~ --- / _ 'TheEpijlleVedicatori~. _ :- -~';:;;" eo \•Cli rd1s hdlor!e, there he fhc_;vcrh his _Iouc to Chnfl : he wrirerh the Churches J 11 (l 0 • :::;::,:•'"'· ' ne , there Chrt!l fhewcrh h1sloue to~1111; efpec1~lly 1!1 thiS, that he Will doe nothing, I ,'""", 1 . ~which he ~o.th not reueale-to hts ~fertwJt thiS Prophet- For the Church m Ius-time, t wee may fee-_ho_w 1t llopd, mthe three firtl Chapters: and what condition It fhould , . haue foi :he time to c<itJle,ltts plamely fctdowne in the rellofthis bookc. lfwe rcfpeCl ~~~~~:~~~.;; the gencrall etlate of the Church, af;cr Johnhod dcfcrtbcd the Authors of rh'is Reue. "" ""'vo. htion, which ,re God the Father, chap.4.and Chrifl his Sonnc, chop.j. hecommcth t?_f~e wor.~c\qf God,_":'hkh arc precli-6bons, chap. ~· oblignati'ons, chap.7. indigna~ ·u<'lns, chap.8,9. Predtctwtlcsof thmgs to come, obfignattons oflbch as mu!I be faue'd aud in<li"gtptiouon things robe deflroye<J. AuJ for the moro pauiCll!ar efiate of rh; Church, h~1rling (chap. 10.) tbewed his·warrant r6'Whre,hecornmerh to her atlions: tirll, in'her Propbets : l"econdly,in her IJoqie. In her Prophets, ihe'ir fighritJg 1 falling, nfing ,chap. 1 1. In her bodte, compaung her toawoman cloarf1ed with the Sunne, chap. I 2. a.c1d_defcribiog her by her combats, conctu'efls, triumphs: her combats de– ' fe_,1fiue,c.hap. 13. and offenfiue in Chrifr, by words, chap.14. rhrcattiings,chap.I'5, and ,n"''""h .~ itldgemcms·, chap. :6. her viC\o* cs gorrcn again!t fhat'whore;ch:lp.17•and t8. the ~r,~~;.~. 'I ! Bca!l, chap. 1 9· and the ' Dragon,chap.2o. And all that gloric-which fhee !ball haue I ;;;;_• E,,. .i tn the kmgdome of God ," vnderrhc rypc oflerufalem mofl comfottablyfer downe, I tTiu:dcUill· ch:!p.1I,2.2. · . Tho things in this Bookcwere(I grant) very darke to them thatlived in the dayes I ~ifJofLn, as r_!Jc Prophecie ofDanidwas to themwho liued in the time ofDaniel. Bur as thot \r.op\Jeli,cbeeing fidfilled, we can noyt reil what was for~told in"it; fo m_an"y things .• ~ j .b~ctng fulfi'lled w111Ch were [dretold 1fl th1s booke, we may ealily fee' whans meantby , "I ie'ahd rlicpolH:ririeto c<ir\ie !ball betrervnderllandthishooke ill~t we doe-;-becau(e : . . if 1 tHay be all·~l_lings are tiot yet fit!filled;·Ne.ither .i~ tlris bookC'li~c!.the dries qf the il" " "'""'I· ".~A(Iak~hu ','Iimhc * imof linowl~dge : which may hotJ>ce reached ·~o: for-•6kffidH-hu . 1 -: 'R',::i.