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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.
The entrance into the vision is a preparation, whereby the Lord maketh John more fit to apprehend and receive the things revealed. In which preparation we must observe first the means: secondly, the parts thereof. The means whereby God prepareth him, is a voice: And I heard a voice. The like manner of preparation hath God used in former times when he intended to make with Adam the covenant of reconciliation in the seed of the woman: First, he prepared him by a voice speaking unto him before he appeared, and by this voice caused him to sly for fear. Then having rebuked him for his sins, he made with him this covenant of grace, Genes. 3.
The entrance into the vision is a preparation, whereby the Lord maketh Iohn more fit to apprehend and receiue the things reuealed. In which preparation we must obserue first the meanes: secondly, the parts thereof. The meanes whereby God prepareth him, is a voyce: And I heard a voyce. The like manner of preparation hath God vsed in former times when hee intended to make with Adam the couenant of reconciliation in the seed of the woman: First, he prepared him by a voyce speaking vnto him before he appeared, and by this voyce caused him to slie for feare. Then hauing rebuked him for his sinnes, he made with him this couenant of grace, Genes. 3.
And in mount Sinai before the Lord gave the law,1 he first came down in thundering and lightning, and with the sound of a trumpet to terrify the people: and then he uttered his law to Moses, and to his people. So when the Lord would instruct Samuel touching the house of Ely,2 he awoke him by a voice, again, and again: and then spake plainly unto him. And in all visions usually, and generally the Lord useth to prepare his servants by voices, by signs, and words, that they might be more fit to receive such things as he revealed.