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The brides longing for her bride-grooms second coming A sermon preached at the funeral…The brides longing for her bride-groomes second comming A sermon preached at the funerall…
The brides longing for her bride-grooms second coming A sermon preached at the funeral of the right worshipful, Sir Thomas Crew, knight, sergeant at law to his majesty. By the late learned and reverend divine, Rich. Sibs.The brides longing for her bride-groomes second comming A sermon preached at the funerall of the right worshipfull, Sir Thomas Crevv, knight, sergeant at law to his maiestie. By the late learned and reverend divine, Rich. Sibs.
London: printed by E. Purslow for E. Langham, 1638
THE BRIDEGROOMS PROMISE: And, The BRIDES Prayer.THE BRIDEGROOMES PROMISE: And, The BRIDES Prayer.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
REVEL. 22. 20. He which testifieth these things, saith, Surely, I come quickly; Amen, Even so come Lord Jesus.
REVEL. 22. 20. Hee which testifieth these things, saith, Surely, I come quickly; Amen, Even so come Lord Iesus.
AS the Church of God, being the weakest and the most shiftless part of mankind, is ⟨p. 2⟩never without trouble in this world; so God would never have it to be without comfort. And therefore, God reveals unto Christ in this Book, and Christ unto the Angel, and the Angel unto John, things to come, from the Ascension of Christ unto his second coming; that so, in all conditions of the Church, the Church might have recourse unto this Book, to see what the issue of all would be. This is their comfort, that howsoever things may be carried in this world in a seeming confusion, in a cloud, and in a Mystery; yet in conclusion, all shall end well on the Churches side: ⟨p. 3⟩their trouble, shall end in Peace; their abasement, in Glory; and their conflict, in a Crown. This we may see here verified. This Revelation doth end in the description of the glorious condition of the Church. In the two last Chapters (as I take it) the Evangelist Saint John sets down the glorious estate of the Church of God, even in this world; yet so, as it shall end and be consummate in perfect glory, in the world to come. For, the soul of a Christian, like Noah's Dove, cannot rest in any glory here, till it return to the Ark, till it come to the enjoyment of perfect glory, and have ⟨p. 4⟩blissful communion with Christ for ever and ever in Heaven. And therefore, Christ doth terminate and end the sweetness of his Promises, in Heaven, and at his last coming; and the Church likewise stretcheth and raiseth up her desires to that. Howsoever there shall be glorious times and things here; yet these are but as the first fruits to the whole Harvest, and as a drop unto the Ocean. Therefore, when you read of a glorious estate of the Church to be here upon Earth, your minds must have recourse to the upshot and consummation of all, in Heaven; Jerusalem, which is from