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Lectures upon the three first chapters of the RevelationLectures vpon the three first chapters of the Reuelation
Lectures upon the three first chapters of the Revelation: preached in Cambridge anno Dom. 1595. by Master William Perkins, and now published for the benefit of this Church, by Robert Hill Bachelor in Divinity. To which is added an excellent sermon, penned at the request of that noble and wise councillor, Ambrose, Earle of Warwick: in which is proved that Rome is Babylon, and that Babylon is fallenLectures vpon the three first chapters of the Reuelation: preached in Cambridge anno Dom. 1595. by Master William Perkins, and now published for the benefite of this Church, by Robert Hill Bachelor in Diuinitie. To which is added an excellent sermon, penned at the request of that noble and wise councellor, Ambrose, Earle of Warwicke: in which is proued that Rome is Babylon, and that Babylon is fallen
London: printed by Richard Field for Cuthbert Burbie, 1604
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Seeing John wrote and dedicated this book to the Churches in Asia many years after Christ,1 & not to the Church of Rome: then we see that the Papists are deceived, who would have their Church the mother Church, and all other Churches must rely on theirs: but if that Church of Rome had been the mother, and most famous, no doubt John would have dedicated it to her. But he doth dedicate it to the Churches in Asia, showing they were then more famous then Rome.
Seeing Iohn wrote and dedicated this booke to the Churches in Asia many yeares after Christ,1 & not to the Church of Rome: then we see that the Papists are deceiued, who would haue their Church the mother Church, and all other Churches must rely on theirs: but if that Church of Rome had bene the mother, and most famous, no doubt Iohn would haue dedicated it to her. But he doth dedicate it to the Churches in Asia, shewing they were then more famous then Rome.
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2 Now follows the salutation,1 Grace and peace &c. Salutation is of two forts, civill or religious: civil, as that which men use ordinarily with one another: 2. religious, which is more peculiar and proper to the Church: and so it is here a religious salutation. And seeing the Apostles use it commonly in all their Epistles, ⟨p. 23⟩may be called an Apostolical salutation. They used this in all their Epistles, Grace and peace, &c. which they did, because their ministry was of grace and peace, and they made their salutation answerable to their ministry: for their Apostleship stood in these two, to preach the word, and to pray for the people, that they might have grace & peace. And the apostles use this phrase in manner of blessing, for when their ministry stood in two actions, in preaching and praying for the people, under the second action of praying, was contained this, to bless the people: and so did the high Priests and Levites: