An exposition upon the thirteenth chapter of the Revelation by that reverend and eminent…

Therefore with many tears, and much dejection of soul, he sanctified God in his heart, and was afterwards received again into the Church, not only to the great comfort of the Church where he lived, but of all others that were under his Government, and he never lost the honour of his Government. No man ever lost by submitting to the Authority of Christ, we may trust the Lord for that: Authority is more worth then our hairs, and yet he numbers our hairs, and all the comforts of the world are not answerable to it: trust him with it, as he that is faithful, and he will certainly provide that nothing shall be lost: commit your souls to him, as to a faithful Creator; and the Lord finding his name sanctified in it before the people, he will certainly sanctify us and our names before them as we sanctify his. Let us yield up our selves to the service of his Kingdom: when men have been contrary minded, the Lord hath pursued them with fearful judgements. You know the case of Nadab and Abihu, Lev. 10. 1. They came before God with strange fire, and the Lord makes a strange work, and consumes them with fire. Ananias and Sapphira that dealt deceitfully with the Church, some part they delivered, but kept back part of their substance: what ⟨p. 127⟩followed upon that? The Lord struck them dead; you will say, those were in those days in which God was near to his Church. Believe it, the Lord is as near to his Church now (though not in miracles as then, there needs not miracles now:) The Lord will confirm his Truth, Rev. 2. 23. All the Churches shall know, that I am he which searcheth the reigns and hearts, and I will give to every one of you according to your works: As men deal subtly, he will deal subtly; with the faithful, with plain hearted, with conscionable men, he will deal faithfully, and all the Churches shall know it: the Lord will not have his judicature in his Church baffled down with partial, and Ananias his confession. The Lord will set his face against those men, and cut them off from the land of the living, that shall dis-regard his throne and Crown. And therefore it behooves all men whom it may at any time concern, to sanctify his name; My son give glory to God, and tell me what thou hast done, Josh. 7. 19. And he ingenuously tells him from first to last, which no body ever could tell: