yet so to Him, as a Letter of Publique concernment, directed to the Prolocutor, with intent that He (according to his office) should acquaint all the Christian Members of the Ephesian Church with the contents thereof.
yet so to Him, as a letter of Public concernment, directed to the Prolocutor, with intent that He (according to his office) should acquaint all the Christian Members of the Ephesian Church with the contents thereof.
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3. The Epistle consists of three principall parts. 1. A commendation of the Ephesians former Piety and Patience. 2. A Reproofe of their present backsliding, that they had forsaken their first love. 3. A Threatning of them with future misery, in case they did not quickly amend.
3. The Epistle consists of three principal parts. 1. A commendation of the Ephesians former Piety and Patience. 2. A Reproof of their present backsliding, that they had forsaken their First love. 3. A Threatening of them with future misery, in case they did not quickly amend.
If all the Body of our Sermons be Praising, where is reproving? if all be Reproving, where is Comforting? Physitians advise Nurses, not alwayes to give the same receit to their Infants sick of the wormes,
If all the Body of our Sermons be Praising, where is reproving? if all be Reproving, where is Comforting? Physicians Advice Nurse's, not always to give the same receipt to their Infants sick of the worms,
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but rather to make use of severall Medicines, lest otherwise, the Wormes accustomed to the constant taking of the same thing, by degrees turne that Physick into their food,
but rather to make use of several Medicines, lest otherwise, the Worms accustomed to the constant taking of the same thing, by Degrees turn that Physic into their food,
but make a new matter, cause frailty to be firme, folly to bee wise, flesh to be Spirit, Men to be Angels, Saints being too little in this Life, as full of their Infirmities. Witnesse the Church of Ephesus:
but make a new matter, cause frailty to be firm, folly to be wise, Flesh to be Spirit, Men to be Angels, Saints being too little in this Life, as full of their Infirmities. Witness the Church of Ephesus:
But God who intends their Amendment, not confusion, alwayes warnes before He wounds, that so by tendering them the Opportunity of a seasonable Submission, they may prevent the misery of their finall destruction.
But God who intends their Amendment, not confusion, always warns before He wounds, that so by tendering them the Opportunity of a seasonable Submission, they may prevent the misery of their final destruction.
but it quickned and enlivened with a Candle, namely the Word of God. Which amoun•eth to this effect, that God would Un-church Ephesus, and deprive it of the Benefit of the Gospel, which enlighteneth mens Soules in their wayes to heaven.
but it quickened and enlivened with a Candle, namely the Word of God. Which amoun•eth to this Effect, that God would Unchurch Ephesus, and deprive it of the Benefit of the Gospel, which Enlighteneth men's Souls in their ways to heaven.
God alone it was that forbad Paul to preach the word in Asia, yea, when he assailed to goe into Bithinia, the Spirit suffered him not, but he was diverted with a Vision, Come over into Macedonia, and help Vs. 7. Nor can any other Reason bee rendred hereof, save onely the Councell of his Will. This appeareth plainely in the People of the Jews.
God alone it was that forbade Paul to preach the word in Asia, yea, when he assailed to go into Bithinia, the Spirit suffered him not, but he was diverted with a Vision, Come over into Macedonia, and help Us 7. Nor can any other Reason be rendered hereof, save only the Council of his Will. This appears plainly in the People of the jews.
Because the Lord loved you &c. Fewest of all People, being soone summed up in Abraham and Sarah, no more then two Cyphers in point of Procreation, without a Miracle.
Because the Lord loved you etc. Fewest of all People, being soon summed up in Abraham and Sarah, no more then two Ciphers in point of Procreation, without a Miracle.
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And as their number was inconsiderable, so their Nature was intollerable, for when they wandred 40. yeares in the wildernesse, their intricate windings in their Progresse seemed strait in comparison of their crooked Conditions,
And as their number was inconsiderable, so their Nature was intolerable, for when they wandered 40. Years in the Wilderness, their intricate windings in their Progress seemed strait in comparison of their crooked Conditions,
The Aegyptians excelled them in Wit, the Phaeniceans exceeded them in wealth, the Edomites in Antiquity, the Persians in Industry, the Arabians in Activity, the Syrians in Cunning, the Assyrians in command, the Philistims in strength,
The egyptians excelled them in Wit, the Phaeniceans exceeded them in wealth, the Edomites in Antiquity, the Persians in Industry, the Arabians in Activity, the Syrians in Cunning, the Assyrians in command, the philistines in strength,
when, where, and to whom they pleased, O what strange worke would they have made? Our Saviour said, How hardly shall they that have Riches enter into the Kingdome of God? But in this Case,
when, where, and to whom they pleased, Oh what strange work would they have made? Our Saviour said, How hardly shall they that have Riches enter into the Kingdom of God? But in this Case,
if it were in their Power to make merchandise thereof? But this marres their Mart, that the giving of the Gospel to any Place or Persons, sooner or later, the continuing it longer or shorter, the removing it, slowly,
if it were in their Power to make merchandise thereof? But this mars their Mars, that the giving of the Gospel to any Place or Persons, sooner or later, the Continuing it longer or shorter, the removing it, slowly,
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or suddenly, are all, and every one, only and absolutely placed in his power and pleasure, who speakes in my Text, And I will remove the Candlestick out of his place, except you repent.
or suddenly, Are all, and every one, only and absolutely placed in his power and pleasure, who speaks in my Text, And I will remove the Candlestick out of his place, except you Repent.
