Part 1. The ImprtfeofGod. A bad both a word&afigure: theword,HoiJ]erH{illenJ;thefigure,Apol ofManna hke aJargechalice,and A~r.~t rod,nor buddi~ but btlnchiog our.Sa!ot?Jon comp;~r~sth< Church to an Army with Banners; therecould be no ufe,no dJfhr.cbon ofBanners, withour infcriptions; The Maccabees had foure Hebrew letrers in tbeir Enfigne,for both their word,anddevice:whence they had their name:Yea,rhis is notinvidpoly, · but in palri4: They !hall have a white Hone,and a new name wrirren in it: The field and the armes, both named, and unknown : The u~ thereforeof infcriptions and ormes mutt needsbevery laudable, as ancient; fince God himfelfwas the firfi Herald, and !hall be the Ja(t.Yea the very Anabaprifis,thar !hake o(fall the yokeofMaginra· cy,yet when they had ripened their fanaticalwoj lts,~ had. raifed their king Becold, from the fhop·boor!ito rotP,wo not wan< t JS pomt ofhonor:And there· forehemu(thaveonehenchmanonrhe right hand coca rf\lCrown, and a Bible, with an infcflption; On the left, another, rhatcarried a fword naked, and a ball of B Gold: Himfelfe in great fratc carries aglobeofOold, wirh two (words acrolfe, His preffing iron and !heereswould have become him berm. And ,fl!hould looketo hearhenilh Antiquity, I !hould need eo fay no more, than that thelEgyptian Hieroglyphicks,whereofthey (ayHur<H ApoUo was rhe invenrer,were noching elfe,but Emblems& Impre(es:among the rcfi,it is memnrable chat RtiffinMt reports,that the figne ofthe crolfe was oneoftheir?<•f'l'•••i•e;.,.,cheir ancient figures long beforeChrifi: which(faith he) fignified torbcm, erernall life: and Soa11e1adds, rbat when they found thefigne ofthe Crolfe(i11 T'm~lo Serapidit) the Heathen and Chrifiians contended for ir,each cb11lenged it for them; and when rbe heathen knowing rhe fignificationofit,faw it rhus fulfilled to theChrifl~ans,many of them converted to ChriiCianity. Beit farre frona ropurany fuperfiition in this; I C chink it done, by the fame inftinfrwhereby the ~i/1 prophefiedofChrifi. And as Armes,and Emblericall devicesare thus ancienr,and commendable; c;, more diretl:ly Pofies and words,whether for infiruCi:ion,or dil1intl:ion, are herewarranted. Sothe wordofa faithfullling,isDominNt mihl•djutor;or when be would thankfully afcribe his peace toGod;Ex11rga1 DttH,diffipmturiflimici:(u ofa !(OOd Prince,eicher,I {erve, ro exprelfe his officious care; Or, O~JtofJour own, to fignifie his refpeCtive love. So the good Statefman's !hou!d be giVen himby Sa/omon, N011 eft unjihii conlraDominii, No policie ag~n(t the Lord:A good Courrier's, by SamNei,HotJOr4111et me/wnora6o: A good Bi!hop's, by PINI, ••<Pt"'"""'"'; In feafon, outoffeafon. A good fubjelt's, Not for fi.,,hHICo•fcience. Agood Chrifiians,ChriJIAH mihi tlivmeJI.So the Ifraelites were charged tomake their Emblem the LawofGnd; for their polls, for their garment,. Bur rhefe things may not bewritten upon our walls,or lhields onely;They muft bewritten upon our hearts; elfe we are as very painted walls,as our wa!Js them· D ~Ives: Eire we !hall be like fome I nne,that bath aCrown forthe lignc without,1nd within there is nonebut Pefants; or a Rofe upon rhe poll wirhour, and norhing but llutti!hnelfe and filth within: Oran Angell wichour, and nothing within, but lewd drunkards. As it is faid ofGod, Dilcit,& fall•"' eft; So alfo,fcripjit, & f•ll•m ep, They !hall be written holy, that is, rhey fball be made holy: Happy is it for us, rha wewrirenonew emblemesofourowne, ifwecanhave this holy ImprefeofGoa, wrieren not in our fore-heads, bur in our hearts, Holinrffi to the Lord. Thus muchof theEmbleme, orword. Now forthe fubjcfr and Circumttances: In that d•J,above this; there is the proficiency oftbe Church ; llolineffi ]ball heJl.rillen 11pon thehels· prophane things !hall be holy, There is the Sanctification of dll! Church : Thebd~ of warlike horfes !hall be turned to the quiet u(e of Religion : There is rhe religiompeaceoftbe Church. Thirdly, the potsro fee rhein, !hall be as Bowles, to E o(fer up incen(e in 1 There is the degrees of the Churches perfetl:ion: (o that here arife foure headsofour fpeech; The Proficiencie, SanCtification, Peace, Perfection oftheChurch. All which ~rave your gracious and Chrillian attention; or lefi I bee coo long, two ofthemonly. Wben rheJefore!hall rhis beful fi l!ed?Not under rhe Law: It had been agreat profanation: For nonebut the Hij!h-Prie(t mij!hc weare this pofie: the placeo<t-time, difparages;As eo put the A rke ofGod inco aCarr,or ro fer it by D'IJ.""· ____I_c,..____
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