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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.
Unto the Angel. This word is two ways used: first, it signifieth the Minister or Pastor of the particular Church of Ephesus▪ and so it is taken commonly and of the most. Secondly, it may signify a company of Ministers or governors of the particular Church of Ephesus:1 as Paul biddeth them take heed to the flock, of which they were [Greek or Hebrew] overseers: showing, there were many Ministers of the particular Church of Ephesus. And so this word Angel, may signify the whole company of Ministers of that Church: as we see in Scripture the naming of one man signifieth a whole multitude. God biddeth Moses send my son, &c. by which particular he noteth the whole body of the Israelites. So though Antichrist be not one particular man, but the whole succession of Popes,2 yet Paul calleth him that Antichrist, and that child of perdition & so it skilleth not whether we take it for one man, or the whole multitude of governors.
Vnto the Angell. This word is two waies vsed: first, it signifieth the Minister or Pastor of the particular Church of Ephesus▪ and so it is taken commonly and of the most. Secondly, it may signifie a companie of Ministers or gouernours of the particular Church of Ephesus:1 as Paule biddeth thē take heed to the flocke, of which they were 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 ouerseers: shewing, there were many Ministers of the particular Church of Ephesus. Aud so this word Angell, may signifie the whole cōpanie of Ministers of that Church: as we see in Scripture the naming of one man signifieth a whole multitude. God biddeth Moses send my sonne, &c. by which particular he noteth the whole bodie of the Israelites. So thogh Antichrist be not one particular man, but the whole successiō of Popes,2 yet Paul calleth him that Antichrist, and that child of perdition & so it skilleth not whether we take it for one man, or the whole multitude of gouernors.