Every one can see that the Apocalypse can by no means be explained but by the Lord alone; for each word therein contains arcana, which would never be known without special enlightenment, and thus reve lation: therefore, it has pleased the Lord to open the sight of my spirit, and to teach me. Do not believe, therefore, that I have taken any thing here from my self, nor from any angel, but from the Lord alone. The Lord also said to John through the angel, Seal not the words of the prophecy of this Book (chap. Xxn.