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John Trapp on Revelation 14:4

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Revelation14:4

Verſe 4. Which were not defiled with women] Which have not moiled themſelves with fornication corporall or ſpirituall, as thoſe Iſraelites, Numb. 24. by Balaams counſell; and as Papiſts at this day, ſeduced by thoſe effeminate locuſts, Chap 9.8. As for their ſhavelings that plead this text to prove marriage a defilement, let them hear the Apoſtle, Heb. 12.4. and another almoſt as ancient: Siquis coinquinationem vocet commixtionem legitimam,Ignatiu[illegible: 1 letter] habet inhabitatorem draconem Apostatm. If any call lawfull marriage a defilement, that man hath a devil dwelling in him.

Theſe are they which follow the Lamb] As the ſea-mans needle doth the North-pole: or as the hop, in its growing, winding about the pole, follows the courſe of the Sun from Eaſt to Weſt, and can by no means be drawn to the contrary: chaſing rather to break then yeeld.

Theſe were redeemed] For royall uſe. See Verſ. 3.

Being the firſt fruits] Separated and ſanctified unto him from the reſt of the world.

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