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A86501	The nevv world, or, the nevv reformed church. Discovered out of the second epistle of Peter the third chap verse 13. First opened briefly, and some points pourtrayed and propounded before some of the nobilitie and others in the country. Afterwards more fully delineated, and prosecuted before the Honorable House of Parliament; May 30. An. Dom. 1641. And upon the request of some of them, desiring coppies, was limbed up for the presse, according to the maine parts then, and there delivered. / By Nath. Homes Dr. in D.	Homes, Nathanael, 1599-1678.	1641 (1641)	Wing H2570; Thomason E171_4; ESTC R8246	64,684	86

Secondly more distinctly and exactly that it was measured with a reede 12 thousand furlongs and the length and breadth and hight were equall First from the more indefinit expression observe that however it was a square whiles it is expressed under the notion of a citie And the Church is a round a round heaven and a round earth whi●es expressed under the notion of a world the round to signifie the laboriousnesse of the Church labor agricolae currit in orbe 1 Cor. 3.9 the Church is Gods husbandry her worke is never at an end She must continually move here propter qui●tem that she may rest whe shee is above the rowling heavens To signifie that the Church thus renewed shall be capeable of all truthes and conteine and know and teach all truthes of doctrine of discipline of manners and practise then too As a circle saith the Philosopher is the most capacious figure that is The square to signifie that as according to the Philosopher a square is the most setled and solid fast standing figure so the Church thus renewed refined in doctrine Heb. 12.26 discipline and manners shall never bee shaken any more never altered in the substance of either no not of her discipline that hath beene liable to so many changes but only in degrees to as much better as may be Secondly from the more distinct expression that the Church is as much in altitude as latitude as high as broad this signifies that as the Church is growne eminent in holinesse and high in heavenly mindednesse so shee is seene of men and esteemed and esteemed and highly extolled with the respect she hath from them So that Hier●salem is the praise of the whole earth according to promise Isay 62.7 So that as King David preferred it above his chiefe joy Psal 137 6. So all Kings shall bring their honour to it Revel 21 24. All shall as the Psalmist delight to tell the towers thereof Psal 48.12 i. e. joy to finde all perfect nothing missing All shall lay downe all forget all even the cunning of their right hand in comparison of the Church as Psal 137. Christ in this his comming shall as at the last day be admired of all that beleive 3 Thes 1.10 Thus of the forme or fashion Next of the matter oredifice which includes the Walles Townes Streets● Temple or publike place of worship The walles are confidesor their Situation Foundation Superstruction Apertions First her situation 1. The walles are without the citie 2. Containe all the citie 3. Are conformable to the fashion of the citie 1 Without the citie to signifie that no annoyances things or persons should come neere the citie of the reformed Church Mat. 27.33 without the walls are the dunghills without Hierusalem is Golgotha the place of dead mens sculls The forme of execution of offenders was to carry them out of the citie Heb. 13.12 and so to punish them The civill punishment carrying in it a character of the spirituall excommunication Phil. 3.2 The Church is warned to beware of Dogges i.e. Those Mat. 7.6 For they are of the concision and are evill doers as the Apostle intimates They have their dogges nature and skinne still in and on in heart and in life for they are evill doers biters as well as barkers And how shall the Church better beware of dogges then as the house-holder by shutting them out of doores So the prophesie runnes Revel 22.15 without there shall bee dogges which are described by their dogge-trickes Their mad sorceries filthy lecheries biting murthers houling idolatries false barking lyes 2 The walles thus situated containe all the whole citie parts and persons thereof exclude none of those To signifie that Christ his Church in no wise doth plucke up the wheate in stead of tares For she sees plainely the tares to bee tares Mat. 13. by their ripenesse before she plucke at them She remembers her Saviours rule That hee will in no wise cast out him that commeth to him Iohn 6.37 Thirdly the walles so conformed to the citie signifie the sweet harmonie proportion and conformitie that is betweene the Church and her discipline She is not yoaked with a discipline that will wring her neck gall her shoulders Nor with such a one as is like the hoope that the Juggler can creepe through Gal. 5.1 Compare ma● 11.28.29 Her discipline reacheth to all occasions causes persons things Shee makes not her meshes so wide as Actaeon A hunter of wild beasts that catcheth only those that would with open mouth devoure him Nor doth she as Vulcan make her net so subtile that the simple naked soule may be catcht before it is aware The Church hath from God her exact measure how to knit her discipline the pure golden measure of an unstrretchable reede i. e. The pure word of God Revel 21.15 Isa 8.20 Gal. 6.16 Blessed are they that walke according to this Canon 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 marke the double emphasis This notable Cannon This Canon of Christ This Canon of the Scripture or this Canon of walking as a new creature in and by Christ according to the Scripture Secondly Foundation And this is of twelve precious stones The naturall foundation as of an house the rocke 1 Cor. 3. gravell or compacted clay is onely one and that rocke is Christ But the Artificiall foundation as of an house is the wall built within the ground this is twelve fold or many fold consisting of the plurality and variety of all the offices These twelve stones were used in the old Testament as prophesies of the qualities conditions of the twelve Pa●●ia●k●s and their tribes And hereof the state and condition of the Ministers building 〈◊〉 ●ew Church on the doctrine of the Apostles ministers and their severall gifts grounded and guided by the doctrine of the Apostles Small parts or peeces make not a foundation many ranckes of stone make a foundation Disunion or interruption of the continuation of a foundation is dangerous The Church cannot consist with an index expurgatorius cannot possibly beare inhibitions of reading these or those bookes of Scripture of preaching these or those fundamentall doctrines or sound truthes 3. Superstruction or raising the superstructure And that is done up all of Iasper as the foundation was of 12. precious stones whereof the first also was a Iasper as two other were the Sardius and Emerauld which three stones are put to represent the Trinitie Revel 4. The green Iasper the eternall Godhead and Father the redde Sardius the crucified Sonne Christ The groenish Ra●e-bowlike emerauld As Gods bow in the clowd a token of an outward covenant Gen. 9.14 15. the proceeding Holy Ghost the token of Gods covenant in the heart Now that the wall mu●●●● built up above the foundation all of Iasper what can 〈◊〉 signifie but that the Church must be ad of God all according to the Scriptures If men will build on the