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A briefe of the Bible drawne first into English poësy, and then illustrated by apte annotations: togither vvith some other necessary appendices. By Henoch Clapham.
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Clapham, Henoch.
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Essence or Soule But as the Father worketh not without his Sonne nor the Holy Ghost without the Father and the Sonne so neither doth the minde or will or working power effect any thing sundred but ioyntly yet as wee attribute Creation to the Father Redemption to the Sonne Illumination to the Spirit So to the Minde we attribute Vnderstanding conceipt to the Will we attribute well or ill affecting and to the working power we attribute the thing wrought or done As in that one God no Person is before or after another in Time but in Order of some externall work to vs wrought So neither in that one Soule is the minde before the will in Time nor the working power behinde them in time For the power of working is before the â—hing wrought but onely in Order for there is no sooner a Soule but there exist all them three and without any one of them the Soule cannot be If one demaund what is it that Createth all things I answere God What is it that Redeemeth Man falne God What is it that enlightneth man God yet there are not three but One God So demand what it is in mee that vnderstandeth I answere a Soul What is that which willeth or affectionateth any thing the Soule What is it whereby thou art enabled to liue mooue I answer a Soule yet are there not three but one Soule in me whereby them things are wrought Philosophandi quia non institutum Dixi. But as no Image can almost any whit attaine the peâ—fection of that Thing whereof it is an Image so neither this Image of GOD in man able to attaine the excellency of the Highest who in every thing is Infinite Onely and the Cause of other things h Hauing Created man ELOHIM bringeth all inferiour Creatures before him to see howe he will call them who in the depth of his vnderstanding minde willeth and vttereth such names as the Lord approved But euery living thing hauing his yoke-felowe man was alone and therfore imperfect ELOHIM casting HIM therefore on sleep doth from his side extract a Rib whereof he made Mans-mate putting Her vnto Him with blessing to Encrease i He giveth vnto Both but one Name Gen. 5. 1. contrary to some Cuntries custome nowe where the Wife beareth not her Hus-bandes Name to teach them that they were but One He the Root She the Braunch sprong out of his side 2. Staffe That a Man and a Mans in b Eden placed were To whome God gaue Commaund of all the fruites The fruit of c One Tree only to forbeare In paine of death as holy writ disputes Which Precept kept A sacramentall wood of Life d during before their eies there stood a He was called Ish that is Man she was called Ishah that is Mans fiâ—st because she was deriued from Man secondly for that she was made for Man b They being made of Dust Genes 2. 7. God notwithstanding preferreth them before all other Creatures First by putting in their Soule an Image of himselfe Secondly by seating them in the most glorious plot of the Earth called Eden or Paradisâ— Thirdly by giuing them dominion over other his Creatures Fourthly by commending onely vnto them Hierogliphiks or holy preaching signes as followeth c One Commandement was laid vpon them that thereby they might professe subiection to the Creator The Tree was called the Tree of knowledge of good and evill Gen 2. 17 because it preached sacramentallie to Adam that hee should do Good in not eating of it but hee should do Evill in eating of it d This second Tree sacramentally preached to Adaâ— that to them and their seede Life should be immortall if so they kept ELOHIM his Precept 3. Staffe But e Satan f Devill envying God and Man Possest the Serpent beautifull and feate Who vnto Woman subtellie soone came And her perswades on fruit forbid to eat g She eat and gaue to Man so both did sinne And cruell h Death his kingdome did begin e Adversarie f Accuser when this Advers-spirit was created I knowe not except in the first day togither with the Light But created an Adversarie he was not but first togither with the whole Armie of Angels hee was created good but sinning against God God cast him and all that sinned with him downe to Hell 2. Pet 2. 4. He can yet transforme himselfe into an Angel of Light in being a false Spirit in the mouths of men 2. Cor. 11. 14 15. and King 21. 