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A57540	Ohel or Beth-shemesh A tabernacle for the sun, or, Irenicum evangelicum : an idea of church-discipline in the theorick and practick parts, which come forth first into the world as bridegroom and bride ... by whom you will have the totum essentiale of a true Gospel-church state according to Christs rules and order left us when he ascended ... : published for the benefit of all gathered churches, more especially in England, Ireland and Scotland / by John Rogers ...	Rogers, John, 1627-1665?; Rogers, John, 1627-1665? Challah, the heavenly nymph.	1653 (1653)	Wing R1813; Wing R1805; ESTC R850	596,170	655

the open light preach it on the house-tops that is in the most patent and publike places teaching them to observe whatsoever I have commanded you Matth. 28.20 thus Wisdome sends forth her Maidens to cry and call in the open streets and in the most publike places of the City where is greatest resort Prov. 9.3 and Christ tells his Disciples in Mark 4.22 there was not any thing kept in secret but that it should come abroad Fifthly This publike appearance would be most answer reason 5 able to Christs practise yea and his Apostles and Saints too in the primitive times though then dangerous see what Christ saith Joh. 18.20 I spake openly to the world I ever taught in the Synagogues and in the Temple whither the Jews alwayes resort and in secret have I said nothing So Act. 20.20 I kept backe nothing saith Paul that was profitable unto you but have shewed you and taught you publikely Thus the Church of Ephesus was brought out into publike too sometimes reason 6 Sixtly This publike practise and uniting together is more answerable to the worke it selfe being a worke of light and therefore it ought to bee done in light and openly for veritas abscondi erubescit Joh. 3.21 He that doth truth cometh into the light that his deeds may be manifest that they are wrought of God saith Christ who is Light that is all as from God and for God such are neither ashamed of their principle nor of their end quoad fontem quoad finem saith Aug. in loc The honest Tradesman is content his Wares should be carried to the street-door from the dim shop-board It is for Heresie to hide it selfe saies Hall And for Antichristianisme and false Wares to loath the light they are Bats and Owles that love not to be seen But let us walk as children of light Eph. 5.8.11 It is said of John Frith Martyr that when the Archbishops man would have let him gone away and escaped saith he no If you goe to Croyden and tell the Bishop that you have lost Frith I will follow as fast as ever I can and tell him I have found Frith again and would deliver my self into his hands for what do ye think that I am afraid to declare my opinion before the Bishops in a manifest truth or to come into publike no! reason 7 Seventhly I shall adde one reason more to this and that is the Incouragements which others would hereby have to joyn in that fellowship for the publike appearance of the Christians in Solomons Porch Act. 5.12 was very attractive as in V. 14. Beleevers were the more added to the Lord multitudes both of men and women So that the Church lost nothing but got much by it whilst Clandestine embodying discourages many c. It must needs be so that when people come to see such an amiablenesse and excellency in this way of Christ above all other wayes and how the Beloved is in this Church state the best of all beloveds carrying away the Banner from ten thousands and that his presence is most familiarly and ravishingly in these Gardens enclosed and this appeares to be promised and proved out of Scriptures I say it must needs bee that their bowels will earne after these wayes and to live in these Gardens when they know what the way is as when the Daughters of Sion did ask first of Christ what is he Cant. 5.9 And then when they heard how he excelled the next question is Cant. 6.1 O where is he whether is be gone c. So when they hear what this way is the next question will be O where is it how shall we get in tell us that we may seek him with thee that we may partake of these priviledges with you And they shall say We will go with you for we have heard that God is with you Zach. 8.23 Many Reasons more I might adde hereto and produce more Scriptures to confirm and strengthen this Exhortation of appearing in publick upon that day especially sed sat sapienti In a word If you do these things shew thy self to the world John 7.3 Let all men see and observe how sweetly your practise agrees with Christs Precept and this way with his Word till which time men surmize much evil of you and your opinion and think you are without warrant and walk by fancy not by faith As if a man who never saw any dance in his life should see a company in a field whilest he is afar off and before he can hear any musick he thinks them mad wonders what they mean to skip about so but when he is come nigh and hears the melody of the musick and observes their dancing and how they agree both in time and order with the tune