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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.
Ob. But the Jews had authority to appoint feasts: therefore they could appoint Sabbath days. Hest. 9. 17. they for their deliverance appoint a day of rest, of rejoicing. So 1. Maccab. 4. 8.1 They appointed indeed solemn days for rejoicing, and solemn feasts for special deliverance, but they appointed not any day for a sabbath & rest, for the whole service of God. Some hold that the Church hath power to alter it, nay, to make any day the Sabbath, or if it could be conveniently, two days in a week, but they have no warrant out of the word.
Ob. But the Iewes had authoritie to appoint feasts: therfore they could appoint Sabbath dayes. Hest. 9. 17. they for their deliuerance appoint a day of rest, of reioycing. So 1. Maccab. 4. 8.1 They appointed indeed solemne dayes for reioycing, and solemne feasts for speciall deliuerance, but they appointed not any day for a sabath & rest, for the whole seruice of God. Some hold that the Church hath power to alter it, nay, to make any day the Sabbath, or if it could be conueniently, two dayes in a weeke, but they haue no warrant out of the word.
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If this day,1 the Lords day, be a day to remember the death, resurrection and merits of Christ, we see three sorts of men here reproved: first them which make this day a day of pleasure, pastime and delight. For most young men and servants employ this day wholly on their own delights and pleasures, making it a day of carnal rejoicing, spending it in eating, drinking, carding, dicing, riot and excess, so that they turn this Lords day set apart to his worship, into a day to offer sacrifice to the devil. The second sort is of them which live more civilly then the former, yet they think they may do their own business, and take journeys on this day; and that upon this false ground, that a man may aswell and with as honest and good an heart serve God in his own business at home, as they which go to Church. But by this they make the Lords day appointed to his service, their own day, to do their own work, and not his. The third sort is, of those which keep the Sabbath only at morning and evening Prayer, but as for the rest of the day, they may