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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.
In this eighth verse are three points concerning Christ:1 first, he is the beginning and the end: I am alpha and omega: secondly, ⟨p. 60⟩he is, was, and is to come: thirdly, he is almighty, omnipotent.
In this eighth verse are three points concerning Christ:1 first, he is the beginning and the end: I am alpha and omega: secondly, ⟨p. 60⟩he is, was, and is to come: thirdly, he is almightie, omnipotent.
- 1Three points.
1 The first point is,1 that Christ is the beginning and the end, which he expresseth by a comparison taken from the Greek alphabet, or the A. B. C. of the Grecians: for as in their Greek alphabet, [Greek or Hebrew] is the first letter, and [Greek or Hebrew] the last: so I, saith Christ, am the beginning of all things, and the end of all: as those letters in the Greek alphabet, so am I in all things the first and last.
1 The first point is,1 that Christ is the beginning and the end, which he expresseth by a comparison taken from the Greeke alphabet, or the A. B. C. of the Grecians: for as in their Greeke alphabet, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 is the first letter, and the last: so I, saith Christ, am the beginning of all things, and the end of all: as those letters in the Greeke alphabet, so am I in all things the first and last.