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A18708	Two fruitfull and godly sermons preached at Dorchester in Dorsetshyre, the one touching the building of Gods temple, the other what the temple is.	Chub, William.	1585 (1585)	STC 5212; ESTC S109852	23,458	64

great charge wherein the notable building of religion and of a common wealth standeth at a stay nay at decay for lacke of those that should take paynes themselues and not estéeme the care of the trauell whereby the building myghte goe forwarde for if Zerubbabel and Ieshua with the Elders of Israell had béene lazy themselues and committed the building to others being Infidels the woorke had neuer béene brought to passe and surely I am perswaded the small care great ease that our chéefe builders haue is the cause that the worke goeth not forwarde I meane that christian religion is not substantially erected and the common welth sufficiently stayed but true it is that the labourer that maketh more account of his wages then of the performance of hys workmanship is so hasty in his labor that the woorke oftentimes shameth his master but in stéede of shame care in these dayes is planted couetousnes and stoutnes the one desireth inordinatly and the other defendeth impudently And yet no man can iustly charge any Prelate Magistrate patron or vsurer in these dayes for bribery extorcion simony or vsury and why because they themselues committe none of these offences but yet they haue factors and dooers for them therefore indéede this is their fault if the building be good they shold doo the worke themselues for if the worke be Gods none is too good to doo it for that cause whom the Quéenes Maiestie hath thought good eyther for the roome of a Counseller Bishop or Iustice is committed to the same place to vse it and discharge it himselfe and not by séelie substitution O howe bothe our common weales would florish if our chéefe menne wold by the example of good Zerubbabell and Ieshua labour themselues and not faint at it And againe I wold they wold follow the other example of them in refusing of them then no doubt that muste néedes be a pleasant Cuppe of wyne vnto the drinker whose dregges are purified clensed so that gouernment especially because in them consisteth the chéefest building must néedes bee good and profitable which doo seperate themselues from brybers extortioners factors and wicked enticers which many times corrupteth a whole country hindereth many a good minde The Lord in any wise would not haue his people to ioyne wyth Infidels least that by touching of pytch they might be defiled Eccle. 13 1 The Prophet Dauid said with the wicked thou shalt bee wicked wyth the frowarde thou shalt learne frowardnes It is dangerous to lay towe by the fire or to ioyne the Lambe to the Wolfe for the wycked doo alwaies more forcibly infect and corrupt then the good doo or may change or alter And what felowship hath Christ with Belial therefore it is the part of all good and godly men vtterly to refuse the company of the wycked although they wyll offer their labors and counterfeyte their simplicity I meane such as are giuen ouer to worke wickednes and in whom there is no hope of reconciliation and amendment of whome S. Paule speaketh of saying 1. Cor 59 11 But nowe I haue written vnto you that ye cōpany not together if any that is called a brother c. An other good and godly example they doo shew in their second disposition Second disposition when they will build together themselues in the which is most notably séene learned the vnity of the builders in that they wyl ioyne together among themselues when they goe about a godly purpose and not the one to drawe backward while the other goeth forward the one to stand styll while the other laboureth the one to slepe while the other watcheth and so forth for that is the spynning of Penelope her webb which was neuer brought to good ende Hence is it that the wiseman commēdeth the vnity of brethren Eccl. 25.1 because it is the fountayne of a good disposition and it is the pricke that setteth forwarde euery good worke it is the cause that religion is profited the common welth profited and euery good and vertuous action commended For this cause is it that S. Paule commaundeth Ephe. 4 3. That euery one endeuour to kéepe the vnity of the spirit for by so dooing the worke shal be both the better and the sooner brought to good passe for wheras there are seuerall sortes of facultyes in building as the Mason the Carpenter the Tyler and so foorth with many other assistants euery one of them conferring hys owne profession with the residue in a full entent to further the building shall make the building the better and bring it the sooner to an ende wheras they shall louingly consent together in vnity euen so among Gods people we haue many orders as the Minister the Lawier the phisition the Magistrate the priuate housholder and so forth and euery one of them a workman to helpe further the building of the Sanctuary If all these doo not consent together in the vnity of fayth in the hand of charity in the study of godlinesse not preferring worldly causes before heauenly they cannot further the buildyng with a beautifull shew nor hasten it to a spéedy perfection therfore these wordes VVe wyll build together be of great importance and doo giue a good example to the godly to consent and agrée together for otherwise as the Mason and Carpenter dissenting wyll neuer build well nor bring the worke to a good ende euen so euery man in his vocation calling some in preaching true religion some in reforming manners some in teaching a godly life and euery man in shaping something or other for the building of true holines if they vary or fall at square they doo greatly hinder the building wherfore as the armes legs eyes féete c in one body doo consent in theyr seuerall offyces to the seruing of one bodye euen so euery calling shoulde in his seuerall vocation serue in the vnity of spyrite to the buildinge of Gods holie Temple but as I sayde if one bee quicke and an other sloe if one buylde vppe and an other plucke downe that workmanshyp wil hardly be brought to good passe no more can it bee wyth true religion if one be of thys mynde and an other of that if one goe forth and an other goe backe What is it but as S. Paule sayth a denying of Christe and a hinderance to knowledge An enuious mynde and selfe wyl be great hinderers in these dayes which in déede doo laye theyr foundation vpon affection and selfe loue and therefore the buildyng can not be good Wherefore they that wyll bee sounde and sufficient builders must laye theyr foundation vpon Gods worde and that is the building that is founded vpon the rocke and wyll not fall by stormes or tempests as our sauiour Christ sayth It is the same foundation that shall stande when heauen and earth shall fayle Math. 7. and therefore all the Prophets Apostles and Martirs builded their knowledge profession therevpon some

