. ,, .,-=------------------·---·--·--··--·----- .An Expojition vpon 1 ~crr,s. 1 ----------------~~~-------- nations,and ,·i~'t:oric-oucr all the encmie~ ofhis I A faithful hailc no po'Ncr cucr the Churchcs,bm l faluarion, ye.~ bee i~ made p:trtakcr of ChriAs oucr infidels: and therefore both their colkCh- ! glm:ic-: ons arc abli.trd. • \ Hence 'vVe .:r_e t:IUght tO m:1b~ confcicncc of l wi/lgiut IJim rhe morningflarrc, Here is rhc rcr[. 2 g cncr;rrfinnc v..hatfocucr; for the ptiuilcdgc of fccond benefit promifcd by Chrifl to him rhat j ' ' cun;l €hriflbn is to lu.uc power to iudgc the oucrcommcth. The morning flarre propcdy I \\!.,icb:d \'l.'orld: Now as it is afhame for a iudgc fignificth th:ubright Harre,... hit:h'l"ifcth a'littlc that fi'tteth :ind condcmneth <1 mutthcrcr or a before the Sun,•fomc mnc of the ycare,'"' hi,h theet~; to be a thccfc or lmurtherer h\mfclfe; the heathen call Venus. Apd hereby is meanr, [pit is for 3ny ChrltHo.n to hue in any one fin, Chrifl himfclfc, as Rcu,n... J6., 'JRm the bright (edng: hec hirolf(:J(cm.utt-condcmu.e the \'\'orld morning ffarre-. Chrifi, i"s called a flarre: FirH, of thole finncs.· Neither can wee [hinke that becautc he illurninat.cth all men with the light Chrill will cucr adu:mcc l~im that liues tn finne, of vndcrfianding, and his Church wich ·the to (oqdcmne the r:u:nc itl·o·thers,vnldfc he firfi: knowledge: ofthe will otihis"Father' and that r,cfor.me it in him(clfe. fufficiemly ih all matters thal: conccrne f::rluat'iSccondly,thc cQiidcr:ltion o.fthis priuilcdge on. Secondly, to fhewe that theprop.hefrc by ofaChriHi:lo,m~lfibchid inourminds:~gaintl B BalaamtonchingChriftwhomhce calleththc .. ; th~ time Qfac\ucditie ·~md 01ffiiCtion, and ofthe ::~.ftarof/a,,cob, is now fulfilled;·when as Chritl :~.Num.s4.,7 pang.sdf-dcath. F.Qr he that harh kept faith and by his Apofiles hath .plcnrilully reucal~d hima good confciCcc all his life, is a Prince: in lcfus {clfcto all nations. - ChriH, :md {hall rule ouer all his enemies. And 1 Funhc·ti, hc:e is called a morning fiarre, for therefOre though . t!ow hcc bee ~flliClcd and. that fpeciaU rc:femblan£_c .which is betwcenc wronged. by them, yet in Chrifi hee is their him and•it;. for the mOrning ftar,rc rifcth not in iudgc:,·5l~d fb3ll one day condemne them that the beginning·or n~iddl.e ·of•the night, but in doe him)Nr,on~.Aod as fOr death, it is fubdued 1 thc cndofthc night tdw~rds the b~ginningof in thrjft,and !hai be no death vnto him.t.Cor. the day when the funne is a\>out to rife , .:and I 5• ~4• then it J'bineth·brightcr. thenaU othei fiarres. Ag'!inc,the ·words in the originall' arc thus, Eucn fo,Chrill, he came tmr in the beginning Hee jiJa/lfeetk tmdrulethe-natior;s,.Md[he-phe-ard or middle -ofrhc darkc'dme vnder the 1awe,bm 1·u!etb-ai:ilfccde.J.hhis lambs wrrh hU hook!, The in the latlag.c of the woild 1 wherein afrcr his Pa,piiJ.s vpon the words ofCIJrifho·Perer, I oh. inearnation•hee did'lhine rr.oflfully to all nati2l ..Iq. Fudc myJheepc; th~t is, feed and rule my C ons,fo asthere .was ne f11,&lighr or knowlcdg fbccpc, wo~:~ld gacbcr Pe-te-rs fuprcmacie ouer before his corrlmingas' bath bcen·e fincc. This the Church ·in all the wotld. But their groffe Pe-urvcrificth when he: faith, bWuhaJJe-j4moft b s.P".t.,,. ab~fc gf th~t placCwill appeare, bycomparing 'Jure-word ofthe-Prophet!, ro·-,hich;edoewt'/lthat it with this pron•ifc of Chritl, .to euery one ;eetA/r.!he.ede,Mvnto alight thatfhine-rh inaU~trk.; that Oljcrcomtn_ct}1: (orif.