----------- ! . ------.,.,_, I z.SI3 l I . AnBxpojition vpon' I vtr[.J.,, I 1our Sauiour Chrifl cotmning ti>Wattls Icmfa- A therof, cithcr:,n "<"d or dccd:for be that doth '\ - I b Luk.J?·flo Jcm I> )Vt> 1 'Jf. o>~er it, and \\'hCh he Came to it hC:t fo is rheVdfall of S~thah in that atlion asd I foretold the. final! dcf\ruttion of that titie : "hilebe holdeth thattourfc 1 hcihcwcth 'him." w\11ch thtrdorc came vpon rhtill; becalif~ .. tn~t felfe t<:> bee no better' ehen one .that is wholly I , confidcrtd.no.t the d~y Oflhcir'vifitatioi'f; ?eiS.uide~·by t~c dcoH ~ f~r the deuil~ is the prinrhcr the t.hlngS<thercm f~rct_old that d~- C'()Kti?~U a-gcn~m p~~.fccutu:ms )& \)'ickcdmen be ccrnc rhe1r p~.·acc. And the like dcfin:ClJOI'i-'w'il 1lJ's mlltuments, -1 ._, •• .-. 11 -~;... 1f come ~pon V-s in ~his l_aB'd~,. if .. vc t'!On~dl!t:nO't "1-I:.Hctrbywe arc t:tught to takt.piotyvpon ·! ~he daltS pf our·VIfit3t!O\l: lctvfth~t!.'ilM~ ilO\V a~I· r.·c·rfblU~t>rs., be t~cy kings or mdnat'chs ,o~ 1 111 the da}'cS of~c3Cc forcc~ftwh:1t 1s'~o co'm~ ;._ whftfa~ct,Yr3 we mufi.pray fc;>riJkt_n tlrough I and pre~arcom fcluts agaml.hht daY: b.f the they. m: out enemies: br~aufe thry·ar~polfdfcd Lords mall;·and fo n,.u WC :cf.:·~~ thelear-<?< and.~mdod by the dewll; and in thetrpcl'fccuftJII and finnil 'dcllru&ion that fi1>1l obh1cVf16n tion< ao.liis ;'Iill, and bcobfne his feruaht.and thcwi,kcd. ltPJallcome to pttf{ethar the de11ili vaffals.rtt.'i:~ ., ·~ :~:•u.tr · :u:.... . . Jh•ll cajf fom• ofJb" i»ro J:Yifon, that:Je< ma; llflHe~cwe lurhe \Oith what weapons we 6e tried, an'dJtjha/1 hauerrlliklatiCllUtflft dltyu ~ 3h~- tb-d~nd our ftlues in timcoPJ'..erfecution.; Thcfc words contain Chnflsprophtfl~;:wherJ B ~arlleln with fpiti.ruall weapons of prayers,& tn he lbeweth hJnilcJfc tG bt true G-od ;.for.as mvC!catJon, whertiD wc.mufi lhew.our fuith ,m 1[4J in many places 01ewi:rh, it is thcprop:trtti~ Chrifi, ourrcpcnt3nce and trueobtdicncc:· for c Jf,,44·7· l ofCod alo1~c ,Q c,foretcll a ~ar_t>i~ular"affiiCl:ion OUIJ>titrdpill adi.tcrf:arie i~ afpirit, and h~;Cby I t~at IS totltlhj;chr. But feme Will fay, others we !hal~bcll defend our fclues.ag~ihllbim,ond , can foretell certain things ro oorne :asrhc Phy: gcothc oheifdhicloric. £/iMfor-1\is pray.:r is tltion:; the flckc mans de3th; 2.nd theA!lronoJ calle(i ,!b The ChAriot Anti. horfome,. of lfru/ 1 b t.KiDo-:. 'tncr the tinlC of the eclyp• ; how then is this Nothirlg' doth fo.much prcuailc in tr.oub!es & u. proptrto God? Ahfi•. l.hc Phifirion fore" pcrfcoutions,uspraycifromapenitemand~e• tclleth the fickc mans dcatli,oncly.by•vcrtilc of !tcuingheart.AudifGoMhould fend afvrrain caufe's prcfcnt] in whith·thc-furure death is·rO. nationaga-infl Vs, howfofue"r the \\\f:~pons of him apporaht: And the Allt6oon~CF forct<lh:tlr the (ouldicr mull bcc.