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A09320	The seaven golden candlestickes Englands honour. The great mysterie of Gods mercie yet to come. With peace to the pure in heart aduising to vnitie among our selues. By Richard Bernard, minister at Batcombe in Somersetshire.	Bernard, Richard, 1568-1641.	1621 (1621)	STC 1963; ESTC S113795	38,453	126

hath an eare let him heare what the Spirit saith to the Churches And thus much for the state of the Church from yeares aboue 1100. vnto Luthers beginning to preach 1516. set out in the Church of Thyatira CONSIDERATIONS FOR INSTRVCTION AND VSE FIrst that now in this time the depth of Sathans policies began to bee vsed Secondly that maugre his malice and mischiefe the true Church getteth strength Thirdly that when God purposeth to better the estate of his Church hee will qualifie his Seruants with better gifts to further his purpose Fourthly that in a sound Reformation the Church is not the best at the first but groweth better and better so as the last workes thereof are more then the first Fiftly that the tolleration of a Iesabel false Doctrine and false worship is a foule fault in the true Church Sixtly that the end of Sathans Instruments is to seduce the godly and to bring them to commit wickednesse Seuenthly that though God giue the wicked space to repent yet will they be nothing the better for it Eighthly that not only the chiefe Authours of euill but such as consent to them are lyable to the same iudgement except they repent Ninthly that neither Iesabel with her Abettors nor yet the depths of Satan can hinder the Churches increase in wel-doing when God wil aide her with his Grace Tenthly that there may be many where the false Church is which may bee ignorant of the depth of that sinfull state Eleuenthly that the Truth which we receiue must be held fast vnto the end THE FIFT GOLDEN CANDLESTICK THE FIFT CHVRCH In the Type In the Antitype The Church of Sardis The Sardine state of Christs Church the first of the Reformed Churches 1. THis was next after Thyatyra still East ward farther from the North. 1. THis was the next after the Thyatirian state at the end whereof this beganne more cleerely to breake out by the light of Truth about the yeare 1516. when Luther began to preach and continued to the yeare 1558. 2. In this is no mention as in the former of Balaam Nicolaitans thron of Sathan or Iesabel 2. Because now the Church was come out of Romish Babylon for neither Balaam that false Prophet of Rome nor the filthy Nicolaitans of that Seate nor that Iesabel the Church of Rome had any thing to doe with this Church of Christ which the Lord by Luther and other famous   men brought out from that Spirituall bondage as before hee did the Children of Israel out of Egypt by Moses and Aaron with a strong hand and out-stretched arme Sleid. Comment Fox his Acts Mon. p. 767 768. c. 3. In this Christ setteth out himselfe by the seuen Stars and seuen Spirits of God 3. For that now hee would rayse vp many learned Ministers of the Gospell who as Starres should shine and giue light to such as should sit in darknesse and to whome hee would giue plentifully the Graces of his Spirit to set forth his Truth as he did to Luther Zuinglius Melancthon Oecolampadius Bucer and to many bright Starres of his Truth in Wittenberge in Heluetia and other places Sleid. Comment Lu. Osiand Cent. 16. Fox his Acts Monuments p. 773. 4. This had a name to bee aliue but was dead 4. This comming from vnder Antichrist had a name to be aliue and to bee a Reformed Smyrna had not so good a name as shee deserued but this a much better then she is worthy of Church in Luthers dayes but she became as dead being farre from that life of Grace which should haue beene in her and from that liuely reformation which the Lord required at her hands For howsoeuer the Lutheran Churches acquite themselues of the Pope and were no more the children of that Iesabel of Rome yet retayned they such corruptions and errors and at this day so vphold them as their state is rather dying then liuing except they returne See the Booke of Concord and the Augustane Confession 5. The workes of this were imperfect 5. So was and is this of the Lutherans reformation as may appeare by the difference betweene them and other Reformed Churches in that which is commonly called Lutheranisme the points whereof may bee gathered out of their Bookes of the body of Diuinity their Augustane Confession and Disputations   against vs by which may appeare their imperfect workes vnworthy a Church Reformed and that blessed Instrument Luther that Lucifer and bright Starre of Light who did shine well in the dawning of the day before the Sun-shine of Truth arose and spred out his beames to his after followers for them to see more cleerly if they would not haue winked and shut their eyes against the Light shining vpon them See Reneccius his Panoplia Brentius Iac. Andraeas Seluec Chemnisius Lu. Osiand Epit. Cent. l. 3. cent 16. c. 30. 