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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.
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.
3 That Christ is coeternall with the Father, and as euerlasting as he is, euery way coequall to the Father, hauing the same attributes equally with him, as he is God.
The Almighty. 1As there is in God, so is there in Christ a double power: first, a potential: secondly an actual power. Potential is that whereby he can do many things moe then he will do; as he could raise children to Abraham of the stones, but he would not: he could have delivered Christ from death, but he would not. It is not taken for this power here principally, but rather for the second, namely, his actual power, whereby he bringeth to pass without let and impediment, whatsoever he decreeth, willeth, or promiseth. So he is called Almighty here, because he bringeth to pass actually, whatsoever he promiseth to his in his word, without let and stop.
The Almightie. 1As there is in God, so is there in Christ a double power: first, a potentiall: secondly an actuall power. Potentiall is that whereby he can do many things moe then he wil do; as he could raise children to Abraham of the stones, but he would not: he could haue deliuered Christ from death, but he would not. It is not taken for this power here principally, but rather for the second, namely, his actuall power, whereby he bringeth to passe without let and impediment, whatsoeuer he decreeth, willeth, or promiseth. So he is called Almightie here, because he bringeth to passe actually, whatsoeuer he promiseth to his in his word, without let and stop.
- 1The third point