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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 the kingdom of Christ. That is, the kingdom of heaven. In that he sets first affliction, then adds a kingdom, he shows that the afflictions & cross for Christs sake, is the ready way to the kingdom of heaven: it is the way which is beaten and trodden by the Prophets, Apostles and the Saints of God: as the Apostle saith,1 Through manifold tribulations we must enter into heaven. And this momentany affliction causeth to us an infinite weight of glory:2 not that it deserves or effects it, but that it is the pathway to heaven.
In the kingdome of Christ. That is, the kingdome of heauen. In that he sets first afliction, then addes a kingdome, he shewes that the afflictions & crosse for Christs sake, is the ready way to the kingdom of heauen: it is the way which is beaten and troden by the Prophets, Apostles and the Saints of God: as the Apostle saith,1 Through manifold tribulations we must enter into heauen. And this momentany affliction causeth to vs an infinite weight of glory:2 not that it deserues or effects it, but that it is the pathway to heauen.
Then we must not think it strange when it befalleth us,1