of the Apostles and Church upon it 4. The mention of the Lords day Apocal. 1. is not so cleare an evidence for the stablishing Sunday for the jewish sabbath as the Epistles to the Angells of the 7 Churches there mentioned conclude that those were the Bishops of those Churches whom our Saviour alloweth by writing unto 5. There cannot be brought any thing concluding for the Lords day out of the New testament so fully as that for subordinat degrees in ecclesiastical hierarchy God hath set som in the church first Apostles secondarily Prophets thirdly Teachers c. 1 Cor. 12. such as were Timothy and Titus Paul and Barnabas who ordained Presbyters and prescribed rules unto them 6. The setling of the Lords day for Christian assemblies in place of the Jewish sabbath and deductions will hardly be made so conspicuous as the deduction of episcopacy from the Apostles themselves in all eminent churches before the late interruption of our licentious times as it appears in the genuine and undoubted epistles of Ignatius and all antiquity 7. And those that are almost superstitious for the Sabbath acknowledg a kind of episcopacy which they would be content to bear if they might have the managing of it and be obedient to the orders and controul of it St. Peter and St. Paul parallel'd 1. Both called immediately by Christ the one before the other after his ascension 2. Both principall Apostles Peter of the Jewes Paul of the Gentils 3. Both full of humility Peter professeth himselfe to be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 1 Pet. 5.1 Paul to be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 4. 1 Cor. 15.9 1 Pet. 2.13 14. Rom. 13. Both earnest for the supream authority of magistrates 5. Neither Peter for the claime of the Pope his pretended successor nor Paul in his large epistle to the Romans so much as give a hint of Papall supremacy 6. Both are sent by and give account to the Church Peter to them of Jerusalem Paul to the Antiochians 7. Both take it well to be reproved Peter reproved by Paul to his face Gal. 2.11 Paul by Peter for his 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2 Pet. 3 16 Of Similies Similies are used by all for illustration and though they prove not simply yet they teach more easily then firmer grounds especially those that be fed with Milk rather than stronger Meat Heb. 5.12 13. It was the method of teaching by the best Master Whereunto shall I liken the men of this generation and to what are they like They are like unto children sitting in the Market-place and saying We have piped unto you but ye have not danced we have mourned to you and ye have not wept For John came neither eating bread nor drinking wine and ye say He hath a Devill the Son of man is come eating and drinking and ye say Behold a gluttonous man and a wine-bibber a friend of Publicans and sinners but wisdome is justified of all her children Matth. 11. Luk. 7. Are ye not ashamed to be so way-ward and childish as the Town-boyes brawling for trifles or nothing in the Market place that nothing can please you neither Johns strictnesse nor my easie hand but both must be rejected and slandered by you As Balaams cursed intention was turned into a blessing Esau's fury into a friendly meeting with his brother Jacob Sauls warrant to persecute into a grand commission for promoting the Gospell so God may charme the hearts of the Labans of these times Take heed thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad Gen. 31. to be so far from injuring him any way as to give him not so much as an ill word This is the generation of them that seek him even that seek thy face O Jacob Ps 24.6 The man that walkes 1. Not in the counsell of the ungodly will have nothing to do with their plots who take not God with them 2. Stands not in the way of sinners concurring with and justifying their actions 3. Sits not in the seat of the scornefull contemning and jeering at those that take better courses 4. But delights in the Law of the Lord more then in the attaining of polfe and praeferment 5. And in that law is exercised day and night whereas other spend their time in revelling and abhominations Shall be like not a hollow Reed pearing out of the Mire but 1. a Tree spreading abroad his boughs 2. planted by a provident hand that expects good of it 3. not in a barren soyle or rocky mountain exposed to all blustring wind and weather but 4. by the water's side which will minister it gratious moisture that it may not stand for a shew onely or shade but 5. bring forth fruit 6. and that not unnaturally or unseasonably to be blasted but in due season when expected 7. The lease of such a Tree shall not wither with Winter nor be scorched in Summer but shall flourish spreading abroad like a Cedar in Lebanon and bringing forth fruit most in their age FINIS
