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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 Prince of the kings of the earth. 1Here is the third, namely, the kingly office of our Saviour Christ. He is called a Prince of the kings of the earth, in two respects: first, as he is God, the Son of God, and so King together with the Father and the holy Ghost, governing all things by his divine power, being equal to them, Secondly, as he is Mediator, as he is God and ⟨p. 37⟩man in two natures, he is called a Prince of kings. So Mat. 28. All power is given me of the Father, not as he is God, but as he is God and man the Mediator, or God incarnate. So the Lord gave him a name at which every knee should bow, 2even as he is Mediator. And of these two, I take it, he meaneth the second sense here, where he calls Christ a Prince of the kings of the earth, in regard as he is God and man, or God incarnate the Mediator.
And Prince of the kings of the earth. 1Here is the third, namely, the kingly office of our Sauiour Christ. He is called a Prince of the kings of the earth, in two respects: first, as he is God, the Sonne of God, and so King together with the Father and the holy Ghost, gouerning all things by his diuine power, being equall to them, Secondly, as he is Mediator, as he is God and ⟨p. 37⟩man in two natures, he is called a Prince of kings. So Mat. 28. All power is giuen me of the Father, not as he is God, but as he is God and man the Mediator, or Godincarnate. So the Lord gaue him a name at which euery knee shold bow, 2euen as he is Mediator. And of these two, I take it, he meaneth the second sense here, where he cals Christ a Prince of the kings of the earth, in regard as he is God and man, or God incarnate the Mediator.