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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.
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. Eccles. 12. 5. and Prou. 16. 31. it is compared to a silver crown, not made by man, but made and placed by the hand of God on the aged mans head. This excellency of the hoary head is in this, that he beareth in his person the image of Gods eternity, before all younger men: he standeth in the room of God, to show Gods eternity to men: namely, in this old and white head of his.
Seeing our Sauiour Christ vseth this hoarinesse and whitenes of the old gray head,1 to set out his eternitie and euer-being, he would shew the excellencie and honor of aged men, of the old gray headed man, which other younger want: and for this, he compareth the old gray head to almond trees which are alwaies white. Eccles. 12. 5. and Prou. 16. 31. it is compared to a siluer crowne, not made by man, but made and placed by the hand of God on the aged mans head. This excellencie of the hoarie head is in this, that he beareth in his person the image of Gods eternitie, before all younger men: he standeth in the roome of God, to shew Gods eternitie to men: namely, in this old and white head of his.
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