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A44285	A sermon preached afore Thomas Andrews Lord Maior and the aldermen, sheriffs &c. of the honorable corporation of the citie of London in which discourse is held forth I. The order, method, and succession of times and things both good and evil ... as an explanation of his former sermon before the said honorable assembly upon Octob. 8, 1650. 2. A touch upon the two witnesses. 3. An iconism or picture of the present apostacie in England. 4. A systeme of symptomes of them that will have the spiritual falling - sickness to depart from the faith / by Nathanael Homes.	Homes, Nathanael, 1599-1678.	1650 (1650)	Wing H2575; ESTC R29231	23,573	34

moneths i.e. 12. hundred 60. Dayes i. e. Years blaspheming God and adored of men more or less This John prophesied about an hundred years after Christ so that this if we could say no more carries the Pedigrecc to 1360. years after Christ. But we can out of Scripture say more to this Antichristianisme in Pauls time was but in a Mystery The Hinderer * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 alii 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Roman Emperour sitting in the Throne lying in the way and keeping under the Revelation of Antichist as 't is in the Context Antichrist had not yet his ** 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. power given to him to make war those 42. moneths mentioned Rev. 13.5 You heard before that till 313 after Christ the Church was under a sore Persecution by the Heathen Roman Emperours But after that time Antichrist began to appear in Arrianisme and Persecution of them that were contrary minded Then began his power about 390. years after Christ And in 410. the Hinderer the Roman Emperour was taken away Rome being taken and spoiled by the Gothes c. All which accounts putting 410. to 1260. are not yet run out So that Apostasie and Revelation of Antichrist to all effects fruit and branches are yet in the increment and increase as our wofull experience at this day can fully attest And this Saint John doth further mainifest unto us Rev. 16. v. 10. c. In the time of the fifth Vial which is the utmost to which we are come if we be come Antichrist hath his Throne * So the Greak though then to be darkened and men are very blasphemous and impenitent notwithstanding the powring forth of that Vial O that our Eares could not witness such Blasphemies And beyond this under the sixth Vial are three unclean spirits like Frogs coming out of the mouth of the Dragon the Beast and the false Prophet which are spirits of Devils working of Miracles and drawing the Kings of the Earth to Battle against the Saints And lastly Satan still reigneth and the great City is undivided and the Cities of the Nations stand ana Babylon comes not into rememberance before the Lord to give her the cup of the wine of the fierce wrath of God till the seventh Vial be powred out Revel 16.17 When this is powred out then those things are done ibidem and Satan is bound Rev. 20. Be sure Amorite-Apostates and Antichrists sins must be first ripe and full afore they receive for their sins their total fall and ruine which being not yet executed no doubt but the truth of our Text by costs and turns shall have its progress and augmentation of further Apostasie and Antichristianity though here and there now and then by parcell they receive shrewd blows afore the fatal one comes For if ye mark the Mystery of Gods dispensations and his Methode between his promises of good and Prognostications of evil the prognostick is progressive to such a period the promise likewise being successive overtakes it and knocks it down it riseth up again and gets more head the promise again makes after it reacheth it and gives it another blow and wound And thus they keep turns till Good hath the full Victory of Evil unto its full perdition at Christs appearance as you have heard and seen all along this Discourse So here is our fear and our care now brought home laid before us The Application namely to inquire how forward we are gone in Apostasie and Antichristianity and how far behinde Perdition is for according to the stature of the defection there attends proportionable perdition you see perdition is written upon sin in the Text Cains mark And to Apostasie is added after the Text Seduction and Damnation And so as God said to Cain Evil lies at the door the Apostle cries in my Text Let no man deceive you Should seem men are apt to be deceived about these things which we now discourse Heb. 3.12 13. Rev. 3.24 2 Cor. 11.15 Apt to be hardned by the deceitfulness of sin their deceitfull hearts the depths of Satan and the transformation of men the instruments of Satan the Prince of Darkness into Angels of light To be sinfully miserable and not to know it is double misery Darkness and Chains The Apostasie of England In opinions and Principles 'T is not out of our sight and hearing in part that the common Crowd of Professors in this present Age count their Apostasie kicking behinde them Ordinances with the scorne of formes holy conversation with the brand of Bonds and privation of their native liberty and Christ with the reproach of a fleshly thing to be their sublimity and high perfection And for Antichristianism many they are