--~~- : ~ e.!l [ommentarie vpon ~;;,:'""" ! lr.m: as\t~scallcd,. Hcb. 12 • .22. Ht)t::das,it A tbc!hueofthcvifible Church, whtch .c<innot -- ~ fcttT!CS: rhcy c:trc !lOt for this fh:tmc; tOnvhc.rc, be vttcrly oucnhrownc: or mJftica!ij, fer tbc j i:-> ft·c.tHittc, .vv:mto~):ldfc,profancnciTt,opprcfftatc of Cods gr:Jcc, v\·hich iulhis world ca 11 1 1 iions, iO conunon, as in thdC gr~Jit cjrics?A••d not tot:l!ly & finally be loll:l fay, ifrhis Mount as in the Apoitlcs times, the (0\llltr<.TtoV>nC Zion !l::md.cth r~n, :md cannot be rCtnOO'J<:d· IBerM, wJs more zc:1lous 'lqd ~<"hgiJJJlS:, then 1.10\\' much more trllc i's it, ofth.cfl:lltc of c.lorY !the dch and fb.tr:!y citic of Tl;e;]:ti;;1,Ctl, A£b; in h::aucn;and of c.he·friumph:ua Cht,trCb: :1nd .I p·1·~l. So is it g<;ncrally·to t·his day,cf}1cciaily of hc3ucnl>' Zion '; that is fu vnchatJge~b!c•, fo at (i.Jli.h plai:cs in tPc cqumrcy, whnc tcJ..'hing durable, fo vnrcmoout<~blc, that lt c·;uin,ct.be ltiJi:.k.nowl·ed:;c i.·d~ut· ln fuch citic1know,that fl1akcn, bm fbndcth GH for cucr. Ari\l i·n this as thc_y hauc b~ucr IlK~: IS and \ll,Of(; comforts., rdpeCl, \Vtll!TI3y the Apofik tay hcre,lt-h:!rhn ·4p'd;:hdr very nntmc 01ould pm t·hcm i11 m;ind f,mNdt~tiqn; .which the holyGhoHin th.e.l\Cu~., and m: 1 kc them in.tQuc V\'ith hcaucn; fo. they lation lilith,to baue twt"IHe fo:md,ut()h-11 4- ... •• al.~li recc-iuc grc:ncr d:!mn:nion. SNondly, the ibtc ofthe EkCt m hCO.llCJl)lS · ~.; 1,..,a(1Jy, Ciuri :'!re piaccSof l~:cc-domc,and all notonely lure, bm nurlflj}mg; that u,. wHhom ii1'-;J,1 grd.t pla~..cs ha:.~c forr.c ilQt:lQle priuilct!- ende: Pfal. 37 18. 7/u Inhcuranceof holjmen gc~; therefore men dd~rc tobc- free in fuch ~ z.s perp~ma/1: and therefore S:Pcrcr, r.1 ... 4} places: :lS is tObd'ccnc in L?'~don,.~Qme,Venicc, 1 B I f.1irh, that the inheri~ance rcfcntcd iPllcaU('l} &v. ::_€'ucn the grcatcll ,Pc-dons '-\'111?c content for vs, is immortal/, andnot[.tdn:{ liW<lJ<t.b {t1de-J to b_o.frcc ofdH.·m, a.ncJ m<u,y fcckc 1t, ~md PJY nor away; there is the vnchr.t:gtaMeneJ: it is dc~r~~r it; or ;tt lca{l, woxkc a long time foe immortal/; there is the'e!~r.nilii ofit.Aod this is ; it. · ,· mc:mr,by IUltli-ngafotmd.:Jtion.~ forin this WOJJd, Du.t hcaucn i'!. th ...c·C~tic ofcillu,chc pnfe£tifo much £he longer dmhany thing: o,nQmC", .as on of bcauoc and truCh:1ppincffc{th,crcforc let the founda(lon.is {lronger~'}:hcrtf0re;(qj~,g~tll.~ C:Ucry CllC t)1at Jdircs either hon<;H,IF;0Cih<1ppihca~uer,Jy.~it;i~ha~h fucll ~.fo!/~ld4£ir:m;f!:i!. Wtt;Ud ndfc, l:tbcur o.nd thiuc tobe a·.fr~mum ofheathough it in<lur.: for eucr. ~~~,and ncu~r rdl ~ill he know !Jc,Pco A·nd l~t N~·..vput t-hefc ~WQ,tpgct~lcr, and1h~»~"'" ;hofe.t·ha.t lil}c in citif!::, when they 'U'C admittC"d th~ pcrft·4tc:s:c~:lkncic of tPat citi~, !.~h\c.h is fr-<_;CilJC·If (as daily fonrc are,) rcmemb,cr' wh'lt,a both 'lmch.tn.f,eltble 11»d, ~scFmlil. W\l:u~~ \\'C bldftdnrffc)it will be, ifthty ~an .he admitted lc:wnc, _th!: great d~fl£rcn~xP..cf:wi:x,t thc:L!-1~~:of fr('ctncn of that glorious Citie which i~;;bouc; that wodd,;lt,l<i.thJ.sprcfcqt \~'orl~J,,.,~,\lf;:.c"inpvc andl,1ow little -tha_t··fhcll auailc them, if they liue in t~c b,Qdy.For "Yha~ iM.hrrc;in 1 r}ifs !'