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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.
And hath washed us from our sins in his blood. Here is the second benefit and action of Christ to his church. Where first of all the very phrase, hath washed us, doth import, that the sins of men are as filthy spots in their souls: and that himself and this church of God were touched with a serious consideration of their vileness, by reason of their sins: for washing presupposeth former filthiness and pollution. Thus did David most sensibly feel his own filthiness, and see his miserable estate, when he desired the Lord to (a)wash him throughly: confessing thereby, that his soul and body were so foully stained, and polluted with sin, that once washing was not enough: but saith he, Wash me again and again, rinse, bathe, and swill me in the blood of Christ, till I be purged and cleansed from all my sins. And this same affection should be in every one of us: we should labour, that our hearts may be touched with a lively sense of our vile estate, by reason of our sins, which make both body and soul most ugly and filthy in Gods sight▪ and that the stain hereof is so deeply set in our souls, that we can never be cleansed, but by the washing of Christ his own hand, and that in his own hearts blood: yea, that one washing will not serve, but we must be rinsed and bathed therein. For till such time as this consideration do in ⟨p. 24⟩some measure take place in our hearts, it is not possible that we should loath sin as we ought: or come to this comfortable assurance of Gods love, that he hath washed away our sins in his blood: for this humility in our souls by reason of our sins, is the beginning of all true grace and comfort. Now this work of Christ in washing us from our sins, doth comprehend a double benefit.
And hath washed vs from our sinnes in his bloud. Here is the second benefit and action of Christ to his church. Where first of all the very phrase, hath washed vs, doth import, that the sinnes of men are as filthie spots in their soules: and that himselfe and this church of God were touched with a serious consideration of their vilenesse, by reason of their sinnes: for washing presupposeth former filthinesse and pollution. Thus did Dauid most sensibly feele his owne filthinesse, and see his miserable estate, when he desired the Lord to (a)