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A95869 Christ and the Church: or Parallels, in three books. In the first ye have the harmony between Christ and the foregoing types, by which he was fore-shadowed in the Old Testament, both persons and things. In the second the agreement between Christ and other things, to which he is compared in the holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament. In the third the agreement between the Church and the types, by which it was foreshadowed in the Old Testament; and other resemblances, by which it is set forth in the holy Scriptures. By Henry Vertue, M.A. rector of Alhallows Hony-lane. Vertue, Henry, d. 1660. 1659 (1659) Wing V274; Thomason E975_1; ESTC R203902 335,049 439

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then_o to_o one_o nation_n now_o to_o all_o nation_n 23_o exo._n 10.22_o 23_o as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o plague_n of_o darkness_n that_o be_v upon_o egypt_n all_o egypt_n be_v in_o the_o dark_a only_o the_o hebrew_n in_o goshen_n have_v light_a so_o be_v it_o in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n that_o light_n of_o save_v truth_n do_v then_o shine_v only_o among_o the_o jew_n all_o the_o world_n beside_o be_v then_o in_o darkness_n it_o be_v the_o confession_n that_o david_n make_v he_o have_v show_v his_o word_n unto_o jacob_n 20_o psa_fw-la 147.19_o 20_o his_o statute_n and_o judgement_n unto_o israel_n he_o have_v not_o so_o deal_v with_o any_o other_o nation_n and_o as_o for_o his_o judgement_n they_o have_v not_o know_v they_o to_o this_o also_o saint_n paul_n give_v his_o attestation_n first_o of_o the_o jew_n to_o that_o question_n what_o advantage_n have_v the_o jew_n
appear_v not_o to_o our_o eye_n and_o yet_o its_o certain_a that_o the_o church_n have_v always_o a_o be_v and_o be_v always_o enlighten_v by_o christ_n her_o sun_n so_o say_v whitaker_n against_o campian_n think_v thou_o that_o thou_o can_v persuade_v we_o 3._o an_fw-mi tu_fw-la te_fw-la posse_fw-la pute_fw-la nobis_fw-la persuadere_fw-la eum_fw-la esse_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la statum_fw-la ut_fw-la obscurari_fw-la nequeat_fw-la ut_fw-la nil_fw-la perfidia_fw-la nil_fw-la host_n nil_fw-la antichristus_fw-la valeat_fw-la delere_fw-la hi_o quidem_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la nunquam_fw-la possunt_fw-la in_fw-la angustias_fw-la compingere_fw-la &_o compellere_fw-la in_o latebras_fw-la possunt_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la augustinus_n lunae_fw-la similem_fw-la esse_fw-la dixit_fw-la quae_fw-la nunc_fw-la tota_fw-la lucet_fw-la solis_fw-la incensa_fw-la radiis_fw-la nunc_fw-la luminis_fw-la magna_fw-la parte_fw-la privatur_fw-la nunc_fw-la lumen_fw-la omnino_fw-la nullum_fw-la ostendit_fw-la ita_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la interdum_fw-la lumine_fw-la clarissimo_fw-la illustratur_fw-la interdum_fw-la obscurior_fw-la apparet_fw-la interdum_fw-la vix_fw-la apparet_fw-la quidem_fw-la ad_fw-la campian_n ra●_n 3._o that_o the_o state_n of_o the_o church_n be_v such_o that_o it_o can_v be_v obscure_v so_o that_o the_o perfidiousness_n of_o enemy_n and_o antichrist_n can_v do_v nothing_o against_o it_o they_o can_v indeed_o destroy_v the_o church_n but_o they_o can_v bring_v it_o into_o a_o narrow_a compass_n and_o drive_v it_o into_o hole_n augustine_n say_v the_o