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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09575	The embassage of Gods angell. By George Phillips	Phillips, George, fl. 1597.	1597 (1597)	STC 19857; ESTC S119180	13,040	41

and one sheep heard Whereby he meant that hee would be one day as common to the Gentiles thorough the preaching of his gospell as then he was proper to the first elected Iewes For S. Iohns vision must bee effected or else the scriptures are not fulfilled he saieth he saw an angell flying thorough the Apoc. 14 6 middest of heauen hauing an euerlasting gospell to preach to them that dwell on the earth and to euery Nation and kindred and tongue people So that howsoeuer that bee true that the Israelites were the peculiar people of God to whom only pertained the promise the adoption the couenant of God as saint Paule sayeth yet now God vouchsafing a new couenant Rom. 9 4 Iere. 5 31 hath comprehended all Nations therein Acts. 2 39 as saint Peter saith Vnto you is the promise made and vnto your seed vnto all that are yet a farre off Ose 2 23 euen so manie as God will call And as Ose the Prophet said god calleth thē his people who were not his people heretofore and they novv do cal him their God whose God hee was not in times past For we were as sheep going astraie 1 Pet. 2 25 but nowe returned to the sheepeheard and bishop of our soules c. Acts 10 15 So that Saint Peters vision being accomplished that which God hath cleansed manne may not count it vncleane Actes 10 28 for novv GOD hath shewed me that I shoulde not count any man polluted or vncleane saith hee Text. All the wordes of this life This doth subscribe to the truth of him whoe beeing the life it selfe Iohn 14 6 Matth. 4 3 saide sometimes that There is not one worde in the booke of God but it hath his Emphasis or powerfull effect vnto eternall life Therefore as Saint Paule founde by his ovvne experience Rom. 1 16 that the wordes of the Gospell tende all to the sauing of Faithfull beleeuers so hee protesteth to the Church of Ephesus that hee kept not backe anie part of the Counsell of GOD that was fitte for theyr saluation Acts. 20 20 but deliuered vnto them all that Counsell of GOD. Yet we who are the Gentiles must saie like Ieremy the prophet Thy words were found by mee Iere. 15 16 and I did eate them and thy worde was vnto mee the ioy and reioicing of my hart Or as Dauid said Psal 132.6 Loe wee heard of the same at Ephrata and found it in the Wood. When we come to Gods house wee must attende rather what is spoken then who speaketh because if we regard who teacheth we shall oft hear the successors of the Scribes Pharisies who onlie would say well and bicause they hold in capite so long as they teach the truth wee must heare them Matth. 23 2 and hold with them in that Ei parti fauendum est quae rectum sentit in veritate We must leane to that side which relieth vpon the truth Therefore said Christ Quod dicunt facite You must doe as they saie If you attend what they say you shal find them like the Apostles for they speak vnto you all the words of this life And it is not only the word of life because it is spoken as from the Author of life or because it tendeth to eternall life but quia creditur because it is beleeued And therefore saieth Paule Rom. 1 16 It is the power of God able to saue euery beleeuer And when Esay said Esay 53 1 Lord who beleeueth our preaching hee meant that the want of beliefe is want of life The wordes of the Gospell are also called the words of life Iohn 14 6 because they treate of Iesus Christ who is the life of life for in him we liue moue Actes 4 12 haue our being And not only Peter saith Acts 10 43 Non est salus in vllo alio but huic testātur omnes prophetae To him doe all the Prophets beare witnesse that through his name al that beleeue in him shal receiue remission of sinnes The wordes of the Gospell are called the wordes of life also because the subiect of the gospel is to beget soules to euerlasting life as our Sauiour himselfe saieth Iohn 20 31 These things were written that you might beleeue and in beleeuing yee might haue life through Christs name Text. So when they heard it they entred into the temple early in the morning and taught This sequele sheweth how faithfully the Apostles did execute the Angels