22. No maruell then if here hee could occupie the tongue of the Serpent the Serpent then beautifull and so speake from his Iawes vnto Heuah she as yet not hauing like knowledge of the Creatures nature as had Adam who before her Creation had seene and named the Creatures g As Satan durst not first assaile Man so hee hoped that Woman once perverted shee would easilie pervert Man h Sinne brought in Death for hauing sinned Mortalitie seazed on their nature so that from the day of their sinning their nature ever was dying Before immortall but thencefoorth mortall subiect to diseases agues gripings by the which Nature finallie is overthrowne 4. Staffe Their soules once stript of a Light and Holines b They flie from God He calles them back againe And then besides the Soule his dead distres He doth inflict on both their c Bodies pain But promiseth that d WomaÌ„ seed shuld bring who should destroy Satan his deadly sting a Thus They lost the Image of God and in roome of Light the mind was cove red with spirituall Darknes the will possessed with vnholines from both which proceeded the Power of doing Evill In this perversion therefore of the Soules Faculties they caried in them the Image of the Deuill b Their Mind conceiving wrongly of God the Will which is as the foote of the Soule willed to walk a wrong way The erroneous mind begetteth an vnholy Wil and from them both proceede that Power whereby they conceived and brought forth evill where is nowe Free-wil vnto good This spirituall death of the Soule for life to good was lost liuelie preached the desert of eternall death c He enjoyneth Man and all in Man to labour in honest calling And to the end that there might be occasion of Mans labour the Earth is cursed after which Curse it bringeth foorth bryars brambles and other annoying Creatures which had no place in the first Creation holy The sight of these things should teach Man much wisedome Vnto Woman he appointed dolor of the womb in bringing foorth Children As for the Serpent Satans Instrument he is enioyned to go on the Earth with his bellie and to feed of dust betwene whome and Mankind there should ever be enmitie Hereof it commeth that nether Man can abide the Serpent nor the Serpent brooke Man d Woman being the first in transgression is by ELOHIM his free-favour here appointed to bring foorth the Saving seede namely Iesus the Christ. Betweene this blessed seed and his members faithfull on the one side and Satan the
To what end gaue he such Ministers for two ends First For gathering togither the Saints Secondly For the Ministeriall worke even for the edification of Christs bodie once gathered Howe long hath he appointed Ministers First for Gathering People into a body Secondly for Ministring vnto a Body so gathered or built vp He hath given such Ministerie Till wee all meet togither in the vnitie of Faith and Knowledge of the Sonne of God vnto a perfect man c. But yet we are not all So meâ— therefore still endureth the Guift of Christ for gathering the Saintes Which guift considering Apostles and Evangelists ceased doth onely rest vpon the head of this Prophet Let not the greatnes of any mans guiftes or fame bring preiudice vnto this so open truth Hee that holdeth not chieflie to this place for vpholding the Doctrine against Romanistes forsakes the surest string of his Bowe b Men fore-warned are half armed Iesus his Loue-Letter foretold this Revel 11. 7. and 13. 7. In Patience therefore let vs possesse our soules c See Revel 13. 16. 17. But a fearefull plague must Gods Angell or Prophet sent of God denounce against such branded People Revel 14. 9. 10. 11. The fearefulnes of which torment might feare them from all obedience to the Beast but if they will serue the Devill in his Rulers the Devill that setts them on work shal pay them their black wages 18. Staffe The Gentiles once got to the height of sinne And fulnesse of the a Saued come to Light The b Elder Brother Ievv shal straight com in And mourne for that he had no sooner sight Their comming in shall be the Gentiles Light Nor till that time will Sun againe be bright a When the Gentiles as a woman big bellied hath brought forth the Fâ—lnesse of her spirituall wombe then shal all Israel be saved Rom. 11. 25. 26. Hereof read in 1. part at Iudahs king Oziaâ— there the 11. b I allude vnto the Parable Luke 16. 