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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.
About the paps: not the belly, but breast. Some think (and not unfitly) to show, that his thoughts and affections which came from the heart, they be most perfect, ranged in, not subject to any sin, but guided by the spirit, which with full measure dwelleth in him bodily.
About the paps: not the belly, but breast. Some thinke (and not vnfitly) to shew, that his thoughts and affections which came from the heart, they be most perfect, ranged in, not subiect to any sinne, but guided by the spirit, which with full measure dwelleth in him bodily.
And his head as white as wool. Now S. John describeth Christ by the parts of his body: first, his head is as white as wool or snow, which is to show the eternity of Christ: for though as he was man he had a beginning; yet as he is God, he is eternal: he is the ancient of days, Dan. 9. and when all things began, he was before.
And his head as white as wooll. Now S. Iohn describeth Christ by the parts of his bodie: first, his head is as white as wooll or snow, which is to shew the eternitie of Christ: for though as he was man he had a beginning; yet as he is God, he is eternall: he is the auncient of dayes, Dan. 9. and when all things began, he was before.
Seeing our Saviour Christ useth this hoariness and whiteness of the old grey head,1 to set out his eternity and ever-being, he would show the excellency and honour of aged men, of the old grey headed man, which other younger want: and for this, he compareth the old grey head to almond trees which are always white.