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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.
2 Seeing we be priests,1 we must pray for others, not only for our selves but for all men,2 especially the members of Christ, The Priest in the old Testament must pray and make request,3 not only for himself alone, but for the people also. Moses is commended for prayer, especially when he prayed for the Israelites,4 and stood before the Lord in the gap. Exod. 32. Elijah is called the horseman and chariots of Israel:5 and Hezekiah beseecheth the Lord to be good to his people. And so when any man in the word is commended for prayer, it is for that he prayed for the people. So did David in the Psalms. So did Christ make this his special duty. John 17.
2 Seeing we be priests,1 we must pray for others, not onely for our selues but for all men,2 especially the members of Christ, The Priest in the old Testament must pray and make request,3 not onely for himselfe alone, but for the people also. Moses is commended for prayer, especially when he prayed for the Israelites,4 and stood before the Lord in the gap. Exod. 32. Eliah is called the horseman and chariots of Israel:5