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Another Instance is presented us in the Jews, who dispised the Preaching of S. Paul at Antioch, And when the Iews were gone out of the Synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next Sabboth.
another Instance is presented us in the jews, who despised the Preaching of S. Paul At Antioch, And when the Iews were gone out of the Synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath.
The Result of all is this, Those feet of Gods Ministers, who finding themselves unworthily used, do shake the dust off from them, (according to Christs command) in witnesse against an ungratefull Place.
The Result of all is this, Those feet of God's Ministers, who finding themselves unworthily used, do shake the dust off from them, (according to Christ command) in witness against an ungrateful Place.
II. And here it will bee neither improper nor unprofitable, to observe some Passages concerning the Motions and Postures of the Candlestick in my Text. And first, we may take notice, that the Persecution gave the Occasion to the speedy propagatiō of the Gospel.
II And Here it will be neither improper nor unprofitable, to observe Some Passages Concerning the Motions and Postures of the Candlestick in my Text. And First, we may take notice, that the Persecution gave the Occasion to the speedy propagation of the Gospel.
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whether Martyrs which did dye, or Confessors who did flye, contributed more to the advance of Religion, the former by their patient suffering confirming more,
whither Martyrs which did die, or Confessors who did fly, contributed more to the advance of Religion, the former by their patient suffering confirming more,
Wherefore seeing it seems not to stand with the State of the Gospel, to goe away animo revertendi, it will bee our wisest course, carefully to retaine, what wee have no President to recover.
Wherefore seeing it seems not to stand with the State of the Gospel, to go away animo revertendi, it will be our Wisest course, carefully to retain, what we have no President to recover.
I meane a Plantation of Piety amongst the Pagans, a Copy like our Originall, (save onely that it be not written with such red Inke) in matter of doctrines, and knowledge of Religion.
I mean a Plantation of Piety among the Pagans, a Copy like our Original, (save only that it be not written with such read Ink) in matter of doctrines, and knowledge of Religion.
15. Lastly, from Jerusalem (whence the Gospel first started) this Candlestick is observed to have a favourable inclination to verge more and more Westward.
15. Lastly, from Jerusalem (whence the Gospel First started) this Candlestick is observed to have a favourable inclination to verge more and more Westward.
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God knows what good effects to them our sad war may produce, some may be frighted therewith over into those Parts (being more willing to endure American,
God knows what good effects to them our sad war may produce, Some may be frighted therewith over into those Parts (being more willing to endure American,
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then English Savages) or out of curiosity to see, necessity to live, frugality to gaine, may carry Religion over with them, into this Barbarous countrey.
then English Savages) or out of curiosity to see, necessity to live, frugality to gain, may carry Religion over with them, into this Barbarous country.
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Onely God forbid we should make so bad a bargaine, as wholly to exchange our Gospel for their Gold, our Saviour for their Silver, fetch thence lignum Vitae, and deprive our selves of the Tree of life in liew thereof.
Only God forbid we should make so bad a bargain, as wholly to exchange our Gospel for their Gold, our Saviour for their Silver, fetch thence lignum Vitae, and deprive our selves of the Tree of life in liew thereof.
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let their candle bee kindled at ours, ours not removed to them, as God threatned the Ephesians in my Text, I will remove thy Candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
let their candle be kindled At ours, ours not removed to them, as God threatened the Ephesians in my Text, I will remove thy Candlestick out of his place, except thou Repent.
yet having no Land, sine Rege, Lege, Solo, Salo, (I had almost said Coelo too) stumbling at Him that should stay them, unhappy if they knew their condition,
yet having no Land, sine Rege, Lege, Solo, Salo, (I had almost said Coelo too) stumbling At Him that should stay them, unhappy if they knew their condition,
17. Object. But this is hard dealing, so just, that it is unjust, that children for the default of their Parents shall be debarred from the meanes of their Salvation.
17. Object. But this is hard dealing, so just, that it is unjust, that children for the default of their Parents shall be debarred from the means of their Salvation.
Will God banish the sound of a Proverb out of Israel, and practise the Sense thereof in his owne proceedings, setting the childrens teeth on edge, (even to their gnashing in Hell fire) for the Sowre grapes which their fathers have eaten.
