THE SERMON and Prophecy of JAMES HUNT: Concerning the Marriage of the Lamb, and of the confounding of the Whore of Babylon, and to show by what means she shall be brought to confusion.  
Wherefore I James Hunt humbly beseech the Honourable House of PARLIAMENT, for the mercies of God, that you will read this book with observation, for to see and prove whether it be agreeable to the honour and glory of God, and the confounding of the Devil.  
LONDON, Printed in the year 1642.   

THE SERMON AND Prophecy of James Hunt, concerning the marriage of the Lamb, and of the confounding of the Whore of Babylon.  
CHristian brethren and sisters, it is written in the 21. Chapter of the Revelation, vers. 6. Christ Jesus who is the perfect God, he saith plainly, I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, I will give to him that is athirst, of the fountain of the water of life freely. Which water of life I shall plainly prove signifieth the spiritual Word of God in the doctrine of the new Testament, which proceedeth from the holy Unity, Father, Son, and holy Ghost. For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the holy ghost, and these three are one. In 1. Joh. Chap. 5. ver. 7. the Word signifieth Christ Jesus, who is the second person in unity, and I shall plainly prove that those people that shall be reconciled to Christ by drinking freely of the water of life, they shall be joined to the holy Unity. My first proof is in 2. Cori●t. 13.5. Examine yourselves whether you be in the faith. Know ye not that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates? How is Christ in his people, I say, by the venue and divine power of his Word, which is revealed in his glorious Gospel. Again in 1. Cor. 6.19. What know you not that your body is the temple of the holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God: and ye are not your own, for you are all bought with a price, even with the precious water and blood of Jesus Christ, for this is he which came by water and blood, not by water only, but by water and blood: 1. Joh. 5.6. Therefore I say again, we are all bought with the precious water and blood of Jesus Christ, therefore glorify God in your bodies and in your spirits which are Gods. Again Ephes. 4. v. 4. There is one body, and one spirit, one Lord, one faith, one God and Father of all: who is above all, and in you all. These phrases of Scripture do plainly prove, that all those people which are and shall be reconciled unto Christ, and to his glorious Gospel, they shall be joined to the glorious unity, Father, Son, and holy Ghost. Again I can prove that Christ and his Church is as man and wife; Christ is the Bridegroom, and the Church they are the Bride, so they shall be in number thousands of thousands: For a man shall leave father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the Church, for we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones, Ephes. 5. Therefore let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to God, for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready; his Minister hath made herself ready, Revel. 9 v. 7. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen clean and white, for the fine linen is the righteousness of the Saints, which have their robes washed and made white in the blood of the Lamb. Revel. 7.14. Their robes signifieth the inward man of the hearts of the people which is washed and made white in the blood of our Lord Jesus Christ; for if we walk in the light, as God our glorious Father is in the light, We have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. 1. Joh. 7. Thus I have showed you in brief the true signification of the marriage of the Lamb. Now I come to my Text again, Christ saith, I will give to him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely, Joh. 4.13. Christ said unto the woman which came to draw water out of jacob's Well. He that drinketh of this water shall thirst again, but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him, shall never thirst for the water that I shall give him will be in him a well of water springing up to everlasting life. Which water of life plainly signifieth for to be the spiritual word of God. In the Gospel of Christ which shall spring and multiply in the hearts of the faithful, that they shall be thoroughly filled and satisfied therewith. Again Ephes. 5.15. Christ so loved his Church, and gave himself for it, that he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of the water by the word, which is by the powerful preaching of the Word. Again Hebr. 10.21. And having a high Priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. Our bodies signifieth the inward man of the hearts of the people, which is washed, justified, and glorified by the divine power of the Word of God: for whom he calls, them he justifies; and whom he justifies, them he also glorifieth. Rom. 8.30. And the Spirit and the Bride say come: Christ and his Ministry say come, and let him that is athirst come, and take the water of life freely. Freely I have received, and freely I declare it unto all the people that they may drink freely thereof, for to rain with Christ in glory for ever, Revel. 22. Now on the other side, I will show you in brief the true signification of the great Whore that sitteth upon so many waters, with whom the Kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. Revel. 