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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

the mention whereof Saint John beginnes because such doctrines As good doctrine transformes 2 Cor. 3. last so bad such All-things State doctrines make timeservers phantastick quidditative doctrines make proud factious man advancing doctrines the power of his will the goodnesse of his nature the worth of his workes make licentious livers in confidence they can mend and make God amends when they lust Sin-mincing doctrines Socinianisme is herein worse thē Arrianisme Arrianisme denies the Deitie of Christ But yet makes him as ancient as the creation That God created Christ first and then by him all things But Socinianisme denies the Deitie of Christ saying he is of no more antiquity then his conception Est ne Christus Deus Imo sed non summus So the Socin Chatechisme Phil. 3.20 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Mat. 21.25 John 7.16 2 Pet. 1.21 The Pope is not The Antichrist neglect of the Lords day after publike duties is no fin c. Make a high way for the Popish Synagogues and the Protestant Churches to become one masse or lumpe of confusion For this cause this is laid first as a foundation of comfort that the Church hath no corrupt sea of false doctrine No sea of Rome no Episcopall sea that shall commit or permit or shall be permitted to cause any tides of new Arrianisme i. e. Socinianisme or Pelagiamisme Semi-Pelagianisme Arrinianisme advancing nature or Papisme advancing superstition and workes Observe that the new Heaven and new Earth hath no sea when new i. e. when the power of the Church was restored to her selfe all the Heavens the Earth called the Church and in it wholly was the power to sist doctrines No Churches so free from diversities and corruptions of doctrines as the Churches of Holland Geneva c. 2. Heavens as heare are many Heavens mentioned so many things to be noted But we can but name them hardly because many 1. The Church is called Heaven 1. because she is heavenly Heavenly in her mind conversation Her whole politie or traffick is in heaven her doctrine is from heaven not from men Heavenly in her devotions Vnto thee O Lord saith David Psal 25. will I lift up my soule And thy will be done in earth as it is heaven O our Father which art in Heaven Heavenly in her intention all she doth do tend to heaven that shee may end in heaven 2. Because shee is Heavenlike 1 Cor. 10.31 Revel 4.10 11. The whole platforme of her discipline and forme of worship is according to the fashion of Heaven See you make all things according to the patterne shewed thee in the mount Heb. 8.5 i. e. from heaven When she prayes in all things thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven be sure she meanes chieftly in things of divine worship Malach. 4.2 Revel 1● 1 that all may bee as immediately from God to God as spiritual as may be Shee is heavenlike for her light heate motion influence c. She hath the light of the sunne The glorie and righteousnesse and doctrine of Christ Shee hath at her severall changes when it pleaseth God to cleare her nights the light of the moone outward comforts Revel 12.1 Revel 1. Gen. 1. She hath the light of the starres her Ministers and all their parts to inlighten her Yea as God made the first heavens all a light body before the severall lights were made since by the translucidation of all the starres no part of heaven is dark Ier 31.34 So all the heaven of the new Church is full of light in every member every true member hath the spirit of illumination and knowledge teaching them the inmost meaning of the Scriptures in all necessaries to salvation So also hath the Church heate as well as light as the light of the heavens is the chariot to bring heat to and in the sublunarie bodies here below naturall and proper light that is not borrowed will not be separated from heat Therefore the officers of the Church are called Angels And they oft are called Seraphims coales for their zeale and all the members of the Church are said to seeth in spirit i. e. Rom 12.11 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 servent in zeale Not like Sardis nominall or like Laodicea lukewarme in profession The Church also is full of motion like the Heavens She hath her motion of trepidation Psal 2 She rejoyces in the Lord with trembling at his glorious greatnesse Shee serves him but with holy feare Shee hath her direct motion from east to west she riseth from death to life she growes in her graces she hath her sublimities of heavenly raptures and she hath her retrograde motion her returning motion That when shee hath gone astray like a loss sheepe she repents and return's to the chiefe shepheard of her soule she returnes to her first husband 1 Pet. 2. last Shee returnes to her father as the Prodigall For her motion Hosea 2. her Ministers are also called Angels which are oft called Cherubims i. e. wings Finally Luke 15. the influence of the Church is hevenlike That as the heavens prosper the earth with spring and harvest so whoever receive and entertaine the Church or its members prosper for her sake Potipher by entertaining Ioseph Laban by entertaining Iacob Psal 122. Obed-Ed●m by entertaining the Ark● yea all that love and pray for Hierusalem shall prosper 3. Church called Heaven Because as there is more heaven then earth So there is reckoning every way spiritually more heaven then earth more heavenlinesse then earthlinesse i. e. In the Churches judgement desire approbation supplications She altogether esteemes approves desires all heavenly things And all earthlinesse creepes in by stealth with dislike when discovered The Church meddles with earthly things but in an heavenly manner Shee hath to doe with earthly things but for a moment but shee hath an eternall state of glory in heaven Finally the earth is of no use to her Luke 16.9 but to further her towards he● ven The unrighteous Mammon to be her friend to befriend her in her journey to heaven Acenter is onely to draw a circle 2. The Church is called or compared to heavens in the plurall And that because there is a plurality of heavenly things in the Church Beside that principally God is there Revel 21. His doctrine is there His worship is there his graces there in every true particular member So that here is the heaven of the primum mobile the first moving heaven viz. Convertion by Gods grace God is called by the heathen Philosopher the first mover and he first moves by his grace Here is the Christalline heaven The heaven of purity and sanctitie of discipline moving every thing orderly Here are the heavens of the starres of light of which before Yea here is in the reformed Church The Caelum empyrium the heavens of glory For that sanctification of mens persons conversation is nothing else

