when they had pass'd the first and second guard, they came to the iron-gate that leads to the city, which open'd to them of itself: so they went out and pass'd together thro' one street: when all of a sudden the angel quitted Peter. Then coming to himself; now,

the first man was formed from the dust of the earth: the second man was from heaven.

for if the first alliance had been without defect, there could have been no occasion for the second.

now by stiling the second a new alliance, he has antiquated the first. but to be antiquated and obsolete is next to being abolished.

he immediately adds, "lo, I come to do thy WILL, O God." he abolishes the first to establish the second:

A man that is an heretick, after the first and second admonition, avoid:

the first animal was like a lion, the second animal like a calf, the third animal appear'd like a man, and the fourth animal was like a flying eagle.

happy and holy are they that have part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God, and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

the foundations of the citywall were embellished with all manner of precious stones. the first foundation was of jasper; the second, of sapphire; the third, of chalcedony; the fourth, of an emerald;

When he had opened the second seal, I heard the second animal say, "come and see."

but many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.

thus the last shall be first, and the first last: for though many are invited, few have precedence.

but they that are first shall be last, and the last shall be first.

Now Jesus being risen early on the first day of the week, he appear'd first to Mary Magdalene, whom he had dispossess'd of seven demons.

then you will see those, who were last, become first: and those who were first, become last.

and what heightens his love, was this, that it was not we who first loved God, but it was he that first loved us, and sent his son to expiate our sins.

he exercised all the power of the first beast by his authority, and caused the earth, and those who dwell therein, to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.

Afterwards I saw a new heaven, and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were vanished; and there was no more sea .