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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.
The means whereby he giveth eternal life, is, the mystical conjunction between him & his members. First, God the father giveth Christ to the Church and every true member of the same, as he hath promised to give him. Now he giveth him as he is Mediator of the Church, even whole Christ, yet the Godhead of Christ is not given of the Father, but only by the operation thereof in the manhood, whereby the manhood is made able to satisfy Gods justice: but the manhood of Christ that, is really given, his very substance, his flesh and blood is really given to every believer, and the benefits of the manhood also are truly given us, as righteousness and life eternal, as really as lands or goods are given to men. Now to whom Christ is given, with him God giveth the Spirit of Christ: for Christ and his Spirit come together: and this Spirit createth in the heart of a man the instrument of faith, by which Christ given of God is received of us: and we by faith apprehend his body and blood, and the merits thereof. And we receive not Christ in imagination, or in our brain, but even as God the Father giveth him, in the word and Sacraments really and truly.
The meanes whereby he giueth eternall life, is, the mysticall coniunction betweene him & his members. First, God the father giueth Christ to the Church and euery true member of the same, as he hath promised to giue him. Now he giueth him as he is Mediator of the Church, euen whole Christ, yet the Godhead of Christ is not giuen of the Father, but onely by the operation thereof in the manhood, whereby the manhood is made able to satisfie Gods iustice: but the manhood of Christ that, is really giuen, his very substance, his flesh and bloud is really giuen to euery beleeuer, and the benefits of the manhood also are truly giuen vs, as righteousnesse and life eternall, as really as lands or goods are giuen to men. Now to whom Christ is giuen, with him God giueth the Spirit of Christ: for Christ and his Spirit come together: and this Spirit createth in the heart of a man the instrument of faith, by which Christ giuen of God is receiued of vs: and we by faith apprehend his bodie and bloud, and the merits thereof. And we receiue not Christ in imagination, or in our braine, but euen as God the Father giueth him, in the word and Sacraments really and truly.