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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.
First, to reveal his Fathers will to the Church is his office: for there is none which knows his Fathers will, but he which came from the bosom of the Father, and he hath declared it. Joh. 1. 18. And he hath not only declared his Fathers will since he came in the flesh: but from the beginning he revealed the will and word of God. When the Lord rained fire on Sodom Gen. 19. 24. there Jehovah the Father rained down, by Jehovah the Sonne. So when the covenant was made to our first parents, it was made in Christ the promised seed. It was renewed to Abraham and the Patriarchs from the Father by the Son, as appeared in the bush,1 where Jehovah appeared: but 1. Cor. 10. there he is called Christ. The Prophets and the Apostles wrote as they were inspired by Christ, they were but his instruments to speak and write that he put into them by the holy Ghost. The matter, and the stile and phrase of the Scripture, all came from Christ. Nay, when any particular man comes to understand the Scriptures, this is by the working of Christ: he opens their eyes.2 He gave the disciples understanding as they went to Emmaus, to understand the Scriptures.
First, to reueale his Fathers will to the Church is his office: for there is none which knowes his Fathers will, but he which came from the bosome of the Father, and he hath declared it. Ioh. 1. 18. And he hath not onely declared his Fathers will since he came in the flesh: but from the beginning he reuealed the will and word of God. When the Lord rained fire on Sodome Gen. 19. 24. there Iehouah the Father rained downe, by Iehouah the Sonne. So when the couenant was made to our first parents, it was made in Christ the promised seed. It was renewed to Abraham and the Patriarkes from the Father by the Sonne, as appeared in the bush,1