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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A73707	A plaine explanation of the vvhole Revelation of Saint John Very necessary and comfortable in these dayes of trouble and affliction in the church. Penned by a faithfull preacher, now with God, for more priuate vse, and now published for the further benefit of the people of God.	Cartwright, Thomas, 1535-1603.	1622 (1622)	STC 4710.5; ESTC S124379	79,172	144

This Church hee commendeth not at all as he did before commend the other Churches but rather beginneth with reprehension saying that they had a name that they were aliue but indeed they were dead Verse 1. that is they seemed to haue that which in truth they had not And first hee exhorterh the Angell of Sardis to looke vnto himselfe in that he bids him awake and be not secure and carelesse and then to looke vnto others committed to his charge And therefore it is that Paul exhorteth Timothy to take heede vnto himselfe that so he being reformed himselfe may be more fit to looke to those who are committed to him For those that were committed to his charge he biddeth the Angell to strengthen those things that were ready to dye that is to recouer that which was almost lost and that betime lest it dye altogether a note that as yet they were not cleane dead whereby he mollifieth the speech which went before For he had said before to the Angell of Sardis that he was starke dead meaning in regard of that they would be if they reformed not themselues betime After hee willeth him to remember that is consider diligently what gifts he had receiued and that hee should vse them well namely thereby he should instruct the Church and that hee repeat for otherwise hee will come against them sodainely as a thiefe in the night at vnawares when he should be vnprepared and so his destruction should be most fearefull Yet saith hee I haue a few names as Acts. 1. 15. that is a few persons which had not defiled their Garments that is which were found faithfull and had not beene infected nor defiled with those sinnes which raigned in that Church for whose sake he yet spared them and fauoured them as hee would haue Sodome if there had beene but tenne righteous found therein And these saith he shall goe with me in white and be cloathed in white array that is be couered with his righteousnesse and be partakers of his honour for white is a token of honour and that they shall not haue their names put out of the booke of life that is should be crowned with immortalitie Lastly to those that ouercome which confessed his name before men he promiseth that hee would confesse their name before his Father and before his holy Angels Where he giueth vs to vnderstand what was the chiefe sinne of that Church to wit that they were afraide to make so full a confession of Christ before men as they should haue done For as it seemeth they would professe Christianity indeed yet so as that they would not displease any by it nor incurre any danger for the same Therefore he promiseth to him that ouercommeth that hee will confesse him before God in his Kingdome Next hee commeth to the Church of Philadelphia where he describes himselfe by his offices First hee setteth downe himselfe to be holy alluding to the holinesse of the Priest-hood in the Law vpon whose head was written Holinesse to the Lord which was a Exod. 39. 30. Type and Figure of Christ hee being holy himselfe yea the holinesse of his Father By this word holy is noted vnto vs the Priest-hood of Christ whereby we are made holy He is called true hauing regard to his Propheticall office whereby he teacheth his people the truth of his will Thirdly in that he is said to haue the keyes of Dauid and that he openeth and no man shutteth and shutteth and no man openeth it noteth vnto vs his kingdome and vpon this title the rest of the Epistles runneth which he prosecuteth in that he had declared himselfe to be King indeed herein namely in that he saith hee had set open a dore for his Gospell among them so that none should shut it signifying that when God will bring the truth to light and will haue it to preuaile none shall be able to resist it And saith hee albeit they were weake and had but little strength yet they should not be discouraged at it or at the greatnesse or multitude of their enemies which he vnderstandeth by the Sinagogues of Sathan but seeing they had yet kept this dore of the word open they should therfore the rather hold it open more constantly and couragiously and hee would helpe them the more by his power and maintaine them therein yea hee saith that if they will thus continue he will open the doore of the Gospell so farre as that he will make the most grieuous enemies which called themselues Iewes that is the Children of God and professors of Christ which yet were not so as those that ioyned their Law and the Gospell he would euen make them to come and fall downe at the feete of the Ministers and worship before them Not that here is any thing whereupon the Papists can ground that men are to be worshipped for hee doth not say that they should worship the Angell but they should worship God at the feete of the Minister to wit as Schollers to vnderstand at his mouth the will of God As Paul is said to be brought vp at the feete of Gamaliel that is to be instructed of him as his Scholler And the Disciples in the Acts are said to stand at the feete of the Apostles that is to attend to their doctrine and to learne of them the will of God Lastly hee promiseth to those that striue and ouercome that they shall be like Pillars in Gods Temple to wit notable Instruments in the Church of God and namely such as should both be most firme and stable as that they should neuer be remoued from the profession of the Gospell and also such as should be beautifull ornaments in the house of God as Pillars wrought with curious workes vsed to be in great houses and especially in the Temple of Ierusalem for it was an vsuall thing to graue their Pillars for the beautifying of them with names and other fine workes and therefore hee alludeth to that same custome saith that he will graue vpon them the name of his father that is to be his Children and the name of the City of God that is the Church of God the new Ierusalem the people newly regenerate and that hee would write vpon them his name that is make them to be partakers of his righteousnesse and glory In the last place he writes to the Church of Laodidicea where he also giues himselfe titles as before describing himselfe by his offices first hee cals himselfe Amen namely he in whom all the promises of God are yea and Amen that is are fully accomplished whereby he notes his Kingdome because by it hee bringeth to passe whatsoeuer hath beene said before His propheticall office in that he is called the faithfull and true Witnesse namely he which faithfully testifieth the truth to his people His Priest-hood in that hee is the beginning of the Creatures of God signifying the second creation which is regeneration And not as it is in one place Colos