.cv1n expojition !Jpon i~- · -- ~ altmenffeak..,c lvcllofthcm. Leruoncchcrcforc A ! thi.nkc it (hang~ ar.this day, if for well doing, \ rhey hcarc :lnd rccciuc cuill:nay,lct them fearc I the cudC, when all men praifC rhcm. And f"'· rlm>itr.tjfing •J ltfw Chrijf. Here I Johncloth note more fi'ccblly the caufe of his banifhmcnr, to wit, for rdlifying the hifioric j • and doClrinc ofrhc Gol~'el,thc fummc where- ! ~ of is this, That lefw Cl;rij! the forme ~f Maric, I I ii thefonnc of God, and redeemer of tdl th.ttbele~ue ;rt him ttJ the 111{/i{icationof!i.fc. This tefli– monic S.lohnputs do~,o,·nc,ro giuc vs to vndcr1 fbmd,wh:lt p~rt ofGods •.vord that is,\o\'hic~ is mu{l h~ted of rhc werld:and for the preachmg J ·'~hcrcof Gods. minillcrs ~re perfccutcd at~d I baDifi1cd, ro Wit, rhe Goipcl of lefus CbnH c(pcci:llly: for the law is in part no.turall, but B /·the Gofpcl is fupcrnaturall, and to mans rea- •J fon abfi1rd ; for the preaching whereof, men 1in all ages hauc bccnc pcrfecmcd. T.hc rcafon l .hcrcofisthis, God inthc:bcgintling m::H.\c a coucnant with man., promifing, '{hat the[cede I <{the W01tJan jhould bretlk,_e the ferpents head: '1· 'N?w _that ~olf>cl_is th:lt ~~Jd t;.idil>g.s>wherin is declared, chat this promllcd fecdc JS co!lle; ·j wlw barb indeed brufed the bead of the fer• : P.enc. Hereupon rhc dcuil maligncth theGo– 'i (pcllaboueallpmsof Gods ')'ord, and ac1cordinglv hath laboured by all mcancs to fup1 prdlC rh~ t3me;panly by pcrlccution,as he ~i,d J in t-he fidhhrcc hundred .Ycarcs :tftcr Chnll; i and partly J>y bringing into chc Church dap1- C nable berefies,which difl ddlroy the Gofpel by dcprauing the natures andoffices ofChrHT, when by out; ...,:ard violcllCt hcc could not prc– .valle• . ·Now fccing the dcuill ar\d l1is inflrumcn.ts (do~;hus hatethe~ofp~l, a~d labour toextin– : .g\ti{hi.t: wee on thc ·contranf mu(! bbour to Jmo"v, and to bclccuc,~ to .louc, 1 p.n.d embrace; · ~-~~G.~fp~1,1tha~ fo,.~~e may v~h_ol~ and main.. tf.ai,net~c.famc. , t • ~:~~1 '; V. ,Io. dnflf was raui– Jffdin .t~e!jirit on t~e Lo~ds jjdy > ana 'heard hehmd mee a ' g~~dt 'lJdyce~M it had beme of a 7:rf1mpet. _ ," _ o .,...Tn this comb verfc arc fet downe the thtr4 ;.·1;d fourth circumflanccs of thi~..v,ifion,...., Tb~ .third i9 the fnann'er. of r.ccciuing~-a,nd :g.iuing 'tl:ljs rcuclati9-fl t·O fohn, namely., ftJ. a tr.umce_" ,J;l)efourth is thc'timc whC it w;~.s glll<;n, on the Lord~tkj. · · . ":i })puc.bing. the manner, it is _noted in thefe :Jv'O~ds: lwtU in rhe{pirir. That 1s, 1 was by ~h_c; !)lightic:.tnd cxtraordinaric workc ofrhc fpmt Pfi'$od <:afi into :1 trauncc. Th01t this is to be f<P.. hpbundcd~ ·2pp,elrcrh by comparing this I1~rafe \·dth the; like in the '"·hole prophchc of E~ck,it!J·whovfcthtofay) I wa~ ;,J tbcfpirit, when he cxprcfiCth 2nd {iantficth that he 'Na') call i11to a trauncc, and rh~ rein rccciued fomc vifion by the fpirir. To vnderfhnd this the better, con!lder two things: fir!l, \'I.• hat atrauncc is: Secondly, the ende of it. Firfi, a trau11cf. r'j an cxtra?rdu1t.1ri~ works or a[fioa of GodJJfirit. We muflnot thinkc rh::tt traunccs cotnc from the venue of the llarrcs, nor from the conflitution of m::ns bodic, or by the Hrcpgtl~ of imagmation, ::ts fomc hauc fOndly thought : but they arc wrought by the holy GhoH.Secondly,it is not cuery workeofthc holy Gho.fl,but :~:1 extY"aor– dinttriervorkJ, abotie rhc order of n::tmrc. It is alfo powerfull and rnighty;whcrcin the whole man,both in bodie and mindc is altered:·which Saint John here cxprcffcth, faying, lw& in rhe {pirit. This extraordii'laric worke ofthe fpirit confificth in t\NO aCHons; one vpon the body, the other vpon the minde. Firfl, in p'rocnring a_ trauncc, the ij>irit of God cafleth thebodie ot man into :t dead ficepe: \·vhercby all the fcnfes, both inward and omward, are benummed: fo Gen. 15. 1 z. when God renewed his coucll:lnt with .AbraiJttm, hcc c~tjlcth him into an heattic fleepc: that is, into a trauncC","\'herein all his fcnfcs were benummed:oncly his mind was waking. The aCtion of the holy Ghoft on the tnindc is, to draw it fi:om fellowfhip with the bodie,and a! the fenfcs,to hauc a ncere fellowfllip with God, that fo the fpirit of God may enlighten it with diuine l'ight, that it may vndcrHand the things ..vhich arc rcuealed to it:as we may fee in other cxiafics and trances of the . Prophets and Apo.fllcs. As in that of 1 Peur, 2 M. 1 o.u. when he fawe the vifions of the bcaO.s clcanc: I and vnclc::mc. And thus we fee what a trauncc WhJt , is, namely, t:tJZ e.'t:traorAinarre powr-rfullwodz_of tn11ceis. thefpiritVpon rhc whD!t: man, cafting tht:bodie into a de,tdjlupe, andr.rJttbJ.vg themmdrfir torccrittC thethingJ rrhicharermealed 1.mtD it of the Lord. , I !.Point:The end oftraunces.God fonwo cau(es reuealcth his will in traunccs vmohis feruatns, a:; to John in this placc.Firft,rbat they might know,that the things rcucalcd \.vcrc not inuented ofthemfCiues,but giuen ofGod.fohn llcrinhad·no v!Cofhis bodily fcnfes,he neither hcarcLfaw~nor felt, bur they \'\•ere aflcepe.And thcreforc~he virion mufi needs be fi-om God, and the glorie thereofwholly his. Secondly}and chiefly that rhe:hin.gs reuea– lcd might take the decp~r imprc~10n tn t~c vn– dedl:tnding: for themmde bcemg fre~d from ftllo"t\ £hip with the: bodie, and not hwdered by any phanrafies ofthe fenfes( they becing all aflcepc; ancl cjuier) cloth then mofi lmcly, and fcnfibly apprehend and retaine the impreflion 9f things reuealcd. Here then ":·c fee tbe great careofGod,that his fcruants m1ght throughly ~nder!land, cert:tint·ly bclecue,and cop.fiamly keCpc in memoric the things he_deliuere.d vm_o them. TheHt<'ec:we he fhC\vcd mrcuealmglHS wjll to all rhc former Prorhcts,~ould ~t - --- hanc
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