6. This is threatned for the defects and the Lord saith that hee will come suddēly vpon them 6. And indeed so did the Lord come vpon these Hee sent a new and strange kind of sicknesse called the Sweating Sicknesse which in a short space with an incredible swiftnesse passed through almost all the parts of Germanie they were also greatly troubled with Warres as may bee seene in that which is called   the Smalcaldicke Warre made by the Emperour through the Popes instigation Saxonie receiued moreouer great losse by Fires and also by horrible Tempests of Thunder and Lightning and thus came the LORD vpon them Sleid. Comm. Funct Chron. Bucholc Chron. Lu. Osiand Epit. Cent. l. 2. l. 3. c. 2. 7. In this Church were some few which had not defiled their garmēts 7. In this imperfect state begun by the Lutherās there were some which acquit themselues more cleerely from the Errours and Superstitions of Antichrist who set forth a Confession more agreeing in all things to the truth then that Augustane Confession these were called by the Lutherans Sacramentaries and Zuinglians and afterwards Caluinists for opposing their Consubstantiation and other their Errours Sleid. Comment Lu. Osiand Epit. Cent. 16. 8. These in this Church were most 3 So these few then hath the Lord giuen honour vnto and approued of Christ accounting them worthy to walke with him in white approoued as worthy of his fauourable acceptance and grace for soundnesse of Truth and that by the consent of many Churches agreeing therein See the Harmonie of Confessions 9. In this is promised to them that ouercome the reward of Victory 9. Now this was very needfull for those times for that many were put vnto the tryall not a few suffered banishment and imprisonment for not consenting to the Booke of Interim set out by the Emperours Authority to whom many through feare yeelded as those of Wittemberge and Lipsia who for the meane which they sought to hold as appeareth by the forme of Religion which they published were called Adiaphorists and Intermistickes Persecution was raised here in England by Queene Mary by whom many

Aduersaries are had in high esteeme Haue not wee our venerable Beda And shall we boast of Alexander de Hales the Father of the Summists called Fons vitae or of Iohannes Scotus termed Doctor Subtilis or of Iohn Bachon or Bachonthorpe named Doctor resolutus or of Thomas Bradwardine Archbishop of Canterbury honoured also with this Title of Doctor profundus What shall I tell of our fortunate Drake circling the whole Earth and returning home in safetie I let passe many things in this kind one instance may serue for all What an honour was this that once the Emperour in person should take wages and serue our King in his Warres An honour neuer afforded to any other Nation in Christendome Thus euen thus hath God vouchsafed vs glory and riches and honour and strength Wee can liue of our selues succour others wee may and of their aide wee stand in little need If valorousnesse of spirit be not abated our Enemies may be made to feare I hope as God hath thus aduanced vs the glory of his Name is this day before vs and the good of our Countrey in euery action for aduancement of Religion the peace of the people Hee that receiueth much oweth much and is bound to loue the more Let mee say as once Moses did the name Israel being changed into England And now O England what Deut. 10. 12. doth the Lord thy God require of thee but to feare the Lord thy God to walke in all his wayes and to loue him and to serue the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soule to keepe his Commandements and his Statutes this day for thy good That so as God himselfe wished to Israel it might go well with vs and with our Children for euer Let not O Nation thus beloued hautinesse and pride impouerish thee let not oppressions bring thee vnderoot and presse thee downe Let not vanities put contempt vpon thee nor ryot and luxurie consume thee Let not prodigalitie and the idle race of a disordered route waste thee Let not bribery eat vp thy Iustice nor wātonnesse defile thy chastitie nor worldlinesse destroy thy charitie nor this cursed selfe-loue breake the bond