Hec est corpus meum Matth. 20.26 1 Cor. 11.24 the Signe dignified with the name of the thing signified for the assurance of the performance on the part of him who sealed the evidence except we would make a prodigie of the blessed Supper appointed to set at variance not in unity to fix believers For the exemplification of the third kind of Metonymies upon the mutuall change of antecedent and consequent with the thing to be expressed So To know a woman to go in unto her to be with her Hath Ammon thy brother been with thee 2 Sam. 13.20 serve modestly to expresse what may be done without otherwise speaking of it So Joseph is not and Simeon is not Gen. 42.36 Rachel weeping for her children and would not be comforted because they were not Jer. 31.15 Matth. 2.18 by consequence speak their precedent death * Simulatio Because we speak one thing and mean another Cum aliud in pectore reclusum aliud in lingua habemus as in the Poet. Scilicet is superis labor est It is likewise called by Tully Inversio a turning upside down of a thing or contrary to the right form A proper tearm to expresse this Trope where the contrary is meant to what is said Euge bone serve curâsti probè There are six species of it 1. Chleuasmus or Epicertomesis 2. Charientismus or Scomma 3. Astismus 4 Diasyrmus 5. Exutenismus 6. Sarcasmus Ironia Ironies also find an admittance in both Testaments for He that dwelleth in heaven laugheth his enemies to scorn the Lord shall have them in derision Psal 2. Elias mocked them Baalites and said Cry aloud for he is a god either he is talking or pursuing or he is in a journey or peradventure he sleepeth and must be awaked 1 King 18.27 So that speech of Micajah to Ahab Go up and prosper for the Lord shall deliver it into the hands of the King 2 King 22. cannot stand with a true Prophets integrity if it be not passed with an Irony as the King also took it vers 16. By the like proverb which is the Scripture phrase the King of Babylon is intituled Lucifer son of the morning which did weaken the Nations Isa 14.12 The Prince of Tyrus is also taunted Behold thou art wiser then Daniel there is no secret that they can hide from thee VVith thy wisdom and with thy understanding thou hast gotten thee riches and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou encreased thy riches and thy heart is lifted up because of thy riches Ezek. 28.3 4 5. In the New Testament that of our Saviour must needs be taken for an Irony Full well ye reject the commandment of God that ye may keep your own tradition Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers Matth. 23.32 And that Sleep on now and take your rest behold the hour is at hand and the son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners Matth. 26.45 So that of the Apostle Now ye are full now ye are rich ye have reigned as Kings without us I would to God ye did reigne that we also might reigne with you 1 Cor. 4.8 More bitter and baser were those Sarcasms of the souldiers to our Saviour whom they had crowned with thorns Hail King of the Jewes Matth. 27.29 Milder that of the Apostles Ye suffer fools gladly seeing ye your selves are wise 2 Cor. 11.29 And what is it wherein ye were inferiour to other Churches except it be that I my self was not burthensome unto you forgive me this wrong ib. 12.13 Some would have that to be ironically spoken Rather give alms of such things as ye have and behold all things are clean unto you Luk. 11.4 which others with greater reason deny * Translatio when a word is transferred from one thing unto another by reason of the likenesse that is betwixt them Nihil est in rerum natura cujus non in alijs rebus possimus uti vocabulo nomine Vnde enim Simile duci non potest potest autem ex omnibus Indidem verbum unum quod similitudinem continet translatum lumen affert orationi The Greek Rhetoricians under this notion did comprehend all the Tropes Arist 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Id Rhetor. lib. 3. cap. 1. