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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.
From him which is, and which was, and which is to come: and from the seven spirits which are before his throne. Here is set down the first cause and author of these two, Grace and Peace, to wit, God himself, distinguished into three persons, the father, son, and holy ghost. The Father is noted in these words: Which is, and which was, and which is to come. The holy ghost in these: And from the seven spirits which are before his throne. The Son in the fifth verse: And from Jesus Christ, which is a faithful witness: and first begotten of the dead, and Lord over the ⟨p. 15⟩kings of the earth, unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, &c.
From him which is, and which was, and which is to come: and from the seuen spirits which are before his throne. Here is set down the first cause and author of these two, Grace and Peace, to wit, God himselfe, distinguished into three persons, the father, son, and holy ghost. The Father is noted in these words: Which is, and which was, and which is to come. The holy ghost in these: And from the seuen spirits which are before his throne. The Sonne in the fift verse: And from Iesus Christ, which is a faithfull witnesse: and first begotten of the dead, and Lord ouer the ⟨p. 15⟩kings of the earth, vnto him that loued vs, and washed vs from our sinnes in his owne bloud, &c.
S. John in the first place describes the father, by a distribution, which expresseth the true nature of God in these words: Which is, was, and is to come. In which he alludes to that, Exod. 3.14, 15. where Moses demands of God, If the people should ask who sent him, what he should answer? The Lord bids him say, Ehich, Jehovah hath sent me: which two names serve to one end, namely, to express the nature of God. They are translated, I am, and the Lord: but these English words do not fully express their signification. Yet S. John expounds them here, making Ehich to signify him which is, which was, and is to come. Which words of John also in the original be more full in sense than our English tongue can well express. And yet they may be thus explained: Grace and Peace be from him, which is in himself, and of himself a most perfect and absolute substance: which was a most perfect substance, and which is to come, a most absolute, perfect, simple substance, and essence. In these words are touched sundry weighty points.