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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.
Blessed are they which hear, &c. 1Here is the seventh and last argument of this description of the Revelation: which is, by the fruit, effect, and the profit which comes of it, being heard or read: and joined with marking and attention, it brings happiness.
Blessed are they which heare, &c. 1Here is the seuenth and last argument of this description of the Reuelation: which is, by the fruite, effect, and the profite which comes of it, being heard or read: and ioyned with marking and attention, it brings happinesse.
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Blessed. That is, blessedness which stands in the fellowship of God, and life everlasting belongs to them, which hear and read this book, and mark it, keep it in memory, remember the things contained in it, being a prophecy of the estate of the Church, partly present, partly to come.
Blessed. That is, blessednesse which stands in the fellowship of God, and life euerlasting belongs to them, which heare and reade this booke, and marke it, keepe it in memorie, remember the things contained in it, being a prophecie of the estate of the Church, partly present, partly to come.
Blessed is he which reads. Here the holy Ghost setteth down the proper end of the Scriptures, & of this book particularly. For the end of this book, and so of all other books of the Scriptures, is to bring men to happiness, and felicity, and life everlasting.