17. Now I shall prove these many waters must not be taken for temporal waters, which is to be disdained with the bodily eye, for he saith plainly in the 15. verse of the same chap. The waters which thou sawest where the Whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations and tongues. Hereby I understand and prove, that this great Whore that sits upon so many waters, signifieth the Devil, and all his carnal Ministers, which have gathered to themselves so many false and corruptible doctrines. And as they have corrupted their own minds, so in like manner, they have blinded and corrupted the minds of the people, which are as yet held under their power. For upon her forehead was her name written, Mystery, Babylon, the great Mother of Harlots, and all abominations of the earth, Vers. 5. Now I say again, this Babylon must not be taken for atemporall building, for he saith plainly in the last verse of the same chap. The woman which thou sawest, the great whore which thou sawest, is that great City, which reigneth over the Kings of the earth, for their Merchants were the great men of the earth, Revel. 18.23. which signifieth the carnal Ministers of the earth; for by their falsiry all Nations were deceived, and by whom I myself once was deceived. This word sawsery, signifieth so many false and corruptible doctrines, whereby the Devil and all his carnal Ministers have blinded, and as it were bewitched the minds of the people, which are as yet held under their power. And a mighty Angel took up a stone like a great Millstone, and cast it into the Sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great City Babylon be thrown down, Revel. 18.21. For by faith the walls of Jericho fell down, Heb. 11.30. So by the sound of the Trumpet, which is by the powerful preaching of the Word of God in the doctrine of the New Testament, which is the lively and justifying faith, shall sound so powerfully against all false doctrine and false worship, which belongeth to the Devil and his Kingdom of darkness, that the spiritual buildings of Babylon shall fall down to the ground.  
Thus I have showed you the signification of the water of life: again, I have showed you the signification of the great Whore that sits upon so many waters, which I have proved doth signify the Devil and all his carnal Ministers, which have gathered to themselves so many false and corruptible doctrines, which proceedeth from the wisdom of the flesh. But now I trust in God, the waters of life, I mean the children of God, which shall have a delight to drink freely thereof, they will fight so powerfully against the devil and all his carnal Ministers, that their hellish power will be broken quite down; for now I make no doubt but that saying will be brought to pass that is written in the first Epistle to the Corinthians, the 15. chap, vers. 54. Death shall be swallowed up into victory, death shall be swallowed up of life; O death where is thy sting, O grave where is thy victory, so thou, where now is thy victory; the sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the Law, but thanks be unto God, who giveth us the victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ. So I thank God, he hath given me the victory through the virtue and divine power of his Word in his glorious Gospel, for the strength of sin is the Law; Wherefore as by one man sin entered into the world; sin entered into Adam, and death by sin, and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned, Rom. 5.12.  
Again, By the offence of one, Judgement came upon all men to condemnation. Moreover, the Law entered that the offence might abound, vers. 20. This word Moreover, signifieth moreover and above the fall of Adam, the Law entered that the offence might abound, but where sin abounded, grace did much more abound by one Jesus Christ; for he was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our Justification, Rom. 4.25. Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God, thorough our Lord Jesus Christ. But the enemies and people say, that Christ hath redeemed us from the Ceremonial Law: some again say from the Judicial Law; others say from the levitical Law; so they have divided the old Testament into two or three parts: but if I ask any of them, if there be any more than two Testaments, they will say no; then my answer to them again is in the ninth Chapter to the Hebrews, vers. 15. For this cause Christ is the Mediator of the New Testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgression that were under the first Testament. This verse of Scripture doth plainly prove of two Testaments. The first signifieth the old Law and Testament, which Christ hath redeemed us from, which I have proved to be unto death and condemnation. The second is the ministration of the blood of the New Testament, which is the power of God to everlasting life and justification; therefore being saved and justified freely by grace, we all have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.  
The Apostle exhorteth saying, Let there be supplications and prayers for Kings and for all that are in authority, 1 Tim. 2. chap. Again, he saith, Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in Psalms and spiritual songs. Hereby I plainly prove that godly prayers according to the true worship and honour of God, and David Psalms shall abide in the Church of Christ for ever. But for the old Law and Testament, which Christ hath redeemed us from, and the Common Service-Book, they must be laid aside, for they do not belong to the glorious body of Christ, which I can prove to be the glorious and triumphing Church.  
Now the God of peace that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting Covenant, make you all perfect to do his will. He saith, the Great Shepherd of the sheep, wherefore I acknowledge there is but one God, and there must and shall be but one Religion, one Shepherd, one Sheep-fold, and the means which God hath ordained to gather the Sheep into one fold, is by the powerful preaching of his Word, which is revealed in his Gospel. And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life, to whom be all praise, honour, glory, power, might, dominion and majesty, both now and evermore, world without end, Amen.  
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