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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.
How can a man know the true religion,1 seeing the Turk, Papist,2 Jew, & Protestant have their religions, and dye in them? I answer,3 for to know which is true of these, we must have recourse to the faithful witness Christ, and what he saith is true religion, that we must hold for true religion. Now Christ he giveth testimony of them in the Scriptures, and the Scriptures be as a letter sent from heaven to the Church, showing and testifying which is true religion: not that of the Jew, Turk, or Papist, but of the Christian.
How can a man know the true religion,1 seeing the Turke, Papist,2 Iew, & Protestant haue their religions, and dye in them? I answer,3 for to know which is true of these, we must haue recourse to the faithful witnesse Christ, and what he saith is true religion, that we must hold for true religion. Now Christ he giueth testimonie of them in the Scriptures, and the Scriptures be as a letter sent from heauen to the Church, shewing and testifiing which is true religion: not that of the Iew, Turke, or Papist, but of the Christian.
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