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A29122	A sermon ad clerum at the visitation of the deane and chapter there, holden the 19th day of November, anno Dom. 1662 : by the Most Reverend Father in God Acceptus, by Divine Providence Lord Arch-Bishop of York his Grace, Primate of England and Metropolitan / preacht by Thomas Bradley ...	Bradley, Thomas, 1597-1670.	1663 (1663)	Wing B4137; ESTC R36506	23,744	42

burne the Bands and Cords with which they were bound but not to touch an Haire of their Heads or a Hemme of their Garments Thirdly He walkes in the midst of them Erudire to Teach and to Instruct them to Awe them to keep them in order For he is the beloved Sonne of the Father in whom he is well pleased whom we must Heare and Obey Matthew 3.17 He the great Prophet of his Church whom we are Commanded to Heare with a severe intimation by his Spirit by his Word and by his Pastors sent out by him doth he teach the Churches to the worlds end And so he walks in the midst of them as a Schoole-Master in the midst of his Schoole and his Disciples or Schollers Fourthly He walkes in the midst of them To Observe them to take notice of their Carriage their Manners their Order and their Behaviour as appeares by the particular Charges which he gives to these severall Churches in this his Visitation in all of them making good what in Generall he tells them before he come to deale particularly with them Novi Opera tua I know thy Works And so he walks in the midst of them as the Master of the Feast in the Gospel walk't in his Dining Roome to take a View of his Guests to see who had and who had not on his Wedding Garment And to this purpose it is observable in what manner of Posture and Gesture he is here seen He is seen Walking Not Sedet Otiosus as Bullinger observes not Stat Negligens he doth not sit as being Idle He stands not still as being negligent but he is seen Walking from end to end forward and backward to and fro that at every turne he might take a View and at every step cast an Eye that nothing done or said amongst them may escape his Cognizance Lastly he is walking in Medio in the midst of the Candlesticks Non in Angulo non in exteriori aliquâ parte Not in a Corner not in some Skirt or Outside of them but In medio Candelabrorum in the midst of the Golden Candlesticks that he might look over them every way and they at an equall distance on all sides might receive from him that Direction Protection Comfort and Encouragement which is their Light and Life The truth is He bought them he layd down a Price for them which was far more pretious then Gold his own Blood he had need see what becomes of them and he is to deliver them up to God the Father he received them by weight and he received them by tale Of those which thou hast given me have I lost none It is his great Care that he may deliver up his full Tale and that he may deliver them up Pure and Bright and Cleare and that he may present them without spot or wrinkle and therefore is it that he hath such a speciall Care of them such a vigilant Eye upon them continually resident among them and walking in the midst of them Oh how happy are the Churches under the inspection of such an Eye under the Care of such a Guardian under the Protection of such a Patron in the Favour of such a Prince the Teaching of such a Prophet the Intercession and Benediction of such a Priest continually present with them President over them and resident among them walking in the midst of them and how holily ought they to carry themselves in such a Presence how circumspectly under the Inspection of so severe an Eye that when he shall come to visit them as here he doth this Church and to take an Account of them they may give up their Account with joy when he shall say unto them as here to Ephesus Novi Opera tua I know thy Works they may be such as they need not be ashamed of such as may stand by us and abide the tryall such as may prayse us in the Gate such as upon the enquiry and examination he may approve of and upon which we may expect the Promise here in this Visitation made Vincentibus To them that over come to Eate of the Fruit of the Tree of Life which is in the midst of the Paradice of God to Receive the White Stone and therein the New Name Written which none can Reade but he that receiveth it to be Cloathed with White Rayment washt in the Blood of the Lambe and in it to follow the Lambe whither soever he goeth and to be ever in his Presence in whose Presence is fulnesse of joy and at whose Right Hand there is pleasure for evermore Which the Great God of Heaven and Earth be pleased to admit us unto for his sake which Holdeth the seven Starrs in his Right Hand and Walketh in the midst of the seven Golden Candlesticks To whom be all Honour and Glory now and for ever Amen FINIS

resemble the Angels and for which they are so called is Propter Celeritatem for their readinesse chearfulnesse and swiftnesse in Executing the Commands of Almighty God Angels are represented to us Winged and those Wings not let down and clapt to their sides but raised up expansit and stretched out to shew their readinesse to execute the will of the Heavenly Father they stand in his presence their Eye is upon him they doe but watch for the word of Command and presently they are upon the Wing They doe not goe but runne not runne but fly such should be our readinesse in doing the will of our God we must not runne before we be sent but being sent we must not linger delay nor make excuses we must not Drive heavily in his Service the wheeles of our obedience must be oyled with Chearfulnesse and Alacrity that we may move swiftly in all our Duties and Performances as we dayly Pray so