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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. 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. Joh. 20. last: the Scriptures be to make us believe in Christ, that so believing we might have eternal life. 1. Joh. 1. •. He declared to them the word of Christ, that by it they might have fellowship with God the Father, Son and holy Ghost, which fellowship is true happiness it self, Joh. 5. 39. Search the scriptures, for in them you think to have eternal life. And in this they differ from all other books and writings of men. For mens writings, being penned either by the light of nature, and so be thence erroneous, and miss of the end of happiness and everlasting life: or else they be penned by them which have light by by the word; and so as they agree with the word, they be grounded on the word, and have all their truth from it.
Blessed is he which reades. Here the holy Ghost setteth downe the proper end of the Scriptures, & of this booke particularly. For the ende of this booke, and so of all other bookes of the Scriptures, is to bring men to happinesse, and felicitie, and life euerlasting.