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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 18. And unto the Angel which is at Thyatira write, These things saith the Son of God, which hath his eyes like to a flame of fire, and his feet like fine brass.
Verse 18. And vnto the Angell which is at Thyatira write, These things sayth the sonne of God, which hath his eyes like to a flame of fire, and his feete like fine brasse.
Here followeth the fourth particular commandment of Christ unto John, as also the fourth particular Epistle. The commandment in these words: To the Angel which is at Thyatira write; of the substance of this commandment I have spoken before: only remember the end thereof, which is to certify this church of Thyatira, that John had a calling and commandment from God to write this Epistle unto them: and further to certify the whole Church of God, to the end of the world, of his calling to write this book of the Revelation.
Here followeth the fourth particular commaundement of Christ vnto Iohn, as also the fourth particular Epistle. The commaundement in these words: To the Angell which is at Thyatira write; of the substance of this commaundement I haue spoken before: onely remember the end thereof, which is to certifie this church of Thyatira, that Iohn had a calling and commaundement from God to write this Epistle vnto them: and further to certifie the whole Church of God, to the end of the world, of his calling to write this booke of the Reuelation.
The Epistle it self containeth three parts: a Preface, a Proposition, and a Conclusion. The Preface in these words: These things saith the Son of God▪ which hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet like fine brass: all which things almost have been handled in the beginning of this chapter, and in the former,