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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.
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.
This action consisteth in two actions: one of the mind, and the other of the body. In procuring a trance, the spirit of God casteth a man into a dead sleep, whereby all the senses both inward and outward are benumbed. So Gen. 15. 12. when God renewed the covenant with Abraham, he cast him into a trance, that is, into a dead sleep: the senses all were benumbed, only the mind and soul working.
This action consisteth in two actions: one of the mind, and the other of the bodie. In procuring a trance, the spirit of God casteth a man into a dead sleepe, whereby all the senses both inward and outward are benummed. So Gen. 15. 12. when God renewed the couenant with Abraham, he cast him into a trance, that is, into a dead sleepe: the senses all were benummed, onely the mind and soule working.