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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.
Then a trance is a mighty and powerful work of the holy Ghost,1 both in body and mind: whereby both the mind is drawn from fellowship with the body, and unto the fellowship ⟨p. 73⟩of God; and also enlightened with light and knowledge of God, to understand things to be revealed. Now followeth the end of a trance.
Then a trance is a mightie and powerfull worke of the holy Ghost,1 both in bodie and mind: whereby both the mind is drawne from fellowship with the bodie, and vnto the fellowship ⟨p. 73⟩of God; and also enlightened with light and knowledge of God, to vnderstand things to be reuealed. Now followeth the end of a trance.
- 1What a trance is.VVhat a trance is.
The cause why men are cast into trances in receiving any visions, is, that (as S. John here) they might know, that the things delivered were not invented of themselves, but given of God. For in John, his body and all his senses were benumbed; he neither heard, saw, nor felt, but they were asleep, and therefore the vision must needs be from God.
The cause why men are cast into trances in receiuing any visions, is, that (as S. Iohn here) they might know, that the things deliuered were not inuented of themselues, but giuen of God. For in Iohn, his bodie and all his senses were benummed; he neither heard, saw, nor felt, but they were asleepe, and therefore the vision must needes be from God.