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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.
Object. But why doth Christs blood, rather then any other mans blood, as Peter, John, &c? Answ. Because that blood was the blood of God, (not of the Godhead) but of him who was both God and man; for these two natures being united together, make but one person: and so it may be called the blood of God, as Paul saith, God redeemed us by his blood, that is Christ, God and man, God-man, or God incarnate: and so it being the blood of God, is more meritorious then the blood of any creature whatsoever. Besides I answer: Christ was appointed by God to be a public person, to be surety for all mankind: but no man can be so, to be in the room of the whole company of mankind. Then damnable is the doctrine of the Papists, who hold, the blood of Martyrs can merit for other: for seeing they be but private men, they cannot profit any other.
Obiect. But why doth Christs blood, rather then any other mans blood, as Peter, Iohn, &c? Answ. Because that blood was the blood of God, (not of the Godhead) but of him who was both God and man; for these two natures being vnited together, make but one person: and so it may be called the blood of God, as Paul saith, God redeemed vs by his blood, that is Christ, God and man, God-man, or God incarnate: and so it being the blood of God, is more meritorious then the blood of any creature whatsoeuer. Besides I answer: Christ was appointed by God to be a publike person, to be suretie for all mankind: but no man can be so, to be in the roome of the whole company of mākind. Then damnable is the doctrine of the Papists, who hold, the blood of Martyrs can merit for other: for seeing they be but priuate men, they cannot profit any other.
By blood we must understand the passion of Christ, being a part for the whole; and withal we must remember his fulfilling ⟨p. 43⟩of the law: for in his suffering he fulfilled the whole law, and in fulfilling the law he suffered, and these two cannot be severed: so that this contains the whole obedience of Christ, partly in suffering, partly in fulfilling the law.