of the musicks he then admires on the other side changes his former thoughts and judgement of them and now is much taken and delighted with them and marks with much affection the agreement of the foot to the tune and could attempt to enter in and be one amongst them were he but fit for it and yet he can hardly forbear So it is that the vulgar and ordinary sort of people such as are most strangers to this way of the Gospel may think you mad and wonder what you mean to separate from their Parish wayes to joyn in fellowship in this orderly way till they come to see how it doth agree with the Word and Spirit and then they cannot but with much content observe the Order and minde the Word and this way together to agree most sweetly and then they wish to be in the number of them whose practise appears so home to the precepts and practise of Christ and Saints in primitive times And that this sweet order and agreement might be the more observed and asserted I do heartily wish for the honor of him whom I serve that there may be no more Chamber-embodyings but openly to all for the conviction of many especially now in the time of the Churches tranquillity and liberty And let this be done by them in due order and solemnity answerable to the weight of the Ordinance and then they shall grow up in all things in Jesus Christ their head from whom the whole body fitly joyned together and compacted by that which every joynt supplieth according to the effectual working in the measure of every part shall make increase of the Body Eph. 4.15 16. And in whom all the building fitly framed together shall grow up an holy Temple in the Lord Eph. 2.21 CHAP. IV. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Beith The Church thus constituted takes in Members and of their Admission upon clear Testimony and without dipping or tying to Forms or Judgements THe Church thus orderly gathered and united together do receive in Members as Acts 2.41 5.13 9.26 Now in their Admission we must consider First the Power that takes them in and then secondly

in the blood of Christ 1 Cor. 1.17 Secondly being most pure and high-prized Lev. 14.14 Thirdly Lively and lovely Cant. 5.16 Joh. 17.3 and for the Temples use Secondly from the Forme like a thread that is well woven strongly twisted and finely and freely spun out by the Spirit of God 1 Cor. 2.4.12 being very fine thin subtle pure and of a most divine substance and also as the Churches haire-lace being to binde up the people of God to and about their Head viz. Jesus Christ And her speech is comely i. e. lovely gracious sweet and desirable as in Eccles. 12.9 10 11. Prov. 16.23 24. therefore in Hebrew Navah is being very amiable so are the Scriptures full of lovely mysteries lively histories triumphing truths comforting counsels and counselling comforts Her temples are like a peece of Pomegrannet The Temples are those between the eyes and ears which the Chaldee calls the Kings Governours and Keepers of Israel but I meane such as are high in Christ their Head through which runne many vitall veynes for and into the body and such ought all over-seeing and directing governing and guiding-Elders to bee like a peece of Pomegrannet i. e. frustum or fragmen a crust or fragment broken off which is over full and flowing over with juice sirrup and sweetnesse c. in the sight of all and besides this shews the benefit of this Church-Discipline and more then meer Ecclesiasticall politie that I speake of being abounding in ju●cie sirrups and sweet savours to the meanest and most despised Saint for although there may bee an outward sharpnesse to the flesh yet there is an unspeakable inward sweetnesse and spirituall solaces to the soule to bee had here and to be got in this Government as will appeare hereafter but besides like the Pomegrannet which is full of sweet seed odoriferous graines well united together and gathered into one body every one in order pointing up to the Crown so is this Gospel-government full of sweet juyce and sappy seeds or Saints well-coloured and all in order pressing after the same perfection and verticall point of glory being gathered together into one distinct body But to delineate her beauty more at large Her necke is like the Tower of David sayes the Text builded for an A●mory wherein hang the bucklers and shields of mighty men The Neck is that part between the head and body and united to both and is of necessity through which passes and repasses whatsoever is usefull for both to the nourishment of both and each in and by other Now I am of opinion the Ordinances doe thus and are as the necke between the Head and body between Christ and people to bring both into union and into unseparable fellowship as Heb. 8.10 by the Spirit so that both the head and body may be nourished through them they as conveyances of the vitals to the Animals and of the Animals to the vitals that the one may be refreshed by the other and all be by a mutuall and redaman●ine love which is the life of union so that through this Necke the body is abundantly nourished by the vital