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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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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.
4. The true witnesse must deliuer the testimony of Christ, ⟨p. 34⟩in that manner he receiues it: namely, in a spirituall manner, in a plaine easie manner, in a familiar kind of speech: that the conscience of euery hearer may be moued. When we seeke 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 plaine, easie, familiar speech, but as they set out their wares with sterching, blowing, spicing, &c. so we set a gloze on the word, and make merchandize of it. 2. Cor. 2. 17.
This is a common sin in this age: for we teach the word but in an humane manner. Men speak and preach the word but only to show their own wit, learning, reading and gifts: but he which delivereth not the word in that manner he ought, and wherein he receives it, he is a false witness.
This is a common sinne in this age: for we teach the word but in an humane manner. Men speake and preach the word but onely to shew their owne wit, learning, reading and gifts: but he which deliuereth not the word in that maner he ought, and wherein he receiues it, he is a false witnesse.