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A68146	A theologicall discourse of the Lamb of God and his enemies contayning a briefe commentarie of Christian faith and felicitie, together with a detection of old and new barbarisme, now commonly called Martinisme. Newly published, both to declare the vnfayned resolution of the wryter in these present controuersies, and to exercise the faithfull subiect in godly reuerence and duetiful obedience.	Harvey, Richard, 1560-1623?	1590 (1590)	STC 12915; ESTC S117347	120,782	204

thy seruants to do any thing and we will do any thing with all our power and giue vs after this Battle which we dayly maintaine and wage against the diuell and his two great Bassaes the world and the flesh that hire and those wages that are prouided and ready told out for all them that fight a good fight vnder thy Insigne for thy Church yesterday in the field to day in the Cittie and to morow in both till they die to themselues and liue to thee Esai cap. 40. vers 10 ô how happie how right happie how onely happie are they which liue with thee this day and the next day and for euer Thus much of the circumstance of time contained in this word The next day the first part of this history The second part is the circumstance of the Place where the baptisme of Iohn-baptist was celebrated and published among the Iewes in which respect and consideration I may reason thus In matters of greatest importance and weight the manner of historians is to set downe the place of the action and actor to make their histories credible seing all that is done is done in some place but the baptisme of Iohn is a matter of greatest importance weight and therefore the place of the baptisme must be named and so it is named in this chapter and called Bethabara in the verse going before Yet Chrysostome in his 16. homily vpon this gospell turneth both verses into one as though it were necessary to ioyne the verse of the place with the verse of the speaker but to omit this grammaticall point of ioyning parting verses S. Ierome in his translation if that translation be truly fathered vpon Ierome miscalleth the place Bethania for Bethania is not beyōd Iordan as this place is said to be neither is there any other Bethany but one Suidas inuenteth a newe place Thabara which is not seene in all that countrie besides this one proofe or rather reproofe P. Martyr addeth another sure one and concludeth that the place of Iohns baptisme was neere vnto Iordan but Bethania far from that riuer yea so much farther from the desert where Iohn baptized Then seing Bethania is but 15. furlongs that is two miles within one furlong southward from Ierusalem as is specified in this gospell c. 8. v. 18. it cannot be the desert of Iudaea which is at the neerest by Stellaes map 80. furlongs that is ten miles eastward frō Ierusalem where Iohn-baptist abode seing Bethany is on the foreside of the riuer and Bethabara on the farre side the glose cannot put the one in the others roome vnlesse it can put twelue miles into one hem seing Bethany is the towne of Martha and Mary whether Christ went and lodged c. 11. v. 1. and Bethabara a plaine field beyond Iordan except we turne a field into a towne we must read Bethabara not Bethania and so doth Chrysostome read so doth Theophilactus read and so doth Origen read so doe our best old and new doctors read Wherefore auoiding that old errour in Chorography we rightly name the place of Iohns baptisme Bethabara which is beyond Iordan This place is the common highway and passage from Syria to Palestina by ferry and therefore a most populous and much frequented place saith Gualter this is the place which the Israëlites went through right ouer Iericho with their puissant triumphant captaine Iosua while the water of Iordane was miraculously driuen backward on the right hand and on the left and therefore a famous and wonderful place Iosua c. 3. v. 16 this is the place where the inhabitants of mount Ephraim tooke the princes of the Madianites by the appointment of Gedeon both Oreb and Zeb and therefore a victorious and renowmed place Iudges c. 7. v. 24 25 a place both for the former excellencie and present vse most fit for Iohns baptisme wherby we enter the highway to heauen in which we tread the path that leadeth vs against our spiritual enimies by which we ouercome the kings of this worlde and the chiefest in the waies of the ayre These and other like causses might be prouidently foreseene of the Baptist besides these he knew that he ought to teach his doctrine in the promised and holy land Luke c. 1. v. 16 that his discipline chiefly respected the Iewes where Christ should come after him that his cries should be most heard in the desert of Iudaea that the more he persuaded the Rabbies of Ierusalem the more his doctrine should preuaile and as it were take roote among the people that the neerer he kept to that famous cittie in some open place the further he was from suspition of corner opinions and scismaticall conueyance for heresies being in a sort inward maladies and cankers 2. Timoth. c. 2. v. 17 go like a sicknesse from house to house from dore to dore but true religion seeketh no starting holes saith S. Bernard and wisdome standeth without in the high streete in the entrings of the gates in the tops of high places saith king Salomon and lifteth vp hir voice in the plaine of Bethabara So God sendeth his word as he giueth other his good benefits the light of the firmament the dew of the element the springs of the waters the fruites and gifts of nature and the insitions or graftes of grace are vniuersall and common to men he openeth his hands and filleth all things with plenty saith the kingly prophet Psal 145. v. 16 And as the Baptist preacheth here in an open great auditory so did other saints of God and embassadors of the Almighty at other times both to resemble with their whole imitation the property of God whose cognisance they carried in their harts and to make this one good the better by parting and dispensing it among a multitude for in no place were the acts of the twelue Apostles the seuen Deacons more seene then in open synagoges and on festiuall daies Acts c. 2. v. 6. c. 3. v. 6 7. c. 4. v. 10. c. 5. v. 12. c. 7. v. 2. c. 8. v. 12. c. the Prophets call the heauen and earth not one parcell or corner of heauen and earth to heare their prophesies and instructions Esai c. 1. v. 2. Ierem c. 6. v. 9. c. 22. v. 29. Michae c. 1. v. 2. And Ieremy againe is commanded to crie in the eares of Ierusalem to awake them frō their sleepe of sinne that all the citie may giue eare c. 2. vers 2. God speaking to Ezechiel calleth him sonne of man as if in him he spake to all mankind c. 2. v 1 3 6 8. c. Oseas and Amos and the rest call all the Israëlites c. 4. v. 1. c. 3. v. 1. Ionas is sent to all Niniue c. 1. v. 2. other men of God cal vpon whole townes whole prouinces all nations at once Ioel c. 1. v. 2. Abdias v. 1. Nahum c. 1. v. 15. Sophony c. 2. v. 1 4 c. Zachary c. 2. v. 7. God giueth his