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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. 16. Repent thy self, or else I come unto thee shortly: and will fight against thee with the sword of my mouth.
Verse. 16. Repent thy selfe, or else I come vnto thee shortly: and will fight against thee with the sword of my mouth.
Christ having laid down the sins of this church, and the errors of the Nicholaitans, doth here propound unto this church, First, a remedy for her recovery: Secondly, a reason to enforce the practise of the remedy. The remedy is in these words: Repent thy self. In it consider these points: First, what it is to repent: Secondly, why Christ so often urgeth thereunto: Thirdly, to whom Christ prescribeth this remedy. Of the first, we have spoken in the first verse of this chapter: Briefly therefore, Repentance is a change of the mind from evil to good, and a turning from sin unto God. Here repentance must be taken more largely, for all the duties that accompany repentance in the practise thereof: as I. Humiliation of a man by confessing of his sins unto God; and condemning of himself for the sin. II. Prayer, whereby a man doth earnestly entreat the Lord for the pardon of the same sins. III. Reformation, whereby a man in hart proposeth, and in life endeavoureth to leave all his former sins, and for ever after to do all things in obedience unto God: unto all these doth the holy Ghost exhort them in this place.
Christ hauing layd downe the sinnes of this church, and the errors of the Nicholaitans, doth here propound vnto this church, First, a remedie for her recouerie: Secondly, a reason to inforce the practise of the remedie. The remedie is in these words: Repent thy selfe. In it consider these points: First, what it is to repent: Secondly, why Christ so often vrgeth thereunto: Thirdly, to whome Christ prescribeth this remedie. Of the first, we haue spoken in the first verse of this chapter: Briefly therefore, Repentance is a change of the mind from euill to good, and a turning from sinne vnto God. Here repentance must bee taken more largely, for all the duties that accompany repentance in the practise therof: as I. Humiliation of a man by confessing of his sins vnto God; and condemning of himselfe for the sinne. II. Prayer, wherby a man doth earnestly intreat the Lord for the pardon of the same sins. III. Reformation, wherby a man in hart proposeth, and in life indeuoureth to leaue all his former sinnes, and for euer after to do all things in obedience vnto God: vnto all these doth the holy Ghost exhort them in this place.