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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.
But it may be objected:1 The love of God, as also of man, respects the goodness of things loved: so we love a thing because it is good, and when it is evil we hate it.
But it may be obiected:1 The loue of God, as also of man, respects the goodnesse of things loued: so we loue a thing because it is good, and when it is euill we hate it.
- 1Objection.Obiection.
There is great difference between the love of the creature and the Creator.1 The creature loves the thing, because he seeth it is good: but God the Creator, he first loves the creature: and hence it comes, that it is good, because he loves it.
There is great difference betweene the loue of the creature and the Creator.1 The creature loues the thing, because he seeth it is good: but God the Creator, he first loues the creature: and hence it comes, that it is good, because he loues it.
- 1Answer.