spirits from the Head I mean by the sanctifying and saving so called graces of the same Spirit in Christ our Head those then that despise Christs Ordinances doe as much as in them lyes behead the Church of Christ A cruell Act Have a care But then like the Tower Migdall great and strong of David Nehem 3.19.25 2 Sam. 5.8 9. an Armory the word is Thalpiioh of Thalah to hang and Piioh sharp two edged weapons to hang swords in the two edged sword of the Spirit hangs there often and the soules bucklers and shields of Defence are ordinarily found in this Armory of the Churches and Helmets and Head-peeces and Breast-plates and what not for every Souldier of Christs under his Banner and Command for the Church is to be in a bitter warfare continually and let a Saint but come hither bee he of what size soever hee may bee armed out of this Armory of the Churches yea the stoutest Champions that march against Christs enemies Furthermore for her two breasts they are like two young Roes twins which feed among the Lillies Her Breasts are both an Ornament as Ezek. 16.7 and for use necessary Isa. 66.11 and indeed to take the two Testaments so called they are both an Ornament and of necessary use to all the Churches of Christ though some for whom my heart akes I feare runne the folly and madnesse of that malicious Apostate who called the Bible a Bawble but hee proved a Babel The truth is these Breasts swell with sweet milke and consolations doe drop out againe even for the Babes that are weake Isa. 66.11 1 Pet. 2.2 they are full in deed of what is absolutely cherishing to the Churches Children and therein are many precious promises and sweet truths easily to be digested by such babes as doe eagerly hunger call and cry for them laying full hold on them drawing and sucking much sweetnesse out of them which are as Twins being both borne of one out of one spirit and for one end and from one God 2 Tim. 3.16 but I had rather read them the Word and Spirit feeding among Lillies For so are Saints white pure pleasant lovely living best in low vallies and well moystned at their root and such are fond to sucke from them as before and to entertaine them and as Moulin once said that in the times of Persecutions whilst they burnt us for reading of the Scriptures we burnt to be reading of them But thus I have beyond my intention examined this Epithalmion which is sung in specie and paints out Prophetically the picture of a true Church called into Gospel government and that upon the breaking of the morning Sunne and the day springing from on high ver 6. for then it followes thou art all faire my Love Now in this description her beauty being discovered so eminently from her most visible Members it needeth not to speake of more then such as are most conspicuous to the eyes of all at this present But to proceed to the second part of this part of the Forme which is That every particular Church of Christ gathered together into one Body according to Gospel-order as before hath as free as full and as compleat a Church-power and Authority to order all affaires within her owne body as any Church whatsoever excluding all sorts of Superiority that may be possibly claimed in point of Church-power and that par in parem non habet imperium equall Sisters have equall powers and priviledges will be proved an undeniable truth In the progresse of which I beleeve I shall much use Mr. Bartlets method as my memory wil admit me for I have no other Booke of his then my breast at present see in Rev. chap. 2. chap. 3. the seven Churches of Asia and

faith of ruddy complexions lively and vigorous before but tossed about but now at anchor before afraid to lift up their quivering hands and trembling eyes but now boldly wrastling with Omnipotency its selfe before durst not draw nigh the Lord but now durst run into his armes and leap into his lap before came but behinde to touch the hem of his garment Scriptures and Ordinances but now O they can look him on the face and flye into his bosome with embraces before they durst not touch a promise and scarcely cast an eye upon a promise but now they covetously claim all graspe greedily and appropriate for their own all before their performances were green and unfit but now mellowed with the hot Sun-beams and are sweet mature fruits O how they can snap asunder now those arrows that before made them bleed at the heart now they can quench those fiery darts that formerly wounded them so deep and whereas before they were under bondage and went a begging now they have an assurance they are free and can command Command ye me saith the Lord in Isay O blessed people what a change is here from Mount Sinai to Mount of Olives that drops fatness where Christ is found transfigured Matth. 