on the other side who deny Christ to have come been born and suffered in the flesh which S. John defines to be Antichristianism Familistically making him a Non-ens And as S. John you heard before tells us In denying the Son they deny the Father also And truely for Atheism store of them are professed ones and make the Creatures that should convince them to be God and the Scriptures that should be their cure to be their scorn I will not name all that I know of these mens nefanda words and things lest I should transgress against the Word that forbids Baalim and Fornication Covetousness and other sins so much as to be named * Hos 2. v. 17. and Eph. 5.3 These roots it seems by Books came out of Germany which planted here do like their soyl and grow mightily And beside the devil is as well here as any where else and can as easily make Judasses among us as in other Nations how much more Ananiasses Magusses Hymeneusses Ephesians Sardisians Multitudes among us heretofore seemingly sound and hot in Religion have lyed to their profession made Gain their godliness embraced Religion out of designe made shipwrack of the Faith forsaken their first love entertained unsound Teachers have onely a name of Christians and are as dead and cold in Religion as a stone Thus they are and refuse a many of them to read or hear or converse with sound professors that they may be sure never to be better Is this all No. In Practice These are but the foundation and root the superstructure and fruit is evils of Practice as Drinking Riotousness Whoredoms Wantonnesses Against Self Cursings Blasphemies even in Pulpit and elsewhere with such words of allusion to the sacred things of Christ as a pious heart hates to think With some of these sins they please the flesh with others they sear their consciences that they may never repent And they do profess an insensibleness of any sin and to act those things by principle Are these all Against God No. There is another predicament or Table of high transgressions against God I will name but two 1. Unlawful superstitious and diabolical Astrologie Of which because I have spoken in Print

A SERMON Preached afore THOMAS ANDREWS LORD MAIOR And the Aldermen Sheriffs c. of the honorable Corporation of the Citie of LONDON At PAVLS on the Lords day Feb. 2. 1650. By Doctor NATHANAEL HOMES Teacher to the Church at Mary Staynings LONDON In which Discourse is held forth 1 The Order Method and Succession of Times and Things both good and evil that are to come to pass before the next appearance of Christ as an explanation of his former Sermon before the said honorable Assembly upon Octob. 8. 1650. 2 A touch upon the Two Witnesses 3 An Iconism or Picture of the present Apostacie in England 4 A Systeme of Symptomes of them that will have the spiritual Falling-sickness to depart from the Faith Left as a Testimony and Protest of the Author against the Evils of this present Age. London Printed by I. R. and J. C. 1650. To the Right Worshipful Jasper Draper John Blackwel Samuel Harsenet and William Hulme Wardens of the Right Worshipful Company of GROCERS of London And to the rest of that worthy Company Honoured Sirs IN answer to Desires I have printed this Sermon and bequeathed it to you also who that I might acknowledge your great respect to me and your favour to the present Government therein were the Primum mobile the First movers of printing my former Sermon to you also bequeathed which so far taking your spirits as you then much expressed I thought it necessary to catch hold of this happie opportunity to explain That by This in shewing you as well the black side as the bright side of the cloud of future times and so your judgements might be set upright in the apprehension and expectation of those things to rejoyce in Christ but with a holy filial trembling Do as Chrysostom sent word to the threatning Empress Ego nil nisi peccatum timeo Fear sin and then fear nothing Your reverence of Christ shall be then filled with rejoycing that his day is coming to beat down all his enemies and advance his Saints upon earth afore the ultimate glorifying of you and him who subscribes himself Your humble servant in Christ Jesus NATHANAEL HOMES From my Studie at Mary Staynings London Feb. 12. 1650. 2 Thess 2.3 Let no man deceive you by any means For that day shall not come except there come a falling away first and that Man of Sin be revealed the Son of Perdition THis chapter is happily divided from the rest it distinctly containing the second part of thi● Epistle viz. