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The works of Ephesus explained in a sermon before the honourable House of Commons…The workes of Ephesus explained in a sermon before the honovrable House of Commons…
The works of Ephesus explained in a sermon before the honourable House of Commons at their late solemn fast, April 27th 1642 / by Joseph Caryl ...The workes of Ephesus explained in a sermon before the honovrable House of Commons at their late solemne fast, April 27th 1642 / by Ioseph Caryl ...
London: printed for John Bartlet and William Bladen, 1642London: printed for Iohn Bartlet and William Bladen, 1642
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But Christ knows what lies in the Womb of eternity, he knows what all ages shall bring forth, he can see thousands of years before him. He declares the end from the beginning and from ancient times the things that are not yet done. 1All things, saith the Apostle (whether past, present, or to come) are naked and open to the eyes of him with whom we have to do, [Greek or Hebrew], both elegant Metaphors and implying thus much, that as the outward proportion and lineaments of the body are distinctly seen. When that is naked and unclothed, that as the bowels and internals are perfectly discerned when the body is dissected, even so are we, and all we do, and all that shall be done before the Lord.
But Christ knows what lies in the Wombe of eternity, he knowes what all ages shall bring forth, he can see thousands of years before him. He declares the end from the beginning and from ancient times the things that are not yet done. 1All things, saith the Apostle (whether past, present, or to come) are naked and open to the eyes of him with whom we have to doe, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, both elegant Metaphors and implying thus much, that as the outward proportion and lineaments of the body are distinctly seene. When that is naked and uncloathed, that as the bowels and internals are perfectly discerned when the body is dissected, even so are we, and all we doe, and all that shall be done before the Lord.
- 1Is 46. 10 Heb. 4. 13.
That Sea of Glass like Crystal (Revel. 4. 6.) standing before the Throne is well expounded to represent the whole world with the confluence and series of all things therein: The World is like the Sea, because so tempestuous, up and down, ebbing or flowing ever; but it is called a Sea of Glass like crystal, to note that Christ doth not only look upon it, but through it, it is to him, corpus diaphanum, a clear and transparent body.