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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.
Now in the second place followeth, after the fourth circumstance, the parts of the vision, which be two: first, an entrance into the vision: secondly, the representation of Christ as he is King and Priest to his Church, which is the substance and chief thing in this vision. The entrance is in these words: And I heard a great voice behind me, till the end of the eleventh verse: The vision or the representation of Christ, from the twelfth to the end of the third Chapter.
Now in the second place followeth, after the fourth circumstance, the parts of the vision, which be two: first, an entrance into the vision: secondly, the representation of Christ as he is King and Priest to his Church, which is the substance and chiefe thing in this vision. The entrance is in these words: And I heard a great voice behind me, till the end of the eleuenth verse: The vision or the representation of Christ, from the twelfth to the end of the third Chapter.
The beginning and entrance into the vision, is a preparation, whereby the holy Ghost maketh S. John more fit to receive and mark things to be revealed, which may be heard and seen.
The beginning and entrance into the vision, is a preparation, whereby the holy Ghost maketh S. Iohn more fit to receiue and marke things to be reuealed, which may be heard and seene.
The means to prepare John, is a voice: And I heard a voice. The like to this we have commonly in the old Testament, where the Lord revealing his will, doth send a voice before, to prepare his servants to receive his will. So when he would give the ⟨p. 80⟩