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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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And his voice as the sound of many waters. This he addeth for two causes: first, to show the loudness and greatness of his voice, because this voice of Christ in his word hath gone through the whole world: for the doctrine of Christ hath been sounded in all parts of the world. Secondly, to show the power, force and efficacy of this voice in the ears of his creatures. Christ before all things were, but spake the word, and at his word all things were made. Lazarus lay rotting in his grave, yet he heard the voice of Christ, as of a thousand trumpets sounding in his ears, and rose up: nay the bodies of men being dead six thousand years, even those shall hear the voice of Christ, being a loud and great voice, a powerful and effectual voice.
And his voice as the sound of many waters. This he addeth for two causes: first, to shew the loudnesse and greatnes of his voice, because this voice of Christ in his word hath gone through the whole world: for the doctrine of Christ hath bene sounded in all parts of the world. Secondly, to shew the power, force and efficacy of this voice in the eares of his creatures. Christ before all things were, but spake the word, and at his word all things were made. Lazarus lay rotting in his graue, yet he heard the voice of Christ, as of a thousand trumpets sounding in his eares, and rose vp: nay the bodies of men being dead sixe thousand yeares, euen those shal heare the voice of Christ, being a loud and great voice, a powerfull and effectnall voice.
Seeing this voice of Christ is so loud and powerful a voice that the dead are able to hear it:1 this shows the security and deadness of those men, which though they hear it daily sounding and crying in their ears, as the noise of many waters, yet they will not, as did the dead body of Lazarus, hear and stand up, and come forth of their graves of sin, but still snort in security and rot in their sins. This argueth our great drowsiness, that the dead which have lain six thousand years, shall at this voice rise and awake, and we hearing it both loud and powerful, and public in our ears, will not put up our head nor our heart, not seek to get one foot out of the grave of sin and security.