Ç A wiatíanoftheA.pocalypre. 473.' the faithful! was deèlared byfealing, Chapt. 7. Then by their lying hid in the Temple, Chapt. I t. Thirdly by their flight into the Wilder- nefe, Chapter t z. .Now far more plainly after this manner which wehave heard here, and this [hall yet be inor?e,clear in the particu- larexplainingofthis Chapter. Verf. 3. And they fangat it Were a neWrang, and dofii ,by the de- feft of the article andWhich.didfang, for and fin,inv. The neW fong is the magnifyingofGod the Father by Jefus Chrift, by whom the cleft are made the Sonnes of God. It is called new, not becaufe men began ,now:firf of,all to be, and to be countedrthe Sonnes of God, but becaufe this grace is communicated to far more in the true Chri- ftian Church, then ever before the commingof the Redeemer, and fo it is confirmed withmore plentiful! arguments. For which caufe we are faid, to.,have received the fpirit of adoption, Rom. S. 15. Not becaufe we were the firft that received ir, but becaufe we re- ceived it more fully then they that were before us. Or elfe, there is a doublefong that hath been from thebeginning of the world, an old one, and a neWone; That magnified God becaufe we weremade his Sons by creatiun,hAdamwas before thefall:this extollethCod with praifes, becaufe we are made his Sonnes by redemption. This is anewfong,becaufe it is the later,although all the cleft ufed it from the beginning. It is fling before the Throne, the Bcae` and theElders,becaufe this lauding ofGod is chièfiy performed in the publick affemblyy of the faithfull, and yet this company was in the wildernefe , and was not markedof the world. Or elfe it is lung before the Throne , becaufe every one that profeffeth this faith truly, belongs to thecompany ofthe ele1, although the injury of . the times,fuffernot publicke congregations to be gathered together, in which`.a man may freely acknowledge this felfefame thing, having the brethreus voyce joyned with his. Andno' man could learnt. Namelv,during all the time the. Church lay hid, Chapter 12. 6. For now thé company of the faithful! was certaine, definite, and eafie to be numbred, when as thofe were cho-- fen by their Tribes, who [houldfing this new fong, above Chap. 7. ) or,as ,God.did of old chufe out the twelve Tribes ofthe Ifraelites to be his peop le,forth ofall the reft of the world,and no ftrangermight joyn himfelf to that company, before thepartition wall was broken down,fo hath God now [hut out the counterfeit wor[hippers from his own true ones;.with firmewvals of thecourts, fo that thefewere thriiít into the innernoofl Temple, as into-a certain ftrait and nar- row
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