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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 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,2 they which honour him, he will honour them.
Seeing S. Iohn was banished,1 and here receiued his visions, we see that those which honour God, he will honour them. For S. Iohn 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 reuealing to him these visions. So when Ioseph 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 aboue all other men: and the same is true of all Gods children,2 they which honor him, he will honour them.
- 1Use 2.Vse 2.
- 21. Sam. 2.
2 The cause for which he came into this Isle: For the word of God: that is, because he was by calling a publisher and preacher of the word of God, for which cause he was banished. By which we may note, that all natural men (as Domitian and the Romans were, and all men are by nature) hate all that profess God, hate his word, they cannot abide it. For S. John a most worthy Apostle, a famous man for gifts, a singular preacher of the word of God: yet for this very cause is hunted, nay banished, not for his own cause, but for the word of God. This hath been seen in all heathen Emperors, yea and all men by nature hate the word: yet though they hate it in their hearts, the same word it winneth them, and hath taken place in them to convert them, and to make them to love it: which showeth, that the word taught by the Prophets and Apostles, is indeed the true word of God, not the invention of man. For if the word which is hated of all men by nature, had not some divine power