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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12475	The communion of saincts A treatise of the fellowship that the faithful have with God, and his angels, and one with an other; in this present life. Gathered out of the holy Scriptures, by H.A.	Ainsworth, Henry, 1571-1622?	1607 (1607)	STC 228; ESTC S118775	187,194	518

the breath of his lips woūding kings treading down peoples in the day of his wrath Therefore the poor shall committ themselves vnto him and triumph in his salvation saying The Lord is king for ever and ever the hethen are destroyed forth of his land the kingdomes of this world are our Lords and his Christs and he shal reign for evermore 24. Secondly he cōmunicateth with his Saincts this grace to be Kings also with him and to reign on earth that as himself sitteth ruleth vpon his throne is a Priest vpon his throne and the counsell of peace is between them both so they whom he hath made kings Priests vnto God his Father being a kingly priesthood even a kingdom of Priests and an holy nation having part in the first resurrection the second death may hav no power over them but being the Priests of God and of Christ and reigning with him the terme of yeres limited at last whē they have overcome may sit with Christ in his throne even as he overcame sitteth with his Father in his throne 25. This spirituall kingdome wherby the Saincts reign on earth is first over their own syns and corruptions for they are careful to be vpright with God and to keep themselves from their wickednes and the Lord subdueth their iniquities that syn shal not have dominiō over them because they are freed from it and made servants vnto God having their fruit in holynes and the end everlasting life And this victorie whereby they overcome themselves is greater thē al earthly conquests according to the true proverb He that is slow to anger is better then the Mighty man he that ruleth his own spirit is better then he that winneth a citie Secondly it is over the world which also they set themselves against as knowing that it lieth in wickednes the wisdom thereof is foolishnes cometh to naught the pleasures of it are vanitie and vexatiō of spirit the sorowes of it work death and the amitie thereof is the enmitie of God therefore flee they the corruption that is in the world through lust walking before God as strangers pilgroms on earth not loving the world nor the thinges that are in the world which have neyther satisfying nor fruit in thē but being crucified vnto it it vnto them they keep thēselves vnspotted of it free frō the bondage servitude of the same they vse it as though they vsed it not they bear with patience al the reproches injuries that it offreth yea though they be made the gazing stock as the filth of the same yet are they more then conquerours through him that loved thē and do fulfil that which is written All that is born of God overcometh the world this is the victorie that overcometh the world evē our faith Thirdly the conquest of the Saincts is over Satan himself the prince of this world and worker of all mischief Him also they resist stedfast in the faith and doe overcome him by the blood of the Lamb by the word of their testimonie and love not their lives vnto the death so that wicked one fleeth from them and toucheth them not for they keep themselves because they are begotten of God who wil tread that adversary vnder their feet shortly with him shal be destroyed the last enemy Death And as now the Saincts doe reigne with Christ on earth by faith and patience so then having judged the world and even the Angels they shal reign with him in glory in heaven for evermore 26. To teach vs this Communion with Christ we have in the scripture many doctrines similitudes as that he will make his church a roller a new threshing instrumēt having teeth for to thresh the mountayns and bring them to powder make the hils as chaff that he giveth strength and power to his people making their horn yron their hoofs brasse themselves as his bewtiful horse in the battel that they shal be as the mighty men which tread down their enimies in the myre of the streets in the battel for the Lord of hosts shal defend them they shal devowr and subdue their foes That Christ shal make his children Princes throughout all the earth as himself hath many Crowns vpon his head so will he cōmunicate them with his Saincts as the crownes of his figure Iesus son of Iehozadak the high Priest were to Helem Tobijah and others for a memorial in the tēple of the Lord. That as Christ is the head corner stone vpon which whosoever fal shal be broken on whomsoever it fal it shal grinde them to powder so Ierusalem his church shall bee made a heavie stone for al people al that lift it vp shal be torne though al the people of the earth be gathered togither against it That as Christ shal crush the nations with a scepter of yron and break them in peeces like a potters vessel so he that overcometh and keepeth his works vnto the end to him will he give power over nations he shal rule them with a rod of yron that as potters vessels they shal be broken even as he received of his Father so will he give to that man the morning starre 27. To illustrate this Cōmunion between our Saviour and vs we have the similitude of an humane bodie the mēbers wherof by their due joynts and synewes ar joyned to the head receiv from it life and motion and government in al the actions and affayrs so Christ is the head of the body of his church communicateth with al the Saincts his members life and grace and al good things for their conservation Also of a vine or Olive tree whose branches ar made partakers of the juice sap and fatnes that is in the root stock so we abiding in Christ the true vine doe by the juice moysture of his grace live and bear fruits to the prayse of God Agayn as the husband and wife ar not two but one flesh the first woman builded of the rib of man was flesh of his flesh and bone of his bone and so did love live togither partaking ech with others wel fare in like manner are we joyned to the Lord made one spirit he that made vs is our husband and we are maried to him in faith wherevpon he nourisheth cherisheth vs for we are members of his body of his flesh and of his bones and this is a great Secret as the Apostle sayth which they that would behold had need be caried in Spirit as was Iohn to a great an high Mountain there to be shewed this Spowse adorned with the

