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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.
Ob. Why is Christ, the second person of the Trinity, placed after the holy Ghost the third Person? Answ. For two causes. First, Christ is considered two ways: first, as he is the Son of the Father: secondly, as he is the Mediator of the Church. Now as he is the Son of the Father, he is the second Person in Trinity, and so before the holy Ghost in order. Secondly, as he is Mediator; and so he is after them both, the Father and the holy Ghost: Esa. 61. 1. The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, hath sent me to preach. Where Christ is sent by the holy Ghost to preach, as he is Mediator, and so as he is sent, in that respect he is after the holy Ghost.
Ob. Why is Christ, the second person of the Trinitie, placed after the holy Ghost the third Person? Answ. For two causes. First, Christ is considered two wayes: first, as he is the Sonne of the Father: secondly, as he is the Mediator of the Church. Now as he is the Sonne of the Father, he is the second Person in Trinitie, and so before the holy Ghost in order. Secondly, as he is Mediator; and so he is after them both, the Father and the holy Ghost: Esa. 61. 1. The Spirit of the Lord is vpon me, hath sent me to preach. Where Christ is sent by the holy Ghost to preach, as he is Mediator, and so as he is sent, in that respect he is after the holy Ghost.
Secondly, he is placed after the holy Ghost, because the manner of them which pen the Scriptures, is to set them in the last place of whom they mean to speak last. So Mat. 1. he setting down the genealogy of Christ from Abraham, though in all those there was none more excellent then Christ; yet he is in the last place because of order: the Evangelist meaning to speak and treat of him, he sets him in the last place, purposing still to continue his history of the life and death of Christ. So here S. John he placed Christ in the last place, because he purposed to continue his history in speaking of the death and passion of Christ, and other things which concern him.