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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.
And there is good reason of this: for they which must teach a thing to other, to make them know and understand, to believe and remember the same, it is reason they should understand and hold it themselves, and keep it well in memory.
And there is good reason of this: for they which must teach a thing to other, to make them know and vnderstand, to beleeue and remember the same, it is reason they should vnderstand and hold it themselues, and keepe it well in memorie.
This seeing the Lord did,1 to make them to understand more throughly, to believe more constantly, and to carry away more faithfully, this teacheth Ministers, that they must have also the through understanding and knowledge of the word, believe it constantly, and remember it carefully. Now we must not look for and expect trances, as they had, but we must come to this by continual study in the word, which is the ordinary means to come to that knowledge: it is the means by which all men, ⟨p. 74⟩Preachers, students and hearers do know. Then we should seek to be cunning in the text of Scripture, to understand the proper sense of it, to be good text men, to understand, believe, and remember it.
This seeing the Lord did,1 to make them to vnderstand more throughly, to beleeue more constantly, and to carie away more faithfully, this teacheth Ministers, that they must haue also the through vnderstanding and knowledge of the word, beleeue it constantly, and remember it carefully. Now we must not looke for and expect trances, as they had, but we must come to this by continuall studie in the word, which is the ordinarie meanes to come to that knowledge: it is the meanes by which all men, ⟨p. 74⟩