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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.
By this we see the nature of all creatures, which is, that though they have their subsisting and being (as mans body and soul) yet it is not from themselves, but from God: not taken out of his essence, for then they should be God. And the Lord hath no parts as we have, but he makes all things out of himself of nothing.
By this we see the nature of all creatures, which is, that though they haue their subsisting and being (as mans body and soule) yet it is not from themselues, but from God: not taken out of his essence, for then they should be God. And the Lord hath no parts as we haue, but he makes all things out of himselfe of nothing.
Seeing then we have all we have of God, our bodies, souls and all we enjoy, we must in lieu of recompense, in thankfulness ⟨p. 27⟩and obedience, give our selves, souls and bodies to his service, to do his will and pleasure.
Seeing then we haue all we haue of God, our bodies, soules and all we inioy, we must in lieu of recompence, in thankfulnesse ⟨p. 27⟩and obedience, giue our selues, soules and bodies to his seruice, to do his will and pleasure.
The Lord is most absolute and eternal every way, without §3beginning or ending. Angels and the souls of men, they be eternal, but not as absolutely: though they be eternal in that they shall never die, yet had they a beginning. Secondly, they are eternal, not absolutely, but by participation, for God made them eternal: but the Lord is most absolutely every way eternal.