•.,.._t~•t"r.,'rf!etk~~worefs o[tfii<Bogk"e. But _t?co~nc to,thefe rl\ree Ch_a~rers written b~.Jgh11 (urnan1ed r·fi'd)tume, ~hd-expoundeil by oncl! mofl..worrhy Dmme. The fidl C;;hap– ~e¥ 'is':I'Pro~me or Preface tothe booke: 'the two;;l:itler are Eptffh:s.::dedicating this , ii.,;~,: •.,. bbbke. The·lli:'ditition if.nr~·ae io rfe'ueb feuerall Churches; and. by na,me io~~e ·Mi1 ·, ... ','. IIHlers \vhich :\recalled Jnjj li. In the word of Go·dfMinifiersJt:iuemany excelreiit I H.li'esgiuen them, (rhmlgh nowe they-are karcC!y graced 'wirh·tide<;,) they are called ,[; o_,..,o. · t. PrPfhttJ,' 5'eerf, b Rem,mbi"ihbers, 'Tl'illhpetJ, d W111·ahmm,' • 1f114V4ndme», I Stewlrdt, I b ::~~:·;,~;. t'JftJJa'i'm,KPJ{he;s;i'b' fd"i,k E!dtt~, I S•ll, m St•rm, •'<.AJJge!J,at\8~Shephmdr. i!r'ophets I '"'•'·'· t'6te~c1l, ~'e(~ to forerell<,'R~memhr•ncer!c<iput in•iiifld,Trumpetrtofo.und,W•tchmen to ~7.~~~·J. .. 'l8n16nifh, F!Utblndm~n H) ploW vp 5 ~sfe~4'rdito dillrfuurt:r~~Jdu~lto keepe par~, ~he l ~~P~~.:.~~~ dotlrine of trmh, Fifhm to catch men, Leodm to goe before, Eldm to-•gotieme,,s.lt I ~:~.::·.~t. 'fM<Mot1~ SiiirFei}o giue •ii~lir ;•Ange/m;•d~:clare,:=n.d skpbe:"{'~>cwti!e-dc:to·_feed{I-fay} ~;·,p,,,... -~\hdly by'do~r~~·e, hberally~Y ch~rluc_\il"ndjrehg1ouny by hfe·.:BJ:'Iilotlnne: _for~sa. ~~~b~~~~!~· tct.r(.(o~fin( dotlrtiit~,r.Ji na1tuji'nevelw, a Pr·Iefi W-ttho11t,:Jcmlwledge';.Cu affiippeWithom: I ~' ~.co,.t,.. -fil)r:lc.-ByJibcraldie:fOrPNihil Habet homo·atkO diui»uih 1n4tNohenifttrliejMan_is,in noth-ih'g i ;,"[,..,,. '·· i1iore' iikc'GoCI-, 'iheniin doin<>·good•-BY·lffe: CtliiU'llitA-ilifticitlll' ,' ~itu.·br4tio'c01Jtqnni' S.l~d~~i~. tur.!hiS~O.rdS1iY.e Oot Cfi£e'm~<l, whofe'lifC is nor' :rppr.oaued~ ~rld·th'atit'nrayilia~fa{d· I ·i: 'l5f\rhl:m as 1t w~sof Origm,4!!!Jkha6uitverb'um,t•km lf•bu# vit4111:as his wor<;i·swere; I ' "16 weiefiis worlces; Theymull not be omen like·mount %"ii6Pah ;but' weoned a's S4· . "I ~;:;~';,-n_;;;~ •in~H,~as·· b'efdrc'th'cyb'eoffered vnto the,Lord; They n\ufr be•puri: water:ifrhi!y wiU j ; ~:1::1:;.,,.' c!e~nfe o~her<, and more then whct!lones,ifthey will tbarpen others. They mufl be in ! ":e·i.•·•· · '!IJIIt.eg'.riHe .Ur•h•tJu ;·in ineekeni:!fe Mo/ts,• inknowledgeAmizis/ in ·paioes P~sli, x .: or.ll. \.., ' r.. • .1. .,.; r. ;-':.,,',;,.,~ ;<add in ptaliil~:?>.m:.dr : and remember, th~tas>.AKgujline '.~•u 1_'1na~l# par•"mmJ~'.~fl! ·gJzopiiJiacium'(Jhrifli, The hands of the poore are the rreaflme ?t:Chnfr. ~ needc n?t fpeake much of rhe·dude ofa Mini!ler: fdr ebery·one Will teach htmhts dut!c,that wrll 'rrot'~c fanged wirhin'any durie hi<ilfclfc~ ". · . · . . 'fhcfcChurchcs were then like' Dauri/,Worthres, excellent ~boueall rheChur, ches of thiiwo'rld: bttt oecaufc thcv l·.fl t#eirfirjl k/oue, 1Wm n•t foithfii/1 to th, dwh, ~ in.tmtai7Jtd thedoflri)u Of'B.<!Min ,' n folfered rromtn to m.ch : • V4TC4n-;ne Pnef]to lim, r h<d 6111 a!in le j/rength, q wiroi,ithtr whotnorcolde, ·and' repe11ted not t«thq{houldhtr;e · Jgne ----
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