11. c. By the Elder sonne I vnderstand the Iewe by the yonger sonne the Gentile the Gentiles sprung specially of Iaphet the Iews of Shem and both of them sonnes to Noah who as a Gyant refreshed with wine rose from the wine giving Shem the Priviledge in the first place but plainly telling Iaphet that he should in time obtaine Shems Priviledge When the Prodigal Gentile was received home to eat of the fat Bullock and well liking Sacrifice Iesus the Iewe stubbornly stood without the spirituall Tent refusing to come inâ—â—y they haue refused hitherto to come into the spirituall banquet and to communicate with vs. But the Fulnesse of the Gentiles once accomplished then shall Israel be called to the Faith of Christ Iesus who perceiuing that Messiah was slaine before by them they shall wayle Familie by Familie with a great Lamentation Zech. 12. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Vpon which humiliation a Fountaine shall bee opened to Dauids house for sin and vncleannes Chap. 13. 1. c. Their Fall brought a blessing to the Gentiles but their Rising shall bring much glory to such as will walke in their light Rom. 11. 12. 15. This their Rising the Apostles were not ignorant of who the last time that ever they asked a question of Iesus did demaunde If so hee would at that time Restore the Kingdome to Israel ACT. 1. I well knowe that some otherwise godly and learned haue blamed the Apostles there for exspecting a worldly Kingdome but Tantorum pace I dare not thinke that the Apostles are blame-worthie nay I deeme them praise-worthie who had so speciall care for their owne peoples good First If they dreamed that Israel should haue restored to them a Kingdome not onely spirituall such a dreame cannot be infringed nay reade the Prophets attentiuely and they insinuate a Kingdome not onely spirituall Secondly they saying Wilt thou at this time Restore the Kingdome to Israel what answer doth Iesus returne doth he reproue them No what saith he Thus he answers It is not for you to know the times or seasons which the father hath put in his own power Hee is so farre from denying the Kingdome they dreamed of as he doth plainly graunt it He grants it by answering only to the Tyme wherein they exspected such Restauration as though hee should say You are greedy of vnderstanding WHEN the Kingdome I shall be restored the Time thereof is in the Fathers hand neither is it necessarie for you to know looke you to your own present busines c. This I take to be open plain ynough specially if we remember that in the next place before Hee had taught them the things that concerned his kingdome immediatly wherevpon they demaunde onely the Tyme of Israels Restauration and onely hee answereth to the Tyme as graunting their meaning of the Kingdome If they had now erred in Iudgement I cannot think but hee would not haue ascended before he had reformed it considering the holy Ghost afterwardes was not sent downe so much to teache them any Newe thing as to bring vnto their remembrance The things he had before taught First God dwelled in Shems Tent even in the middest of Israels People and such Gentiles were blessed as had recourse vnto them Secondly God hath inhabited amidst the Gentiles and such Iewes haue bene happy as haue had recourse to them Thirdly God will againe dwel amidst the Iews and blessed shall such Gentiles be as gather themselues vnto them Thus the Lord concludeth both vnder Sinne that on both hee may haue mercy and that neither may swell in any thing of their owne he hath shut vp all in vnbeliefe that so hee may haue mercie vpon all The first shall be last and the last shall bee first Oh the deepnes of the riches both of the wisdome and knowledge of God! howe vnsearchable are his Iudgments and his waies past finding out 19. Staffe Iewes called once and all the nomber ron Rushing from Heaven shall a fire on the world The b Good living in Clowds shall meet the Son But wicked rowt shall in the fire be whorld Then c Iudgment comes and there an end of all To God for grace it resteth that we d call a After the Mysticall Body of Iesus consisting of Iewe and Gentile shall be accomplished downe shal fyre fal on the World Prophane Prophets tell of Atlas his sustaining the Earth on his shoulders but sure I am that the Elected Iewe and Elected Gentile are the Pillers of the whole world So soone as these Elected are remoued so soone the world falleth and perisheth b The Faithfull that then shall be living 1. Thess. 4. 17. shall in a moment be changed 1. Cor. â—5 51. 52. and togither with the Faithfull before deceased shall bee lifted vp on high to meet Iesus in the Clowdes Thus the Faithfull shall bee â—ree from the power of that devouring fire what time the Infidels and false counterfait Christians shall frye in the flame that fire being the gate vnto the