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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.
Secondly, it is not secret, but in open appearance, every eye shall see him: he shall come in majesty and glory, not secretly, but in visible show to all the world: all men shall see him with their own eyes, all I say which were since the world began to his coming.
Secondly, it is not secret, but in open appearance, euery eye shall see him: he shall come in maiestie and glorie, not secretly, but in visible shew to all the world: all men shall see him with their owne eyes, all I say which were since the world began to his coming.
In these words he sets down three points: first, that all men shall see him: secondly, that all men being raised again, shall have life and motion, and their senses restored to them as before they died: thirdly, that all men, none excepted, shall come and stand before the tribunal seat of Christ.
In these words he sets downe three points: first, that all men shal see him: secondly, that all men being raised againe, shal haue life and motion, and their senses restored to them as before they died: thirdly, that all men, none excepted, shall come and stand before the tribunall seate of Christ.
This is a comfort to Gods children,1 in that they being dead & rotten in their graves, shall rise, and receive their life and motion, and see Christ their Saviour and Judge of all men. If a man should lie down to sleep, and be told that when he rose he should see his dead father and mother, or his dearest friends: this would be a notable comfort to him, that so he should enjoy them again: but this should be a far greater comfort to us, that we which lie dead and rotten in the grave, shall be raised, and enjoy not our parents and friends, but Christ Jesus the son of God, which is our friend above all friends, who shall give us not only life and motion, but eternal life with his own majesty.