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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.
And his face shone, &c. For as the Sun is to the world, so is Christ to his Church. Now as the Sun performeth two duties to men, so doth Christ: the first is, to give light and drive away darkness, to take away the night, and bring the day: so Christ he is the Sun of righteousness. Malach. 3. He giveth the light of knowledge to his servants, he sendeth the light of the ⟨p. 106⟩word which can dispel darkness, and enlighten his people in the knowledge of his will and word.
And his face shone, &c. For as the Sunne is to the world, so is Christ to his Church. Now as the Sun performeth two duties to men, so doth Christ: the first is, to giue light and driue away darkenesse, to take away the night, and bring the day: so Christ he is the Sunne of righteousnesse. Malach. 3. He giueth the light of knowledge to his seruants, he sendeth the light of the ⟨p. 106⟩word which can dispel darknes, and enlighten his people in the knowledge of his will and word.
Then are we bound to labour above all things for knowledge of his will and word.1 First, when the day dawneth, we set open our doors and windows, to receive the light and comfort of the same: now Christ is in the midst of his Church, he sendeth light, he shineth clearly, being the Son of righteousness: then we must open the doors of our hearts, and the windows of our souls and consciences, to receive his light and comfort into us.
Then are we bound to labour aboue al things for knowledge of his will and word.