be thy nurses and they shall worship thee with their faces towards the earth c. Therefore thy gates shall bee open continually neither day nor night shall they be shut that men may bring vnto thee the riches of the Gentiles and that their Kings may be brought Behold thou shalt call a Nation that thou knowest not and a Nation that knew not thee shall run vnto thee because of the Lord thy God and the Holy One of Israel for he hath glorified thee I haue beene sought of them that asked not I was found of them that sought mee not I said Behold me behold me vnto a Nation that called not vpon my Name And the Kingdome and the dominion of the greatnesse of the Kingdome vnder the whole Heauen shall bee giuen to the holy people of the most High whose Kingdome is an euerlasting Kingdome and all Powers shall serue and obey him And in the place where it was said vnto them Yee are not my people it shall be said vnto them Yee are the sonnes of the liuing God But in the last dayes it shall come to passe that the mountaine of the House of the Lord shall be prepared in the top of the Mountaines and it shall bee exalted aboue the Hils and people shall flowe vnto it Yea many Nations shall come and say Come and let vs goe vp to the Mountaine of the Lord and to the house of the God of Iacob and hee will teach vs his wayes and wee will walke in his paths for the Law shall goe forth of Zion and the Word of the Lord from Ierusalem c. Thus saith the Lord of Hosts that there shall yet come people and the inhabitants of great Cities And they that dwell in one Citie shall goe to another saying Vp let vs goe and pray before the Lord and seek the Lord of Hosts I will goe also Yea great People and mighty Nations shall come to seeke the Lord of Hosts in Ierusalem and to pray before the Lord c. And the Lord shal be King ouer all the earth in that day shal there be one Lord and his Name shall be one And in these dayes of these Kings shall the God of heauen set vp a Kingdome which shall neuer be destroyed and this Kingdome shall not be giuen to another people but it shall breake and destroy all these Kingdomes and it shall stand for euer Thy Throne O God is for euer and euer the Scepter of thy Kingdome is a scepter of righteousnes 50. The conuersion of the Iewes and what shall precede the same FOr the children of Israel shall remaine many dayes without a King and without a Prince and without an offering and without an Image without an Ephod and without Teraphim Afterward shall the children of Israel conuert and seeke the Lord their God and Dauid their King and shall feare the Lord and his goodnes in the latter dayes In those dayes and at that time saith the Lord the children of Israel shall come they and the children of Iudah together going and weeping shall they goe and seeke the Lord their God They shall aske the way to Zion with their faces thitherward saying Come and let vs cleaue to the Lord in a perpetuall Couenant that shall not be forgotten Behold I will bring them from the North countrey and gather them frō the coasts of the world with the blinde and the lame amongst them with the Woman with child and her that is deliuered also a great company shall returne hither They shall come weeping and with mercy will I bring them againe I will leade them by the Riuers of water in a straight way wherin they shal not stumble for I am a Father to Israel Ephraim is my first-borne And I wil powre vpon the house of Dauid and vpon the inhabitants of Ierusalem the Spirit of grace and of compassion and they shall looke vpon mee whom they haue pearced and they shall lament for him as one mourneth for his only sonne and be sorry for him as one is sorry for his first-borne In that day shal be a great mourning in Ierusalem as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the Valley of Megiddon Then shall the children of Iudah and the children of Israel be gathered together and appoint themselues one Head and they shall come vp out of the Land for great is the day of Israel At the same day saith the Lord will I gather her that halteth and I will gather her that is cast out and her that I haue afflicted c. 51. The free and plentifull offer of grace to both Iew and Gentile IN that day there shal be a fountaine opened to the house of Dauid and to the inhabitants of Ierusalem for sinne and for vncleannesse And in that day shal there waters of Life goe out from Ierusalem halfe of them towards the East Sea and halfe of them towards the vttermost Sea and shall bee both in Summer and Winter Ho euery one that thirsteth come ye to the waters and ye that haue no siluer come buy eate come I say buy Wine and Milke without siluer without money Encline your eares and come vnto mee heare and your soule shall liue and I will make an euerlasting Couenant with you euen the sure mercies of Dauid 52. The happy estate of the Church vnder Christ Iesus in the latter time BVt in the last daies it shal come to passe that the Mountaine of the house of the Lord shall be prepared in the top of the Mountaines and it shal be exalted aboue the Hilles and people shall flowe vnto it Yea many Nations shall come and say Come and let vs goe vp to the Mountain of the Lord and to the house of the God of Iacob and he will teach vs his wayes and we will walk in his paths for the Law shall go forth of Zion the Word of the Lord from Ierusalem And he shall iudge among many people and rebuke mighty Nations afarre off they shal breake their swords into Mattocks and their Speares into Sithes Nation shall not lift vp a sword against Nation neither shall they learne to fight any more But they shall sit euery man vnder his Vine and vnder his Figge-tree and none shall make them afraid for the mouth of the Lord of Hosts hath spoken it At the same day saith the Lord will I gather her that halteth and I will gather her that is cast out and her that I haue afflicted And I will make her that halted a remnant and her that was cast farre off a mighty Nation and the Lord shall reigne ouer them in Mount Zion from henceforth euen for euer And I will reioyce in Ierusalem and ioy in my people the voice of weeping shal be no more heard in her nor the voice of crying There
increase to the abridging of Antichrists power dayly Reu. 19. The Disparitie NOah preached but conuerted none of the first world but not so Christ by whose voice many were turned and dayly by the efficacie thereof are brought into his Church Noahs Arke likewise putrified and perished at last but neuer shall the Church of Christ so perish or decay The tossing of the waters did weare and make the Arke worse but tryals and afflictions doe better euer the Church Psal. 119. 6. Abraham Gen. 12. 1. ABram and Abraham a high father and a father of a multitude So is Christ a high and heauenly Father of the multitude of his faithfull Esay 6. 9. 2. Abraham went out of his natiue countrey and fathers house at Gods command Gen. 12. 4. So Christ according to the Decree of the Father lest the heauens and tooke painfull iourneys on earth to worke mans Redemption Luke 2. 31. 3. To Abraham and his seede GOD promised Canaan v. 7. So to Christ his spiritual seed hath he granted Heauen Tit. 2. 11. 4. Abraham deliuered Lot many captiues by a great victorie Gen. 14. 61. So Christ hath deliuered his chosen from sinne Satan and damnation and freed them wonderfully Luke 1. 71. Ioh. 16. 33. 5. Abraham and his Family behooued to bee circumcised Gen. 17. 23. So Christ his Church behooueth to be sanctified Esay 4. 3. 6. Abraham was King Priest and Prophet in his owne Family So is Christ Iesus in his Church the same Heb. 9. 13. Ioh. 8. 26. Zach. 14. 9. 7. The Lord reuealed to Abraham the purpose of his will Gen. 18. 17. So hath hee the same i◅ all things perfectly vnt◅ his Senne Iesus Ioh. 1. 8. Abraham interceded for the righteous in Sodome Gen. 18. 25. and for the wicked for their sake So is Christ a Mediator continually for the godly in the world Heb. 8. 6. Ioh. 17. 9. as hee spares also euen the wicked for their sake and prayed for them that crucified him 9. Abraham was obedient in all things to God euen till the offering vp of him who was his owne flesh and bloud vpon Mount Moriah Gen. 22. So was Christ euen vnto death and immolation of himselfe vnto the Father vpon Mount Golgotha Phil. 2. 8. 10. Abraham put Hagar and Ismael out of his house Gen. 21. 14. So shall Christ expell out of the number of his Church all bastard hypocrites despisers and mockers of the godly Mat. 22. 11. God deliuered Lot for Abrahams sake with his Family from the fire of Sodome Gen. 19. So hath the Lord the godly for Christs sake from the condemnation of th◅ wicked 1. Ioh. 2. 12. Abraham called the Heyre of the world Rom. 14. 13. and Father of the Faithfull So is Christ Iesus the same most properly and truely Psal. 2. Heb. 1. 13. To Abraham it was said In thy seed shall all the Nations of the earth be blessed Gen. 12. 3. Which onely in Christ Iesus is fully accomplished Luke 2. 30 Gal. 3. The Disparitie FRom obscurenesse of estate in Vr of the Caldees to an honorable and eminent estate in Canaan Abraham was brought but from a glorious estate in highest Maiestie to a base condition in ignominie was our Sauiour brought for vs Abrahams wife was barren but not so is the Church of Christ which must be fruitfull in good workes She was taken from Abraham but none can take the Sheepe of Christ out of his hand which are his Spouse 7. Circumcision typing Baptisme our Sanctification and Christs bloud which is our inward washing Gen. 17. 1. CIrcumcisiō was the signe of Gods Couenant to Israel Gen. 17. 11. So Baptisme is the same to the Church euen a signe and seale of the Couenant of mercy 1. Pet. 3. 21. 