4. Reasons 4. Vse vnhappy men that preferre the world above Christ. And who refuse Christ for the world To fortisie our selves against this profanesse 6. helps 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Motives to keepe the Moone under our feet 1 Al are alike fugitive 1 Riches 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2 Honors Date obulum Belizario 3. Pleasures Psal. 16. 11. 4 Life it selfe 5 Whole world 2 God hath put them under our feet 3 Hath put no great worth in themselves Good men as the Moone seldome in the full but in danger of eclipse Signes of him whom the Moone hath under her feet 5. 1. 2. Ier. 44. 19. Iob. 31. 26. 4. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 5. 5 Signes of him that hath the Moone under his feet Property 3. The crowne of the Church implyeth 4. things 1 Honor of her person 2 Eminency above others 3 Her rich estate 4 Her victory The Crowne of 12. stars is the shining doctrine of the 12. Apostles The woman is still crowned with 12. Starres 3 Reasons I. 2. 3. The Crowne said to be on her head for 4 Reasons 1. 2. Doct. Ministers are as starres in the firmament of the church 4. reasons 1. 2. 3. 4. Vse And must resemble Stars 1 In humilitie for 4. reasons 1. 2. 3. 4. 2 In stability 3 In fidelity 4 In unity 5 In coÌ„stancy Motives to these duties 3. 1. 2. 3. Doct All Saints on earth have Kingly dignity Reasons 1 Have royall birth as Kings 2 Are anoyn ted as Kings 3 Have the power of Kings 1 A commanding power 2 A performing power 3 A conquering power 4 A judging power 4 Are all crowned as Kings Vse To magnifie Gods grace And the state of Gods children And to demeane themselves as Princes 1 In great affaires 2 With Nobles and Princes 3 With valour and courage 4 Be armed as Kings 5 Be bountiful as Princes Let none take away thy Crowne How a Christian may loose this Crowne To resist the Gospell is to pul the crown off the head of the Church Quest. Bringing forth children in nature and in grace resembled in 5. things 2. 3. 4 5. Quest. How the Woman is ready to be delivered Quest. How she cryed in paine to be delivered Doct The Church is a fruitfull Mother of Children to God Her bed is greene 2. Reasons Reasons 3. 1. 2. 3. Vse Not to content ourselves with our first birth in nature reas 6. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. How to know the true Mother Church 1 Note because she is called Catholike A nomine ad rem non valet consequens Nulla fuit unquam haeresis quae nolit videri catholica 2 Nor by Antiquity 4. reas 1. 2. Vâ—tustas erroris 3. 4. De Poenit. distinct 5. a De Clericis l. 1. cap. 19. b Art 92. c Sess. 24. d 3 part Thom 4. 80. art qu. 3. 3 Nor by perpetuity or durance Numerum numerantem augens non numerum numeratum Romae dicitur Babylon quia ad finem seculifutura est officina omnis Idololatriae et fedes Antichristi 4 Nor by multitude and amplitude Ecclesia fuit in uno Abeli in uno Henocho Multitudo orthodoxa Totus mundus factus fuit Arrianus Hi vulgus habent nos sidem 5 Nor by succession of Bishops 4 Reasons 1. 2. 3. Successio Cathedrae et doctrinae Church of Rome hath no succession either of 1 Doctrine 2 Seat Non habent haereditatlm Peâ—ri qui non habent sidem Petri. De poenit c. 6. Scripturam docere quae sunt notae Ecclesiae de notis Eccles. c. 1. Cap. 3. The true Mother known by 5. notes 1 Her face and what that is 2 Her voice 3 Her vertues 2. 1 Holinesse 1 Of doctrine 2 Of persons 3 Of manners 2 Meeknesse 4 Her marriage 5 Her carriage 1 To her husband 1 Faithfull 2 Subject 3 Dependeth on him 4 Honoureth him only Necessitate praesentiae non efficientiae 2 To her children 1 Nurseth them 2 Teacheth them 3 Provideth for them Rev. 13. 8. Galat. 4. 30. How we may know our selves sons of this Mother 7. notes By our change in 5. things 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 2 The voice of Prayer 3 Sucking the breasts 4 Image of his Father 5 Growth in strength stature 1 In understanding 2 In affection 3 In activity 4 In strength to suffer 6 Child-like affections 1 To our Father Honor. Love 2 To our Mother Love Par in parem non habet jus Compassion 7 Brotherly-affection Doct. 2. The Church brings no children to God without travell 4. Reas. Reas. 1. 3. 4. Foure maine hindrances of new birth Naturall ignorance Fleshly feare Joh. 12. 41. Irresolution Love of sin Use. 1. The dignity of the Ministry The end of the Ministry Comfort of faithfull Ministers Vse II. Reasons why God would not sever Christ and his crosse Travell in the meanes of grace 3. Reas. 1. 2. 3. By the dragon what is meant 1. Satan called a dragon for 4 reasons 2. Instruments of Satan called dragons Why. The whole kingdome of the devill but one dragon 3. Reas. 3. Heathen persecuting Emperours of Rome dragons 3. Reas. Doct. All wicked men united against Christ. 4. Reas. Reas. 1. 2. 3. 4. Vse 1. Unitie no note of the Church 2. What unitie and peace Ministers must preach for 3. Christians must unite themselves in the truth Reas. Dragon called great in 4. respects 1. 2. 3. 4. The Church is beset with fierce enemies and dragons Reas. 1. 2. 3. 4. Vse 11. Aids to be procured against the dragon 1. 2. 3. 2 Chro. 20. 15 Ve ll I. Vse 4. 5 Grounds of courage against so great a dragon Iste Leo ob feritatem Christus ob fortitudinem Christus Leo ad vincendum diabolus ad nolendum August Doctr. The fiery disposition of enemies of the Church 1 The head 2. 3. 4. 2 In the members 3 In the Imperiall dragon Three causes hereof 1. 2 3. Vse 1. Vse II. Vse III. Vse IV. 3 Grounds of comfort Doctr. The dragon is as subtile as cruell 1. 2. 3. 4. Why God giveth good gifts to evill men that abuse them 3. Reas. Why do wicked men contrive and bend their wils against the Church 3 Reas. 2. 3. 1. Vse I. 1. Dragons subtilty in dissembling his person Satan assayleth us 1. In our solitarinesse 2. In our sorenesse In our sleepe 4. In our nakednesse 3 Instances 5. In our death II 1. Satans subtilty in hindring good actions Satans subtilty in shaking and holding out graces Of faith 2. Of Repentance 3. Of Sanctification Of sanctification 4. Thrusting on good things by ill meanes Propounding to good actions bad ends What good the dragon cannot hinder he will disgrace Whether personall Or sociall Satans subtilty in frustrating good actions The word frustrate 3. waies Satan frustrates seemly profession 3. waies 2 3. 2. The dragon as subtill to thrust on evill as to trust out good 1 By making evill seeme good 2 Or lesse evill III. Satan a most subtil
most gracious pardon So for people and Kingdomes What may wee gather from the great and open prevayling of Antichrist in any Kingdome which will be apparant in the infinite increase and boldnesse of Papists and Recusants in such places in the swarmes and numbers of the people after a strange boldnesse running and resorting to their Masses in the open increase of multitudes of locusts and frogs Jesuites and Priests croaking in corners and streets challenging seducing and deceiving and as diligent as the dragon himselfe whose tayle they are to wrap men not loving the truth in this fearefull wrath and deepe perdition What may bee hence gathered but the provocations of such a kingdome kindling so great a wrath of God against them Did Antichrist ever come into a kingdome and the sins of that kingdome not let him in Were men not fierce against the Lord in contemning and despising his truth in open â—rophanation of his Sabbaths in desperate scoffing at religion in bringing in their sinnes to their height Had they not lost their first love their zeale their taste of Manna were not they unthankfull to the Lord for setting them out of this Aegypt and were they not looking and running back to the Onions and flesh-pots which made the Lord shake the fiercest Arrow of his Quiver against them Could any thing but hellish prophanenesse and contempt of so shining grace have entred such a wrath amongst them as heaven nor hell in this life cannot inflict a greater for Turkish tyranny is light in comparison of Antichristian Oh that our Apostasie to a very formall and powerlesse godlinesse were laid to heart as the hatcher and breeder of such wrath which will not bee so easily removed as let in Did wee still march couragiously as wee began in the beginning the reformation wee should not then need to feare our former oppression and tyranny Let us bee wise by the rod shaken over us lest the stroke and smart fall also on us and shew us our folly 5. Labour to preserve one another from this damnable way To which wee have these and sundry motives First wee pull one another out of fire and water and should much more out of the fire and water of Gods wrath yea out of hell and damnation Secondly all our Saviours course was to winne soules to seeke and save what was lost Thirdly God hath made every man his brothers keeper who hath commanded to pull our neighbours yea enemies Oxe or Asse out of a ditch And therefore every man must bee servant to every man as Paul to winne some and not bee carelesse whether hee stand or fall sinke or swimme live or die And wee must by all good meanes preserve and strengthen our brethren Ministers by discrying the danger this is our chiefe intent not wrath and anger to our people Private men by exhortation brotherly conference wise reproofs of the obstinate c. All by godly life and holy innocency which is a meanes both to stop the mouthes of malicious Papists and winne such as are tractable Knowing that he hath but a short time In these words is the reason of the dragons wrathfull disposition where consider three things 1. How Satans time is said to bee short 2. How hee knoweth it is so 3. What use he makes of this knowledge For the first Quest. How can that be said a short time which hath continued now since the writing of this Prophesie sixteene hundreth yeares or not much lesse Ans. A time long in it selfe must bee said to bee short respectively So this 1. In respect of God to whom a thousand yeares which is a long time in it selfe and to us is but as one day and so even thus long since our Lord said Rev. 21. 6. Behold I come shortly 2. In comparison of former times so this continuance of Antichrist which is simply in it selfe a long time is comparatively said to be short in respect of the time and ages going before it And so the whole time of the New Testament which is in it selfe a very long time is called the ends of the world 1 Cor. 10. 11. the last houre 1 Ioh. 2. 18. for so the manner of Scripture is which distributeth the world into three ages the first from Adam to Moses the second from Moses to Christ the third from Christ his first comming to his second This last period was called the last houre not because presently upon Christs Incarnation or Ascension the world was to end for how then could the Church have beene gathered through the Christian world but because 1. This was the last and full time in which all was consummated and ended which was fore-prophesied in former ages touching mans redemption even the full and last revelation which is to bee in earth and no other change of worship and Ministery is to bee expected as in the former till the great and last day in which the great Judge shall put an end to dayes and time which shall bee no more and to the warfare of the whole Church 2. It shall bee a farre shorter time than that which went before yea in likelyhood shorter than either of the former periods or ages for seeing it shall bee bitter and sharpe by the tyranny of Antichrist for the Elects sake Christ saith these dayes shall be shortened Mat. 24. For the second Quest. How doth Satan know his time to bee short Ans. 1. Because hee knowes his time is determined for the wicked spirits know perfectly by the accusation of their conscience and partly by the sentence already passed upon them that a day of further torment awaites them whence they say Mat. 8. 29. Art thou come to torment us before the time 2. Hee knowes this time is hastening upon him sundry wayes 1. By prediction and observation of Scriptures He observed the Apostles saying that on us the ends of the world are come 1 Cor. 10. 11. joyning himselfe with those Christians that then lived and all the rest that were to live till the end of the world being all comprehended in one body and all subjected to the same last dispensation of grace which was not to bee ended or changed but by the returne of Christ to judgement 2. By daily experience hee seeth the decrepit age of the world as in the severall parts so in the whole If old buildings cracke it threatneth ruine 3. Hee knowes and observeth most of the signes of Christs second comming to be past as 1. That many false Prophets inspired by himselfe are risen up and have deceived many as was foretold Matth. 24. 24. This is an argument of the last houre 1 Iohn 2. 18. we know it is the last houre for many Antichrists are come that is petty-Antichrists the prodromi and forerunners of that great one 2. That the Gospell hath beene preached through the world predicted Mat. 24. 14. and accomplished Rom. 10 18. Their sound is gone through all the world and their words unto the end of
