9 ¶ And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a ^aroll of a ^bbook was therein;

  6 Q. What are we to understand by the book which John saw, which was ^asealed on the back with seven seals?
  A. We are to understand that it contains the revealed will, ^bmysteries, and the works of God; the hidden things of his economy concerning this ^cearth during the seven thousand years of its continuance, or its temporal existence.