·thdr colleCtion bee place-,vnrJ!ltJie-d4Jdawne-,ltndthe-d4) flarre-arifo good1 then hence will follow,that cuery Chri... /ttJOHr he-artt. Whciothe time,of theE.awcand fi_i:3L) lf!.a·nflwulQha\it the like fi.1prmnacie, and· P~phCts is c21led a rime of darkenes:and their l!ce 3 Pope: which how abf~;~rc.l ic-is, euery man. preaching thcn,as acandle light: buttheprea... may iu~gc...Therefore that placeof John muft ching ofChrifhndcrthcGofpell, is as7thc day not.Pe Vnd~.rlloQ~ of_any fupJenn.cie: fortheir fiarrc whi<lh fhineth moll brightly; hee is not C.hrift teacheth Peter the faithlull c.lifchargc of. called the n'1orning fiar re, becaufc he fi1ineth to his office and ducie. From this firfi gift of all the world in all times as the morning flarr~ ~brill the P:1piih garher two things. I. Th:u doth, but ·becaufc hec fhineth vmomenin the: the: fcuerall Saints in hcauen arc p2trons of l:tfi age of.the \1\'0rld. J • ''?,untries and kiogdomcs, as Saint Ge-orge- , It is further.faid, !w;/({iHe himit. VVhc:rc is (or~England·, Saint·DenU fof France, Saint .D promilcd fellowfhip and participation with Patric..k,: for Ireland, &c. Secondly, th:lt wee Chriil,ashcc is the day-Harre. And hereir: are n1aY.P.1·ay vnto Saiots, for the Saints rule the two benefits comprifcd: Fidl,pcrfcelillumln!- Nati6n~, and ~lH;ref9re know all Nations; and tion, whereby ignorance fhall be wholly t:lken if they know tltCm, then they mufl be prayed aw:lV after this life, when as men lhall knowc vmo. But they fv..,'arue from the meaning of God fullv fo farrcforth as a crc:lture can know this text: tGr firfl, it is notf:lidc, that the S:1ints the Crea[~r.SccondJy, the light ofperfeCt g1o- (h3II hauc power, one ouero.nc countrie, 3nd rie, for by fellowfhip with Chrifl we 01311 bee . an.other oucr another; but c.uerie Saint hath m:1dc tojhine- M the.ftarres,as Daniel cfpeakctb: c l')IM,ts.f. £G\)'Cr oucr alJ Natiops: Scc9ndly, rhey haue yea, we fhaU become d Sttints in light,as the A- 1 d CQl.,,u. po,wcr oucr all nmio.ns, not bfcaufe they rule pofl:le faith, rh~n) afh1<tlly,_but bcc::tufC they b;Jue rhe fru.ite Whereas Chrifi compares himfdfc to the Tbevfo. :tnd bc.nefit of C.hrifls power, whereby they morning Har:Fir!l, we fee the groffc crrour of j are ruled. And for thcir fecond eolleB:ion: we m:my among vs,who ~iue·.in blin.dnc~c ofmind ! mu.Q by nations-\•ndedhnd oot :tll Churches and ignor2nce; .walkmg 10 theu w1ckcd lulls but v.nbclc:cuers, for the wick~d ::~re they that and pl.eafures, without care of keeping faith tmtflbc br:okcn Hkc potters vdfcls. Now the or good cOnli:iencc, and yet perfwade them~ 1 --·'-~ =_:_:____:~,..:;::_---:--------------~----"-cl_ue_s_\ ---·
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