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A47212	A sermon preached at the consecration of a chappel in the house of John Collins, Esq., of Chute in Wiltshire, performed by the Right Reverend Father in in [sic] God Seth, Lord Bishop of Sarum, on the 25th of September, 1673 by Joseph Kelsey ...	Kelsey, Joseph, d. 1710.	1674 (1674)	Wing K249; ESTC R2647	19,026	38

frequently the dying person commended his Soul to God by bequeathing his Estate to the encouragement of Religion So the House of Pudens a Noble Senator mentioned 2 Tim. 4. and of Theophilus of Antioch St. Lukes most excellent Patron were converted into Christian Temples Within an hundred years after the death of our Saviour we read in the Dialogue ascribed to Lucian called Philopatris 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sayes Critius 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Representing the Assemblies of the Christians we passed through iron Gates and brazen Thresholds when after many winding Ascents we came to an House whose Roof was overlaid with Gold Nor is the Authority of this Book made less by any thing that either Blondel in opposition to the Antiquity of Churches or the Socinians in favour of their Antitrinitarian Opinion have disputed seeing it is certain whoever was the Author it was written if not about the time of Nero as some think yet in the Reign of Trajan Marcilius adlocum whose conquests over the Parthians he plainly doth congratulate He that considers the several Classes of Persons to every of which was an appointed Station in the Church and the distinct degrees through which they passed in the primitive discipline before they were accounted perfect must conclude that not a confused assembling but a designed methodized place was onely capeable of so regular and orderly proceedings The poverty of their affairs did not discourage the Christians nor the rage of their enemies affright them but they met together in hallowed places where they prayed for the lives of their Persecutors and did no other hurt than what Pliny relates ' in his known Epistle But if at any time either policy of State or the goodness of the Emperour gave them release from their afflictions and exercise of their religion then could they not rest satified to serve God amidst ruins and desolations but with sumptuous charges they reedified the fallen Churches which for ought they knew the next breath of an angry Tyrant might again throw to the ground When the Empire turned Christian then was there an Emblem of the general resurrection 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Euseb lib. 10. c. 2. Religion seem to be clad in the joyes of immortality their Temples ascended above all clouds and tempests not afraid of a second death Then was there in every Town and City lasting monuments raised to that God who had at length tamed the madness of the people had spoken the word and delivered them from further fears of Stormes and Shipwracks Then might you have Seen the Splendor of Paulinus his Cathedral at Tyre 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 at the first sight to attract the eyes and hearts of the enemies of the Faith Cap. 4. as the Panegyrist at that Dedication doth express it From thence that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 great and heavenly quire made hast to perform the like solemnity at Jerusalem De v●● Constan Cap. 43. Jernsalem the City of the great God he was once well known in thy palaces and in the gates of Sion The glory of all nations the joy of the whole earth where the Lord said he would dwell for ever in thee was he worshipped with the beauty of holyness till by the rebellion of thy people the wicked obstinacy of thy Priests and Rulers when they truly murdred the Lord of life and glory the vail of thy Temple rent in sunder the gates flew open on their own accord and a dreadful voice was heard let us go hence Then did the Scepter and the Glory depart from Israel then was thy holy place prophaned with all impurities and buried in the dust Behold now thy King cometh whom thou wouldst not to reign over thee in greatness Power and Triumph over the despised lodging of his birth shall be built a glorious Temple to his Name Every place which formerly entertained his Sacred Person shall be turned into an Oratory every spot of earth whereon he stood shall for ever be accounted holy ground Here will we raise Altars to the memory of every action which he did and consecrate to eternity the particulars of his Sufferings hither shall resort from the utmost ends of the earth the wearie Pilgrim and prostrate pay the Vows which he made in trouble at his shrines here the mournful penitent shall power fourth floods of teares where He wept shall love the place where He was scourged and by those stripes shall be healed Here shall the disconsolate spend his life in sacred retirement and all devout employments here lastly shall men dedicate their time to Diviner Studies write Commentaries upon his Life and defences of his Religion To this new Jerusalem it was they made haste from Tyre to the Encaenia of a Magnificent Temple where was a concourse of holy Confessors and Bishops from all parts of the Christian World attended by an innumerable company of every particular Nation Some sanctified the Solemnity with devout prayers and pious exhortations some made Orations upon the virtues of the Emperour extolling the sincerity of his love to Religion and the honour he paid to Martyrs Others composed devout meditations from passages of holy Scripture to the occasion They who were not of such attainments made their Devotions 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 with unbloody Sacrifices Ibid. cap. 45. and mystical Services praying for the peace of the Church and Happiness of the Emperour The frequency of after-Dedications are not here to be mentioned nor need we add any thing in defence of them it being so much a part of natural Religion and Gods ready acceptance of this in the Text so solemnly performed is an infallible Argument that many Ceremonies in divine Worship are approved by him for which no particular command can be produced It is childish impertinency when God hath given us sense and reason besides general rules in Scripture for our direction to expect a divine Revelation to lead us by the Hand and mark out every step we are to go I have hallowed this House that thou hast built that is what you offer I do accept and will bless it for those ends you have designed it But some people are so afraid of the Law of Moses as if they had been present at the Thunder and Lightning the Shakeings of Mount Sinai So terrified are they at the very name of the Ceremonial Law that they are not capable of understanding what it is nor will learn to distinguish betwixt what is so indeed and what are truely the results of nature and common reason 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Nazian Orat. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Of so undoubted Antiquity it is in Christianity that Blondel himself who writ an Apology for his own opinion rather than St. Hierom's acknowledges Dedications to have been performed with the Solemnity of Prayer onely he urges against the Superstitious Ceremonies of the Romanists and will be sure not to allow the Bishop the chief disposing of the Office which yet is ever