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A68146	A theologicall discourse of the Lamb of God and his enemies contayning a briefe commentarie of Christian faith and felicitie, together with a detection of old and new barbarisme, now commonly called Martinisme. Newly published, both to declare the vnfayned resolution of the wryter in these present controuersies, and to exercise the faithfull subiect in godly reuerence and duetiful obedience.	Harvey, Richard, 1560-1623?	1590 (1590)	STC 12915; ESTC S117347	120,782	204

and a sodaine vtter destructiō and ouerthrow menaced against Babylon for a time the Lady Empresse of the world that is Rome A notable caueat for Antichrist that is the Pope and his adherents if they would be so graciously wise to foresee and conceiue their owne miserie and destruction but it is said in the very same chapter v. 10. Thou hast trusted in thy wickednes and hast said no man seeth me but thine owne wisdome cunning hath deceiued thee and so forth And no doubt euen so it goeth with all the mēbers and impes of Antichrist in what degree soeuer that any way oppose themselues against Christ or any way blaspheme and deface the lamb of God they may seem wise and cunning in their owne eyes in their owne stubburne wilfull conceite but extreme ruine and miserie and perdition is the finall reward of all such wisdome and cunning euen in the mightiest Lordes and Princes and Emperors and Popes of the worlde For euery one that heareth my word and doeth it not saith Christ himselfe Math. c. 7. v. 26. shall bee likened vnto a foolish man that buylt his house vpon the sand and the rayne descended and the floods came and the windes blew and bet vpon that house and it fell and great was the fall of it Euery one saith Christ how great so euer he otherwise seemeth to the worlde euen the great Turke euen the great Pope euen the greatest of all amongst the greatest of all A foolish man a foolish end a proud man a proud end a wicked man wicked end an vngodly and godlesse man a wretched and horrible end full of all woe and vtter destruction both of body and soule Men cannot gather grapes of thornes nor figs of thistles saith S Luke c. 6. v. 44. Good brethren let vs actually and particularly apply this generall doctrine vnto our selues whereof otherwise we haue no proper vse but a common wandering thought voyde of that singular fruite and effect which the word of God is to worke personally in euery one that hath his name registred in the lambs booke of life Let vs geue diligent eare vnto Christes worde and follow the same accordingly least we be truely cōpared to that foolish buylder Let vs harken vnto him with the house of Iacob and the remaynder of the house of Israël who hath borne vs from our mothers wombe and brought vs vp from our natiuitie who hath nourished vs defended vs saued vs taken away our sinnes and made vs blessed for blessed is the man vnto whom no sinne is imputed Let vs vnfaynedly faithfully imbrace our redeemer the Lord of hosts the holy one of Israel who hath reuealed and shall reueale the filthy fornication of Babylon as he hath confounded and shall confound the outragious pride of that citie and aduaunce his mount Sion aboue the mount of Esau or the tower of Babell Vpon mount Sion shall be deliuerance and it shal be holy and the house of Iacob shall possesse their possessions and the house of Iacob shall be a fire and the house of Ioseph a flame and the house of Esau as stubble and they shal kindle in thē and deuour them there shal be no remnāt of the house of Esau for the Lord hath spoken it saith Abdias v. 17. Let vs remember what S. Iohn writeth in his Reuelation c. 17. v. 14. c. Ten kings shall giue their strength and power vnto the beast which ten kings shall fight with the lambe and the lambe shall ouercome them al for he is the Lord of Lords and King of Kings they that are on his side are called and chosen and faithfull Let vs assure our selues that he it is and none but he that can and will mightily deliuer vs from the forenamed mischiefe and perdition threatned by the prophet Esay and all the rest of the holy prophets Let vs continually call to minde that godly and heauenly counsell of S. Paul Coloss c. 3. v. 8. put ye of al wrath all fiercenes maliciousnes blasphemy filthy communication out of your mouth lie not one to another seeing ye haue put of the old man with his workes and haue put on the new man which is renewed into knowledge after the image of him that made him where is neither Greeke nor Iewe circumcision nor vncircumcision barbarian Scythian bond free but Christ is all in all O let vs euer and euer meditate vpon this and such Christian instructions ô let vs euer and euer practise them and performe them to the vttermost of our indeuour power in Christ in whom onely we are powerable to doe his gracious pleasure and to make our selues ready for our inheritance in his most blessed kingdome Let vs daily and howrely looke to our selues pray for our selues and pray for one another that we be not led into temtation but deliuered from euill and namely from the forenamed horrible euill of blasphemie idolatrie infidelitie Paganisme Atheisme and all such like diuelish abhomination the very worst and most damnable effect of Antichrist himselfe of Belzebub himselfe Let vs humbly and zealously pray vnto Christ to make vs like that wise man in the gospell after S. Matth. c. 7. v. 24. which built his house vpon a rocke and the raine descended and the flouds came and the winds blew and beat vpon that house and it fell not because it was grounded vpon a rocke euen the word of Christ the voice of the lambe the gospell of saluation true faith with true charitie good beliefe with the effect of good workes as the good fruit of a good tree according to Christs owne preaching in his gospel in the same chapter v. 17 18. Let vs studie not to be seruants and schollers of infidels but the sonnes of the prophets euen such sonnes and disciples of the prophets as Samuel taught at his schoole or vniuersitie at Naioth in Rama 1. Kings c. 19. v. 20. and as the two most wonderfull prophets Elias and Elisaeus taught in their cities and vniuersities at Bethel and at Iericho 4. Kings c. 2. v. 3 5. and as such other godly prophets taught in their seuerall schooles townes and namely the most noble euangelicall prophet Esay who is reported to succeede Elisaeus in that most worthy propheticall function Let vs not beleeue euery spirit but prooue and discerne the spirits whether they be of God or not for many false prophets are gone out into the world hereby shall yee know the spirit of God euery spirit that confesseth that Iesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God and euery spirit which confesseth not that Iesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God and this is the spirit of Antichrist of whom ye haue heard how that he should come and euen now already is he in the world saith S. Iohn 1. c. 4. v. 1 2 3. where he also addeth this ioyfull comparison v. 4. Little children ye are of God and haue ouercome them that are not