church_n be_v like_o the_o moon_n which_o sometime_o shine_v whole_o be_v enlighten_v with_o the_o sunbeam_n sometime_o be_v deprive_v of_o a_o great_a part_n of_o her_o light_n and_o sometime_o show_v no_o light_n at_o all_o so_o the_o church_n shine_v sometime_o more_o glorious_o sometime_o it_o be_v more_o obscure_v and_o sometime_o it_o hardly_o appear_v at_o all_o he_o proceed_v to_o make_v it_o manifest_a by_o example_n the_o 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ibid._n but_o under_o ahab_n it_o be_v so_o obscure_v that_o eliah_n complain_v that_o beside_o himself_o there_o be_v none_o leave_v and_o thence_o he_o infer_v '_o if_o that_o church_n can_v be_v so_o waste_v that_o of_o all_o that_o number_n of_o godly_a man_n none_o seem_v to_o be_v leave_v though_o indeed_o many_o be_v leave_v seven_o thousand_o say_v god_n it_o be_v no_o wonder_n if_o in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o antichrist_n who_o exceed_v all_o ahab_n and_o jezabel_n in_o cruelty_n the_o church_n be_v so_o lay_v waste_n that_o there_o be_v so_o great_a a_o solitude_n of_o the_o faithful_a yet_o neither_o be_v antichrist_n able_a in_o that_o devastation_n of_o the_o church_n to_o prevail_v but_o that_o there_o remain_v thousand_o of_o saint_n which_o bow_v not_o the_o knee_n to_o the_o beast_n nor_o receive_v his_o mark_n hence_o we_o may_v frame_v a_o answer_n to_o the_o romanist_n frequent_o assail_a we_o with_o that_o question_n where_o be_v your_o church_n before_o luther_n for_o this_o be_v the_o confident_a assertion_n of_o campian_n the_o jesuit_n of_o we_o that_o for_o fifteen_o age_n we_o can_v find_v any_o one_o town_n or_o village_n or_o house_n 3._o quindecim_fw-la seculis_fw-la non_fw-la oppidum_fw-la non_fw-la villam_fw-la non_fw-la domum_fw-la reperire_fw-la possumus_fw-la imbutum_fw-la doctrina_fw-la nostra_fw-la rat_n 3._o hold_v our_o religion_n namely_o till_o the_o time_n of_o luther_n zuinglius_fw-la and_o calvin_n but_o learned_a whitaker_n do_v just_o deny_v it_o ibid._n id_fw-la falsissimum_fw-la est_fw-la campiane_fw-la temporibus_fw-la enim_fw-la apostolicis_fw-la omnes_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la omnes_fw-la urbes_fw-la omne_fw-la oppida_fw-la familiae_fw-la omnes_fw-la eandem_fw-la fidem_fw-la &_o religionem_fw-la coluerunt_fw-la quam_fw-la nos_fw-la profitemur_fw-la ibid._n this_o be_v most_o false_a say_v he_o for_o in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o apostle_n all_o church_n all_o city_n all_o town_n all_o family_n hold_v the_o same_o faith_n which_o we_o profess_v he_o mean_v all_o city_n town_n and_o family_n in_o which_o the_o church_n be_v plant_v by_o the_o apostle_n and_o the_o truth_n of_o this_o may_v with_o ease_n be_v manifest_v by_o compare_v the_o particular_n of_o our_o religion_n profess_v by_o the_o reform_a church_n with_o the_o religion_n of_o those_o apostolical_a church_n but_o that_o will_v take_v up_o too_o much_o time_n it_o be_v true_a that_o sometime_o the_o church_n have_v be_v much_o obscure_v and_o keep_v under_o the_o hatch_n yet_o still_o there_o have_v be_v a_o church_n that_o have_v maintain_v the_o faith_n of_o christ_n against_o heresy_n spring_v up_o when_o arianisme_n prevail_v most_o under_o the_o emperor_n constantius_n and_o valens_n there_o want_v not_o those_o that_o maintain_v the_o faith_n of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o