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CHAP. XXII.
The Text.
1 1 AND he [i. e. the Angel, Chap. 21.9] shewed me a pure 2 River of Water of Life, clear as Chrystal [i. e. abundance, and even ful ess of Purely Spiri••ual, Divine, and Heavenly Life, Gifts, Graces, and Refreshments, Psalm 36.8. Ez. 47.1. Joel 3 18. Zech. 14.8. John 7.37, 38.] proceeding out of t••e 3 Throne of God, and of the 4 Lamb [as out of its Head, or Fountain, Gen. 2.10. Psalm 36.4. Cha••. 21.6.]
Annotations on CHAP. XXII.
1 This Chapter, to Verse the 6th, ought not to have been separated from the former, as being one continued Descrip∣tion of the City, in the midst of which this River was, Verse 2.
• This is in allusion to the River of Paradise, which went out of Eden, as out of its Head and Fountain, to water the Garden, Gen. 2.10. VVhereby, as also by the Tree in the midst of this City, is intimated, that this State will be Pa∣radisaical.
3 In Ezekiel's Vision the River cometh out of the Temple and Altar; But there being no Temple in this New Jerusalem,