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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
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Hence we learn,1 that Christ is God of himself: for in the same respect the Father is God, he is God: and as the Father is, §2was, and is to come: so in the same regard is Christ, &c. But the Father is God of himself, ergo, also Christ is God of himself. Indeed as he is the Son, so he is of the Father, hath this beginning from him: but as he is God, he is consubstantial with the Father, and coequal with him, hath his essence of and in himself. And the same is to be affirmed of the holy Ghost, as he is the third person: he proceeds from the Father and the Son, but as he is God, he is of, from and in himself.
Hence we learne,1 that Christ is God of himselfe: for in the same respect the Father is God, he is God: and as the Father is, §2was, and is to come: so in the same regard is Christ, &c. But the Father is God of himselfe, ergo, also Christ is God of himselfe. Indeed as he is the Sonne, so he is of the Father, hath this beginning from him: but as he is God, he is consubstantiall with the Father, and coequall with him, hath his essence of and in himselfe. And the same is to be affirmed of the holy Ghost, as he is the third person: he proceedes from the Father and the Sonne, but as he is God, he is of, from and in himselfe.
- 1Christ is [Greek or Hebrew].Christ is 〈non-Latin alphabet〉.
3 That Christ is coeternal with the Father, and as everlasting as he is, every way coequal to the Father, having the same attributes equally with him, as he is God.