Church to make her as more heaven-like so more heavenly And that in her judgement as well as her desires For if an estate of the reformed Church on earth be called heaven compared to a new heaven how excellent is heaven it selfe which is the patterne exemplarie cause it selfe which this lower heaven doth but imitate Acts 3.2 If the gates of the materiall temple were beautifull how beautiful is that temple of heaven where God himself is immediately in fulnesse of glory whose maker builder is God If one part of this new heaven be so glorious viz. Heb. 3.4 2 Cor. 3.5.6 the Ministrie of the Gospel in so much that the ministrie of the law in the Mosaicall Church had no glory in comparison how transcendent is the glory of the whole state of glory 1 Cor. 2 8.9.10 If eye had not seene nor eare heard nor heart conceived the excellency of the Gospel till God revealed it experimentally by his spirit much lesse can it be apprehended what are the heavens of glory till we pertake of the glory in heaven And as these prophesies and promises doe make the Church more heavenly in her apprehensions so in her affections As woings make lovers minds betrothings betrothings make them minde marrying so these woing and betrothing restitutions doe cause the Church to long for that condition when the Church shall be as a bride ready trimmed to be fully married and enter into heaven to sup with the lambe Revel 21. Christ Jesus her husband in glory As the more successe the sayler hath in his voyage rounde the world the more acquaintance he hath with and delight in the new hemispheres of the heavens and new constellations of starres so the further the Church on earth goes with her full-saite of knowledge faith 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 coll 2.2 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Heb. 10.22 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Heb. 6.11 and hope of the new militant Church on earth the more shee will discerne and desire the last and best heaven of heavens This Doctrine being thus inferred explained vindicated proved demonstrated is usefull for Instruction Examinatiō Humiliation Consolation Exhortation First for Instruction or information of the judgement in three things 1. That the thoughts and hopes of the world are very much at rovers and randume besides and asquint from the common cause the Common good So the Doctrine closely grounded on the text whatever the world promise themselves c. whatever they tinck or thinke they think not as the godly hope not as the godly intent on the common good yea who can guesse what their vaine thoughts or hopes are The common good Ier. 4.14 or evill of the Church is nothing to them so they passe by Lam. 1.12 If they bee presented with considerations of Divine justice future judgement in case of non-repentance at these either they mocke or are as stupified through wilfull ignorance So our Apostle in the beginning of this chapter before the text They returne to their former walke in their own vomit or common mire or salt matshes of the world ut juvat immenso spatiantem vivere Caelo like vaine-headed men in a walke whiles they see most of heaven they thinke least of heaven If their spirits be a wakened they turne their edge the cleane contrary way If a Rome as one once said in an Apothegme be to be sould these worldlings these terrae fily these roving archers are the men that set the price on her A Machiavellian a tribe of friends a kingdome of common good for his own ends For he holds close to his theoreme or rule Pereant amici modo intercidant inimici He is at the same passe to put off at a low price some few great ones as many inferiour ones Now he can as trimly act the Judas If the K. of the Jewes may be bought and sold for Quid aabis at a rate he will betray him These are the Popes Merchants and Markets Revel 18.13 and his butchers shambles to deale in slaves and soules of men But one the other side let these worldlings meet in the face any opportunitie of advancing the common good to bind up the wounded Levites to preserve many a poore Sosthenes from beating Acts like Gallio they care for none of those things especially if the businesse of so great consequence as to rebuild the decayed temple they stick heavily answer lazily Hag. 1.2 The time is not yet come to set about it If a church a Kingdom should put themselves into such mens hands intrust themselves with such moles how profoundly and remedilessely might all bee betrayed And therfore it is not a small mercy that the Lord hath found out so many worthies of Israel to be faithfull to Israel 2. Thing wherein this Doctrine doth instruct is this It is the common condition of godly men that though they dwell in the heavens of the Church on earth as long as they dwell in the old heavens in that state of the Church that is old in comparison of the new to come they shall bee where there is a want of righteousnesse There will be store if not of corporall bee sure of spirituall wickednesses in * So Greeke 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 heavenly places Ephes 6.2 This heaven is seamed and fringed about with Hell Things are not right there is a want of righteousnesse in the * Psal 12.1 Hebrew 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 vilitas Gen. 15. Zech. 1. Psal 137. abstract So when the godly dwell in Egypt in Babylon still they found righteousnesse to bee a Phaenix a scare bird Alwaies thus it will be be we contented with old things as long as wee will I meane still the old Heavens either there will bee a defect of righteosnesse Or a defection from righteousnesse Or a disaffection against righteousnesse A defect of righteousnesse either men will bee ignorant or negligent of righteousnesse Ignorant when men looke not after the righteousnesse of God the originall of all righteousesse but goe about to establish their owne rightousnesse Rom. 10.3 and so doe not submit to the righteousnesse of God Thus it is with men when they are blind at the Doctrine or fumble at the practise of righteousnessse So stubborne Papists and ignorant sottish Protestants they seeke a righteousnesse in blankes as that they meane no hurt In negative ' Phariseisme they are not this nor that In things of no life or activitie in themselves viz. in performances as their wee have fasted Isa 58.3 Luke 18.12 And that often too though too oft to bee good However Performances of duties are good praises not payments to God thankesgivings to God No salvation given to men For they all are nothing in themselves though done never so well Iohn 5.39.40 Observe well and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the word search is to bee read indicatively as a relation rather then imperatively as a command Compare the 39

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