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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.
In this fear note 3 things▪ first, the cause: secondly, the effect of it: thirdly, the kind of fear. The cause in these words, And when I saw him, &c. which was the appearance of Christ to John in his majesty and glory, which made John exceedingly fear.
In this feare note 3 things▪ first, the cause: secondly, the effect of it: thirdly, the kind of feare. The cause in these words, And when I saw him, &c. which was the appearance of Christ to Iohn in his maiestie and glory, which made Iohn exceedingly feare.
S. John seeing the majesty and glory of Christ, he is exceedingly afraid and astonished as a dead man. We all by nature since the fall of Adam are fearful sinners. Before he fell he walked & talked with God face to face, but after his fall he fled and hid himself, he could not brook his presence, because he had sinned: and since his fall, mans frailty and weakness is such, that he cannot abide the presence and majesty of God: but as Manoah Judg. 13. 22. seeing an Angel of God, said, We shall surely die, because we have seen God: showing that the presence of God, of his majesty, is terrible to sinful man: even so it is with all men.
S. Iohn seeing the maiestie and glory of Christ, he is exceedingly afraid and astonished as a dead mā. We all by nature since the fall of Adam are fearefull sinners. Before he fell he walked & talked with God face to face, but after his fall he fled and hid himselfe, he could not brooke his presence, because he had sinned: and since his fall, mans frailtie and weaknes is such, that he cannot abide the presence and maiestie of God: but as Manoah Iudg. 13. 22. seeing an Angell of God, said, We shall surely die, because we haue seene God: shewing that the presence of God, of his maiestie, is terrible to sinfull man: euen so it is with all men.