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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.
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⟩covenant to Adam Gen. 3. he prepareth him to receive, and letteth him hear a voice in the garden which made him afraid, and to hide himself: after the Lord speaketh to him face to face, and giveth the covenant to him. So when the Lord would give the law to Moses in the mount,1 first he sent a voice in a mighty thunder, lightning, and sound of a trumpet: after he declared the law to him. 1. Sam. 3. When the Lord would speak to Samuel, he sendeth a voice to him three times, and after he speaketh to him plainly, and calleth him by his name. So commonly in the old Testament, when the Lord will declare his will to his Prophets, he prepareth them by a voice. So to Cornelius, Act. 10. &c.
The meanes to prepare Iohn, is a voice: And I heard a voice. The like to this we haue commonly in the old Testament, where the Lord reuealing his will, doth send a voyce before, to prepare his seruants to receiue his will. So when he would giue the