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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.
I was in the spirit. Here we see he received this vision in a trance. I was in the spirit: that is, I was by the mighty and extraordinary work of the spirit of God cast into a trance. This appeareth by comparing this Prophecy with other, as with that of Ezekiel, who when he received any vision, was cast into a trance by Gods spirit.
I was in the spirit. Here we see he receiued this vision in a trance. I was in the spirit: that is, I was by the mightie and extraordinarie worke of the spirit of God cast into a traunce. This appeareth by comparing this Prophecie with other, as with that of Ezechiel, who when he receiued any vision, was cast into a traunce by Gods spirit.
To understand this, consider two things: first, what a trance is: secondly, the end of it. A trance is an extraordinary work or action of Gods spirit, ergo, not of the constellation and temperature of the stars, nor from the constitution of mans body, or imaginations of men, but wrought by the holy Ghost. Secondly, it is not every work, but an extraordinary work, above the order of nature, a powerful and mighty work of the holy Ghost: wherein the whole man both in body and mind is altered, and for that cause S. John saith: I was in the spirit.
To vnderstand this, consider two things: first, what a trance is: secondly, the end of it. A trance is an extraordinarie worke or action of Gods spirit, ergo, not of the constellation and temperature of the starres, nor from the constitution of mans bodie, or imaginations of men, but wrought by the holy Ghost. Secondly, it is not euery worke, but an extraordinarie work, aboue the order of nature, a powerfull and mightie work of the holy Ghost: wherein the whole man both in bodie and mind is altered, and for that cause S. Iohn saith: I was in the spirit.