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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.
This confutes first the Papists, who hold that the written word is but a dead & inky letter, a nose of wax to be turned any way▪ ⟨p. 84⟩secondly, the Anabaptists who look for revelations, contemn the written word: but seeing the Lord bids him send it to the seven Churches in Asia, he showeth it is an excellent means to edify the Church.
This confutes first the Papists, who hold that the writtē word is but a dead & inky letter, a nose of waxe to be turned any way▪ ⟨p. 84⟩secondly, the Anabaptists who looke for reuelations, contemne the written word: but seeing the Lord bids him send it to the seuen Churches in Asia, he sheweth it is an excellent meanes to edifie the Church.
We may learn,1 that the reading of this book, as of other Scripture, is Gods ordinance, whether it be public or private, and that they must be so used as Gods ordinance with reverence and good conscience. Indeed the word preached is the ordinary means to begin faith, and to work repentance: but the reading of them publicly and privately, hath his proper use to confirm our faith, yea to increase knowledge, faith and repentance in us.
We may learne,1 that the reading of this booke, as of other Scripture, is Gods ordinance, whether it be publike or priuate, and that they must be so vsed as Gods ordinance with reuerence and good conscience. Indeed the word preached is the ordinary meanes to begin faith, and to worke repentance: but the reading of them publikely and priuatly, hath his proper vse to confirme our faith, yea to increase knowledge, faith and repentance in vs.