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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.
Further he is called a morning star: for that special resemblance which is between him and it; for the morning star riseth not in the beginning or middle of the night, but in the end of the night towards the beginning of the day when the sun is about to rise, and then it shineth brighter than all other stars. Even so Christ, he came not in the beginning or middle of the dark time under the law; but in the last age of the world, wherein after his incarnation he did shine most fully to all nations, so as there was no such light of knowledge before his coming as hath been since. This Peter verifieth when he saith, (b)We have a most sure word of the Prophets, to which ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day d•wne, and the day star arise in your hearts. Where the time of the law and prophets is called a time of darkness: and their preaching then, as a candlelight: but the preaching of Christ under the Gospel, is as the day star which shineth most brightly; he is not called the morning star, because he shineth to all the world in all time as the morning star doth, but because he shineth unto men in the last age of the world.
Further he is called a morning starre: for that special resemblance which is betweene him and it; for the morning star riseth not in the beginning or middle of the night, but in the end of the night towards the beginning of the day when the sunne is about to rise, and then it shineth brighter than all other starres. Euen so Christ, he came not in the beginning or middle of the darke time vnder the law; but in the last age of the world, wherin after his incarnation he did shine most fully to all nations, so as there was no such light of knowledge before his comming as hath bene since. This Peter verifieth when he saith, (b)We haue a most sure word of the Prophets, to which ye do well that ye take heed, as vnto a light that shineth in a darke place, vntill the day d•wne, and the day starre arise in your hearts. Where the time of the law and prophets is called a time of darknesse: and their preaching then, as a candlelight: but the preaching of Christ vnder the Gospell, is as the day starre which shineth most brightly; he is not called the morning star, because hee shineth to al the world in al time as the morning star doth, but because he shineth vnto men in the last age of the world.