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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.
II. point. The cause for which he came into this Isle, is expressly set down, for the word of God: that is, because he was a publisher and preacher of the word of God: for the performance of which duty he was banished. By which we may note, That all natural men (as Domitian and his court, and all the Gentiles, without Gods special calling) do bear a deadly hatred towards Gods word. For S. John was a most worthy Apostle, a famous man for gifts, a singular preacher of the word of God; yet is hated, nay banished, not for his own cause, but for the word of God. This hatred hath appeared in the heathen emperors, by their bloody persecutions against the preachers and professors of this word: and yet though men hate it naturally, the same word winneth them, and taketh place in their hearts for their conversion, and causeth them to love it: so as successively it hath been spread over all the world. Which shows against the Atheist, That the word taught by the Prophets and Apostles, is indeed the true word of God, not the invention of man: for mans word being hated, cannot win unto it him which hateth it: but the word of God prevaileth by grace in the hearts of those who hate it by nature, which it could not do, unless there were in it some divine power.
II. point. The cause for which hee came into this Isle, is expresly set downe, for the word of God: that is, because he was a publisher and preacher of the word of God: for the performance of which dutie he was banished. By which wee may note, That all naturall men (as Domitian and his court, and all the Gentiles, without Gods speciall calling) doe beare a deadly hatred towards Gods word. For S. Iohn was a most worthy Apostle, a famous man for gifts, a singular preacher of the word of God; yet is hated, nay banished, not for his owne cause, but for the word of God. This hatred hath appeared in the heathen emperours, by their bloudie persecutions against the preachers and professors of this word: and yet though men hate it naturally, the same word winneth them, and taketh place in their hearts for their conuersion, and causeth them to loue it: so as successiuely it hath beene spread ouer all the world. Which shews against the Atheist, That the word taught by the Prophets and Apostles, is indeed the true word of God, not the inuention of man: for mans word being hated, cannot win vnto it him which hateth it: but the word of God preuaileth by grace in the hearts of those who hate it by nature, which it could not doe, vnlesse there were in it some diuine power.