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A godly and learned exposition or commentary upon the three first chapters of the…A godly and learned exposition or commentarie vpon the three first chapters of the…
A godly and learned exposition or commentary upon the three first chapters of the Revelation. Preached in Cambridge by that reverend and judicious divine, master William Perkins, Ann. Dom. 1595. First published for the benefit of Gods Church, by Robert Hill, Bachelor of DivinityA godly and learned exposition or commentarie vpon the three first chapters of the Reuelation. Preached in Cambridge by that reuerend and judicious diuine, maister William Perkins, Ann. Dom. 1595. First published for the benefit of Gods Church, by Robert Hill, Bachelor of Diuinitie
London: printed by Adam Islip for Cuthbert Burbie, 1606
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.
Further, in the pillars erected by men, their names were written or engraven: And to this practise Christ alludeth, saying; that he that is made a pillar in the triumphant Church, shall have names written on him; these names are three. I. The Name of my God: that is, I will make it manifest, that this man is indeed the son of God, and that God is all in all unto him. The second Name is; The Name of the City of my God: By City, he meaneth not the triumphant Church, but the place where the triumphant Church shall be; to wit, the highest heaven▪ as it is taken, Revel. 21.10. So that hereby Christ would teach us thus much; that he which overcometh, shall be known to be a Citizen of heaven, and that the privileges of that kingdom belong unto him
Further, in the pillars erected by men, their names were written or engrauen: And to this practise Christ alludeth, saying; that hee that is made a pillar in the triumphant Church, shall haue names written on him; these names are three. I. The Name of my God: that is, I will make it manifest, that this man is indeed the sonne of God, and that God is all in all vnto him. The second Name is; The Name of the Cittie of my God: By Cittie, he meaneth not the tryumphant Church, but the place where the tryumphant Church shall be; to wit, the highest heauen▪ as it is taken, Reuel. 21.10. So that hereby Christ would teach vs thus much; that hee which ouercommeth, shall bee knowne to be a Cittizen of heauen, and that the priuiledges of that kingdom belong vnto him
And lest any should doubt, what is meant by the City of God, Christ here described it: first, by the resemblance thereof, calling it Jerusalem: because that City, in regard of the Temple especially, was a figure of the kingdom of heaven. Secondly, he calleth it, the new Jerusalem: that is, the place of the triumphant Church, even the highest heaven: Which is not called new in respect of being, for it was from the beginning; but in respect of the manner of revealing and manifesting it. for in the old Testament, the New Jerusalem was revealed to the