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A25887	A great wonder in heaven, or, A lively picture of the militant church drawn by a divine pencill : Revel. 12, 1, 2 : discoursed on in a sermon preached before the honourable House of Commons, at Margarets, Westminster, on the last monethly fast-day, January 27, 1646/7 / by John Arrowsmith ...	Arrowsmith, John, 1602-1659.	1647 (1647)	Wing A3776; ESTC R441	30,018	49

and the Sun agree 1 In point of Sovereignty The Sun is the Prince of Planets a body so glorious that all admire many adore it for a God because they see more Majesty in it then any thing else that can be seen Whence it is that the idolatrous Chaldeans as Bodin observes gave it the name of Baal a Lord whereas the Hebrews with whom were the Oracles of God call it Shemes which signifieth a servant for so it is to him that made it Christ tooke upon him the forme of a servant but is indeed the Lord of all And as God made the Sun to rule by day and to diversifie seasons of the year by its approches and recesses So hath the Father appointed Christ to be King of Saints and upon his various aspects depend the Churches Summer and Winter the souls Spring and Fall the seed-time of grace and harvest of glory 2 In point of singularity There is but one Sun in the firmament which made that great Conquerour say The heaveus could neither bear two Suns nor the earth two Alexanders Looke to Christs person it is but one although there be two natures in him When the light which was created the first day did as it were assume a star three dayes after that star and the light made but one Sun so when the Word who was God from all eternity assumed flesh in fulnesse of time the Word and flesh made but one Christ Looke to his office he is so a Mediatour as not to admit of any copartnership in the work To us there is but one God the Father of whom are all things and we in him and one Lord Jesus Christ by whom are all things and wee by him 1 Cor. 8. 6. One God and one Mediatour between God and man the man Christ Jesus 1 Tim. 2. 5. Is Christ divided saith Paul elswhere We may say is Jesus multiplyed No verily As but one Sun so but one Saviour None but Christ as the Martyr cryed None but Christ 3 In point of necessity When men would expresse the removall of somwhat absolutely necessary they use to say this were Solem è mundo tollere to take the Sun out of the World If that were removed how would all beauty vanish and as some think all motion cease The potters wheele say they could not turn upon earth if the Sun should not move in heaven So take Christ from a soul 't is impotent to all good Without me ye can doe nothing John 15. 5. Were it not for the Sun it would be perpetuall night in the world notwithstanding all the torches that could be lighted yea notwithstanding all the light of the moon and stars It is neither the torch-light of naturall parts and creature-comforts nor the star-light of civill honesty and common gifts nor the moon-light of temporary faith and formall profession that can make it day in the soul till the Sun of righteousnesse arise and shine there Once indeed there was a time when fruits were produced without a Sun when God to prevent the idolizing of this creature as the only cause of all fertility enabled the earth to bring forth on the third day whereas the Sun was not made till the fourth But never was there any the least moment of time since the fall wherein man could bring forth fruit to God without the cooperation of Christ 〈◊〉 that hath not the Son hath not life 1 Iohn 5. 12. Neither can any vitall action be performed but by his special grace 4 In point of purity Other creatures admit of some defiling mixtures the sun doth not It looks upon filth but contracts none Christ is a lambe without blemish and without spot Such as cast aspersions upon him in the dayes of his flesh calling him glutton wine-bibber and friend of Publicans and sinners did but act the mad mans part throwing dirt at the Sun which none could possibly fasten upon He came indeed into a sinfull world but as a Physitian among his sick patients to cure them without taking the sicknesse of them being antidoted by his Divinity against all infection He hath an hand even in sinfull acts as they are acts for in him we move but not in the sinfulnesse of them shines into the noysome dunghils of our hearts with beams of grace yet continues most pure He was borne of a sinner lived and conversed with sinners dyed with and