1---- dn €xpojition 17pon ·' 7mf.8. 1 I f \ t l.Cor,iz.. I i. i two cir,umfbnc::s. Firil,by the c:tuiC·ofit: Sel>r. the add.i~g..ofthc na1r cofGod,doth !lOt onc!y · 'ondly, by tht place where is i!. t.q be fOund. put a d11krcncc ,·bct ...veenc j~ , and .Adnms t l 'hc CJu(c is. ChriH Icfus : I wr!l g i!t( tq him to c:trthJy plta<i.i iC:., bur alfo lhcweth it ·tobea e.~te of th,c tree of /;ft·, \'\'here he~ ~n~kcth an great aqd'moH excellent place. .So Rahrl f'aith, . oppofitiqn bet ...\ s~uc himf"clfc and th? .firil ..d.-~ I hau~ wrlflt~d lPtthrhJ Tift~;;·a rhr ·wr1fling; of\ ' d,tm, The fjrl\fidmn,l_inned; and thereby o.H: G~d, that i.s, flrong V\irefUiilgs. And in the :~ Ccn.3o.B. · h1m_fciiC and aii.J4is poHcrity a;ut.ofthc canh~Y Plalmc~ ,.rhr mQun,tili~r~ 'JJj;God,. doe' figni6c 1 j:aradii.C, ;md loi1 the benefit ofthe trccpflift.:. high and. plightie·m<:>untfline.s. And thatrthis · ··1 UJH~ClnjH the (econJ {l~;p C9Jlll.n~th an,4 paradi(c is fuch :ln exCcllcm placc,:.lppc.arcth (u.ffcrcth for Gn!t:; ; and th.~r~b,y op,cnqh. tiJ?t at br'gc-;Reu~l,.r:J,\2, Fbn~h'q();in 111uA.~cos;ne nOne 1 way to a better p<"lf~difc, then rhc fi.~il Adam I' vndeal~c'J.hing, but rho S~nu and Angc:ls·doc loft: andr'o all t,ht~ oucrc9mc hg.git~Cch libeny, f thQIC (!nioy the prcfcnceqf, Go.d, and behold to cmcr.Jn, and~o c~tc ofrhe tree of hfC. Tbc 11 h1s gl~\JCT fo ~much/.'\~ th~ creature JS ab'Jc tQ uecof rTtC properly, was a nee pl<;~ccd 111 the comprche-1,1d:--Therc.God-$ommunscaret\l.hunmHidcfl ofthe ca1 tl~ly paraddc " and 1t wa~ f?. ielfo te·aiJ tbg clrcr, and !>~.commeth?Jh,l}ings called, firH, bcc:tulc It '"as apledge and facra..1, , vnto them it:nmcdintcl~;fG!)lat this m~lfirll.,Ceds 1 ment vmo A dam, th<4t he tl1_?uid !me forcue.r, I B ' b~a pl;~~~ ofall 10y a)Hj,CQii;tforc. .. , 1 1f!s~ contmiJcJ mobedience to..,.God:fecondly, ~ The... c_onll.der•ttof~;~Vhf.r,<wf mul}: 1 as;Jrnoqilh bFcaufc lt ha(t}'t: lt { as llll'£ ~c prooued) verVS to iC:ekc the thmgs..fh~t .bcaboue, t\lat ~\'C wc,and p9_wcr~ whereby lt ~\'Ol!l~.~~t:c prefer.... m2y hauc aplace m thrs hcaue~lyp3rad1fc. For ucd lu~J from,death apd oldc age for cucr, tfhc why il1ould we fct out; beans vpon the yame: , had Hood in hisjnnoccncic. · . glori~ of ,this,yvorld, ~hieh paffcth,a.V'\~Y as a 1 . ~ 'Ihc. C::u~1~ly ~~rf.c of lit'c 'Nls..a figure and lhad~wc; ;:md cpl)1p1Ct~ to nothitig,.an.d,in the ,. 4,.g;tlc of <;::h~Hl ou_r_Sauiour .an? medi3tor;v\·ho ende is bu~ labour an~Jorrowe-,whc;q ~Y.t.hauc IliU~th 'ltl cFcrnaHJp_i~i~uall li.fc, not oncly ~s all tha; the:; worJQ. caa~f(oord.?· Bt~qlj~Joyes I hce.is God, but as he IS medl3tour, and tha~ and glo•ie o~t!liS p~r~<ji}C,9f God bs endclelfe l nOr'for himfC:lfc ;(one, but for this cnd,that l1e ancl vt}fp,caf~abl,e: ~et v.s .t~crefore dct~ieo\]r j·rPo.y_c<?