of vnity nor thy too gentle conniuencie increase Popery nor the too great security in these dayes of peace eate vp thy deuotion and make the grow into contempt with thy God Be this oh be this farre from thee thou the Lords Vine-yard of whom the Lord expecteth better fruits for his so great goodnesse towards thee I hope the honourable Ioseph of Aramethea will make thy Nobles to contemne the World and to giue their honour vnto Christ Thy Wickliffe awake vp thy Cleargie to watch the Wolues which seeke to deuoure thine and their flockes Thy subtill Scotus thy resolute Bachon thy profound Bradwardine thy Hales the Summist and thy venerable Beda will cause thy Schooles of Learning to flourish and prick men forward to an emulation and to striue to excell euen them in excellencies Thy former Kings and Princes banishing Popery make the zealous against it that it neuer heere any more get footing againe within thee Thy now Dread Souereigne so learnedly discouering that Antichristian State cause thy Apostating Children to bee ashamed of the Whorish inuentions of that man of sinne and so at length distaste the smell of the Romish or rather Rammish Renegadoes and leaue of their folly and madnesse Lastly thy wonderfull preseruations thy plenty thy peace thy beautie thy outward glory mooue vs all from the highest to the lowest to render all prayse and thankes possible to the high God Creatour of Heauen and Earth for such mercies towards thee and to endeuour our selues by the lawfull right and religious vse of all the blessings in thee still to preserue yea and to make more renowned thy name and fame among all the Nations and before the face of all thine enemies Thus wee ought to doe let vs pray that we all may so do Amen THE GREAT MYSTERY OF GODS MERCIE WHereas I made mention in the beginning of the Iewes Conuersion I thought it not amisse here to insert the verity thereof By Iewes I vnderstand the naturall of-spring of Abraham Isaac Iacob and the twelue Patriarchs called Israel the twelue Tribes dispersed to whome the Apostle Iames wrote in his time who now are Iames 1. 1. 2. all knowne onely by the name of Iewes these are now the Israel of Rom. 11. 26. whom the Apostle speaketh and these shall bee conuerted to Christ and become a Nationall people receiue the Doctrine of the Gospell and make profession of the Lord Iesus as of their true Messiah and Sauiour with vs. This is the Mystery of Gods Mercie There is a double Mysterie Ephes 6. 36. of which Saint Paul speaketh to the Romanes It was a mystery that we Gentiles should bee fellow-heires with the Iewes which they knew not off and it is a Mystery that the obstinate Iewes shall returne to Christ and bee visible members of CHRISTS Church with vs Gentiles which Mystery Saint Paul would not haue vs Rom. 11. 25. ignorant of The first Mystery blessed bee God is made knowne in our saluation this other Mystery shall also bee made manifest in time in their saluation It was not a Mystery to the Iewes that some Gentiles should be conuerted for they had many Proselytes but the Mystery was that God would take to him Kingdomes and Nations of the Gentiles which thing they could not endure to heare off So it was no mysterie to the Gentiles in Act. 22. 22. Saint Pauls time that some of the Luk. 20. 16. Iewes then and afterwards should beleeue in Christ for they had examples of thousands of Iewes conuerted but the mysterie was and yet is this which the Apostle would haue the Gentiles know that the obstinate Iewes euen the Nation of them should in time turne againe to Christ and professe his Name publikly with vs. This is a truth beleeued long since Very many learned hold it professed and by learned men of late maintayned as may bee seene in the Commentaries of very many which haue written vpon the 11. chapter to the Romanes and on the 7. chapter of the Reuelation of St. Iohn whose names I here omit to recite because I stay not vpon mens assertion though the voyce of so many learned is a very great inducement but vpon such reasons and proofes of Scripture as may perswade to the faith of this Truth And first who can consider of the wonderfull hand of God in their so Their miraculous preseruation may moue to beleeue it miraculous preseruation to this very day now for the space of almost 1600. yeares in the great confusion of States but the same may lead him to an expectation of their future good They bee here and there dispersed they dwell but by permission wheresoeuer yet haue they not been swallowed vp of Nations nor so mingled but that they be a knowne distinct people