17. Now by their experiences you shall heare how they attained to this top of the Mount and have many remarkable Marks and evidences and yet so as they will neither themselves nor would they have you to confide in those testimonies as infallible for Hypocrites may goe far in these latter but not in the former It is not their new change from sinne to grace from uncleanness to holiness from creature to Christ from conflicts to peace from darkness to light from bondage to liberty from Sinai to Sion from carnal-courses companions c. to spiritual that causes their assurance but their assurance rather causes these and makes this glorious change and these happy flowings of joy and peace It is dangerous to place assurance in mortification of sinne and dying to our former lusts or in vivification and living a new another life such as are legally enlightned may lay hold on Promises claspe about Christ cry out away with their lusts meet with some soul-meltings in praying preaching reading or the like and long after the Ordinances and taste a sweetness in them and what not and yet be under darkness doubts fears c. for there is something within that fetters and manacles them till they are under the ministration of the Gospel for as we know green wood with fire in it besets the room with smoake and fills all and so some poor hearts whose principles are yet too sensual and full of our sap which may have many sparkes of the Law and Curses for sinne kindled in them but they will be fuller of smoak then of light till the Spirit comes And yet such smoaking-flax is not to be quenched but blown up Wherefore I say this makes not assurance they are all in the darke and smoake yet yet we cannot deny but that the times of Assurance are times of great change and alteration the prison-doors are set open the iron-bolts knocked off the captives at liberty yea they are sealing and setling times ad corroborandum Titulum they are times of the soules victory and triumph over lusts Rev. 2.17 and with the Virgin-company of following the Lamb whither soever he goeth they are times of trampling on all things below and keeping the moon under foot yea they are watching and working and warning and arming times too and times of breathing after full possession c. and all this and more too will appeare in the experiences of Saints O what stories can they tell even a new Canticles what Jubiles love songs and soule-raptures doe they meet with then is Aurora gaudii growing more and more to a perfect day Now so far as we can judge of it by the rule of charity we have matter enough afforded us in the historical and demonstrable part of their experiences It is well noted by one Donn fol. 658. of the Evangelist John who was wrapt up so much into the Divinity of Christ of all other that he does ordinarily double that asseveration so often in Christs mouth viz. Amen Amen Verily Verily I say unto you c. whilst the other Evangelists mention it but Verily I say unto you c. so is it that the more we are beloved of God and the nearer we are come to Christ to ly in his bosome and the more we are swallowed up in his Divinity the further we are from single assertions of truth and the more wee meet with and manifest to others double testimonies of Gods love and our assurance which like some precious mineral-waters will not onely mundifie the ulcers but comfort the sores cool the heat supple the wounds stop the infection from going further and by degrees will heal all Now the fuller we are of the love of Christ and the more we are in his Divinity the more assuredly wee assert it and confidently wee ●ver it even as it were by double testimonies and are nothing ashamed to shew our assurance as much as we can expresse it by our experiences But thus for this first Reason wherein I have been the longer because the Point is so usefull and excellent to all Saints of all judgements but I shall be now shorter To the second Reason Secondly True experiences puffe not up as Col. 3.18 c. but teach humility and self-denial for then they know man reason 2 hath nothing to boast of for this end had Paul experience of Sathans buffets of thornes in the flesh of great afflictions of violent temptations and strong corruptions of smart blows from the Devils fingers and such as came so thicke that hee could hardly take breath lest he should have been exalted and puffed up in 2 Cor. 12.17 for then we are most fit for use when we are most humble and kept low And it is observed that the very Turkes at this day doe pretend the pride of the Hungarians and of the Epirots or Albanians to make them unfit for Slaves wherefore when they take them they torment them to death most cruelly of all others So doubtlesse their destruction is most desperate and the Devill takes a great advantage to put to death such without pity that are in his hands who are exalted by their experiences and Diotrephes-like loving a preheminence seek with a corrupt desire to be some body in the eyes and opinions of others Without infinite mercy and deliverance this will ruine us and thus the hearts of many Hypocrites and Professors are puffed up and swell out with conceits that they excell others Such the Apostle speaks of 1 Cor. 4.18 19. and Col. 2.18 Let no man beguile you who is vainly puffed by his fleshly minde 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is let him not Lord it and brave it as