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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.
The second privilege is, that Christ being dead, was the first which rose from death to life: for none rose from death to life before him.
The second priuiledge is, that Christ being dead, was the first which rose from death to life: for none rose from death to life before him.
Ob. Lazarus, Moses & Elijah in the mount, they had their bodies restored then again: yea Lazarus rose to life again before Christ. Answ. Moses and Elijah received their bodies again, Lazarus also lived again, but these returned again to their former misery; as Lazarus he rose from death to die again: so Moses and Elijah took to them their bodies again, not to enter into eternal happiness, but to their former misery: but Christ he rose from death to eternal happiness, and rose not ⟨p. 36⟩to die any more, but his resurrection is the first steppe to eternal life and felicity.
Ob. Lazarus, Moses & Elias in the mount, they had their bodies restored thē againe: yea Lazarus rose to life againe before Christ. Answ. Moses and Elias receiued their bodies againe, Lazarus also liued againe, but these returned againe to their former miserie; as Lazarus he rose from death to die againe: so Moses and Elias tooke to them their bodies againe, not to enter into eternall happinesse, but to their former miserie: but Christ he rose from death to eternall happinesse, and rose not ⟨p. 36⟩to die any more, but his resurrection is the first steppe to eternal life and felicitie.