brazen Serpent set vp on which who so looked they were cured That figured our Iesus on whome no person by the eye of faith can look but loe they are cured of Satan and sinnes sting let the repentant Theefe witnes that who entred Paradise heavenly the sixt day as Olde Adam the same daye and like ynough the same houre was driven out of the Earthly In Matthewe 10. we are willed to be as Serpents that is to bee like them in something not in every thing Though we be wise as Serpents yet let vs be without sting as was Iesus and the Serpent his figure Nay let vs labour to heal others that are stinged and not sting and bite others lest we be bitten and consumed of others g After many mocks revilings the adversaries giving him bitternes to drink he gaue vp the ghost saying It is finished And here was the perimplishment of Daniels halfe week of yeares for now the Vaile of the Temple rent in two so that the common people might steppe out of the Temples Courâ— into the Holy-place and be their owne Priests in offering vppe a rent heart for nowe Iesus our high Priest entred into the Most holy of the Heavens there to make continuall intercession for vs. At the renting of the Temples Vaile the Iewes might haue learned that then there was an end of Levies ministerie the Priest according to Melchisedeks order having made a newe and liuing way vnto the Father throgh the vaile of his flesh a way for every man that commeth vnto the Father by him for not in the Name or power of any other than Iesus is Salvation to bee accomplished for through Iesus even as wee are members knit vnto him we are made not onely Kings over Satan sin death but also Priestes for lifting vp pure handes without wrath and doubting in all places wheresoever Much of the Epistle vnto the Hebrewes is spent in perswading this neither yet knowe they Christ rightly that knowe not this 9. Staffe He dead a they seale the stone vpon his Tombe But b Third day he ariseth powerfullie Good c Magdalen early to graue doth come Anone Iesus speaks to her cheerefullie d Ten times he did appeare in 40. daies Then calles the Twelue and thus to them he saies a Ioseph of Aramathea having of Pilate obtained Iesus his body and Nicodemus hauing brought one hundreth pound waight of Myrrhe and Aloes they take the body wrap it in lynnen with the odours and burie him in a new Sepulcher within a Garden neete to his suffering place He so buried the high Priests and Pharisies come to Pilate who by common agreement appointed certaine Souldiers to watch the Tombe vntill the third day lest his Disciples should steale him away and so it should be bruted that Iesus rose the Third day as he had promised Therewithall they sealed the Cover-stone as Darius sealed Daniel in the Lyons denne b The third day which was the first day of the weeke he rose from the deade The 6. day of the weeke Heathen-like called Fryday hee departed this mortal life and so entred into Paradise aboue forefigured by Paradise belowe even as Adam on the 6. day through sinne begunne this mortall life and therewithall was expulsed the Lowe Paradise the first figure of Heavens blisse The 7. daye Pagan-wise caled Satur-day the first Adam rested out of Paradise but our second Adam rested in Paradise for as his spirit rested in his Fathers handes so his body in the Earth did feele no corruption Act. 2. 31. This thwarts our disputers about Descension into Hell Having so finished Moses week Iesus ariseth on the next day after the 7. which day as hereto fore in some respect I called the 8. daye so in simple proprietie it is the First day of the week prophanely called Sun-day As our Lord rose this daye so Revel 1. it is called therefore the Lords day As Iesus rose from the power of death Moses his Law having done what it could so like a Samson of Samsons hee caries that Cities gates away on his shoulders and vp he mounteth for our Iustification No marvell then if his Rising-day be our Rest-day and that day we celebrate in meditating of our second Creation and Resurrection even as the first Sabaoth was appointed to bee spent had Adam stoode in meditating the first Creation and Adam falling then appointed to further meditation as first of Creation secondly of the Fall thirdly of Restauration in the promised Seede Moses from the beginning of Creation to the end of Deuteronomte and then from Ioshuah to the end of the Old Testament hee and all the Canonicall writers vse to entitle the daies onely thus the First Second Third Fourth Fift Sixt Seauenth Daye Throughout the Newe Testament the daies haue no other names but wee will not be so precise as to speak like Moses to speak like Christ to speak as the wordes of God Nay if a man so tearme the daies he shall be called Puritane Heretike Howe will our Im-puritanes be pleased if so we cal them Sun-day Moone-day c. Hearken to Venerable Bede His nomina a Planetis Gentilitas indidit c. To these 7. daies Gentilisme did attribute the Planets names beleeving that they had their Spirit of the Sunne the body of the Moone the blood of Mars wit and tongue of Mercuri of Ioue tempetance of Venus lust of Saturne slownes Let men nowe either tip their tongue with the holy Ghosts tearmes or at least not bee offended with such as disdaine to fashion themselues to the Gentiles c As Marie had much forgiven so shee-loved much Her loue partly appeared in this her earlie repaire to the Sepulcher Before her comming an Angel from Heaven had rowled the sealed stone aside Iesus was risen and the hyred watchmen were gone to the Rulers who bribed the Soldiers to the end they should say that Iesus his Disciples had in the night stole away the body Shee comming to the Sepulcher as did Salome and another Marie the Angel informes them of his Resurrection commanding them to returne and tell the same to Peter and the other disciples They departed Iesus first appeares to Marie Magdalene Marke 16. 9. Ioh. 20. 14. c. with whome he familiarly talketh A shame to men that women should loue Iesus more earnestly Secondly he appeared also to the other Marie and to Salome called also Ioanna Luke 10. as they were going to tel the disciples of the Angels words Mat. 28. 9. 10. Thirdly hee appeared to Peter or Cephas 1. Cor. 15. 5. That this must be on the same day may appeare by the Angels command before And that it is not like to fall out betwixt the two next appearances the length of time here and the shortnes of time there makes it most probable Fourthly he appeared to Cleopas and the other Disciple as they were going to Emmaus 60. Furlongs from Ierusalem Luke 24. 13. c. Fiftly hee appeared to the Eleven the greater number bearing name