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 So Cicero ad Brutum Though the variety of this Trope be very great and field large yet Quintilian endeavours to reduce it into four ranks 1 When one animate is put for another as Cato barked at Scipio 2 Inanimate for another as Classique immitâ—it habenas 3 Inanimates for animates as ferro an fato virtus Argivûm occidit 4 Animates for inanimates as Sedet inscius metus alto Metaphora As Metonymies so Metaphors in Scripture are eminent and numberless What hast thou done the voyce of thy brothers bloud cryeth unto me from the ground Gen. 4.10 as an importunate Suiter crying for justice We are come to Jesus the Mediator of the New Teastament and to the blood of sprinkling that speaketh better things then that of Abel Heb. 12.24 whose also being dead yet speaketh Heb. 11.4 Speech is here translated from man to blood 2 We have fathers mothers brothers sisters masters servants and such other relatives without stint metaphorically taken So God is said to be father of all Hath the rayne a father or who hath begatten the drops of dew Job 38.28 none but God that created them The child Christ is called the everlasting father Isa 9.6 The divell is a liar and the father of it Joh. 8.44 that is the author inventor propagator Jabal and Jubal the fathers of such as dwell in Tents keep cattle handle the harp or Organ Gen. 4.20.21 Micah's masse-priest must be a father to the plundering Danites Judg. 18.19 that is an instructor One Joab is the father of the valley Charashim for they were craftsmen 1 Chron. 4.14 Elisha cryeth after Elijah My father my father the Chariot of Israel and the horsemen thereof 1 King 2.12 a surer protector then all their Martialists with their best forces With the same King Joash reverenceth Elisha ib. 13 14. And Naamans servants honour their Master My Father if the Prophet had bid thee do some great thing wouldest thou not have done it Ib. 5.13 Job stoopes to acknowledge corruption to be his Father and the worme to be his Mother and Sister in regard of his wofull plight Job 17.14 And our Saviours position is catholick Whosoever shall do the will of God the same is my Sister and Brother and Mother Mar. 3.25 not by generation but acceptation In an opposite sense is the inscription on Babylons fore-head Mystery Babylon the great the Mother of harlots and abhominations of the earth Revel 17.5 In as far-fetch'd Metaphors we have The sons of the quiver for arrows Job 41.28 Lament 3.13 Jonah's goard shall be the Son of a night Jon. 4.10 The pascall-Lamb a male the Son of the
since the world began but now is made manifest by the scriptures of the prophets according to the commandment of the everlasting God made known to all nations for the obedience of faith Rom. 16.25 26. This is called The wisdom of God in a mystery not revealed to the princes of this world 1 Cor. 2.7 Which is uttered by the Apostle not in words which mans wisdom teacheth but which the holy Ghost teacheth comparing spirituall things with spirituall 2. Doctrinall mysteries are seconded by Sacramentall as the mystery of Redemption and regeneration by Baptism and the Lords Supper Christs spirituall marriage with his Church so gloriously set out by David Psal 45. and Solomon thorough the whole book of Canticles is tearmed a great mystery somewhat opened by the entire love that should be between man and wife Ephes 5.32 3. All Prophecies not understood or fulfilled remain as mysteries so are styled the seven Stars and golden Candlesticks Rev. 1.20 Concerning the calling of the Jewes to be expected in latter times I would not brethren that ye should be ignorant saith the Apostle of this mystery lest ye should be wise in your own conceits that blindnesse in part is hapned to Israel untill the fulnesse of the Gentils come in and so all Israel shall be saved Rom. 11.25 He that no man understands under unknown tongues or Tropes may speak mysteries I will tell thee the mystery of the woman saith the Angel and the beast that carrieth her which hath the seven heads and ten horns Rev. 17. And so the same Angel must tell us of the number of the beast though it be the number of a man and set down to be 666. Rev. 13.18 And the 1000 years of the Saints reign upon earth whilst Satan is chained in prison Rev. 20. Of the overthrow of Gog and Magog in the Battle of Armageddon and the like before we shall decipher such mysteries So the Ark Urim and Thummim so Isaiah's cup of the Lords fury and dregs of the cup of trembling cap. 51.17 Jeremiah's cup of consolation for the death of father or mother cap. 16.17 Ezekiel's cup of astonishment and desolation cap. 23.33 our Saviour's cup which he prayed conditionally might passe from him Mar. 14.36 the cup the Apostles were to drink of Matth. 