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A10056	Recusants conversion a sermon preached at St. James, before the Prince on the 25. of Februarie. 1608. By Daniell Price Master of Arts, of Exeter Colledge in Oxford.	Price, Daniel, 1581-1631.	1608 (1608)	STC 20301; ESTC S115205	21,005	38

mountaine of his house So that the meaning of the words is this that they that had beene recusants from the Church aliants from the Congregatiō of Israell should at the lenght be written in Gods book incorporated into Christes bodie cloathed with Christes righteousnesse admitted to bee schollers in Christes Church Esay 18.7 and receaued to bee inheritours of Christes Kingdome and as this our Prophet speaketh in his 18. Chap. vers 7. At that time a present shal bee brought vnto the Lord of hostes a people that is scattered abroad and spoiled and of a terrible people from their beginning hetherto a nation euen by little and little troaden vnder foot whose Land the riuers haue spoiled to the place of the Lord of hosts to the mount Syon These bee the people these the present these bee they that come that goe that goe on that goe vp to the mountaine of the Lord to the house of the god of Iacob The doctrine that J gather from this place is this that euerie one haue an especial regard and care to knowe whether he be a true member of the Church Doct whether he be truly one of the societie of al Christiā souls The reason of this doctrine is this they that bee not of this Church they cannot assure themselues of any true ioie Reason anie true peace anie true comfort in this life or in that to come J might proue this by many places but J know not howe J maie be dispenced with in this congregation for prolixitie of speech and therfore wil drawe vnto an end Psal 15.1 Dauid in the 15. Psalme asketh this question who be the true members of the Church Lord who shal dwel in thy Tabernacle or who shal rest vpon thy holy mountaine J referre you to the answere viewe it obserue it read it then remember The truest argument that we haue to proue these Conuerts to be of the Church is this their earnest desire to come to present themselues before the Lord in his house So that leaving al other marks I dare be bold to averre out of this place That they that come to present thēselues vnto God in his house with true faithful lowlie penitent and obedient soules they are the true Saints and seruants of God O how should this moue vs to earnest and vnfained devotion howe should this moue vs to sing with David O how pleasant are thy tabernacles O Lord of hosts Indeede they were pleasant and amiable to him he could haue wished himselfe a very Potter a dorekeeper in the house of his God yea when he was absent from the Tabernacle he lamented that his happinesse was not so much as the very Sparrow and Swallow that sound a nest and building place in the Temple s 84.4 concluding in that Psalme O blessed are they that dwel in thy house I need not to tell you of the magnificēt structure of the Temple how gloriously erected how beautifully frāed how past al imaginations furnished how finished dedicated blessed admired honored frequēted how esteemed by God himselfe as a holie mansion the very ioie of the earth the beauty of the world the glorie of al natiōs the pallace of the great king the delight paradise of the highest where was the Arke couenaunt the tables of the Testimonie the Seraphins Cherubins and mercie seat al being strange things of much excellencie but the summitie of al happinesse was the residence of Gods eternal fauour there J need not to tel you of the honor that the verie heathēs had in their reputing of this to be most holy of Antiq. ib. 11.8 2.2 14.8 Iosephus in his Antiquities testifieth what obseruant regard was borne to this sanctuarie by Alexander the great by Ptolomaens Philadelphus by Pompey the great and many others J omit the stiles titles names attributs and other encomiasticks of this Temple The vse J make of the doctrine proposed is this to exhort euerie man to comfortable remembrance of this benefit that he is one of Gods Church and maie be bould to present himselfe before the Lorde in his Church that wheras manie dare not be bold to speak vnto some others of the same mould and matter dare not I saie come into the presence or enter the priuie Chamber yet they maie be bold to enter Gods great Chamber of presence the residence of his fauour the habitation of his honour his Sanctuarie Temple Tabernacle mountaine house Church Ho wought this to moue vs Seeing wee maie bee bold to come to this mountaine yea more to the house of this mountaine nay more to the God of this house of this house J maie wel saie for if euer he were God he was Deus Iacobi And J from the inwards of my soule pray that this Court of St Iames maie be as truely Domus Iacobi as he hath bin Deus Iacobi who knoweth not that he is Deus Iacobi a God a great powerful God whose Court is Celum wose hal is expansum whose starre-chamber is firmamentum whose exchequer is profūdum whose Kings bench is Empyraeum whose throne is heauen whose footstole is earth whose washpott is the sea whose attendants be Angels whose horses be the winds whose Chariots be the fire whose word is his wil whose wil is his command whose commande is his power whose power is eternal making him feareful to his enimies merciful to his seruants iust in his iudgmēts true in his promises wonderful in his mercies meruellous in his wounders al this is comprehēded in this he is Deus Jacobi J hope none of you are so stonie harted but wil be moued by the mountaine or if not by the house of this mountaine or if not by the God of this house or if not yet sure by this title that he is Deus Jacobi J shall exhort and by violence drawe some conuersion or compunction or deuotion from you Gratious Prince giue me leaue to speake to your Highnes J confesse J am not Agapetus to giue precepts to Iustinian or a Plinie to giue instructions to Traian or an Aristotle to giue Councel to the young Prince Alexander yet giue me leaue to remember your highnesse of one higher the Lord of Lords the Prince of Princes Remember his name his feare his seruice his honour his Church let it for euer be your ioie and the Crowne of your dignitie with the good Emperour Theodosius rather to be membrum Ecclesiae then caput Imperij let the example of David be euer before your Princely eies his profession I my house wil serue the Lord his protestation It did mee good when they said we wil goe vnto the house of the Lord my feet shal stand in thy gates o Jerusalem So shall the eies that see you blesse you the eares that heare you giue witnes to you and the mouthes that speake of you shal crie from the earth to the heauens blessed be the wombe that bare the and the papps that gaue