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A20805	The lambes spouse or the heauenly bride A theologicall discourse, wherin the contract betwixt Christ and the church; the preparation against the mariage; and the solemnization it selfe, and the exclusion of hypocrites and temporizers, is plainly and profitably, with the partucular vses, set forth. Whereunto is annexed an exact preparatiue to the Lords Supper. By T.D. Minister of the word of God.	Draxe, Thomas, d. 1618.	1608 (1608)	STC 7185; ESTC S114693	59,295	211

thus excluded Lastly the ●enerall application and vse of the doctrine The person that excludeth them that indeed first excluded him because they did not nor would not receiue him into their heart is Christ the bridegroome the Sonne of God and the iudge of the world he is the porter by whom and through faith in whom all the beleeuers enter in and finde pasture Iohn 10. 9. hee is the Prince of shepheards as 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and the Bishop of our soules that properly and by his owne power bindeth and looseth retaineth and remitteth For that which his Ministers doe subordinately and ministerially that doth hee absolutely and as cause and principall Iohn 20. 22. 23. Math. 16. 19. hee alone hath the Keye of Dauid which openeth and no man shutteth and shutteth and no man openeth so that hee hath right power and authoritie to receiue in or put out whome hee will Apoc. 3. 7. they that kisse him beleeue in and obey him shall bee saued and glorified Psalm 2. 12. Marke 16. 16. Hebr. 5. 9. and they that sinne against him hurt their owne soule they that hate him loue death Prou. 8. 35. they that will not haue him to raigne ouer them are his enimies and shal be slaine before his face Luke 19. verse 27. and they that eyther by open persecution or else by infidelitie and by contempt scorne or impenitencie fall on this stone shall bee broken and on whom soeuer of them it shall fall it will grinde him to powder Luke 21. 44. The vse of this doctrine is two-fold First it condemneth and ouer-throweth the vsurped false and forged authoritie of the Romish Antichrist who will needes bee Christs Vicar generall on earth and blasphemouslie assumeth vnto himselfe the Keyes of Heauen and Hell as though it were in his power to saue pardon or to retaine and condemne whome hee would whereas first hee cannot bee Christs vicar for Christ in the spirituall regiment and gouernment of the Church is with it to the ende of the world Math. 18. ver 19. 20. and is present by his power aud deitie in euery place Math. 28. 19. 20. and therefore needeth no substitute to supplie his Roome Secondly the holy Ghost is Christs deputy and vice●erent for hee is in euery place and enlighteneth guideth sanctif●eth and gouerneth the Church and so neither doth nor can the man of Rome saue himselfe from death diseases much lesse from the bottomlesse pit from whence hee came and whether hee must needes goe withall our consents as ●udas to his place Thirdly in respect of order and publicke administration the Christian Magistrate may with much better right and equity bee called the Vicar of CHRIST in gouerning the people according to the worde of GOD. And in this sense Eleutherius Bishoppe of Rome writing to Lucius King of the Brittaines calleth him Christs Vicar for by Christ Kings raigne and Princes decree iustice And as for the Authoritie of binding and loosing the Ministers of the true Church wherein the Pope hath no more right then the Pirate in the true ownershippe haue onely a Ministery of reconciliation and a ministery of binding and loosing but the inwarde operation and working of the Holie Ghost in the heart is Principall and belongeth to CHRIST IESVS alone Luke 24. 45. Act. 16. 14. So in censuring admonishing suspending excommunicating exhorting threatning and in all other Ecclesiasticall Offices CHRIST hath no deputie but onely instruments that doe witnesse and testifie his will according to the rule of Scriptures but the whole entire action is personall and proper to him alone and vtterly ouerthroweth the feigned and counterfaite supremacie of the Romish Pirate and Prelate Vse If wee would not haue Christ at the day of iudgement to disclaime and exclude vs as hee did the foolish Virgins wee must not by infidelitie and impenitencie debar●e him out of our hearts but by a liuely fayth let and receiue him into them and entertaine and feast him with loue reuerence amendment of life obedience and the like graces of the Spirit for CHRIST dwelleth in our hearts if we beleeue he knocketh at our hearts often by his worde by his Spirit by his mercies and by his iudgementes and if wee assent vnto him and by fayth admit into the Chamber of our hearts he will dwell with vs yea dine and suppe with vs and supply all our wants Apoc. 3. 