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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.
Then in the next place followeth the kind of fear: I fell at his feet as dead, &c. showing it was a godly & religious reverence in the ⟨p. 110⟩heart of John: for this kind of prostrating the body, is a sign of godly reverence and religious fear.
Thē in the next place followeth the kind of feare: I fel at his feet as dead, &c. shewing it was a godly & religious reuerence in the ⟨p. 110⟩heart of Iohn: for this kind of prostrating the body, is a signe of godly reuerence and religious feare.
We must learn by this example,1 to cast down our selves in the presence of Christ as John did, and to lie prostrate at his feet. Ob. But some may say: Christ is not present, we cannot now fall at his feet, seeing he is in heaven. Answ. Though Christ be now in heaven, yet he hath his footstool on earth, and his feet may be said to be here on earth. For the mercy seat, that was a sign of Gods presence, though that be taken away, God hath yet his footstool on earth. Psal. 99. 5. For wheresoever the Church of God is assembled to pray unto him, there is Christ truly present, and there is his footstool, and there should we cast down our selves, our souls and bodies to Christ, he being there present. Now though S. Johns fear be a godly fear, yet it is stained with sin: for it is joined with immoderate fear of death. Then we see, that the most holy affections of righteous men, they have their imperfections, they be stained with sin, because they be sanctified but in part, and in part be corrupt. And there is no man which hath true filial fear, but he hath withal a servile fear of hell and damnation.