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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77486	Brightman redivivus: or The post-humian of-spring of Mr. Thomas Brightman, in IIII. sermons. Viz. [brace] 1. Of the two covenants. 2. The danger of scandals. 3. Gods commission to Christ to preach the Gospell. 4. The saints securitie.	Brightman, Thomas, 1562-1607.; Halsted, John.	1647 (1647)	Wing B4691; Thomason E375_16; ESTC R201349	89,168	128

open face the glory of God verse 17 18. And so for the Medium or meanes that is should not be too much disturbed the Lord hath given gifts to men for the further opening of the Word and for the expelling or removing those outward hinderances which might darken the same Vse This serves to shew unto us the great benefit of the Word which is oft compared to Light especially the Gospell Luke 1.78 79. This Christ himselfe taught Math. 4.16 Shall we esteeme it a great benefit to have a Torch or Lantherne held out in a darke night and shall we not esteeme this Doth not this make us escape the Woe of those who through ignorance call Light darkenesse good evill and sower sweet How joyfull is the light and comfortable who would desire to live in the World if Egyptian darknesse possessed it How is the true state of every thing hid in the darknesse bad Wares are not known from good Counterfeit God from current Crooked things from streight false wayes from right cleane things from unclean deformed from beautifull So that while wee were in Ignorance we lay secure in our sin and had perished in our security never misdeeming our estate but as Agar and her Son did scoffe at Isaac so should we have done at the promise of Heaven And as Agar cast forth in perplexity was vexed till God further opened her eyes to see the Well So when by the Law wee had beene awaked to see our ugly face and fearfull estate wee should utterly have dispaired if God had not shewed us a second vision of the Gospell Oh then with what thankfulnesse and reverence should we embrace this Light and sight thereby as the blind man in the Gospell followed Christ Second let us walke in the Light the night is past and the day is come let us walke honestly as in the day time Let us walke in the light while we have it and now having sight let us not wallow in filthinesse as before let us direct our paths aright and order our steps by counsell carefully avoiding whatsoever might draw us out of the right way to Salvation And having our eyes restored let us learne oft to look up to our Maker And thus much of the third manner of expressing our Misery Vers 18. To set at liberty the bruised This is in effect the same with the second and is againe inculcated by Christ both as well to make a deeper impression of us in our Misery that cannot sufficiently be expressed in many words as also more fully and effectually to commend unto us the benefit of Christ Both which doth argue our dulnesse and backwardnesse either to apprehend our own Misery or Gods great mercy The matter then being the same I will not be too trouble some to detaine thee longer in the same Let us come to the fift and last manner of expressing the great glad-tydings of the Gospell wherein also secretly is included our Misery The acceptable yeere of the Lord. Vers 19. These words will admit a double interpretation As first by allusion to the yeere of Jubilee which among the Jewes was a most acceptable time and that for five causes First Bondmen were set at liberty Second ☞ debts were released or at least not exacted Third Inheritances sold or morgaged then returned to their ancient houses and lines Fourth a●● servile workes ceased And fift there was great joy and feasting Levit. 25.8 It was a yeere of Reconciliation Now Christ compared his comming in the flesh Simile fitly to this yeere All those former being figures of that which indeed was performed by Christ for by him we that w●re Spirituall bondmen are set at liberty Our debts of Sin are released Our inheritance of Heaven that was forfeited is returned to us again● the servile workes of the Law and our own strength do cease and the Trumpet of Reconciliation is sounded through the World Away then with Popes Iubilees what need wee shadowes where the Truth is come Vse Secondly the time of the Preaching of the Gospell is this accepted time as Paul expounds it 2 Cor. 6.2 For this is the time of Reconciliation While this sounds there is time and Heaven gates are open But when this Trump●t shall cease blowing then shall Heaven gates be shut Let us then imbrace this time let us hearken to the exhortation of the Apostle Heb. 3. While it is called to day harden not your hearts Ier. 13.16 Give glory to God before ever your feet stumble in the darke Mountaines Let us take heed the speech of Solomon be not ve●ifyed on us Prov. 1.22 23 24 25 26. O yee foolish how long will yee love foolishnesse because I have called and yee wou d not heare I you shall call and I will not heare And so too late we lament with the Iewes Lament 1.1 2 8 17 18 verses O let us heare that patheticall voyce to Ierusalem Math. 23. O Ierusalem Ierusalem How oft would I c. And Luke 19. O that thou hadst known in this thy day c. Let not the folly of the Pharisies fall on us that wee should be skilfull to know the Skies and seasons but to know the times of Salvation we have no knowledge Let not the silly birds rise up to witnesse against us Jer. 8.5 6 7. The Storke the Swallow and the Crane know their appointed times but my people have not least this day being expired we here that there be no remedy And then there followes that which the Prophet Esay addes to these words The Day of vengeance of our God The time of the Gospell is a most happy time to the receivers but a heavy time to the rebellious aund unbeleevers Luke 19. Those mine Enemies that would not have me reigne over them c. Hence David so earnestly exhorts Kings themselves to bee wise and to kisse the Son yeelding subjection betimes Hee hath an Iron Scepter and a more fearefull judgement will fall on the contemners of the Gospell then of the Law as is notably taught Heb. 2.1 2 3 4 5. Hence Christ denounces such heavy woes against the Cities where hee had Preached and it is worth observing To whom and for what he denounces those Woes He denounces them not to Nazareth nor so 〈◊〉 to Ierusalem as to Bethsaida Corazin and Capernaum where hee h●● Preached most and done most miracles Now Nazareth and Ierusalem all knew and thought worthy of destruction because they expelled Christ and thought to kill him But the other places harboured Christ he had open liberty to teach the R●ler of the Synagogue the Courtier Iohn 4.46 and the Centurian were all for Christ The people followed and reverenced him so that they were highly conceited of themselves that they should have no meane place in Heaven but Christ denounces Woe against them because they had not unfeinedly Repented and wholly turned unto God and broug●t forth fruits worthy the same Deliverance to the Captives This is in