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Misselanies, or, Fifty years gathering out of sundry authors in prose and verse being the studious readings, painful collections, and some of them are the composings of the writer and publisher heerof / John Taylor.
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Taylor, John, 1580-1653.
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hee went into the house of the Lord 2. Sam. 12. The Temple is the house of Prayer Isa. 56. 7. Mat. 21. 13. Christ cast out and whipt forth of the Temple all the buyers and sellers Mark 11. Luk. 19. Jo. 2. All Churches or houses of Praier are materiall Temples The Temple of Jerusalem was as the Cathedrall yet there were in that City 480. Synagogues besides all those Synagogues were as materiall Churches for the people to congregat together to serve God in many of those Synagogues our Saviour preached often and openly Joh. 18. 20. Those Houses which we Christians do call Churches were to shelter and defend the people in them that did assemble from the injury and violence of winde and weather And the people that were are or ever shall assemble and meet in the fear of God in true faith in Jesus Christ in those materiall Temples or Churches made with hands those true Beleevers are all in all places tongues languages and Nations the true Church and spirituall spouse of Christ built upon the Rock And although materiall Churches of lime and stone may be ruined and spoiled by all consuming Time or want of repair or the fury of War as Jerusalems magnificent Temple and many other Churches have beene and are defaced and defiled Yet the Church that is not made with hands that is true Catholike and Apostolically founded upon the Rock that Church the Holy Ghost is with alwaies to the end of the World and the Gates of Hell shall never prevaile against her Math. 16. But concerning our materiall Churches they be Gods school-houses the Preachers that are called and sent from God are the School-masters and Gods Ushers and we are or should be the Scholers but wee have madly broke up School plaid the michers and truants abused the Schoole-master and spoyled the School-house Gentle and good counsell or reprehension are profitable if well bestowed and humbly accepted Apollo was a man endued with eloquence and mighty in knowledge and expounding the Scriptures Acts 18 yet hee came for instruction and counsell to Aquila and Priscilla a poor simple mechanick man and his wife For so that good may be done it matters not how mean or unlearned how yong or old the parties are that do it I do beleeve the Resurrection though weak women were the first that reported it Mark 16.9 Joh. 20. 18. Timothy and John were both very yong when they were called to be Preachers And Peter the elder Apostle was contented to be rebuked by Paul which was the yonger Gal. 2. Many good men have had children of contrary natures dispositions and qualities Adam had a cursed Cain and innocent Abel Noah had good Sem and wicked Cham Abraham had carnall Ishmael and spirituall Isaack Isaack had hated Esau and beloved Jacob David had wise Salomon and proud Absolom One who was accounted a good Protestant did absent himselfe from the Church or Congregation 5. or 6. years for which hee was accused to bee turned from his Religion and fallen into Papistry And being examined by a Bishop and some other Divines they found him fast and firm in the Protestant Doctrine then he was asked what was the cause that he refrayned to come to Church in so long a time to which he answered that when he was last at Church then hee heard a most sufficient Lesson for him to practise and follow and when hee had well learned that one good Lesson he would go to Church and fetch another they demanded what were the words contayned in that Lesson he replied it was in the 39. Psalme I have said I will take heed to my waies that I offend not with my tongue By this one Text we are excited and exhorted to say well and doe well wherein are included all the Rules and Grounds of Christianity and Christian Religion It is a question whether are more in number either people or sheaves of corn every sheaf doth not yeeld much above halfe a peck one with another the least Child doth spend the quantity of a peck every yeare and it may be thought that every man or woman do eat at the least a bushell In this may be seen the miraculous and mercifull providence of God in feeding so many Let these mercies bee with thankfulness considered that the ox calf sheep buck all Beasts on the Earth feeding Fowls of the Ayr Fishes of the Sea Fruits of the Field Orchard or Garden they are running flying swimming growing this day and the next day they are translated into the sustenances and substances of the flesh and bloud of every man and woman A ship is a right embleme hieroglyphick of Gods Church Militant the world is the sea she sails in the storms and tempests that assault and beat against her are persecutions the haven she steers to anker in is Heaven the Pilot is Christ the marriners are Prophets Apostles godly Ministers and painfull Pastors the passengers are all true beleeving Christians the main Mast of this ship is Christs Crosse the sailes are pious profession the fair and prosperous wind is the spirit of God the contrary winds are Satans blustering or false doctrine the Card and Compass is Gods word to sail as that directs the Needle to the fixed North Pole is Faith the cables ropes sheats tacks braces and boleins and other cords are Love the Anchor is hope prayers tears and penitentiall sighs are the Ordnance the food or victualls are the Sacraments and Gods good pleasure is the Rudder We have to doe with a mercifull God that will make the best of our intents and actions who hates all captious rigorous sophistry and Sophisters that misinterpret and construe all things to the worst for God hath a touchstone to try Faith whether it be right or counterset he weighs it not in the Ballance he esteems the puritie of the qualitie more then the heaviness of the quantitie Christ bids us be holy as he is holy which though we cannot attain to yet let us do our good will Though we cannot fast and pray and please God as he did yet it is our best and safest way to do our endeavours to follow him as near as we can If we sow the seed of Sin we may expect a Harvest of Judgement for such seed as we sow such fruit we shall reap as we measure to others such shall be measur'd unto us for in the 1. Chapter of Judges Adonibezeck is Recorded that he caused the fingers and toes of 70 Kings to be cut off and afterward he was so serv'd himself Absolom killed his Brother Ammon and Joab killed Absolom also Joab killed Abner and Amasa cowardly and Joab was killed for killing The Amalekite that belied himself in bringing word to David that Saul was dead and that he had slain him David caused him to be slain because he confest himself to have killed the King These ex-amples are in the sacred Scriptures plentifully Related Because of unrighteous dealing and wrong and riches gotten by