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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.
Seeing Christ knoweth all our thoughts,1 so as he can make them manifest and open: note, that though we may live so as men cannot judge of our hypocrisy, yet Christ seeth our dealings: & as the sun is manifest to our eye, so our actions are clear to his eye. This should make us take heed to all our ways and works, that we do or think nothing but as in his presence; for we cannot blind his eyes, but he seeth it even as clearly as we see the light of the sun. If men of occupations would consider this, that all their actions are clear to Christ, they would not commit so much cruelty and injustice; there would not be so many sins practised of us daily as there are.
Seeing Christ knoweth all our thoughts,1 so as he can make thē manifest and open: note, that though we may liue so as men cannot iudge of our hypocrisie, yet Christ seeth our dealings: & as the sunne is manifest to our eye, so our actions are cleare to his eye. This should make vs take heed to all our waies and workes, that we do or thinke nothing but as in his presence; for we cannot blind his eyes, but he seeth it euen as clearely as we see the light of the sunne. If men of occupations would consider this, that all their actions are cleare to Christ, they would not commit so much crueltie and iniustice; there would not be so many sins practised of vs dayly as there are.
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And when I saw him, 1I fell at his feet as dead. In these seventeenth & eighteenth verses, John proceeds to describe our saviour Christ as God gave him a vision, by other arguments, that is, by his actions. The first action is contained in these seventeenth and 18. verses, which is a confirmation of S. John, being greatly afraid: