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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19440	A direction to the waters of lyfe Come and beholde, how Christ shineth before the Law, in the Law, and in the Prophetes: and withall the iudgements of God vpon all nations for the neglect of his holy worde, wherein they myght haue seene the same: both which are layde before your eyes in this litle discourse, by Roger Cotton draper.	Cotton, Roger.	1590 (1590)	STC 5866; ESTC S116423	103,832	110

the Law and how that at y ● very houre of his death al those were to ceasse according as Daniel long before had told In token whereof the vaile that separated the two holy places rent a sunder because then Christe passed through the vaile of his owne fleshe from the Crosse vnto the holyest of all euen vnto the very heauen it selfe Wherefore they were to be ledde forward vnto all such high poyntes of knowledge and to learne to know how that Christ entering into that holy place which was not made with handes made a more perfect reconciliation betwixt God and the people then euer coulde Aaron do in the holy places made with handes And also they were to know that Christe was a sacrificer after another maner of order then was Aaron euen one after the order of Melchizedek the which Melchizedek is described in Scripture as though he were without father and without mother and as concerning that name as though he had no beginning of dayes nor ende of lyfe but continuing a Sacrificer for euer And yet notwithstanding though some would haue him kept in obscuritie because their owne wittes are dul of conceite and not exercised in the booke of God the Scripture is playne enough concerning the person who he was and in what sence he is sayd to be without father without mother without beginning of dayes without ende of lyfe yea and geueth a straight commaundement to consider how great a man he was that so the Hebrewes and all others myght see how farre he excelled Abraham on whom the Iewes so much relyed and also how farre his Priesthood excelled the Priesthood of Aaron or any other of the sonnes of Leuie For wheras they had a commaundement according to the Law to take Tythes of the people their brethren though they came out of the loynes of Abraham yet he whose kinred is not counted amongst them receiued tythes of Abraham and blessed him that had the promises And moreouer here men that die receiue tythes but there he receiued them of whom it is witnessed that he lyueth for euer And to say as the trueth is Leuie also which receiueth tythes payde tythes in Abraham for he was yet in the loynes of his father Abraham when Melchizedek met him After the order of this Melchizedek I say were the Hebrewes and all others to knowe that our Sauiour Christ was made a Sacrificer who as concerning his humane nature was without a father and as concerning his diuine nature without a mother and who also in proper signification had no beginning of dayes nor ende of lyfe but continueth a Sacrifices for euer and sitteth at the right hand of God to make continuall intercession for all those that will come vnto God by him and who also is able perfectly to saue them that do so seeing he euer liueth to make intercession for them Unto these and such lyke high poyntes of knowledge beseeming a Christian doth the Apostle vrge the Hebrewes vnto of the which two or three more I wyl note vnto you as to know how Christ had been proclaymed heyre of al thinges euen from the very day of Adam his creation and how that by him the father made the worlde and how that he being the bryghtnes of his glory and the ingraued forme of his person beareth vp all thinges by his mightie worde and how that he hath by hym selfe and his owne blood purged our sinnes from dead workes to serue the lyuing God and howe that notwithstanding he was made a litle inferiour to the Angels through the sufferyng of death yet was he crowned with glory and honour in that through death he destroyed him that had the power thereof that is to say the Deuill And is also made much more excellent then the Angelles inasmuch as he hath obteyned a more excellent name then any of them and in as much as they must all do worshyp vnto him and are but his messengers And in asmuch as it was not sayd vnto any of them Sit at my ryght hand vntill I make thine enimies thy footestoole but vnto him it was and so he doth euen at the right hand of God in the heauenly and highest places far aboue all principalitie and power and might and dominion and euery name that is named not in this worlde only but also in that that is to come and hath made all thinges subiect vnder his feete They were also to knowe howe that he was worthy of much more glory then was Moses in asmuch as he which hath buylded the house hath more honour then the house and in asmuch as he was as the sonne ouer his owne house and Moses but as a faythfull seruaunt in the house euen a seruaunt to beare witnes of those thinges which afterwardes should be done by him These and thousandes of suche lyke heauenly poyntes of knowledge were the Hebrewes to be led forwarde vnto and not only they but also you and all men in the worlde that looke to appeare with Christ in glory must set their chiefest affection on these heauenly thinges Therefore when you haue subdued your affection from delighting in the thinges of this worlde and brought it to delight only in the booke of God that so your hart may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all these heauenly poyntes of wysedome and spiritual vnderstanding then may you walke worthy of the Lord and shall please him in all thinges otherwyse it is vnpossible you shoulde neyther wyl your mortification be accepted in the sight of God no although you neuer so much pull downe your selfe for God delighteth not in fooles but in those that loue to heare his voyce and desire to know him aright in them doth he delight And therefore to conclude this speech you must know that of necessitie you are first bounde to learne Christe before you can know how to put him on and then when you haue by him founde lyght you must endeuour your selfe to walke as chyldren of the lyght for otherwyse the wrath of God wyl come vpon you as vpon all the chyldren of disobedience it hath for God is holy and therefore must we be holy or els be sure he wyll not spare our misse-deedes as he speaketh vn to Moses but euery transgression and disobedience shall be sure to finde a iust recompence of rewarde So that the more knowledge you haue in his holy worde wherein you shall vnderstande that not one iot of his iustice passeth vnperformed the more yf any sparke of grace you haue will you learne to mortifie your earthly members and also to do those workes that God requireth for as God is knowen euen so is he feared sayth the Prophet Therefore in any wise desire to be instructed in the worde of God aboue all other thinges and then no doubt but you wyll be ashamed yf any thing be done amisse yea

you not vnderstand that the sayinges of the prophets might be fulfilled Now if you aske me in what sort the prophets before time had testified of Christ whereby they might haue knowen him to be that Messias that should come into the worlde the answere is very plentifull and very plaine and many of them did knowe that then was the time that the kingdome of God was to appeare and all the sort of them might haue knowne as well if they had considered well of the ninth of Daniel for there doth the angel Gabriel tell Daniel when Christ the king should be killed euen to the very houre of the day wherin he dyed Likewise they had Moses and all the prophetes euen vnto Iohn to lead them as it were by the hand vnto Christ and that at sundrie times and in diuers manners so that it will not be amisse to run briefly them ouer to shew you in what sort as I neere as I can he was described vnto them First then where as Adam by his disobedience brought not onely death vpon himselfe but also vppon all his posteritie and withall lost that dominion and Lordship he had ouer the creatures of God euen the very day of his creation the verie same day was Christ proclaymed heire of the world and a ful conquerour of Satan in these wordes I will put enmitie sayth the Lord vnto Satan betweene thee and the woman and betweene thy seede and her seede thy seede shal bruise the heele of the seede of the woman but her seede euen hee that speciall seede meaning Christ shal breake thy head the which came so to passe when as the fulnesse of time was come that is when as our sauiour tooke the nature of man vpon hym and so through death destroyed him who had the power thereof that is to say the deuill this olde serpent The which seede of the woman was also sayd by Noe to be the blessed God of Sem whom also Sem resembled Hee was also sayde by the Lord himselfe to be that special one seede of Abraham Isaake and Iacob in whome all the nations of the earth shoulde be blessed Likewise he was spoken of by Iacob to be that special childe Shillo the Lyon of y ● tribe of Iuda who if he did but lye downe and couch none durst stirre him vp and that vnto hym the people should be gathered the which Lyon of the tribe of Iuda that holy man Iob saw to be his redeemer and was most assured to see him one day with his owne eyes and none other for him although wormes should destroy that body He was also sayd by the Lord himselfe to be that angel of the couenant that kept their fathers in the way and brought them into the land of Canaan as also that star of Iacob whome Balam prophet false though he were sawe to strike the costes of Moab and to subdue all the sonnes of Seth. He was also said by Moses to be that great prophet whome the Lord would rayse like vnto him vnto whom all the world should hearken as also by the Lord himselfe that he should build an house vnto his name and that he would establish the throne of his kingdome for euer and that he would say vnto him I will be thy father and thou shalt be my sonne Likewise it was sayd of Christ by the prophet Dauid that the Lord sayd vnto him Thou art my sonne this day begat I thee that forasmuch as the Lord delighted not in sacrifices he should come to doe the will of God That in his heart his whole law should fully rest That he would not conceale the righteousnes thereof but declare it in the great congregation euen in the middest of the congregation would hee declare the name of the Lord amongest his brethren and how that notwithstanding that yet would the kinges and princes of the earth assemble themselues together agaynst hym That they woulde make him the contempt of the people haue hym in derision mocke hym and nod their heades at him That they would hit him in the teeth with the trust he had in the Lord as though hys hope therein had bene frustrate That they would like bulls of Bashan nay like dogges compasse hym about pearce hys handes and feete giue him vineger to drinke cast lottes vppon his garmentes and part them amongest them and yet notwithstanding all this their spight the Prophet sheweth that the Lorde would laugh them to skorne and breake them to peeces like a potters vessell That he would set Christ as king vpon y ● holy hill of Sion and deliuer hym from the contentions of the people That hee would grant him the heathen for his inheritance and the vttermost partes of the earth for his possession That he should be the head therof and that a people whom he had not knowne should serue hym euen such as were the kinges of Tarshish and of the Iles who should bring hym presentes and also such as were the kinges of Sheba and Seba who should bring hym giftes yea and that all kings vpon earth should worship him and all nations serue hym and that as soone as they should heare hym they should obey hym and be in subiection to hym and that whosoeuer would not kisse the sonne should be sure to perish but those that would put their trust in hym should be blessed for euermore Againe it was sayd of hym by the same prophet that hee would so loue righteousnesse and hate iniquitie and be so carefull for the house of the Lord that the zeale he would haue thereof would euen eate hym vp and that the Lord woulde therefore annoynt hym with the oyle of gladnesse aboue hys fellowes That hee would cause hys name to be remembred throughout all generations euen hys glorious name for euer and euer And that all nations should blesse hym and be blessed in hym and giue thankes vnto hym worlde without end And that notwithstanding all the r●…ge of the deuill and his ministers yet should none euill come neere vnto hym for the Lord would giue hys Angels charge ouer hym to keepe him in all his wayes that hee should not hurt hys foote agaynst a stone And that notwithstanding himselfe should be that stone which the builders would refuse yet should hee be made the head of the corner Moreouer this holy Prophet sheweth that the Lorde woulde not leaue the soule of Christ in graue neyther suffer hym his holy one to see corruption That he would rayse him vp from death to life and crowne him with glory and honour That hee should ascend on high and leade captiuitie captiue That he shoulde sit at the right hande of God vntil he had made his enimies his fotestoole And lastly that he shoulde continue there a Sacrificer for euer after the order of