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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.
This answer is agreeable to this text, for the church of Ephesus is here blamed, not for quite loosing her love• but because she had left her first love, suffering it to decay and wax less than it was at their first conversion.
This answer is agreeable to this text, for the church of Ephesus is here blamed, not for quite loosing her loue• but because she had left her first loue, suffering it to decay and waxelesse than it was at their first conuersion.
And because this doctrine is oppugned earnestly, not only by the church of Rome, but also by some churches and schools of the Protestants: I will first show the truth hereof out of Gods word, and then scan the chief reasons that are brought against it. That grace cannot be wholly and finally lost, these reasons prove: I. Matth. 16.18. The promise is made to Peter, and in him to all the faithful: That upon that faith which he professed, Christ would build his temple, and the gates of hell should not prevail against it. Which last words must be marked, for they intimate, that the devil with his adherents would show much force and violence against the faith of the elect, but yet they should never get the victory, or overcome it wholly. II. Matth. 24.24, Christ foretelling that false Prophets should come, saith: They should seduce, if it were possible, the very elect. Where he taketh this for granted, that the elect, albeit they may be assaulted grievously, yet they can never be wholly or finally drawn away from their faith. III. John. 10.27, 28, My sheep hear my voice (saith Christ) and I know them, and they follow me: and I give unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish. To this they answer: It is true, they shall never perish, so long as they remain the sheep of Christ. But that cavil is cut off in the next words: Neither shall any pluck them out of my hands, my father which gave them me, is greater than all, and none is able to pluck them out of my