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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.
2 It is called the Lords day, because this first day, to the believing Jews, was to them in stead of their Sabbath, in which ⟨p. 75⟩day they worshipped God solemnly: it was the day appointed to his service among them, and for this cause especially it is called the Lords day.
2 It is called the Lords day, because this first day, to the beleeuing Iewes, was to them in stead of their Sabbath, in which ⟨p. 75⟩day they worshipped God solemnely: it was the day appointed to his seruice among them, and for this cause especially it is called the Lords day.
To understand how it is called the Lords day, we must know three points: first, who changed this day from the Jews Sabbath: secondly, for what cause: thirdly, whether the Church have now in the new Testament power to change the Sabbath day to any other day then this seventh day. The changer and appointer of this Sabbath of the new testament was Christ himself, though it be commonly thought that the Church in the new testament and Christian Emperors changed it. My reasons are these: 1. That which the Apostles delivered and enjoined the Church, that they received from Christ, either by voice or instinct, for they delivered nothing of their own head: but they delivered this, & enjoined this Sabbath to the Church, although they received it from Christ. That they enjoined this day of rest and Sabbath to the Church, it appeareth 1. Cor. 16. 1. For Paul ordained that the collection for the poor should be on the first day of the week, he ordained it, and left it not to the choice of the Church, but appointed it by authority Apostolical from Christ. Now the day of collecting for the poor (as appeareth in the histories of the Church) was the Sabbath day: when the people were assembled, then they used to make their collection: for before that collection there went the word preached, and the sacrament of the Lords supper: and this was the custom of the Church many years after Christ, first to have the word preached and the sacraments administered, then to gather for the poor: and for this cause the Lords supper is called a sacrifice, or a mass, not as the Papists use it, but because in it we offer, not to the Lord,