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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.
For the first, to reveal his fathers will to the Church immediately, is his office as he is a Prophet: for none hath seen God, but he which came from the bosom of the father, and he hath declared him, John 1.18. Now Christ declares the father, by making known his will: and that he hath done not only in his own person, while he lived on earth, but from the beginning by all the Prophets, and so will do to the end by all true preachers: for in the Church the father doth all things by the Son. When the Lord rained fire on Sodom, Gen. 19.24. there Jehovah the father rained down by Jehovah the Son. So when the covenant was made to our first parents, it was made in Christ the promised seed. It was renewed to Noah, Abraham, and the patriarchs, from the father by the Son: for that Jehovah, which appeared to Moses in the bush, Exod. 3. is by S. Paul called Christ. 1. Cor. 10. The Prophets and the Apostles wrote as they were inspired by Christ; they were but his instruments to speak and write that he put into them by the holy ghost. The matter, and the style, and phrase of the Scripture, all came from Christ. Nay, when any particular man comes to understand the Scriptures, this is by the working of Christ, he opens his eyes. He gave the disciples understanding,1 as they went unto Emmaus to understand the Scriptures.
For the first, to reueale his fathers will to the Church immediately, is his office as he is a Prophet: for none hath seen God, but he which came from the bosome of the father, and he hath declared him, Iohn 1.18. Now Christ declares the father, by making knowne his will: and that he hath done not onely in his owne person, while he liued on earth, but from the beginning by all the Prophets, and so will do to the end by all true preachers: for in the Church the father doth all things by the sonne. When the Lord rained fire on Sodome, Gen. 19.24. there Iehouah the father rained downe by Iehouah the sonne. So when the couenant was made to our first parents, it was made in Christ the promised seed. It was renued to Noah, Abraham, and the patriarkes, from the father by the sonne: for that Iehouah, which appeared to Moses in the bush,