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A new constellation discovered in a sermon preached at the visitation held at Leicester the 29th of April, 1674 / by Joshua Bonhome.
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Bonhome, Joshua.
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Wing B3594; ESTC R24665
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with my Father in his throne But Lastly I think they may be said to be in the right hand of Christ in another sense that is that he may throw them down from the Firmament of the Church if they turn from the Holy Commandments delivered unto them 2 Pet. 2.21 For whereas every private Christian is commanded to work out his Salvation with fear and trembling Ministers have a double Charge to Save themselves and others by being Faithful to their Trust and fulfilling the Work their Master hath entrusted them withall lest he being angry shakes them out of his right hand as men use to throw off those things that displease them though they have been never so dear to them before And thus did God formerly deal with Nadab and Abihu the Sons of Aaron for Offering strange Fire before the Lord which he commanded them not And there went out a fire from the Lord and devoured them and they dyed before the Lord who will be sanctified in them that come nigh him and before all the people will he be glorified as Moses said after their Sin and Punishment Levit. 10.2 And thus did he deal with the two Sons of Ely in the First of Samuel chap. 4. vers 11. And so in few words have I cleared the matter in hand Now from these few particular Observations the House of Aaron and the House of Israel may learn these Lessons of Instruction and Comfort And First You the Tribe of Levi the Messengers of the Lord of Hosts learn to be Faithful Careful and Diligent in your Master's Work and in the Duties of your Sacred Calling lest as unprofitable Servants he throws you off from his Right Hand and upbraids you as the Priests formerly in the days of Malachy You are departed out of the way ye have caused many to stumble at the Law and you have corrupted the covenant of Levi Therefore have I made you contemptible and base before all the people according as you have not kept my ways but have been partial in the law Malach. 2.7 8 9. But what do I say God forbid this Censure should ever concern us let us rather say of it as Daniel to the King of Babylon concerning his Dream Let it be to them that hate us and the Interpretation thereof to the Enemies of Christ and the Disturbers of the Peace of his Church Dan. 4.19 Secondly Let it be your Joy and Comfort to be like the Prophets and Apostles of the Lord and as they were to be Defamed and made as the filth of the World and the off-scouring of all things as St. Paul complains 1. Cor. 4.13 since you are burning and lightsom Stars in the hands of our Lord Jesus Let me say to you what St. Paul to the Colossians chap. 4. vers 17. said to their Minister Take heed to the ministry which you have received of the Lord that ye fulfill it Go on boldly in the Work of your Master for you are as so many Stars in his Right Hand whom neither life nor death shall ever pluck out of his Hand For if the Shepherd be better and nobler than the Sheep then may you particularly apply to your selves that Excellent Promise of Christ Joh. 10.28 I give unto them eternal life they shall never perish neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand 'T is true there are now-a-days many false Stars wandring Stars as St. Jude calls them Iude 9.14 who as the Bramble would have been King over all the other Trees Iudg. 9.14 pretend to be the only Stars in the Hands of Christ and perswade a Crooked Nation Our Church is as the Chaos in the Beginning and that there is nothing but Darkness upon the Face of it Gen. 1.2 Ye therefore as the Lord said to Jeremy Jer. 1.17 gird up your Loyns and arise and speak unto them all that the Lord commands you Be not dismayed at their Faces for behold he hath made you a Defenced City and an Iron Pillar and a Brazen Wall against the whole Land And they shall fight against you but they shall not prevail against you for the Lord is with you to deliver you Come now O House of Israel and learn That if these be the Priviledges of your Ministers if they are Stars in the Hand of your Blessed Saviours to receive them therefore in the Lord with all gladness as St. Paul commanded the Philippians to receive Timothy Phil. 2.29 And as he exhorted to the Hebrews Remember them which have the rule over you who have spoken unto you the word of God whose faith follow considering the end of their conversation Heb. 13.7 And at vers 17. Obey them that have the rule over you and submit your selves For they watch for your souls as they that must give an account that they may do it with joy and not with grief for that is unprofitable for you Pray for them pray for your selves that God may be pleased to fill in your Souls by their Ministry the sweet Influences of Grace and Mercy in Christ in whose right hand they are as so many Stars To conclude my truly Reverend and Beloved Brethren in the Lord seeing there are in our days so many False and Wandring Stars who that they may with more facility lead men in the ways of their own devising pretend to be as it is said of Simon Acts 8.10 the great power of God and the only Ioshua's appointed for the introducing of Israel into the Land of Promise Let our Light shine more than ever that all men may glorifie our Father which is in Heaven when they shall see we lead them in the ways of Truth and Righteousness Let us all be like that Star which led the Wise-men to Bethlehem let us point out and shew unto men the place where Iesus is to be found and to them and to us let the Lord Jesus give the Morning Star according to his promise Rev. 2.28 And since There is no enchantment against Jacob neither is there any divination against Israel Num. 23.23 let us as chosen of God and precious though disallowed indeed of most men let us I say so adorn our Holy Priesthood and Ministry by a diligent care and watching over the Flock of Christ that the Balaams of this time which are hired to Curse us may be compelled to cry out at last as their Patron of old How goodly are thy tents O Jacob and thy tabernacles O Israel Num. 24.5 Which that we may all see to our Eternal Comfort Malach. 4.2 let us beg of the Sun of Righteousness Jesus Christ our Lord that he may be pleased to dart upon us the Stars in his right hand the wholesom Beams of Grace and Understanding and Zeal to his Glory and the Good of his Church that when we shall have made an end of Trafficking with the Talents he hath bestowed on us and having given him a good and faithful Account we may all hear that Blessed and Comfortable word Well done good and faithful Servants enter into the joy of your Lord. You have been as so many Stars in my right hand whose Beams in the work of your Ministry have been darkned by many a Cloud of the Sins and Errours of a stiff-necked Generation but now I the Sun of Righteousness will dart Eternally upon you the sweet and ravishing Beams of Glory in my Glorious and Everlasting Sanctuary To Him with the Father and Ever-blessed Spirit be ascribed all Honour Power and Glory now and for evermore Amen FINIS