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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.
Ob. But if Christ be King and all his members, how do they differ? Answ. In two points: first, Christ he is the son of God by nature, therefore a King by nature, and so his inheritance belongs to him by nature; but the members of Christ are the sons of God by adoption in his Son, so that our right to that kingdom is not by nature but by adoption. Secondly, Christ he is King over all creatures whatsoever, over the Angels and the Church, and he is absolute King over all, and hath his regiment in the hearts and consciences of men, and can by his word bind them: but his members they be not universal kings, for they have not superiority above good Angels and the Church, neither are they absolute kings as he is: neither by themselves, but by Christ Jesus, and as they participate with Christ in his kingdom.
Ob. But if Christ be King and al his mēbers, how do they differ? Answ. In two points: first, Christ he is the sonne of God by nature, therefore a King by nature, and so his inheritance belongs to him by nature; but the members of Christ are the sonnes of God by adoption in his Son, so that our right to that kingdome is not by nature but by adoption. Secondly, Christ he is King ouer all creatures whatsoeuer, ouer the Angels and the Church, and he is absolute King ouer all, and hath his regiment in the hearts and consciences of men, and can by his word bind them: but his members they be not vniuersall kings, for they haue not superioritie aboue good Angels and the Church, neither are they absolute kings as he is: neither by themselues, but by Christ Iesus, and as they participate with Christ in his kingdome.
The second part of our dignity stands in this, that we be Priests: in that we be consecrated and set apart by Christ to the worship and service of God here in this life, to serve him in spirit and truth, and in the life to come, eternally to serve and praise him.
The second part of our dignitie stands in this, that we be Priests: in that we be consecrated and set apart by Christ to the worship and seruice of God here in this life, to serue him in spirit and truth, and in the life to come, eternally to serue and praise him.