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A19440	A direction to the waters of lyfe Come and beholde, how Christ shineth before the Law, in the Law, and in the Prophetes: and withall the iudgements of God vpon all nations for the neglect of his holy worde, wherein they myght haue seene the same: both which are layde before your eyes in this litle discourse, by Roger Cotton draper.	Cotton, Roger.	1590 (1590)	STC 5866; ESTC S116423	103,832	110

plentifull sort as the Apostles and the rest of the Iewes in our Sauiours tyme had for so sayth the Apostle in these wordes As the Gospell was preached vnto vs euen so was it also vnto them Now in this place he hath onely relation vnto the Hebrewes in the tyme of their being in the Wildernes but in the same sort that he was preached vnto them who left their carkeises there was he also preached vnto the younger sort that went into the Land and in lyke maner to their successours for the fyrst seuen Iubilees or three hundreth and fyfty yeeres the which I haue here ioyned togeather as one speech So that it wyl not be amisse if we consider here in what sort Christe was preached vnto these Hebrewes or Israelites of both these tymes Fyrst then they were to consider with them selues whyle they were in Egypt and there serued Idols that they were not bonde slaues for a tyme onely in body vnto Pharaoh but they were also to looke backe vnto their first father Adam his storie that so they myght see how they were bond slaues both in body and soule vnto the spirituall Pharaoh the Deuyll Now yf you aske how th●…y might know this seeing those Bookes of Moses which should shew it were not written tyll they came into the Wildernes The answere is they myght and also dyd knowe it very wyll for you shal vnderstande that Adam he lyueth two hundreth fourtie three yeeres with Methusalah to teach him Methusalah he liueth one hundreth wanting but two yeeres with Sem to teach him Sem he lyueth vnto the hundreth and fiftie yeere of Abrahams life to teach him Abraham he lyueth to teach his owne sonne Isaak and also Iacob his graundchylde Iacob he lyueth in Egypt seuenteene yeeres and there dyeth and as he foretold his sonnes at hys death of their redemption by Christ also of which of them Christ should come euen so you may be sure he would and also had taught them of the creation and the story of their first father Adam and what intollerable bondage both of body and soule by his meanes they were brought vnto that so they might receiue such comfort as they ought of their redemption by Christ. And to put you out of all doubt that they were thus taught before the law you haue Iob those that dispute with him for an example for those matters fell out before Moses wrote the lawe and the story of the creation and yet you see how plentiful they are in the handling of y e creation likewise of the corruption which they had by Adams fall and also how Iob for his part saw Christ in most cleere sort For notwithstanding all the assaults of Sathan yet was he fully assured that his redeemer liued and that hee should see him with his owne eyes though wormes destroied that tabernacle which hee then carried about him so that by these men you may see how carefull Abraham was according as the Lord giueth commendation of him to teach his sonnes the knowledge of the Lord. For of him by Keturah as most like it is commeth Iob and as he was carefull to teach his sonnes he had by her both of their captiuitie by Adam and redemption by Christ so you may be sure he was as carefull to teach hys other sonnes by Sarah which are those of whome we nowe speake So then these Israelites being thus taught aswell of the captiuitie by Adam as of the redemption by Christ as of nec●…ssitie so it must be they were I say to consider with them selues that they were not onely in bondage of body for a time vnto Pharaoh but also in most intollerable bondage of body and soule vnto that spiritual Pharaoh the deuil that not for foure hundreth yeeres but eternally vnles they had some one to redeeme them thence So that hauing wel considered with themselues of this double bondage and captiuitie they were also as well to consider and know being come out of Egypt that as they were deliuered from that outward bondage and destroyer by the bloud of a silly poore lambe euen so should they be deliuered from that spiritual bondage and destroying destroyer the deuill by the bloud of Iesus Christ as of that immaculate lambe of God which was slaine from the beginning of the world that is to say from the verie day of their father Adams his creation to recouer then his fall Now if you ask how they might know that this lambe did signifie Christ the answere is very well for many of them did know it all the rest might and ought to haue knowne as well for if they had but thought vpon one sermon made to their father Abraham euen the very selfe and same day foure hundreth thirtie y●…eres before they might haue found therein a seed promised in whome all the nations of the earth if they would put their trust in him should be blessed And to make the matter more plaine that this lambe did signifie Christ that seede then promised saith Moses vnto them It is a day to be kept holy to the Lord because he brought them out of the land of Egypt This is that day of the Lord saith he Which all y e children of Israel mu●…t keepe throughout al their generations And why Euen to put them still in remembrance not onely of their outwarde but also of their spirituall redemption and for this cause were the fathers bound to teache their children the vse heereof For vnlesse they saw the spiri●…uall meaning heerein as well as the outward it profited nothing because the vaile that couered Moses face that they coulde not beholde the brightnes thereof remained also ouer their hartes and so they went to eternall destruction But that Moses taught this matter playnely that Christ that Lambe of God shoulde suffer it is manifest for so sayth the Apostle Now it must needes be that herein it is to be considered for you see he appoynteth this day to be obserued throughout their generations and he also telleth them that when they shall neglect their Sabaothes and fall from the Lorde he wyll cary them into their enemies Land and they shall be there vntyll their owne Land haue enioyed her Sabaothes But yf there they be humbled and turne vnto the Lord their God then wyll he remember his couenaunt of olde made vnto their father Abram which is euen this by the which he brought them from the land of Egypt So that yf you cons●…r the ninth of Daniell with the twentie sixe of Leuiticus you shall see how Moses sawe Christe playnely to be that Lambe of God that should be killed that so he myght confirme this couenant for the Many of all nations that woulde trust herein euen this couenaunt of olde made vnto Abraham to Isaak and to Iacob and there doth the Angell Gabriel tell Daniel euen the very yeere weeke day and

