Revelation 2

^{1 b} Read {chap. 11, 3}

^{1 d} According to his promes {Mat. 28,20} he wil be with them to the end of the worlde.

^{1 c} In his protection.

^{1 a} To the Pastor or the minister which are called by this Name, because they are Gods messengers, & haue their office commune with Jesus Chrsit who also is called an Angel.

^{2 !} He exhorteth foure Churches.

^{4 e} Thy first loue, that thou hadest towarde God & thy neighbour at the first preaching of the Gospel.

^{5 !} Aswel by threatenings

^{5 f} The office of the Pastor is compared to a candelsticke or lampe forasmuche as he oght to shine before men.

^{5 !} To repentance.

^{6 g} These were heretikes which helde that wiues shulde be commune, & as some thinke were named of one called Nicolas, of whom is writ {Act. 6,5}, which was chosen among the Deacons.

^{7 h} Meaning, that life euerlasting thus by corporal benefites he raiseth them vp to consider spiritual blessings.

^{7 !} As promises of rewarde.

^{8 i} This is thoght to be Policarpus who was minister of Smyrna 86 yeres, as he himself confessed before Herodes when as he was led to be burned for Christs cause.

^{8 k} The eternal Diuinitie of Jesus Christ is here most plainely declared with his manhode, & victorie oure death to assure his that they shal not be ouercome by death.

^{9 l} This was the persecution vnder the emperour Domintian.

^{9 m} In spiritual treasures.

^{9 n} They are not Abrahames children according to the faith.

^{10 p} The end of affliction is that we may be tried and not destroyed.

^{10 q} Signifying manie times as {Genes. 31,41} {nomb. 14,22}, althogh there shalbe comfort and release.

^{10 o} Here he nameth the autor of all our calamitie, incouraging vs manfully to fight against him in promising vs the victorie.

^{10 !} To perseuerance, pacience and amendment,

^{11 r} The first death is the natural death of the bodie, the seconde is the eternal death: from the which all are fre that belieue in Jesus Christ, {Joh. 5,24}

^{12 s} The worde of God is the sworde with two edges {hbr 4,12}

^{13 t} All townes and countreies whence Gods worde, & good liuing is banished, are the throne of Satan, and also those places where the worde is not preached syncerly, nor maners a right reformed.

^{13 u} In the verie heart of persecution and slaughter of the Martyrs they continued in the pure faith, and therefore are commended after a sorte.

^{14 x} All suche are like counsellours to Balaam, which for lucre persuade to idolatrie, or whoredome.

^{17 y} And not commune to all.

^{17 z} Suche a stone was wont to be giuen to them that had gotten anie victorie or prise, in signe of honour, and therefore it signifieth here a token of Gods fauour and grace: also it was a signe that one was cleared in judgement.

^{17 a} The newe name also signifieth, renome and honour.

^{18 /} Or, alumine.

^{19 b} To help the Saincts.

^{20 d} They that consent to idolatrie and false doctrine, commit spiritual whoredome, whereof foloweth corporal whoredome. {Hos. 4,13}

^{20 c} As that harlot Jesabel mainteined strange religion and exercised crueltie against the seruants of God, so are there among them that do the like.

^{23 e} Them that followe her wayes.

^{24 g} The children of Jezabel.

^{24 f} The false teachers termed their doctrine by this name, as thogh it conteined the most depe knowledge of heauenlie things, & was in deed drawen out of the depe dongeon of hell: by suche termes now the Anabaptists, Libertines, Papists, Arrians, &c. vse to beautifie their monstruous errors and blasphemies.