20.23 the devils cup 1 Cor. 10.31 the golden cup of the great whore full of abhominations and filthinesse of her fornications Rev. 17.4 are full of mysticall Tropes without the knowledge of which they cannot be understood As neither the mysticall books of Job's logicall discourses David's rhetoricall Psalms Solomon's morall Institutions and Canticall Pastoralls can any way be opened without the same key as Sampson's Riddle Judg. 14.12 the hand-writing against Belshazzar Dan. 5.25 our Saviour's Wheresoever the carcase is thither will the eagles resort Matth. 24.28 * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Apthon A feigned speech under which the truth is represented as in a picture Aliud aperte dicit aliud ex eo innuit ac profitetur ergo 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 nonnulli appellare ausi sunt 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sermones à sermone unum ab alio conclusum Martinius There are three kinds Rationall Morall and Mixt. Rationall wherein something is feigned to be done by man Morall which doth imitate the manners of those things that are void of reason as Brutes Trees c. Mixt that doth consist of both all designed to instruct man and inform his manners Apologues Apologues are here understood not such as are to be rejected as old wives 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 1 Tim. 4.7 Jewish 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Sophisticall 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2 Pet. 1.16 but such as are taken from irrationall creatures wherein one thing is said but another meant in which kind is that of the Trees where the base Bramble usurps regall authority which the Olive Fig-tree and Vine refused Judg. 9.7 That of the poor mans one little ewe lamb which touched David to the quick for his tyrannicall dealing with honest Uriah 2 Sam. 12. That of Jehoash to Amaziah of the Thistle which would match his son to the Cedar of Lebanon's daughter wherein he handsomly girdeth at his over-weening presumption 2 King 14.9 All which are a concatenation of divers Tropes which from unreasonable creatures teach men to be reasonable Which kind of teaching some have not unfitly called Zoopaedia An Onomapaedia from Scripture-names might in like sort be framed as from Adam earthy Cain possession Abel vanity may be congruously gathered that all earthly possession is vanity From Mishma Dumah and Massah the names of the family of Ishmael Gen. 25.4 the Hebrewes gather by their Grammaticall derivation that in destructive times many things are to be heard not spoken of but born with when no other remedy may be hoped for From Diblaim the mother Fagius in Gen. Gomer the daughter from Jezreel Loruchamah and Loammi the children the corrupt condition of the Church of Israel was represented to Hosea Whence may be inferred that luxury and surquedry in a State breeds a consumption and overthrow which begets dispersion and desolation whereby the people become out of mercy and not to be accounted any people at all as the etymon of the words gives it * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Suid. Comparatio collatio quâ res diversae ostenduntur in aliquo esse similes Amongst the Hebrews they were in so high esteem that any choise and rare sentence they dignified with this title and those things that were so they covered with this veil thereby not casting their pearls before swine to be trampled by them and exposed to contempt Herein imitated by the Aegyptians in their Hieroglyphicks Parables Parables are differenced by some from Apologues or fables because that they descend not to irrationall actors as of brutes or bushes but are bounded within the scene of rationall representations In which kind in the old Testament some make the whole Book of Job to be a pattern of a conference grounded upon the true history of a man unexpectedly ruined and mistaken by his friends that came to visit and comfort him Solomon's Proverbs to be a Symposium spirituale wherein Wisdom's invitation and chear is set out after an heavenly manner where are Viands 1. Ethicall 2. Politicall 3. Oeconomicall 4. Aulicall 5. Conjugall 6. Experimentall 7. Celestiall The Canticles are acknowledged by all to be an Eclogue betwixt our Saviour and his Spouse the Church beyond imagination of Poets and expressions of human affections Of the same kind these pieces of Apocrypha Tobit Judith Story of Susanna Bel and the Dragon are by divers taken which find more pith in the Morality than ground for the History 2. In the New Testament much of our Saviours Doctrine is proposed in parables vvhereof seaven vve have in one Chapter Matth. 13. In all some have reckoned Amongst vvhich in the parable 1. of the sower is set forth the diverse events of the same vvord preached by reason