the devill great advantages 176 Love of Christ which will hold out to the death foure notes of it 631 Love the godly unseene and how 828 Luther where the Church was before his time 303 771 Lying signes and wonders why 412 M Magistrates must resemble God in foure things 286 Manchild Christ like it not the same 261 Constantine with the like so called 266 collectively reasons 267 Martyrs overcome the Dragon and others too with three qualities 618 how in suffering they overcome 622 Meanes to a voide the Dragons wrath 708 Michael notes Christ 341 Ministers starres in the Church 81 must resemble starres how and wherein 82 motives to ministeriall duties 84 dignity duty end and comfort of a good Minister 122 225 must preach woes as well as comforts 656 reasons 657 objections remooved 658 who blame worthy 663 Ministery though sharpe must be endured motives 668 Modesty commended 7 Moone resembles the world in foure things 62 must bee kept below Christ both the best and worst of the world 65 for five reasons 66 must bee held with foure cautions 67 notes of one whom the world hath overcome 75 and one that hath the moone under his feet 77 Mourne to see Gods Kingdome opposed or not enlarged Multitude no sure note of the Church 414 N No newes to see the Church goared and persecuted 193 No calling or condition can secure a good man from opposition 253 No prevailing against the Church 365. objections answered 369 No easie thing to bee a Christian 627 yet many make such account foure sorts 629 Notes of one seduced of the devill 421 Notes of one lying under the Dragons power or wrath 705 Notes of one whose place shall not bee found among Saints 398 Notes of one prevayling against the Dragon 377 and of one in whom the Dragon preuailes 379 Number of ten implies perfection 188 Number of true enemies to Antichrist small foure reasons 831 O Occasions for Satan to take advantage at us 155 Offence not to be taken at the Apostasie of Ministers or others 237 Order our desires and conditions how 750 P Patience needfull 221 Peace how affirmed of the Church 333 Persecutor one in all ages how what use 731 Persecution from whom to be expected 735 inevitable to the Church why what use 736 even by Christian Emperors twofold 739 sometimes hindred by earthly occasions 809 Personall reproofe necessarie 666 Popes headship ever withstood 776 Power of Christ twofold 527 his power as Mediator superior to all created power 528 how discerned to be in us 545 Praise God for the overthrow of the Churches enemies 477 Objections answered 478 479 conditions meanes and motives 485 Preaching why resisted as it is 450 who condemne tart preaching 665 their sinne 666 Prepare for adversity or flight into the wildernes 304 Prevent it how 308 Profanenesse in preferring the world before Christ 69 helpes against it 70 motives 71 Prosperity of the Church sends it into a wildernesse how 293 use it warily 307 hurts more then persecution how why 340 ill fruits of it 743 no note of the Church 737 Profession of religion practises of it to cast out Satan 457 Providence God feeds his in greatest scarcity and why 316 Protectors of the Church be such three meanes 275 Q Questions of the spirituall combate two 254 R Reinerius the Inquisitors testimony of the Waldenses 774 Reioyce to see Gods Kingdome of grace prevayle 510 Reioyce in spirituall conquests and temporall 483 Recusants should consider foure things 710 their pitifull case 712 Religious courses thought uncomfortable and why 648 Repent and get out of security 675 Repiners at the Churches prosperity no true Christians 490 513 Revenge on the contempt of the Gospell instances 682 Restlesse malice of Satan his instrumēts though crost why 800 Romish religion cruell therfore false 146 Romish Church called a woman why 15 no true Church for that she giveth salvation to others then God 500 S Saints on earth have Kingly dignity and how 84 must be thankfull chearfull and live as Princes 87 and not lose their crown what 90 Salvation wholy from God to the Church and members 494 give him all the glory 497 Satan an enemie to whom 405 cast out by Christ and his members how 424 cannot hinder the birth and rising of excellent instruments 269 his chiefe aime is to throw down such instruments 232 prevent him 235 pray for such 236 Seduction how to be avoyded 417 Serpent an embleme of the divell 403 Sharper assalts are the shorter why what use 720 Sinnes as signes of wrath toward a Church 308 Slanders of Papists against the doctrine and life of Protestants 797 how dryed up of the earth 808 Souldiers of Christ why used by him 343 Subiection to Magistrates 283 Subtilty of the divell and his instruments 149 instances 152 comforts against it five 184 Superiors instructed to humiliy moderation and mercy 560 Sunne Christ resembled by it for affects and effects 36 but farre better 36 so admire him rejoyce in him bee thankfull for him imitate him and walke as beseemes him foure wayes 36 c. Starres of the Churches fal to the earth three wayes 226 yet not all why 231 T Tayle of the Dragon what and who 228 Terror by Christs power for Christs enemies 530 Testimony Gods word how Christs and ours 610 why the testimony of Iesus 841 testifie to the Gospell foure wayes 610 motives 616 Thankes to bee given for clearing our innocencie 595 how to be expressed 597 Thrones and rulers are of God 286 Treason taught among Papists not Protestants 285 Tryall of religion persons and places whether for Christ or no 429 Time times halfe what 785 Time of Antichrist short how 715 Time of Satans rage in any mischiefe determinate why what use 718 791. foretold why 784 Turke not so pernicious as Antichrist 839 V Valor of Christians in 2 things 89 Victory triumph after it not before three reasons 639 who faulty 640 Visibility and outward splendor no note of the Church 207. and 294 770. objections answered 299 Visions kinds differen reas 3 4 Vnhappy are the wicked while the godly are happie rejoyce 671 Vnitie no note of the Church 132 what unitie to preach ibid. and practise 133 W Waite for deliverance out of trouble and how 496 Walke wisely as well as warrantably 182 Watch in prosperitie with directions 747 Watch against satan three rules 251 Warfare of the Church on earth 335 Want of temporals comforts against it 779 Weapons of Antichrist spirituall and temporall 822 Where Christ may not prevail the devill shall reas 679 Wicked men uphold the devills crowne dignity described 105 they cannot safely rejoyce 645 Wicked companionship to be forsaken 474 Wildernesse or sad estate the estate of the Church 295 cōfort contentment in it 306 Winges of the woman what why whence 756 Wisedome of the serpent in foure things 179. meanes to get it five 182. practise of it 183 Witnesses who
Ioy of the Church Whereof 1 The Acts It singeth out 1 The praises of God the giver of all victory 2 The praises of Michael the Generall v. 10. 3 The praises of the Armie or Angels of Michael ver 11. Where 1 The report of the Victory But they overcame him 2 The Causes of it 1 Principall and meritorious The blood of the Lambe 2 Instrumentall 1 The word of their testimony 2 Their constancy in martyrdome they loved not their lives c. 2 The Object Where 1 The matter ascribing 1 To God Salvation Strength Kingdome 2 To Christ power 1. Title Christ 2. Relation to the Father his Christ 3. Attribute power 2 The Reason Where 1 His Crimination 1 What are these accusations 2 Who are accused Brethren 3 Where before God 4 When day and night 2 His Dejection at the tribunall 1 Of God 2 Of men 2 The wofull estate of the enemies v. 12. 1 The woe denounced 2 The Persons on whom the inhabitants of the earth and sea 3 The Reason twofold 1 The comming downe of the Devill 2 His wrathfull Disposition with the cause Where 1 How his time is said to be short 2 How hee knoweth it is so 3 What use hee makes of this knowledge VI. The fury of Satan renewing the assault v. 13. to the end where 1 The new Onset v. 13. In it 1 The person persecuting the Dragon 2 The person persecuted the woman 3 The time and manner when she had brought forth the manchilde 2 The escape of the party assailed v. 14. Where 1 The Kinde It was by flight 2 The Meanes Here 1 The meanes themselves 1 What Wings 2 Number two 3 Whence given her 4 Similitude Eagles 2 Whence she did fly with them from the face of the Serpent 3 Whither into the wildernesse called her place 4 To what end to be nourished and preserved there 5 How long for a time times and halfe a time 3. Another Device of the Dragon against the Womans good-name v. 15. Where 1 The Mischiefe intended In it 1 What the floods of water are 2 What the spring of thē the dragons mouth 3 What the end to carry the woman away 2 The Remedy against it v. 16. 4 Enmitie against her Issue v. 17 Where 1 The Dragons wrath and warre appearing by the 1 Captaine 2 Weapons 2 The persons with whom Described 1 By their paucity the remnant of her seed 2 By their property twofold 1 They keep the Commandements of God 2 They have the Testimonie of Iesus Christ. CHRISTS VICTORIE OVER THE DRAGON REV. 12. 1. And there appeared a great wonder in heaven THE principall scope of the whole Booke of the REVELATION is to describe three things 1 The Malice of the Devill against the Church 2 The Battels and conflicts of the Church 3 The Victory and conquest of the Church This Chapter is as it were an Epitome of the whole booke which under a most sweet and pleasant Type then which the whole Scripture containeth not a more excellent or elegant propoundeth them all in so rich and orient manner as we cannot wish to behold a more native face and Image of the Church of all ages then is presented to us in this glasse held before our eyes by the Spirit of God To the end that we should so looke on the dignitie and proper ornaments of the Church as yet to take notice what grievous conflicts she is to sustaine by reason of the malice of the old Serpent lying alwaies in ambush against her And yet so to looke upon her tryals as that wee may at the same time behold Gods providence so preserving and strengthning her as she goes ever away conquering and triumphing The Chapter hath six principall parts 1 A lively description of the true Church ver 1. 2. 2 A description of the Devil her chiefe and furious assailant ver 3 4 5. 3 The fierce battaile betweene these two parties ver 7. 4 The victorie of the Church and the Dragons overthrow ver 8 9. 5 The triumph of the godly for that victorie ver 10 11 12. 6 The furie of Satan renewing the assault ver 13. to the end of the Chapter This is the naturall resolution of the Chapter and without further curiositie by Gods assistance wee will prosecute these parts But before them all is a generall Preface making way to them in these words And there appeared a great wonder in heaven In which words are foure things 1 What is this wonder 2 The greatnesse of it 3 The manner of appearing 4 The place whence in Heaven By wonder 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or signe is meant a new vision or an unusuall type of a strange battell and marvellously to be wondred at 1 For the rarenesse of the combatants a Woman and a Dragon 2 For the glory of the Woman Who ever saw woman or creature in such glorious attire as to be cloathed with the Sunne crowned with starres trampling the Moone under her feet But wee shall see this woman in a more strange and admirable habit then if a woman were so arrayed 3 For the admirable hugenesse of the Dragon and power that with his tayle could cast downe the third part of the starres of heaven ver 4. 4. For the issue and strange event Is it not a wondrous thing for a woman to conflict with so hideous a Dragon and overcome him Here are many wonders in one 2 The greatnesse is next It is a great wonder for three causes 1 It concernes the Church the Spouse of Christ a great personage 2 It containes many great and dreadfull occurrences concerning her 3 Many other great things are signified in this type and vision 3 The manner of the appearance of this vision For it may be asked How did St. Iohn see this signe or wonder Answ. God offered his visions to holy men two waies 1 To the eies of their bodies while they were waking as to Abraham Gen. 15. 5. Behold the Heavens and if thou canst number the starres so shall thy seed be 2. To the eyes of their mindes their bodies being cast into a dead sleepe or trance This is called a being in the Spirit Ezech 37. 1. And thus the Evangelist Iohn saw his visions Rev. 1. 10. I was in the Spirit on the Lords day that is by the power and extraordinary worke of Gods Spirit I was cast into a trance Rev. 20. 4. I saw the soules c. which are not visible but by the eies of the minde Ob. But this manner of revelation seemes rather to be some uncertaine dreame then a sure and infallible kind of instruction Ans. No. This was very usuall for the Lord thus to reveale his will to his servants and for sundrie speciall ends used by him 1 That the soule for a time after a manner loosed from the body and drawne from the senses might have a nearer fellowship with God and so be fitter to receive divine light from the Spirit