Will God banish the found of a Proverb out of Israel, and practise the Sense thereof in his own proceedings, setting the Children's teeth on edge, (even to their gnashing in Hell fire) for the Sour grapes which their Father's have eaten.
18. Ans. The Day of Judgement wil be the day of the manifestation of the righteousnesse of God, whose actions which now are just, shall then appeare so, to the clearing of his wayes, and convincing of others wickednesse.
18. Ans. The Day of Judgement will be the day of the manifestation of the righteousness of God, whose actions which now Are just, shall then appear so, to the clearing of his ways, and convincing of Others wickedness.
David saith to God, Thy way is in the Sea, and the sense is the same though inverted, There is a Sea in thy way, and that a bottomlesse one, (not like the Adriatick, Acts 27. 28 wherein the Marriners sounded, and found it 20. fathoms, and when they had gone a little farther, they sounded againe,
David Says to God, Thy Way is in the Sea, and the sense is the same though inverted, There is a Sea in thy Way, and that a bottomless one, (not like the Adriatic, Acts 27. 28 wherein the Mariners sounded, and found it 20. fathoms, and when they had gone a little farther, they sounded again,
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yea, I know not how to call my Clients, being as yet unnam'd, unborne, unbegot, I meane such little little Levi's, which as yet lye hid in the Loynes of their Grandfathers:
yea, I know not how to call my Clients, being as yet unnamed, unborn, unbegotten, I mean such little little Levi's, which as yet lie hid in the Loins of their Grandfathers:
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Oh let not their Soules be slain before their bodies be borne, by wilfull debarring them, by the prophanenesse of this present Age, from the future benefit of Gods word.
O let not their Souls be slave before their bodies be born, by wilful debarring them, by the profaneness of this present Age, from the future benefit of God's word.
Let that sturdy father, carelesse of himselfe, be conjured into Piety, by that potent charme, per spem crescentis Iuli. Who can reade the horrid History of so many thousand Childrens corpses, drowned (as they say) in one fishpond in Italy, by those Votaries, their mothers,
Let that sturdy father, careless of himself, be conjured into Piety, by that potent charm, per spem crescentis July Who can read the horrid History of so many thousand Children's corpses, drowned (as they say) in one fishpond in Italy, by those Votaries, their mother's,
What then shall we say to such Parents as plunge the Soules of Millions in the Pit of Perdition, sacrificing the Spirituall lives of their Sons and Daughters to Devils? so that as they walke on in their wicked wayes, the floore whereon they tread, may bee said to be paved with slaughtered Infants,
What then shall we say to such Parents as plunge the Souls of Millions in the Pit of Perdition, sacrificing the Spiritual lives of their Sons and Daughters to Devils? so that as they walk on in their wicked ways, the floor whereon they tread, may be said to be paved with slaughtered Infants,
and that they trample on a Charnel-House of childrens Soules of their owne killing, because the candlestick of the Word, was removed from them for their fathers offences.
and that they trample on a Charnel-House of Children's Souls of their own killing, Because the candlestick of the Word, was removed from them for their Father's offences.
20. See a sad spectacle hereof, in the Church of Ephesus, to which God at this Day hath done, what hee threatned in the Text. Indeed, some hundreds of years after the writing of this Epistle, Ephesus still continued the Staple of Religion and learning, where some Generall Counsels were celebrated.
20. See a sad spectacle hereof, in the Church of Ephesus, to which God At this Day hath done, what he threatened in the Text. Indeed, Some hundreds of Years After the writing of this Epistle, Ephesus still continued the Staple of Religion and learning, where Some General Counsels were celebrated.
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Till at last, growing notoriously erronious in doctrine, and vicious in Manners, it is at the present reduced to a miserable condition, shrunke almost invisible in our Moderne Maps, save that some charitable Geographers, in reverence of what shee hath beene, allow her a bare remembrance in their larger Descriptions.
Till At last, growing notoriously erroneous in Doctrine, and vicious in Manners, it is At the present reduced to a miserable condition, shrunk almost invisible in our Modern Maps, save that Some charitable Geographers, in Reverence of what she hath been, allow her a bore remembrance in their larger Descriptions.
The few Christians therein, and thereabout, grow contented vassailes to the Turke, and the soundest of them are infected in the Point of the Progression of the holy Spirit, with many other grievous errours.
The few Christians therein, and thereabouts, grow contented vassals to the Turk, and the soundest of them Are infected in the Point of the Progression of the holy Spirit, with many other grievous errors.