for sinners yea as a sinner yet had not in himselfe the least sin of his own to answer for 5 In point of sufficiencie There is in the Son a fulnesse of created glory All the light that had been disperst throughout the great fabrick of the new-born world for the first three dayes was gathered together on the fourth into that one body So it pleased the Father that all fulnesse should dwell in Christ And the seuerall graces that shined in the Patriarks Fathers and Prophets of old under the Law were all to be 〈◊〉 once in him The innocence of Abel perseverance of Noah obedience of Abraham devotion of 〈◊〉 chastity of Ioseph patience of Iob meeknesse of Moses courage of Ioshua zeale of David and whatsoever any of them excelled in was an ingredient 〈◊〉 that fulnesse of grace and truth which was found in Christ Quae divisabeatos efficiunt conjunctatenet Each of them had the fulnesse of a star he the sufficiencie of a Sun that filled them all and had a fulnesse beyond them all 6 In point of efficiency The efficacy of the Sun appears in imparting three things Light Heat and Influence Each whereof is so qualified as to resemble the grace of Christ in sundry particulars First The Sun imparts light a discovering guiding cheering growing light 1 Discovering what was hid from our sight before But for it we should neither see the Sun it selfe nor any thing else in heaven or earth Without irradiati●● from Christ men would for ever continue igno●● of the only true God and of their Redeemer we should never know either our sins or our duties our dangers or our priviledges but for Christ With him only is the fountain of life and in his light we see light 2 Guiding Luke 1. 78 79. The day-spring from in high hath visited us to give light to them that sit in darknesse and the shadow of death and to guide our feet into the way of peace The dim light of nature in common people shines a little but is not strong enough to guide like that of a gloworm or rotten stick The light of worldly wisdome and policie in men of great parts but prophane spirits shines more strongly but misguides like the meteor which Philosophers call Ignis fatuus we the Lanternman There is a third kind of light that shines strongly and guides too but the head only not the feet I mean that of hypocrites who contemplate things of God but reduce not their brain knowledge to practice Yea a fourth that guides both

according to Christ Jesus neither will our heavenly Father ever be glorified by all his own children with one minde and one mouth according to their duty In an Army where the severall Regiments are distinguished by severall colours yet all under command of one Generall and engaged in one common cause if the souldiers by reason of some diversity in their colours should mistake one another for foes and accordingly charge every one upon those of the Regiment next adjoyning how inevitable would the ruine of such an host of men be The Church of Christ is an Army with Banners there alwayes hath been and will alwayes be some variety of opinion even among the good Souldiers of Jesus Christ But so long as they are all obedient to the known commands of the Captain Generall of their salvation as the Scripture styles Christ this variety should not ingage them in the destruction of one another lest thereby the Armies of the living God come to be destroyed and preyed upon by the common enemy 3 Encourage the woman in her travell as Rachels midwife once did Gen 35. 16 17. Rachel travelled and she had hard labour and it came to passe when shee was in hard labour that the midwife sayd unto her fear not thou shalt have this son also Shee had born Joseph before now the midwife puts her in hope of Benjamin We have already through the unspeakable blessing of God upon your Counsels and Forces obteined deliverance from a mighty adverse power that would have ruined us Reformation is that which we are now groaning for what satisfaction would it give to heare you saying to England Fear not thou shalt have this son also The Church as I intimated before is sayd to travell in the labour of those her agents that are called to employments of the greatest moment and difficulty such are Magistrates Ministers Souldiers and to the first of these sorts it belongs to encourage the other two Hezekiah was a great reformer and it may be observed that there is mention twice made of his speaking comfortably to certain persons 2 Chron. 30. 