of the whole at night being assembled to holy exercise Luke 24. who brething on them said Recciue the holy Ghost Whosoeuers sins ye remit they are remitted vnto them and whose sins soeuer yee retaine they are retained At this time Thomas Didymus was wanting No blessing got by absence from holy Assemblie Thus our Lord spent the whol day in Apparitions and Doctrine No maruell then if the eleven gathered togither the eight day after or next Lords day Sixtly hee appeared the 8. day after vnto the Eleuen Didimus was then present and therfore he schooleth him And this was the second time of his appearance vnto the Apostles convened Seventhly he was seene of more than 500. brethren at once 1. Cor. 15. 6. Eightly he was seene of Iames alone 1. Cor. 15. 7. Ninthly hee was seene of divers his Apostles at the Sea of Tyberias Iohn 21. 1. c. and this appearance Verse 14. is called the third appearance that is the thirde time of his appearing to his Apostes convened At this time IESVS vrged Peter vnto a three-folde Confession answering to his three-sold deniall Tenthly hee appeared vnto his Disciples what time he led them into Bethaniâ— where hee sinallie blessed them to the well executing their Commission Their Commission was this Secing all power is given vnto me in Heaven and Earth Go therefore teach al Nations Baptizing them into the Name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost To whome God hath saide Go forth teach convert gather people into One To them necessarily he much more saith Baptize for Paul comparing This with the Former he in that respect affirmeth that he was not sent to baptize meaning that Baptizing was no charge in comparison of the former Deeply simple are many in our daies that make baptizing the greater 10. Staffe Stay in a Ierusalem till from aboue You be baptized with the holy spirite A b clowde then sodainly did him remoue And vp convay him from their carnall sight They straight vnto Salem convaid them then Where they abode with other faithfull men a As the Apostles wer appointed to preach to and baptize of al Nations so it was absolutely necessary that they should be furnished as with other graces so with habilitie to speak and vnderstand the tongues of all Nations For this cause they were to stay at Ierusalem til they had received power from aboue Men may haue a generall calling to some work and yet by reason of particular indigencie or lack be vnfit for some time to set vpon some part of that work This notably overthwarteth rash heades who by vertue of their generall calling will at any time aggresse any particular b His 40. dayes being finished every day answering to a yeare of Moses in the Wildernes hee was taken vp in a clowde to the highest Heavens where hee sitteth at the right hand of Maiestie till his father haue made all his Foes his foot-stoole So endeth the 4. Evangelists Matthewe Marke Luke and Iohn Though Maâ—thewe and Iohn were Apostles yet are they also called Evangelists because aswell as the other two they penned the History of IESVS which is not the whole Evangell but as the Head and Heart of the Evangel Evangel a greek word and in that Tongue the holy Ghost penned the Newe Testament it is in English Glad Tydings This Glad Message of Salvation we cal also in English Gospel drawne from the Saxons worde Godspel Magitians haue their Spel which on nights they set for preserving their moueables that may be called Devil-spel but this Spel of IESVS is of such vertue as it being truly apprehend by faith it causeth moueables and vnmoueables Heauen and Earth yea All to be ours This falleth not out by wearing the written Gospell about the neck as do Romish Idolatrers but as I haue said by beleving it and resting thereon as on the Corner-stone of our spirituall building If Magitians by their Credulitie or light beliefe haue Satan to worke with their spell howe much more shall IEHOVAH work with a Solide Substanâ—all Faith Novve follovveth the Booke of the Apostles Actes 11. Staffe In a Iudas roome they choosed b Matthias And at the Feast of Pentecost againe The Church in one that time c collected was What time from heaven God did his spirit rayne In d fiery tongues so that the 12. from thence In divers tongues their mening might commeÌ„ce a Iudas hauing betraid his Master as afore he watched what would become of Iesus When he sawe that Iesus was condemned and must die then the wretch yrking at his former fact came and brought his 30. peeces of Silver to the Rulers and having cast it downe hee went and hanged himselfe The circumstances cause me to think that when he solde his Master hee hoped that Iesus wold haue convaied himselfe from them as sometimes hee did from the midst of his Foes and so by that meanes he should haue had the money Iesus no harme and the Rulers haue bin mocked Thus Iudas as a Iugler plaied at Fast Loose till he had fastned his Master to the Crosse and his owne neck to the Halter That hee should sinne against Christ of meere mallice and so commit the grand sinne against the holy Ghost I see not b The Apostles setting foorth Barsabas and Mitthia two that had conversed with Christ from the time of Iohns Baptisme vnto the Ascention of Iesus they thus praied Thou Lord which knowest the hearts of all men shew whether of these two thou hast chosen that hee may take the roome of this Ministration and Apostle-ship from which Iudas haâ—h gone astray to go to his owne place Praier thus finished they giue forth Lottes and the office-Lot fell on Matthias he therefore from thence-forth was by common consent counted with the Eleven Apostles Quest. Is it at all handes vnlawfull nowe to vse the Lotte Answ. No the Lot remaineth in holy vse for avoiding contention Prov 18. 