C A P. 1. f R, velation of the Apocalypfe. 51 If scot, IWig come ana'ini thee giuìckly.This tineatiiing putteth fpurs Llñgii- to the former exhortations, and etirreth up the faint force, which o- fixing, therwife the bare propounding of the remedy would carry with it. Ephefiu. Formolt commonly thefeare of danger prevaileth more with men, then hatredof He threatneth that he Will come quickly, andre- move the Candleftic% out ofhisplace. But what neede is there for him to come, that walketh.in the middeft of the Candleftickes ? He Both not dwell amongft his fervants as a revenger , but as a brother anddefènder whence it is, that as oft as he muft take revenge and puniti, he putteth on a new perfon, diverfe from that which be- fore he appeared in;andhe is faid taco= from fomeother place,be- ing now teen to be another manner of one, from himwhom before they were acquainted with. In the Greeke it is : I Will cote tó' thee,for againJt thee. NoW to remove theCandlefsc ä alit ofhrmplace, is to take away the truth and dignity of the Church. The which thing, though it be not fo exprefly let down by theHiforians, yet we muffnot doubt, but that according to this threatning , Ephefus loo thc forme and comelyfhew.ofa Church a little aftev. I ftand notupon the name ofa Chtuch, which I know it kept frill formany ages, but I meane that it loft her, primitive puritie , by which alone Godmeaíiireth and efteemethofa holy Church, not by painted and naked names. Much lede mutt we underitaud this of theBi- f7saply dignirie: As the?efuit would hake it; whi;ehi we read tohave remainedvom there urnes forSoo. yeers afterat leaft. This Candle- f ick'therefore was not quickly taken away. What did the An- gel repent, perhaps ? It is not likely, feeing in the counterpsine it is certaine that that followed.fhortly after, which is here threatened to come to pafle. For the e4ngels goingon intheir negligence, as we have learned out ofthole things which have been laid above , Chrífh Cooke aWaayfrom thefight of men, thefirfl. and principal)golden Candle- .(iicke, namely by taking away rhofe meet holy ordinances, ofwhich the world was moat unworthy, wherewith theprimitive church was in the beginning founded by,himfelf andhis Apof}les. For there was a new fail-lionofthings atCiotplotinescoming; there remained indeed tomecare and deflreofpreaching among theBiiiiops., but the Do- Urine was ihamfully defiled'in manyheads ofit;reliques began tobe inaccount, the Temples tobe over fumptuoufiv decked, all kinde of fuperftitionbegan to grow: befideschepride oftheTeacherfi,as Arrr-- birofe taught us right now, Érereaved the church of her necefäry help for .overfeei4g and gavernitrg + »aisers in the room thereofi Churchdignities I 2 were
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