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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.
Ob. But how cometh it, that the word of God should wound or kill any? how should it slay a wicked and unrepentant sinner?
Ob. But how cometh it, that the word of God should wound or kill any? how should it slay a wicked and vnrepentant sinner?
Answ. We must know there be three degrees of spiritual death: ⟨p. 102⟩The first is, the separation of body and soul, when the body is laid in the grave, the soul conveyed to the place of torments. The second is, when a sinner in this life by the word is wounded and smitten, and so receiveth in his heart a deadly wound. The third degree is at the end of this life, at the last judgement, when soul and body shall go into hell fire: for even a sinner receiveth his deadly wound in this life, which is the first steppe to hell and eternal death in the life to come.
Answ. We must know there be three degrees of spirituall death: ⟨p. 102⟩The first is, the separation of bodie and soule, when the bodie is laid in the graue, the soule conueyed to the place of torments. The second is, when a sinner in this life by the word is wounded and smitten, and so receiueth in his heart a deadly wound. The third degree is at the end of this life, at the last iudgement, whē soule and bodie shall go into hell fire: for euen a sinner receiueth his deadly wound in this life, which is the first steppe to hell and eternall death in the life to come.