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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64860	Christs counsell to poore and naked soules that they might bee well furnished with pure gold, and richly clad with white raiment : delivered in a sermon before the honourable House of Commons at their publique fast, in Margarets church in Westminster, Septemb. 29, 1647 / by Thomas Valentine ...	Valentine, Thomas, 1585 or 6-1665?	1647 (1647)	Wing V25; ESTC R5046	17,438	28

Text as plentifull as the materiall gold was in Solomons time To effect this you have need of Solomons wisedome the present Divisions and Distractions of the time require it and unlesse God interpose his owne power and wisedome wee conceive wee shall bee still under the troubles of Warre such as were in Davids time And though you doe well to thinke of building the Temple and yee contribute somewhat towards it yet wee doubt whether wee that are alive shall see it done and injoy the peace and happinesse of Solomons time Yet however let me represent unto you the state of the people in this Land which is much like to these Laodiceans they are poore and naked they have thought themselves rich in their Clergie and honoured above others in their outward pompe and glory and for their wealth and goods they have abounded and had need of nothing now they see themselves poore in every kind and they lament their povertie they are naked also both in regard of raiment and armour and Aaron hath made them so Exod. 32.25 They hope that you will take care to inrich them and provide such as will clothe them You did purge the Sonnes of Levi and tooke away many that were no better then drosse and Tin you now give over It is much feared least many Congregations shall still be poore and naked the people desire a golden ministery such as have 〈◊〉 gifts and graces and then they hope there will be 〈◊〉 Christians and the golden dayes will come in so 〈◊〉 as in you lyes you should pittie and relieve the 〈…〉 me herein by setting up a godly ministery and ●●●●●●nancing it against the reproach and contempt of these present times which is greater then heretofore hath beene knowne Wee thought the witnesses had been slain because it is said in Rev. 11.3 7 9. that after they had Prophesied in sackcloth a long time then they were killed and then they were unburied three dayes and a halfe There is no doubt but godly Preachers among others were the witnesses that gave testimony to the truth and they have Prophesied mournfully even in sackcloth a long time together and then they were slaine they were suspended which was a civill death they were not killed as men but as Prophets and they were in the streets as dead men not suffered to execute their Ministeriall Functions and this was for three dayes and a halfe and the time of continuing the suspension of many Ministers by the Bishops which was three yeares and a halfe did fall out so pat and punctuall as it might well be thought to be the slaying of the witnesses in England It is not necessary to make this killing of the witnesses to be in all places at the same time but that it fell out among us at this time the words following in the Text plainly shew for after that time of three dayes and a halfe the Spirit of Life entred into them and they lived againe as Prophets and were restored and great feare fell upon men Those that were Actors in killing them desired them to goe and desire their freedome which was quickly and easily granted they were glad to be rid of them * Ornati sūmo honore gloria ad exemplū Christi qui post mortem debellatam sublatus est in caelum quod autem vox auditur jubens ascendere eo significatur non aspiraturas prophetas ad hoc honoris suo in arte sed aliorum authoritate collo candos esse in isto fastigio pu●a Solenni aliqua principum sanctiore Brightman in Locum And further to confirme this It followes in the Text that there was a great voice from Heaven saying unto them Come up hither Heaven is the highest part of the visible World and it resembles men in highest place and power King and Parliament And this great voice from Heaven was from the State and you said to poore despised Preachers Come up hither You gave them countenance and incouragement even before their Adversaries You said to the proud prelaticall idle Clergie Come downe hither and I thinke you said well But to the godly despised Ministers of the Gospell you said Come up ascend higher and you gave them respect But now there is a voice from the Earth which saith Come downe hither The people that Petitioned you against the maintenance of the Ministery they say Come downe to us you are too high doe as wee doe worke for your living as wee doe Whether this voice from Heaven or Earth shall prevaile Wee leave it with you and the God of Heaven to determine Onely let me give you an Item to take heed in this case of doing as David did betweene Mephibosheth and Ziba 2 Sam 1● 3 4. Hee accused Mephibosheth that hee aspired after the Kingdome and looked after great matters and when the Innocent lame man had opportunitie to make his owne defence yet David unjustly gave away halfe his Land to his Acc●●er 2 Sam. 19.29 They are like enough to say of us Wee would get higher and wee loo●e after great matters but take heed of dividing upon such a false surmise and give one halfe away to satisfie their desires and leave the other halfe for us to live upon in a poore manner But I forbeare the further pressing of these things and in a word returne to the first Branch of my Exhortation I beseech you give us nothing but gold let not your Authoritie countenance any thing but what is good and precious You are Gods Merchants and you should have put off more then you have done Many things come before you little is setled It were an evill thing for many Causes to come before a Judge and nothing to bee determined The Lord quicken your spirits and guide you in your way And for you the people of this Land bee wise to judge of things as they are indeed There is gold to bee had and white rayment the Lord Jesus Christ would sell you these You sometimes cheapen them and inquire after them but you goe not through with the bargaine Who would want gold in his purse and good raiment upon his back if heecould have them You may have these if you will and it will bee a horrid thing in the day of your account to render and returne poore naked soules before God that might have beene inriched and clothed FINIS PAge 9. l. 3. read rejected for received p. 14. l. 15. ●●● with ● ●●● 〈…〉 l. 13. leave out Fourthly and read the two lines together