1 Cor. 4. 9 10. Such spouses were the faithfull martyrs and all those witnesses that lie under the Altar who left all house and home goods and name land and libertie yea life it selfe for the honor of their husband But how doe we take our husbands part that have no word of defence or rebuke of those that highly blaspheme his name by word or deed Nay when our selves joyne in his dishonor disgracing our profession polluting his name by swearing lying drinking rioting gaming and all unseemely behaviour 4 The wife as a good spouse must doe all things to please her husband herein testifying her love to him so must everie spouse of Christ herein testifie love to Christ. The Apostle prayeth Col. 1. 10 that they might walke worthy of the Lord and please him in all things Quest. How shall we please our husband Answ. By observing sixe rules 1 Never seeke to please thy selfe in any thing displeasing unto him A good and loving wife will displease her selfe and depart from her owne will to please her husband A good Christian must deny himselfe his owne will reason affections and desires and much more his sinnes and lusts be they as deare as his eyes to please that husband The Apostle Rom. 15. 1 2 3. both propounds the duty and perswades it by a most forcible reason wee must not please our selves for Christ pleased not himselfe that he might pleasure us He was not bound but we in way of thankfull retribution are bound 2 Never seeke to please other men in thine actions for then thou canst never please Christ. Gal. 1. 10. If I should now goe about to please men I could not be the servant of Christ. A loving wife lookes not to please other men but will please her owne husband though others be never so much displeased so a sound Christian must resolve to please the Lord and not be plausible to men 3 A good wife that would please her husband will pry into his nature and disposition and having found what is pleasing or displeasing unto him will frame herselfe unto his minde and honest desires Thus Rebeâ—ca pleased Isaack in providing for him such meat as he loved Thou art then pleasing to Christ thy husband when there is a conformity and similitude in manners and affections Therefore see therebe First a conformitie in vertues that thy heart be an holy heart an humble innocent patient loving spirit a sober and temperate minde For what is marriage spirituall or corporall but a conjunction of two bodies and two spirits into one Adam had no other but an holy help made of an holy ribbe and knew no Eve but out of his owne side so the second Adam hath no spouse but an holy one which sprang out of his owne side Secondly a conformity in will will nothing but holily as he willeth and nill what he nilleth Thirdly a conformity in practise Likenesse of manners is very pleasing See thou cheerefully embrace observe what he commands Herein is love expressed hee that keepeth my words is he that loveth me Thus must wee grow fit for our head for First marriage requireth fitnesse God brought Adam a fit help Secondly Christ was like unto us in all things sinne excepted that we might be like unto him 4 To please our heavenly husband we must decke and trimme our selves with graces It is the folly of these times and foolish Virgins to decke themselves not with vertue but with vanitie pride in attire and all foolish and immodest fashions He is none of the wisest earthly husbands that can affect his wife for these things But it is other manner of attire that makes Christs Spouse lovely Psal. 45. 13 the spouse is all glorious within and her cloathing of wrought gold Thou must put on lowliness meeknesse love truth sobriety watchfulnesse sincerity else the King hath no delight in thy beautie 1 Tim. 2. 9. 5 A loving wife cannot better please her husband then by loving and gladly entertaining his friends Every godly man is as Iohn was a friend of the bridegroome The love of a Christian reacheth to Christ himselfe and he that hates the child loves not the father 6 A good wife to please her husband must shew her delight in his presence and long after him in his absence so the Christian must rejoyce in the cheerfull societie of Christ Isai. 26. 8. when he absenteth himselfe must thinke much and often upon him and mourne after him as the widow doth when her husband is departed and never be at quiet till she enjoy his comfortable presence againe Shall Christs delight be with the sons of men and should not ours be much more with him And as every good spouse in her husbands absence saith in her self Come so saith this Spouse Come Amen Evenso Come Lord Iesus Rev. 22. 20. Having spoken of such maine duties as the spouse of Christ oweth to her husband we will for her encouragement mention some of her priviledges by meanes of this happie conjunction by which shee may see it is no lost labour to frame to these duties and so as by so many motives be provoked to the cheerefull performance of them The first priviledg is free electioÌ„ the bridegroome hath made choice of us not we of him The wife wooeth not nor chuseth the husband but the husband the wife Ioh. 15. 16. Yee have not chosen me but I have chosen you Therefore 1 Neither was he bound any way to chuse us As a young man intending to marry is bound to none nor tyed to any but out of his free wil makes his choice of one above al other Even so the Sonne of God chuseth to himself out of his own free wil being bouÌ„d unto none a wife out of al mankinde and that is his Church of which we are members 2 Neither findeth he any reason in us as other young men doe in their spouses to set their love upon them No disposition no workes of preparation no freewill no aptitude or affection towards him but when wee were enemies he made love unto us 3 Neither if he had passed by us as he hath many others were he bound to give any reason to us or them that are refused why he did not chuse us or them Even as a yong man free to his choise having betaken himselfe to one spouse need give no reasoÌ„ why he hath passed by all the rest in the world The second priviledge is divine pacification By this marriage all hostility and emnity is removed betweene God and his Church For as great Princes use to pacifie strong emnities betweene themselves and also to stablish true and constant friendship by contracting some marriages between them Even so doth the Lord by marrying his owne Sonne to the sonnes of men Ephes. 2. 14 15. for he is our peace who hath broken all partition walls and abrogated yea and slaine all hatred Col. 2. 14. he hath
hotch potch of his religion Gal. 6 12. false teachers to avoid persecution will make and coyne a new Gospell joyne Moses and Christ justification of faith and workes And many admirers of the moone can finely joyne Papists and Protestants religion together and binde them together with a rope of sand can justifie and qualifie their toyes and inventions and for advantage like hucksters for the Apostle calls them sellers for gaine blend our wine with puddle waters of mens devices There are too many of these patchers that will patch old ragges with new garments and in the meane time bring in disgrace those that are so strict that cannot blend as they doe For what cares he to tread religious persons under foot if times do so that can suffer religion to be troden downe with silence nay with approbation but how impossible is it to have the Sun and moone shine together 5 He that maketh his gaine his godlinesse that bestowes more thoughts care time for the world then heaven That can stand in all windes for profit and by right or wrong get the world That cares not for nor desires but feares the appearing of the Sonne of God the Sunne of righteousnesse to judgement Let this man resolve that the Moone is upon his head or in his heart and not under his feet To conclude thou that wouldest know that the Moone is under thy foote and that thou art a sonne of this woman thou must 1 Magnifie Christ above a 1000. worlds 2 Set up Gods service above the world 3 Subordinate the Moone to thy religion 4 Hate and detest mixture in religion 5 Esteeme godlinesse the greatest gaine hate that gaine that is severed from godlinesse and long for the appearing of Jesus Christ thy happie and perfect gaine And upon her head a Crowne of twelve starres The third propertie followes in the description of this woman who is set forth by a Crowne upon her head Where consider three things 1 Why this woman is crowned 2 The matter of the Crowne a Crowne of twelves starres 3 The place of it on her head 1 The Churches Crowne betokeneth foure things 1 The honor of her person that she is a Queene for no women are crowned but Queenes or Kings wives The true Church is no lesse being espoused to Jesus Christ the King of his Church Psal. 45. 9. upon thy right◠and thy Queen doth stand Salomons wife being a type of the Church set upon the right hand of Jesus Christ the true Salomon 2 Her eminency and glory for a Crowne was ever an ensigne of royall dignitie and crowned persons were ever in ranke above other ordinary persons So is the Church of God of the blood royall and advanced to partake of the divine nature raised to the height of spirituall and eternall glory which common persons are not and therefore the Lord hath fitted her with an incomparable ornament for no ornament is comparable to a Crowne 3 Her rich and abundant estate for a crowne is the richest thing that the world can give So this Queene partaketh of all her husbands wealth and shareth in the riches of that glorious inheritance Eph. 1. 18. And as the crowne compasseth her head so the Lord compasseth her with the riches of grace and of glory in all fulnesse and perfection For seeing Christ is hers so are all things with him 1 Cor. 3. 21. 4 Her victory and conquest For crownes are set upon the heads of conquerors Rev. 6. 9. And to him that overcommeth is granted to sit on the throne Rev. 3. 21. So the Church hath overcome and conquered sinne Satan death hell flesh and all enemies hath in the power right of her husband troden them all under feete For as the wife partaketh of all her husbands victories so she of Christs 2 The matter of this Crowne of twelve starres Other Princes weare crownes of gold beset with pearles and precious stones but this Queene hath a Crowne of twelve starres What cares she for gold and stones that hath the Moone under her feet Quest. What is meant by this crowne of twelve Starres Ans. The shining doctrine of the twelve Apostles here compared to bright and beautifull starres by whose meanes this woman gat this victorious Crowne For this was the Crowne and ornament of the Primitive Church that she was reared and advanced by the diligent and personall preaching and sufferings of the blessed Apostles Ob. But if this was the Churches Crowne then the Church of after ages and at this time hath lost her crowne and ornament Answ. No. For 1 that doctrine is delivered to us in writing to which while we hold our selves fast we are not despoyled of our ornament 2 The substantiall ministeriall duties which the Scriptures ascribe to the Apostles are not to be restrained to their persons but are to be extended to all those that are their true successors which preach the same Christ and him crucified and administer the same Sacraments And Christ is now with the Apostles in their successors to the end of the world as he promised Mat. 28. 20. And this seemes implyed in the number of twelve which is a number of universalitie and perfection including all that purely preach Christ as the Apostles did 3 The Pastors of the Church as they succeed the twelve Apostles in this function of crowning the Church so also have they the name of starres in many places So the Church hath still a crowne of twelve starres 3 The place of this Crowne on her head Some understand by head the beginning of the Church of the New Testament and so it is true she had then the Crowne of Virginitie and purity above all after-times when yet Apostolicall doctrine was not so corrupted by humane devices additions and traditions as shortly after it was But that is not all for the true Church was never without this Crowne But this Woman after the manner of other Queenes is said to weare her crowne on her head To note 1 That her glory and crowne is in and from her head For as the man is the glory of the woman so is Christ the object of the Apostolike doctrine the glory of his spouse the Church 2 That her Crowne is not of or from this world for the moone is under her feet The Crowne is not thē set upon her head whē she is rich glorious to the world but when the shining light of heavenly veritie is set aloft as the starres are above to direct her in all doctrines and actions When by the light of the Scriptures all the firmament of the Church is guided and ruled in all actions aswell inferiour as superiour then is shee a crowned Queene 3 To note a note of visibilitie The head is most conspicuous and the most apparent part of a man and a Crowne set upon the head may be seene a far off as the starres