consubstantiality_n of_o the_o son_n with_o the_o father_n and_o when_o heathenism_n have_v the_o upper_a hand_n under_o the_o emperor_n that_o be_v before_o constantine_n the_o great_a and_o under_o julian_n that_o infamous_a apostate_n who_o succeed_v constantius_n still_o there_o be_v such_o as_o profess_v the_o christian_a faith_n and_o defend_v it_o against_o the_o heathen_a resist_v for_o it_o even_o unto_o blood_n and_o so_o in_o the_o time_n when_o as_o the_o church_n lie_v under_o the_o great_a darkness_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o apostasy_n and_o tyranny_n of_o the_o roman_a synagogue_n even_o in_o all_o age_n there_o have_v be_v such_o as_o have_v profess_v and_o defend_v even_o unto_o death_n the_o faith_n of_o christ_n receive_v from_o the_o apostle_n against_o the_o heresy_n and_o abominable_a superstition_n of_o rome_n witness_v the_o glorious_a martyr_n that_o have_v suffer_v death_n for_o the_o cause_n of_o religion_n in_o all_o those_o time_n both_o at_o home_n and_o abroad_o so_o that_o to_o this_o question_n of_o the_o romanist_n we_o may_v just_o answer_v that_o our_o church_n be_v before_o luther_n though_o not_o always_o equal_o appear_v but_o sometime_o as_o some_o grain_n of_o corn_n cover_v over_o with_o chaff_n in_o the_o floor_n and_o as_o fire_n on_o the_o hearth_n in_o the_o nighttime_n cover_v over_o with_o ash_n chap._n xi_o the_o church_n and_o a_o mother_n saint_n paul_n make_v use_v of_o this_o resemblance_n while_o he_o say_v that_o jerusalem_n 4.16_o gal._n 4.16_o which_o be_v above_o be_v the_o mother_n of_o we_o all_o on_o which_o place_n hear_v luther_n this_o jerusalem_n say_v he_o which_o be_v above_o be_v the_o church_n loc_n est_fw-la illa_fw-la jerusalem_n coelestibus_fw-la quae_fw-la sursum_fw-la est_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la credentes_fw-la per_fw-la totum_fw-la orbem_fw-la qui_fw-la idem_fw-la evangelium_fw-la eandem_fw-la fidem_fw-la in_o christum_fw-la eundem_fw-la spiritum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la &_o eadem_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la habent_fw-la ideo_fw-la sursum_fw-la non_fw-la intellige_fw-la de_fw-fr ecclesia_fw-la triumphante_fw-fr in_fw-la coelis_fw-la sed_fw-la de_fw-la militante_fw-la in_o terris_fw-la in_o loc_n that_o be_v believer_n disperse_v through_o the_o whole_a world_n which_o have_v the_o same_o gospel_n the_o same_o faith_n in_o christ_n the_o same_o holy_a ghost_n and_o the_o same_o sacrament_n understand_v this_o therefore_o that_o it_o be_v here_o say_v above_o not_o of_o the_o church-triumphant_a in_o heaven_n but_o of_o the_o church_n militant_a on_o earth_n and_o this_o church_n be_v the_o mother_n of_o we_o all_o that_o be_v of_o all_o believer_n both_o jew_n and_o gentile_n both_o high_a and_o low_a both_o rich_a and_o poor_a for_o towards_o we_o all_o she_o do_v perform_v all_o the_o office_n of_o a_o mother_n as_o saint_n austin_n speak_v excellent_o the_o mother_n laetum_fw-la mater_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la mater_fw-la est_fw-la patris_fw-la tui_fw-la matrisque_fw-la tuus_fw-la haec_fw-la nos_fw-la ex_fw-la christo_fw-la concepit_fw-la haec_fw-la martyrum_fw-la sanguine_fw-la parturivit_fw-la haec_fw-la in_o sempiternam_fw-la lucem_fw-la peperit_fw-la haec_fw-la fidei_fw-la lacte_fw-la nutrivit_fw-la &_o nutrit_fw-la ep._n 38._o ad_fw-la laetum_fw-la the_o church_n say_v he_o be_v the_o mother_n of_o thy_o father_n and_o of_o thy_o mother_n she_o have_v conceive_v thou_o of_o christ_n she_o have_v travel_v of_o thou_o by_o the_o blood_n of_o the_o martyr_n she_o have_v bring_v thou_o forth_o to_o the_o everlasting_a light_n she_o have_v nourish_v and_o do_v nourish_v thou_o with_o the_o milk_n
