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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.
The action of the Sun is to warm and comfort dead and cold bodies, and to revive them: as we see in the spring time, it revives those creatures which before were as dead with cold: so Christ giveth not only light but life, he giveth spiritual comfort to bodies frozen for cold, he comforts them & revives them by his spiritual heat, and for this is called the Sun of righteousness, comforting our cold and frozen hearts in sin and iniquity.
The action of the Sunne is to warme and comfort dead and cold bodies, and to reuiue them: as we see in the spring time, it reuiues those creatures which before were as dead with cold: so Christ giueth not onely light but life, he giueth spiritual comfort to bodies frozen for cold, he comforts them & reuiues them by his spirituall heate, and for this is called the Sunne of righteousnesse, comforting our cold and frozen hearts in sinne and iniquitie.
Then we must labour above all things,1 to be partakers of this spiritual life and comfort, which cometh by the spiritual heat of Christ. As men will in winter go into the Sun, to feel the heat of the beams: so must we come out of our sins, get into the sun-shine of Christ, that his beams may stream upon us plenteously, to have life conveyed to our benumbed and dead consciences. We will seek to have honour, riches, preferments, and pleasures of this life, but Psa. 44. we should desire the Sun of righteousness to shine on us with the beams of mercy, to have him quicken our dead hearts with the heat of his holy spirit.
Then we must labour aboue all things,1 to be partakers of this spirituall life and comfort, which cometh by the spirituall heate of Christ. As men will in winter go into the Sunne, to feele the heate of the beames: so must we come out of our sinnes, get into the sun-shine of Christ, that his beames may streame vpon vs plenteously, to haue life conueyed to our benummed and dead consciences. We will seeke to haue honour, riches, preferments, and pleasures of this life, but