18. As it was ordained to prevent and take away strife so so long as Contention resteth in the World so long the Lot standeth in vse Contention either ariseth in Civill or Ecclesiasticall causes If Civill things cannot be agreed vpon otherwise than the Lot euen as an oath is to put an end to that busines In an Ecclesiasticall cause the like occasion calleth for the like vse of sacred Lot as here Obiect The Lot heere was in steede of Iesus his voice from heaven because man might not choose an Apostle therefore where man may make the choise we are not to trouble God with the Lot Reply I grant both Antecedent and consequent But there may be and I haue seene divers persons presented by the Church to some office Ecclesiasticallâ— all woorthie men yet not all presented necessarie then for office to that Church Againe two may be presented fit men for Pastors a great part of the Church rather affects This another greate part affects rather That what in this case is fittest to be done
their souls were Powerfull in the waies of perpetuall death but vnable to all Good Sweete Father as their Creation was the Creation of the Matter whereof all Mankinde is come so this fearfull Fall was not onely to them Two but to Me and all Mankinde considering wee were then enclosed in ` their loynes A fountain of gall can send forth no sweet waters nor could wee bee borne Holy that were conceived in Sin As is the Roote even such are the branches nay our Actuall sinnes do testifie that that Original sin was convayed vnto vs in our Nature by reason wherof I and All Mankinde haue beene justly vnder thy Curse Oh that wee should fall from thee our Creator from thee our Father that of base earth did make vs glorious creatures stamping in our souls thy Image whereof justly wee were deprived carrying vpon vs in steade thereof the Blacke vnholy Image of Satan But thou Our sweete Father didst thou vtterly leaue Mankind to be damned with Satan Oh no. Thou soughtest vp our fore-parents Adam Heuah and Catechized them freely promising vnto them that of womans Seed one should come by whome the seed of man and woman shuld overcome Satan When the fulnesse of time was expired thou accordingly didst send thy Sonne made of a vvoman who in our Nature triumphed over Sinne Death Hell Sathan and so finaly sitteth at the right hand of Majestie making continuall intercession for all such of Man-kinde as do come vnto thee oh Father by him in and by whome Salvation onely is come vnto Iewe and Gentile Thus when of a Father we had justly made thee our Foe it pleased thee sweete Father to appoint a Mediator betwixt thee and vs that so by him thou and wee might bee reconciled and made one Oh Mercie of mercies oh thou fountaine of mercie howe are wee bounde vnto thee our Father our Father by Creation our Father by Redemption in Mercie twise a Father but wee in Obedience not once worthy the name of Children But so it hath pleased thee to call out a companie of Mankinde and amongst them Me most vnwoorthie to whome it hath pleased thee to Seale thy Loue vnto their hearts by thy Spirit thy sanctifying Spirit This testimony of thy Spirit vnto our Spirits causeth vs to open our mouthes boldly vnto thee as children to a father not doubting but thou wilt giue to vs whatsoever is good and necessarie for body and soule Earthly Fathers though wicked will commonly giue good thinges vnto their Children howe much more thou The second part of the Preface Which art in Heaven VVHo art in Heaven and therefore art Heavenly in thy Guifts and excellent in all thy workes Who also as thou art in Heaven as a King in his royall Throne so hast thou all power in Heauen and Earth to serue at a beck Many Earthly Fathers thogh they be vvilling yet are they vnable to help their Children but thou art as Able as vvilling and therfore Can and vvill cause all things even sinne and al to turne vnto the best of such as are called according to thy purpose to be to thee Sons and Daughters adopted I beleeue Lord Lord help my vnbeliefe increase my faith teach me truly howe to pray yea let all thy Sonnes and Daughters see thy Fatherly face thy Heauenly face that thou neither Can nor vvil forsake such as do trust in thy power and are contented to lay themselues down vnder the sheilter of thy wings The first Petition of the supplication Hallowed be thy Name MErciful father thy Name is mightie and excellent amongst the very Heathen but who doe Sanctifie thy Name The Heavens and firmament yea all the visible creatures do make knowne thy name of Power thy name of vvisedome thy name Eternal thy names Provident Bountiful c. Every Barbarian oh Father by the little Light of Nature left in the soul vndestroied is brought to acknowledge that there is a God who is the Cause of al Causes and giveth Being vnto al cretures but do they herewithall Hallow thy name so graven in the fore-heades of all Creatures visible Alas no All this sight sanctifieth neither eye heart nor hand thy Lawe is onely a perfit teacher giving holy light to the spirituall blind and thy vvord is that Trueth wherewith man is first made holy that so hee may Hallowe thy Name thy Namâ— plainely written vpon the former creatures but more plainly characterized within thy holy Church and that in the vvorde