your heart be troubled neither let it be afraid if ye loved me ye would rejoyce ib. 27 28. A glimpe onely and tast of this joy put Peter beside himselfe Master it is good for us to be here let us here pitch tabernacles and not downe to the world againe Motives to Fear Fear is the betraying of those succours which reason offereth Wisd 17 12. arising from dangers which reason telleth us we are unable to withstand These dangers may affright us 1. in our temporall estate 2. in our spirituall 3. in our eternall being hereafter For temporall afrightments what thunders are so terrible startling as those against 1. Pharoah and Egypt for his perfidious and treacherous dealing with Gods people Ezech. 29. 2. against Tyrus and their King for their pride and luxury 3. against Babylon Isa 13. and 14. for their captivating and insulting upon Gods people 2. For his temporal estate Cain complained not Gen. 4.14 but the feare of a guilty conscience was a Fury that ever haunted him My punishment is greater then I can bear Behold thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth and from thy face shall I be hid and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond and it shall come to passe that every one that findeth me shall slay me A scantling of the third It is a fearfull thing to fall into the hands of the living God Heb. 10.31 This fcarfulnesse in proposing the law was so terrible that the people could not endure that which was commanded and if so much as a beast touch the mountain it shall be stoned and thrust through with a dart and so terrible was the sight that Moses said I exceedingly feare and quake Heb. 12.20 21. What horrour will then be can any heart imagine when the sun shall become as black as sack-cloth of hair and the moone and the stars of heaven fall unto the earth even as the fig-tree casteth her untimely figs when she is shaken of a mighty wind when the heavens shall depart as a scroul rolled together and every mountaine and iland shall be removed out of their places when the Kings of the earth and the great men and the rich men and the chief captains and the mighty men and every bondman and every free-man shall hide themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountaines and shall say unto the rocks and mountaines Fall on us and to the hills Cover us and hide us from the face of him that sitteth upon the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb for the great day of his wrath is come and who shall be able to stand Rev. 6. When the dismall doome is once pronounced Go ye cursed of my father into everlasting fire prepared for the devill and his angells Matth. 25.41 Motives to Joy Joy the ayme of all our desires must be raysed especially on the serious consideration 1. of joy in the holy Ghost 2. comfort in a good conscience 3. a chearfull and thankfull use of temporall blesings These depend one on the other Temporals delight not if conscience be not satisfied conscience receives not content but from assurances from the holy Spirit that all is well Amongst the fruits of the spirit this joy is served in with love which quickneth all the rest The fruit of the Spirit is lov joy peace long-suffering gentlenes goodnes faith meeknes temperance against such there is no law Galat. 5.22 23. Upon this is grounded that holy frolick if the word profane not of the Apostle to the Philippians Rejoyce in the Lord alwaies and again I say rejoyce Let your moderation be knowen unto all men the Lord is neer at hand Phil. 4.4 5. Upon which grounds we have the excitation of the church O come let us sing unto the Lord let us heartily rejoyce in the strength of our salvation Psalm 95. O be joyfull in the Lord all ye lands Psal 100. O sing unto the Lord a new song Psal 98. And divers other Psalms set to the same key of joy This was the rejoycing of the blessed-Virgin My spirit hath rejoyced in God my Saviour Luk 1.47 That which our Saviour exhorteth his disciples unto In this rejoyce not that the spirits are subject to you but rather rejoyce that your names are written in heaven 2. Luk. 10.20 All the dayes of the afflicted are evill but he that is of a merry heart upon a good conscience hath a continuall feast Prov. 15.15 