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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.
Now followeth the third part of the distinction, though I was dead, yet I have the keys of hell and death. In these words we must not imagine hell to be a bodily place, kept with lock and key as our houses be. Nay, it cannot be proved out of the Scriptures that it is a bodily place, or the punishment of hell in regard of our soul and conscience is bodily, seeing it is the sense & feeling of Gods wrath and vengeance in body and soul, therefore it is rather spiritual. But Christ here borroweth a comparison from earthly stewards, who when they have any thing committed to them, and have the keys put into their hands, this ⟨p. 117⟩showeth they have power and authority of all. So Christ hath the keys of hell and death, that is, power over hell and death, and dominion of them both. As if he had said, Though I once was dead in the grave, yet now I have power and dominion over hell and death, and have vanquished them both.
Now followeth the third part of the distinction, though I was dead, yet I haue the keyes of hell and death. In these words we must not imagine hell to be a bodily place, kept with locke and key as our houses be. Nay, it cannot be proued out of the Scriptures that it is a bodily place, or the punishment of hell in regard of our soule and conscience is bodily, seeing it is the sense & feeling of Gods wrath and vengeance in bodie and soule, therfore it is rather spirituall. But Christ here borroweth a comparison from earthly stewards, who when they haue any thing committed to them, and haue the keyes put into their hands, this ⟨p. 117⟩sheweth they haue power and authority of al. So Christ hath the keyes of hell and death, that is, power ouer hell and death, and dominion of them both. As if he had said, Though I once was dead in the graue, yet now I haue power and dominion ouer hell and death, and haue vanquished them both.
Seeing Christ alone hath power over hell and death,