2. It was Abraham and his houshold that was comprehended in the one verse 13. So is it Christ Iesus his Church that is comprehended in the other Ibid. 3. Not onely was Isaac but Ismael also circumcised the born and the bought the children and the hirelings ibid. So not onely are the godly baptized outwardly in the visible Church but the wicked also not onely the redeemed number but the naturall sort the true children and those that are but hyrelings Rom. 3. 22. 4. Whosoeuer was not circumcised hauing the Couenant in his flesh was cut off from Israel verse 14. So whosoeuer contemnes Baptisme yea is not in the Spirit renued is not a true member of the Church of God Mat. 28. 19 20. 5. There was a circumcision of the flesh which auailed not being alone and there was a circumcision of the heart which made the true Israelite Ro. 2. 28. So there is an outward Baptism by elementary wa ter which of the body and beeing alone auailes not and there is an inward Baptisme of the soule or Spirit which makes the true Christian Mar. 16. 16. 1. 8. Rom. 4. 1. 6. In circumcision there was a cutting away of the fore-skin by bloud Signifying that euen so it is by the bloud of Christ that our sins are takē away and by the Spirit of sanctification that wee are renewed mortifying sinne and quickning grace in vs Ephes. 5. 26. 7. It was painfull to flesh and bloud So is mortification and abandoning of fleshly concupiscence to the carnall man at first Ioh. 3. 8. Infants were circumcised verse 10. So also are they to bee baptized Mark 10. 14. Rom. 3. 3. Isaac Gen. 21. 1. ISaac or Iitschac laughter or reioysing So is Christ true matter of ioyfull laughter and reioicing to all the faithfull Isai. 61. 10. 2. Isaac the sonne of the Father of the faithfull Gen. 17. 19. So is Christ the onely naturall Sonne of God on whom all the faithfull call Abba Father Mat. 3. 17. Rom. 8. 3. Isaac against the course of nature born of the dead wombe of old Sarah Ge. 21. 3. So was Christ borne of the inuiolate wombe of a chaste Virgin Mat. 1. 23. as all those that are his likewise are borne not of bloud nor of the will of flesh nor of man but of God Ioh. 1. 13. 4. Isaac the seed of Promise made vnto Abraham and borne in his old age at the time appointed Gen. 18. 14. So is Christ the same most properly in whom all the Nations of the earth are blessed Borne in the fulnesse of time decreed 5. An Angell announceth the Birth of the one in Sarahs hearing who thinks it impossible Ge. 18. 12. So an Angell doth our Sauiours Birth in Maries who likewise saith How shall this be Luk. 1. 34. 6. Isaac was circumcised the eight day and in his infancie persecuted by Ismael Gal. 4. 29. So likewise was Christ Luke 2. and immediately thereafter persecuted by Herod Mat. 2. 7. Isaac willingly yeeldeth himselfe to be a burnt-offering to the Lord Gen. 22. Euen so did Christ in laying downe his life for satisfying his Fathers iustice Ioh. 16. 28. 8. Isaac carried the wood whereon hee was bound to Moriah verse 6. So did
then any other in Israel Exod. 33. 11. So was the Lord more cleerely seene by Christ then by any creature Ioh. 1. 18. 20. Hee was in a sort transfigured in face on Sinai when he shined so before the people that they could not behold him vnuailed Exod. 34. 33. So was Christ transfigured wholly on Tabor when his body and garments shined to his Disciples that they were rauished and wist not what they said Math. 17. 21. Many of the people were destroyed with Korah for offending against him for murmuring and insurrection Numb 16. So were most of the Iewes by Titus for trespassing so against our Sauiour in crucifying him Iosephus Historie 22. He dyed willingly vpon Mount Abarim and left Ioshua to supply his roome Deut. 34. 5. So did Christ vpon Mount Golgotha and hauing ascended sent his Spirit to supply his rooms Act. 2. 23. His graue was neuer found for hee rose againe as is apparant by his apparition on Tabor vvith Elias talking vvith Christ Deut. 34. 6. Math. 17. So likewise did Christ Iesus rise the third day not beeing found of them that sought him in the graue Math. 28. 24. Hee led Israel to Canaan Deut. 32. So doth Christ leade his Church to Heauen Iohn 14. 6. 25. Hee was King Prophet and Mediatour of the people Typing so Christ Iesus in all these his Offices Heb. 9. 13. 26. He appointed the Tabernacle and seruice thereof as the Lord commanded him and according to the patterne Exod. 25. 40. So hath Christ appointed the worship of his Father in the Ministery and Gouernment of his Church according to the Word The Disparitie MOses was most vnwilling to vndergoe that calling of Deliuerance of Israel But Christ most willingly vndertooke the Deliuerance of his Church Moses hands also were wearied in holding vp therefore fell downe till Aaron and Hur stayed them vp But the hands of our blessed Mediatour are neuer weary to intercede for his people Moses saw not GOD face to face but hee that proceeded out of the bosome of the Father did see him cleerely euen Christ that is the ingrauen Character of the Father Also Moses led the people onely into the sight of Canaan and vnto the borders thereof but gaue them not possession therein But our Mediatour and Messiah hath purchased the same vnto his Chosen and hath gone before to prepate a place for vs in that celestiall Canaan that wee may possesse the same peaceably after the day of our dissolution Of holy times in generall AS there were amongst the Iewes in that Leuiticall and Typicall Law of theirs holy Persons holy Things holy Places so were there holy Times which were eyther Dayes Moones Seasons or Yeeres calling to memory speciall benefits and therewith pointing at more higher mysteries 1. DAyes were the Sabbath which was holy Which did call to minde the benefit of our Creation for which wee should be thankefull and did therewith signifie that eternall rest of Gods Chosen which they should enioy Reu. 14. 13. 2. Moones Such was the New Moone which was holy Which did put in minde the Lords Gubernation of all things as from whom all alterations and changes doe come and therefore teacheth vs to relye on his prouidence Psol 23. 1. 3. Seasons which were three  1. The Passeouer Typing and teaching the benefit of our Redemption as shall be hereafter more fully declared 2. The Pentecost Remembring vs thereby to acknowledge the benefit of our Sanctification by the holy Ghost 3. The Feast of Tabernacles or Tents To make vs mindfull as well as the lewes of our Protection who are dayly preserued as the Israelites in Tents were in the Wildernes 4. Yeeres which was euery seuenth yeere but in speciall that great Iubile after a Sabbath of seuen yeeres To remember vs of that full freedome and ioy in that great day of the glorifying of Gods Saints So that beeing Created Gouerned Redeemed and preserued here by the same God we shall be Glorified hereafter The Passeouer Exod. 12. 2. Cor. 5. 7. 1. IT was called the Passouer because the destroying Angell passed ouer all their houses whose doore-posts were striked with the bloud thereof and wherein the same was eaten Exod. 12. 27. So is Christ called because Gods wrath passes ouer all them whose soules are sprinkled with his bloud and truely by Faith feede vpon him 1. Cor. 5. 7. 2. It was killed before Israel was deliuered Exod. 12. 6. So Christ behooued to suffer before wee could be redeemed Act. 17. 2. 3. It vvas killed before Moses Law or Aarons Sacrifices were â—…nioyned To shew that by none of them but by the true Passeouer that Lambe of God killed from the beginning deliuerance comes to mankinde Rom. 3. Heb. 9. 4. It was killed and to be killed yeerely the first Moneth of the yeere ver 2. when the day lengthening and the Sunne ascending each thing beginneth to reuiue To shew that by the true Passeouer not onely is our time and all other things sanctified but also that wee should in recent remembrance of that benefit of our Redemption all our dayes and yeeres bee thankefull to our gracious Redeemer Ephes. 5. 4. 20. and that by his death true life reuiuing came vnto mankinde 5. It was slaine the 14. day which was the fourth day after the separation therof ver 6. which was then full moone shaddowing that theÌ„ Christ should suffer when the fulnes of ceremoniall light was in him accomplished and in his death to make a full period euer thereafter to decay and vanish as also To shew first that instantly after his Birth our Passeouer should not be sacrificed till the appointed houre and secondly that as thereby they were taught to prepare themselues to the eating thereof so should we to the eating of our Lambe by true Faith and Repentance 1. Cor. 11. 6. In the euening the Passeouer was killed ibid. Shewing thereby that in the latter time Christ should suffer and as at night there is darknes and all are at rest So when all mankinde was sitting in darknes of minde and life and all the world at a generall outward rest of peace then should our Sauiour come and suffer As also the killing thereof at euen did shew how as at euen the Sunne goes too so it was the Sunne of righteousnes that was to suffer and dye and at his Passion what vniuersall darknes should bee vpon the whole earth Luke 23. 44. 7. At night also the Passeouer was eaten verse 8. Prefiguring so vnto vs how our true Paschall Lambe should bee eaten by vs in mysterio scilicet accenso alio lumine quam naturali 8. It was eaten in Goshen Israel being in Egypt and in Ierusalem they beeing in Canaan both places of the Churches abode To shew that in his true Church onely is our true Pastor to bee found and profitably fedde vpon Col. 1. 18. 9. It was more particularly eaten in the Family each house a Lambe verse 3. Shewing that with vnitie in faith
