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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 this, that Christ borroweth this comparison from the Greek alphabet, the Papists gather, that the word may be read and delivered to the people in an unknown tongue, because Christ here useth an unknown tongue, to those whom he gave this vision. But though the unlearned, and unlettered English man, knoweth not what [Greek or Hebrew] and [Greek or Hebrew] is: yet the Church to whom this book was written, being the Grecians, knew what they meant generally. Again, though the spirit of God useth a strange word in one place, we may not follow that in the whole word of God, in the whole service and worship of God, as the Papists do.
Out of this, that Christ borroweth this comparison from the Greeke alphabet, the Papists gather, that the word may be read and deliuered to the people in an vnknowne toung, because Christ here vseth an vnknowne toung, to those whom he gaue this vision. But though the vnlearned, and vnlettered English man, knoweth not what 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 and 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 is: yet the Church to whō this booke was written, being the Grecians, knew what they meant generally. Againe, though the spirit of God vseth a strange word in one place, we may not follow that in the whole word of God, in the whole seruice and worship of God, as the Papists do.
Christ is said to be the beginning and the end: first, because he is the very first of all things: there was nothing before he was, he had a being, when all other creatures were not but begun to be, then was he the same that he is now: he had his being and subsisting before all creatures: and for this saith S. John, chap. 1. verse 1. In the beginning was the word: that is, the Son of God, he had his being and subsisting when all other creatures wanted it, and began to be.
Christ is said to be the beginning and the end: first, because he is the very first of all things: there was nothing before he was, he had a being, when all other creatures were not but begunne to be, then was he the same that he is now: he had his being and subsisting before all creatures: and for this saith S.