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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 the end of this book and the rest, is to bring men to happiness, we are here admonished, all of us to read and meditate in them, and search them, as Joh. 5. 39. even as we would search for gold, or some precious thing which we would fain find, (so the word imports.) And he addeth the reason: For in them you think to have eternal life.
Seeing the end of this booke and the rest, is to bring men to happinesse, we are here admonished, all of vs to reade and meditate in them, and search them, as Ioh. 5. 39. euen as we would search for gold, or some precious thing which we would faine finde, (so the word imports.) And he addeth the reason: For in them you thinke to haue eternall life.
But some will say: I cannot read, I was never brought up in learning. S. John cuts off this excuse in the next words: Blessed is he which reads or hears the words of this prophecy. So that if he cannot read, yet if he hear and keep it, he is blessed. Then those which can not read them, they must procure others to read, they must hearken and hear diligently.
But some will say: I cannot reade, I was neuer brought vp in learning. S. Iohn cuts off this excuse in the next words: Blessed is he which reades or heares the words of this prophecie. So that if he cannot reade, yet if he heare and keepe it, he is blessed. Then those which can not reade them, they must procure others to reade, they must hearken and heare diligently.
We must learn to carry in mind the distinction between the books of God and writings of men. Gods word brings a man which keeps it to happiness: but mans of them selves can not, unless they have light from the word of God.