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The whole of SL255 was bought at the 1936 Sotheby sale by Emmanuel Fabius for £13.10s. This portion was offered as section 4 of Lot 511 at the 2004 New York Sotheby sale but not sold. Folio 1 (paragraphs 5, 6 and part of 7) was offered for auction by PBA Galleries, San Francisco, on 21 February 2008 as Lot 133 and sold to an unknown buyer ofr $20,000 US. Folio 2 (the rest of paragraph 7, paragraph 8 and part of paragraph 9) had been acquired by the Karpeles Museums by July 2007 and is now in their museum in Santa Barbara, California.
5 Christ received this prophesy ofrhe alone of none in
heaven nor in earth neither under the earth was able
book neither to look thereon, excep e
hand of God, & therefore he is Ffor this & become the
first fruits & them that sleep: for he merited this worthiness by his death. Worthy is the lamb that was slain death. Thou art worthy to take the book & to open the seals thereof for thou wast slain & hast redeemed us to God by thy blood &c Apoc. 5.9 out of every kindred & tongue & people & nation & hast made us unto o.r
6 By his death therefore he has merited a kingdom chthoutsuch
his merit would not have been erected, & therefor the salvation of as many as
shall be chosen by him to inherit this kingdom is due to his merit. We are
commanded to forgive our enemies & what is freely, & what
of us cannot be injustice in himself. Gods justice consists in punishing
nobody beyond their merit
wise he our en A king is not injust for pardon
ing a malefactor if whenever he may do it without injuring other people & In such a case satisfaction is not requisite in order to mercy. If we have
all offended & done nothing to merit the erecting of a new kingdom
God might have justly left us
they that
merit & intercession of Iesus Christ. There is a satisfaction: but it
consisprocuring Gods merc appeasing God's wrath & procuring his mercy, then in enabling him to forgive out of justice
7 The publick worship of Christians in their Churches is described
in this prophesy by the worship of God & Christ in the Temple of heaven First The four Animals representing the people in the outward Court rest not morning & evening saying Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty w This is the ch
worship of God Almighty: next follows the When he had taken the book of prophesy out of the hand of Iesus Christ him that sat upon the throne, the four Animals & 24 Elders fell down before the Lamb saying having every one of them harps & gold vials full of odors wred up to God by the che& they sung a new song saying thou art worthy to take the book & to open the seals thereof for thou wast slain & hast redeemed using. reNext In the last
joynt worship of God & the Lamb saying And every creature wcheever. And the four Animals said, Amen. And the four & twenty elders fall down . And to explain what is meant by
the odours chthe Hth& offers incense w. Which thchethe
Angel by the circumstances is the High Priest & represents Christ the medi great High Priest the Mediator of
ator of rr
in this same Temple by the 144000 standing with the Lamb on mount
Sion & sin before the throne & singing a new
singing the same song of Moses & the Lamb saying Great & marvellous are thy works Lord God Almighty &c. All which
the whole worship of Christians.
8
it is given to him in the form of a Lamb who was slain for us, & who re
ceived this prophesy from God & by his death became worthy to receive
it. He is here worshipped not as a God but as a King, the man Christ Iesus th
his blood & made them kings & priests under him. And therefore this wor
ship is given him without any breach of the first commandment. Because
he laid aside his emptied himself of his dominion & took upon the form of a servant & being found in fashion as a man he to death & became obedient
the cross therefore God hath highly exalted him & given him a name w. We are ch
bound to give all kings such honour & worship as is suitable to their dominion
dignity & dominion over us, much more to Christ Iesus the king of kings the
Lord of the whole creation. To give him honour & worship suitable to his the man Christ Iesus as
dominionrth
his dominion is so far from being against the first commandment that it
redounds to the glory of God the father who has made him king & granted
given him this name above every name. This worship is due
God, the Man Christ Iesus who hath was slain f & hath redeemed us with
his blood, & to deny him this worship
Kings & to deny the Lord that bought us.
9 The Worship given to God & Christ in this prophesy is their peculiar
proper incommunicable worship. To give glory & honour ethat
slain for
to God Almighty e
give glory & honour
all things, is a worship ch
God Almighty the creator of heaven & earth. And to give it to any other would
be a breach of the first commandment & a denyal of the God above who
created all things, & having & havingthereby a denyal
of that that God the al that God. For as Iob tells us If I beheld the Sun when it shined or the Moon walking in brightness, & my heart hath been secretly enticed or my hand mouth hath kissed my hand; this also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge; for I should have denyed the God w: so if we give to any other being that worship or any part thereof chch
by the first commandment is due the the creator of heaven
& earth; by that actthat
deny the God ch[And for this