commandement First they doe heare it Ezec. 33 7 then they teach it like that rule of God to Ezechiel Sonne of man thou shalt heare the word at my mouth and thou shalt giue the people warning from me 1 Pet. 4 11 Or that of S. Peter If anie man minister let him do it as of the abilitie that God ministreth to him For our sauiour saith Math. 13.52 Euery Scribe learned in the kingdome of God is like a good housholder that bringeth out of his treasure things both new and old Thus the meanes are directed to the ende as Moses receiued the lawe to deliuer it to the people The eare to heare and the eie to see the Lorde hath made them both saith the Wise man Prou. 20 12 Salomon teacheth vs both the vse and the author of our senses by both the which he affirmeth that we are gods factors vpon earth and that the gifts of God are talents committed to vs to trade them ouer in our life to the honor of the right owner of them Luke 4 16 The Euangelist Luke saith that when our Lord came into the synagogue of Nazareth according to his custome hee gaue them a sermon And so doeth hee saie likewise of the Apostles Luke 24 53 that they were vsuallie conuersing in the Temple in the time of their libertie and novve also after their imprisonment This is one great comfort to the man of god that howsoeuer men may be bounde for the worde of God 2 Tim. 2 9 yet the worde of God it selfe is not bound And let them further vnderstande that as Gods iudgments are compared to a great deep Psal 36 6 so he wil not make it known vnto vs why he suffereth mē to ride ouer our heads but only thus far forth that we may finde him most helpefull when we feele our selues to be most helplesse Psal 37 25 and say like Dauid I neuer sawe the righteous forsaken And thereby learne that bicause God is mercifull therefore he ought to be feared more then men who are for the most part cruell When it is said that the Apostles Entred earlie into the temple and taught This is spoken for the imitation of their successors for euen as the sun imparteth his light vnto the moone and starres so these moouing candlesticks bee not put vnder a bushell but set in an open place to inlighten all that are in Gods house Iohn

he hath made the deafe to heare and the dumbe to speake 2 Chr. 13 9 Blessed be God the daies which Ahia the Prophet complained of are worne out of date whoe said We haue such priests as the Nations that be Idolatrous round about vs as though we should sacrifice with a bullock and seauen Rams to them which are no Gods Then coulde men bee contented to see and suffer Gods sanctuary to bee a stable for the ignorant asse Surely it argueth that men could bee contented to profes wel whatsoeuer they performed and to haue all thinges well so that it were not effected by their means For had they regarded Gods true religion then should not a company of vnworthy men haue caried avvaie the churches reuenues for an olde song as Baals priestes consumed the kings cost for saying O Ball heare vs 1 Reg. 18 26 blind Prophets shuld not lead the blinded people hand in hand vnto hell nor the Diuell lead captiue both the seducers and the seduced as the Philistines ruled Samson Iudg. 16.21 hauing cut off his haire and bored out his eies Text. And stand in the Temple This is added to prooue that God hath appointed a setled and certaine place wherein he will haue his name called vpon of his people Deu. 12 5 6 and it hath beene so euer sithence that Temple at Ierusalem was first builded by king Salomon 1 Reg. 6 As the Psalmist ment when he said Thither the tribes go vp Psal 122 4 euen the tribes of the Lord c. And it seemeth that in diuers ages there were ordinary places of assemblie as well to the sacriledge committed with Idols as for the seruice of the true god For as the vvoman of Samaria saith that her predecessors worshipped vppon the mount of Samaria Iohn 4 20 and Christe said that Ierusalem was the ordinary place where Israell shoulde worship 2 Reg. 5.18 So Naaman the Syrian worshipped in the house of Rymmon and Ieroboam sometimes at Bethel 1 Reg. 12 and otherwhiles at Dan. But it is saide heere vnto the Apostles stand in the Temple for that the Christian Religion being an open faced Religion doeth likewise require a publike profession According as our Sauior Christ said to the Disciples Math. 10.27 Quod