their pleasure hee calleth them all by their right names Object What need we care for them seeing God is so carefull Sol. Provoke not God to remove them 1. See the neede of starres for illumination warmth moisture refrigeration by them discerne seasons of grace guide thy course on the sea of this world starres were made not for ornament onely but for use heate influence 2. Make use of their light some hate the light as of commets portending evill to them and blesse themselves from them 3. Reioyce in their light constantly not as the Iewes did in Iohn that counted him a light for a season men receive Preachers as new Starres or Commets gaze a while but care not how soone they be wasted The second effect by which the dragon is described is by his mischievous attempt against the woman as the former was against the starres this effect is set downe 1. By his action he stood before the Woman 2. His intention to devoure the childe when it was brought forth I. In his action observe two things 1. What it is to stand before the woman 2. How he standeth before her 1. To stand before the woman is an allusion to the ancient Story both of the dragon standing before Eve the woman that is the mother of the world and of the Church to seduce her as also of Pharaoh called the dragon of Aegypt watching the destruction of the male children of the Church so soone as the mothers should bee delivered of them to which places out of doubt the text hath reference This standing before the woman implieth two things 1 His readinesse and nearnesse as one at hand narrowly watching observing to assault and destroy the blessed seed 2. His instance and diligence in the purpose hee departs not farre nor long but standeth and abideth proceedeth and persisteth in his mischievous purpose and intention against the Church and members he standeth still but not idle 2. How he standeth before her and that is two wayes 1. By fraud and secret trechery he layeth traines out of sight for her hurt and by flattery seeketh to bring and lure her into his snare 2. By open force and violence to subdue such as by secret traines he cannot allure II. His intention to devoure the childe hee seemeth to doe nothing lesse but the Spirit of God uncaseth him sheweth us the true end of all his couÌ„sels and indeavours Let the dragon dissemble never so much friendship as to Eve in eating his minde is murderous for hee standeth not afore us to abridge us of our liberty or goods or outward comfort onely but his direct aime is to compasse our death and destruction of soule and body Quest. But what had the child done or when should he devoure it Sol. He watcheth the destruction of it before it be borne if the woman miscary not in bringing forth some abortive birth then he bestirreth himselfe to destroy the young and tender birth so soone as it taketh breath in the Church Where in the dragon note three things 1. The groundednesse and setlednesse of malice in the nature of the dragon who out of his wickednesse unstirred and unprovoked carrieth deadly wrath against the children of the Church There is a naturall enmity and antipathy betweene the seed of the dragon and the seed of the woman for what can the childe doe against him before hee is borne 2. The policy of the dragon who will not suffer the womans children to grow up to strength and stature but will oppresse them even in the biâ—â—â— or as soone as they are borne while they are tender and least able to resist hee knoweth the fittest time to blast grace is in herba in the cradle in the beginnings 3. The implacablenesse of this savage dragon whose pittilesse disposition nothing can move not infancy not tendernesse not innocency not causelesnesse nothing can pleade or prevaile for a drop of compassion nay these rather cause and stirre up his wrath and kindle his rage and fury more against them and this is the enemy with whom we have to deale whom Gods spirit hath thus graphycally and punctually described that we might stand so much the more watchfully and preparedly against him So soone as any childe commeth to bee borne of the Church Satan watcheth by all means to destroy him 1 Pet. 5. 8. Satan as a roaring Lyon seeketh whom to devoure The principall businesse of Satan in the world hath ever been to take out of the way and to destroy vijs modis by secret fraud or open force all that should bee spiritually begotten of the Church especially such as should stand up to maintaine the religion of Christ. How Herod the dragon stood before the woman seeking to slay the childe Iesus so soone as he was borne appeareth Mat. 2. 16. hee could not hinder his holy conception his quickning birth but his hope is to devoure him being borne the same fury he sheweth to the members and to come to that our text aimeth at how the dragon by the heathen Roman Emperours and bloody Tyrants Nero Domitian Trajan and the rest did by most cruell Edicts torments and unheard of punishments and persecutions stand in the whole Empire with the greatest vigilancy that might bee to swallow up whatsoever Christian should be borne in the Church utterly to extirpate all Christians and extinguish the Christian faith is manifest in every leafe and line of that bloody Story But especially the dragon by those tyrants watched and observed most diligently lest any defender of the Christian faith either in Magistracy or Ministery should spring up in so much that if any President or Governour was more moderate or lesse rigorous against ChristiaÌ„s he was presently devoured by the dragon as a favourer or childe of the woman His incessant labour to hinder the glory of God for whereas the glory of a King is the multitude of his subjects he cannot abide that Gods glory should bee increased by the increase of the subjects of his Kingdome He is the Arch-tyrant and head of all tyrants in the world and setteth up and holdeth up his kingdome by tyranny and injustice and as Attaliah could never thinke her selfe stable in her usurped authority till she had slaine all the Kings seed 2 Kin. 11. 1. so this monster of tyrants and scourge of the world thinketh his kingdome can never bee sure and stable if he kill not all the Kings seed the sonnes of this woman the Church His extremâ— hatred of the true religion the true service of God amongst the Israelites was an abomination to the Aegyptians and therefore like dragons they oppressed them The dragon never ceaseth to hinder or corrupt the purity of Gods worship or to persecute whom he cannot hinder Let Israel but talk of going to worship in the wildernesse the hellish Pharaoh presently begins to rage to augment the burthens and never cease his unjust vexation till himselfe cease to
corne and let thistles and tares grow in their place and though they may bee stout and will not heare their duty from us yet wee must not faile in our duty for company but let them know they shall not faile to be called upon and if their sinne be not lesse by it it shall bee the greater Thus shall we testifie our love to God to them to their place nay procure the love of God upon our selves and them for as an irreligious Governour is set up by Gods displeasure over a people so a wise and religious Ruler is a gift of Gods love 2 Chron. 9. 8. God set Salomon a wise and religious King on his throne because hee loved Israel and this is true not onely in the supreme but in those that are sent from him And the woman fled into the wildernesse Some may think it strange that the woman should now flie for which fact shee seemeth to have but little reason seeing her sonne the manchilde was in the former words so exalted to the throne of God and so able to defend her with his iron rod this may seeme to weaken the former exposition but we must knowthere might bee sundry causes besides outward force even many inward dislikes and distastes that might haften her out of sight 2. This verse is here inserted by the Spirit of God by anticipation that is when a thing is mentioned in a former place which was done after for here is mentioned the thing but neither the time nor reason for both which wee must consult the thirteenth and fourteenth verses to which time and place this verse doth properly belong for else would follow First that the woman did flie before the battle begun which all this while was but preparing which is not likely Secondly that shee flew twice 3. That shee did flie before wings were given her all which unlikelihood must needs follow if the verse bee not anticipated for it is plaine by those verses that the slight was afterward that the battell with Michael was fought after shee overcame the dragon after the new assault of the dragon against her and after shee had wings given her to save herselfe by flight Quest. Why is this verse so inserted out of his order and due place Ans. The reason seemeth to be this In the former verse the spirit of God had shewed that the dragon although he watched to destroy the man-childe yet hee was safe being taken up into the throne of God and now if question should be made But what became of the woman he would presently adde the woman was safe too and by what meanes as he by his advancement into the throne so shee by flight but not at the same time for many things came betweene Now as the Spirit of God mentioneth this flight but by the way so shall wee speake of it as here wee finde it reserving the reason of it and meanes and other circumstances to the fourteenth verse where wee shall more fitly meet with them This flight of the woman seemeth to be an allusion unto Israel flying into the wildernesse from Pharaoh that red and bloody dragon pursuing them even to destruction In which flight there are three things considerable 1. The place where she flies with a secret reason implyed because that was the place prepared by GOD. 2. Her sustentation that they should feede her 3. Her mansion or continuance 1260. dayes I. In the place two things are inquired First what is the desart Secondly what is the flight 1. The desart is not to be understood of a certaine place as the desart of Arabia or Libia or any other set place to which the Church was to be tyed to at that time as the Donatists dreamed that this wildernesse must bee theirs in Affrike but a certaine state and condition of the Church opposed to her high and heavenly condition wherein shee shined crowned with twelve starres as verse the first The wildernesse then is nothing else but an afflicted wasted and solitary condition of the woman excluded from her former glory forced now to hide her face from the world and to live in poverty and exile and in a private and solitary condition and as creatures that live in the desart flie the sight and aspect of men so shee vanished and disappeared from the eyes of men not daring to bee seene the same shee was before 2. The flight into the wildernesse is not by change of place but by change of her state and ornaments Especially by the flight are noted 1. The speedy corruption of all things in the Church for flight is a quicke motion 2. The dissipation and deprivation of particular and visible congregations To cleare this observe that presently after Constantine had procured peace to the Church and put an end to the bloody persecutions of those imperiall dragons shee came under worse tyrants than ever before which were security ambition wealth and ease for the former tyrants by their tyranny exercised and excited faith and piety but this deadeth and eateth out all the former made the Church glorious and shining as fire doth gold but this darkened her and dusted her as appeareth in these instances 1. Persecution forced them to cleave close to the simplicity integrity of doctrine and rites which Christ himselfe instituted and his Apostles observed but now ease and idlenesse maketh the Pastors at leasure to devise and mingle pure doctrine with uncleane and superstitious rites they now begin to dedicate Temples to Martyrs and proceed to make commemoration of them after to seeke out reliques of Saints hence Origen and others begin to dispute doubtfully of the intercession of Saints for us and Nazianzen Audi quoque tu anima magni Constantini 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 si quis sensus insit and after in short time grew impiously to invocate them and after to pray for the dead then came in superstitions as a flood and this was the beginning of the womans flight namely the sudden corruption of doctrines and rites 2. Against the former tyrants they contended earnestly for the faith now ease and wealth maketh them wanton proud and contentious one with an other for primacy praecedency ambition prelacy patriarkhood and motherhood These contentions lost and neglected faith truth and charity 3. All the time of the persecutions the woman held her foundation had the cloathing of the sunne upon her that is the righteousnesse of Christ but now they begin to gard it and lace it with the righteousnesse and sanctity of their owne merits 4. Against all Tyrants shee retained the crowne of twelve starres on her head but now shee must change them into temporall crownes and glorious titles of Patriarkes universall Bishops and Pastors of Pastors yea Princes of Pastors Now must this woman either appeare in the habit of a harlot or flie from the sight of men and so as a faithfull Spouse and Virgin of Christ shee chooseth in a meane estate to retaine her virginity
from this marke of Antichrist saith the Pope never did yet it is truly verified of him both in mysticall and literall sense 1. In the true and mysticall sense for this booke hath as many mysteries as words by fire from heaven in Scripture is meant Gods wrathfull vengeance executed upon sinners called the fire of his wrath In this sense the Popes flatterers call them gods of revenge Hildebrand in an epistle to the Germanes having excommunicated Henry the fourth called him afflatum fulmine smitten with a thunderbolt Here wee have the Pope confessing that hee brings fire from heaven Did they not vaunt and Kings and people feare that being stricken with the bull of excommunication they were smitten with a divine revenge as with fire from heaven 2. In the literall sense boast they not of Zachary the Pope as hee was in his progresse to Ravenna that in the day he was protected with a cloud from the heat of the Sunne and in the night armies of fire in the heavens gave him light What shall I speake of the fiery streames which they say have reached from heaven to earth to point out the lost host as was wont to be read on Corpus Christi day What of the fiery tongues which they fetched from heaven on some of their Saints to make them equall with the Apostles or of the fire from heaven to destroy the enemies of some of their martyrs Their Legend is full of such fables but this shall suffice for the pointing of Antichrist of Rome by that wonder in that text which is true both in the true mysticall sense and in their false literall But these are called lying wonders and collusions 1 In their originall they proceed from the father of lies who is a lying Spirit in the mouthes of all false Prophets 2. Their matter is lies appearances juglings at best wonders not miracles such as Iannes and Iambres seduced Pharaoh withall 3. Their end is lying and seduction confirming lies idolatry superstition and apostasie so leading and settling men in errour for destruction III. The Dragon seduceth numbers by open tyranny and persecution we see how the apprehension of Christ drove away all his Disciples for a time and how the fanne of tribulation blowes away the chaffe from the wheat for ever And thus the whole world was seduced here in speciall manner being forced by open tyranny