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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.
The Epistle it self containeth three parts: a Preface; the matter of the Epistle; and the Conclusion. The Preface, in this verse: These things saith he &c. wherein is set down, in whose name this Epistle is sent; namely, in Christs: where (as in the former Epistles) he is excellently described, for the winning of more credit unto this Epistle. And that, first, by his properties: Holiness and truth. Secondly, by his kingly office, in the words following.
The Epistle it selfe containeth three parts: a Preface; the matter of the Epistle; and the Conclusion. The Preface, in this verse: These things saith hee &c. wherein is set downe, in whose name this Epistle is sent; namely, in Christs: where (as in the former Epistles) he is excellently described, for the winning of more credite vnto this Epistle. And that, first, by his properties: Holynesse and truth. Secondly, by his kingly office, in the words following.
For his properties. First, Christ is said, to be holy. Quest. How can Christ be said to be holy as he is man, considering he descended from Adam, who conveyed his sin and the guilt thereof, to all his posterity? The common answer is this; That indeed, Christ descended from Adam, as he is man: but his substance was sanctified by the holy Ghost in the ⟨p. 176⟩womb of the Virgin, and thereby he was freed from Adams sin. This answer is true, but not sufficient: for men besides the corruption original, take from Adam the guiltiness of that sin which Adam committed. Now sanctification taketh away the corruption of sin, but not the guilt thereof, therefore a more full answer is this: That all which come of Adam by natural generation, do receive by that order which God set in nature at the creation, saying, increase & multiply, both the nature of Adam and the sin & guilt thereof. But God for the preventing of this in the Incarnation of Christ, ordained that Christ should not come of Adam by natural generation, but by a miraculous Conception of the holy Ghost: whereby he took the nature of man with the infirmities thereof, without the sin of mans nature, or the the guiltiness thereof. And thus is Christ free from sin as he is man.