This merry heart maketh a cheareful countenance but by the sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken Ib. For our rejoycing is this the testimony of our conscience that in simplicity and godly sincerity not with fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God we have had our conversation in the world 2 Cor. 1.12 Thus the Apostles when they were beaten and threatned after their imprisonment by the high priests command departed from the presence of the Council rejoycing that they were accounted worthy to suffer for his name Act. 5.41 It was St. Paul's excercise to have a conscience voyd of offence towards God and towards men Act. 24.16 And the Hebrews tooke joyfully the spoyling of their goods knowing in themselves that they had in heaven a better and an enduring substance Heb. 10.34 3. Joy and thankfullnesse for temporall blessings are not onely approved but enjoyned Thou shalt rejoyce before the Lord in acknowledgment of temporal blessings Deut. 12.12.18 At the presenting of the first fruits and tithes after a set paryer it is added Thou shalt rejoyce in every good thing which the Lord thy God hath given unto thee and unto thine house thou and the Levite and the stranger that is among you Deut 26.11 When God crowneth the yeer with goodnesse and the clouds drop fatness upon the dwellings of the wildernesse the little hills are brought in to rejoyce on every side when the folds shall be full with sheep the vallies also shall stand so thick with corne that they shall laugh and sing Psal 65.12 Whereupon the Kingly prophet sets forth a proclamation O prayse the Lord for it is a good thing to sing praises unto our God yea a joyfull and pleasant thing it is to be thankefull Psal 147. Motives to Sorrow A sorrowfull spirit is a sacrifice to God despise not O Lord humble and contrite hearts Psal 51.9 Sorrow ariseth commonly from any thing that crosseth our desires and therefore may be either 1. godly or 2. worldy Concerning both which we have that of the Apostle Though I made you sorry with a letter I do not repent though I did repent for I perceive that the same Epistle hath made you sorry though it be but for a season Now I rejoyce not that ye were made sorry but that ye sorrowed to repentance for ye were made sorry after a godly manner that ye might receive dammage by us in nothing for godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of but the sorrow
is more for destruction then honest propagation 5. The Dragon watcheth the Matron to devour her off-spring but mounts the Whore upon a beast which hath seven Heads and ten Horns the most terrible and majesticall in all his hellish mewes 6. The Dragon with his Angells enter the lists in the Whore's quarrell but Michael and his adherents undertake for the Matron to the Dragon 's shamefull routing 7. The Matron is furnished with Eagle's wings to be nourished and preserved in the wildernesse but the whore is deserted and hated by her Partizans who shall make her desolate and naked and shall eat her flesh and burn her with fire Rev. 17.36 CHAP. VIII Of Parables and Similitudes I Have spoken by the Prophets and I have multiplyed visions and used similitudes by the hand of the prophets Hos 12.10 A Parallel betwixt Christ and Melchizedeâ—k 1. both had like Ordination 2. by oath not by descent 3. without praedecessors or sucessors father mother beginning or end of life 4. greater than Abraham by reason of receiving tithes from him and Levi in his loins 5. King of righteousnesse and peace 6. blessing as the greater but not receiving from him 7. both offering for others not for their own sins as Christ the antitype did once for all Heb. 7. Between a minister Matth. 5.15 and a candle Men light not a candle and put it under a bushel but on a candlestick and it giveth light to all that are in the house 1. A candle lightens not it selfe but must be lightned of and from another so a Minister must have his calling and gifts from God's illumination How shall he preach except he be sent 2. Rom. 10.15 A candle is not lighted to be hid under a bushel neither a Minister ordained to behave himselfe as a dumb Dog sleeping through idlenesse never satisfied through covetousnesse and drowning himselfe and others in all kind of surquedry 3. Isa 56 10. A candle must be set on a candlestick for its more commodious giving light So must the Minister reside in some designed Cure wherein he may do most good he must not bischop it in another mans dicecesse 1 Pet. 4.15 nor boast without his measure in other mens lines 4. 