THEN the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, voices, and thunders, and an earthquake, and great hail.

I saw another prodigy in heaven, great and marvellous, SEVEN ANGELS, having the seven last plagues, for by them the divine vengeance is consummated.

the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.

and I will shew prodigies in the heavens, and signs on the earth; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke.

A woman

the bridegroom is he that hath a right to the bride: as for the friend of the bridegroom, who is nigh his person and heareth him, he greatly rejoyces at the voice of the bridegroom: upon this account my joy is compleat.

for I am jealous over you with religious jealousy: since I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

You husband, love your spouse, even as Christ loved the church, and laid down his life for her:

Clothed

the city had no need either of the sun, or of the moon to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the lamb is the luminary thereof.

that divine justification, which by faith in Jesus Christ is extended to all, that believe; for there is no distinction:

but imitate the Lord Jesus Christ, and by no means indulge any sensual desires.

for as many of you as have been baptized into christianity, have been invested as christians.

And the

but far be it from me that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world is as contemptible to me, as I am to the world.

For the divine savour has display'd its salutary effects to all mankind:

Crown

the conceal'd meaning of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and of the seven golden candlesticks, is this: the seven stars signify the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which you saw, signify the seven churches.

the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them the names of the twelve apostles of the lamb.

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Then Herod having privately sent for the Magi, enquired of them the exact time when the star appeared.