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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 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.
Seeing Christ hath power ouer hell and death, we must reuerence §2him, do him all honour and obedience we can: if we haue not done this already, yet now to begin; if we haue, then to do it more. Seeing he hath the key of death, he can shut & open, saue and destroy. But if we dishonour and disobey him, then he will not shut but open the doore to death and hell to plague vs. We thinke all is well, Christ he is a Sauiour, and all shall be well; he is mercifull, and so make him our packehorse of our sinnes: but we must know, he is not onely a Sauiour but a Iudge, he can destroy and saue, open and shut, he hath the key of heauen and hel, and of death.
This is a comfort to the godly, which cleave to Christ, that §3he can keep them from hell & death, so as they cannot hurt them: and this consideration might comfort us in time of persecution, in the time of sickness or any calamity.
This is a comfort to the godly, which cleaue to Christ, that §3he can keep them frō hell & death, so as they cannot hurt them: and this consideration might comfort vs in time of persecution, in the time of sicknesse or any calamitie.