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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.
That we may have this spiritual life, we must die our selves ere we can live to the Lord: we must first be killed ere we be made alive. If we would live to God, we must suffer the two edged sword ⟨p. 107⟩to pierce to the heart, to cut up and cut off all our corruptions, to suffer it to enter into us, to ransack our rebellious harts, and to be thrust to the hilts, that so it may divide between the spirit & the flesh, pare off all the rotten flesh of corruption in us: for when we are killed to our selves, & discouraged in regard of our own sins, we are most fit to be made alive to God. A body which is almost dead for cold, is the most capable of heat: and when we are thus cast down in regard of our sins, then we must labour to have the comfortable beams of Christ to shine in our hearts, to warm and to quicken us, and his favourable countenance to shine on us: which if we have, though we have neither honour, riches nor preferment, yet we have enough: and if we want that heat, all things else are nothing.
That we may haue this spiritual life, we must die our selues ere we cā liue to the Lord: we must first be killed ere we be made aliue. If we wold liue to God, we must suffer the two edged sword ⟨p. 107⟩to pierce to the heart, to cut vp and cut off all our corruptions, to suffer it to enter into vs, to ransack our rebellious harts, and to be thrust to the hilts, that so it may diuide betweene the spirit & the flesh, pare off al the rottē flesh of corruptiō in vs: for when we are killed to our selues, & discouraged in regard of our own sins, we are most fit to be made aliue to God. A body which is almost dead for cold, is the most capable of heate: and when we are thus cast downe in regard of our sins, then we must labor to haue the comfortable beames of Christ to shine in our hearts, to warme and to quicken vs, and his fauourable countenance to shine on vs: which if we haue, though we haue neither honour, riches nor preferment, yet we haue enough: and if we want that heate, all things else are nothing.