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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.
First, he hath sufficient life in, of, and from himself: which appeareth thus: life is two-fold, uncreated or created: uncreated, as the life of God which is infinite, eternal, in and of it self sufficient. Now Christ as he is God he liveth by this uncreated life, which is all one with his Godhead. Secondly, there is a created life, which is twofold: first, natural preserved by meat and drink: secondly, spiritual, which is by immediate fellowship with God, when we live by the immediate operation of Gods spirit, not by meat and drink. And Christ he liveth this spiritual life, so that he liveth, first, by an uncreated life as he is God: secondly, he liveth a spiritual life, his body and soul being sustained in the second person of the Trinity: therefore he hath in himself most absolute and perfect life. And he giveth life to others two ways: first, as he is God, and so he giveth life to all men good and bad: he is the author life in all things which live.1 In him we live, move, and have our being: he giveth life and he preserveth the same. Secondly, he giveth spiritual life to his ⟨p. 113⟩Church and children as he is redeemer of mankind: he liveth that we might live by him. Joh. 14. 19. and as he died not for himself alone, so he liveth not for himself alone, but for us, that we by him might have spiritual life: as appeareth Colos. 3. Our life is hid with God in Christ. And for this cause, though Christ be in heaven, yet we eat his body and drink his blood really in a spiritual manner, and they be the spiritual nourishment of our souls. We live by the spiritual life of Christ; and that for these two causes: first, because he hath sufficient life in himself: and secondly, because he giveth life to others: therefore he saith, I am he which liveth.
First, he hath sufficient life in, of, and from himselfe: which appeareth thus: life is two-fold, vncreated or created: vncreated, as the life of God which is infinite, eternall, in and of it selfe sufficient. Now Christ as he is God he liueth by this vncreated life, which is all one with his Godhead. Secondly, there is a created life, which is twofold: first, naturall preserued by meate and drinke: secondly, spirituall, which is by immediate fellowship with God, when we liue by the immediate operation of Gods spirit, not by meat and drinke. And Christ he liueth this spirituall life, so that he liueth, first, by an vncreated life as he is God: secondly, he liueth a spirituall life, his bodie and soule being sustained in the second person of the Trinitie: therefore he hath in himselfe most absolute and perfect life. And he giueth life to others two wayes: first, as he is God, and so he giueth life to all men good and bad: he is the author life in all things which liue.