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A95869	Christ and the Church: or Parallels, in three books. In the first ye have the harmony between Christ and the foregoing types, by which he was fore-shadowed in the Old Testament, both persons and things. In the second the agreement between Christ and other things, to which he is compared in the holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament. In the third the agreement between the Church and the types, by which it was foreshadowed in the Old Testament; and other resemblances, by which it is set forth in the holy Scriptures. By Henry Vertue, M.A. rector of Alhallows Hony-lane.	Vertue, Henry, d. 1660.	1659 (1659)	Wing V274; Thomason E975_1; ESTC R203902	335,049	439

shadow of death If therefore we lye open to any danger fly to God by prayer and then fear not 4. See how we are preferred before the People of God under the old Testament they had the Types we have the Truth they had the Shadowes we have the Body they had a threefold covering of the Tabernacle that hindred them from seeing the very Types that were in it yea there was a Vail that hindred the very ordinary Priests from beholding the things that were in the Holy of Holies which yet were but Types of good things to come but it s otherewise with us the Vail is rent and now we may with open face behold the substance of all those Types Oh what preferment is this Rom. 16. The mystery was kept secret from the beginning but now it s made manifest how shall we answer it to God if having so cleer a revelation we suffer our selves to be outstripped by them 5. Let us Gentiles praise God for his goodnesse to us we are admitted into and made one Church with the Jewes we were once shut out of the Commonwealth of Israel by the middle Wall of Partition even the Legal Ceremonies but now that Partition-wall is broken down and so we are now become Fellow-Citizens of the Saints As the Holy and most Holy Place though distinguished by a Vail interposed were yet one Tent one Tabernacle so believers of Jewes and Gentiles are become one Church and one sheepfold under one shepherd Remembring therefore what once we were and what now we are by the grace of God let us not fail to praise God for this happy change and high preferment and his unspeakable mercy expressed therein CHAP. III. The Church and the golden Candlestick In Heb. 9. DOctor Gouge makes the Church to answer to the golden Candlestick as that which was Typified by it Rev. 1.20 and he justifies his application by this that the seven Churches are called the seven golden Candlesticks upon which place Brightman observes that this similitude is taken from the Candlestick Petita est haec similitudo ex candelabro Tabernaculi In loc that was in the Tabernacle erected by Moses And the resemblance between these the forenamed Doctor observes to hold in sundry Particulars 1. In general that the use of the Candlestick is to hold out the light to others And so our Saviour speaks No man lights a candle and puts it under a Bushel Matth. 5.15 but in a Candlestick and it gives Light to all that are in the House So the Church holds out the Light of Gods Word to all that are in it In which respect the Apostle calls the Church the pillar of Truth 1 Tim. 3.15 Exercit. divin Exer. 9. Way to the true Church p. 80 because she holds out the Truth to be seen says Weemse The Expression being taken from the Custom of many Nations who were used to write their Laws in Tables and so to hang them upon Pillars of stone that the people whom it concerned to know them might see and read them as among us Curs theol part 2. col 324 Proclamations are nailed to Posts in Market Towns says Dr. John White and so Scharpius the like Now the Church being the true Church holds out the Light says my Author two ways 1. By teaching and instructing others which for the publique belongs to the Ministers of the Gospel who are called and set a part by Calling for this great Work but in private it belongs also to Masters of Families to teach and instruct their Children and Servants yea and one Christian another communicating to others the knowledg which they have 2. By walking and conversing as Children of Light adorning the Faith which they profess by Holiness and Righteousness of Life Phil. 2.15 so shining as Lights in the World as Saint Paul testifies of the Christians at Philippi Let it be the care of us all thus to resemble the Candlestick in the Tabernacle as that held out the Light to others so let us hold out the Light of Truth unto others and that both these ways 1. By teaching and instructing others in the Truth of Religion In publique let the Ministers of the Gospel acquaint the people committed to their care and trust with the Truths of the Gospel 2 Tim. 4.2 preaching to them in season and out of season In this especially stands the feeding of Christs Sheep