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A95721	Church reformation, a discourse pointing at some vanities in divine service. Delivered in two sermons at Bridgnorth: Sept. 30. 1660. Being the Lords Day; and the time of the assizes held there for the county of Salop. By Mich: Thomas, rector of Stockton in the same county.	Thomas, Michael, rector of Stockton.	1661 (1661)	Wing T968; Thomason E1055_17; ESTC R203930	25,323	52

CHURCH Reformation A DISCOURSE Pointing at some VANITIES in DIVINE SERVICE Delivered in Two SERMONS at Bridgnorth Sept. 30. 1660. Being the Lords Day and the time of the Assizes held there for the County of Salop. By MICH THOMAS Rector of Stockton in the same County Ye shall keep my Sabbaths and Reverence my Sanctuary I am the Lord Levit. 19. 30. Si quis dicat Domum Dei contemptibilem esse Conventus qui in ea celebrantur Anathema sit Concilium Gangrense Canone quinto LONDON Printed for Jo Martin Ja Allestry and Tho Dicas and are to be sold at the Bell in St. Pauls Church-yard 1661. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ECCLES 5. 1. Keep thy foot when thou goest to the House of God and be more ready to hear then to give the Sacrifice of Fools For they consider not that they do evil SOme of those Learned men who have imployed The Preface their Talent of sacred knowledge in the Exposition of this Book have made a critical Observation upon the Inscription of it They tell us that according to the Original we should read the first Verse of it thus The words of the Preacheress the Son of David King in Jerusalem But what Was Solomon the Son of David a Preacheress How so they endeavour to assoyl the doubt thus Either by supplying the word Sapientia or Anima That in this Book The Wisedom of Solomon is the Preacheress instructing the Sons of men in that difficult Question de summo bono and directing them towards the attainment of the Chiefest Good Or the Soul of Solomon is The Preacheress that is Solomon is delivering the various Observations which he had made upon the world heartily and experimentally The Text which he chose was Vanity of Vanities which he proves and prosecutes by convincing Arguments and in such a Method and Manner as St. Paul afterward instructed his Son Timothy in the Art of Preaching I made use of this Criticisme for a Preface to my Discourse Captare Benevolentiam to bespeak and prepare your favourable attention for here are those Three things which according to the Orator are most available to gain an Audience Here is First Eloquence in the Authour The Wisdom of God speaking in and by Solomon Here is Secondly Importance in the matter St. Ambrose and St. Gregory of Nyssen say This Book is a Treasury of Divine Knowledge the Doctrine of it may serve to wean us from the love of these earthly things and further us in securing our interest in the things of Heaven Here is Thirdly Perspicuity and Brevity in the Method This great Argument concerning the Vanity of the Creature is handled Succinctly and Demonstratively so as to convince the judgements and to stop the mouths of such as have the greatest love and affection for the world Supposing then this whole Book to be but one Sermon I must intreat you to look upon the words which I have selected for the Text as upon one particular Note of it In the former Chapters Solomon declares the several Vanities which he had observed in other things In this Chapter he points at those Vanities which are incident to Divine Service It pleased the Lord to appoint and enable Solomon to be the Builder of his Temple It pleased him also to inspire and direct Solomon to be the Reformer of the abuses of his Temple So that from him we may expect a perfect Pattern or Plat-form of Church Reformation We have had of late much talk and high pretentions by some for A Thorough Reformation of this Church of England but the Lord knows and the Lord give them grace to know and to consider that beside nothing was done the face of Divine Worship was rendered more deformed to the wo●ld and left more ill-featur'd then when they first undertook the cure and the ways they proceeded by we●e crooked and improbable to produce such a blessed effect It was not likely to Reform a Church by ejecting learned and faithful Ministers by decrying a pious Liturgy and Form of Divine Worship by leaving Churches utterly void and no Ministers to attend their desolate Congregations in their holy things But I shall chuse rather to mourn in secret then to inlarge a publike complaint against those unhappy miscarriages That there are corruptions crept into the House of God and that there are still some very considerable and very deplorable Vanities in our Divine Service is too visible and apparent and by the good providence of God I am here this day as Solomons Amanuensis as one that hath taken some short Note out of his great Sermon and in an humble way to give you some notice of them Since we are so happily met together on the Lords Day and in the Lords House I could not conceive any Argument would be more proper then to discourse of that Divine Service which we ought to perform to God as on these days and in these places I am so charitable as to hope that there is not one soul in this Congregation so vain but desires to serve the Lo●d reverently and acceptably and to observe the prescriptions of his most holy Will both for the matter and form of it and the doctrine of this text will direct us in both the parts of it I must tell you that I have not managed my meditations on this argument so as to please all but as near as I could to edifie all I durst not neglect my duty nor be deficient to that providential Call which summoned me to this publique employment and I hope no one will be displeased at such a plain and faithful discourse by which I endeavour to deliver my own soul and to further the salvation of his And so I proceed to the Explication and Division of the text I do not obserue any considerable variety in the several Translations Arias Montanus renders the Hebrew by Quando ibis When thou shalt go The Lxx. by 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Quum vadis When thou dost go The Vulga● Latine by Ingrediens Domum Dei When thou art entring into the house of God But some may say Must all our care be taken as we are going to or as we are entring into the house of God as these Translations import And indeed the Syriack and the Arabick import no more I answer It is an usual Trope in Scripture Ex anteceder te intelligere consequens by the antecedent to collect the consequent and the Trope must have place here This counsel of Solomon is not to be understood of things to be done when we are going to the house of God but what we are to do when we are come thither There may be some preparatory actions and meditations which may dispose and qualifie us for Divine Worship But that which Solomon here speaks of is of the essence and substance of it But what is that Keep thy foot Spiritualem pedem animae omnes interpretantur says Lorinus All those Expositors whose opinions he