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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.
Here Saint John describeth Christ further by other Arguments: namely, by sundry actions of his. The first whereof, is a confirmation of John, being sore afraid, set down in this & the next verse. In which action note two things: First, the occasion thereof: Secondly, the mean• of his confirmation. The occasion was Johns exceeding fear, set down in these words: And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. The means of confirmation, as in the words following, Then he laid his hand• upon me, &c.
Here Saint Iohn describeth Christ further by other Arguments: namely, by sundry actions of his. The first whereof, is a confirmation of Iohn, being sore afraid, set downe in this & the next verse. In which action note two things: First, the occasion therof: Secondly, the mean• of his confirmation. The occasion was Iohns exceeding feare, set downe in these words: And when I saw him, I fell at his feete as dead. The meanes of confirmation, as in the words following, Then hee layed his hand• vpon me, &c.
For the occasion. Johns fear was exceeding great, and that of death: as appeareth by Christ his confirmation: wherein he telleth John, That be liveth, and hath power over death. In this his fear note sundry points; The cause, the effect, and the kind of this fear. For the first: The cause was Christ his appearance in glo• ry and majesty unto John, set down in these words, When I saw him. Where we learn, that sinful men since Adams fall cannot abide the presence of God. (a)Adam before his fall talked face to face with God without fear: but so soon as he had sinned, (b)be fled away at the hearing of his voice, and hid himself among the trees of the garden. This fear cometh by reason of mans guiltiness before God. Hence Manoah said unto his wife,