and Lambs which our Saviour enjoyns to Saint Peter as an evidence of his love unto him John 21.15 16 17 Peter lovest thou me says our Saviour Feed my Sheep feed my Lambs If we would shew our unfeigned love to our Saviour let us not fail to do our duty in this kinde And in private let this be the care of Heads of Families thus to instruct and teach their Children and Servants We hear how God speaks of Abraham I know that he will teach and command his Children and Houshold after him to keep the Way of the Lord Gen. 18.19 and thereupon God resolves not to hide from Abraham the thing which he was about to do namely about Sodom and Gomorrha Verse 17 Yea let this be the care of all private Christians what they know concerning God concerning Christ whereof they finde others to be ignorant be ye ready to communicate it unto them Jude v. 20 and so edifie one another in your most holy Faith Docendo disces By teaching another thou shalt learn Here it holds most true that Solomon says Prov. 11.25 The liberal Soul shall be made fat and he that waters shall be watered also himself To know Scire ut scias turpis est curiositas scire ut sciaris turpis est vanitas scire ut scientiam vendas turpis est quaestus scire ut aedifices charitas est In Cant. ser that you may know is filthy curiosity says Saint Bernard To know that you may be known namely to be a man of knowledg is filthy vanity To know that you may make sale of your knowledg is filthy gain But to know that you may edifie this is Charity 2. By living as Children of Light let us all be careful of this let the Ministers of the Gospel harken to Saint Paul laying this injunction upon his Scholar Timothy 1 Tim. 4.16 Take heed to thy self and to thy Doctrine To thy Doctrine but to thy self first lest we be like to the Pharisees of whom our Saviour says They say and do not they binde heavy burdens Mat. 23.3 4 and lay them upon other mens shoulders but themselves will not touch them with one of their fingers yea lest as Paul says when we have preached to others 1 Cor. 9.27 we our selves should be cast-aways Yea let us all harken to the in junction of our Saviour Let your Light shine before men Mat. 5.16 Eph. 5.8 and of Saint Paul Walk as Children of the Light and so let us give Light to

is our Saviour spoken of John 1.1 In the begining was the Word and the Word was with God Verse 14 and the Word was God And a little after And the Word was made flesh And Divines ancient and modern have diversly noted the Resemblance between Christ and our Word Saint Austin notes the Agreement in two things 1. 1. Christus dicitur Verbum Patris quia per eum Pater innotescit sicut ergo verbis nostris id agimus cum verum loquimur ut quod secretum in corde gerimus per signa hujusmodi ad alterius cognitionem proferatur sic illa sapientia quam Pater genuit quia per ipsum innotescit animus secretissimus Patris Verbum ejus convenientissime nominatur To. 3. lib. de fide symb Christ is called the Word of his Father because by him the Father is made known unto us for as by our words when we speak truth our aim is to bring that to the knowledg of another which we think secretly in our mindes So that Wisdom which the Father begot because by him the secret minde of the Father is made known to us is most conveniently called his Word 2. Christus dicitur Verbum Patris quia potest esse verbum nostrum quod non sequitur opus opus autem esse non potest nisi praecedat verbum verbum scilicet cordis sic Verbum Dei potuit esse nulla existente creatura creatura autem nulla potest esse nisi per ipsum per quod facta sunt omnia Tom. 3. de Trinit l. 15. 2. Christ is called the Word of his Father because our word may be which the work follows not but the work cannot be except the word goes before namely the word of the Heart So also the Word of God might be though there were no creature but no creature could be but by this Word by which all things are made 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. Sicut mens nostra sermonem vel verbum procreans nulla id perpessione facit non enim secatur aut fluit nec quicquid earum rerum patitur quae rebus corporeis eveniunt sic omni perpessione vacua est illa quae nec mente quidem comprehendi potest divina generatio Tom. 6. Serm. in Joan. 1.1 Saint Chrysostom makes the comparison thus As our minde says he procreating speech or a word doth it without any suffering for neither is it cut nor doth it flow nor doth it suffer any of those things that happen to bodily things so that divine generation which ca not be so much as comprehended by the minde is altogether voyd of all passion Saint Athanasius notes the Resemblance between Christ and our Word in four Particulars 1. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. Sicut sermo kominis duas habet generationes unam ex anima alteram ex labiis ita Dei Verbum duas generationes habet unam ex Deo Patre quae prima generatio dicitur alteram ex carne quae dicitur generatio secunda 1. As the speech of man hath a double generation one of the Soul and another of the Lips so the Word of God hath a double generation one of God the Father which is the first generation and the other of flesh which is called the second generation 2. Sicut sermo noster quando nascitur secundum generatio nem primam ab anima quod fit cum quis cogitat quid dicere obscurus est non aperitur sed manet potius post generationem in sinibus animalibus ita Deus Verbum quamvis ante secula à Deo Patre natum est non tamen hominibus manifestabatur manebat enim in sinibus paternis 2. As our speech when according to the first generation it is begotten of the Soul which is when one thinks what to say is obscure and is not opened but remains rather in the brest of the creature so God the Word though before all Worlds he was begotten of God his Father was not yet made manifest unto men for he remained in the Bosom of his Father 3. As our Word when we please 3. Sicut sermo noster cum volumus nascitur ex labiis nostris iisque aperitur quibuscum versamur ita Dei Verbum quando ei placuit narum est ex ter castissima Maria tunc factum est manifestum in toto mundo comes out of our Lips and is opened unto them with whom we converse so the Word of God when it pleased him was born of the most chaste Virgin Mary and was then made manifest in the whole World 4. As our speech 4. Sicut sermo noster natus ex labiis nostris quando ex labiis generatur non relinqúit animam nec labia nostra nec aures audientium sed est in anima in labiis nostris in auribus audientium non minuitur unquam et si multa millia sermonem audiant nec deficit sed semper in nobis plenissimus est ita Dei verbum et si natum sit de virgine Maria non tamen à Patre discedit nec à carne nec ab omnibus hominibus nec à tota creatura sed ubique praesto est nec minutum est sed plenissimum To. 2 quaest alia q. 4. when it comes out of our lips leaves not our Soul nor our lips nor the ears of the hearers but is in our Soul in our lips and in the hearers ears and is never diminished though many thousands hear the speech nor fails but is ever most full in us so the Word of God though it be born of the Virgin Mary departs not yet from the Father nor from the flesh nor from all men nor from the whole creature but is every where at hand nor is it diminished but remains most full Saint Basil the Great giving the Reasons why Christ is called the Word doth note the similitude between Christ and our word or speech Why is he called the Word Cur Verbum 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ut ostendatur quia ex mente procedit Cur Verbum 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 quia citra passionem genitum est Cur Verbum 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 quia est imago genitoris totum in se monstrans genitorem nullam inde partem deducens sicut verbum nostrum quod totius cogitationis nostrae imaginem refert quae enim secundum cor nostrum cognovimus haec verbo proferimus id quod loquimur exemplar habet ejus quod corde cogitamus Estque cor nostrum velut fons quidam verbum autem emissum velut rivus ex hoc fonte profluens quale est id quod occultum est tale est etiam quod apparet Verbum ergo dixit ut passionis expertem Patris generationem ostendat perfectam filii substantiam te doceat conjunctionem sine tempore filii ad Patrem per haec

Conversion he says Verse 19 They were made nigh And a little after Ye are no longer says he strangers and foreigners but fellow-citizens of the Saints and of the Houshold of God And Psalm 145.18 The Lord says the Psalmist is near to all them that call upon him in Truth They have a free and ready access to God by Prayer with hope of audience Through him says the Apostle that is through Christ we both that is Eph. 2.18 Believers both among Jews and Gentiles have an access to the Father But as for wicked men they are far off they have no liberty of access to God by Prayer no hope of prevailing with God in Prayer nay to the wicked God says Though ye make many prayers I will not hear Isai 1.15 yea which is more God says of them When they fast I will not hear their cry Jer. 14.12 and when they offer burnt-sacrifice and an oblation I will not accept them And yet further the Church and the Members of it all godly Christians are near to God as having an open enterance into Heaven to enjoy God and live with him in Glory and Happiness for ever 1 Cor. 2.9 Matth. 