~fcd, yeimwprincipa!ft the cclyps by the confidcranon·of tire na.uulf weapons mull be prayer and faflmg: fot thqby a~\dordinaric <:otHfd-of the heaUCm: in prcfcmrJ we frtaii foonefi: foyle our princip:1)Jadu~rfa'J. and by that c3n e6111e to foretell it in tiri1C -N) Sathan , who fc:arcrh not t~c fpcare.hoC f\\'Or 7 co111e, So that limply~one tan fumcll a •hing and yet Will !lie before ·rhcfc fpirituall >Vcacomingent, excCP.Oh't fee itprcfent in rht eauT pons. . · .. : .. fts; but Chtil\ fot<tlel!cth •hingno corrtt··filn• C I I~ 1Argnmmt, The partie• that mtihbe: af7 plyof•hilnfelfeylhoughtf~callfc.bc prefcn~ l as flitted\ were fome ofthe Church of Sniyrna, :1pp~arerhinthispla~~ "\ · not all. r. .. • . . In·this prophtfi~ Chrill defuibeth this affii-' I 11..Arr. Th<'kind of their iffii&ibn was .!Hot\ by (undry argurtlents. Fir.fi, by thccaufe imprifomnent, ·.,, .o. • · . thereof, which is the deulli," S'ccondly, by the IVo ,Arg'u. Thccnde of!hciraffii&iO{I,w•• panics thllt werc to be olllitled, S•Me•fyou 4 the triall oftheir faith; hbpe, loue, &patie·nce, the Church .J Smyrnh, Thirtily, by the kindt of with other graces o!God, and the manifcl\atipUnifhmcnr, Ii?ip~ifiumi.tnt, •fourthly, by the on ofthe farvc, firil to their owne c6'hfcieil,c, end thereof, their trial/, And fifdy by the time and then vnto the world; In th<fe threurgu, of·it c·ontinuAncd, for tcnf11 ddj?l'·. . · . ., ' mcnts tlot~ firfi a fpcciaH poiht1ou~hitig Gods L Arguliiihr.'Thc cau!t oftheir afflltlioti'i• rrouidEcc, to wit, thatit is jhcfirll cau(o ofal}; tho druill·, ~efo,How can•tholt be, fat being aboucall uufes rul1ng and d1fpofing them all. a.fpiridillcannot olferviolcncc ro mens bodks : God in .goucrning the world .by his prouito uft them itit6 prifoo? AJt[wl True, but:hte denccvfcth in!trumcnts oftwo fot ts ~ good,or is thogod ofthe world that rukrh i~ the h<ahs . euill. Thc'-good inllrumcrlts arc goodAngels, ofrheWickcd; hcindinetbthcii"vil1s·to hate D and rcgcncratcmcn; by"''homecom1ncth no God.nhi!dre!l 3 ~et llirrcthlthctllvp ro perfc. diforder, for God workcrh both in them and cufe j and malmh \hchl his inl\~uments fO· <ai\ by them. Wicked infltumcms arc the deuill G 1 6ds fcruanu irltoptifon. - ·:. :. ""': and wicked men, and though God vfe them -In this. that the dcuill caufcth r,he affiiCHons wd, yet from them is inuch d1fordcrand fi1mc; ~t·ods Cburch,we'may lcatll'c fundrypoints, for he workcth notiry thcm,but ondy by them, I. Whatnlanntr ofinctnhotc bee that petf<" permitting their Jinrlsan.d ?'(orders, thatthcr- _cutc the Church ofGod? oatncty,wickcd men, byhe may fJ:tcwc fo~th hts mfhcc, mcrCie ~and i!Ch,. arc infpired by Sathan,:lttd wholly gui• pow" 'w~tch her':.'n donot>bly appear~ 10 V· k dcd in mindc, will,and in :tffcCtionby him: this fing thefr.m_f'hurn~cs wht~h be ~mlm thcfdus, f~ 3 ,,Ti 1·,.,. r'nadc Paul fay,:~. HteWtU rhehtt~d~f ~tiJjinnerJ: that norwnlHtandmg thctr .mahc~be~ caufcth n'J· , bcca~Jfc inperfccuting the Churchof God hee wonderfull.~r.dcr:f1rfi byhtsproUidcnce he re.. ! 1 ·was gui·ded by the dcuill, and rnadc his ntini~ .{l:rain~th thetr func and r:1gc,fo as they_ c~nnot ~ llet: which mlilltc:tch vs to take hccdc howwe fhcw 1t to the full as they ddire. Sec th1s m the F pcrfccutc the Church of Gocl, or any member deuills pcrfecution again{t this Church : hrc i ----==-·-·. can- \
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