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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.
And the first begotten of the dead. 1Here in these words is contained the second office of Christ: namely, his Priestly office.
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The first begotten of the dead: He alludeth in these words to the estate of the families among the Jews: for as among them, he which was first borne, and eldest of the family, had many privileges and preeminences, as of the Lordship of the Priesthood, of double portion, &c. so Christ which is compared to the eldest and first borne, he hath his privileges: yea even Christ crucified, he hath his prerogatives among the dead, above all that are dead. So Paul calleth him the first and beginning of the dead: and after expounds it, that he might in all things have the preeminence. Colos. 1. 18.
The first begotten of the dead: He alludeth in these words to the estate of the families among the Iewes: for as among them, he which was first borne, and eldest of the familie, had many priuiledges and preheminences, as of the Lordshippe of the Priesthood, of double portion, &c. so Christ which is compared to the eldest and first borne, he hath his priuiledges: yea euen Christ crucified, he hath his prerogatiues among the dead, aboue all that are dead. So Paule calleth him the first and beginning of the dead: and after expounds it, that he might in all things haue the preheminence. Colos. 1. 18.