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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.
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.
S. Iohn 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 Moyses demaunds of God, If the people should aske who sent him, what he should answere? The Lord bids him say, Ehich, Iehouah hath sent me: which two names serue to one end, namely, to expresse the nature of God. They are translated, I am, and the Lord: but these English words doe not fully expresse their signification. Yet S. Iohn expounds thē here, making Ehich to signifie him which is, which was, and is to come. Which words of Iohn also in the originall be more full in sence than our English tongue can well expresse. And yet they may be thus explaned: Grace and Peace be from him, which is in himselfe, and of himselfe 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 weightie points.