and loue as all of one family we must eat of our true Passeouer that they are but few who truly feed and are partakers of this Lambe Mat. 7. 13. 10. The house must be prepared To warn vs so to prepare our hearts 1. Cor. 11. 11. If the house be too little the neighbours must be assumed yea the strangers so be he be circumcised verse 4. To signifie first the super aboundant vertue of Christs death for the house may be too little for the Lambe but not the Lambe for a house as likewise the sweet Communion of Saints in loue the ioyfull Vocation also of the neighbour Gentiles and admission to the fellowship of faith beeing inwardly circumcised and at last to condemne the priuate giuing of the Sacrament to one or two onely 12. The Passeouer was to be taken of the Lambs verse 5. To shew that our Sauiour should bee innocent in life meeke and patient in death and profitable alway Isai. 53. 13. Or it was to bee taken of the Kids ibid. And in the generall the taking of it from among the flocke did signifie the separation of Christ from sinners To shew albeit our Sauiour was sinlesse himselfe yet hee should come of the race of sinners as the Kid comes of the Goat as also that in wrong reputation and true imputation being made sinne for vs hee should be as a Kidde or a Goate 2. Cor. 5. 21. Isai. 53. 4. 14. It must bee without any blemish ibid. Shaddowing thereby the perfection and innocencie of Christ Psal. 40. 7. 15. He must bee a Male ibid. Noting thereby the excellencie of strength and dignitie most proper to that Sexe which should bee in Christ Hos. 1. 11. 16. Hee must be a yeere old ibid. Signifying the experience that Christ should haue of our miseries wherof euen a dayes continuance yeelds sufficient proofe As also that perfection of Christ in like sort and that in fulnes of time he should come and suffer a yeere being a perfect reuolution of the Sunnes full course He. 4. 15. 5. 2. 17. It must bee set apart awhile verse 6. Teaching thereby preparation due meditation of the Lords great work of our deliuery 1. Co. 11. Ps. 103 18. It was then killed and that by Israel Ibid. So Christ behooued to dye ere comfort could flow to vs of appeasing Gods wrath and satisfying his iustice the merit of whose death redounds to his chosen Church onely Isaiah 59. 20 19. The bloud was besprinkled on the Lintell and doore-posts that the Angell seeing the same might passe by verse 7. Signifying that by Christs bloud applyed the wrath of God is made to passe by vs and where Christ the Lambe is inwardly in the house of the Soule the sprinkling of Christs bloud will be seene by Sanctification outwardly in the practice of the life 1. Cor. 1. 30. Note also that the aspersiō of this bloud by Hysope which is a purging Hearb doth giue vs to vnderstand the threefold vertue of Christs bloud First as it is a ransom to Gods iustice and secondly preserueth from the destroyer of Gods wrath so thirdly it purgeth also the polluted soule Also the sprinkling of the bloud vpon the doore-posts noted how going in and out euer we should remember Christs death and not be ashamed of the profession of his Crosse And that by Baptisme our soules must first bee sprinkled with his bloud before wee can looke for to bee partakers truely of his bodie 1. Cor. 12. 13. 20. The Lambe must be rost with fire and that wholly or all of it verse 8. Signifying thereby the agony of Christ in the Garden and the wrath of his Father which hee did indure both in soule and bodie Math. 20. 21. It must not bee eaten raw verse 9. Noting that wee should not vnpreparedly receiue nor grossely conceiue of Christ in the Sacrament Ioh. 6. 1. Cor. 11. 22. It must not be sodden with water Shewing that to his Institution we must not ioyne our inuentions adding altering or impairing nor to the merit of his all sufficient sacrifice the proud merit of our menstruous righteousnes Isai. 57. 12. 23. It must bee eaten all that with vnleauened bread ver 8. To shew that nothing in Christ is vnprofitable or to be reiected and that to the true participation of him we must eschew corruption of doctrine of manners and malice 2. Cor. 5. 24. With sowre hearbs also the Passeouer must be eaten Signifying thereby that with repentance wee must eate our Passeouer in remembrance of our bitter and sowre estate of sinnes slauerie wherein wee were captiuate and of the bitter Passion of Christ whose teeth were set on edge when wee had eaten the sowre Grapes Isai. 53. 4 9. 25. They behooued to eate the Passeouer their loynes being girded their staues in their hands and their shooes on their feete verse 11. To shew how wee should eate our Passeouer like pilgrims to wit not looking for a permanent Citie here our loynes girded with veritie and the preparation of the Gospell on our feet the staffe of Gods Word in our hands and with alacritie and readinesse making forward to our heauenly mansion Phil. 3. 13. 26. They behooued likewise to eate the same in haste as not doubting of the speedy worke of their deliuerie and as ready waiters when they should bee called out of doores To signifie likewise in Faith and readinesse to come when Iesus cals and with the affections of Feare and Loue which are the two vsuall causes of haste desirously and holily wee should eate our Passeouer 1. Cor. 11. 27. Nothing was to be reserued till to morrow of the Lamb verse 10. Noting thereby the fulnesse of theirs and our deliuerance nor that wee should reserue one sinne to liue in awhile keeping vp as it were a part of Christs death for it Popish reseruation also of the Host is condemned hereby 28. If any remaine thereof ouernight the same must bee burnt with fire verse 10. Teaching to auoid prophanation of holy things hereby Hoc pacto etiam compellens accersere egenos saith a Father This burning is apishly imitated in the popish Host. 29. No vncircumcised person might eate of the Passeouer So no vnsanctified person can bee truely partaker of Christ Iesus Mat. 22. 30. The bones thereof might not be broken Typing hereby in Christ suffering how not a bone 〈◊〉 him should bee broken as was foretold Iohn 19. 36. 31. None might goe out of doore that night Perseuerance in Christs Family or Church and in the bosome thereof beeing pointed at hereby not going out in affection to the world againe Ren. 2. 10. 32. One Law shall bee for all saith the Lord verse 49. Shewing thereby whereby the Church of Christ is gouerned and that with God there is no exception of Persons Act. 10. 34. 33. It was to bee obserued with the word of instruction to be ioyned thereto verse 26 27. So is the Sacrament to be celebrate with the word of
holy and sanctified in nature Psal 40. 8. 4. It was round in shape To note the perfectnessâ—… and entirenesse of Christ in all heauenly graces He. 7. 5. It was sweet and tasted like fresh oyle or wafers baked with honey Numb 11. 7. So is Christ most sweâ—… and pleasant to all afflicteâ—… consciences by the receâ—… and cheering consolation 〈◊〉 his bloudshed and Spirit Ioh. 16. 7. 6. It came downe from heauen Ioh. 6. So did Christ Iesus Ioh. 6. 7. The name thereof was Man or Manbu which is a portion an admirable gift or meat prepared Exod. 16. 15. So is Christ the portioâ—… of his Chosen the admirâ—…ble great gift of the Father and prepared food for euer hungring soule Ioh. 6. 51 8. It came downe with the dew was gathered verse 14. So Christ comes to vs with the dew of grace and thereby is applyed 9. It fell round about the campe of Israel and was sufficient for all to gather thereof and fell in no other place verse 13. So Christ is conuersant within the limits of his Church and is the fulnesse of grace to all who are true partakers of him and no where else to bee found Reu. 1. 10. It was gathered by measure in the Wildernes and hee who gathered least had no lacke ver 18. So is Christs grace in this world giuen but by measure and hee who hath the weakest faith so it bee true shall attaine to the same saluation which he of a stronger doth 2. Pet. 3. Luke 17. 6. 11. When it came it made the people to admire for they wist not what it was verse 15. So when Christ came many did wonder yea He rode and all Ierusalem with him were troubled and sundry wist not what that mysterie of his Incarnation meant Math. 2. 12. It was as sufficient for all so common to all and that freely So is Christ a free imparter of saluation to rich and poore King and Begger without respect of persons Act. 10. 34. 13. It was ground and baked before it was meet food for the people verse 23. So Christ behooued first diuers wayes to suffer before hee could bee a meet Comforter and Sauiour to his Church Act. 17. 2. 14. It was gathered earely verse 21. So is Christ and his grace to be embraced speedily and timously Math. 25. 15. It was dayly gathered except on the Sabbath verse 23. So for a further degree of grace dayly wee must alway labour heere while that eternall Sabbath of rest come when grace shall be perfected in glory hereafter 2. Pet. 3. 18. 16. They went out of their Tents to gather it So must wee goe out of the old man and loue of the world to participate of Christ 2. Cor. 5. 17. To the breakers of Gods command in keeping the same ouernight it turned into putrifaction to them and stunke Numb 11. So to the hearers of Christs Word and contrary practisers vnto the same it becomes vnto them the sauour of death Iam. 1. 18. It ceased when they came to Canaan Iosh. 5. 12. So shall the Word and Sacraments when we come to the Kingdome of Heauen and see Christ face to face 1. Cor. 13. 19. Manna vvas kept and put in a golden pot before the Lord to remaine in the holiest for euer Exod. 16. 13. So Christ Iesus glorified in his Humanitie at the right hand of God in the heauens abides for euer vnto all ages of the faithfull Heb. 7. 20. Manna vvas loathed by the wicked marmurers on whom the Lords wrath fell Num. 11. 