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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.
Out of these words some gather, that the body of Christ hath still the wounds and scars which here he had given him, the print of the nails in his hands and in his feet, and that these shall be seen in Christ at the last day, and say, that it is no infirmity to Christ to have these, but rather an increase of his glory: but this cannot be gathered hence: for though it be said, They shall see him whom they pierced, yet not as he was pierced. ⟨p. 57⟩And because they shall see him, shall they see his wounds? Many shall see Kings and Queens whom they crowned in this world, ergo as Kings and Queens? So we shall see our fathers & mothers, therefore as fathers and mothers? so many shall see Christ therefore as he was wounded and pierced? It is no good collection nor opinion.
Out of these words some gather, that the body of Christ hath still the wounds and scarres which here he had giuen him, the print of the nailes in his hands and in his feete, and that these shall be seene in Christ at the last day, and say, that it is no infirmitie to Christ to haue these, but rather an increase of his glory: but this cannot be gathered hence: for though it be said, They shall see him whom they pierced, yet not as he was pierced. ⟨p. 57⟩And because they shall see him, shall they see his wounds? Many shall see Kings and Queenes whom they crowned in this world, ergo as Kings and Queenes? So we shall see our fathers & mothers, therefore as fathers and mothers? so many shall see Christ therefore as he was wounded and pierced? It is no good collection nor opinion.
And all the tribes of the earth shall wail for him. That is, before or over him. Here is the fruit and effect of his coming, especially in the wicked.
And all the tribes of the earth shall waile for him. That is, before or ouer him. Here is the fruit and effect of his comming, especially in the wicked.