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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.
Verse 11. Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and that which thou seest write in a book, and send it unto the seven Churches, which are in Asia, unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamus, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardai, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
Verse 11. Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and that which thou seest write in a booke, and send it vnto the seuen Churches, which are in Asia, vnto Ephesus, and vnto Smyrna, and vnto Pergamus, and vnto Thyatira, and vnto Sardai, and vnto Philadelphia, and vnto Laodicea.
These words contain the third description of this voice, whereby Johns heart was prepared, touching the substance and matter which was uttered: which consisteth in two things. The first is a testimony in these words: I am Alpha, and Omega, the first and the last. The second a commandment in the words following: That which thou seest write, and send &c.
These words containe the third description of this voice, whereby Iohns heart was prepared, touching the substance and matter which was vttered: which consisteth in two things. The first is a testimonie in these words: I am Alpha, and Omega, the first and the last. The second a commaundement in the wordes following: That which thou seest write, and send &c.
I. Touching the testimony, the substance thereof is set down in the eight verse, where the words were handled, and the meaning showed. They do serve directly to prove the Godhead, and eternity of Christ, which Christ himself doth here avouch, to give unto John, and unto the Church full assurance, that the things now uttered and delivered, were from God: for saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, it is as much as if he had said: I which speak unto thee am God, and therefore the things I deliver, are from God.