20 James 1.12 Heb. 10.23 God hath prepared it for them and it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared God hath promised it to them and faithful is He that hath promised Yea Christ hath purchased it for them and therefore they cannot miss of it but as for the wicked God will know them afar off there shall be no enterance for them 1 Cor. 6.9 No unrighteous person says the Apostle shall inherit the Kingdom of God And Saint John says of the Heavenly Jerusalem Rev. 21.27 There shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth nor whatsoever worketh abomination or maketh a lye See the difference between the Church and the Members of it and all wicked men that are strangers from it great is the preferment and Happiness of the one most sad is the condition of the other let wicked men be humbled and cast down let the godly be comforted and be thankful to God for this That they are so preferred CHAP. IX The Church and an House THis Resemblance is frequently used in Scripture Saint Paul calls the Church of God 1 Tim. 3.15 Heb. 3.6 the House of the living God And again Whose House says he ye are if ye hold fast the Confidence and the rejoycing of the Hope to the End 1 Pet. 4.17 And Saint Peter The time is now come that Judgment must begin at the House of God that is at the Church of God Serm. of the Churches Visitation And as Dr. Sibs well observes an House is sometimes put for the Family and sometimes for the structure or Building it self and both ways the Resemblance holds between the Church and an House I. As the House is put for a Family so the Resemblance holds in these things 2 Tim. 2.20 1. In a great House there are Vessels of Gold Silver Wood and Earth some to honor some to dishonor So in the Church there is a mixture of good and bad Elect and Reprobate as in the Field there is a mixture of Wheat and Tares and in the Floor of Grain and Chaff Wonder not then nor take such offence at the Church as to forsake the Communion of it because all are not right and streight nor such as you would have them to be There was never any Church so exact but that there hath been such a mixture in it Let this comfort you That a time will come in which there shall be a Separation made between the Sheep and the Goats between the Wheat and the Tares between the Grain and the Chaff then all things that offend shall be taken and cast out and as in the Garner there shall be onely good Grain so then there shall be onely a Congregation of righteous men Psalm 1.5 Heb. 12 and spirits made perfect Wait till that time and expect not that now which God intends to be then separate we our selves from the corrupt manners of the wicked and imitate not their sinful exorbitances and then let it not trouble us that wicked men are mixt with us their sins shall hurt them not us Gal. 6.5 Rom. 14.12 Every man shall bear his own burden Every one of us shall give account of himself unto God And if any being admitted to the Lords Table shall eat and drink unworthily he shall not prejudice any of us who study to prepare our selves for the use of it 1 Cor. 11.29 but shall eat and drink judgment to himself alone 2. In a great Family there are persons of different ages of different strength of different relations to the Master of the Family of different employments so in the Church of God there are little Children 1 John 2.12 13 14 young men and Fathers there are weaker and stronger Christians some that stand in need of milk some that are fit for stronger meat some that need to be led or carried in arms some that can go of themselves and walk strongly some that are Teachers and Rulers of others and some that are taught and ruled by others Let not then weak Christians be too much cast down because of their weakness nor they that are laid out for less noble employments as if in this respect they were not of Gods Family The weakest Childe is a Member of the Family as well as the strongest and they that stand in need of milk as well as they that are most fit for the strongest meat and they that need to be carried in arms as well as they that are able to go most strongly yea know for your comfort That as the weakest Childe may in time grow to be a strong Man so ye that are weak for the present may in time prove strong if ye be not wanting to your selves Nor let stronger Christians despise the weaker for even these are Members of Gods Family as well as your selves and therefore to despise them were intolerable pride and God knows how to increase their strength and to abate yours so that ye may come to stand in need of the help of them whom for the present you despise because of their weakness Serm. of the Churches Visitation 3. There is yet another Particular which Dr. Sibs observes in which this Resemblance holds namely That the Master of the Family hath a Care to provide for his Family yea and he that doth it not hath denied the Faith 1 Tim 5.8 and is worse then an Infidel yea the very Dragons and Ostriches the worst of all the Creatures have some care of their young ones So nay much more God the Master of this great Family will provide for all the Members of his Church Mat. 6.26 28 29 30 yea He feeds the Fowls of the Air and clothes the Lilies of the Field much more will he