6. So is Christ Iesus in his Word and Sacraments by the carnall and vngodly whom GOD in his anger shall likewise destroy Iude 4. 21. Manna fed the naturall life So doth Christ Iesus the spirituall life The Disparitie MAnna did feede onely the naturall life but Christ Iesus is the food of the spirituall life Againe Manna did corrupt and putrifie but so cannot our spirituall Manna who abideth for euer solide and sweet comfort to euery distressed conscience They inioyed it onely in the Wildernesse but our chiefe and fullest inioying of our Manna shal be in the celestiall Canaan It was not to bee found but at a set time for it melted away when the Sun arose but our Manna Christ is euer at all times to be found both in prosperitie and affliction late and earely neuer disappointing those that truely seeke him Manna that was reserued in the Holiest was spoiled and did perish thereafter at the captiuitie but our heauenly Manna seated in highest glory can neuer perish nor suffer any violence 20. The Brazen Serpent Numb 21. 1. NEither Moses nor the Law could cure the people of the stinging of the fierie Serpents but onely the Brazen Serpent So neither the Law nor any creature could cure mankinde and redeeme them from the cruell power of Satan but onely Christ Iesus Rom. 3. 25. 2. After many had dyed for murmuring then the Brazen Serpent was set vp Num. 21. 6. So after that all mankinde through sinne was subdued to death and condemnation then Christ came for our recouerie to be crucified Esay 53. 3. A Serpent stung and a Serpent cured So man the first Adam lost mankinde and Man againe the second Adam redeemed mankinde Rom. 5. 14. 4. Albeit it was called a Serpent yet it was both without poison or sting So albeit Christ was thought a sinner as other men yet was hee both sinlesse spotlesse He. 7. 26. 5. It was made of brasse and not of gold verse 9. So was Christ sent not with outward glory or worldly pompous shâ—…w but base and humble in outward appearance Isaiah 53. 2. 6. It was not forged by mans hand or hammer but in a mould yet in the fire So Christ was not begottenly man but conceiued by the Holy Ghost to the likenesse of the Father Luke 2. 35. 7. It was not onely made but before it cured it was set vp on high So Christ behooued not onely to bee borne but also be crucified before our Redemption could be finished 8. They were onely cured who looked vpon the same So they onely are redeemed from death to eternall life who onely by faith eyes him Isai 46. 22. beleeuing in Christ that crucified 9. It was a wonderfull meanes of cure and vndeseruedly deuised of God of meere pitie yea against the merit of these murmurers So is the death of the onely Sonne of God for rebellious mankinde an admirable worke of vnmerited mercy likewise aboue our merit without our merit and against our merit Ephes. 1. 4. Yet albeit it was instituted by GOD and great miracles wrought at the presence thereof the Lords institution lasting and right vse being made thereof by the people in the Wildernesse yet at last it being Idolatrously abused was destroyed by that godly King Hezechiah and called Nehushtan or a masse of brasse 2. King 18. Shewing thereby how lawfull by the like example and much more likewise Images and other inuentions of men turning to
Mercy-Seat Signifying the mysticall Maiestie of the Incarnation into the which the Angels desired to pry and behold 1. Pet. 1. 12. 7. The faces of the Cherubims were one towards another and both towards the Mercy-Seat So representing also the consent of the old and new Testament and their mutuall witnes-bearing one to another and both looking vpon Christ the one pointing him to come and the other already come as also signifying the holy loue and agreement that the Angels haue among themselues in Christ. 8. From the Mercy-Seat betweene the Cherubims the Lord vttered his will to the people and no more in a Bush or in a Cloud spake he So in diuers manner did the Lord speake in old time to the Fathers by dreames and visions but now in the last dayes hath he spoken by his Sonne and still as yet doth in the two testaments of his sacred Word He. 1. 9. The Cherubims were of gold beaten out with the hammer Signifying the glistering brightnes of heauenly wisedome contained in the Scriptures whose worth is aboue gold and is giuen by the inspiration of the Spirit of God and penned by holy men Psal. 119 2. Tim. 3. 16. 10. Note last of all that not betweene Seraphims which are put for executers of Iustice as Isai. 6. but betweene Cherubims as Messengers of Mercy the Lord in Christ shewes himselfe appeased  26. The Golden Censor Heb. 9. VVIth this golden Censor the High Priest putting Incense therein filled the Holiest place with a sweet perfume when he entered in to speake before the Lord. Signifying thereby the Lord Iesus intercession through the pure and perfect merit of his sauourie obedience wherewith hee hath filled the Holiest heauens as with a sweet odour and incense appeasing Gods wrath and making vs and our prayers and workes acceptable Heb. 4. 14. 27. The Table of Shew-bread Exod. 25. 23. to 31. 1. IT was of Sittim wood couered ouer with gold and a crowne about it Noting as is said the purity of Christs Humanity with the glory of his Deity and Maiesty of his Kingdome 2. It had foode thereon whereof onely the Priests might eate Signifying that spirituall and heauenly nourishment in Christ whereof onely the royall Priesthood of the faithfull are partakers 3. The Shewbread was euer vpon this Table So true preaching and sincere administration of the Sacraments whereby that bread of Life is set before vs must euer be vpon Christ crucified as on the sure ground Gal. 1. 8. 1. Cor. 3. 4. The incense cups were vpon the Table Signifying that with the preaching of the Word and administratiō of the Sacraments Prayer must be ioyned and on Christs institution and rule as on the Table to be set and grounded 1. Cor. 11. 23. 5. The bread was renued often and set before the Lord. Teaching vs that due acknowledging and thankefulnes which wee should haue and renue frequently for the benefits of the Lord which hee renueth euening and morning towards vs as also typing that variety of doctrine and comfort contained in Christs Word and wherewith as with old store and new euery skilfull Pastor should be furnished in due time to dispense 2. Tim. 3. 6. The seuerall instruments thereof as Dishes Goblets and Couers were all of pure gold Figuring the diuersitie of gifts places and functions in Christs Church wherein euery one ought sincerely and holily to walk 1. Cor. 12. 7. The bread in number were twelue for the twelue Tribes of Israel Signifying sufficient food to be in Christs Church and in the Scripture proponed for all the members of that spirituall Israel and Elect to participate 28. The Candlesticke Exod. 25. 31. to 40. 1. IT was the onely thing that gaue light vnto the Sanctuarie So Christ is that onely light light-giuer which shineth in his Church Ioh. 1. 2. It was of pure gold Shaddowing so the excellencie of Christ and of his Pastors through that light whereof they are bearers Reu. 1. and noting thereby also the dignity of the Word Psal. 119. 3. It had seuen Lamps Sign sying so the perfection of the light of Christ seuen beeing the number of perfection 4. It was placed in the Sanctuarie So is the light of Christ placed in his Church and there only to be scene in the brightnes of his Word and illumination of his Spirit So that where that light shines not there is not the true Church Ioh. 10. 4 5. 5. It had an vpright Stemme which did beare the many brāches that did issue and proceed from the same Typing Christ Iesus that true stalke and fountaine of light from whom all light floweth and which beares vp keeps cōstant in the truth all the branches and true light-bearers of his Word Reu. 1. 20. 6. The branches were adorned with their Bowles Knops and Flowers So are the true light-bearers of Christ adorned with diuers meete graces and gifts by him tending both to the spirituall delectation and profit of his Church 1. Cor. 12. 14. 33. 7. Aaron did dresse those Lamps and renued their Oyle daily So is our blessed High Priest the onely enlightner and fitter of his Pastors to shine the more cleerely in his Church and the powrer in of grace into their hearts to bee as Lamps to others by true faith in a good conscience ibid. 8. It had Snuffers and Snuffe-dishes of pure gold Shewing how with doctrine the sinceritie of discipline according to Gods Word whereby the light of the Church is kept cleere should euer be ioyned and excommunication vsed of all scandalous and rebellious persons like the extinguishing of noysome smelling Snuffes As likewise that euery one ought to content himselfe with his roome how low soeuer it be so it bee in the Sanctuarie and as the Snuffers were of gold so they conscionably to walke in their station Rom. 16. 17. 9. It was in the Holy place but not in the Holyest Shewing how the light of Gods Word must bee in the Militant Church but shall not need to bee in the triumphant when face to face we shall see the Lord in glory Reu. 21. 22. 10. Also as the Candlestick had Flowres signifying as it is before the spirituall delectation of the Word so the Knops or Almonds which it had Did represent the efficacie of the Word vnto the bringing forth of the fruits of holinesse Last the pure oyle powred into the Lamps making the same to burne Signified the grace of the Spirit accompanying the Word making the same powerfull in operation 29. The Altar of Perfume Exod. 30. 1. to 13. 1. IT was of Sitttim wood ouerlaid with gold and hauing a crowne about it Shaddowing as before Christ in both his natures the Deitie yeelding glory to his Humanitie and crowned now with Maiestie as the gold adorned the Sittim wood and circled the Altar 2. It had Hornes on the foure corners thereof ouerlaid with gold Shaddowing the powerfull and holy vertue of the intercession of Christ to extend it selfe to the foure corners of
