First, For the Truth of their Doctrine: ⟨p. 73⟩For by twelve here, he would have us to understand that he hath his Eye upon the twelve Apostles, or upon the Doctrine of the twelve, the Apostolical Doctrine: as if he should say, This City, the New Jerusalem, shall be every way accomplish[…] with Beauty and Glory; she shall […] a Wall for her security, and twelve •ates to answer the twelve Tribes; yea, and also at these Gates the twelve Apostles, in their own pure, primitive, and unspotted Doctrine. The Romish Beasts have corrupted this1 Doctrine by treading it down with their Feet, and have muddied this Water with their own dirt and filthiness; but at this day, this shall be recovered from under the Feet of these Beasts, and cleansed also from their di•t, an[…] again in the same Glory, S[…] and Purity, as in the Primitive ••mes. It is said, that when Israel was passed out of Egypt, beyond the Sea, they presently came to Elim, where were twelve Wells of Water, 2&c. and that they encamped by the Waters: which twelve Wells did figure forth the Doctrine of the twelve Apostles, out of which the Church at her return from Captivity, shall draw and drink, as out ⟨p. 74⟩of the Wells of Salvation. Now shall the 3Wells of our Father Abraham, which the Philistines have for a great while stopped; now, I say, shall they again be opened by our Isaac, his Son; and shall be also called after their own Names, Gen. 26. 18. This is generally held forth by the Prophets, That yet again the Church shall be fed upon the Mountains of Israel, and that they shall lie down in a good fold, and a fat pasture; yea, I will feed my Flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord God, Ezek. 34. 14, 15.
First, For the Truth of their Doctrine: ⟨p. 73⟩For by twelve here, he would have us to understand that he hath his Eye upon the twelve Apostles, or upon the Doctrine of the twelve, the Apostolical Doctrine: as if he should say, This City, the New Jerusalem, shall be every way accomplish〈…〉 with Beauty and Glory; she shall 〈…〉 a Wall for her security, and twelve •ates to answer the twelve Tribes; yea, and also at these Gates the twelve Apostles, in their own pure, primitive, and unspotted Doctrine. The Romish Beasts have corrupted this1 Doctrine by treading it down with their Feet, and have muddied this Water with their own dirt and filthiness; but at this day, this shall be recovered from under the Feet of these Beasts, and cleansed also from their di•t, an〈…〉 again in the same Glory, S〈…〉 and Purity, as in the Primitive ••mes. It is said, that when Israel was passed out of Egypt, beyond the Sea, they presently came to Elim, where were twelve Wells of Water, 2&c. and that they •ncamped by the Waters: which twelve Wells did figure forth the Doctrine of the twelve Apostles, out of which the Church at her return from Captivity, shall draw and drink, as out ⟨p. 74⟩of the Wells of Salvation. Now shall the 3Wells of our Father Abraham, which the Philistines have for a great while stopped; now, I say, shall they again be opened by our Isaac, his Son; and shall be also called after their own Names, Gen. 26. 18. This is generally held forth by the Prophets, That yet again the Church shall be fed upon the Mountains of Israel, and that they shall lie down in a good fold, and a fat pasture; yea, I will feed my Flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord God, Ezek. 34. 14, 15.
- 1Ezek. 34. 17, 18.
- 2Exod. 15. 27.
- 3Isa. 12. 3.