and rage of the Imperiall Dragons to the levell and prescript to the rites and religion of heathenish and idolatrous Rome Thus hee seduceth us outwardly Within us he hath many meanes and wayes to seduce us as 1. By exciting and stirring our originall sinne blinding our mindes with clouds of darknesse and our understanding with mists of errour working on our wills to embrace things whith corrupt judgement directeth unto stirring our affections to rebell against right judgement and will And thus hee seduceth us by our selves Iam. 1. Every man is seduced by his owne concupiscence 2. By working on our naturall faculties both our spirits and senses Hee knowes how to dull our spirits and make us drowsie and easily give off in any good meditation or service And contrarily hee can refresh and excite them in evill to make them watchfull and of long continuance and constancy in such objects And for our senses hee can draw the eye to behold wishingly the forbidden fruit the eare to set open it selfe to receive lies and slanders the tongue to blaspheme curse sweare lie and revile the smell to wind a commodity which must be compassed by oppression wrong or the like 3. By finding out our inclinations and intents and purposes that he may suggest according to those inclinations as it were hanging his weight upon us to force our owne disordered motions Thus hee doth and can out of our owne universall corruption and from observation of our counsells speeches and gestures lay fit traines for us first receiving true intelligence from our selves by observing our motions lusts affections and then sits himself down in counsell with us in our secret chambers in all our consultations of sinne himselfe being the President of our privy Councell 4. By sweetning his allurements so as no temptation is so bitter or poysonfull against God or man but hee can guild and sugar it and then layeth them in secret and in the darke so as we easily take and no sooner take than are taken by meanes the waters are both stolne and sweet IV. The last thing in opening the doctrine is the reasons why the dragon seduceth the whole earth Namely 1. The just judgement of God upon the world for the contempt of his word and the unkinde usage of the Gospell by which the world meriteth to bee seduced see 2 Thess. 2. 10 11. 2. The desperate wickednesse of Satan 1. Proclaiming open warre against God and withstanding the word of God the faith of men the glory of Jesus Christ. 2. Exercising incessant fury against mankinde all which he seeketh to bring back into his owne damnation 3. Advancing himselfe in his horrible pride to enlarge his owne kingdome to establish his greatnesse upon earth and to shew himselfe the Prince of the world In the generality of persons that the whole earth is seduced by Satan wee learne First how false a note of truth a multitude is the way of the world is the way of errour and of seduced persons to destruction rather conclude with our Saviour the multitude walkes in the broad way but strait is the way that leadeth unto life and few finde it The wisedome of a Christian is not to number voyces but weigh them and not to looke who goe in the way so much as in what way wee goe neither to hold it a good plea I did but as the most did seeing the whole earth is here seduced and deceived Secondly marvell not that many bee seduced and carryed away from God and his truth into so grosse and palpable errours seeing the dragon seduceth here all the earth 1. It is a generall but a righteous judgement of God to give up them that love seduction to be willingly blinded and carryed to destruction 2. Heresies false doctrines and delusions are just punishments of the contempt of the Gospell and word of truth 3. The world is the Princedome of Satan he must prevaile and command his subjects and tyrannize over all earthly and worldly minded men Let us not marvell that Papists are so resolute in such horrible delusions not onely against the cleare light of the Scripture but against common sense as stifly to maintaine transubstantiation judicial forgivenesse of sinnes by a Priest purging of sinne by penall workes and satisfactions salvation by merite of workes worshipping of Angels Saints Images Crosses crusts blocks stones and a thousand such senselesse dotages seeing the Lord hath smitten them with blindnesse that they cannot see the truth Let us not be moved that Popery doth so prevaile in all Countries that Princes and people learned and unlearned
inheritance his choise his habitation in which he hath promised to dwell for ever which how could he doe if he should suffer Tyrants either to destroy it or throw him out of possession Fourthly the Church is his kingdome which must have no end but if he should not save it the enimies would soone bring it to an end 3. It is a part of Gods glory which cannot passe in any other to bee the Saviour of his Church because First he alone will bee knowne the onely GOD that heareth prayer to whom all flesh must resort Psal. 65. 2. Secondly hee to whom the glory of the greater belongs to him belongs the glory of the lesser but hee onely hath the glory of saving his people from spirituall hellish and eternall danger by Christ and he onely will perfect his salvation by adding temporall and externall Thirdly for his glories sake he will bee seene the only Savior in such times and maner as none else can save as in many miraculous deliverances which all the world must ascribe onely to his hand Israel must be saved out of Aegypt by an Outcast drawne out of the waters and the sea must make them a way and become a wall to them and a Well to Pharaoh his followers To bring them along Iordan must runne back To feed them and save them from starving heaven must afford them a daily harvest and a rocke must yeeld them water forty yeares To save them from their enemies in battell the Sunne must stand still and the Moone stay her course as in the dayes of Ioshua in which all the world must behold the Lord fighting for Israel How miraculously was Ionah saved when hee was buried in a double grave Twofold instruction ariseth hence to the Church and people of God First wee learne in the greatest dangers and needs to waite for the Lords salvation in the depth of danger if wee be beset as Israel at the sea side or if wee be chased into the bottome of sea now to stand still and behold the salvation of the Lord Exod. 14. Quest. How may wee waite aright for the Lords salvation Answ. 1. Become Beleevers members of the Church for it is said The Lord will save Sion stablish thy faith in this promise give God the glory of truth and when thou art beset with sorrowes pains perils when thou art in the valley of death in the hands of death in the house of death now say Salvation is the Lords and as Iob If the Lord kill me yet will I trust in him 2. Beware of sinne for that which thrusteth thee from the Lord thrusteth away the Lords salvation from thee but sinne separates betweene God and us and may suspend his salvation from his Saints longer than is for their ease Bewaile thy sinne remove by repentance that partition which thou hast thrust betweene God and thee salvation is farre from the wicked because they are farre from God Psalme 119. 155. It is never so farre from the godly yet often not so neare them as they desire because they are not got so neare God by faith repentance and invocation as he desireth Dan. 9. 12. All Israel have sinned and therefore the curse is powred out against all Israel and Iosh. 7. 11. 12. Israel hath sinned a sinne and cannot stand before their enemies If wee would have the Lord to put forth his salvation we must put away our sinne which makes him seeme sometimes as if he could not save his people 3. Fixe the eye of thy soule directly upon the Lord and looke not a squint at men or meanes nor thinke all lost if they set not in for thy helpe for First the Lord whose salvation is needs them not to worke by Secondly all meanes are put in his hand and by his appointment are what they are and if hee doe use any men or meanes as in this Text he did the Christian Emperours yet the Church must sing as here salvation is the Lords Thirdly no meanes may share in his glory nor obscure or darken it Secondly it teacheth to ascribe all honour of salvation to the Lord as here the Church doth for First there is great reason that hee who is our salvation should be our song the Church here makes the author of her salvation the matter of her song so Exod. 15. 2. gnozzi vezimrath Iah The Lord is my strength and song It is equall that the honour of salvation bee returned to the Author of it Secondly the office of the Church is to give knowledge to the world by whom and by what meanes she is delivered that after-ages may repaire in like dangers to the same hand in which onely salvation is see Psalme 102. 18. and Esa. 38. 19. Thirdly for our selves we above all people have just cause to sing unto the Lord our salvation and say Now is salvation the Lords Time was in the dayes of the fathers when our nation lay in darknesse in Idolatry in the midst of Images and teachers of lies worshipping blockes and stones and crusts of bread The blindenesse and darknesse was palpable like that of Aegypt wherein no man could stirre out of the place where his ignorance had set him But God in his due time tooke pitty upon us and tooke possession of us as his people possessed our Kingdome our Princes and people with light truth and the blessed Gospell of salvation now was Antichrist detected darknesse dispelled Idols displaced Masse-mongers and god-makers cast out now was salvation the Lords when hee swept out that Antichristian vermine frighted away those uncleane birds pulled downe their Cages over their heads and made the happy restoring of the Gospell as a birth-day to our Countrey and this English Nation In the yeare 1588. when that invincible Navie as they termed it advanced it selfe with a Catholike strength to swallow up our Nation at one morsell they wanted not his Holinesse helpe to curse and excommunicate our Prince and people they wanted no Engines of torture and cruelty no cut-throates to exercise them they brought over heires for our Lands were provided of choise men designed to Bishoppricks our Baronries our dignities our livings our Offices of Councell and State all was their owne But no sooner they appeared in our Coasts but now salvation was the Lords who would shew the Romish and Babylons Balaam that there is no sorcery nor cursing against Iacob and make his Embassadours know that there is neither power nor counsell against the Lord and that he had no pleasure in such cursed crueltie and covetousnesse The Sunne the Moone the Elements fire water and windes fought against proud Sisera but salvation was the Lords In the meane time what did we but looke on while the God of our salvation made the confusion of that Armado the stupor and admiration of the whole world Add to this the hellish Powder-plot when the necke of our King and all his three kingdomes was upon the blocke and the stroke lifted
Anthony c. Oh abominable sinke of Romish Idolatry the true Church doth not sing salvatioÌ„ to Saints living or dead but saith of Abraham Iacob They know us not Es. 63. 16. here Salvation is the Lords this the Church of Rome doth not therefore it is not the true Church But 3. Above all their hatefull Idolatry they exceed themselves and all other Idolaters in worshipping the Queene of heaven and depending on their Lady and where the true Church sing salvation to the Lord they sing salvation to the Lady The Psalter of Bonaventure which they call the Ladies Psalter is a witnesse beyond exception or credit where in every Psalme whatsoever is sung to the Lord they change into the Lady Psalme 3. 1. O Lady why doe they increase that trouble me Psal 6. 1. O Lady correct me not in thy fury so in all the rest all prayers all confessions all the praises of Gods salvation are turned wholy upon her Add to this that they turned Athanasius Creed into our Ladies Creed Whosoever will be saved must above all things beleeve firmely concerning Mary which whosoever holdeth not firmely cannot be saved and so on and concludes This is the faith of our Virgin Mary which whosoever c. They have and doe sing to her the Song of Simeon Now let thy servant of Mary depart in peace for mine eyes have seene the salvation of Mary which thou hast prepared before the face of all people a light c. They sing to her the Song of Zachary Luke 1. 68. Blessed be the Lady and the Mother of my God of Israel who by thee hath visited and redeemed his people and raised up an horne of salvation And Maries owne Song My soule doth magnifie my Lady and the Song of Ambrose We praise thee Lady wee acknowledge thee to bee the Lady c. The same Bonaventure in his Ladies Psalter lately imprinted prayeth to her thus Coge illum peccatoribus misereri Enforce Christ to have mercy upon sinners and in his Treatise called corona B. Mariae Virginis Iure matris impera tuo dilectissimo filio Command thy welbeloved sonne in the right of a mother to turne our hearts from the love of earthly things unto heavenly And in their Mariall the name of the Lady is a strong tower the sinner flyeth unto her and is saved as is said of God Prov 18. 10. Is not this to sing salvation to their Lady not to the Lord Biel upon his Exposition of the Canon of the Masse saith Wee flie principally to the Queene of heaven for it is signified in Ester the Queene who comming to appease King Ahasuerus had this grant It shall be given thee though thou aske halfe of my Kingdome so God the Father having his justice and mercy as the chiefest goods of his Kingdome keepes his justice to himselfe and surrenders his mercy to the Virgin Mary and so makes her as Bonaventure cals her the chiefe corner stone Bernard de Busti in his Marial tels us Velocior est nonnunquam salus memorato nomine Mariae quà m invocato nomine Iesu filij ejus A man may be sooner saved by mentioning the name of Mary than by calling upon the name of Christ her sonne How then is salvation the Lords Christ saith I have trodden the winepresse alone and there was no man with me Esa. 63. 