Matthew Poole and continuators on Revelation 2:11

11 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the Churches, He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death .

For the opening of these passages; see the Notes on v. 7.

We read of the second Death, chap. 20.6, 14. the meaning is, that he shall escape the Eternal D[illegible: 1 letter]mnation of Soul and Body in the day of Judgment. Those that make these Epistles Prophetical say, that the Church of Smyrna was a Type of all the Churches of Christ to the year 325, (when Constantine overcame Lycinius, and gave rest and peace to the Churches of Christ,) which was all a time of severe Persecution under the Roman Emperors, who to that time were all Hea[illegible: 1 letter]hens: It is very observable, that Christ blameth nothing in this Church, the Church of God keeps always its Purity best in the Fire; but doubtless there were in this time many Apostacies, and other Errors, but God allows much to his Peoples Temptations; hence though Iob shewed much impatience, yet we are call'd to behold him as a pattern of Patience.

Marginal references: Chap. 13.9.; Chap. 21.8.