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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.
Saying, I am Alpha and Omega. 1Before he described the voice which he heard, as a means of this preparation, by the place. Secondly, the quality, A great voice like the sound of a trumpet. In these words he proceedeth further to describe this voice in this eleventh verse, & setteth down the substance and matter of this voice which he heard: which standeth in two ⟨p. 82⟩things. The first, a testimony, in these words: I am Alpha and Omega, &c. The second, a commandment, to write all these words, &c.
Saying, I am Alpha and Omega. 1Before he described the voice which he heard, as a meanes of this preparation, by the place. Secondly, the qualitie, A great voice like the sound of a trumpet. In these words he proceedeth further to describe this voice in this eleuenth verse, & setteth downe the substance and matter of this voice which he heard: which standeth in two ⟨p. 82⟩things. The first, a testimonie, in these words: I am Alpha and Omega, &c. The second, a commandement, to write all these words, &c.
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1 The testimony in substance is in the eighth verse before. In which words of Christ, is, as before, a comparison: namely, as Alpha and Omega are the first and the last letters in the Greek Alphabet: so I, Christ the Son of God, am the first and last of all things; because before me there was nothing, neither after me shall there be any thing in being and subsisting.
1 The testimonie in substance is in the eighth verse before. In which words of Christ, is, as before, a comparison: namely, as Alpha and Omega are the first and the last letters in the Greeke Alphabet: so I, Christ the Sonne of God, am the first and last of all things; because before me there was nothing, neither after me shall there be any thing in being and subsisting.