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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 second point is, that Christ among all the seven Churches writeth to the Church of Ephesus: first, which is not, because it had authority above the rest, but because it was in riches and estimation above the rest, and was the mother city: for they were all candlesticks, and all golden candlesticks: but because it excelled, all other cities in riches and estimation; for that he directeth his Epistle first to this Church. By which he showeth, that those Churches, towns, and people which excel either in riches and estimation, and other temporal gifts, they must also excel in the graces of God. And so all men in particular, as they excel in riches and estimation, they must excel others in godliness and religion. So then, each town must (as it excelleth other, in that it hath a greater name, greater riches, or other temporal blessings) go before other which want them. If they excel other in these, and be inferior in godliness and religion, it is a shame for them before God and man too.
The second point is, that Christ among all the seuen Churches writeth to the Church of Ephesus: first, which is not, because it had authoritie aboue the rest, but because it was in riches and estimation aboue the rest, and was the mother citie: for they were all candlestickes, and all golden candlestickes: but because it excelled, all other cities in riches and estimation; for that he directeth his Epistle first to this Church. By which he sheweth, that those Churches, townes, and people which excell either in riches and estimation, and other temporall gifts, they must also excell in the graces of God. And so all men in particular, as they excell in riches and estimation, they must excel others in godlinesse and religion. So then, each town must (as it excelleth other, in that it hath a greater name, greater riches, or other temporall blessings) go before other which want them. If they excell other in these, and be inferiour in godlinesse and religion, it is a shame for them before God and man too.
The Epistle hath three parts, (as all ordinary Epistles have) first, a preface: secondly, a proposition: thirdly, a conclusion. The preface in the first verse.
The Epistle hath three parts, (as all ordinarie Epistles haue) first, a preface: secondly, a proposition: thirdly, a conclusion. The preface in the first verse.