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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86501	The nevv world, or, the nevv reformed church. Discovered out of the second epistle of Peter the third chap verse 13. First opened briefly, and some points pourtrayed and propounded before some of the nobilitie and others in the country. Afterwards more fully delineated, and prosecuted before the Honorable House of Parliament; May 30. An. Dom. 1641. And upon the request of some of them, desiring coppies, was limbed up for the presse, according to the maine parts then, and there delivered. / By Nath. Homes Dr. in D.	Homes, Nathanael, 1599-1678.	1641 (1641)	Wing H2570; Thomason E171_4; ESTC R8246	64,684	86

most part So called by Homer and Virgil and Historians Hundredcitie Cret 1 Cor. 5.2 1 and 2 and 3 chap. Now it was much to have one congregation in a County or citie In Creet an hundred cities And severall Elders ordained in them all for every particular congregation Tit. 1. Innumerable things and places more might be spoken for this acception and meaning of the word and nature of a Church But to returne to the point Saint Paul is much troubled that the Church the congregation at Corinth were so careless e as that they had not mourned and removed the incestuous person And the Apostle exhorts them he being absent I say exhorts them to excommunicate him If the Apostle had beene a particular member of that congregation he must have beene present As in all instances naturall civill ecclesiasticall the member acts in the body whiles united no longer But being a transcendent eye over all congregations as we know he was an Apostle to all the world though absent he exhorts them to act Mat. 28.19 Act. 9.6.15 Act. 13.1.2 and to doe their duties among themselves towards themselves in the union and relation they stood So that still the particular Church or congregation is subject to Christs Apostles and all lawfull Synods orderly and lawfull gathered according to the Scriptures in the nation where the Church hath her being to rectifie them where they are wrong to excite them when deficent Or else they themselves manage and act and officiate among themselves their particular discipline and priveledges pertaining to their particular Church Thirdly The foundation of relation betweene the Church and her lawfull officers especially Ministers is internall i. e. from mutuall union of affections solemly interwoven and engaged twisted together The Church makes choise of her officers and Ministers Act. 13.1.2.3 1 Tim. 4.14 2 Tim. 1.6 and they imbrace their places and flock The Minister being ordained a Minister by the imposition of hands of the Ministers with prayer and fasting the congregation choose him to be their Minister by the elevation of their hands A thema● 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 tendo 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 pretensá manueligo 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in quit Demosthenis 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. e. populus ublatione manumte stabatur se babere decreta mea rata Acts 13. 23. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. e. They gave their voyces to elect the Minister by the elevation of their hands or stretching forth their hands And so the Minister is charged to looke to his flocke as over which the holy Ghost had made him overseer 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The Minister is a Bishop to his congregation Act. 20. verse 17. verse 18. And the people are commanded to obey and submit to their Minister as to him that ruleth over and watcheth for their soules Observe over their soules not bodies Heb. 13.17 And are said to rule over them in the Lord to admonish not over them as men to constraine and so to bee highly esteemed of their flocke for that worke 1 Thes 5.13 The necessity of this inward foundation and roote of relation in things of the most spirituall and strongest combination appeares by paralleling other relations though but in naturall or civill things No husband Parent Master will suffer a wife child or servant obtruded on him or on contrary wife child or servant will admit of obtruded husbands parents masters as long as they be of age and in their witts How much lesse should obtrusion be in spiritualls Yet if these obtrusions be exercised we see the unprosperous event betray the unlawfulnesse of the attempt There is no love mutuall duty or edification following As wee see in all the obtruded offices in our Church which shewes much irregularity in the Hierarchie where many have the greatest acts of power yet not committed to them by the generall vote of the Church and much disorder in the ordinary ministers who ordinarily come in without the approbation and so without the affections of their people Fourthly and lastly touching the citie or society it selfe note the perfection of their communion They neither admit nor permit if after admission degenerated him that is unworthy neither officer nor member of the assembly congregation or particular Church See the Churches choice of an Apostle Acts 1. of Deacons Acts 6. See their rejection and admission of an unworthy member 1 Cor. 5. 2 Cor. 2. of their acceptation and admission of an unknowne or doubtfull brother and Minister Acts 9.26 27.28.29 c. to the end of 31. All which foure particulars diligently being observed in the reformed Churches of Geneva Low Countries c. how sound in Doctrine and holy in manners have they long time continued above other Churches And so wee come to the qualities of this societie Holy 2. This Civitas This spirituall citie is an holy one which is expressed with an Emphasis 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 That citie that same holy one Should seeme that the old heavens are uncleane in some measure As it is said in Iob. 15.15 The heavens were not cleane in Gods sight i. e. by reason of some uncleane but in their first thoughts in the heavens the lapsing Angells Job 4.18 So the Church below before renewed although in comparison with the dunghill of Hethenisme and the hell of Papisme it is called a heaven yet it is but as spotted clowded heaven Isa 30. in comparison of a sun-bright heaven As an old garment that may seeme very handsome yet much fuller of dust then a new one Holinesse becommeth Gods house at all times Psal 93.5 in all places much more his fairest house newly repayred This new Church shall be so holy 1. In regard of the more abundant and apparent presence of that essentiall holinesse God in Christ hee like as he made Moses face shine 2 Cor. 3. shall make the Church shine He like fire Revel 1. being among the golden Candlestickes shall make them glare When the Lord more specially is in the Tabernacle it is filled with his glory Exod. 40.34 As it was prophesied that the second temple should bee more glorious then the first because Christ should preach in it and bee personally present Haggi 2.9 So this new Church should be more holy then the old because the God of holinesse should he more specially presen there This is expressed verse 3. of this 21 of Revel And it is immediately annext to the speech of the holinesse of the new Church where also the reason is given why the Lord would bee more present in the Church thus renewed viz. because their was no more Sea i. e. of corrupt doctrine and traditions of men Those things that grieve God are removed 2. The rule of holinesse in the new Church should more rule and reigne i. e. The Scriptures When the Jewes shall come in knowledge shall bee much more increased Yea when the vaile of human traditions shall be removed