power of God by the armour of righteousnes on the right hand and on the left cōmaunding mē to teach no other doctrine nor give heed thereto but keep the true pattern of wholsome words in faith love which is in Christ Iesus exhorting therevnto improving and convincing them that spoke against it stopping their mouthes rebuking them sharply that they might be sound in the faith Those againe like Iannes Iambres resisting the truth with prophane vayn bablings disputations and oppositions of science falsly so caled prating against them with malicious words and seeking to disgrace them And wel was it with the churches then whiles those circumspect carefull watchmen the Apostles and Evangelists lived among them took those foxes which destroyed the Lords vines but after their departure ther entred greivous wolves not sparing the flock as by the innumerable heresies and lamentable decay of churches since their time doth appear 5. As for doctrine so about many other things also contention hath often risen through mens infirmities malice and pride that by errors in faith corruptions in māners as by a double chain of iniquitie many sowles hav been fettered afflicted For some moved with envie hav sold their brethren to aliants sought for tokil them some through ambition would clime above their caling intrude into higher offices presuming vpō their own holines seeking to disgrace others And as the church of Israel was infamous al Moses dayes for their idolatries rebellions many murmurings for which thei carkesses fell in the wildernes strife blood-shed came among them so after that they were seated in the land of Canaan they continewed not long in peace togither but tribe with tribe made warr and rent themselves asunder to the great reproch of Gods true religion giving advantage to the commune adversarie to invade and dispossesse them of their land Yea even in families betweē brethren parents and children most bitter bloody strife brake forth as the stories of Abimelech Amnon and Absalom Absalom and David sundry others do declare Also how they were divided when Christ lived among thē into Sects factions Pharisees Saducees other like the historie of the Gospel every where sheweth Neyther were the Christian Churches which the Apostles had planted free of this ●even but contentions among thē grew vnto schismes and factions whiles sundry men folowed and re 〈…〉 ed vpon sundry Teachers in their publick meetings also dissentions were among them Some ministers would of strife and envie preach Christ to the people some loving the praeeminence would tyrannyze over the flock forbidding to receiv brethren sent by the Apostles and thrusting them out of the Church And amōgst Gods elect most faithful servants and loving friends Satan did his vtmost to kindle the coles of emulation dissention and strife as between Abraham and Lot Moses Aaron Peter and Paul Paul and Barnabas and among the Apostles generally when there was contention who should be greatest till they had learned better of their maister Christ. 6. The poyson of syn hath spred it self exceeding farr in churches corrupted the manners actiōs of al degrees For Magistrats leaving the love cherishing of the people loved gifts and followed after rewards judged not the fatherles neyther did the widowes cause come before them they pluckt off their skins from them and their flesh from their bones did eat their flesh and break their bones and chop them in peeces as for the pot Againe the subjects despised and spake evil of their rulers rose vp rebelled against them The rich were vnmerciful and cruel to the poor Among the people and brethren of the church was bitter envying strife sedition reproch every man hunted his brother with a net that they could not trust in any friend but must beware even of her that lay in their bosome The teachers were vayn talkers and deceivers of minds subverting whole howses teaching things which they ought not for filthy lucre sake the priests wrested the law the Prophets were like foxes in the wast places and from them wickednes went forth into al the land Thus judgement was turned into wormwood faith into heresie Gods grace into wantonnes the libertie of his Gospel made a cloak of maliciousnes and in sted of the gracious ornaments of his spirit ther was wretchednes miserie povertie blindnes nakednes they had a name to be alive but wer dead Nor this alone for they hated such as rebuked them and would not admit of reproof but made their faces harder then a stone they killed the prophets and stoned those that were sent vnto them even when Christ himself came among them they would not receiv him but sayd this is the heir come let vs kil him and the inheritance shal be ours 7. These and many moe like evils have crept into the Churches of God wherby they have been troubled distracted and rent in peeces much pople hav been defiled corrupted the Saincts hav had cause to complayn Thou hast multiplied the nation but hast not increased their ioy Against these the ministers and witnesses of the Lord hav cried out in their several ages being sent rising early to recal the synners into the right way Who wer threatned that Sion for their sakes should be plowed as a field and Ierusalē made a ruinous heap her habitation left vnto her desolate that Christ would warr against thē with the sword of his mouth and remove the candlestick out of the place except they amended And such as hearkned to the voice of their God turned vnto him had their iniquities forgiven and their crimsin syns made white as snow but such as obeyed not wer devoured of the sword and woe was vnto their sowles for they rewarded evil vnto thēselves and wer caled reprobate silver because the Lord reiected them 8. Thus cometh it to passe through Satans malice and mens corruption that the citie of God of which so glorious things are spoken in the scriptures seemeth more vile and contemptible then any other place the spowse of Christ appeareth black which was named the fayrest among women her foes which feared and marveyled at her do hisse say Is this the citie that men cal The perfection of bewty the ioy of the whole earth her children to whom much peace was promised do mourn and crie for the many abominations that ar done in the middes of her from the daughter Zion al her bewtie is departed being thus persecuted by the Dragon hated reproched of the world molested and forsaken of her own children misvsed and wounded of her watchmen to the grief affliction of her