ThelmprcfcafGod. Part :·j day without ni~hr, lttve/.21. 2 5· This prophecie is <rue ofboth ; Partillly and inchoately of rht' firfr · rot31ly and ablOiurelyofthe fecond: Of the fidt fo farre"' ir nukes way for, Jnd r'efembles 1hefecond: and this as it is hereprincipally intended, fo fhall it be the drift ofour difccurfe. . . This isthe day: Now what ofthis day? There !hall be aMottowrirren: An bonorabic Motto. fuch as waswritten upon the t1!ll:.'l:l the Turbamofrhe HighPriefi. Holineffi to he Lord: Andwhere ilia !I it be written?An honorable Motto in an ignoble place. n1 7:.-D ?v: Not as Aquih andThtodalia11, under the bellyofrhe horfe,Juper profi,;dum; Nor asStmmochw,under his feet,Juper inreffitm JJmhro(•m; The fenfes are fenfeleae (thoughyou rake them c11~t gr4nofali< ,as the La~yers admonifh) 1hey favourneirherthefenfe,nor word; Not,asJtroflle,theSepruagmt and GeneveJ•per funum· Tho this bath the fenfe well,not the word;Hieroms Maller came a littleneerer CJ•per phaleras,) Thofe of the Rabbins yet light righrefi both on 1heword, and B fenfe·which rurn fuper Tinti11nab•l•; For ten times ar leall in the chronicles & Ezra,is the f~me word dually ufed;forCymbals;and theVerbofthis root,is the fame,wherebyGod would rxpre!Te the tinglingofthe ears:1' ?vnTinniit 4Hret a~tdmJI!u.ler.t 9 To odorne their horfes wiihbels, was not onlya falhion in thofeSourh-Eall Counrries,hut in our fore-fa1hers dayes in this Land:as it were'eafie to fhow you, bur out of cha11cers Antiquity; and forneofu; havefeen it fr ill in nfe elfewhere. What bells then were thefe? Not ofthe Priefi; It had been ea!ie ro rransferre his embleme from his forehead, to his !kirrs;but of the horfes: Thehorfe an uncleane beafi, Levil. z r . Awarl'ke bflll, EquHt p4ratttr it.diembe/li.Prov.2 1.3 I . Whencefrilllball you finde Horfes and Ch•lio!S pur wge1her: and In bello& <fHis, ofe. 1. 7· Behold this Moll• had wont mbe wrirrcn upon aman,now upon abeafr: had wont upon an holy m•n, The Hi)!h Prieft; now upon an unclean beafi: before,upon aman ofpeace,nowon a C beall ofwane; Before upon !he foreh<ad ofthe High Priefi, now(as Ra6. Elin.ar) int" omlos, betwixt 1heeyes oftheHorfe. But what?not rocontinue there;as fome &abbins and good Interpretcrs: but fo that ofthefe very Bells fhall be made Pots for rhe nfe off.1erifice; Like asofthe glatresofthe J ewiib women wasmade aLaver; andofthe Jewels of theMidianitifhCamels a rich Ephotl. This iswell,rocome thus neer; yerthey fhall be promoted higher: They !hall be bowles for theAltar: ThePots mi~htbe greattr,forthere wasoUa Grandit.2 King.4. But the bowls weremorenoble and more peculiarly devoted toGods fervice: Mofos iball comment upon Zachtrit: Nnm.J. Twelve feverall rimes you have the matterofthefe bowles(filver)the weight, io. !hckels: Theufc, forfloure and oyle for the mear-otfering,befides that follow• ingimployment for theincenfe. But I hold not this dependancenecelfary: Here are rather two difiintl: prophefies, though to onepurpofe, as we iball fee in the proceffe. D Y cu fee now ZdCharies holy riddle read; TharGod, onder theGofpell will etfeB: a gracious fanltification both ofthings,aod perfons;andby thofethingswhichintheir ufehave been altogether prophane, will indifferently glorilie himfelfe, and worke themboth to peacc,andholinelfe: And as CJprl4n faitb,Fidem rer11mtur{111 impkvit. What now ismore fit for Courriers to heareof,than an lmprefeofhonout? What more fit for Kings andPrinces than the lmprefeofthe 6od ofheavea? And as in all Imprefes,there is abody,and afoule,as they are termed; fo are both herewithout any affeCtation: The fouleofit is the Motto, orWord, Floli«ffi lothe Lord: The body,is thefubjcil:it fdfe;As ofr-timesthe very U.ield isthe device : The fubjelt, Belsofthe horfes. · In the Word,firll fee the ancient ufeofHeraldry in theScriptures: Thatpartefpecially whichconcerns Infcriptiolls: ason Coym,Sheilds,Enfignes; Ifthe Tefiament E ofthe Pmiarks had asmuch credit, as antiquity, all the Patriarks had their Armes ,ffign'd 1hem by]~Coh :]•daha Lyoo, van aSerpent, Nepth•li anHinde, Bmjamln a Wolf,]ofeph abougb,and fo the refi.The coynwhich ]acob paid to the shechtmites was fiamped with a Lambe,Gen.3o .And,if}~tdahsring that he left with Thamar,had not bad an infcription, it could not fo certainly have defcryed his Maller. Tbefe coynesbada figurewirhoutaword: The frontal! of the High Pridt had a word, without a figure: The f11<kelofthe Sanctuary ( whofe Charatl:er we have oft feen) __.......!_____________________ _.!>~.cL .
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