forme of worship Isa 37.3 and will oppose against the opposite or contrary things to Christ I say such Benjamins Isachars and Iudah's as these are fit for the building of the Church I may not expatiate upon the rest to tell you Levi is put next to Iudah and not so low as Simeon with whom he sinned in slaying the Sechemites because Levi after recovered his fall by slaying the idolaters Exod. 32. Thereby to signifie here that men that have shewed them-selves as the Levites did when Moses called Exod. 32. have stood for right of doctrine and a good conscience such ministers are fit for the building of the Church I will not now descend to the rest of the foundations In a sermon discourse we can give but tasts of things Fourthly Apertions i. e. Gates or rather gate-waies then gates For they are alwaies opan yet neverthelesse there are gates and usefully mentioned both touching the time when they stood so alwaies open viz. when all was new no feare of old orders that any lying in the old Adams condition might rush into the assemblyes of Christians and unto the Ordinances of Christ And touching the nature made of pearle A shell of a fish generated by the dew of heaven Most fitly to signifie Christ the loore and the way yea the one only doore because they all of pearle so generated even as Christ was generated of the dew of heaven i.e. The holy Ghost Compare Psal 110. vers 3. overshadowing Mary And be sure Christ will have a care of his Church not to admit on his part any polluted persons So that albeit it is necessarily noted that there were twelve gates in number for all are but one in kinde or matter to note that Christ hath made way for all the twelve tribes of Israel yet withall it is most appositly expressed that the keepers were 12 Angells i.e. The Angells of the Churches Revel 21.12 as called Revel 2.1 chap. 2. chap. 3. oft i.e. The faithful ministers to looke that no wicked Angels or men that is false teachers or foule practisers enter in set up a synagogue of Sathanneere Gods Church So that by all this continuall opening of the gates and yet continually watched is signified that the Churches time of reformation shall not bee a time of open hostiltie from outward potent enemies then the gates would bee shut but if liable to any enemies it will bee to the Hypocrites that will se●ne to come in as if honest and when in labour to dis●●be and defile And therefore these are watched and examined by the Angells upon any the least suspition marke no● the summe of all in relation to a reformation intended in these gates That if there be not able and holy ministers set in all the entrances of the Church and they without flattery or iniquitie doe not bring in men into the Church by Christ Christ is not by them advanced in all things and all things else doctrines ceremonies c. deposed in comparison of Christ and his doctrine and governement c. then that is not the holy citie here spoken of nor any part thereof Thus of the walls of the citie Secondly of the townes places or materiall parts of this citie The whore of Babylon sitteth upon seven hills sutable to her many abominations But holy Ierusalem the true worshipper of God-trinitie in unitie consists chiefely but of three i. e. Mount Aera the lower towne for trading and honest walking in mens severall callings Mount Moriah for the publike place of Gods worship For there the temple stood Mount Zion for the place of publike justice and reliefe of the oppressed for there was Davids throne And all these firmely compacted into one citie as in territories so in spirituall and civill agreement All these are sweetly sung of in Ps 122. out feet shall stand within thy gates O Ierusalem whether tribes goe up to the testimonie of Israel For there are thrones of judgement in regard of all which now so harmoniously united Iun. in Psal 122. civilly and spiritually it is called a compacted citie i. e. saith Iunius Before this these differed in structure of townes religion and civil administration for formerly there were three townes and a twofold religion and administration the one of the people of God the other of the Jebusites but now all these by all meanes compacted In conjoyning of townes in verse three In religion of minds ver 4. And in administration of justice ver 5. In all which union that union of three of three into one the King joyes and the people joy and all shall joy and prosper that can wish well to it See the title of the Psalme And verse 1. yea every verse of the Psalme For what politicke man if a just man and a godly man will not joy when kingdomes and Churches are made as well stronger and better as well as greater That quietnesse and righteousnesse and Godlinesse kisse one another Thus shall be the reformed state of the Church of the new Jerusalem There shall be mountaines thrones streets c. all compacted into one holy Hierusalem See Revel 21. There shall be no crying through injustice there shall ye no defilement through uncleanesse And Kings shall take contentment therein For they shall bring their glory and honour unto it And then all may see the Church beginnes to bee new when she so shines that princely glory admires her 3. Thing of this new citie are the streets which are said to be of Gold And their use is we know to bee an high way for the people This is another character of the reformed Church that the waies and conversation thereof in all her members shall be first solid according to the truth of God not quagmires and hollow earth of human inventions secondly pure not onely from sinne but from scandalls and appeareance of evill Phil. 4. Taking heede of what is not of good report And thirdly shining As Mat. 5. carry out good examples to all And studying what hath praise and vertue in it Phil. 4. 4 Thing is the temple For though it bee said Saint Iohn saw no temple yet hee saw that which was equivalent yea farre more eminent in stead of the Temple For the Lord God Almighty and the lambe are the Temple The Temple was but a type of Gods presence in Christ therefore removed when God the Antitype comes And not only the material Temple as the walls and buildings were overturned by Vespasian and Titus betweene 30 or 40. yeares after Christ but all the appendixes all the shaddowes yea all the darkenesse of those shaddowes to be removed i.e. All Jewish ceremonies and all Romish humane apish ceremonies that are the imitation of them If the temple was to bee done away much more the moveable tabernacle If divinely instituted Jewish ceremonies must be done away though not changed for 3000 yeares much more human lyable to change every day that like a tayler the