Sacraments Therein oh Lord thou hast evidently to Eare and Eye propounded Iesus crucified Iesus the onely Redeemer the only Mediator in and by whose blood thou rests satisfied for al these that come vnto thee in his Name Oh mercifull Father howe largely haue we Vn-hallowed thy Name both in the common Cretures in the vvord and in the Sacraments we haue looked vpon the Heavens the Earth Sunne Moone Starres Trees Grasse Flowers Beasts Birdes Fishes but haue we therein spirituallie discerned thy Power vvisedome providence kindnes Nay we haue cloathed and fedde our bodies with divers of thy woonderfull workes but haue we there withall hallowed thy Name in the same yea we haue medled with thy Word and Sacraments but with what blinde eyes and dull hearts Oh Lord shame confusion belongs vnto vs not only for not Hallowing thy Name but also for Vn-hallowing and prophaning of thy Creatures Word Sacraments and so consequently vnsanctified thy Name in the same Oh Lord by our rude behavior we haue laboured to obscure thy Name to bury it in darknes by not discerning and orderly hallowing it Yea that which more is wee haue oft remembred thy Name but then wee haue taken it in vaine then wee haue vnjustlie sworn by the same c. as thogh we had conspired with Sathan either to bury thy Name in oblivion or else by speaking of it to pollute it and make it contemptible Sweet Father in Christ Iesus we by the motion of thine own Spirit do therefore beg of thee the Grace whereby we may be fitted hereafter to hallowe thy Name to sanctifie thy Name in beholding the common Creatures in hearing thy worde in receiving thy Sacramentes To which end Lord The second Petition Let thy Kingdome come LEt thy kingdome come even the Spirituall government of thy Son and our Saviour Iesus oh let it Come and bee seated in the heartes of thy People Hitherto Sathan hath had too great power over our body insomuch as our tonges handes feete eares eyes haue done service vnto Satan by being subject to Sinne. Our soules oh Lord in the faculties and powers therof haue bene largely serviceable to Sin Wee haue Minded earthly things our Memories haue bene receptacles of vanitie our Affections haue bene eger after thinges cursed by the Law insomuch as in our whole man Satan prince of darknes hath had a Kingdome and occupied an hellish vnholy Kingdome Sweet Father loose the bands of Satan destroy his power by thy spirit and so let
the Heavens and Earth Host hath fram'd He create g Man and h woman i AdaÌ„ nam'd a signifying Strong oâ— Potent The first Atribute or Name of the Strong GOD given in the Holy Booke Gene. 1. 1. by Moses Elohim is the Plurall number of EL so that ELOHIM did Create is as much as 〈◊〉 the strong One did create the Plurall number denoting the pluralitie of Persons but ioyned with a word of the Singular Number it pulleth vs back to considder that That Three are but One â—ssence of Sâ—bstance The Essence then is one and spirituall Iohn 4 24. but distinguished not devided into Father Sonne and Holy Ghost 1. Iohn 5. 7. b Signifieth All sufficiencie c Signifieth Bâ—â—ng or Eternall namely such a Being as hath his Being of None and by whome All other things haue their Being Actâ— 17. 28 and so Eternall as is not onely without Beginning and End but by and in whome All things beginne and end This woonderful Name is deeplie graven on the Forehead of the Tenne Commandements I IEHOVAH Exod 20. 2. dd signifying I AM so he speaketh to Israel by Moses I AM THAT I AM. He speaketh of himselfe in the Present Tense or Time because All time with vs passed and to come is presentay before him wee should so shape our selues as hauing our first Creation Fall and future Iudgment alwaies present befoâ—e vs then we would not content our selues with I was good or I will be good but wee would labour that howe sodainlâ— soeveâ— God come vpon vs even at that Present to bee founde watchfull and sober Heare not the High sacred Titles of God but be thereby in all estates edified ee This one God is distinguished into Three Persons the Powerfull Name into which Man was first Created Genes 1. and lastly baptized Math. 28. 19. not one Person before the other in Time but in a certaine respect or order whereof anone f In the beginning of Time and each Motion must haue a Moover before it that mightie Elohim steppeâ—â—â—oorth according to his Eternall Decree and createth Creatures for his own sake Prov. 16. 4. which work he manifesteth by dividing it into partes every part declared within a certaine Nomber of Motion or Time First he of Nothing created Something namely the Heauenly and Earthly Mattâ—r Genes 1. 1. whereout Al other Creatures were to be diduced And as To Create is properly to make Something of Nothing so this saide Matter is onely propeâ—lie Created and the Creatures formed out of That properlie Mâ—de These that by Heauen and Earâ—h in that first verse haue vnderstood the whole Subsequent as though the first verse delivered generallie what afterwards is handled particularly haue therein failed If this were noâ— so then Moses shuld afterwardes tell vs that Man was made of Earth and then haue omitted the Creation of Earthlie matter without which first knowne wee cannot conceiue the second Having Created that Heauenly and Earthly Matter â—oe it was as a confused Chaos or rude Lumpe but over-covered by the Breath or Spirit of EL as egges covered by the Hen for bringing soorth a more excellent Creature without which sitting vpon as not only there woulde be no newe Creature but also the egge wold in time cease to be that it first is so and much more than so without that over-spreading of the Spirit that first Matter would haue returned into Nothing and haue ceased Being But brieflie for I professe brevitie in this Book that Matter Created all being darknes ELOHIM calleth Light out of darknes and separating them hee calleth Darknes for it first had Being Night and the Light day and so was Created the first daye Into which day most liklie may be referred the Creation of Angels wherevnto I am the rather led because they are tearmed by the holy Ghost Angels of Light â— Cor. 11. 