2 Cor. 10.15 A candle giveth light to all indifferently that are in the house So a Minister should apply himselfe to all within his compasse making himselfe all things to all men that by all means he may save some 1 Cor. 9.22 6. A candle sometimes wanteth snuffers so may a Minister correptions But it should be with snuffers of Gold belonging to the Sanctuary and by such as know and have right to use them not by polluted fingers or other meanes which may rather extinguish then make them burn the brighter 7. A candle inverted is extinguished by his owne nutriment and so a Minister who turning that light downeward which should turne upward most commonly is fryed to destruction in his owne fatnesse The course of mans life resembleth an expedition at sea wherein 1. our nativity is the shore we lanch from 2. the church the bottom wherein we are carried 3. the world the sea 4. Christ the pilot 5. the Scripture the compasse 6. the gifts of the holy ghost the prosperous gales we saile by 7. Sinus Abrahae the haven of happinesse we are bound for Then are they glad because they be at rest and so he bringeth them to the haven where they would be Psal 107. 30. God's people as lively stones are built up a spirituall house an holy priesthood to offer up spirituall sacrifice acceptable to God by Jesus Christ 1 Pet. 2.5 A good man in divers respects resembleth a stone 1. A stone is to be hammered fit for the place before it be laid in building So a faithfull man by education and suffering is fashioned to the calling wherein he is to be imployed 2. A stone is measured before it be laid in its place So the faithfull should be placed according to their abilities 3. a stone must be hard to endure wind and weather beside casuall assaults the like opposition must be expected of those that live godly 4. a stone in a lower range beareth his superiour covers his inferiour and justles not with his fellowes set beside the like respect should be had amongst good men to superiours to peers and inferiors 5. a stone butting out must be beaten back to range with his fellowes and so must too forward exorbitants which ambitiously perk before their brethren 6. a mouldered stone must be plucked out to have a sounder set in his place so in defect of a treacherous Judas a Matthias is justly chosen 7. stones that are not well cemented continue not a building so without the cement of charity christianity shattereth which is built upon the foundation of the Prophets and Apostles Jesus Christ himselfe being the chiefe corner-stone in whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord In whom yee also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit Eph. 2.20 I am a stranger with thee and a sojourner as all my fathers were Psal 39.12 1 A pilgrim professeth himself to be so by carriage and habite so should a christian 2. he passeth-by obvious sights as not belonging unto him this becometh a mortified christian 3. He builds not in every Inne he lodgeth in so ought a christian 4. He burdens not himselfe with unnecessary carriage such would be combersome to a christian 5. He shrinks not at impediments dangers which crosse him but constantly struggles through them much more should a christian 6. He maketh the best of the entertainment he meets with any where not calling fire from heaven upon inhospitable Samaritans Luk. 9.54 this sorts with the calme spirit of a Christian 7. He allwayes hath a desire to his true home this should be the ayme and comfort of a christian For while we are in the body we are absent from the Lord for we walk by faith and not by sight and therefore should be confident and willing rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord 2 Cor. 5.6 1. For the Lords day there is ground in nature Some time is to be set apart for the publick worship of God observed in all religions And the same ground there is for Episcopacy that some persons should be set a part and praeferred before others to performe and oversee the performance of that sacred worship 2. A patterne for that was among the Jewes one day designed in seven The like was also for church-goverment by chiefe Priests Priests and Levites to which are answerable our Bishops Priests and Deacons under the gospell The most that is said for appointing the Lords-day for publick worship is the intimation not praecept of our Saviour but practice of the Apostles and so much we have and more in the differencing of the xij Apostles lxx disciples and the observation