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A57683
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A sermon preached at a visitation in Honiton in Devon, on Wensday in Easter week, 1676 by J.R. Rector of Lezant in Cornwall.
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J. R. (James Rossington), b. 1642 or 3.
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of_o the_o lord_n gen._n 4.16_o and_o abel_n though_o he_o sacrifice_v abroad_o and_o in_o a_o open_a place_n yet_o it_o seem_v it_o be_v in_o a_o place_n prepare_v or_o set_v apart_o for_o that_o purpose_n gen._n 4.4_o but_o i_o shall_v content_v myself_o to_o speak_v only_o to_o the_o time_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o the_o next_o succeed_a age_n not_o to_o mention_v the_o gentile_a court_n of_o the_o temple_n which_o our_o saviour_n declare_v to_o be_v a_o place_n consecrate_v by_o virtue_n of_o that_o text_n of_o isaiah_n it_o be_v well_o know_v how_o that_o our_o saviour_n and_o his_o apostle_n often_o repair_v for_o the_o public_a exercise_n of_o religion_n to_o the_o jewish_a synagogue_n and_o temple_n beside_o here_o be_v then_o other_o place_n of_o prayer_n set_v apart_o by_o the_o jew_n and_o frequent_v by_o the_o christian_n nay_o by_o christ_n himself_o as_o luk._n 6.12_o and_o continue_v all_o night_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o god_n house_n of_o prayer_n for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v a_o house_n of_o prayer_n as_o well_o as_o prayer_n itself_o in_o which_o sense_n juvenal_n use_v the_o word_n in_o quâ_fw-la te_fw-la quaero_fw-la proseu_n i_o and_o it_o must_v be_v so_o understand_v here_o or_o else_o there_o can_v well_o be_v any_o true_a grammatical_a construction_n make_v of_o the_o word_n without_o wrong_v or_o at_o least_o streightning_n the_o sense_n locum_fw-la vid._n tremel_n in_o locum_fw-la so_o act._n 16.13_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d where_o a_o house_n of_o prayer_n be_v fame_v or_o repute_v to_o be_v the_o arabic_a locus_fw-la orationis_fw-la the_o syriack_n domus_fw-la orationis_fw-la and_o st._n paul_n make_v it_o a_o place_n to_o preach_v in_o also_o we_o have_v the_o same_o word_n again_o in_o the_o 16_o verse_n and_o in_o the_o like_a manner_n may_v we_o render_v it_o as_o we_o go_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o a_o house_n of_o prayer_n a_o damsel_n meet_v we_o nay_o their_o go_v from_o one_o place_n to_o another_o to_o pray_v do_v argue_v as_o much_o viz._n that_o they_o have_v then_o some_o place_n more_o peculiar_a for_o prayer_n than_o other_o christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n find_v other_o consecrate_a place_n which_o they_o make_v use_v of_o for_o public_a and_o divine_a service_n such_o be_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o upper_a room_n so_o often_o mention_v in_o the_o old_a and_o new_a testament_n which_o as_o the_o learned_a gregory_n observe_v in_o his_o critical_a note_n be_v no_o other_o than_o place_n set_v apart_o for_o prayer_n and_o other_o religious_a exercise_n now_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n repair_v not_o to_o these_o place_n in_o compliance_n with_o moses_n rite_n or_o because_o of_o any_o command_n in_o moses_n law_n but_o that_o they_o may_v perform_v their_o christian_a solemnity_n in_o place_n hallow_v or_o fit_a for_o such_o sacred_a use_n and_o it_o be_v probable_a that_o the_o apostle_n themselves_o in_o 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cor._n 14.28_o 35._o and_o 1_o cor._n 11.18_o compare_v with_o v._o 20._o this_o be_v make_v yet_o more_o probable_a from_o instance_n out_o of_o ancient_a history_n which_o speak_v of_o many_o church_n even_o in_o the_o apostle_n time_n st._n martialis_n who_o live_v near_o their_o time_n 8._o epist_n ad_fw-la tolos_n chap._n 8._o make_v mention_n of_o such_o religious_a structure_n then_o already_o in_o use_n 5.8_o cat._n epist_n 5.8_o the_o like_a do_v niceph._n constantipolitanus_n and_o he_o instance_n in_o one_o among_o the_o rest_n found_v by_o st._n andrew_n 6._o hist_o vit_fw-mi st._n luk._n catch_n 6._o simeon_n metaphrastes_n tell_v of_o temple_n and_o altar_n build_v by_o st._n luke_n st._n cyril_n say_v that_o that_o place_n be_v a_o church_n consecrate_v by_o the_o apostle_n in_o which_o they_o be_v assemble_v at_o the_o day_n of_o pentecost_n some_o likewise_o think_v that_o the_o house_n in_o which_o the_o bless_a virgin_n mother_n dwell_v at_o nazareth_n be_v make_v a_o temple_n 45._o tursel_n lib._n 11._o annal._n with_fw-mi l._n 8._o c._n 1._o and_o lib._n 4._o c._n 45._o and_o consecrate_v by_o the_o apostle_n and_o alexander_n report_v in_o the_o life_n of_o st._n bernard_n that_o st._n mark_v house_n act._n 12.12_o be_v a_o christian_a temple_n or_o oratory_n probable_o such_o a_o one_o as_o eusebius_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o such_o the_o primitive_a christian_n have_v in_o imitation_n of_o the_o jew_n and_o st._n jerome_n mention_n a_o famous_a church_n there_o eusebius_n likewise_o speak_v of_o oratory_n and_o church_n which_o he_o call_v prisca_fw-la aedificia_fw-la which_o denote_v they_o be_v of_o some_o hundred_o year_n stand_v otherwise_o they_o can_v not_o be_v well_o term_v old_a or_o ancient_a and_o therefore_o they_o be_v such_o doubtless_o as_o be_v build_v in_o the_o apostle_n time_n but_o if_o we_o look_v to_o the_o age_n immediate_o succeed_v the_o apostle_n even_o to_o the_o time_n of_o constantine_n and_o 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scripture_n 1573._o et_fw-la procumbentibus_fw-la interim_n in_fw-la genua_fw-la distribuunt_fw-la bohem_n confess_v art_n 13._o denique_fw-la sacra_fw-la synaxi_fw-la corpus_fw-la &_o sanguinem_fw-la domini_fw-la simul_fw-la percipientes_fw-la iis_fw-la ceremon_n quas_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la crac_n viensis_fw-la in_o usu_fw-la habet_fw-la who_o be_v such_o as_o join_v themselves_o with_o the_o fratres_fw-la bohemi_fw-fr vid._n at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o act_n of_o the_o general_n assembly_n of_o cracovia_n anno_fw-la 1573._o precedent_n and_o command_n psal_n 95.6_o and_o 1_o sam._n 7.18_o be_v rather_o to_o be_v render_v he_o stand_v before_o the_o lord_n and_o say_v and_o vatablus_n well_o observe_v upon_o it_o non_fw-la licuit_fw-la sedentem_fw-la orare_fw-la so_o in_o the_o n._n t._n act._n 20.36_o 21_o 5_o 9_o 40._o this_o be_v forbid_v in_o the_o primitive_a church_n as_o tertull._n witness_v sedentem_fw-la orare_fw-la extra_fw-la disciplinam_fw-la to_o sit_v at_o prayer_n be_v 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that_o signify_v god_n or_o his_o attribute_n may_v well_o be_v make_v use_n of_o to_o determine_v the_o time_n and_o occasion_n when_o in_o the_o time_n of_o divine_a service_n we_o shall_v more_o exuberant_o venture_v devotion_n in_o the_o worship_a god_n our_o saviour_n especial_o the_o scripture_n seem_v to_o hint_n some_o such_o thing_n to_o we_o 9_o bow_v towards_o the_o altar_n 29.29_o when_o you_o enter_v into_o a_o house_n salute_v it_o matt._n 10._o and_o why_o shall_v we_o not_o think_v it_o a_o part_n of_o religious_a manner_n to_o do_v something_o answerable_a when_o we_o come_v into_o the_o house_n of_o god_n numb_a 20.6_o 2_o chron._n 29.29_o or_o at_o our_o enter_v in_o and_o go_v out_o of_o the_o church_n which_o though_o not_o enjoin_v by_o canon_n but_o leave_v ad_fw-la libitum_fw-la be_v yet_o so_o far_o recommend_v to_o we_o as_o a_o ancient_a custom_n as_o aught_o at_o least_o to_o put_v to_o silence_v such_o as_o be_v contentious_a and_o quarrelsome_a against_o 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