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Generally in those Parts, God hath permitted his Arke to fall downe before Dagon, the Alchoran hath banished the Bible, the Candle of the word is put out,
Generally in those Parts, God hath permitted his Ark to fallen down before Dagon, the Alcoran hath banished the bible, the Candle of the word is put out,
yea, it was morning here, when it was midnight in Germany, the last, was first, our Countrey placed in the Rere of the world, marched one of the formost in receiving the Christian Religion.
yea, it was morning Here, when it was midnight in Germany, the last, was First, our Country placed in the Rear of the world, marched one of the foremost in receiving the Christian Religion.
And since the Word was here once planted, hitherto it was never totally lost, but still grew amongst the barren Mountaines in Wales; as Piety hath ever an ambition to keepe company with Poverty.
And since the Word was Here once planted, hitherto it was never totally lost, but still grew among the barren Mountains in Wales; as Piety hath ever an ambition to keep company with Poverty.
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and being taxed for being causelesly Jealous of Her, to confute his Accusers, prostituted his wife to the unchaste embraces of any, thereby to wipe off the Aspersion of Jealousie.
and being taxed for being causelessly Jealous of Her, to confute his Accusers, prostituted his wife to the unchaste embraces of any, thereby to wipe off the Aspersion of Jealousy.
So then, those who evidence their opposition to any Error in Judgement, or demonstrate their distance from any vice in practise, with such violence and furious indiscretion, that they fall into the opposite error,
So then, those who evidence their opposition to any Error in Judgement, or demonstrate their distance from any vice in practice, with such violence and furious indiscretion, that they fallen into the opposite error,
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Sure then, though I desire no favour, I deserve no frowne, if from the simplicity of my heart, without sinister intents, I shew the danger likely to cease on us,
Sure then, though I desire no favour, I deserve no frown, if from the simplicity of my heart, without sinister intents, I show the danger likely to cease on us,
When children begin to try Conclusions with a Candle, sporting themselves at in and out with it, their Parents use to take it from them, leaving them to doe pennance in the Darke, for their wantonnesse.
When children begin to try Conclusions with a Candle, sporting themselves At in and out with it, their Parents use to take it from them, leaving them to do penance in the Dark, for their wantonness.
for untill a good Peace be setled, which God Speed, and whilst the great Bond of Discipline is broken, every stick in the Fagot will be absolute and set up for it selfe.
for until a good Peace be settled, which God Speed, and while the great Bound of Discipline is broken, every stick in the Faggot will be absolute and Set up for it self.
though they Gods fixed Stars, would not be Comets presaging sad Events, though these Ambassadours, praying you to be reconciled to God, are loath to bee Heraulds to proclaime war:
though they God's fixed Stars, would not be Comets presaging sad Events, though these ambassadors, praying you to be reconciled to God, Are loath to be Heralds to proclaim war:
Yet be these things seriously considered, and may they not amount to make us Iealous over England with a godly jealousie, what for the future will become of us? And this I will boldly adde, that an awfull feare of losing the Candlestick is the best Hope we have to keepe it.
Yet be these things seriously considered, and may they not amount to make us Jealous over England with a godly jealousy, what for the future will become of us? And this I will boldly add, that an awful Fear of losing the Candlestick is the best Hope we have to keep it.
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Nor will it be any violence to my Text, in a secondary Sense, to expound this Candle, of the Life of every man, which how long since it hath beene kindled we know,
Nor will it be any violence to my Text, in a secondary Sense, to expound this Candle, of the Life of every man, which how long since it hath been kindled we know,
Heaven now is to be had, Happinesse to be purchased, Buy the truth, and sell it not, lose not a good bargaine, bid bountifully, be not body wise, and soule-foolish;
Heaven now is to be had, Happiness to be purchased, Buy the truth, and fell it not, loose not a good bargain, bid bountifully, be not body wise, and soule-foolish;
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30. Men naturally decline Death, and the Quick at the day of Judgement desire, not to bee uncloathed, but cloathed upon that mortality may bee swallowed up of Life.
30. Men naturally decline Death, and the Quick At the day of Judgement desire, not to be Unclothed, but clothed upon that mortality may be swallowed up of Life.
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and they need no candle, no use of preaching, Sermons shall cease, and God alone shall bee the Text, the Hallelujahs of Angels and Saints the Comment upon it.
and they need no candle, no use of preaching, Sermons shall cease, and God alone shall be the Text, the Hallelujahs of Angels and Saints the Comment upon it.
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and notwithstanding still he spins out his matter three verses farther, till that full and finall Period, verse 27. To God onely wise bee glory, thorow Iesus Christ for ever, Amen.
and notwithstanding still he spins out his matter three Verses farther, till that full and final Period, verse 27. To God only wise be glory, thorough Iesus christ for ever, Amen.
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And my constant Prayer to God shall be, that he would be pleased to be to you all in Generall, each one in particular, that very thing, which You for your owne Good doe most desire. Amen. FINIS.
And my constant Prayer to God shall be, that he would be pleased to be to you all in General, each one in particular, that very thing, which You for your own Good doe most desire. Amen. FINIS.
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