20. Wherefore let vs not as the Church in the Cantikles suffer CHRIST our beloued to remaine without hauing his head full of dewe and his lockes with the drops of the night because forthwith wee would not arise and dresse vs nor defile our feete Cantickels 5. 2. and 3. or put our selues to any payne or trouble but let vs let open vnto him by yeelding vnto the truth and by beeing amended by his admonitions so shall wee bee CHRIST IESVS his possession his peculier people and a temple for him and his Spirit to dwell in otherwise if wee suffer any one sinne whether of Idolatrie or of infidelitie or of worldlinesse or of filtie liuing or of grosse ignorance or any raigning and dominering sinne that is vnfelt and vnresisted to sway vs and tyrannizc ouer vs wee driue and bannish IESVS CHRIST not so much out of our coastes as the Gergesites did Mathew 12. 45. as out of the Castle and pallace of our heartes and admit sathan our deadly enemie in his Roome and steade Thus much of the first part name●y the person who shutteth The second branch is the time when the gate is shut viz when all meanes and occasions of comming vnto saluation are taken away and when the time of grace repentance and reconciliation is past which is when this life is ended Luke 16. 23. 24. 25. 26. 28. 29. 〈◊〉 the ●iche glutton in hell desiring and seeking vnto Abraham that hee would send Lazarus whom hee had neglected and contemned to yeelde him the least comfort hee could not obtaine it and when he desired that Lazarus might bee sent to his fathers ho●se to aduise and warne his fiue brethren that they should not come into that place of torment hee speedeth not in his preposterous and vnlawfull suite but his brethren are referred and rem●tted vnto the interpreters of Moses and the Prophets Againe the dead do not praise the Lord neither doth the dust giue thankes vnto him or declare his trueth Isay. 38. 18. Secondly at the day of the Lord for as death leaueth men whether penitent or impenitent so the last iudgement findeth and iudgeth them and no otherwise it is no time of reconciliation and of obtaining mercy as the example of the fiue foolish Virgins and of those that Luke 13. 25. cryed Lord open vnto vs when the doore was shut and could not be admitted and intromitted doth plainly proue and demonstrate The reason hereof is because the Lord in his mercie and grace doth in this life to those especially that be in and of the visible church offer

shall found forth this 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or thankesgiuing and they cried saying saluation commeth of our God that sitteth vpon the throne and the lambe and they shall fall before the throne on their faces and worship God saying Amen praise and glory and wisdome and thankes and honour and power and might be vnto our God for euermore Amen Finally their voice shal be like the voice of great ●aters and as the vyoce of strong thunder saying halleluia our Lord GOD all mighty hath raigned Apoc. 19. 6. more-heareof 〈◊〉 may read Isai. 66. 22. Apo. 21. 3. Apoc. 11. 17. but this Sabboth shal be without peculier Preist for all shal be preists vnto God it shal be without Temple or Ceremonies for God and the Lambe are the Temple of it and shall supply these occasious Wherefore seeing that there is an eternall rest in Heauen and that our Sabboth which according to Christ his institution the Apostles practise the custome of the vinuersal Church we keepe the first day of the weeke in memory and honour of Christs resurrection is a tipe and representation of it it must reach vs to obserue it both incorruptly touching the out-ward forme and spiritually touching the the inward disposition of our mindes and hearts or els we shall neuer keepe it in heauen for God will neuer honour vs in Heauen Luke 9. 26. vnles we honour him in earth and neuer perfect vs in heauen vnlesse by the workes of sanctification wee begin it heare Apoc. 20. 6. 7. The second priuiledge and prerogatiue is the actuall and eternall inheritance and possessing of the new heauen and the new earth part of the dowry ioynter of the Saints 1. Pet. 1. 4. Apo. 5. 10. 2. Pet. 3. 13. Rom. 8. 21. 22. Math. 5. Now whether they shall sometimes by locall motion and bodily presence albeit some new and learned writers out of the. Apoc. 5. 10. and Apo. 21. 8. 2. Pet. 3. 