we must dayly Practise That his will may be done on Earth as it is in Heaven and we see how the Angels doe his will with winged Chearfulnesse and Swiftnesse Goe thou and doe likewise The fifth resemblance for which Bishops Pastors and Ministers of the Church are styled Angels is Propter Puritatem for their Holinesse and Purity Angels are pure Creatures so had they need be that stand in the presence of the holy God and are admitted so neer unto him in this respect we must be as the Angels and that upon the same account Moses tells Korah Numb 16.9 That the Lord had taken him neer unto him to doe the service of the Tabernacle Even so we that are the Lords Priests set a part to doe the service of the Tabernacle and to Minister before him in holy things are taken neer unto the Lord And he hath said He will be sanctified in them that come neer him Levit. 10. Oh what a hatefull thing it is to God and Man to see a profane person polluted and besmeared with all manner of impiety impurity and uncleannesse to draw neer to God in holy Services with his polluted Heart polluted Lips polluted Life and polluted Hands to pollute all that he toucheth it is a wonder that in such cases the holy God doth not break out upon them to strike them through with a Thunderbolt or by Fire from Heaven avenge himself upon their presumption as he did upon Nadab and Abihu in the like Case and for the same Sinn Levit. 10. And how hatefull it is to Man we may perceive by that which Ely his Sonns are Charged with in the same Case 1 Sam. 2.17 You make the Lords People to abhorre the Sacrifice of the Lord. Woe be to us if through our profannesse or irreverent handling of holy things we make the Lords People to abhorre the Sacrifice of the Lord take heed we handle holy things in a holy manner that we put off our Shooes when we approach the burning Bush and stand upon holy Ground that we wash our Hands in innocency before we compasse the Altar All the washings and purifyings under the Law did but Typically Teach us how holy we ought to be Our very Garments that we wears reade unto us Lectures of holinesse and purity In the Consecration of Aaron to the Office of the Priesthood among other Religious Ceremonies it was Commanded That the Blood of the Sacrifice should be Sprinkled upon his right Eare and upon the Thumbe of his right Hand and upon the great Toe of his right Foot And what did all this signifie but that the Lords Priests must be Sanctified throughout and from Top to Toe Consecrated as holy unto the Lord. The Motto of the High-Priests Miter was Holinesse to the Lord It should be the Motto of every one of our Hearts our Lips our Lives and all our Service should Proclaime Holinesse to the Lord. We are here styled Angels to shew That we should walk before the Lord even in Angelicall purity and holinesse We should now come to speak of the Person from whom this Epistle is sent But by the way we may not omit the Charge here given to Saint John concerning the things to be signified unto the Church from him and that is To Write them down To the Angel of the Church of Ephesus Write Saint John had been an Authentique Messenger to have delivered Viva voce byword of Mouth a Message from Christ to the Church But Christ doth not think that sufficient but he must Write The Reason was Those things that he there wrote to that Church did concern all other Christian Churches to the worlds end He that hath an Eare must hearken unto them And therefore that they may come to the knowledge of them it was necessary they should be written Secondly Things delivered by word of Mouth and so transmitted from Mouth to Mouth by Tradition are subject to be corrupted misreported to admit of Addition Diminution Alteration there can be no certainty in them but Litera Scripta manet Away then with all your Popish Traditions Anabaptisticall Revelations Fallacious 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Vnwritten Verities as they call them when you speak of the Canon whereby we should be directed in matters of Faith and Manners in order to our Eternall salvation God hath better provided for his Church then so By giving us a more sure Word of the Prophets and Apostles and our Lord himself all in Writing unto which we shall doe well to take heed as to the Lights shining in a dark place to guide our Feet in the wayes of truth life and peace We now come to consider of the Person from whom the Epistle is sent Intererit multum Davusne loquatur berusne It adds much to the luster and authority of that which is written to consider from whom it is written And that is here from this wonderfull Person described in the Text by Holding the seven Starrs in his right hand and walking in the midst of the seven Golden Candlesticks As the Prophet Isay once askt the question Isay 63.1 Who is this that commeth from Edom with Garments died red from Bozrah So here Who is this wonderfull Person which here we see walking in the midst of the seven Golden Candlesticks Why It is none other but the Sonne of God the Lord of the Candlesticks and the owner of them the very same which we saw before bolding the seven Starrs in his right hand But hath he no Name Yes But the Spirit thought it more fit to represent him here in a Glorious Vision to set him forth in such a Heavenly Description and Periphrasis as might strike in the Church an awfull reverence of so Divine a Majesty to tremble at his Word and carefully to heed it in the promises the Threatnings the Instructions the Admonitions the Reprehensions and all the severall dispensations of it as the Word of the Mighty God and not of Man the King Chiefe Priest and Prophet of the Church and one that was perpetually in the midst