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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.
I. point. If not, I will come against thee shortly, that is, if thou do not practise this remedy and the duties therein prescribed, especially the duty of repentance; then will I come against thee shortly. The words may as well be read thus, If not, then will I come to thee shortly: For so they are in the original, and do contain in them sufficient and profitable instruction. God is said to come to any people two ways, in mercy, and in judgement. In mercy when he testifieth his presence by works of mercy: As when Christ in spirit went unto the old world and preached unto them in the person of Noah an hundred and twenty years before the flood, 1. Pet. 3.19, 20. Secondly, God cometh in judgement when he testifieth his presence by judgements. In the second commandment God saith, He will visit the sins of the fathers upon the children, that is, he will make inquiry among the children for the fathers sins, and if he find them to live in the same sins that their fathers did, then will he punish them, this is properly to visit. So in this place, If thou repent not I will come unto thee, and testify my presence, not in mercy but in judgement.
I. point. If not, I will come against thee shortly, that is, if thou do not practise this remedie and the duties therein prescribed, especially the dutie of repentance; then will I come against thee shortly. The words may as well bee read thus, If not, then will I come to thee shortly: For so they are in the originall, and doe containe in them sufficient and profitable instruction. God is said to come to any people two wayes, in mercie, and in iudgement. In mercie when he testifieth his presence by workes of mercie: As when Christ in spirit went vnto the old world and preached vnto them in the person of Noe an hundred and twentie yeares before the floud, 1. Pet. 3.19, 20. Secondly, God commeth in iudgement when hee testifieth his presence by iudgements. In the second commandement God saith, He wil visite the sinnes of the fathers vpon the children, that is, he will make inquirie among the children for the fathers sinnes, and if hee find them to liue in the same sinnes that their fathers did, then will hee punish them, this is properly to visit. So in this place, If thou repent not I will come vnto thee, and testifie my presence, not in mercie but in iudgement.