3. but saith hee there was one woman c. Bozius de signis Ecclesiae saith By the two Cherubins covering the Arke are signified Christ and Mary through whom God is mercifull and heareth our prayers and as Hevah was the mother of the living that filled earth so Mary was the mother that bare all men to heaven That vision beleeved of theÌ„ above the Canonicall Scripture of the two Ladders set up the red Ladder on the top of which Christ stood the Fryers of Francis could not get up by but the white Ladder on the top of which the Virgin Mary stood by that they easily gat up shewes to whom that hereticall Church sings their salvation The heathens would rend their garments and pull their haire off their head to heare such blaspemies against their so reputed gods and wee Christians can comport with such hatefull blaspemous Idolatrous people No marvell if the Gospell take her to her wings when such vile seducers are taken into our bosomes and such Preachers as withstand them cast out of all request But Papists expect not salvation onely from the Host of heaven but from the host in earth Not troubling you with their Crosses Relickes Images all which they invocate for helpe with most religious devotion They all expect the very same salvation from the broaden god as from Christ himselfe the very God for it is very Christs body blood bones flesh Boots and spurs and all Their detestable prayers to their breaden god are infinite in number and sacriledge I will not stirre that sinke now But can wee sufficiently detest or bee too opposite to a religion whose god may be stolne away as Labans Why hast thou stolne my gods where Chrysostome saith Art thou not ashamed of the speech what can they be stollen and be gods too whose god may bee burned in the fire as the bread even after consecration whose god may bee eaten by dogs mice wormes yea by his worshipper Avernoes after his long travell and experience of many religions detested as worst and fondest of all the Christian Religion because said hee they teare him with their teeth whom they worship as a god Can we bee too farre from that religion whose god may poyson him that eates him as in many instances I could shew in their host and whose god may bee broken to pieces and some of them reserved for relickes shall wee bee so senselesse as they to expect salvation from that which cannot save it selfe from wormes The second reproofe after Churches lighteth on many persons that seeke and expect salvation not from the Lord but from the devill seeking to Witches and sorcerers a common sinne even of hearers of the Word Consider some reasons shewing the wickednesse of it 1. It is against Gods Commandement Levit. 19. 26 â—1 Yee shall use no inchantment the soule that turneth after such I will set my face against and cut off God by his Law pronounceth death on the Witch and the seeker to him see Deut. 18. 10. 2. All commerce with the devill directly or indirectly mediately or immediately is condemned First the open compact with Satan by the Wisard who openly invocates the devill and for his helpe renounceth his Creator his Baptisme Jesus Christ and his redemption worships the devil executes his commands c. It is absolutely wicked to require this of them which they cannot doe without their owne destruction and wraps themselves in the sinne for not principals onely but accessaries are worthy of death Rom. 1. 32. Secondly for the secret compact on thy part thou seekest them for thou gettest no cure but by
take our Nation Fourthly the dragon is false and unjust in usurping that which is not his and so are his issue for tyrants and persecutors as appeares in the story of the Primitive Church promoted and accused the Christians for lucres sake that they might have the spoyle of their goods as Promoters sometimes use not for justice sake or for love of the lawes to accuse men but to get money to themselves so here these two commonly goe together cruelty and injustice Which serves to satisfie some places of Scripture that seeme contrary to this doctrine for it seemeth that God stirreth up persecutors hee bids Shimei rayle and Ashur is the rod in his hand and therefore the dragon is not the only persecutor Answ. There is great difference in the worke of God and of the dragon in the same action for 1. God worketh by wicked men in afflicting his Church but the devill worketh effectually in them 2. In the manner God by permitting and ordering their malice the dragon by immitting and inspiring them with malice and mischiefe 3. In the end God for the good and salvation of his Church the devill for their destruction and damnation if it were possible The fire of Gods furnace who ever be the blowers is to try and purge as gold the fire of hell is to burne up and consume if it might bee Againe whence are the persecutors of godly men and godlinesse they are of the dragon and of their father the devill whose workes they doe Whence is Popish religion of all other the most fierce and cruell but from the dragon who inspireth and acteth them with his owne spirit of enmity and murther who was a murtherer from the beginning for as these Antichristian dragons were next in time to the Imperiall so also the next in condition for as among them so among these none must goe backe from the judgement seat non mutata sententia which was an old law against Christians That religion must needs be Antichristian which is most contrary to Christs his doctrine and person was lowly and meeke hee never kindled furious or sulphurious fires against the persons and bodies of his enemies but used other arguments of love and lenity to winne and perswade them So whence are they who picke quarrels against godly men as Nero did to discharge his owne guilt upon their backes desirous to finde and father occasions and suggestions against them Are they not inspired and acted by the devill and wholy guided by the dragon in minde will and affection Wouldest thou shew thy selfe an absolute slave to the devill goe on in the way thou art in to persecute revile and wrong the servants of God When wee see a man fierce and furious that no perswasion no reason no bands or strength of men can rule him wee will say surely hee is possessed of the devill as truely may wee say here This furious enemy is possessed by the dragon whom no reason or perswasion of GODS Word no bands or ties of religion or grace can conquer but hee goes on in rage and fury against godly men and as farre as hee can contrives mischiefe against them Here is one possest with an uncleane spirit the devill acteth and moveth him what hee doth the devill doth Let persecutors set what face and countenance they can they bee persons in whom the devill raigneth Rev. 2. 13. Antipas was slaine where the devill dwelt that is by men in whom the devill held his throne and hold 3. From the former reasons wee may discerne who they bee from whom wee may looke for persesecution if occasion and time serve 1. If men expresse any fierce enmity andgreat difference in matter of religion whether in judgement or practice here will arise easily as great an estrangement as was betweene Jewes and Samaritans who meddle not one with another and it will easily goe farther from affection into action if occasion serve If Cain cast downe his countenance upon his brother for the sacrifice sake and if Abels finde better acceptance no band of nature can make up the quarrell if Cain finde opportunity hee will lift up his hand in the murderous act as well as cast downe his eyes upon him If thou hearest men persecute by their tongues the way of God as persecutors spare no speech against that way supposing it a justification of themselves conclude of them their hands will be ready enough upon occasion to act the persecution of their tongues The dragon can put him into one part as well as another 2. When men regard not in conscience and sincerity Gods holy Ordinances nor love the meanes of grace and salvation they will easily bee brought to persecute and throw downe the same Gods justice strikes the want of love to the meanes of grace with a stronger delusion and hee that in the shine of the Gospell shewes not love this man in the storme will shew hatred And whosoever stands out against the light of grace and word of grace there is the same reason with that in the dragon because there is an hidden darknesse in himselfe contrary to it 3. When a man is set to make good his own estate credit profit with the love of the Church and Gospel if he fear Christs cōming near him wil not stand with his projects and profits this man is in the high way to this mischiefe Gods glory shall give way to his owne and rather then Gadarens will lose Piggs and Swine all the City will rise and pray him to bee gone and if he will not by intreaty they will goe further as the Jewes fearing losse by Christ persecute him to the death And to this add covetousnesse and injustice noted in the causes when men for lucres sake and for no just cause else for a little mony or expectation of reward shew themselves enemies to godly men they are not to be trusted If Iudas will fill his bagg let Christ looke to himselfe The dragon in these lusts rules them and moves them and carries them from evill to worse and on occasion will shew it 4. If the dragon be the persecutor of the Church then the way to overcome all persecutors is to overcome the dragō and to prevaile against the devill Enemies of the Church and people of God are as fierce and inexorable as the dragon they must goe on as farre as the dragon is permitted to move them and therefore to conquer them we must prevaile against the dragon not by force furie impatience reviling or the like but First by the Word as Christ in his temptations Secondly by prayer that Christ would rebuke him and add fasting because this devill goeth not out but by fasting and prayer Thirdly by innocency holinesse and the practice of godlinesse this indeed makes him more raging but farre weaker and hath GODS promise of defence Fourthly by the contrite spirit of patience meeknesse forgivenesse love and peace Thus wee
they brew and digest the bread of affliction they prepared for others 2 Let us acknowledge with much thankfulnesse the truth of this prophesie Wee have seene the earth drinke up many floods cast out of the dragons mouth by Antichristian tyranny sufficiently strong and deepe to have carried her quite away Among many instances I will record two in fresh memory and not farre off In the yeare 1521. when Luther had appeared before Caesar at Wormes to give account of his doctrine and doings what a mighty flood issued out of the mouth of the dragon which in the Imperial edicts threatned nothing but death and bloodshed against the Professors of the Gospell and this flood like Danubius ranne through all Germany But now see how the earth drunke up the flood Shortly after arose an exceeding great trouble in Spaine to the pacifying of which the Emperour went in person and so the Professors of the Gospell had a little breathing till the States of the Empire assembled at Norinburge got those cruell Edicts mitigated and qualified to the great prosperity of the Gospell The other in our owne Kingdome in the dayes and memory of our Fathers When in the raigne of Queene Mary many were carryed away with that raging and high-swelling flood of the sixe Articles and the enemies were devising not to strike off the branches onely but as one perswaded to strike at the root in cutting off the then Lady Elizabeth being then in prisonand very unlike ever to get out of their bloody hands now see how the Lord caused the earth to helpe his Church for who was the meanes to keepe them off her and her head on her shoulders but King Philip of Spaine an earthly Idolater who had no reason but to bee a greater enemy to her than her sister or that state Now the earth dranke up the flood and a few moneths set that happy Lady and the Church and Kingdome by her in such glory and prosperity as ancient ages had never seene and future ages perhaps both wish and admire 3. In the present tryals and persecutions of the Church when wee see the floods swell even almost over her head and Antichristian Armies every where gathered and carry afore them whole Provinces and Churches be not dismayed but stand still and see the Lords salvation he will appoint one meanes or other to swallow up all these floods as here hee commanded the earth to â—each her helping hand both to take in and harbour the Lords exiles in the secret chambers of her desert Mountaines and Caves as also to drinke in the dangers for them Nay more the Lord who causeth the earth to helpe the woman will in and by these persecutions helpe up his Church and truth Act. 8. 