14. and it may be they had their Being from the Heavenly nature But in which of the Six daies soever they were Created sure it is that before Man his Creation they had forsaken their Originall Iob. 4. 18. Iude 6. compared with his time of tempting the Woman In the second day was created the Firmament or superiour Region calling it Heauen putting a separation betwixt the superior inferior waters In the third day ELOHIM first commanded the inferiour waters to gather into appointed places calling them waters so collected Seas and the drye part Earth Secondly hee commaundeth the same Earth to bring forth Hearbs and Trees In the fourth day the Lord commaunded two great shining Starres to Exist in the firmament appointing the Greater namely the Sun for the day and the lesser namely the Moone for the Night In the fift day God commaunded divers Creatures to haue their Being out of the Waters first creeping water Creatures as Eeles Snakes c. Secondly he commaundeth Being to Whales and all Fishes Thirdly to all feathered Fowles blessing all of them to multiplication In the fâ—xt day hee commaundeth the Earth to bring forth every kind of Beast pasing or creeping As I vnderstand the Serpent Genes 3. 1. in English Creeping not to be a Creeper of the Waters longing to the fift daies work but of these Earth-creepers because there he is called a Beast of the Feild So I marvell at some who haue peremptorilie affirmed because ELOHIM there commaundeth him to go on his bellie that he crept not before As M. Caluin thereon might haue staied such resolute heades so in a case at least doubtfull they should haue feared lest they should haue rushed on Moses who in the fift day giveth amongst watry Creatures the Creepers first place as in this sixt daies work placeth the creeping Beast next immediatly before Man being in the same day and in the place next before man Created which done g Hee ELOHIM doth of the dust of the Earth make Man breathing into him a reasonable Soul In this Soul a spirituall Substance as is God but finite and not being of it selfe so is not GOD in it ELOHIM stamped his owne likenes of an holy Vnitie in Trinitie and of an holy Trinitie in Vnitie As the Soul is but one Essence so there ariseth three divers Faculties or Powers in that one Substance First there is the Mind Secondly the Will Thirdly the Power of Doing or working The Minde conceiveth and vnderstandeth things the Wil affecteth the obiect accordingly as the minde first conceiveth of the thing and from this minde conceiving and will affecting there proceedeth a working power or a power by which something is done The Minde so conceiving resembling the Father the Will hauing his affection begotten of the Minds Conceipt resembling the Sonne begotten of the Father and the Power of Doing proceeding both from the Minde and Will resembling the Holy Ghost proceeding from the Father and the Sonne And as them three Persons make but one God so these three Faculties for the Souâ—e being a single Substance it cannot be parted do make but one spirituall
Beasts as a signe howe much he abhorred the shedding of Mans blood 10. Staffe As Adam gun the former World so this By Noah was begun Of a Cham ther came the Cananites accusst for works amisse Of Iaphet sprong the Gentiles hight by name Of blessed Shem came Heber Abram eke From whome the Israelites their bloud-rowle seek a Noah planting of Viâ—es drinking the iuice of the grapes hee became drunken so lay in the midst of his Tent Naked C ham seeing it telleth his two Brethren They comming backwards towards their Father doe from their shoulders let fall a covering vpon him Noah awaking vnderstanding what was done he curseth Cham in his sonne Chanaan of whom came the cursed Canaanites but hee blesseth the God of Shem and praieth that Iaphet at last may come and dwell in Shems Tent. Of Iaphet came the Gentiles From Shem supposed to be Melâ—hiâ— sedek Gen 14 both of Hebrewes Greeks Latins olde and newâ— and he was living till about 77. yeares after Abram his calling out of VR in Chaldea from Shem I say the 12. Worthy of the Old World and borne before the Newe world from Him came Arphaxad from Arphaxad Selah from Selah Heber of whom the tongue was called Hebrewe rom Hâ—ber Peleg from Peleg Regu from Regu Serug from Serug Nahor from Nahor Terah from Terah Abram the Grand-father of Israel of whome came the Israelites 11. Staffe In a Abrams time Idolatrie did raigne God therefore b called him from Chaldea Land Who taking c Tent on back away he came And d followed God as Child doth Nurses hand To him God promised great seed After the same To e Abram God gaue Abraham to name a Excepting Melchisedek the Priest of the high God and King of SALEM Called also IEâ—VS of Iebust Gen. 10. 