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Case «' o ujys, except St. Mark, who twice has« A p<, w'z. c. ii. v. 21, 22.

Seventhly, There are many Instances in the Re-velations, of Construction and Acceptation ofWords altogether peculiar to John the Evangelist,which demonstrate that he wrote that Book ,E. G.

1. Rev. i. i. signifies obscurely to inti-

mate a divine or preternatural ‘Truth . And thisparticular Acceptation of the Word is found onlyin the Gospel of S t.John, cb.x ii. 33. cAxviii. 32.ch.xx i. 19. St. Luke uses it, but differently. ThusA£ls xi. 28. it stands for open and express pro-phesying, &c. xxv. 27. for plain certifying byLetter.

2. Rev. i. 2. 'Ocrct is used for a, as it is some-times also in the Septuagint. But the only re-maining indisputable Instance of this, in the NewTeflament, is John xxi. 25. In all other Places,iVa means qucecunquc or quanta or at least may sosignify. So Alls ix. 39,

3. Rev. ii. 6. rd tsa, r Ntx.a\eujuv, d xotyio

[Aiarco. How like is the turn of this Sentence tothat of Job. V. 17. o -srcl]^ P* ew?

nctyd) k^ydCo^oA.

4. Rev. ii. 28. o TT^Sv d-xt/. ritesg rd epyct px,He that keepeth my Works unto the End. Here\yya, Works, is plainly put for hlyug, Wirds. Andso Grotius on the Place. But we no where find

the like Acceptation of the Word t^yu save inJob. xiv. IO. Ta piiftxja. a. \yu> A ct\S> vpuv, aorzptewrS i AaAw ’ 0 ^ •ura-njp 0 on kpici pt^ivcov cujzoq -sroiSi

rd \pycc, The Words which I Jpeak unto you, Ispeak not os. my Jcls-, but my Father that dwel-

leth

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