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faith_n	build_v	church_n	rock_n	7,063	5	9.4065	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14380	A prospectiue glasse to looke into heauen, or The cœlestiall Canaan described Together with the soules sacred soliloquie, and most ardent desire to be inuested into the same. Sung in a most heauenly hymne, to the great comfort of all good Christians, by the Muses most vnworthy, Iohn Vicars.	Vicars, John, 1579 or 80-1652.	1618 (1618)	STC 24698; ESTC S111547	48,107	79

Their way lying ope ' to them on euery side But here by th' Names of Israels twelue Tribes The sacred Spirit vnto vs describes They being once Gods sole peculiar Vine Till they did from his Loue and Lure decline That by a figure are in them included Th' Elected Gentiles once from Grace secluded Euen People of all Nations vnder Heauen To whom Saluation God in Christ hath giuen Are here all ta'ne for sp'rituall Israelites Whom Christ the Corner-stone to th' Iewes vnites At these twelue Gates twelue Angels there did stand But not like Edens-Angels in their hand Holding a sword a sword like fierie flame To daunt and driue what euer thither came But here these Angels stand like Porters kind That Abr'ams faithfull Sonnes accesse may find Vnto the Tree of Life and Sacred Spring Which growes and flowes from Christ this Edens King With most commodious decent Scituation Are these twelue Gates plac't 'bout this heau'nly Station And good Ezechiel doth them thus digest Three East three North three South and three by West These three Tribes names Dan Ioseph Beniamin Ore the three Easterne Gates were to be seene Ore the three Ports set on the Northerne side Iud ' Leui Reubens names might be descride Ore the three Southerne Gates th' inscription Of Simeon Isachar and Zabulon Also the three Gates on the West part had The names of Aser Napthalim and Gad. Of which most decent triple distribution Of these twelue Gates this is the resolution Namely that all the Saint-elected Soules Whose names are written Heau'ns eternall Rowles From what soeuer quarter of the Earth They had their first originall and birth Yet haue but one especiall meanes t' ascend Vnto this Citie their Hope 's happy end To wit the blest profession of the Trinitie Hereby to Christ th' are ioyn'd in neere Affinitie And that they thus professing Three in One Shall find the way wide ope ' to heau'ns high Throne Shall find the path most patent plaine and straight And at the Gates twelue Angels for them wait A twelfe-fold Ground-worke and Foundation strong Did also to this mightie-wall belong I meane not to the Citie but the Wall For of the Citie Christ is All in All. Vpon which twelue Foundations glorious rare Christs twelue Apostles names were grauen faire Who here are said to be this Walls foundation By their Apostolique Administration For hauing first by their blest Ministrie Christ Iesus Doctrine preached publikely Vnto the World As the first Instruments Are therefore thus the twelue strong Firmaments Not that they are the principall Foundation But hauing first place in this Fabrication Are as I so may say the first stones laide On which the building of this Wall was made For no man is so silly as to say That the Foundation doth it selfe downe lay But that 's the office of the Architector Which is Christ Iesus this great works Director This Cities Soueraigne whose vn-shrinking shoulders Are this most glorious Cities firme vpholders Who laid his twelue Disciples as Supporters Of this Quadrangled Walls most spacious Quarters As those in whom his Churches Doctrine pure Did most consist and constantly endure Thus are th' Apostles Grounds of Ministration But Christ the onely Basis of Saluation But what sayes Rome to this that Man of Sinne Who proudly raignes and rules as Lord and King Peters supremacie superiour State Is here me thinks quite torne worne out of date For though our Sauiour calld his Faith the Rocke Whereon hee 'd build his Church his Loue his Flocke And his and all th' Apostles Doctrine pure To be his Churches Ground-worke grounded sure Yet neither is St. Peter here exprest To be in dignitie aboue the rest Nor yet to be the principall Foundation But One with others haue their pointed Station Then surely hence 't is most apparant plaine That Anti-christ of Rome doth not maintaine His proud prioritie from Peters Faith But from his Person whom he falsly faith T' haue beene Romes Bishop which nor he nor 's crue Shall ere be able to approue as true His Person 't is I say not Doctrine pure Oh this it is the Pope can worst endure Therefore since he mis-deemes Christs blest Foundation He ne're shall haue least part in Christs Saluation But now returne wee whence we haue digrest The Light-bright Angell which did manifest Vnto S. Iohn this glorious sacred Sight Now like some noble Pers'nage Princely wight Like to another prudent Nehemie Or like good Ezra full of prudencie By th' Symbole of a Golden Reede in 's hand Did represent that hee with that Met-wand The Cities spacious round should measure out The height length breadth and compasse all about Entries and wall enuironing the same All vnder line and measure truely came All most exactly form'd with due respect By the Arch-Artist of this Architect Yea with a Golden Reede he meates the same Most fit to measure such a glorious frame By which externall gesture th' Angell heere As else-where in the Prophets may appeere In their Prophetick Visions vs'd to show The Lords intent by thus descending to Our weake capacity which ne're can keepe A verball document in mind so deepe As actuall gestures euermore we find Examples more than precepts teach the mind And heere by th' Angels meating with a Reede Wee are aduiz'd to take especiall heede And deepely to imprint in mind and heart The subsequent description and rare Art The stately Symmetry worth admiration Of this coelestiall sacred Habitation Contayning in 't an heau'nly harmony With the chiefe grounds of Christian verity This City lay in forme Quadrangulare By which firme Cubiq plat-forme heere we are To vnderstand and note the stable state Of this Mount-Sion free from Hostile hate Not to be stirr'd by tempests violent Immoueable most constant permanent Which being square the Gates are opposite To the foure Corners of Earths-Globe aright From euery part whereof to let in those Whom Christ the Lambe to raigne with him hath chose The foure Euange●sts the patterne are By whom this edifice was fashion'd square By Matthew Marke Luke and Christ tend'red Iohn Was fram'd I say this Constitution And since the twelue Apostles as foresaid Were by then short and present doctrine made The strong Foundation of the holy Wall Is 't not a Concord most harmonicall That these Euangelists most excellent By their Long-lasting-written Testament Should the foure Corners of that square build out And it to full perfection bring about The Angell then with 's Reede the Citie meted Which by iust Measure was thus computated Twelue thousand Stades whereof eight makes a Mile Which fifteene hundreth Miles doe iust compile The Length Height Breadth being all of equall space Doe make almost infinite roome and place Within the Wall As Christ himselfe hath said In my deare heau'nly Fathers house are made Many faire Mansions fit to comprehend Th' increase of Gods