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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.
Seeing Christ is King of Kings,1 and no man hath this privilege but he: hence we learn, that Kings on earth, they in their dominions are sovereign kings, over all persons & causes, because as he is King of Kings absolutely, so they are under him kings, and have supremacy in their kingdoms. Then we see the presumption and arrogancy of the Pope and sea of Rome, who would be supreme head of the whole earth, and King of all Kings, to put Christ out of his office, and sit in his room over all at his pleasure.
Seeing Christ is King of Kings,1 and no man hath this priuiledge but he: hence we learne, that Kings on earth, they in their dominions are soueraigne kings, ouer all persons & causes, because as he is King of Kings absolutely, so they are vnder him kings, and haue supremacy in their kingdomes. Then we see the presumption and arrogancy of the Pope and sea of Rome, who would be supreame head of the whole earth, and King of all Kings, to put Christ out of his office, and sit in his roome ouer al at his pleasure.
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Seeing Christ is King of all Kings,1 we must not be discouraged when we be called to suffer any affliction or cross, seeing that though the tyrants and Kings of the earth rage and bend their force to hurt us, yet we have a King above them all, who can stay and bridle them, and if he please, confound and bruise them in pieces: they cannot do any thing but that which he permits them to do, for he rules and reigns in the midst of all these, where they are the thickest, and would do most malice, and can do to them as pleaseth him.