period of my recovery, there was scarcely a point of any moment respecting which I did not think I had obtained light. I had still, however, after becoming well, to finish my Commentary on the Psalms. Then I went to my task with the greatest eagerThe sad times of March 1848 did not interrupt, but rather expedited my labours.

ness.

It was my purpose to have issued the two volumes of the work simultaneously. But I have now resolved to bring out the first volume alone-because the Revelation has a very close relation to the wants of the present time, and I reckoned it my duty to endeavour, according to the best of my ability, that the rich treasury of counsel and comfort, which the Lord has provided for us in this book, should as soon as possible be made accessible to those who desire to possess it. Such as wish to obtain a glimpse

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