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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.
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. Iohn, 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.
This proveth the eternity of Christ, because he had his being before any creature was created, he was a substance and essence begotten of the Father before all worlds, not created as other creatures are, or made of any other.
This proueth the eternitie of Christ, because he had his being before any creature was created, he was a substance and essence begotten of the Father before all worlds, not created as other creatures are, or made of any other.
Secondly, he is called the beginning, because he giveth a beginning to all creatures: for all things which were created, were created by him, and had their being from him. So that he is the true beginning of all things.