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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.
Seeing he came into this Island not of his own accord,1 but by violence and constraint, he thought it not a good and happy kind of life. For if he had come into this place, being little or not inhabited, he could not do this duty of his Apostleship: he could not have founded the Church. This then confuteth the Monkish life, which is no life of holy perfection, (as they call it) but of great superstition. S. John would not have left all company of men, but that he was compelled to leave them: then the life of those which voluntarily leave all company of men, living in cloisters and secret places, cannot be a life of perfection, but of all imperfection: man is borne to do good to others.
Seeing he came into this Island not of his owne accord,1 but by violence and constraint, he thought it not a good and happy kind of life. For if he had come into this place, being litle or not inhabited, he could not do this dutie of his Apostleship: he could not haue founded the Church. This then confuteth the Monkish life, which is no life of holy perfection, (as they call it) but of great superstition. S. Iohn would not haue left all companie of men, but that he was compelled to leaue thē: then the life of those which voluntarily leaue all companie of men, liuing in cloisters and secret places, cannot be a life of perfection, but of all imperfection: man is borne to do good to others.
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Seeing S. John was banished,1 and here received his visions, we see that those which honour God, he will honour them. For S. John was banished, then which what could they do more to hurt him? Yet then, because it was for Gods cause, God doth most honour him, in revealing to him these visions. So when Joseph was sold of his brethren, and most dishonoured of them, then God exalted him. The same may be said of Daniel, who when he was most dishonoured of men, then the Lord exalted him above all other men: and the same is true of all Gods children,