22. Hezekiah spake comfortably to all the Levites that taught the good knowledge of the Lord And again Chap. 32. 6. He set Captains of War over the people and gathered them together and spake comfortably to them If our faithfull and valiant Souldiers have not received due encouragement let them have it I beseech you to the full and let mee have leave to speake a few words in behalfe of our godly Ministers whose assistance how useless soever it may be accounted in other affairs cannot be spared in Ecclesiasticall Reformations Israel was not brought out of Egypt but by the concurrence of Moses Aaron nor the second Temple built but by joynt endevours of Zerubbabel and Joshuah It hath bin formerly sayd by one out of this Pulpit that you have nothing at all to doe in reforming the Church by another that none but you have to doe in the government of it I fear not to call both these extreams and beg your attention to those that take the middle way whose unanimous voyce to the Parliament of England concerning extirpation of Heresies and removall of abuses out of the Church is that of She●●aniah to Ezra Arise for THIS MATTER BELONGS TO THEE we also will be with thee be of good courage and doe it We live in an age wherein are many that doe evill with both hands earnestly as the Prophet speaks Micah 7. 3. There is therefore need that both our hands should be employed in doing good Now the two hands of a Christian Kingdom are the Magistracy and Ministry thereof The businesse of Reformation cals for both As we commonly use our hands for the washing and cleansing of each other So if the Minister be extravagant the Magistrate may correct him then the right hand washeth the left If the Magistrate doe amisse the Minister may admonish him then the left hand clenseth the right But he that makes use of one hand to cut off the other with destroys his body such would our condition be if either Ministers should suffer the Magistracy to be cryed down or Magistrates permit the Ministry to be debased Scripture and experience bid us hope that Amalek shall then be foyled and Israel prevail when faith in Christ and zeal for truth shall support both these hands as Aaron and Hur did those of Moses upon the mount Lastly for a conclusion of all let the prayer of faith be of greatest activity when the woman is found to be in greatest extremity Time was when things were at such a passe even with Jerusalem in a day of trouble rebuke and blasphemy that the children were come to the birth but 〈◊〉 was no strength to bring forth Isa. 37. 3. The case may pe●haps be ours at present though I will not say it is 〈…〉 am the wisest course we can possibly take is to follow 〈◊〉 ●zekiahs good example who upon that sad occasion 〈◊〉 not only pray himselfe vers 15. but send to Isaiah req●●ring him to lift up a Prayer for the remnant that was 〈◊〉 vers. 4. Verily Honourable and beloved there is as 〈◊〉 need of fasting and prayer at this day as ever there 〈◊〉 since our troubles began But the assembling of our 〈◊〉 from moneth to moneth will be in vain unlesse that whi●● is tendred to God be the fasting of sincerity and prayer 〈◊〉 faith If while we fast our lusts be surfeited and 〈…〉 outcry our devotion we must expect to have it much lon●er yet ere the childe be borne Wherefore to add streng●● to our faith and alacrity to our prayers let us feed 〈◊〉 those interrogations which have the force of a promise 〈◊〉 them Isa. 66 9. Shall I bring to the birth and not cause 〈◊〉 bring forth sayth the Lord I that cause to bring forth shall I shut the wombe sayth thy God For my part when 〈◊〉 consider that Temple-worke hath been alwayes accomplished not by might or by power but by the spirit of the Lor● and call to minde how many mountains are already 〈…〉 before his Zerubbabels I am filled with hopes 〈◊〉 you the Worthies of our Israel whose souls have 〈◊〉 all this while to bring forth a Reformation shall 〈◊〉 day see the travell of your souls be fully satisfied 〈◊〉 as Jesus Christ would not save his people by halves 〈◊〉 leave the worke of purchasing redemption for them 〈◊〉 had brought it to a Consummatum est so he will not 〈◊〉 his Church by halves but carry on the blessed work 〈◊〉 Reformation till not we only but all they through●●● the world whose expectations are fastned upon it sha●● cause to rejoyce and say It is finished FINI● Exod. 3. 3 5. Isa. 54. 11. Psal. 80. 13. Math. 10. 16. Certum est mihi hic agi de Ecclesia primogenita c. Alcasar in loc. Forbes Paraeus Mede Typus est mulier haec parturiens Ecclesiae