Two fruitfull and godly Sermons preached at Dorchester in Dorsetshyre the one touching the building of Gods Temple the other what the Temple is Haggai 1.8 Goe vp to the Mountaine and bring woode and build this house and I will be fauourable in it Imprinted at London by John Charle-wood dwelling in Barbican at the signe of the halfe Eagle and the Key 1585. To the right worshipfull M. George Trenchard Esquire one of her Maiesties Iustices of the peace in the County of Dorset and one of the deputies Lieuetenants of the same sheyre W. Chub wisheth the plenty of Gods graces in Christe Iesu THe great zeale of good King Iosias 2. King 22. and the singuler care he had in repairing the Temple of God maintaining true holines was not onely prophesied by Iddo 300. yeeres before his byrth but is now remēbred many hundred yeeres after his death as a most worthy president for all godlye and well affected mindes for in him was first found lyberality in disbursing money toward the building therof then wisedom in appointing godly ouerseers to see it well doone and last of all care in hauing skilfull workmen to doo it the which godly disposition of his expressed the very fruits of a good mind in asmuch as he wold willingly haue the place erected wherein the name of God myght bee glorified and hys lawes statutes read and exercised and the people of God taught and instructed such dispositions are the very badges and shewes of a feeling conscience and a godly setled minde I may think no lesse in you right worshipfull but as a seconde Iosias haue endeuoured your selfe very carefully for the erecting of gods glory in the Towne of Dorchester my natiue towne in that you haue not onely ben willing for the exercising of preaching in the same towne but haue offred your liberality for the furthering continuing and establishing thereof to the great comfort of the towne no les ioy to the borderers By occasion whereof I was not onely moued with a comfortable minde for my natiue country to see the prosecuting of so good a purpose but was also bent vpon the same argument to preach these two Sermons following which as well in thankfulnes for your proceedinges as in signification of mine vnfained goodwyll I humbly present vnto your worship beseeching you to allow of the slender gyfte and to couer the vnwoorthines therof with your accustomed clemency And therein as I shall think my pains cased my works bettered and my trauell well bestowed euen so shall I perswade my self to be much bound vnto your worship for your louing acceptation And for the same shal continue mine vnfained hart in faithfull prayers vnto GOD to blesse your dayes with the increase of his benefits to whose mercifull tuition I commend you Your vvorships poore countryman ready at commandement W. Chub. Minister VVritten in Froome zelwood the xii of December 1585. ¶ A Sermon concerning the building of Gods Temple Ezra 4. Cap. 1.2.3 verses 1. But the aduersaries of Iudah and Beniamin heard that the Children of the captiuity builded the Temple vnto the Lord God of Israell 2. And they came to Zerubbabel to the chefe fathers and sayd vnto them wee wyll builde with you for we seeke the Lord your God as ye doo we haue sacrificed vnto him euer since the time of Esar Haddon king of Ashur which brought vs vp hether 3. Then Zerubbabel and Ieshua and the rest of the cheefe fathers of Israell sayde vnto them It is not for you but for vs to build the house vnto our God for we our selues together will build it vnto the Lord God of Israell as Kyng Cirus the Kyng of Persia hath commaunded vs. THe moste comfortable doctrine of the building of Gods Temple is expressed in many places of the olde Testament as a notable example how the godly endeuoured themselues to set vp that place wherein the name of the Lord should alwaies be glorified and hys lawes exercised not that the same place should simply be the Temple made wyth lime and stone wherin God should dwell for God dwelleth not in Temples made with stone but because God had ordeyned that a place should be erected for that purpose wherin his Lawes should bee read published learned established and by God himselfe heard and allowed And for thys cause many the godly kings as Salomon Cyrus Darius Iosias Zerubbabell c. endeuoured with all study to accomplyshe and erecte it and which God hath specially commaunded hauing relacion principally vnto that Temple wherein indéede his name ought to be glorified his lawes established and wherin himselfe as chéefe patron is alwaies resident which is our bodye which by the vertue of our heade Christ is called the Temple Nowe for asmuch as the people of GOD in those dayes were specially knowen by theyr great zeale paine and trauel in erecting that holye Sanctuary as hauing an onely care for the furthering of holy thinges least they might otherwise bee drowned with prophane and worldly matters euery good and godly man endeuoured to sētt his hand to the building by which occasion the godly were discerned and knowen from the vngodly but sithence that tyme through the weakenes of mannes iudgement and the diligence of Sathan the vngodly hauing no other credite to afoorde Sathans marchandise and sathan hauing no better meanes but by woorking hys slights and deceipt in the vngodly they I say haue vnder the pretence of holines wrought sathans purpose and deceyued many séely yong ones in these dayes as appereth by thys text which I haue now in hand wherein is shewed howe the aduersaries of the Church would haue builded with the people of God 2. verse and how they sought the Lord God and how they hadde doone sacrifice vnto him which profession of theirs and ioyning themselues to the people of God to build with them was but a slight to bring their deuilish practises to passe as appereth in the fourth verse following Their purpose Where it is declared that they discouraged the people of God troubled them in their building and hired counsellers to hinder theyr deuise A common practise amonge the vngodly to pretende some mischiefe wickednes vnder the colour of holines such hath béene the pollicies of all the wicked and vngodlye from the beginning to credite theyr wycked pretences vnder the colour of sanctimony As in these appeared who sayde first that they woulde builde with them that is to say with the godly This is a notable policy of sathan to cause the wicked to bring their purpose to effect the rather to deceiue the weaker sort by counterfeyting holines and by making thēselues as it were seruaunts of one houshold and shéepe of one flock for this cause doth sathan himselfe sometimes transforme him selfe into an Angell of light because by the glorious shape he wil the rather beguile and deceiue allure and confound the simple true meaning sorte euen as the Wolfe by putting