in his agony before hee was taken and stript to be crucified Luk. 22. 44. 34. The dayly Sacrifice Exod. 29. 38. to 45. 1. THe dayly sacrifice was a Lambe So our sacrifice not dayly but once for all offered vp vnto the Father is the Lambe Christ Iesus Heb. 7. 2. It was slaine in the morning and in the euening To shew not onely that morning and euening wee should exercise our selues in the worship of God but also that it was not in the latter dayes alone that Christ was slaine but was so in the Lords Decree liuely apprehension of Faith and vertue of his death to all true beleeuers from the beginning of the world Ioh. 1. 29. 3. It was to be offered vp with fine Flowre beaten Oyle and Wine To shew that Christ by his death and oblation becomes not onely vnto vs Redemption but spirituall foode gladnes and cheering comfort yea all in all vnto vs 1. Cor. 1. 30. 4. Where this sacrifice was offered there the Lord made appointment to speak vnto Israel and shew himselfe Exod. 29. 42. To signifie that in Christ and through his death and bloudshed the new appointment or Couenant of his will and manifestation of his grace and mercy is established to his Church Heb. 9. 35. The Sinne-offering 1. THe bloud of the sinne-offering Shewing how the bloud of Christ Iesus our true sinne-offering behooued t◅ what beast so euer it were was to be powred out be powred out and shed vpon the Crosse. For without bloudshedding there was no reconciliation Heb. 10. 2. The Priest shall dip his finger in the bloud of the Bullock that is a sinne-offering and sprinkle thereof seuen times before the Lord. Shaddowing the perfection of that expiation and satisfaction for sinne which Christ should make in the vertue quality and perpetuitie thereof the number of seuen being the number of perfection Heb. 9. 26. 3. The Priest shall bring in of the bloud of the Bullocke into the Tabernacle of the Congregation Shewing thereby how the merit of Christs bloud should enter into the Holiest heauens to appease wrath satisfie Iustice and conciliate fauour and bee a perfect purgation to his elect Church Heb. 9. 14. 4. Of the bloud the Priest shall put some also vpon the foure Hornes of the Altar Signifying thereby how the preaching of the Gospell concerning the bloud of Christ should bee published and proclaimed to the foure corners of the earth Math. 28. 5. And all the rest of the bloud shall be powred out at the foot of the Altar Figuring hereby the aboundant shedding of the bloud of Christ and super-aboundant merit thereof Act. 22. 16. As likewise that albeit it be so aboundant and sufficient for all yet it is not efficient to all but is improfitably powred out to many through their owne contempt and incredulous induration 6. All the fat vpon the inwards was to be burnt and offered to the Lord To shew that all the best we haue euen our inwards of soule heart and best affections we should offer vnto the Lord Psal. 16. 7. Rom. 12. 1. As also that not onely should the body of Christ suffer but his soule likewise like the fat in the inwards which is the best part as in his Agony and cry on the Crosse is euident cited before 7. The rest of the whole Bullocke typing so Christ in strength shall bee carried out of the Host and bee burnt vpon the wood in the fire where the ashes are cast out Signifying that euen so Christ Iesus should suffer without the gate in the place of dead mens skuls and not in the Citie Heb. 13. 11 12. and teaching vs thereby likewise to beare his reproch going in affection out of this earthly citie of the world and our body seeking a better Heb. 13. 13. 8. The Priest shall eate the sin-offering in the holy place whose bloud was not brought into the Tabernacle of the Congregation Shewing that Christ Iesus in his Church is not onely reconciliation but also blessed foode for all those that are a holy and Royall Priesthood through him Ioh. 6. 9. If any of the bloud of the sinne-offering was dropped vpon a garment it might not be carried out so but washed in the Holy place Signifying thereby not only that holy things should not bee prophaned but that without the Church also there is no participation of the bloud of Christ and so no saluation Ge. 5. Mar. 16. 15. Math. 7. 6. 10. The earthen vessell wherein the sin-offering that was eaten was sodden it was broken but if it was a Brazen pot it was scowred and washed Expressing either the wonderfull pollution of sin that so hardly can bee done away or that those who haue receiued recōciliation through Christ ought not to giue themselues againe vnto the world but keepe themselues cleane and vndefiled of the wickednesse thereof 2. Cor. 5. 11. If a priuate person sinne and not the Priest the Congregation or a Ruler such a one shall offer a She-Goat or a Female Lambe for a sinne-offering Yeelding thereby a cōfor◅ to all women that for that Sexe Christ should dye as wel as for men and by faith through Christ that they should bee co-heires of his Kingdome Gal. 3. 28. 12. And if he were of the poorer sort he should offer of Turtles or Pigeons the signification whereof looke in the burnt-offering of Fowles or of fine Flowre without putting Oyle or Incense thereto for it is a sinne-offering Whereby was shaddowed with Christ Iesus our sinne-offering in the worke of satisfaction wee must ioyne nothing else bee it neuer so plausible in mans conce◅ 1. Cor. 3. 13. And the Priest shall make Atonement still this is repeated So euer signifying that not in◅hese sacrifices but in the Priesthood was the matter which typed Christ his office of reconciliation and intercession whereby onely wee are accepted Heb. 7. The Disparitie THese Sacrifices were of Beasts but our Sacrifice was of the Sonne of God himselfe These could neuer sanctifie the commers thereunto Heb. 10. 1. but in them was a yeerely remembrance of sinnes ver 3. but our Sacrifice Christ Iesus sanctifieth all those that by a true Faith draw neere vnto him purging the conscience from dead workes to serue the liuing Lord. For the bloud of those Sacrifices such as Buls and Goates could not take away sinnes but by the bloud of Christ we haue full remission of them These sacrifices were often offered in token of their imperfection and the similitudes of heauenly things were purified onely with their bloud but our Sacrifice was once onely offered in token of the perfection thereof and by the same as by a better sacrifice were the heauenly things themselues purified and consecrate Heb. 9. 23 25. 36. The meat-offering Leuit. 2. and 6. 14. to 20. 1. IT was called a meat-offering Because it was an acknowledgement that they did hold their meat or food of God and had receiued it of his blessing and because part thereof went
of Heauen and of earth with all things that therein are Ioh. 3. 35. 4. Hee was preferred by the King to be aboue all the other Rulers in the whole Realme Dan. 6. 3. So Christ is by the Father aduanced aboue all powers aboue or below whatsoeuer Psal. 110. 5. Hee was enuied innocently accused taken condemned and cast into the Lyons den Dan. 6. So was Christ Iesus likewise 〈◊〉 causelessely accused innocently taken wrongfully 〈◊〉 vniustly and put to death cruelly 6. The Lyons had no power to deuoure him wherefore hee came safely froÌ„ them againe So neither hath death power to destroy Christ nor the grâ—…ue pâ—…er to detaiâ—…e him but glorioâ—…sly he rose againe from both Psal. 10. Luke 24. 7. His enemies were cast in next to his deliuery and were by the Lyons speedily destroyed So wâ—…e the Ieâ—…es after Christs Ascension by the mercilesse Romans cruelly deuoured yea death and the graue by Christs Resurrectioâ—… were swallowed vp in victory Hosâ—…a 13. Dâ—…n 9. 8. Hee destroyed Bel and the Dragon and ouerthrew Idolatrie Dan. 13. So hath Christ ouercome sinne and the Serpent and by the preachâ—…ng of his Trueth abrogate Heatheâ—…sh idolatrous worship Gen. 3. 15. 53. IONAH 1. IOnah a Doue in name So was Christ the same in nature meeke to wit and humble Esa. 53. 2. Hee was the Lords Prophet So was Christ Iesus the same Ioh. 8. 3. For the safety of the rest in the Ship he was cast into the Sea to drowne So for the safety of mankinde Christ was sent into the world to dye Ephes. 1. 10. 4. Hee was three dayes three nights in the Whales belly yet at last came forth Ionah 2. 10. So was Christ three dayes and three nights in the bowels of the earth yet at last arose Mat. 12. 40. 54. Iâ—…hoshua Zech. 3. 3. to 6. 1. IEhoshuah a Sauiour or the saluation of the Lord. So is Iesus the same both in name and in effect 2. Hee was the Lords High Priest So is Iesus the High Priest of GOD vnto his chosen Church Heb 7. 3. He stood vp as a Mediatour for his people So doth Christ for euer for his Church Heb. 8. 4. Satan resisted him but altogether in vaine for hee was rebuked So tempted hee Christ but in vaine likewise for he was ouercome and resisted him in his function by the Scribes and Pharises but preuailed not Mat. 4. 5. Iehoshua was cloathed at first with filthy garments but thereafter they were taken away and glorious garments were giuen vnto him signifying the taking away of his sinnes and couerture of him by the righteousnes of Iesus Christ. So was Christ Iesus himselfe at first cloathed with ignominie the base rags of our nature and shape of a seruant wherein beâ—… did suffer hauing also the filthy garment of our sinnes put vpon him by imputation but after this his humiliation he was brought to exaltation and cloathed not onely with perfect righteousnes but with that glory that hee had with the Father before the beginning of the world Psal. 110. 