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Prophesying of the Prognostick Antecedents fore-running near before the next Appearance of Christ with their appendices Appurtenances An Error of some of the Thessalonians that the Day of Christ 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 was then even as present Vers 2. was the occasion of this Discourse of the Apostle Which he begins with beseeching and obtesting them Vers 1. by the future coming of Christ that they would not be shaken in minde as if he were then presently coming though as in all Ages down to us some would assert it Vers 2. as pretending their own spirit of Prophesie or some word viz. Tradition or suppositious Epistles of the Apostles But saith the Apostle them that perswade that decline ye for they go about to deceive you Because that Day cannot come unless such and such things first come to pass and so he smoothly slides into our Text and the Prophesie of the falling away of the seeming Christian and the revealing of the Anti-christian before the next Appearance of Christ Let no man deceive you saith the Apostle by any means for that Day shall not come except there come a falling away first and that man of sin be revealed You see by the change of the Letter in your Bibles how much is supplied by our Translators viz. Day shall not come is not in the Greek but are the true sense and intent of the Text and therefore supplied by other Translators both of the best Latins and others And they do it because say some here is an Aposiopesis an Ellipsis say others * The Commentator on this Epistle in Zanchies works saith that some Syriack Copy so supplyes words viz. Syrus inquit Ne quis vos decipiat ullo modo nam nisi venerit prius defectio reveletur silius hominis peccati silius perditionis scilicet non instabit Dies ille Domini Howbeit I find them not any how so supplied in either of my two Syriack Cosies But what need of all this To me the Greek it self duly pointed and rendred is able sufficiently to express it self 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. Correct the pointing for we had need sometimes as John 15.2 c. and put the first Coma at 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and then the sense runs smoothly and fully thus Let no man deceive you by any means that so it is viz. as Vers 2. that the Day of Christ is at hand except there come a falling away first c. There are some singular Elegancies and Emphases in the words 1. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Two Negatives are put in the Dehortation whose properties are more vehemently to deny and forbid as that we may truly render the Apostle according to the Idiome of our English thus Let no man by no means deceive you Intimating vehemently that thence to succeeding Ages there would be much danger of many deceiving and being deceived that Christs second Coming was fulfilled afore it was And this Deceit would peep up under many shapes as the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 rendred here means may also signifie We shall view this thousand-shap'd Proteus better afterwards 2. The falling away in our English is in the Greek expressed by a word which signifies an odious falling away and our English of it if rendred word for word exactly takes after the Greek for casting an odium upon it For 't is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Apostasie The Arabick keeps the same The Syriack 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifies Rebellion For Apostates usually do not onely fall away from the Truth but also against the Truth * Heb. 6.6 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Fall against As the Greeks say 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Contrary to reason 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 A transgressor against the Law And the Apostle adds in that Heb. 6.6 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which is falling against the Truth with a witness 3. Revealed and the Greek of it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 are near kin to 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Book of the Revelation both name and thing viz. This man of sin and of perdition must be revealed as ripe in sin for perdition according to the Revelation Chap. 16. Chap. 17. before Christs next coming Which Man of sin is expressed with the greatest Emphasis of Emphasis upon Emphasis 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. e. That same man of the sin that same son of the perdition And the Greek of perdition is of the kindred

I say no more here 2. Prophanation of the Lords day Of which sin the Edict or Book of Sports was I am perswaded a main meritorious cause to bring our two last Kings to untimely ends and the practise of it brought Gods judgements upon hundreds as the Book of Gods judgements on sinners and that other of Gods judgements on Sabbath-breakers do declare And we are extremely guilty still Thousands chusing to walk in fields on the Lords day rather then to hear the Preaching of the Word For now they are free from enforcement to hear the Service-book they return this for their thanks They will hear nothing at all And thus they daily do about London though the worthy Lord Maior present and others formerly have much endeavoured to prevent it But let me say to those Profaners Tolle Diem tolle Deum cultus Take away the Day and you take away the Deity of Worship Are these all Against our Neighbour No. There is another Predicament or Table of sins against our Neighbour Viz. False accusations Injustice Bribery Oppression Circumvention Have we yet All Against the Church of Christ No. There is another of sins against the Universal Church of Christ Reproaching of Ordinances Disgracing all ways of Worship Questioning all Ministeries reproaching their Persons and Offices pining them from maintenance and professing their hope as some have expressed that within few years the name of Minister shall be odious For testimony we have their Books common