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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.
From him which is, was, &c. Here he sets down the cause efficient and the author of these two, Grace and Peace: the Author is God, distinguished into three persons, the Father, Son, and holy Ghost: the Father in these words, which is, was, and is to come: the holy Ghost is noted in these words, And from the seven spirits, which are before his throne: thirdly, the Son in the fifth verse.
Frō him which is, was, &c. Here he sets down the cause efficient and the author of these two, Grace and Peace: the Author is God, distinguished into three persons, the Father, Sonne, and holy Ghost: the Father in these words, which is, was, and is to come: the holy Ghost is noted in these words, And from the seuen spirits, which are before his throne: thirdly, the Sonne in the fift verse.
S. John in the first place describes the Father by his true nature, in these words, Which is, was, and is to come; in which he alludes to that, Exo. 3. 14. 15. where Moses demands of God, if the people should ask who sent him, what he should answer: the Lord tells him, say, I am, Ehjeh, Jehovah, hath sent me: where are two names to one end, namely, to express the nature of God. Now S. John he expounds them here, where he saith, He which is, which was, and is to come.
S. Iohn in the first place describes the Father by his true nature, in these words, Which is, was, and is to come; in which he alludes to that, Exo. 3. 14. 15. where Moses demaunds of God, if the people should aske who sent him, what he should answer: the Lord tels him, say, I am, Ehjeh, Iehouah, hath sent me: where are two names to one end, namely, to expresse the nature of God. Now S. Iohn he expounds them here, where he saith, He which is, which was, and is to come.