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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
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Vers. 17. For thou sayest, I am rich, and made rich, and have need of nothing, and knowest not how thou art wretched and miserable, and poor, & blind, and naked.
Vers. 17. For thou sayst, I am rich, and made rich, and haue need of nothing, and knowest not how thou art wretched and miserable, and poore, & blinde, and naked.
Here is the second sin of this Church, namely, spiritual pride. The words depend upon the former, as a reason thereof; before he charged them with deadness in religion, and here he painteth out the cause thereof; namely, spiritual pride of hart. As if he should say: thou thinkest thus within thy self, I am rich, for it is the manner of the scripture to express the thoughts of men by their speeches; because the thoughts of men, are as evident to Christ, as any mans speeches can be to another.1
Here is the second sin of this Church, namely, spirituall pride. The wordes depend vpon the former, as a reason thereof; before he charged thē with deadnes in religion, and here he painteth out the cause thereof; namely, spirituall pride of hart. As if hee should say: thou thinkest thus within thy selfe, I am rich, for it is the manner of the scripture to expresse the thoughts of men by their speeches; because the thoughts of men, are as euident to Christ, as any mans speeches can bee to another.1
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In that Christ doth express mens secret thoughts and propound the same in this Book; we may hence gather, that it is a part of Canonical scripture, for it is a privilege of the scriptures to set down the thoughts of Countries, of Churches, & of particular men, even as they conceive them. This can no man do in any book of his own devising. And hence we may gather an argument against Atheists; That scriptures are the word of God, because they reveal mens secret thoughts.