expressions and deeds Would God all the Lords people were Prophets or that you need not to be taught by men but were fully taught of God But mean while Lord turn those mens hearts or else dispose of us that we may not see your ruine Have we yet all Sins against the State No. There is one Predicament more of sins against the State 1. Self-power every man would rule or bring the Majestie of Magistracie as lowe as themselves a dangerous preface to cutting of throats an Adamitish diabolical Levellism 2. Self-ends Most men care for their Cabins whiles the Ship the Common welfare is in danger They are like the Romane Consul that was deaf with delight in his Garden whiles the Drums of the enemy beat at the walls of the City 3. Sycophancie with pretence of the Common weal to fill ones own pockets O this State-eating this Commonwealth-devouring I wish I might see men go quite beyond Iehu and like Nehemiah do that which all may have a share in O England I am afraid concerning thee and London concerning thee The Swedes and that party are fallen from their first zeal and have unworthily made agreement with Antichristian Amalek with whom in such a Case and Cause no Peace was to be made The Netherlands unhappie in their League with one limb of Antichrist and in their assistance of another limb of him to be their neer ill neighbour The Scots have fallen from their own Articles profession of Reformation and their quondam Principles to bring Malignants to condign punishment But England and London are mightily fallen from Religion Not long since you were neer the highest in profession of Religion above all the Nations of the earth England was the Paradise and London the midst where were the choice trees of knowledge and of life But now in many main things of Religion ye are fallen lower then Lutherans Papists Iews Turks and Heathens in despising Christ denying the Scriptures and professed Atheism England is a waste wilderness of decayed Religion and London the nest of all unclean birds Therefore am I afraid of the Citie of my habitation and of the Land of my nativity I fear not the French Danes Scots c. I fear the sins of England and London For when Balak could not beat us nor Balaam enchant and curse us we received and acted the Doctrine and Counsel of Balaam the Nation is full of Adulteries Corporal and Spiritual beside those clouds of sins afore appearing Can God in justice put up these things at our hands and not do by us as by Israel for that Balaamitish defection till Zimri and Cozbi Num. 24. and thousands more were destroyed unto death some killed with a javelin others hanged and Four and twenty thousand destroyed by the Pestilence What though glorious times for the Universal Church are not far off England is but a small spot of ground and may have an hour fo temptation and yet that designe little or nothing interrupted A storm of Lightning Thunder and Hail may fall in the dawning of a most glorious fair Summers day as it proves afterward Israel was got quite out of Egypt yet often sinning in the way towards Canaan were often sorely punished 1 Cor. 10. And if any Believers among them concurred in the sin they escaped not the punishment The Lord forgave their iniquities Psal 99.8 but took vengeance of their inventions Yea when Israel had begun to enter Canaan and had conquered Iericho Of the Two Witnesses and their time and place of lying dead and rising yet for a great sin before Ai they fall Though the Two Witnesses have been long time slaying the Question still is Whether they have layn their three days and an half dead Which being not yet fulfilled it will be a Common calamity when and where it falls And not altogether unsutable 't is the judgement of some piously learned That the time of all the great troubles to be on the Christian Gentiles is not yet over but that there is a time yet to come in which the Popal power shall dowineer over all Europe afore its full ruine Their Arguments are two The one from Revel 17. 1 Argum. in which say they is intimated a two-fold subjection of the ten Horns that is of the ten Kingdoms of Europe to the Beast The first in vers 12 13. where it is said emphatically They all ten of them had one minde sentence judgement or resolution to give their power to the beast They then being all of one Religion under the same gross Ignorance and Superstition they were by that means all of one minde Secondly in vers 17 God put Greek gave into their hearts to make so again in the Greek one minde sentence judgement or resolution to give their kingdom to the Beast For I am bold to observe this for them That though in both places 't is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 one minde sentence judgement or resolution yet there is this singular difference that in vers 13. 't is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is They have one minde sentence judgement or resolution in vers 17. 't is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 To make one minde sentence judgement or resolution Before from innate Principles of the same superstitious Religion they were of one minde But now upon debate policie confederacie and designe they make one minde sentence judgement or resolution How Why say they the Text tells us God gave it into their hearts to make that one