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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.
Washed, Here he showeth, that the sins of men are as filthy spots in their souls: and after he confesseth the vile estate of the Church and every member thereof, in that he saith, they were so washed, For washing presupposeth filthiness before, and a corrupted estate: and so should we by their example learn to consider our own estate, how that our souls and bodies be spotted and defiled with sins original and actual. So did David Psal. 51. most sensibly and excellently feel his own wants, and see his miserable estate, when he desired the Lord to wash him thoroughly: confessing thereby his soul and body was foul, stained and polluted with sin: and adds thoroughly, not once and so enough, but wash me again and again, thoroughly till I be clean, and cleanse me, rinse, bathe, swill me in the blood of Christ, to be purged and cleansed from all my sins.
Washed, Here he sheweth, that the sinnes of men are as filthy spots in their soules: and after he confesseth the vile estate of the Church and euery member thereof, in that he saith, they were so washed, For washing presupposeth filthinesse before, and a corrupted estate: and so should we by their example learne to consider our owne estate, how that our soules and bodies be spotted and defiled with sins originall and actuall. So did Dauid Psal. 51. most sensibly and excellently feele his owne wants, and see his miserable estate, when he desired the Lord to wash him thorowly: confessing thereby his soule and body was foule, stained and polluted with sinne: and addes thoroughly, not once and so inough, bnt wash me againe and againe, thoroughly till I be cleane, and cleanse me, rince, bathe, swill me in the blood of Christ, to be purged and cleansed from all my sinnes.
In which words he showeth his exceeding feeling of his own miseries, how foully he was defiled: so should we labour to see how the spots of sin are deeply stuck in our souls; they be fast set, so that one washing will not serve, but we must be rinsed, bathed and cleansed by the blood of Christ: for it is not the hand of any man or Angel which can wash away these spots, nor any thing they can give us, but only Christ Jesus, whose