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spirit_n	father_n	show_v	son_n	5,912	5	5.7697	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14380	A prospectiue glasse to looke into heauen, or The cœlestiall Canaan described Together with the soules sacred soliloquie, and most ardent desire to be inuested into the same. Sung in a most heauenly hymne, to the great comfort of all good Christians, by the Muses most vnworthy, Iohn Vicars.	Vicars, John, 1579 or 80-1652.	1618 (1618)	STC 24698; ESTC S111547	48,107	79

elect to th' worlds last end Now then the totall body of this place Doth to vs represent the beautious grace The great felicitie admired ioy Which in this Citie we shall sure enioy In the vnited glorious Deitie Th'in comprehensible Trine-Vnitie The three distinct dimensions as foreshew'd Of Latitude Longitude Altitude Present the seuer all measures of delight Which in the Father Sonne and Holy-Sprite We shall possesse and this felicitie To be alike of equall Quantitie There shall we Three in One most cleerely see There also shall we worship One in Three And of this ioy we shall haue full fruition Alike of all without all intermission Euen as the Persons are One in the Deitie And one in substance in the Vnite Trinitie The premises thus re-obseru'd afford To vs a most harmonious sweete accord Twixt God and this his holy Habitacle The Lambes sweete Spouse celestiall Tabernacle God the Worlds most admired Artizan When first he fashion'd and created Man Like his owne perfect Image did him make God would Man should his Makers likenesse take Euen so this Cities specious Symmetrie Is shaped like heauens sacred Deitie As God himselfe in Trinitie is One So by this Citie his true Church is showne As of the God-head there be Persons Three And Father Sonne and Spirit co-equall bee So those dimensions Length Height Breadth are all By the Angell measur'd to be iust equall As neither Person in the Deitie Is separable from their Vnitie So none of these dimensions being Three May from a Citie separated bee Or other solid body otherwise It were not found but Line or superfice The Persons Three and their three Offices Are not confounded and no more are these For neither is the Length the Breadth and so The Height is neither breadth nor length we know And euen as Athanasius in his Creede As wittily as wisely doth proceede And sayes the Father Sonne and Holy-Sprite Though three in Persons are one God Vnite So Longitude Latitude Altitude Must One sole Citie euermore include The Doctrine also of the Deitie Is witnest in the Foure-fold Veritie Writ by the foure Euangelists so here This New-Ierusalem as doth appeare Is in a Quadrate or square forme set downe Most like a strong immoueable firme Towne The twelue Apostles were disperst and sent To euery quarter of Earths continent To preach to all our Sauiours doctrine found Whereby all Nations Heau'ns right rhode-way found On twelue Foundations so stands this great frame And by twelue Gates all goe into the same Lastly the God-head vniuersallis And infinite in glory and in blisse Infinitely extended ouer all So in Ierusalem coelestiall Is infinite tranquillitie and peace Aboundant roome for all the great encrease Of Gods deare Saints who were predestinate To this Ierusalems most happie state Thus hauing heard this sacred Symphonie Twixt God and 's church proceed we orderly The Angell now here measuring the Wall The mightie Bulwarke Apostolicall Of this Angelicke Seate of sanctitie Found it to be rais'd vp in Cubits high Euen by a twelue-fold high-ascending Course By th'twelue Apostles rais'd to mightie force But this though spoken in a humane sort Yet hath a heau'nly sence of great import Namely that though the Church here Militant Was euermore distrest with woe and want Being by worldly obstacles kept-low And neuer could to full perfection grow Yet now in her Tryumphant dignitie To plenarie perfection springs on high This being by twelue Courses signifi'd Which twelue times so much more being multipli'd T'an hundreth fortie foure Courses of hight Doe make the Wall to rise direct vpright By Iewes and Gentiles mightie multitude Whom Grace by Faith will in this frame include Thus now we hauing seene the stately Statute The spacious Compas●e of this Heau'n-built structure Let vs with our diuine Diuine behold The Matter substance and most precious Mould Whereof the Wall Citie and firme Foundation The twelue great Gates of this Heau'ns Habitation Were Form'd Adorn'd yea with what pauement rare The Streetes were pau'd all which is to declare The wonderful vnspeakable delight Which Gods deare Saints in presence of his sight Shall in that life to come to th' full possesse And thus the Prophet Esay did redresse And consolate the Iewes dis-consolation Declaring in his true Vaticination The glo●ie of this New-Ierusalem Which God would once re-build remake for them O happie are they which are interested And whose blest Soules are there into inuested Now then the building of this fenciu● Wall This sincere Doctrine Apostolicall Of precious Stones most gloriously did shine With bountie and with beautie most diuine Hauing a lustre like the Iasper greene Which euermore to flourish shall be seene Hence then this Note is set before our eyes That this ra●e Fabrique pompous Edifice Is all most precious specious round about As Bright within as it is Light without But in this Wall this one thing is most rare Is most regardable beyond compare That though those twelue Foundations firme and strong Were so by Course set and laid along As that Course after Course th' are placed all And strangely ord'red cleane throughout the Wall Yet is the Wall as here we plainely see Thus wholly said of Iasper for to bee Which is indeed to shew and signifie That though those Ground-props of the Ministrie Whose rare and diuers gifts in euery one Are by rich Iew●l● afterwards here showne Yet that the Matter and the Lustre bright Of this great Wall are said and that most right T' arise from One which is the Lord alone Designed here by this rare Iasper stone He only is the Churches Bulwarke strong For though to these Apostles did belong Diuersitie of gifts of heau'nly grace Yet each of them in his peculiar place Did euer build one and the selfe same thing And not themselues did preach but Christ their King The Cities modell was of perfect Gold Most delectable glorious to behold Which Mettle for its ex'lent properties This Cities glorie rarely amplifies It being of all other chiefe and best For these fine reasons in pure gold exprest First that the burning fire consumes it not Next that it takes no canker stayne or spot Againe for vse it longest doth endure As also that the Fire makes it more pure Lastly nor Salt nor Vinegar can spoile Nor any such liquiditie defile The faire corruscant beautie of the same And therefore from the rest it beares the fame O! must not then this Citie needs be stable Is 't not most strong inuincible dureable Being so free from staynes of all corruption Being so farre from feare of Foes irruption Nay here 's not all there 's one more propertie Of rare respect of precious ex'lencie Namely that it like cleerest glasse doth glistre And thereby casts a more admired Lustre Whereby is thus much to vs intimated That 't is not with foule spots contaminated But doth with such a radiant splendor shine That