6. A Diademe was likewise set vpon the head of Iehoshua So was a Diademe of glory set vpon the head of Iesus to shew him thereby to bee not onely the High Priest but Prince of his people Zech. 149. 55. Zerubbabel Haggai 1. 2. 1. ZErubbabel a stranger in Babel or alien from confusion So was Christ a stranger in this wicked world his proper seat beeing the heauens and an alien from sinne and eternall confusion the wages thereof 2. He is called the Elect one of God in a speciall manner Hag. 2. 24. So is Christ Iesus the same most truely and properly 3. The Lord promiseth to make him as a Signet signifying thereby that his dignity and glory should be most excellent Which â—…rely and fully is accomplished in Christ. 4. He was a Prince of his people So is Christ the onely Prince of his Choseâ—… 5. He was appointed by God to build the materiall temple So was Christ Iesus to build the spiritual Temple 6. That which he built was as nothing in outward shew in comparison of the first Temple but yet it was more glorious inwardly in respect of the Lords filling it with his presence and giuing of his peace therein Hag. 2. 4. 8. 10. So the Church which Christ hath built is as nothing in outward glorious shew being base and contemptible in this world but like the Kings daughter she is all glorious within by the spirituall presence of her builder her Head and Husband Iesus who with his presence giues her also his peace which the world can neither giue receiue nor take away from her 7. All nations and the desire of all nations shall be moued to come to this Temple of the Lord Hag. 2. 8. Fore-prophecying so that accomplishment in the conuersion of the Gentiles to the cleere Faith and true Church of Iesus FINIS THE HARMONY OF ALL THE PROPHETS BREATHING WITH one mouth the mysterie of Christs comming and of that Redemption which by his Death hee was to accomplish To confirme the CHRISTIAN and conuince the IEVV By W. GVILD Minister of Gods Word at King Edward in Scotland The command IOHN 5. 39. Search the Scriptures for in them ye thinke to haue eternall life and they are they that testifie â—…f me LONDON Printed by G. Purslowe for I. Budge and are to be sold at his shop in Pauls Churchyard at the signe of the Greene Dragon 1619. TO THE REVEREND AND RIGHT Worshipfull D. YOVNG Deane of Winchester Right Worshipfull THe Lord who is the God of order abhorring confusion hath by degrees of light from time to time manifested that hid treasure of his mercy and our comfort fore-shaddowing first by Types then fore-shewing by Prophecies and at last pointing more cleerely and particularly at that Lambe of God by the Baptist his fore-runner So that each age and manner of Reuelation hath had still the cleerer Demonstration of the Messiah who was approching Euen as the earth more and more is illuminate the neerer the Sunnes arising vpon our Horizon is at hand like Noah who first opened the window of the Arke wherein he was then remooued the couering thereof and at last stept forth himselfe This is the Ladder which Iacob saw comming thus downe from Heauen by the seuerall degrees of cleerer and neerer manifestation and the Starry fore-guiding light leading at last to the place where the Babe was but there standing and vanishing without further progresse So that it is a maruell how that the Vaile so long should be vpon the eyes of Israel or the Kall of induration vpon the heart of Iudah but that euen when hee came marking euery plain Prophesie that was foretold of him and seeing the fulfilling of the same in his Person they might haue knowne their King Herod conuocates all the Ecclesiasticall sort and askes where he should be borne and they answere At Bethleem For so it was writteÌ„ there they saw his Humilitie at
his first entrance into the world and why then trusted they not likewise their owne quotation and embraced their Lord Let them peruse in like maner the rest of these Prophecies that are spoken of him according to the particulars of the Treatise following and laying aside their stiffe-neckednes of old vpbraided vnto them truely apply and they shall beforced to come to that conclusion of Apollos that it is euident by Scripture That Iesus is that Christ all those things spoken of the Messiah agreeing to him alone and being applyable to no other besides The humble abasement of this lowly Lord comming in the shape of a Seruant and dying so ignominious a death for mankinde beeing the cause of this stumbling of theirs they expecting a worldly glorious King and a corporall Deliuerance Therefore Isaiah foreseeing their incredulity for this cause cryes out Who will beleeue our report or to whom is the arme of the Lord reuealed And holy Simeon pronounceth him to be appointed for the rising fall of many in Israel and for a signe which should bee spoken against the wise Economie of the Lords grace beeing herein manifested that by the reiection for a time the fulnesse of the Gentiles might bee accomplished all men might taste of grace the ends of the earth might be his Sonnes possession But would they enter within the Vayle and behold what glory of the Holiest is vnder the base outward couering of the Arke and by a holy consideration digge within the earth of his humanitie and they should finde the glorious Pearle and treasure of the incomprehensible Deity manifesting it selfe in his life in matchlesse miracles possible onely to that nature to performe so that the simple people are forced to confesse that none could do such things except GOD were with him discouering it selfe also in his death by fearefull wonders so that the Centurion proclaimes Of a surety he was the Sonne of God and after his glorious Resurrection and Ascension notwithstanding the mightiest opposition of the world and Prince thereof by strait Lawes close imprisonments cruel torments farre exilements and sundry sorts of death yet this crucified Iesus by a few Fishermen whom he made Fishers of men subdued the world in short space to himselfe making Emperours to lay downe their crownes at his feet who was crowned with Thornes their Scepters to sway to the aduancement of his Kingdome in whose hand a Reed for a Scepter was sometimes mockingly put their Empires Oracles Idols and former Heathenish worship like Dagon falne before the Arke lying ouerthrowne striken dumbe broken in pieces and as Sisera before Iael prostrate at the foot of his Crosse by ignorance as the world accounted subduing learning by simplicitie wisedome by humilitie pride by weakenesse power by meeknesse cruelty by suffering obtaining victory and by shame attaining to glory the most glorious and most mighty Kingdomes which wee see beeing but small pieces of their Conquests and Monuments of their Trophe What a death then is this that hath done such things 〈◊〉 all the liuing could not doe What matchlesse power is this that hath wrought such incredible things by weaknesse by contempt by the folly of preaching What base meanes is this to bring down highest Powers Principalities Thrones and Dominions And how comes it to passe that these conquerors at last glorie to dye for him who dyed such a cursed and shamefull death but that they know hee liueth and reigneth for euer and thereby they hauing liued heere by grace in him and dyed witnessing for him should bee brought to liue and reigne in glory eternally with him But our hope according to the promise is that the Vaile at last will be taken from their eyes and Iapheth and Sem shall be found in one Tent the Lord will powre wpon the House of Dauid and vpon the Inhabitants of Ierusalem the Spirit of grace and of compassion and they shall looke on him whom they haue pearced These paines Sir that I haue taken herein I haue dedicate to your Name as a testimony of my more then deserued duty and affection to you which I shall thinke my selfe euer bound to owe for your manifold courtesies whereof at your last being in your owne natiue Countrey I had sufficient proofe especially not onely in that accesse of LEVI to his Sacred MAIESTIE by your meanes and your vnmerited speeches there-anent but likewise in that Royall gracing of the same which thereafter ensued and of the Author though vnworthy thereof The experience therefore of your modest humane and most gentle inclination assures mee at this time of your owne courteous and kind acceptation of this harmonicall consent in making the Old Testament as it were by the hand to leade in the New and the Trumpet of the Prophets to sound the newes of the Gospell without the needing many if any words earnestly to sute the same Receiue therefore Sir from an affectionate heart and dutifull hand this small Pledge of gratitude and remembrance and what weakenesse or defect is therein let your better ability and learned Iudgement couer support and supply the same Whereunto remitting and recommending it Beseeching God to multiply vpon you the growth of his grace and sensible blessing and that with our Master Iesus you may dayly grow more more in fauour both with God and Man Your Worships in all sincere and dutifull affection in the Lord WILLIAM GVILD THE HARMONY OF ALL THE PROPHETS 1. His Fore-runner the BAPTIST BEHOLD I will send my Messenger and he shall prepare the way before me c. A Voice cryeth in the Wildernesse Prepare you the way of the Lord make strait in the desart a path for our God Euery valley shall be exalted and euery Mountaine shall bee made low and the crooked shall be streight and the rough places plaine And the glory of the Lord shal be reuealed and all flesh shal see it together for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it And thou Babe shalt be called the Prophet of the most High for thou shalt goe before the face of the Lord to prepare his wayes And to giue knowledge of Saluation vnto his people by the remission of their sinnes Through the tender mercy of our God whereby the day-spring from on high hath visited vs. To giue light to them that sit in darknes in the shaddow of death and to guide our feet into the way of peace Behold I will send you Eliah the Prophet before the comming of the great and fearefull Day of the Lord And he shall turne the heart of the Fathers to the Children and the heart of the children to their fathers lest I come and smite the earth with cursing And if ye will receiue it Iohn is that Elias saith Christ which was to come 2. His owne comming or Birth THere shall come a Starre of Iacob and a Scepter shall arise of Israel that shall smite the
