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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.
But after this life, is the accomplishment of all miseries, & that is eternal destruction ⟨p. 205⟩and condemnation in hell fire, which to be the end of all misery, appears by this; because it is a separation of mans person from the society & presence of God: and an enduring of Gods wrath in the whole person▪ even in the place of the Devil and damned souls, & that not for a time, but for ever and ever eternally. And thus we see what punishment is, and answerably what misery is, whereby we may see what it is to be wretched: namely in a word to be subject to all miseries; whether we consider them in the r•ot thereof, original sin; or under the form of punishment; in this life, in the whole person, and in soul & body severally: in goods and calling: at the end of this life, and in the world to come.
But after this life, is the accomplishmēt of all miseries, & that is eternal destruction ⟨p. 205⟩and condemnation in hell fire, which to be the end of all misery, appeares by this; because it is a separation of mans person from the societie & presence of God: and an enduring of Gods wrath in the whole person▪ euen in the place of the Diuell and damned soules, & that not for a time, but for euer and euer eternally. And thus we see what punishment is, and answerably what misery is, wherby we may see what it is to be wretched: namely in a word to be subiect to al miseries; whether we consider thē in the r•ot thereof, originall sin; or vnder the forme of punishment; in this life, in the whole person, and in soule & body seuerally: in goods and calling: at the end of this life, and in the world to come.
The proper end that moves Christ to say to this Church, She knew not that she was wretched, is this: to teach this Church and in them us, and all Churches, to learn to know their own miseries, to feel the same, and to be touched in conscience for them. We therefore must learn not to atter our selves with hope of our good state: but labour to see our misery both in sin, & the punishment thereof. And seeing it, strive to be touched with it, that we may cry with the Jews.