13. before named and from the nature of a glorified body that can both ascend and discend at his pleasure doe collect and would conclud it or which is more probable and likely by vision and heauenly contemplation and noe absurdite for if Saint Steuen being on earth and hauing noe doubt his eyes for the present clarified looked vp into Heauen and saw Christ sitting on the right hand of God Act. 7. ver 56. why may not a glorified body by his glorified eyes and the aire and skye being also purified looke downe from Heauen and contemplate the Earth c. But because this poynt is difficult and the knowledg of it is rather coniecturall then certaine wee must bee content to bee ignorant of it vntell the day when all secrets shal be made manifest and let vs in the meane time make some vse of the point as most may concerne vs Here is matter of consolatiō for poore Christians that either neuer actually possessed any worldly goods lands or liuings as Lazarus and others or haue beene with the religious Hebrewes by the enimies of the truth dispoiled and depriued of them Heb. 10. 34. or els by the men of the earth whose portion is as it is to be feared in most or many of them only in this life and that enclose and hedge in al to themselues and their proper vses vnmercifully turning men out of home house and liuing well let them possesse their soules in patience and in faith and hope apprehend and waite for it for they shall one day inherite the new Heauen and the new Earth they shall haue roome enough and larg demaines when their enimies repining at it shall remaine foreuer excluded and excomunicated from them and it The third preuiledge is that the Godly then compleatly and perfectly and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 shal be all kings preists Prophets Apoc. 5. 10. and so partake of Christ his dignity and offices As Kings they shall raigne with Christ and triumph ouer Satan and all the wicked yea and treade them vnder their feete Rom 6. 20. Mal. 4. 3. As Preists they shall eternally praise God and the Lambe for the redemption of his people c. and perfectly obey his will Apoc. 22. 3. And as Prophets they shal as far forth as is possible for a finite and circumscriptible creature knowe GOD and see him and exquisitely vnderstand all things that shall concerne their felicitie 1. Ioh. 3. 3. 2. Cor. 12. Vse Wherefore if euer wee looke and hope to be Kings Priests and Prophets in Heauen let vs as spiritually so conscionably practise these offices in earth for the practise of them in this life and in the life to come differ not in essence and substance but onely in place and degrees let vs then as Kings rule and raigne ouer ●ur affections and desires and gouerne our familyes like so many little Churches in the feare of GOD. Let vs as Priests consecrate our selues soules and bodies to Christ and his worship and seruice and pray continually to GOD in behalfe of our selues and our domestiques Lastly let vs as Prophets labour to bee rich in the knowledge and vnderstanding of Gods will and so to our vtmost power and skill impart it as occasion and our calling shall require vnto others especially to those of our owne family Gen. 18 ver 17. 18. The fourth priuiledge of the Saints in glory is their glorious and perpetuall triumph and perfect victory ouer sinne death hell satan and his angels and all the reprobate whatsoeuer Sinne and death and hell shal be a bolished and cease foreuer 1. Cor. 15. 55. 56. 57. in respect of the Godly bee destroied as Apoc. 20. 14. Antichrist and his members shall no more assaulte and persecute vs for the beast and the false Prophet shall be cast aliue into the lake of fire burning with brimstone Apoc. 19. 20. and all the members and worshippers of the beast shall drinke of the pure wrath and ●ee tormented in fire and brimstone before the Holy Angels and before the Lambe Apoc. 14. 10 11. they shall goe forth and looke vpon the Carcases of the men that haue transgressed Isa. 66. 24. Finally the Saints shall treade downe sathan and all their enemies vnder their feete Rom. 16. 20. and shall stand before the Throne and before the Lambe cloathed with long white robes Uiz. of purity and inocency and hauing palmes in signification of victory in their hands Apoc. 7. 9. Vse Wherefore the due consideration of this last prerogatiue as also of the former must kindle and worke in vs an earnest and continuall expectation and longing after our full and finall redemption and perfect glorification The dutifull wife should not so long and looke for the returne of her husband farre and long time absent the husbandman so hope and waite for the haruest the Mariner the hauen the wayfaring-man his iorneyes ende the woman in trauell her deliuerance the Captiue his liberty as wee should wish and waite for pray for and expect the time of