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truth_n	authority_n	holy_a	scripture_n	3,757	5	5.8704	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25887	A great wonder in heaven, or, A lively picture of the militant church drawn by a divine pencill : Revel. 12, 1, 2 : discoursed on in a sermon preached before the honourable House of Commons, at Margarets, Westminster, on the last monethly fast-day, January 27, 1646/7 / by John Arrowsmith ...	Arrowsmith, John, 1602-1659.	1647 (1647)	Wing A3776; ESTC R441	30,018	49

esteemed the rock of his salvation Deut. 32. 15. I spake to thee in thy prosperity but then saidst I will not heare Ier. 32. 21. why should Christians then be friends to that world which is such an enemy both to their salvation and to their Saviour Her being crowned with twelve Stars may serve 1 To beget in us honourable thoughts of the Ministers calling How mean soever their persons be yet are they Stars and that in the right hand of Christ Revel. 1. 20. an expression that argues affection to them as when Jacob called the son whom he meant to love for his dying mothers sake by the name of Benjamin or the son of his right hand nor only so but care of them according to that Psal. 17. 7. Shew thy marvellous loving kindnesse O thou that savest by thy right hand and that Psal. 80. 17. Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thy selfe I know there are many wandring stars as Iude calls the false teachers of that age in the 13th verse of his Epistle men that made a fair shew but had no substance of truth in them and are therefore in that and the foregoing verse compared to clouds but without water to trees but without fruit and to stars but without light I am far from taking upon me to plead for any such but fear not to professe my selfe an advoca●e for all those that are godly gifted and faithfull in the work of their ministry throughout the Land the rather because there was never more never so much contesting against their Office as now But who are they that thinke themselves able to wrest from Christ that which he holds in his right hand and do not rather fear lest he stretch out this hand of his to the crushing of all those that go about to crush his stars Godly Ministers when they are slighted and injured most may comfort themselves by considering that it is the fate of stars to appear much lesse to the eyes of men then indeed they are and that they who during life are as Stars in Christs right hand favoured and protected by him shall after death be as stars at his right hand glorified with him according to that Dan. 12. 3. They that be wise or they that be teachers shall shine as the brightnesse of the firmament and they that turn many to righteousnesse as the stars for ever and ever There will soon be an end of their labours and sufferings but none of their glory 2 To put us all upon prizing Apostolicall doctrine as the Crown of our Church and Nation Let Italy boast of her rich Copes stately Altars curious Images which are so far from adorning a Church as that they doe indeed defile it the Crown and glory of England is that she hath maintained the truth of Christ and enjoyed the light of the twelve Stars deposited in this blessed booke Did I only say shee hath maintained the truth of Christ may I not venture to assert that shee doth maintain it If not the next assertion must be that of the Lamentations Chap. 5. 16 The crown is fallen from our heads not unto us But I hope better things of the Kingdom and such as accompany Reformation though I thus speake Doubtlesse the Confession of Faith lately presented to the Honourable Houses by the Assembly of Divines who have therein expressed the sense of many millions beside themselues will abundantly manifest to the world that this crown is not wholy fallen from Englands head yet I fear there is cause enough to acknowledge that it doth not stand so fast on as heretofore by reason of the many Opinionists whose main employment is to shake it Verily whosoever bears a loyall heart to Jesus Christ cannot but grieve to see the jewels of that crown which he hath provided for his Churches head pawned and sold and embezled as they are to see not only Arminians Libertines and Socinians gratified in abundance of their principles but even Mahumetans closed with by some in what they hold concerning the authority of Scripture and concerning the deity of Jesus Christ and of God the Holy Ghost Yet notwithstanding would we all in the strength of Christ set our selves for time to come to buy the truth which none should sell and when truth hath been sold by others to redeem it I doubt not but within a while that would become applyable to England which the Prophet speaks of Zion Isa. 62. 3. Thou shalt also be a Crown of glory in the hand of the Lord and a royall Diadem in the hand of thy God 3 Inferences from the order of these perfections 1 That men will never contemne the world till they have learned to put on Christ The woman is first clothed with the Sun then gets the Moon under her feet not till then The world tastes bitter to a soule that hath got the relish of Christ and is amiable only to such as know him not The stars that shine with some lustre all the night when the sun riseth in the morning hide their heads and appear not being so out-shined as to be obscured by that more glorious light Such are all worldly excellencies to a soule wherein Christ is risen A man can then slight the things for which he formerly valued himselfe To Zacheus gold is not the same thing after conversion and before it Now he makes restitution and cares not how little hee leave himselfe so he be not left by Christ 2 That men will never prize the Gospel as their Crown till they have learned to contemne the world The Moons being under the womans feet goes before her having a crown of twelve stars upon her head Those in the parable who had no minde to come to the marriage supper but desired to be excused fetch all their excuses from worldly affairs That in Psal. 119. 36. Incline my heart unto thy Testimonies and not to covetousnesse implies that an heart inclined to covetousnesse will never give the Oracles of God their due esteem Luther who gloried in nothing more then the Gospel of Christ and ventured all for it is reported to have profest that he was never so much as tempted by Satan to that sin The Pope tryed to win him by money which it seems was more rhen the Devill had done but upon tryall made the answer which his agents returned was That the German beast cared not for gold Hitherto of the first Verse Come we now to that other part of the description which concerns the Churches weake and perillous condition laid down in the second And shee being with child cryed travelling in birth and pained to be delivered Where there is a kinde of gradation the steps whereof will help to bound and likewise to methodize our discourse after this manner Shee is with childe her being with childe introduceth a travell that travailing is attended with pains