1. The wicked men of earth raise great persecution against the Disciples at Jerusalem and scatter them but they being scattered and dispersed spread the Gospell through all the Regions of Iudea and Samaria In the story of the Waldenses is reported that the banishing of Waldo his followers out of LyoÌ„s was a means which God used to spread the doctrine of the Gospel in the darkest times of Antichrist almost over all Europe Thus the Lord bringeth light out of darknesse to his Church the earth shall not bury the truth but spread it neither shall these Antichristian floods drowne the woman but shall onely water her furrows And let the Church be instant with the Lord he wil in the end of these businesses shew he hath a reach beyond all Actors and lookers on the wrath of men shal turn to his praise themselves shal drink the rivers of blood which they intend against the woman and shall root themselves out that the Gospell which they fight against may finde footing in the most desolate Popish Countries and the time and their pride hasteneth it Let us alwayes set these props under our faith to support us through our tryals whether wee see meanes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 It is enough to see the power and faithfulnesse of God who can and rather than faâ—â—e will worke the Saints delivery by unknowne and even by contrary meanes Waite upon the Word If hee seeme not to regard thee in danger awake him by thy prayers hee may delay helpe a while but he cannot dehy thee helpe but hee must deny himselfe but either hee will lead thee out by preventing the danger or helpe thee through it and make thee more then a Conquerour in it by a conquered death 4. As the Church abroad is tryed and in resistance of the floods of violence and lies under the fire and sword of the enemy so the dragon ceaseth not amongst us in our peace to cast out such floods as hee can of scandalls slanders and reproaches of Gods people against which wee must foâ—tifie our selves with assurance that all these floods shall be drunke up and dryed up also for us For 1. Our Head is the truth and as strength of truth prevailed in his owne person and rose againe from underground so it shall in all his members by his mighty power 2. Gods promise is to bring forth our righteousnesse as the light even as a bright morning comes after a sad night of black darknesse 3. Gods providence watcheth as well the names and reputation of the Saints as their persons because as their persons are nearely joyned to Christ so are their names nearely linked to his and their honour is his as their reproach is his Heb. 13. 13. 4. Looke upon the unknowne meanes used by God to drinke in these floods Sometime from heaven The Angell turnes away the flood of scandall which had like to have drowned the Virgin while Ioseph was thinking to put her away Mat. 1. 20. Feare not to take her Sometime the earth as here rather than faile shall drinke it up The Judge shall pronounce Christ innocent Saul shall proclaime Davids innocency 1 Sam. 24. 18. Thou art more righteous than I. Lastly though truth and innocency may bee clouded a long time yet it shall bee disclosed and time the mother of truth shall dry up and drinke in all wicked accusation when all secrets shall bee disclosed as well for the opening of innocency as the shutting of the mouth of guiltinesse Vers. 17. Then the dragon was wroth with the woman and went to make warre with the remnant of her seed which keepe the Commandements of God and have the testimony of Iesus Christ. THE dragon being againe defeated of his purpose in drowning the woman seeth that hee cannot hurt her yet he cannot but hate her the more Hee cannot meet with her to doe the mischleâ—â— that he would for she is out of sight neither can the floods cast out of his mouth reach her for shee is safe and hid and the earth shall drinke it for her yet hee abates not of his wrath against her and for the wrath hee beares to her hee goes and makes warre with her issue described here
the two witnesses are 315 Withstand Satan sixe rules 258 Wiues duties to their husb 18. c. Wizzards no good Christian that seekes to them 506 Woe what note it is 6â—6 Woman the Church militant so called 16 17 Word of God by it wee overcome spirituall enemies how 611 treachery of Papists disarming us of it 613. word neglected or despised leaves wicked sinners 614 World must not get our affections conformity patronage 14 Y Youth taxed for slipping their time 723 Z Zeale meeknes how to be tempered in Ministers others 661 ERRATA Pag. 14. read it lyeth in wickednesse p. 38. r let the light make us ashamed p. 75 r. in the full and all is gone p. 103. r. personall and doctrinall and they have not the succession of Peter who have not the faithof Peter p. 112. r. may well mistrust their conversion p. 135 r. in Iohns time having command c p. 199. r. must not touch Iobs life p. â—74 r. either of their faith or salvation p. 282. r. meditate often on Gods promises p. 285 r laudatorie oration p. 310 r. word of salvation p. 522. r. Nathan or Gad p. 607. r. dead workes Heb. 9. 14. p. 7â—5 r. more easily drawne p. 803 r. all these happie meanes p. 837 r. Oh how love I thy Law FINIS Hebr. 11. 4. Hebr. 12. 1. 1 Tim. 9. 12 2 Tim. 2. 5. 4 8. 2 Chr. 19. 11 20. 17 Phil. 1. 27. Parts of the Chapter 1 What is this Wonder The greatnes of the wonder in 3. things The manner of apperance of this vision Sundry ends why God thus revealed himselfe Spiritus Deâ— alli cit Satanae cogit vi The place where this wonder appeareth By heaven commonly in this booke is meant the militant Church For 3. reasons 1. 2. 3. Attention affection incited by sundry arguments 1. 2. 3. The modesty of this holy Evangelist His fidelity 1 To his Lord. 2 To the Church True members of the Church are in heaven upon earth 1 In expectation 2 In inchoation Saints in heaven fully freed from all evils 1 From the evill world foure waies 2 From the corruptions of the world 3 From wicked persons societies Conformity of Saints in earth with Saints of heaven 1 In vision of God 2 In framing to the Charter of heaven 3 In keeping a perpetuall Sabbath 4 In fruition of the presence of Christ. 5 In enjoying God the meanes of their lives Vse No true members of the Church 1 That have no birth but from earth 2 That have no inheritance but in earth 3 That have no conversation but in earth * 4 That have no delight but in earth Discernable by 4 notes Vse The Christian is in the world not of the world The world may not gaine our affections 2 Nor our conformity 3 Nor our patronage 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Woman in this mysticall booke signieth 3. things 1 Idols 2 City of Rome 3 The true Church This woman is not the Church triumphant for 3. reasons Church compared to a womâ—â— 1 In respect of her selfe 3 Causes 2 In relation to others 1 To God 2 To Christ. 3 To Christians The spouse of Christ 1 must cleave to her husband 1 In person for 4. reasons 1. 2. 3. 4. 2 In affection 3 In affliction 2 She must depend upon her husband 1 For direction 2 For protection 3 For provision 3 She must honour her husband 4 She must please her husband In 1 Not pleasing her selfe 2 Nor pleasing men 3 Observing what will best please him 4 By decking the soule with graces 5 By respecting his friends 6 By delight in his presence Sixe priviledges of the spouse of Christ. 1 Free election 2 Divine pacification 3 Gracious assimilation in 4. things 1. 2. 3. 4 Free donation in 4. things 1. 2. 3. 4. 5 High exaltation in 3. things 1. 2. 3. 6 Eternall consolation Answereth all objections 1 In things which might prevent our happinesse 2 In things that might discontinue to our happinesse In posse non peccare In non posse peccare Christ the Sun is there opposed 1. to shadowes of the ceremoniall Law 2 To our naturall darknes 1 Vnity 2 Light Solis Jubar in vegore miridâ—aâ—o oculos intueÌ„lium perstringit et talis est gloâ—ia Christi summa et inaspectabilis 3 Purity 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Multioculum 4 Power 5 Participation Effects of this Sunne of the Church 1 Illumination 2 Direction 3 Refection 4 Distinction of seasons Vse The Sunne of the Church infinitely surpasseth the sun of the world in 6. things 2 Rejoyce in our Sunne 3 Be thankful for our Sunne risen 4 Imitate our Sunne 5 Walke beseeming our sunne 1 Warily 2 Watchfully 3 Decently 4 Diligently Vse The Sunne of the Church never setteth Christ a garment why Necessitie of a garment in 3 things 1 To cover the body 2 To sence the body 3 To cherish the body 2 vse of garments is for ornament 3 For distiction This garment differeth from other garments in 5. things 1 The author 2 The matter 3 The price 4 The vse 5 The duraÌ„ce The woman cloathed with this Sunne 1 On Gods part by imputation 2 On mans part by application Quidam induunt Christum tantum quoad Sacramenti perceptionem alij et ad vitae sanctificationem Five graces requisite to the clothing of a christian â— Repentance 2 Faith 3 Prayer 4 Holinesse 5 Hope 1 Duty hence to put on this garment is necessary 1 To save from evils Cant. 1. 7. The Church wold find Christ at noone in the heat of the the sun of persecution to be refreshed by him 2 To procure us all good 2 wayes The putting on of this garment is a continuall act of this life And in much weaknesse for 2. reasons Christians must expresse the bright shining of this garment 1 In renovatioÌ„ of nature 2 In the shine of spirituall graces 3 In shining conversation Reasons 5. 2. 3. 4. 5. Vse Not to cast dirt upon so pretious a garment 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Not to leave it off for the frown of men 4. reasons 2. 3. 4. We must keep cleane this costly garment for 3. reasons 1. 2. 3. How to keepe our garment cleane 3. rules 1. 2. 3. Vse 7 Sorts of men defile their garments 1. 2. 4. 5. 6. 7. Vse Beware of stayning thy holy profession 1. 2. 3. 4. Saints by calling be Saints in conversation Six helps to keep our garments cleane 2. 3. 4. 5. Property 2. The world compared to the Moone in 4. things 1 In inferiority 2 In mutabilitie 3 In obscurity 4. In the use The treading of the Moone under feet is the contempt of the world A sound Christian despiseth the best of the world And the worst of the world And all the world in comparison of Christ. Reasons 5. 1. 2. 4. Sound judgment holds earthly things good with 4 Cautions 1. 2. 3. Why the christian prizeth Christ above all the world
engineir against the Saints I. 1 Stratagem is to intercept victuall from the Christian souldier 1 By hindring preachers 2 By hindring men from comming to heare 3 By hindring the hearing being come He stealeth the word 3 waies 3. 4 By intercepting it froÌ„ the heart and life 4. waies II. 2 Stratagem to disarme us 2 waies 2. How Satan turneth our own weapons against our selves As our graces And Gods word 2. waies III. 3 Stratagem is to breake our ranks in our duties 1 Of our generall calling 2 Of our speciall calling IV. 4 Stratagem is to dissemble a flight 3. instances V 5 Stratagem by light skirmishes get great advantages Motives to avoid small and secret sins The 6. stratagem of the 7. heads Satan sprea deth false feares concerning mens estates Foure instances I. II. And concerning their actions Foure instances Vse I. Serpentine wisdome is in fourethings Nâ—mo enim celerius oppâ—imitur quam qâ—irihil aut paruÌ„ timet hostisque stâ—enuitatem ignorat 2. 3. 1 Sam. 21. 14. 4. Christians must walke as wisely as warrantably Meanes to get this serpÄ›tine wisedome 5. Wherein is the practise of true wisdome Wee must not only do good but be wise to do good Vse 3. Comforts against the depths of Satan 5. 1. 2 3. 1 Joh. 4. 4. 5. 1 What is meant here by ten hornes II. Of the number of ten hornes Doct Hurtfull men to the Church are as hurtfull beasts to men Reas. 1. Reas. 2. Reas. 3. How the world addeth strength to the hornes The Lord suffereth these hornes for five ends Vse 1. Witnesse the most outragious and savage cruelty of Papists against Magdiburge this 1631. 2 Cor. 4. 9. and 6. 9. The Church cannot bee overcome by ten thousand hornes 1 Because their great power is limited by a greater 2. It is set against God 3. The woman hath a more mighty horne of salvation 4 God hath 4. Carpenters to scatter the 4. hornes 1. Turneth them one against another We must despaire of our strength And fly to the strength of God As also confederate with God Vse II. Enemies not to lift their hornes so high Foure Reasons I. 2. 3. 4. By seven crownes what is meant Doct. Luke 11. 21. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 1. 2 Tim. 2. 26. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The dragon exerciseth Princedome 1. Spiritually Three wayes Rom. 6. 17. Rom. 6. 13. 2. Corporally Reas. 1. The dragons power contrary to Christs Sixe instances Reas. 2. Satans subtilty in getting his heads crowned Reas. 3. The sinnes of the Church often crowne the dragon Deut. â—8 13. Reas. 4. Use. 1. Rom. 6. 20. Signes of such as uphold the dragoÌ„s crown and dignity 1 Enemies to the motions and perswasions of the Spirit 2 Walke according to the course of the world 3 Beleevers of lies 3. 4 Persecutors of godly men Vse II. True Church not alwayes discernable by externall splendor Reas. 3 Vse III. The Church not inferiour to her crowned enemies 1. Not in her person 2. Not in her head 3. Not in her lowest estate 1 Pet. 4. 15. Vse IIII. Rev. 13. 8. Vse V. Wee must learne to sit and hold the crowne on Christs head 1. Cast ' downe thy crowne at his feet 2. Set up his thâ— one in thy soule 3. Take the oath of allegeance to Christ. 4. Resist the dragons incroachments upon Christ. Iude 6. Pastors of the Church called starres why Starres fall from heaven to earth Three wayes 1. In Iudgement 2. In affection 3. In practice By the dragons tayle what is meant Cauda est 1. Naturalis pars animaâ—is Exo. 4. 4 2 Metaphorica Deut. 18 15. pro ignobili imbecilli vili 3. Mystica Apoc 9. 10. in hoc loco False Prophets called the Taile in 4. respects The best interpietation of a prophesie i the accomplishment of it In that fourth persecution under Antoninus Verus Revel 6. 5. All the starres not cast downe Three Reasons Ecclesia est cor mundi primum vivens ultimum moriens The chiefe aime of the dragon is to cast down the starres How many starres in the Romish church were cast downe Reason Luke 10. 