coasts of Moab and destroy the sonnes of Sheth O Zion that bringest good tidings get thee vp into the high Mountaines O Ierusalem that bringest good tidings lift vp thy voice with strength lift it vp be not afraid Say to the Cities of Iudah Behold your GOD. Behold the Lord God will come with power and his arme shall rule for him Behold his reward is with him and his worke is before him Therefore thus saith the Lord God Behold I will lay in Sion a Stone a tryed Stone a precious Corner Stone a sure foundation he that beleeueth shall not make haste For vnto Vs a Child is Borne and vnto Vs a Sonne is Giuen and the gouernment is vpon his shoulder and hee shall call his Name Wonderfull Counsellor the Mighty God the Euerlasting Father the Prince of Peace the increase of his gouernment and peace shall haue no end I will giue vnto Ierusalem one that shall bring good tidings vnto it And their noble Ruler shall be of themselues and their Gouernour shal proceed from the midst of them and I will cause him to draw neere approch vnto mee For who is this that directeth his heart to come vnto me saith the Lord In those dayes and at that time will I cause the Branch of Righteousnes to grow vp vnto Dauid and he shall execute Iudgement and Righteousnes in the Land Behold I will bring forth the Branch my Seruant For loe the Stone that I haue laid before Iehoshua vpon that one Stone there shall bee seuen eyes Behold I will cut out the grauing thereof saith the Lord of Hosts and I will take away the iniquitie of the Land in one day In that day there shall bee a fountaine opened to the House of Dauid and to the Inhabitants of Ierusalem for sinne and for vncleannesse And the Lord whom ye seeke shall speedily come to his Temple euen the Messenger of the Couenant whom ye desire Behold he shall come saith the Lord of Hosts But who may abide the day of his comming and who shall endure when he appeareth For he is like a purging fire and like Fullers Sope. And hee shall sit downe to try and fine the siluer hee shall euen fine the sonnes of Leui and purifie them as gold and siluer that they may bring offrings vnto the Lord in righteousnesse And the Redeemer shall come vnto Zion and vnto them that turne from Iniquitie in Iacob saith the Lord. 3. The time of his comming or Birth THe Scepter shall not depart from Iudah nor a Law-giuer from betweene his feete vntill Shiloh come and the people shall be gathered vnto him Now assemble thy Garrisons O Daughter of Garrisons Ierusalem he hath laid siege against vs they shall smite the Iudge of Israel with a Rod vpon the cheeke And thou Bethleem Ephrathah c. out of thee shall hee then come forth vnto me that shall be the Ruler in Israel And there shall bee a day it is knowne to the Lord neither day nor night but about the euening time it shall be light that is there shal be a gloomy time of trouble and subiection in the end whereof God shall send spirituall comfort to the Iewes And in that day shall there waters of Life goe out from Ierusalem halfe of them toward the East Sea and halfe of them toward the vttermost Sea and shall bee both in Summer and Winter Seuenty Weeks which was 490. yeeres till Christs comming are determined vpon thy People and vpon the holy Citie to finish the wickednesse and to seale vp the sinnes and to reueile the iniquitie and to bring in euerlasting righteousnesse and to seale vp the Vision and Prophesie and to anoint the most Holy Know therefore and vnderstand that from the going forth of the commandement to bring againe the people and to build Ierusalem vnto Messiah the Prince shall be seuen weekes and threescore and two weekes and the street shal be built againe and the wall in a troublesome time See the Marginall note of the Bible which explaines this count 4. The place of his Birth and of what Tribe he should be of AND thou Bethleem-Ephrathah art little to bee amongst the thousands of Iudah yet out of thee shall he come forth vnto mee that shall bee the Ruler in Israel whose goings foorth haue beene from the beginning and from euerlasting And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the Lord and in the Maiesty of the Name of the Lord his God they shall dwell still for now shall he be magnified vnto the ends of the world And he shall be our peace 8. Hee is carried to Egypt after his Birth that it might bee fulfilled OVt of Egypt haue I called my Sonne 9. A great slaughter of the Bethleemite children ensueth thereafter whereby this Prophesie was fulfilled IN Rhama was a voice heard mourning and weeping and great howling Rachel weeping for her children and would not be comforted because they were not 10. After his returne he is brought and abides in Nazareth that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Prophets THat hee should bee called a Nazarite 11. He should be God OZion that bringest good tidings c. say to the Cities of Iudah Behold your God For vnto vs a Child is borne and vnto vs a Sonne is giuen and his Gouernment is vpon his shoulder and hee shall call his Name Wonderfull Counsellor The mighty God c. Say to them that are fearefull Be strong feare not behold your God commeth with vengeance euen God with a recompence he will come and saue you Then shall the eyes of the blind be lightened and the eares of the deafe be opened And in that day shall men say Loe this is our God wee haue waited for him and hee will saue vs. 12. He should be Man THe Seed of the Woman shall bruise downe the head of the Serpent In thee and in thy Seed shall all the Families of the earth bee blessed I will raise them vp a Prophet from amongst their Brethren like vnto thee and will put my words in his mouth and hee shall speake vnto them all that I command him and whosoeuer will not hearken to my words which he shall speake in my name I will require it of him And their noble Ruler shall bee of themselues and their Gouernour shall proceed from the midst of them He is a Man full of sorrowes hath experience of infirmities 13. Hee should be both vnited in one Person ANd they shall call his name Immanuel which is by Interpretation God with vs. 14. The Spirit of God should rest vpon him as was visibly seene in his Baptisme BEhold my Seruant I will stay vpon him mine Elect in whom my soule delighteth I haue put my Spirit vpon him he shall bring forth Iudgement to the
Gentiles And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest vpon him the Spirit of wisedome and vnderstanding the Spirit of counsell strength the Spirit of knowledge and of the feare of the Lord And shall make him prudent in the feare of the Lord for hee shall not iudge after the sight of his eyes neither reproue by the hearing of his eares But with righteousnesse shall he iudge the poore and with equity shall he reproue for the meeke of the earth and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked And iustice shall be the girdle of his loynes and faithfulnesse the girdle of his reynes 15. His name should bee IESVS CHRIST or a Sauior anointed by God and to what end his comming and anointing should be ANd thou shalt know that I the Lord am thy Sauiour and they Redeemer the mighty one of Iacob I euen I am the Lord and besides me there is no other Sauiour The Spirit of the Lord is vpon mee therefore hath the Lord anointed me hee hath sent mee to preach good tidings to the poore to binde vp the broken-hearted to preach libertie to the captiues and to them that are bound the opening of the prison To preach the acceptable yeere of the Lord and the day of vengeance of our God to comfort all that mourne To appoint vnto them that mourne in Zion and to giue vnto them beauty for ashes the oyle of ioy for mourning the garment of gladnes for the spirit of heauinesse that they might be called The trees of righteousnes The planting of the Lord that hee might be glorified I the Lord haue called thee in righteousnesse and will hold thy hand and I will keepe thee and giue thee for a Couenant of the people and for a light of the Gentiles That thou maist open the eyes of the blinde and bring out the prisoners from the prison and them that sit in darknes out of the prison house The Kings of the earth band themselues and the Princes are assembled together against the Lord and against his Christ. Thou louest righteousnesse and hatest wickednesse because God euen thy God hath anointed thee with the oyle of gladnes aboue thy fellowes Then the Angell said vnto her Feare not Mary for thou hast found fauour with God For loe thou shalt conceiue in thy womb and beare a Son and shalt call his name Iesus 16. His Kingly Office and administration thereof HE shall sit vpon the Throne of Dauid and vpon his Kingdome to order it and to stablish it with iudgment with iustice from henceforth euen for euer The zeale of the Lord of Hosts will performe this With righteousnes shall hee iudge the poore and with equity shall he reproue for the meeke of the earth and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked