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A18910 A briefe of the Bible drawne first into English poësy, and then illustrated by apte annotations: togither vvith some other necessary appendices. By Henoch Clapham. Clapham, Henoch. 1596 (1596) STC 5332; ESTC S108001 105,612 254

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Saintes by Calling Obiect The Prophets cryed often bitterly out of their owne People within that visible Church Ans. Confound not the two Testaments in their Ministery Lawes People If their Maiestrate wold cut the wicked from the Cittie of God so it was but if hee would not neither Priestes nor People could do withall As for the New Church she hath power be the Magistrate never so negligent as to keepe defiled ones from entring the Lords Cittie Revel 21. 12. 27. for Christ his Church here is Ierusalem from aboue Galatians 4. 26 c. so it hath power to preserue puritie within If therefore any wickednes arise within there must not bee knocking of hammers our Saviour hath commaunded a Rule whereby to walk Math. 18. 15. 16 17. namely to vse all peaceable brotherly speaches and behaviour for drawing the Trespasser to repentance If he Repent hee is woon and there an end But if he Repent not then hee is to be put out of Communion as an Heathen out of the Temple nor eat and drunk withall of vs willingly no more than the Iewes would with Publicans Such honour is to all his Saints Psal. 109. 9. This is called a deliverie vp to Satan 1. Cor. 5. and not for ever but vntill the partie Repent and his obstinate flesh be humbled In the meane time if by any meanes wee haue to deale with him we are commaunded to admonish him as a brother 2. Thess. 3. 15. For if hee haue not proceeded so far as directly to reiect Iesus for the K●rim and black cu●se is due to such a one 1. Cor. 16 22. we are ever to hope him a brother not vtterly dead but in a trance who happilie once may bee recovered by chyrting the cheeke and vse of strong waters But as a man in a foming sounde is not fit for our Table c so neither a Brother in the hands of the hellish club-fi●●ed Surgeon till he be come to his pristine estate Let therefore Invectivers against Brethren and foolish Excommunicators here Smite their thigh and sav What haue I done See 2. part Staffe 13. In this Temple were two Pillers the one called Iach●n or stab●litie the other called Boas or In strength To these two our Saviour casteth his eye when he saith Him that overcomm●t● will I make a Piller in the Temple of my God c. Revel 3. 1● Every thing in this Temple was Glorious figuring the glorious estate of a Christian Proportionable and 〈◊〉 figuring the p●oportion and order of Christes Church Precious signifying the high valewe of a Christian and nothing there was that is not for our ●rudition Salomon having finished the work he dedicates it by Pr●●er to IEHOVAH The Lord giueth vnto him wisedome beyond all measure of other men But ●est he should think hee stood of himselfe the Lord for a season leaues him to himselfe who by meanes of strange women fell to grosse Idolatrie not onely marrying with Pharaohs daughter a figure of the Gentile Church but also concubining Ma●y At last the Lor● ●ho hath promised to Dauid his Father that If SALOMON sinned h●e w●uld chastice him with the Rodde of Men but his mercie shul● not depart away from him as 〈◊〉 did from SAVL He giveth to Salom●n grace to Repent and not only that but he appointeth him to be the holy Ghosts Scribe for three Canonicall bookes In the first Booke entitled Proverb● he setteth down positiue Lawes for initiating all People of all ages sexes callings notablie inveying against the Idolatrous Church vnder the person of the strange woman Bitten Child fire dreades he spoke of experience In the second Booke entitled Ecclesiastes or Preacher he taketh his Puple into an higher seate and there letting him see the things vnder the Sun secretly compared with things aboue the Sunne he concludeth all belowe to be Vanitie In the third Booke entitled Song of Songs or Canticles he superelateth or carrieth his Disciple aboue the Sunne to let him see the mysticall Vnion of Christ his Church togither with their Loue-signes and spirituall Amou●s To this purpose his former fleshlie loue and Loue-tricks was deepelie sanctified and had he not that way bin overshoes he had bene nothing so fitte to discouer the overtrance of the Spirit Oh the wisedome and mercie of God To these that are called according to his purpose all things work to the best Rom. 8. 28. yea Sinne and All. And he that knowes not this knoweth nothing yet as he should knowe Having finished these three Bookes three degrees of Ascension from Sinne as was Peters triple con●ession of Loue for his threefolde deniall hee afterwardes dieth having raigned overall Ierusalem 40. yeares leaving his Sonne Rehob●●m to Raigne after him 28. Staffe In his a sonnes daies for wickednes and sinne God rent the Tribes from Salomon his blood Kingdome of Iudah here did first begin To which the Tribe of Ben-iamin fast stood The ten Tribes King as holy Scriptures tell Was after this term'd King of Israel a Reh●bo●m his Son forsaking the counsel of the Aged cleaving to the desperat advise of young start vps who willed that his little Finger should be sorer vpon the People than was his Fathers ●oynes Ten of the Tribes doe Schisme from Rehobo●m despitefully who take vnto them I eroboam the Sonne of Nebat and creat him their King From this time the King of the ten Tribes was called King of ISRAEL The other two Tribes that stood to Rehoboam lawefull though wicked King they hencesorth were called Iewes and their King King of IVDAH togither with which Iudah Beniamin stood on whose hilles as on shoulders Deu● 33. 1● the Temple of IEHOVAH stood Thus the Sonne of the Right hand set his shoulders to the Lyon of Iudah for supporting Church and Churchwoorship Worthie was Ben-iamin to stand on the Righthand of Iesus our Lyon of Iudah 29. Staffe These ten Tribes Israelites a falling from God They fell into the hands of Assurs King Who led them far away a righteous rod As for the two Tribes Ievves from them did spring Some holy Kings But ever and among They grieved God and did his Servants wrong a They Schisming or rendring themselues from Davids house Iero●●●● to keep them from sacrificing at Ierusalem neither was it lawfull any where else hee reareth vp an Idole in D●● and another in B●t●el appointing Tinker-like fellowes for sacrificing Priestes By this meanes as they had Schized from the true Church so now likewise from the true worship to a false Neit●er after this did the Kings of Israel better of whome therefore still the holy Ghost saith He followed Ieroboam ●●e sonne of Nebat who caused Israel to sinne This Supreame head of Idolatrie sprung out of Ep●raim and begun his Raigne with R●hoboam of Iudah The age of the Olde and New-World here was 3030. yeares Of the Newe-worl● 2344 From the Promise 1917. From Aegypt 516. From former Iudgeship hitherto 120. And from the Temples structure 36. yeares