Lectures upon the three first chapters of the RevelationLectures vpon the three first chapters of the Reuelation

so for him I pray, that he may be an^a Abraham to our Abimelech, a^b Nathan to our David, a^c Jehoida to our Joash, ^dan Ebedmelech to Jeremiah, an^e Elisha to the widow of this Prophet deceased, a light in the Court, a trumpet in the Church, and that^f Ahashuerosh may long hold out his golden sceptre unto him: that by his means^g great men may not want such as will tell them the truth: no^h earthly Alexander accounted a son of Jupiter, and that no man may be more respected then a goodⁱ Pastor: and that he may ever remember that saying of wise Solomon: ^kHe that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the King shall be his friend. His Cyrus will not be spoken to verbis bissinis in silken words, to his Alexander he needeth not speak [Greek or Hebrew], either sweet words or no words. For if one Antiochus might be surnamed holy, & another good Prince called the Good King: much more may he, whose religious knowledge surpasseth all the Princes that have been of this nation: and whose humility is such, that he will have his son to remember,^l that he differeth not in stuff, but in use from the rest of his people, and that by Gods ordinance. I am the bolder for that one to make choice of you all in the dedication of this book: no man knew, loved, conversed with, and respected this Author more then he. He resorted to him in his health, visited him in sickness, and preached a learned Sermon for him