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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
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Then hence, the defence of consubstantiation and real presence of the body of Christ is in the sacrament, is but needless, seeing it is sufficient Christ is present in spirit, not bodily any more, but we must lift up our harts to heaven, and there for ever ⟨p. 92⟩live and rest in him.
Then hence, the defence of consubstantiation and reall presence of the body of Chirst is in the sacrament, is but needlesse, seeing it is sufficient Christ is present in spirit, not bodily any more, but we must lift vp our harts to heauen, and there for euer ⟨p. 92⟩liue and rest in him.
The Papists gather of this, in that Christ appeared after his ascension in the appearance and form of a man, that they may make the image of Christ, who being God appeared in the form of a man. Secondly the Father, who is figured by an old man, Dan. 9. and the holy Ghost in the form of a Dove, they hold they may picture them, not in any form but in that they appeared. Answer. It is not unlawful for us to have the pictures of the Father, Son and holy Ghost as they appeared in form, as Christ in a man, the Father in an old man, the holy Ghost in a Dove, to illustrate and set out the history: but we deny and hold it unlawful to have any of them, or the picture of Christ (if it were to be had) to religious uses, to put us in remembrance of Christ, to worship God, in, or at, or by it: for thus to worship God is flat against the second commandment.
The Papists gather of this, in that Christ appeared after his ascension in the appearance and forme of a man, that they may make the image of Christ, who being God appeared in the forme of a man. Secondly the Father, who is figured by an old man,