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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.
Seeing Christ alone hath power over hell and death,1 no creature else properly hath authority to forgive sin, but only Christ; for he which can forgive sin, must have power over hell and death: but he can take away death the punishment of sin, and hell the reward of it: ergo he alone can forgive sin. Then we see the Priesthood of the church of Rome is full of blasphemy, who hold, that man called thereunto, can properly forgive sin; not only pronounce sin to be forgiven, as the reformed churches hold, and which they deny, but properly to forgive sin.
Seeing Christ alone hath power ouer hell and death,1 no creature else properly hath authoritie to forgiue sinne, but onely Christ; for he which can forgiue sinne, must haue power ouer hell and death: but he can take away death the punishment of sin, and hell the reward of it: ergo he alone can forgiue sin. Then we see the Priesthood of the church of Rome is full of blasphemie, who hold, that man called thereunto, can properly forgiue sinne; not only pronounce sinne to be forgiuen, as the reformed churches hold, and which they denie, but properly to forgiue sinne.
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Seeing Christ hath power over hell and death, we must reverence §2him, do him all honour and obedience we can: if we have not done this already, yet now to begin; if we have, then to do it more. Seeing he hath the key of death, he can shut & open, save and destroy. But if we dishonour and disobey him, then he will not shut but open the door to death and hell to plague us. We think all is well, Christ he is a Saviour, and all shall be well; he is merciful, and so make him our packhorse of our sins: but we must know, he is not only a Saviour but a Judge, he can destroy and save, open and shut, he hath the key of heaven and hell, and of death.