16. but afterwards called IERV-SALEM of IERV-SALEM mysticallie by Titles change teaching That the Towne was changed to Sacred vse even to be the figure of God his vniversall Church excepting I say that Melchi-sedek there is not mention of any that walked vprightly before IEHOVAH b The Lord Abram then being 75. years old picked him out of Chaldea the Land of Shinar and Nimrods Babel or Confusion for there the Schismatiks from Shem builded but their owne tongue was slit by IEHOVAH as is coniectured into 70. and so were scattered into divers partes of the Earth c The Father of the Faithfull liued in a Tent and we should not think but our state is stil moueable for here is no abiding Citie d He followed the Sound of God as we shuld followe his Worde in all things the companie of which intelligible Sounde for it is not a Romish Noise but a distinct Voice should drawe vs after it as a Loadstone pulleth to it Iron Togither with Abram and Sarai his wife there goeth foorth Lot the Son of HARAH Abrams brother This LOT and his Familie were with Abram what time IEHOVAH Genes 12. made first promise to Abram that in his SEEDE all the Earth should receiue a blessing for the Seede of the Woman promised Gen. 3. was to spring from Abrams seede But soone after Gen. 13. there being a controversie betwixt Abrams Heardmen and the Heardmen of LOT about pasture for their Cattel Abram though more Excellent for peace sake giveth LOT leaue to choose what Soyle he first would LOT chooseth the plaine of Sodome and so departeth pitching his Tent at Sodome gates But his fleshly choise was scourged for in steed of good Abram he found a beastly carnal People who dailie vexed his heart 2. Pet 27. Soone after there being warres betwixt the 5. Kinges of the 5. Cities of the Plaine on the one side and the King of Babel and his 3. Neighbour Kings on the other side This last Partie prevailing Lot with all he had was carried away captiue Abram vnderstanding hereof hee mustered 318. of his owne house pursueth and recovereth LOT againe In Abrams returne Mâ—lchi-sedek King of Shalem and Iehouahs high Priest did meet him and offered to him Bread and wine a notable figure of the Breade and wine which IESVS our Priest after Melchi-sedeks order hath offered to vs believers not to Sodoms People to which Kingly Priest Abram tythed or paied tenths of all he had wherewithall the Royall Priest blesseth him and the lesser is blessed of the greater Genes 14. Heb. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. And what Man should bee greater than Abram if not Shem in whose Tent God was to dwel til Iaphets or the Gentiles returne to dwel in that Tent LOT by all these Crosses not profiting much after this deliverance even by Abram whose fellowship he neglected hee purchaseth place in Sodoms Towne But Abram returning to his place in the vale of Mamre the Lord there by vision confirmeth the former promise and promiseth him a large seede as also the Land of Canaan for their possession Abram believing the Lord it is imputed to him for Righteousnes Sarai being barren shee giveth her Aegyptian-maide to him who knowing her she bringeth forth Ismael e Abram being 99. yeares olde IEHOVAH appeareth and smiteth a Covenant with him Abram was to Walke vpright before God The Lord he was to be to Abram GOD Al-sufficient at euery turne and straight For printing this Covenant more deepe in the brests of Abram and Sarah the Lord calleth Abram in English High-father ABRAHAM in English The Father of a great Multitude and Sarai in English Mistres he calleth SARAH that is interpreted Princesse The lifting vp of their Names-meaning by that letter H teacheth howe Covenant-smiting with God for vpright worship doth exalt not embase Man and woman Togither with his Covenant the Lord adioyneth a SEALE or exhibitiue Signe for Abraham and his Male-seede henceforth was to be circumcised The cutting of that fore-skin of the Male his generatiue part did preach a being conceived in sinne and therefore a need of Regeneration or Newe-birth This Cut in the flesh is properly called the Signe of the Covenant Genes 17. 11. but improperly or Sacramentallie it is called the Covenant it self ver 13 After this the Sinnes of Sodom Gomorrha Zeboim Admah Bela crying to Heaven God sendeth his Angels first to foresignifie their destruction vnto Abraham what time Isaac was againe promised Sarah laughing it to scorne as a thing impossible for her to bring forth afterwards to LOT The Angels send LOT and his wife out of the Citie to Belah thenceforth called Zoar for LOT was vnwilling to go to the Mountaine His wife looking back is turned into a Salt piller Fire and brimstone from Heaven devoures all LOT after that remooving vnto the Mount his daughters to haue seed by their Father made him drunke and so lay with him Vnawares he begetteth of them Moab of whome the Moabites and Ben-ammi of whome came the Ammonites 12. Staffe His Wife a Sarai was thenceforth cal'd Sarah And b Circumcision for holy Signe c To Abrahams Male-seed God gaue that day Which was observ'd
the Spirit of Elias prepared the People vnto Iesus by hewing squaring and smothing their hearts lest otherwise Iesus should haue smit the Earth with cursing Vnto this Iohn came Iesus to be baptised Iohn refusing as being fitter to be baptised by Iesus our Saviour tels him it must be so for fulfilling of righteousnes Iohn baptizeth him in Iordan through which Iesus or Ioshua safely led Israel at what time the holy Ghost manifested himselfe vnder the bodilie shape of a Doue lighting vpon Iesus togither withall a voice passed from Heaven saying Thou art my beloued Sonne in thee I am well pleased Here was the Father the Sonne and the Holy Ghost concurring in this Baptismes solemnization The Sonne presents himselfe for fulfilling Righteousnes The Holy Ghost sheweth Iesus to bee simple and innocent as a Doue the Father proclaimes him first his Beloved Sonne Secondly In whome hee rested well pleased Thus was the Dore-sacrament of the newe Testament graced by ELOHIM that Three-one Quest. Why should Iesus be baptized with water seeing he was sinles and that Sacramentall water teacheth the baptized first that sinne is put away by the blood of Iesus secondly that the baptized is to die to sinne and to rise vnto a newe life Answ. Circumcision signified the like yet was he circumcised as he is here baptized Yet I easilie graunt nay I do boldlie affirme that hee was neither circumcised nor baptized for the two formeâ— ends and yet of absolute necessitie he was both to be circumcised and baptized that for this cause As Circumcision and baptisme were inioyned man because of sinne seales of sinnes forgiuenesse by blood-shed even by the blood of the Lambe slaine from the beginning of