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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
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3. He must neither add nor take away, much less in any case deprave the word of God: and this is the true mark of a faithful witness.
3. He must neither adde nor take away, much lesse in any case depraue the word of God: and this is the true marke of a faithfull witnesse.
In the Church of Rome a man may hear things concerning moral virtues handled soundly: but come to faith and repentance, matters of salvation, they take away one part and add another to the Scriptures: they hold the Creed in word, yet in deed they deny the same, as by their doctrine it will appear.
In the Church of Rome a man may heare things concerning morall vertues handled soundly: but come to faith and repentance, matters of saluation, they take away one part and adde another to the Scriptures: they hold the Creed in word, yet in deede they deny the same, as by their doctrine it will appeare.
4. The true witness must deliver the testimony of Christ, ⟨p. 34⟩in that manner he receives it: namely, in a spiritual manner, in a plain easy manner, in a familiar kind of speech: that the conscience of every hearer may be moved. When we seek to obscure the word, we do corrupt the same: and as trades men and huxters, we cannot be content to declare the word in a plain, easy, familiar speech, but as they set out their wares with starching, blowing, spicing, &c. so we set a gloze on the word, and make merchandise of it. 2. Cor. 2. 17