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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.
John sent his Revelation to many Churches, and I present his Epistles to many worthy personages:x and to whom may I better present them than to you. John was a disciple full of love, and you are brethren full of love. The Preacher of these Lectures was well known to many, but to none better then to many of you, especially to those who were in my time worthy members of that most worthyy College with him. And the rather I do it, that times to come may rejoice in the Lord, that from one honourable root have issued so many ⟨image 7⟩profitable branches to the Church.3 You are six brethren as pillars of your house, there were three sisters as fruitful vines of the same:4 one is not, but is with the Lord, and her I knew a Lady of admirable virtues: the other two are, and long may they be so. You are all brethren by nature of one venture, nation of one country, grace of one spirit, affection of one heart, fortune in great favour, and of one hope by your holy behaviour. Anda concerning brotherly love, I need not to write unto you: for you are taught of God to love one another. Yourb Scilurus at his death need not teach you concord, by giving to each of you a sheaf of arrows, which cannot well be broken whilst they are conjoined: for you by your amity make your selves invincible. Ifc Chilo the Lacedaemonian died for joy to see one son crowned at Olympus, andd Diagoras Rhodius did the like, when his three children got the garland at a wrestling: ande Jacob so rejoiced to hear of his one Joseph, to be advanced greatly in the kingdom of Egypt: how might that happy father of yours rejoice, to see at one time, one son sitting as high Sheriff of the shire, another preaching before the Judges of Assize, and the third pleading as Councillor at the bar, and all the rest of great expectation in the kingdom? Thus