• 9rld ~~·o.ntthis,\1\~~ich \i\3sthc hope.and ipyof.Abr4fo cxcellcnt,·f.o ptetious)f9~oflly~ fo;~~~fial;: ha;;1,andall holymen. . : · € but is i~bicaQoth toa!tqati9nj and iJ)~i~":5}1d To goc timhq;This Citic which A6rahams to difofU.!iOJ! 1 Jhe lm\gdlllay h?th-h;i~uighr; faith wayud for, is do!£ribrd by twp__poimj: and the lo9§";~ijfe cndetb.in death, if!~r-!l~Y 1 ',. ,J. That it haJ..h afoundati~"·· - . . . miferics an~d _t9ffings: th,F,~9Jlgdl Ef?iP,i?p,~1;uHl -c . ~. Thlt the malw and huild.r w.u Go4. , tnightie{\ 1{!f.'Jiarchif~, pa<J 1h<ir pe~[~,a(tcr Fqr the fidl:.Hpucnly Ier\lf.,l,m!h.arh,a foun" many 'VY!O<iR£1~ <'the ,fi,_fcl\ell and firongdl dation,fuch ~ onc.,as no city 111 ~Jlis v.;orld lratb; cities ended in ruinc, aftcrm:iny ciuill broy!fs· 1 and by,this phrafc, .th<; ,h91y, <;hotl infinuates tnalfacrc., '(t~ gth<tll)ifetia.s.So .thaqrp,glovnto vs, what be the propeni~s _of.,hc:tucn; ric, no fircngth, no happiu.9ffe~,notbipg ou all is v.·hich be twp: . "~: .. there in \lli,~~'orld, tha~ }s crithd to~Jfhp1t en· x. Thc:lhtcofhe:ufcni~Vnc~angeaMe. perperuall, but~fitbic8 to v~rsr dHfplu,tion in :. Euer!tr/lin,(and etc~·nalL , ;·.i . <. J the ende; and in tht mc~ne:t!mcj~q pit)full al- ~irft, t.hc (fbtc;_.9f rh,c G~cct iJ~;h~::n.len,.~nd i tcrations. ~q ,_wca,k~.. ~{~t(dfltionthHh th~s thctr g!onc there, JS l}fi>t fubJctl: tp corrupuon; I · world, and the bell thtngs mtt. Btft C9fl:tr~n\or tJl,c:.Jcatl alt.cration ,i ~s :~ppcars·t~itn.hat no,.. .. ! ~ifc, tl~~.giQrie of h~·ap~n h~r,hfllofh afe'U:Q.da– tablc ond lofue dcfcnp.t!on of the l)caucnly le- . ppn,as ltJS.b~t!'"'~~han.§~ah.{~a~deter~'i/& ,,1'!. rufa1Fm;.Ap9c. 2 J. r.q.. :md f1·om~,he, r o. v. to nl the conflderation ofrl-hjs <\iffcrcnEe, l}ath the· 21,. 1t IMh a grc~t wall "''P-I'f.!ll, rwelue ;I manifo)d_qnq profit.blcv,f~, ~l<fi, wcmay•fcc ~aus, tw~!ue An,{cls for porrns: r<~·:d rh~ Jva// 1 ; how rcafonablc the.~9u~f~l1 of th~ Ap.~fi.J~ls_; had twe/11~ fout;datfops , of .tw~lue forts f>_( moft'; j J. "J:im,()!-~·']).'\C/~qrge tbt»J 5£fl~ tfT~ rrch itl'fbU ! exce/k.nt pretiOIIJ j!OJICJ: ar.d tf1e wa0 it fo!(e • WD1:fd,tbllttiUJ</Jtt;~~~ig/l;f!3NJ.~d,, arf4prtr._nct ; ·l'f.a{:/afptrpt'..J1d the filic pure gt?/4,:/JJ<!.crf.Jl:.all. 1 1 ~h!it: zrufi~i'R] 'WJE~rt~n J.:iC;~(J.,.!~'!!.'{!~J~i.li!ffx.'t The Hate of it is I!J>dbwcd by prctlous llones, God, Forr wl',.1fl '\'11'!.\•n,e, '1!4;,yont;<JS:!S, •<> ""<} and gold; to lignilic, as well the durob!cndfc, . rrulb.n th~(·•l!•~•l· vnc.cr<~n,-'!n.d,f~£'cf~!ir!'JI , asthe cxccllende thcrcof.f.•;d in.the 1~.PfaL: . ' !lsc~iuc thffi' ?;;{l)qi\p,o,l!J>;r;;l,!s th\m ':h'\;-t9. i I[ tS c~llcd tll(' mountflJ'Z~Pt GodJ btJ!i;-,cj]e: hl_lls l ~oc; qamcly r Doe fi00~·~4 kt!:?:J:~:'J!,gq~~ 3r.e hardly rcmooucd, .'-nd thc;rcforc :P~tuid 'f!'O.Y~._!J,and~e.nlldie to:,!/fl:.r;i~s:{rJ;lfl:(!'igi rP~i!t J f.1nh, ,that ,Hom1t 1 Zion can not~# temooued, . j}.o_re for t.~~mfrlfiCI' q.._~aotj,[qr~tefl,O'f 1 IJ..gf'd'ifl: · 6Ht reml!inethfor e~ter: Pf:lt t :.5. r ·)'Now, if j" t~u:timt{!~F.PM(,· that r~ey. rrr;~;obtafnS~''':ot~~(l 1 that be true of ./vfolt-nt Zion, 111 rp:s '.\'orld; /jfe: that IS, that Jhcy .ofp~ng ~he1~ !IJ!qC¥lf! I ~hi eh mu it nccdcs.bc taken cithrr.(irerally, fer J holineff~An~.'haritil', t~J~: ~~-~'J_~3Y in t~C:~dc , , ·· - - ztt;une ·'=_...:....__----,,....-------'-' -'-'-:=---.- - .. -- - .....,-C,~ .- . - '
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