the world so howe should them Sacraments of the Olde and Newe Testament haue bene holy and liuely to the receivers if so the holy Lambe and Lord of life had not in our nature so sanctified them Hee for giving Life vnto both them did therefore vndergoe both in his bodie Thereby Circumcision was made Heauens-doore vnto the old Church Zion and thereby was Baptisme made Heauens-entrye vnto the Newe Church Ierusalem from aboue So the Sacrament was not onely given to Preach Life to the first Adam but also To be made Life by the second Adam even as was the whole Lawe not only given to the olde Man but also to bee performed without blot by the newe Man from Heaven heavenly Despisers and neglecters of this Seale haue yet no assurance of life in Iesus Let them marke that c He gathers no Newe Communion before himselfe had vndergone the New Communions Sacrament for Baptisme was the doore into the new Testaments Church d Having gathered Schollers or Disciples he calleth 12. of them Apostles or Speciall Sent-ones and alotteth them to preach before him but not as yet to the Gentiles The Names of the 12. were thus Simon Peter and Andrewe his brother Iames and Iohn who were Zebedeus Sonnes then Philip and Bartholmewe Thomas and Mathewe the Publicane Iames sonne of Alphâ—us and Lebbeus Thaddeus Simon the Cananite and Iudas Isâ—arioâ— These twelue Apostles doe make answere to the twelue Patriarches of Israel e These 70. were sent forth with as large and like Commission as were the Apostles Mark that Secondly these 70. answered to Moses seaventie prophecying Auncients Nombers 11. 24. c. Here is Wisedome but who marks it 7. Staffe Great a wonders he did worke in every place But b Dragon still pursues him to the end He institutes A c Supper full of d grace Which to his e Church for ay he did commend That done he wends to pray in f Oliuet g Iscariot thitheâ— his foes did fet a Hee converted water into Wine and who but Iesus can turne our bred and water of affliction into a continuall Feast He gaue sight to the borne blinde bodie and who but he can giue holy light to the borne blinde minde He cured Leprosie and many other corporeall diseases incurable by naturall meanes and who but he can cure our souls maladies whose cure consisteth onely in metaphysicall or supernaturall meanes To the dead and stinking dead he gaue corporeall life and who but he can giue spirituall life to these that are dead and stinking deade in their sinnes Hee cast out devils possessing bodies and who but Iesus canne cast out the Devils that possesse mens soules b ELOHIM foretold Adam and Heuah that there should bee enmitie betwixt the Serpent and Womans promised seede as this IESVS was the Head of that holy seede so the Deuill ceaseth not to stirre vp his Serpentine seede to pursue this blessed Seede vnto the death but all in vaine vntill the time came wherein he himselfe was minded to lay downe his bodie c The time of his oblation being within one day he calleth the 12. togither and sitting downe on a lowe bed for so the Iewes did eat having first preached vnto them the necessity of his departure he first eateth with them the Paschall Lamb then afterwards he institutes the Newe Testaments supper consisting in Sacramentall Breade and Wine having finished the old Supper he institutes a new Quâ—st Was Iudas Iscariot present in both these Suppers Answ. In the first hee was Neither might any soule-maime debar any Circumcised from the old Supper nor yet any Soul-soare vnseene in the baptized debarre from the newe Supper Seene and knowne pollutions in the bodies of the Circumcised would debar them the holy Congregation and Supper so only seene and knowne sin vnrepented can debarre such the newe Testaments Assemblie and their holy Supper To the question therefore I answer thus Many learned and worthie deep reverence haue written that Iudas was present but yet I see somthing that keeps me from so thinking But first let it be granted that Iudas was there a Communicant what then you wil it may be with others conclude Then may wicked ones be admitted to the Lords Supper I answer it prooveth not that Knowne wicked may bee admitted for Iudas was not an open wicked one but a secret wicked one and therefore vnder God his Iudgment that knowes the heart and not vnder mans censure who knowes not the heart Obiect The man Christ knewe him for a Traytour and yet would not debarre him First the Man Christ knewe him not alreadie a Traytor for as yet he had not betrayed Iesus and Man must censure Actions or things that bee Patent not Latent Secondly Christ as he was man knewe not that hee had such a trayterly thought in his heart no more then as he was the sonne of man hee knewe the latter day for every meane wit knoweth that Thoughtes of men and personall Future Actions were communicated vnto his Man-hoode by the God-head or his divine nature If Iudas then had beene present hee was to Man there considered as man an hypocrite or vnseene Traytor and therefore nothing maketh for admission of vnrepentant knowne wicked to the Lords Table But as before I saide I rather think he was