~l.lt~y.quicknin~ fpi~iil.iaq 1(fc to all ch_,at fclucs;dep~nd vpon C.hr,itl, 1 at\d if! all things 'bcleeue 111 h1m: and for this caufe he tearnlc[h keep taith :md.a good'conf<;ien~evqt<;>the c.nd. ! himCel£;c the tree ,cr,f life. Fu,nher lie faith, Hee And thus 1nuch for the firi\ Ep,fl\e.J .r ' willgiue here_of to~ate: T• <; 41<, fomenmc f1g~ y • 8 e./1nd 'vnto the U n,;. I mficth to bcle.cuc, 1oh.6 5o.but 1t cannot here . ·: b"e (otaken; Fori'auhcndeth,\ uh thiSI.fe,and, c gel't.E.ther[httrch oftheSmyr~ ! hath no vfc .afu~rwarcf. Ther'cfore ID ea~c, in "/ ' I this piace f1gnifi.cth to haue inJii,ediatc fellownianS,•·'fPrite tbife thing} faith I !hip with <;:hrdl:n hcaucn: whereChnfl !hall hee t.hat ;,the li.~JJ and th'er la_rfl~ be vqto ~ima tree of l1fc eo make bun hue fqr· w I"' , 't'9hiah. »'Mdettd'4nd i.raliue. tucr. . , · In thisp.'romi"i~ note twO p'oin.ts. I. In w,.hat. things c~crnalnifc confifleth;namcly,in immc- · in.~his. ~e~fc and:tlJ~·r~fl: that fo11owc}o the di3tC t'cll0w{hip and comm.union with <;:hriH nvclf~~,is-~aid dow1;~.t~e fecond letter o;- Epiin heaicn.Scci>ndly, that life cternall flandeth flle of Chtifhqano,th~r.Church of Af1a,callcd '110t in out'IN~r.d mcJncs, as meare, drinke, doSmyrn~. B_cfore. ~h~ EP.ifilc Cbrifi giues a fe-:- itlling, phylic~c, r'c~rcation, n.eCI'pe, .and fu~h. con~ P.Mti.Culat·. CQinJl!lUIJdrment vn~o John; llkc:b'ut in an nnmcdlatcpartaking With Chr,J~l touchiyg.tlJr yvriti~ghe,cofvnto this c.hurch, ii1'all his bleffin~s. So that when ,Chrifl i.sall jn in th~(c words,Andvnro the AngelqfthechTJrch all vmo vs imm~diatcly, ·.thc'O. ~oc weqtc.'o( of th~Smrrni~ns wri~~: ~V,Vhich is prefixed to the tree ofllfc, and [hereby,fhallliue ctemally; D this Epifi#.,_that this Church and all other I I. Ci•·cumff. The pla.ce where eternalllife churches of God might .be alfured, thar Ioh" is to be had is. in thr. parad_i(e of God-. This had (uflici~ntwarrarlt aod calling for. thewriparadifc of God i~ the thi.r.~~·~ea.ucl~, :1 .P!a~~ ting hcre9{, VVhich thil.)g is.peccff?rieto cucry I whcrdn the_Lord doth mamkfl hnnfe.lfe 1n h!$ pcnman.oi' the holy Qhoit, that the Church .,Jorious m:uefi1c, ;:md whJCh he hath prepared nced'rlot to doubt ofthe authority offcripture .forthe olotie of all his elect. Hcr.eof S:hrifl butrec<iue the fameasthc pure w.o;d of God. fpake t~\he thtcfc on the cro[e) .faying, Th~. · Hence we may garhcr, that all ordinaryMiJ 4-aJ fl)altthou/;ewithmee in P.a:t::dije, Luk. "~· niflers.of'th~ Goi"ocl mufi hauc warrant and \ 43 • and hither was Paul rapt m vtllon:and {it~v ca!lingfQr cuery cl'otirinc which th.cy teach in ; rmd henrtlthin,f_J that cannot 6r vttrr~d? and he GOds Church; for the Apofllcs,that were ex.. · callcth it thtthirdbeauen,~n rcfpcC\: of th.c heanaordinary mcn,ofmore excellent gifi:s,might ucnsvntlcr it, for the place wherein \\'C breath doe nothinv withoutvva.rram. Of the parts of is the firtl he:IUen, the fiarric firr11amcnr i.s the ch1s cou1ma~1dcmrnt we fp;1kc in the fidl: verfc fccond hcaHcn, and thcp3r3dife of God ss.thc ofthis ('haptcr. third:\\'hich is thcrforc called paradi(c,bccaufe The Epiflle ir felfc followcth, cont3yning i~~plac_: of cndcldfc ioy ond Pc:.lc'-a_fu_r_c_,~A-'_'d ___ tl_u_c_c_,!~"-"-'~' _a Preface, a ~~pofition, an(!_; Con.:
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