And Iustice shall be the girdle of his loynes and faithfulnesse the girdle of his reines The Wolfe also shall dwell with the Lambe and the Leopard shall lye with the Kid and the Calfe and the Lyon and the fat Beast together and a little child shall leade them c. Then shall none hurt nor destroy in all the Mountaine of my Holinesse For the earth shall bee full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters that couer the Sea Behold the dayes come saith the Lord that I will raise vnto Dauid a righteous Branch and a King shall reigne and prosper and shall execute Iudgement and iustice in the earth In his dayes Iudah shall be saued and Israel shall dwell safely and this is the name whereby they shall call him The Lord our Righteousnes He shall be great and he shal be called The Sonne of the most High and the Lord shall giue vnto him the Throne of his father Dauid And he shall reigne ouer the House of Iacob for euer and of his Kingdome shall be none end For behold I gaue him for a witnesse saith the Lord to the people for a Prince and a Master vnto the people 17. His Priestly Office What sacrifice hee should offer and for whom he should pray YEt the Lord would breake him and make him subiect to infirmities When hee shall make his Soule an offering for sinne hee shall see his seed and prolong his dayes and the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand Therefore will I giue him a portion with the great and hee shall diuide the spoile with the strong because hee hath powred out his soule vnto death and hee was counted with the Transgressors and bare the sinnes of many and prayed for the trespassers 18. His Propheticall Office and Pastor all function abrogating ignorance restoring light c. HEe hath sent mee to preach good tidings vnto the poore to binde vp the broken-hearted to preach libertie to the captiues and to them that are bound the opening of the prison To preach the acceptable yeere of the Lord and the day of vengeance of our God to comfort all that mourne Then shall the eyes of the blind be lightened and the eares of the deafe be opened And hee will destroy in his Mountaine the couering that couereth all people and the vaile that is spred vpon all Nations Moreouer the light of the Moone shall bee as the light of the Sunne and the light of the Sunne shal be seuen-fold and like the light of seuen dayes in the day that the Lord shall binde vp the breach of his people and heale the stroke of their wound The Lord thy God saith Moses to Israel will raise vp vnto thee a Prophet like vnto mee from among yee euen of thy Brethren vnto him ye shall hearken He shall seed his Flocke like a Shepheard hee shall gather the Lambs with his arme and carry them in his bosome and shall guide them with yong And I will set vp a Shepheard ouer them and he shal feed them euen my Seruant Dauid meaning Christ of whom Dauid was a Figure he shall feed them and he shall be their Shepheard Thus saith the Lord In an acceptable time haue I heard thee and in a day of Saluation haue I helped thee and I will preserue thee and giue thee for a Couenant of the people that thou maist raise vp the earth and obtaine the inheritance of the desolate heritages That thou mayst say to the prisoners Goe forth and to them that are in darknesse Shew your selues they shall feede in the wayes and their pastures shall be in all the tops of the Hils They shall not be hungry neither shall they be thirstie neither shall the heat smite them nor the Sun for he that hath compassion on them
taunted both in words and gesture ALl they that see me haue me in derision they make a mow and nod the head saying He trusted in the Lord let him deliuer him let him saue him seeing he loueth him I became also a rebuke vnto them they that looked vpon me shaked their heads I was a derision to all my people and their song all the day 36. What drinke he should get vpon the Crosse. FOr they gaue mee Gall in my meate and in my thirst they gaue me Vineger to drinke 37. How hee should bee forsaken of all REbuke hath broken my heart and I am full of heauinesse and I looked for some to haue pitie on me but there was none and for comforters but I found none For these things I weepe mine eye euen mine eye casts out water because the Comforter that should refresh my soule is farre from mee and my children are desolate because the enemy hath preuailed 38. The last words that hee should vse COmplaining My God my God why hast thou forsaken me Interceding And he prayed for the trespassers Recommending Into thy hand O Lord I recommend my Spirit 39. His patience that he should haue in all his sufferings HE was oppressed and hee was afflicted yet did he not open his mouth Hee is brought as a Sheepe to the slaughter and as a Sheepe before her shearer is dumbe so hee opened not his mouth Thus am I as a man that heares not and in whose mouth are no reproofes For on thee O Lord doe I wait thou wilt heare mee my Lord my God 40. For whom hee should suffer all these things and his owne innocencie therein BVt hee was wounded for our transgressions he was broken for our iniquities the chastisement of our peace was vpon him and with his stripes wee are healed All wee like sheepe haue gone astray wee haue turned euery one to his owne way and the Lord hath laid vpon him the iniquitie of vs all And hee made his graue with the wicked and with the rich in his death though hee had done no wickednesse neither was any deceit in his mouth 41. His legges were not broken as the others were that were crucified with him as was foretold NOt a Bone of him shall bee broken 42. His side was pearced with a Speare that the Scripture might be fulfilled ANd I will powre vpon the house of Dauid and vpon the inhabitants of Ierusalem the spirit of grace and of compassion and they shall looke vpon mee whom they haue pearced 43. His Buriall ANd hee made his graue with the wicked and with the rich in his death 44. His Resurrection VVHerefore mine heart is glad and my tongue reioyceth my flesh also doth rest in hope For thou wilt not leaue my soule in the graue neither vvilt thou suffer thy Holy One to see corruption Thou wilt shew mee the path of life in thy presence is the fulnesse of ioy and at thy right hand are pleasures for euermore 45. His victory ouer Satan Death the Graue and all our enemies THe Seed of the Woman shall bruise downe the head of the Serpent And hee will destroy in his Mountaine the couering that couereth all people and the vaile that is spred vpon all Nations He will destroy death for euer and the Lord God will wipe away the teares from all faces and the rebuke of his people will hee take away out of all the earth For the Lord hath spoken it And in that day shall men say Loe this is our God wee haue waited vpon him and hee will saue vs This is the Lord we haue waited for him we will reioyce and bee ioyfull in his saluation I will redeeme them from the power of the graue I will deliuer them from death O death I will be thy death O graue I will bee thy destruction repentance is hid vp from my eyes 46. His Ascension or exaltation and sitting at the right hand of the Father THou art gone vp on high thou hast led captiuitie captiue and receiued gifts for men yea euen the rebellious hast thou led that the Lord God might dwell there The Stone which the builders refused is made the Head of the corner This was the Lords doing and it is maruellous in our eyes The Lord said to my Lord Sit at my right hand vntill that I make thine enemies thy footstoole 47. The destruction of Ierusalem that should shortly ensue after the death of the Messiah and his ascension by Titus the sonne of Vespasian ANd after the Messiah shall be slaine the people of the Prince that shall come shall destroy the Citie and the Sanctuary and the end thereof shall be with a floud and vnto the end of the battell it shall be destroyed by desolations And for the ouerspreading of the abominations hee shall make it desolate euen vntill the consummation determined shall bee powred vpon the desolate 48. Whereby How And who are saued by him ANd with his stripes wee are healed And as many were astonied at thee his visage was so deformed of men his forme of the sonnes of men so shall he sprinkle many Nations Thou also shalt be saued through the bloud of the Couenant By the knowledge of himselfe shall my righteous seruant iustifie many for he shall beare their iniquities Looke vnto mee and ye shall be saued all the ends of the earth shal be saued for I am God and there is no other And the Redeemer shall come vnto Zion and vnto them that turne from iniquitie in Iacob saith the Lord. 49. The Calling of the Gentiles and largenesse of his Dominion therby with the perpetuitie thereof according to Noahs wish and the Promise made to Abraham ASke of mee and I shall giue thee the Heathen for thine inheritance and the ends of the earth for thy possession His Dominion also shall bee from Sea to Sea and from the Riuer vnto the ends of the Land They that dwell in the Wildernesse shall kneele before him and his enemies shall licke the dust c. Yea all Kings shall worship him and all Nations shal serue him I will giue thee for a Couenant of the people and for a light of the Gentiles And in that day the Root of Ishai which shall stand vp as a signe vnto the people the Nations shal seeke vnto it and his rest shall bee glorious I will also giue thee for a light to the Gentiles that thou mayst be my saluation to the end of the world Thus saith the Lord God Behold I will lift vp my hand to the Gentiles and set vp my Standard to the people and they shal bring thy sonnes in their armes and thy daughters shall bee carried vpon their shoulders And Kings shall be thy nursing Fathers and Queenes shall