17. Reas. 2. Reas. 3 Reas. 4. Reas. 5. Use. 1. How the stars may prevent their casting downe by five practices Vse II. Prayer for our Ministers how prevaleÌ„t Eph. 6. 20. Use III. Vse IIII. Vse V. Comfort to the shining starres 4. Grounds Doct. II. The dragon cannot cast downe all the â—ars but only 〈◊〉 part Rev. 8. 4. Reas. 1. Reas. 2. Reas. 3. Reas. 4. Mediators not meritorious as Christ but ministeriall Nazianzen Reas. 5. Many wayes the Lord can and doth defeat the dragon 7. Instances Act. 23. 6. Pro. 16. 7. Use. 1. Vse II. No prevailing against the Saints till 1. God permit 2. Gods time is come 3. Their work be done Use III. Vse IIII. Ier. 11. 19. Acts 18 10. Ier. 20. 11. Starres needfull in a darke night The dragon standeth before the woman Satan assaults the childe in the birth 3. Reasons Doct. The dragon hindreth good things in their beginning 5. Reasons Reas. 1. Reas. 2. Reas. 3. Reason 4. Reas. 5. How many wayes Satan windeth himselfe to keepe men in their naturall estate Use. 1. Satan defireth no sharper weapon then our owne security In watching against Satan observe three Rules Rule 1. Rule 2. Rule 3. Vse II. Use III. No calling or condition can secure a good man from opposition How a man may discerne the dragon standing before him Acts 16. 20. 18. 13. 6. Rules to withstand the dragon Rule 1. Rule 2. Rule 3. Rule 4. Rule 5. Rule 6. Meaning Some allusion betweene Christ and the man-childe Christ not meant by this man-childe Five Reasons * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Revel 11. 16. Rulers and Princes taken up to the Throne of God Who meant by the man-childe Why the manchilde is not to be meant of one singular person Doct. The dragons watch cannot hinder the woman from bringing forth the manchild Reas. 1. Gods decree is stable Reas. 2. Gods truth Reas. 3. Gods power Reason 4. Gods care Use. 1. II. The dragon cannot hinder the woman from bringing forth sonnes to defend the truth Nor from bringing forth Children in grace Rev. 14. 6. Rev. 3. 8. Vse II. Vse III. Meanes Doct. 11. Reas. 1. Reas. 2. Reas. 3. Reas. 4. Vse I. Vse II. Felix qui quod amat aras videlicet focos defendere fortiter audet Observ. I. Reas. 1. Vse I. Observ. II. Reas. 1. Reas. 2. Use I. Vse II. Iosh. 1. 8. Deut. 17. 18. Vse III. Fulmen est ubi cum potestate habitat iracundia Observ. 3. Use I. Vse II. Doct. Reas. 1. Reas. 2. Reas. 3. Reason 4. Reas. 5. Bellar. de Eccle. lib. 3. c. 13. de Pontif. lib. 4. cap. 14. Conclus I. Conclus 2. Conclus 3. Use. I. Vse II. Use III. Vse IIII. Ier. 12. 10. Doct. Reas. 1. Reas. 2. Vse I. Vse II. Use III. Use. 1. Use II. Vse III. Iacula facilius exâ—ipiuntur
si praevide antur Doct. Reas. 2. Reas. 3. Reason 4. Use. I. Use II. Vse III. August Hom. 9 in Apoc. Michaelem intellige Christum Also Iustin. Mart. Dialog cum Triphone Iudaeo and Tertul. de carne Christ. the like Doct. Reas. 1. Note Use. I. Reas. 1. Reas. 2. Reas. 3. Rule 4. Use. I. Use II. Vse III. Doct. No prevailing against the Church Reas. 1. Five things in God hinder the dragon from prevailing 1 Cor. 10. 13. Reas. 2. Five things in Christ hinder him from it Dan. 2 45. Reas. 3. Enemies are creatures cursed captive Gen. 12. 3. Reason 4. Foure things in the Saints that prevent the dragon Accepit posse si vellet non velle quod posset Aug. de corrept cap. 11. Vse 1. Psal. 129. 1 2. Use 11. Quest. Answ. Vse III. Rule 1. Rule 2. Euseb. in vit Const. orat 3. Reas. 1. Legio fulminaÌ„s Tert. Use II. Hos. 5. 12. 14. Notes of one whose place shall not bee found Esa. 60. 12. 1. Name 2. Name The devill a serpent why 3. Name 4. Name Use. I. 2. 3. Vt sanâ—mur salvemur Plin. hist. nat tom 2. l. 28. c. 9. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2. Thes. 2. 9. Use. I. Use II. Vse III. Vse IIII. Markes of one seduced by the serpent 1. The preaching of the Gospell is as lightning quick piercing and unresistable Doct. Reas. 1. 2. Claves sunt symbolum potestatis See also Ioh. 16. 11. 3. Psal. 2. 1. Use I. Use II. Iob 20. Psal. 10. 1 Iohn 5. 4. Doct. I. Reas. 1. 2. 3. Ephes. 2. 1. Vse 1. Use II. Use III. Doct. II. where Christ comes the devill is cast out Two wayes of Christs comming 1. Puer Hebraeus jubet me diis beatis imperans hanc sedem relinquere in orcum redire jam abito tacitus ab aris nostris Nunc mirantur si tam multâ—s annos civitas peste vexetur cum Aesculapius alij dij longè absunt ab ea Postea enim quam Iesus colitur nihil utilitatis á dijs consequi possumus Reas. 1. Esa. 61. 1. 2. 2. 3. Vse I. Vse II. Vse III. Vse IIII. 1. II. Hos 10. 2. Ephes. 2. 5. 1. Pet. 3. Doct. Reas. 1 2 3 2. Cor. 11. 4 Object Answ. Vse I. 2 Cor. 2. 16. Use II. Use III. Rom. 8. 1. Vse IIII. Act. 9. 1 From the multitude 2 From the magnitude 3 From the latitude 4 From the quality of the persons Doct. Object 1. Answ. 1. Reas. 1 2 Exo. 2. 23 24. Exod. 15. 7. 3 Vse I. Ester 9 17. Use 11. Doct. Reas. 1. 2. Psal. 132. 14. 3. Vse I. Esa. 38. 20. Vse II. Orthodox explic lib. 6. A heape of Blasphemies Nil Deus in nobis praeter sua dona coronat Explic. art Lovan tom 2. art 9. Lev. 20. 6. Vse III. Object Answ. Psal. 22. 28. Prov. 8. 15. Doct. Reas. 1. 2 3 Use I. Iohn 12. 19. Vse III. Mourne for the not prevailing of Christs Kingdome Theophylacti est distinctio Psal. 2. 9. 12 Doctr. Reas. 1. 2 3 Prov. 8. 15. Dan. 3. 25. Vse 1. Luke 18 â— Rom. 13. 1. Bellarm. aâ— Clericis c. 30. Cap. 28. Defens fid l. 4. c. 15 §. 9. 16. Eâ—â—an Saaphor tit Clericus Vse II. Zech. 12. 1 Cor. 14. 25. 2 Cor. 4. 6. 2 Cor. 10. 4. 2 Thess. 1. 11. Psal. 119. 133. Lib. 6. c. 3. Apologet Impios â—am victos contemnit necinsectatur Cypr. Doct. 1. Reas. 1. Gal. 4. 26 2. 1 Cor. 10. 3. Heb. 1. 14. 3. 4. Vse I. Motives to love our Christian brethreÌ„ 1. 2. 3. Vse 2. Mâ—lac 2 10. 1 Cor. 6. 8. Thes. 4. 6. Use. 4. Vse 5. Doctr. 2. Reas. 1. 2 3 Act. 16. 19. Act. 12. 25. Vse I. Vse II. Memento diffidâ—re Epicharmus 1 Cor. 12. Vse III. Vse IIII. Doct. 3. Reas. 1. 3. Vse Euseb. lib. 5. cap. 8. Hist. See Whites way to the Church pâ—g 430. Tacit. â—nnal li. 5. Lib. 6. cap. 8. Psal. 15. Job 27. 2 Cor. 6. Psal. 7. Euseb. lib. 10. c. 17. Lib. 5. cap. 21. Dejectum dicit non pretritum Doct. 1. Reason 1. Heb. 4. 13 Psal. 11. 2. 3. 4. Col. 3. 4. Vse I. Vse II. Vse III. Vse IIII. 1 Sam. 24. 18. Doct. II. Reas. 1. 2. 3. 4. Vse Doct. 2 1 John 5 4 2 Cor. 8. 12. 3. Vse I. Vse II. Vse 1. Vse 2. Vse 1. Vse 2 Vse 3. Use 4. Vse 5. Doctr. Reas. 1. 2 3. 4 5. Vse 1. Vse 2. Use 3. Use. 4. Use 5. 2 Cor. 12. 10. and 6. 9. and 4. 8. Doctr. Reas. 1. 2 Ioh. 18. 37. Prov. 23. 23. 3. 4 Vse I. Vse 2 Vse 3. Use 4. 1. 2. 3 4. Martyres sunt clariores honoraâ—iores Ecclesiae cives Aug. 10. de Civit Dei cap. 21. Persecutiones Christi animum nobiliorem poâ—ius quam debiliorem reddunt Nazian 5. Vitis illa tanto pullulat amplius quanto uberiore Martyrum sanguine rigatur Aug. de catechis Rud. c. 23 Animam ponere non est humanae infirmitatis sed divine bonitatis Ambros. in Luc. 22. Phil. 1. 29. Doctr. 1 Sam. 17. 52. Reaf 1. 2 3. Vse Doct. Psal. 106. 5. Reas. 1. Psal. 45. Rom. 15. 13. 2. Vse 1. Use 2. Vse 3. Mat. 25. 21. Doctr. Reas. 1. 2. 3 4 Ier. 15. 19. Mat. 3. 12. 1 Cor. 4. 21. Mat. 23. Tit. 1. 13. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Leu. 19. 17. Eph. 4. Vse 1. Vse 2. Micah 2. 7. Vse 3. Vse 4. Doct. Reas. 1. 2. 3. 4. Vse 1. Vse 2. Vse 3. Exod. 11. 7. Vse 4. Use 5. Doct. Iohn 5. 45. Reas. 1. 2 3 Vse 1. 1. Instance De bello Iud. l. 2. c. 12. 2. Instance 3. Instance 4. Instance Vse 2. Prov. 8. 34. Doct. Isay. 34. 4. 2 Pet. 3. 10. Luke 23. 30. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Quisquis fact is negat Christum is Antichristus est Aug. tract 3. in Epist. Ioh. Tormenta peccantium Incrementa vitiorum Vse 1. Psal. 50. Use 2. Vse 3. Vse 4. Use 5. Doct. I. Reas. 1. 2. Nunc pluit clarâ— nunc Iupiter aethere fulget 3. 4. Vse 1. Vse 2. Doct. II. Reas. 1. 2 Vse 1. Vse 2. Doct. 3. Prov. 6. 6. Vse 2. Vse 3. Observ. The dragon is one and the same persecusor in all ages Reas. 1. 2 There are the same causes of persecution in all ages and they are foure Use 1. 3. Differences betweene the worke of God and of the dragon in the same action Use 2. Euse. Hist. Eccl. lib. 5. c. 21. Vse 3. Three sorts of men from whom we may expect persecution Vse 4. 4. Meanes to conquer the dragon Observ. Persecution inevitable to the true Church Reas. 1. 2 3 4 Vse 1. The true Church not discernable by durable peace Vse 2. Stayres by which Antichrist rose to his height Opibus et potentia maior virtutibus vero ac pietate minor in vita Malâ—bi Doct. Peace hath more baned the Church then persecution Reas. 1. A good mother bringeth bad daughters 1 Forgetfulnesse of God 2 Forgetfulnesse of
themselves 3 Effeminatenesse 4 Contention Weeds grow abundantly in rank soyle 2. Vse 1. Judg. 4. 12. Vse 2. 3 Chiefe ends of prosperity perverted by our selves 3. Rules of direction herein Vse 3. All our watch is little enough in prosperity Foure instances of the dangers of prosperity Vexatio dat intellectum Jnselix Ecclesiae foelicitas Magnae foelicitatis est a foelicitate non vinâ—i Vse 4. How to order our selves 1. In prosperity be sober Phil. 4. 11. 2. In adversity bee thankfull Gods workes are all 1. Wise. 2. Seasonable 3. Profiâ—able Foure conclusions to understand aright what is this flight Observ. Heresie is more hatefull to the Church than tyranny Vse Nobis melius visum â—st locum mutare quà m fidei veriâ—â—atem aedificiâ—ruâ—que 〈◊〉 amaenitatem amittere c. Hier. Ripario What these wings are The number of them Whence she had them Wings of a great Eagle note 4. things Psal. 37. 24. God ordinarily saveth his Church by wings and meanes The Church hath wings and meanes sufficient to avoyd danger 3. reas 4 Grounds of coÌ„fort hence Gods deliverance implyed to be 1 Speedy 2 Unresistable 3 CoÌ„fortable In all dangers to fly under the shadow of these wings 4. â—eas 1. Prâ—v 18. 10. 2. 3. 4. Be sure that thy wings be given thee of God Then we may fly persecutioÌ„ when we have wings from God 4 Rules to obtaine them 1. Job 39. 30. 2. 3. The flight from the dragon is in respect of state not of place The third generall in this verse Observ. Church not alwayes seen Ecclesia aliquando in uno Abelo in uno Enocho in uno Noacho in uno Abrahamo Aug. Delituit iâ— cavernis non eminuit in primarijs sedibus Cont. Auxent But alwayes safe foure Reasons 1 2 3 Servatus etc puerulus ille quem Herodes intâ—rfiere volebat Oral 1. contra Arian 4 Vse The Popish Chuch hath no true succession of doctrine nor persons Neither can such a visible perpetuall successioÌ„ stand with so many schismes in the Papacy 30. averred by Onuphâ—ius 26 confessed by Bellarâ—ine The late miserable shift of Romanists Fox 211. Morellmemorials pag. 54. out of the story of Waldens pag. 11. Monarchomac pag. 23. Vse 2. Aug. Epist. 105. ad Sixtum Doct. The Church shal be provided for in â—ardest times Reas. 1. 2 3 4 5 Use 1. 4 Grounds of comfort Vse 2. 2 Tim. 4. 8. Vse 3 The Church in hardest times shall be fed Rev. 1. 16. God by himselfe feedeth his Church three wayes 1 2 Rev. 3. 20. 3. Use 4. The Woman must be fed in the wildernes 3. reas 1. 2. 3 Not to be literally meant of 3. yeares and an halfe as Papists dreame 3 reas Tempus hoc divino quidem confilio definitum est Ecclesiae exilio humano vero calculo quantum ad terminos impervestigabile Dies velannus certe statui non potest in quem erunt excquiae tamen ex alijs scripturis perspicuum esse arbitror non differend as ad longissimum ul'ra sexaginta annos in cap. 19. 4. Vse Gen. 16. 13. All afflictions of the Church measured by God Why great tryals are compared to floods of waters Five Reasons For their 1. Danger 2. Abundance 3. Depth 4 Instance 5 Swelling 1. Floods of heresies Against the Scriptures De authorit Sc. â—â— l. 3. â—ct Mon. pâ—g 1076. Against Christ. Accedenâ—â— gratia dei vere possamus aliquo mo do ex proprys et ad â—qualitatem ac per hoc iustè et ex condigno satiâ—facere Bellar. Sleidan l. 13. 3 A flood of cruell edicts Doct. No ill successe can make the dragon cease assaulting Reas. 1. In all evill a man is a similitude with Satan 2. And a restlesnesse in sin 3. And a fulnesse of poyson 4. And a resistance of meanes of their owne good Vse 1. Vse 2. Sonnes of the woman must expect these floods Vse 3. 1. Directions against the flood of violeÌ„t enemies 2. Against the floods of Antichristian heresies Jer. 2. 2. Against the floods of virulent reproaches The earth is taken not properly no more than the former floods Floods of he resies drunke up by the earth Two wayes Floods of slanders dried by the earth how Floods of cruell edicts drunke by the earth how Act. 23. 6 7. Doctr. In greatest floods the Church hath alwaies a little helpe Reas. 1. Gods prescÌ„ce 2. Gods providence 3. Christs headship 4 Prayer of faith Use 1. Vse 2. 1 Get to the rocke Exod 14. 22. Iosh. 3. 17. Leane upon Gods power Cleave to the word Keep Christ in the ship Doctr. 2. The Church often hath most helpe where she least expects it Reason 1. 2. 3. 4. 1 Sam. 23. 26. Use 1. The earth must drinke up her owne floods Vse 2. Late experience of this truth Vse 3. The scattering of the Saints is the dispersing of the Gospell Vse 4. Psal. 37. Veritas temporis filiâ— The Captaine of this warre under the dragon The weapons of this captain twofold Doct. Wicked men hate the Saints whom they never saw Reas. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Vse 1. Vse 2. Use 3. Doctrine Reason 1. 2 3 4. 5. Vse 1. Vse 2. Vse 3. Doct. Ier 3. 14. Reason 1. 2 3 4 Object Answ. Use 1. Vse 2. Vse 3. Vse 4. Vse 5. Phil. 3. 11. 1 Tim. 1. 5. 2 King 4. 33. Eph. 3. 14. Observ. 1. Reason 1. 2 Vse 1. 2 Observ. 2. Reason 1. 2. 3. Vse 1. Vse 2. Vse 3. Observ. 3. Reason 1. Vse 1. 2. 3. Observ. 4. Reason 1. 2 3. 4 Vse 1. Vse 2. Use 3.