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A93382	A sermon preached before the Honorable House of Commons, at their monethly fast, May 29. 1644. By Peter Smith Doctor of Divinitie, minister of Gods Word at Barkway in Hertfordshire, and one of the Assembly of Divines.	Smith, Peter, d. 1652? or 3?; England and Wales. Parliament.	1644 (1644)	Wing S4142; Thomason E52_24; ESTC R9534	45,343	53

Calendar how most of the Apocrypha are brought in stead of them as it seems thought the more edifying of the two Besides that other injunction of waving the ordinary lesson upon the Lords day in case a festivall of mans appointment with his proper lesson shall fall upon it doth both prefer the feast before the Sabbath such lessons being many of them taken out of Apocryphall books doth manifestly shew the precedence given to these humane things before those which are divine Strange fire indeed It is withall notoriously known what strange fire in stead of that which God himselfe hath kindled hath for some yeers past broke forth from Pulpits and Presses Arminian Socinian popish opinions of the deepest die have every where gain'd applause and the broachers and abettours of them justified nay preferr'd to the most eminent places the Church afforded And whereas Mr. Calvin upon the place and story before cited tels us that we are taught from hence not to c Ne dei cultum ullis extraneis commentis viticmus Calv. in Levit. corrupt Gods worship with any strange devises we know how much of this strange fire was kindled in our Churches not onely the erecting of altars and their superstitious ornaments prepared both for the altar and the Priest that was to wait thereat But bowings and religious worship hath been practised and by some enjoyned toward or before the altar pretending it to be Christs seat or throne as Shelford and our d Speech in the Starre-Chamber Arch prelate call it whereas those that are skilfull in the Originall shall finde by comparing e 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Matth. 4. 9. with f 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Luk. 4. 7. that the worship to or before an idol is all one in Scripture language and our Translatours rendring both places by the same expressions do shew that in their judgements they are the same A popish Doctor g Dr. Sheldon who had been a Romish fugitive sometime told me how Papists deride our Masters of these Ceremonies affirming that they in their worship towards Altars professe their adoration is to the Host or Wafer which consecrated is supposed by them to be Christs body really this being inclosed in a Pix hanging over the Altar or else if no Pix there then to some relique or the like Host hid in the sepulchre or hollow place made in their Altars for that purpose And whereas Ambrose saith h Ignis alt●●us est libi o. Ambr. Epist 3. ad Simplic that strange fire signifieth lust he means unclean lust and filthinesse Did not Hophni and Phinehas the sonnes of Eli runne into this slander causing men to abhorre the offering of the Lord 1 Sam. 2. 17. 22. I blush to uncover this shame full nakednesse of too many of our priests so they desire to be styled it 's done already by i Cont. 1. by that religions Gent and worthy Patriot M. I. White another Some of the Rabbins seem to excuse Aarons sons pretending that they were in drink and thereupon say they a law presently was made that the Priests shold neither drink wine nor strong drink when they were to go into the Tabernacle of the Congregation c. Levit. 10. 9. Though surely this would have aggravated rather then extenuated their offence And if you aske the worthy Authour before hinted you shall see though we be silent how much the Priests of England a sad thing being seriously considered have offended in this some which by an ancient Father is called a k Ebrietas in alto crimen in sacerdotesacrilegium P. Chrysol Serm. 26. crime in other then but in a Minister no lesse then sacriledge But I dare go no further we shall want tears to bewaile sufficiently these abominations Let the whole house of Israel be will the burning which the Lord hath kindled Levit. 10. 6. upon occasion of such strange fire as you have heard of Farre be it from any Christian to disport himselfe with these relations l Qui de lapsu alleno gaudet gaudet de diaboli victoria He that rejoyceth at anothers fall doth but triumph upon the Devils victorie and 't is little honour to any man to countenance such triumphs Ah! what pity it is to see that such as should have been starres in the firmament of Gods Church to give light unto his people and to have wrought upon them by their influence and motion and night have been great instruments for the conversion of others unto righteousnesse and m 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Musaeus so themselves have shined as starres in the firmament of heaven for ever and ever Dan. 12. 3. that they should become Planets or * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 erring starres as it is Iude 13. vers erring and so causing others to erre with them Or that such should become stella cadentes falling starres a third part of which the Dragon with his taile should cast down to the earth Revel 12. 4. Oh that our soules could weepe for these things in secret and on this day of humiliation remember them with sorrow Secondly I shall now passe from the Courts of Gods House into the Courts of Iustice shall I say or injustice I confesse I have nothing to say of these from mine owne experience But as Plutarch writing of Vsury saith that he never had to doe with any of that craft n 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Plut. de Vsur nor did they ever seize upon his oxe or horse so may I truly say and I blesse the Lord for it that I never yet was suiter in any of those Courts But I have heard and the whole Land hath heard the cries of many and I fear those cries are heard in heaven too who by wofull experience have complained that sometime o Cum more pecudis aut mancipii passim illic veneat Clemang de laps repar justit Cap. 13. Quid detestabilius c. quam praefecturas alia publica officia justitiae publicae venundart Ibid. justice hath been bought and sold even as cattle in the market And let no man wonder at it for if publick offices of publick justice have been set to sale surely there have beene Chapmen And must not he that buyes his place next sell his practise Nicolaus Clemangius a good man as good men went in his age seemes to speake very hardly touching the kingdome of France wherein he lived and he acknowledgeth in his Preface to his speech that his words may sound but harshly in the hearing He said p Dico plane mihi videri plus justitiae in inferno esse quam in regno isto c. Ibid. Cap. 10. Sinc causidicis satis olim foelices fuere futuraeque sunt urbes Colum. that there is more justice in hell then was in that kingdome And might we not have said the same of ours as truly take but his reason along with you In hell saith he there is no