dico vobis in tenebris praedicate in luce What I teach to you priuately that preache you publikelie For it is not enough sayeth saint Paule that your heart doeth beleeue vnto saluation Rom. 10 10 but your mouth must also make confession to iustification Ne coelico fallaci venerentur numina cultu least all like Saule shoulde worshippe God for a fashion and not of Deuotion Supra Math. cap. 21 12 Saint Gregorie in his Morals vpon Christes going into the Temple so soon as he came into the City saith that this true reformer of his church had tvvo speciall respectes therein The first to shewe that the negligence of the people doeth much arise of the carelesnesse of the Pastor who commeth not there so often as he ought And therefore was it a part of Paules care to saie to the Colossians Admonishe Archippus to looke to his charge Colos 4.17 Next to aduertise all higher powers to procure the good of GODS house by all the lawfull meanes they may and in this sence Esay said that Kinges shoulde bee nurcing fathers Esay 49 23 and Queenes nurcing mothers vnto it Text. And speake vnto the people As the Apostles mightie deliuerance out of the common prison was a demonstration of Zorobabels conclusion 1 Esdr 4 41 viz. that trueth is strongest So this freshe charge and newe commission giuen to them must teach vs that we prise not the worde of God by that estimation that men of sinne do value it Math. 7 6 Matt. 15.25 For as swine cannot prize pearles so the crums of this foode are sought for by such as know what it is worth When the Apostles aunswered the counsel at Ierusalem with Acts. 4 19 Whether it is better to obey God or man iudge you their speech hath relation to the commandement of God wee see as to a rule and compasse whereby his ship the Church is safe conducted in the sea of this world For right so as God said to Moses Exod. 5 40 See that thou makest the Arke according to the patterne that I shewed thee on the Mounte In like maner ought all the enterprises of a Christian life to bee leuelled by the worde of Gods prescription Christ saith that when the shepherd is stricken the flocke flyeth is scattered 1 Reg. 22 17 And so Micaia did prophecie against Ahab the wicked king of Israell But Christ neuer saide that the good shepheard doeth fly from the flocke though himselfe be stricken but that he ventureth his own life Iohn 10 11 to saue theirs as appeareth by these apostles whoe cease not to doe that which God commandeth though it bee with daunger of life As the two good midwiues of Egypt woulde not kill the infantes because GOD hath said Thou shalt do no murder It was said to the sinfull man in the Gospell Iohn 5 14 Goe thy waie and sinne no more least a worse thing befal thee But when the Apostles are inlarged by the Angel of the Lorde they are bidden to doe againe as they did before Then this is the cause vvhye GOD is so present a helpe in our troubles Psal 46 1 Psal 50 15 in deliuering vs when wee call vppon him euen that wee might magnifie him the more Acts. 4 18 We charge you that you speake no more in this name saieth the counsell of Ierusalem to these Apostles But I commaund you that ye speake the more in this name sayth the angell of the Lorde novve yee are at libertie Therefore is the zeale of GODS Saintes figured in the sacrificing fire vvhich might not goe out but must burne both daie and night by the Leuiticall Lavve and as our seruice of GOD must bee perpetuall Leuit. 6 13 so muste it bee without feare or doubting Shoulde such a manne as I am fly Nehe. 6 11 said Nehemiah If the husbandman shoulde waite vntill there vvere no vvinde Eccles 11.4 hee shoulde neuer sovve Or if hee woulde not reape till there be no clouds that threaten rain he shoulde neuer haue haruest while he liueth In that these Apostles are commanded to speake vnto the people occasion is offered to saie something of those simples whereof gods catholike church is compound viz. of the people New Ierusalem hadde twelue gates not onely to signifie the xii Tribes of Israell Apoc. 21.12 but further to teach that GOD woulde choose his church from all parts of the worlde And this is that which our sauior said long sithence I haue other sheep which are not of this folde Iohn 10 16 them also muste I bring and they shal heare my voice and there shal be one sheepfold