upon_o saint_n matthew_n why_o christ_n be_v call_v a_o stone_n namely_o because_o christ_n be_v to_o his_o a_o strong_a foundation_n 40_o quia_fw-la suis_fw-la fundamentum_fw-la est_fw-fr forte_fw-fr &_o nulla_fw-la illecebrarum_fw-la seductione_n solvuntur_fw-la qui_fw-la super_fw-la illum_fw-la consistunt_fw-la nec_fw-la persecutionum_fw-la tempestatibus_fw-la moventur_fw-la hom_n 40_o and_o they_o that_o rest_n upon_o he_o be_v not_o remove_v from_o their_o steadfastness_n by_o any_o enticement_n or_o by_o tempest_n of_o persecution_n iii_o there_o be_v lapis_fw-la refugii_fw-la a_o stone_n of_o refuge_n such_o be_v a_o rock_n in_o the_o sea_n to_o a_o man_n that_o be_v in_o danger_n of_o drown_v he_o haste_v to_o it_o and_o get_v upon_o it_o and_o so_o be_v safe_a against_o his_o danger_n and_o such_o be_v christ_n to_o all_o that_o be_v in_o danger_n to_o be_v overbear_v with_o any_o temptation_n of_o satan_n and_o so_o to_o be_v overwhelm_v in_o the_o sea_n of_o despair_n do_v lay_v hold_v upon_o christ_n by_o a_o true_a and_o lively_a faith_n they_o find_v that_o in_o christ_n by_o which_o they_o be_v hold_v up_o in_o hope_n of_o mercy_n and_o so_o save_v from_o the_o danger_n of_o despair_n iv_o there_o be_v lapis_fw-la offensionis_fw-la &_o petra_fw-la scandali_fw-la a_o stone_n of_o offence_n and_o a_o rock_n of_o scandal_n as_o a_o rock_n in_o the_o sea_n against_o which_o a_o ship_n dash_v herself_o and_o so_o be_v break_v to_o piece_n or_o a_o stone_n in_o the_o street_n or_o high_a way_n at_o which_o a_o man_n or_o horse_n not_o see_v or_o not_o mind_v it_o stumble_v and_o fall_v and_o endanger_v himself_o or_o the_o horse_n himself_o 8.15.16_o isa_n 8.15.16_o and_o his_o rider_n so_o be_v christ_n as_o you_o have_v hear_v to_o all_o his_o enemy_n jew_n pagan_n heretic_n 2.8_o 1_o pet._n 2.8_o and_o all_o wicked_a liver_n among_o christian_n how_o have_v they_o find_v christ_n to_o be_v such_o unto_o they_o look_v upon_o the_o history_n of_o the_o church_n and_o we_o shall_v find_v plentiful_a example_n of_o this_o in_o all_o kind_n and_o this_o be_v another_o reason_n which_o the_o author_n of_o that_o imperfect_a work_n upon_o saint_n matthew_n give_v why_o christ_n be_v call_v a_o stone_n namely_o because_o there_o be_v in_o christ_n a_o great_a power_n to_o break_v to_o piece_n all_o his_o wicked_a enemy_n ibid._n quia_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la magna_fw-la est_fw-la iniquorum_fw-la confractio_fw-la sicut_fw-la enim_fw-la omnis_fw-la res_fw-la quae_fw-la percutit_fw-la lapidem_fw-la ipsa_fw-la quidem_fw-la colliditur_fw-la lapidem_fw-la autem_fw-la non_fw-la laedit_fw-la sic_fw-la &_o omnis_fw-la qui_fw-la christianitatem_fw-la persequitur_fw-la se_fw-la quidem_fw-la corrumpit_fw-la christianitati_fw-la autem_fw-la non_fw-la nocet_fw-la ibid._n for_o as_o every_o thing_n that_o strike_v a_o stone_n it_o hurt_v not_o the_o stone_n but_o be_v itself_o break_v to_o piece_n so_o the_o enemy_n of_o christian_a religion_n can_v 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