it Being altogether disobedient to receiue doctrine though he taught them rising vp yeerely and instructed them continually yet would they not heare neyther would they remember what he had done vnto Shilo but stil prouoked hym vnto the like anger with the workes of their handes for they became such rebellious traytors that the Lordes ministers the prophetes knewe not vnto whome they should speake and admonish because the word of the Lord was vnto them as a reproch and they had no delight at all therein neyther would they take any heede thereto nor to his lawes but cast them off and rather inclined to the statutes of Omry and kept all the maner of the house of Ahab And therefore because they cast off the law of the Lord of hostes and contemned the word of the holy one of Israel his wrath was so kindled agaynst them that as a flame of fire deuoureth the stubble and as the chaffe is consumed of y e flame euen so became their roote as a rottennesse so that theyr land shooke them cleane off for in the dayes of Iehoiakim Iehoakin Zedekias the wrath of the Lord was so kindled that he stirred vp the spirite of the Caldeans that bitter and furious nation against them and gaue them into the hands of Nebuchadnezar king of Babel who carryed them into the land of Shinar euen to the place where the Hebrew toonge at the first was confounded by the foolish building of the seuentie families so likewise at this time almost vtterly lost and the Lord caused them to remaine there as dead bones for the space of seuentie yeeres vntil their owne land had payd her sabbothes according as y e Lord long before by Moses had told thē For sayth he If ye wil not obey me but walke stubbornly agaynst me and despise mine ordinances and abhorre my lawes then will I walke stubbornly agaynst you and I will scatter you amongst the heathen and will draw out a sword after you and your land shalbe wast your cities desolate then shall the land inioy her sabbothes as long as it lyeth voyd and ye shall be in your enimies land that so your land may rest inioy her sabbothes euen all the dayes that it lyeth voyd it shall rest because it did not rest in your sabbothes when ye dwelt vpon it and euen so it came to passe for hauing neglected their sabbothes of euery seuenth yeare they were carried vnto their enemies land vntill theyr owne land had her fil of her sabbothes for al the daies that she lay desolate she kept sabboth to fulfill seuentie yeares according as the prophet Ieremy did likewise tell them who for the space of fortie yeares laboured amongest them before he could make them beeleue that so it should be but yet in y ● end they found it most true for the Lord of hostes bent hys bowe as an vtter enimie agaynst them and his right hand was stretched out as an open aduersary so that he powred out his fierce wrath like fire and consumed all his pallaces and destroyed his strong holds and made her aduersaries the chiefe and her enimies to prosper agaynst her euen agaynst Ierusalem the perfection of bewtie did he cause the Chaldeans to prosper who brake downe the walles thereof and burnt the house of the Lord and the kings house and all the great houses in Ierusalem burnt they with fire and the holy vessels and all the instruments of the house of the Lord by these prophane were carryed to Babell So that notwithstanding the kinges of the earth and all the inhabitantes of the worlde would not haue beleeued as the prophet sayth that euer the aduersarie and the enemie should haue entered into the gates of Ierusalem yet now did they enter euen into the very sanctuary and made a noyse in the house of the Lord as in the day of solemnitie and stretched out their handes vppon all her pleasant thinges and thus was this famous citie made solitarie that was ful of people yea she that was great amongst the nations became now as a widdow and shee that was as a princes amongest the prouinces was nowe made tributary and the Lord caused her feastes and sabbothes to be forgotten yea he vtterly forsooke his altar and abhorred his sanctuarie so that the waies of Sion as it were lamented because no man came to her solemne feastes but in stead thereof the enimies that passed by clapped their handes at her hissing and wagging their heades at the daughter of Ierusalem saying Is this the citie that men call the perfection of bewtie and the ioy of the whole earth yea all her enimies opened their mouthes against her in y e day of her destruction saying Let vs deuoure her for certainly this is the day that we looked for we haue found it seene it therefore downe with her say the sonnes of Edom and rase her walles yea rase the●… euen to the very foundation thereof And thus most despitefully did all her enemies helpe forward her affliction and reioyce ouer her in this her visitation and those that were the tayle are nowe become the head and aduance themselues as Lordes ouer them but from the daughter of Sion is all bewtie departed and her princes are now become as heartes that finde no pasture yea all the noble princes of Sion which were comparable to fine gold are now esteemed but as earthen pitchers and all those that were brought vp in skarlet are nowe driuen to imbrace the doong and those that fed most delicately perish now in the streetes yea the toonge of the suckling childe cleaueth to the roofe of his mouth for thirst and the yong children aske bread but no man breaketh it vnto them but rather the hands of the pitifull women are vpon their owne children to seeth ●…em to be their meate euen vpon the fruite of their owne bo●… children of a span long So that here we may say againe 〈◊〉 behold both the louing kindnesse and the seueritie of the Lord his louing kindnesse towardes the house of Israel and Iuda so long as they delighted to heare hys voyce and were willing to obey hys commandementes and hys seueritie so soone as they reiected the same according as by all hys prophetes he had tolde them euen so came the curse vpon them as it is written in the law of Moses The iudgementes of God vppon the Iewes after their returne from Babell vnto our sauiour Christ his birth and also of their vtter reiection within seuentie yeares after for not receiuing hym THe prophet Daniel being carried into Babylon in the third yeare of Iehoiakim king of Iuda and continuing there vnto the first yeare of Cyrus king of Persia and vnderstanding also by the scriptures the number of yeares whereof the Lord had spoken vnto the prophet Ieremie how that he would accomplishe seuentie yeares in the desolation