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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28227	A book of warnings, or, The visitation of the Lord's love to the King and his Parliament, the nobility and gentry, the arch-bishops and bishops &c., the presbytery, the Independents and Baptists, the people of these nations thorough [sic] his servant George Bishope.	Bishop, George, d. 1668.	1661 (1661)	Wing B2988; ESTC R18647	27,063	34

bless being persecuted we suffer it being defamed we entreat We are made as the filth of the world and are the off-scouring of all things unto this day 1 Cor. 4. 11 12 13. And they wandered about in sheep-skins and goat-skins being destitute afflicted and tormented of whom the world was not worthy They wandered in Deserts and in Mountains and in Dens and in Caves of the Earth Heb. 11. 37 38 And how the Apostles went about from Nation to Nation from City to City preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom their Epistles and Acts manifest unto which I refer And Paul saith A Bishop then must be blameless the Husband of one Wife vigilant sober of good behaviour given to Hospitality apt to teach not given to Wine no striker nor given to filthy Lucre but patient not a Brawler not Covetous One that ruleth well his Own house having his Children in subjection with all gravity For if a man know not how to rule his Own house how shall he take Care of the Church of God Not a Novice least being lifted up with Pride hee fall into the condemnation of the Devil Moreover he must have a good Report of them that are without least he fall into Reproach and the snare of the Devil These things write I unto Thee saith he to Timothy hoping to come unto thee shortly but if I tarry long that thou mayst know how thou oughtest to behave thy self in the House of God which is the Church of the living God the Pillar Ground of Truth which no Temples made with hands are but the Church which is in God 1 Thes 1. 1. Lively stones built upon that spiritual house an holy Priesthood to offer up spiritual Sacrifices acceptable to God by Jesus Christ 1 Pet. 2. 5. 1 Tim. 3. 2. to the 8. 14 15. And the same Apostle saith to Titus For this Cause left I thee in Creet that thou shouldst set in order the things that are wanting and ordain Elders in every City as I had appointed thee If any be blameless the husband of one wife having faithful Children not accused of Riot or unruly For a Bishop must be blameless as the Steward of God not self-willed not soon angrie not given to wine no striker not given to filthy lucre but a lover of hospitality a lover of good men Sober just holy temperate holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught that he may be able by sound doctrine both to Exhort and to Convince the gain-sayers Tit. 1. 5. to the 10. And this Paul was an Apostle not of men neither by man but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the Dead So he saith himself Gal. 1. 1. And Timothy had the Gift by the laying on of the hands of the Presbytery 1 Tim. 4. 14. And the Apostles laid their hands on them that believed and they received the Holy Ghost Act. 8. 17. which Simon the Sorcerer would have bought with mony For when Simon saw that through laying on of the Apostles hands the Holy Ghost was given he offered them mony saying Give me also this Power that on whomsoever I lay hands he may receive the Holy Ghost But Peter said unto him Thy Money perish with thee because thou hast thought the Gift of God can be purchased with Money Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter For thy heart is not right in the sight of God Repent therefore of this thy wickedness and pray God if perhaps the thoughs of thine heart may be forgiven thee for I perceive thou art in the gall of bitterness and the bond of iniquity ver 18. to the 24 And Paul said to Timothy Lay hands suddenly on no ma● neither be partakers of other mens sins Keep thy self pure 1 Tim. 5. 22. And that Ministration had an End with them and Antichrist was then entring and the Apostles prophesied of the Apostasie and Jude speaking of what was already entred which the Prophets and the Apostles of the Lord Jesus had foretold should come which was then already come But Beloved saith he ver 17. Remember ye the words that were spoken by the Apostles of the Lord Jesus Christ how that they told you there should be mockers in the last time which should walk after their ungodly lusts These be they who seperate themselves sensual having not the Spirit ver 18 19. And John saith expresly That it was then the last time Little Children saith he it is the last time and as ye have heard that Antichrist shall come even Now there are many Antichrists whereby we know it is the last time 1 John 2 18 And in the Revelations he saw the Court which was without the Temple to be given to the Gentiles and that they should tread the holy City under foot fourty and two Months Rev. 2. 21. And in the Overthrow of Babylon and the Return from the Apostasie and after it he speaks not of the Return again of that Ministration but of a More glorious a City wherein the Lamb was the light thereof And I saw saith he No Temple therein for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the Temple of it And the City had no need of the Sun neither of the Moon to shine in it for the glory of God did lighten it and the Lamb is the light thereof And the Nations of them that are saved shall walk in the light of it and the Kings of the Earth do bring their glory and honor unto it Rev. 21. 22 23 24. And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day for there shall be no night there And they shall bring the glory and the honor of the Nations unto it And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth neither whatsoever worketh an abomination or maketh a lye but they that are written ia the Lambs book of life ver 25 26 27. And all sorrows here are wiped away and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes and there shall be no more death neither sorrow nor crying neither shall there be any more pain for the former things are passed away And he that sate on the Throne said Behold I make all things new And he said unto me Write for these things are true and faithful Rev. 21. 4 5. And to the Lambs Wife was granted that she should be arrayed in fine Linnen clean and white for the fine Linnen is the righteousness of Saints Rev. 19. 8. And behold the Tabernacle of God is with men and he will dwell with them and they shall be his people and God himself shall be with them and be their God Rev. 21. 3. And he saw the holy City the New Jerusalem coming down from God out of Heaven prepared as a Bride adorned for her Husband ver 2. And the Angel that flew through the midst of Heaven having the everlasting Gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the Earth and to every Nation and