thy Kingdome that consisteth in Righteousnes and Holines oh let it Come and as a stronger man let thy Spirite cast out the Tyrannie of Sinne that howsoever it dwell yet it may never raigne in our mortall members Sweete Father thou hast begunne a good work in vs and shall Satan overturne it shall Sinne supplant it Alas alas except thou vpholde vs wee shall deceiue our owne soules Satan the World and our Flesh are at league therefore as thou hast hitherto caused vs to put our trust in thee so continue thou our Governour and cause vs to stoup vnto the sugered motions of thine own spirit And for the better building vp of our inwarde man and the repairing of thine owne Image in vs mercifully giue vnto vs faithfull Ministers of thy word that so we may receiue the blessing of Illumination and Sanctification that accompanieth thine owne ordinance And for making roome to thine owne Ordināce vouchsafe to remoue from all thy People such as haue run out without thy bidding Remoue hyrelings dumb dogs and all such cursed plants as thy right hand never planted that so an open way being made for thine owne Servants the Scepter of Iesus may be lifted vp in the midst of thy People that they seeing the Banner of thy Sonne displaied they may bring their sons daughters from farre and so giue vp their names to liue Subjects in the kingdome of thy son Christ. And inasmuch as thou hast commanded Kings Queenes Magistrates to bee Nource-fathers and Nource-mothers vnto thy Church Lord we humblie intreate thee not onely to giue such vnto vs and others thy poore people but also do thou put the remembrance of that dutie in their heades that they may not dare like lewde Nources to mingle with thy Wine and Milke their owne liquor and leaven but that they may compt it their Glory as Elders to cast their Crownes downe before thy Throne spirituall wherevpon thou sittes in the middest of thy Church Let them knowe that thou hast appointed thē to lick vp the dust before the feete of thy Church yea to remoue the smallest lets to godlines so farre let them knowe they ought to bee from casting their owne inventions as stumbling blocks before the feete of thy people These of them that will bee brought to honour thee do thou honour them but if with horne side they wil dedicate themselues to push thy Sonnes Spowsesse then mercifull Father do cut their hornes shorter and breake off their power that so they may learne how the kingdome that serues not thee shall perish And because mercifull Father this spirituall kingdome of thine in vs will here never be perfected we therefore intreat thee to hasten the comming of thy Son our blessed Saviour vnto that finall doome that so having gathered his kingdome of Iewe and Gentile into one hee may deliver vp the same into thine hand and so thou maist be al in all In the meane time oh Lord let thy spirit so guide and leade vs in thy truth as by vs The third Petition Thy will be done in Earth as it is in Heaven THy vvill may be done in Earth as it is in Heuen by the blessed Angels Oh Lord They could keepe their place but Satan and wee would needes forsake our place They therefore haue continued happie doers of thy will where Satan and Man-kind haue sought their own will Satan therefore for ever alotted vnto the burning pit whither likewise whol Man-kind had packed had not thy Sonne stept in and made attonement for me and al such as apprehēd him by a liuely Faith which is the Guift even the flower that buddeth out of our adoption Considering all the benefits we haue received from thee oh Lord why should not wee in the Earth do thy will aswell as doe the blessed Angels in Heaven They were created once so were we yea wee haue bene created twise so were not they by so much the more are wee bounde to do thy will even thy will by forsaking our own will yet this will of ours wee are most prest to preferre before thy will Oh false heart crooked heart wilt thou never be duly subject vnto that pure and only holy will of thy Creator of thy Redemer As the Angels do in the heauenlie places continuallie beholde thy face ô Father so hast thou called vs in the Earth to liue before thee as in Heaven and therefore hast thou called vs out of the worlde out of the kingdome of darknes and that to be Citizens with thy Saintes in the Earth who howsoever they are in the worlde yet are not of the worlde howsoever they walke their pilgrimage in the Earth yet their conversation is in Heaven their conversation is heavenly As thou addes vnto thy Sonnes Church such souls as are appointed to be saued so ô mercifull Father it is not sufficient for vs to be in thy Church except thou lead vs doing thy will in the Church It is not sufficient that wee be Cittizens of thy spiritual Ierusalem except we liue according to the Citties Lawes and ordinances Thou having Lord given vs to knowe this giue vs power likewise to do it even to do thy Wil as diligently faithfully earnestly as doe the heavenly spirites whome thou hast appointed to minister vnto the heires of Saluation whome thou hast appointed for to watch over the Church over every the faithfull Giue vnto thy Ministers grace to do thy Wil in preaching thy blessed Wil in season and out of season not measuring what man wold heare but what thou hast commanded them to speake Giue vnto thy people such Pastors as may powerfully Exhort such Teachers as may trulie deliver the Doctrine of faith such Elders as may diligentlie Governe such Deacons as may faithfully Distribute the contribution of the Saintes such Widowes as may with Mercifull Affections attend the sicke and impotent that so the Ministers of thy Church performing dutifully thy will the Communion of thy People as it is called the Kingdome of heauen so it may be beautifull as Heaven Vnto Princes Magistrates People giue grace of subjection to thy wil that all of them seeking thy glory not their owne wil it so may come to passe that thy will may be preferred by Al in every their several callings that Parents and Children Maisters Servants so studying the doing of thy will there may be an heavenly concent and harmony of obedience towardes thee in the Earth as is vnto thee by all the blessed spirits in Heaven And inasmuch as oh mercifull Father after we haue prayed for the glorifying of thy gret Name in the establishing of thy Kingdome and doing thy Will in asmuch as after that we are enjoyned to praye for the things which necessarily and immediatlie concerne our selues wee humblie intreat thee to The fourth Petition Giue vnto vs this day our Daily Bread GIue vnto vs our daily Bread Breade oh Lord is more than we deserue why should wee then be discontented with