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A sermon preached in the cathedrall church of Durham, Iuly, 7. 1628. By Peter Smart
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Smart, Peter, 1569-1652?
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whilâ—Cretes Dryopesqueâ—icâ—ique Agathyrsi Choâ—istâ—rs and singing men anâ— pâ—rti-colouâ—ed Cope weaâ—eâ—s fremunt they shâ—ut and cry â—nd mâ—ke most sweet Apollinian harmony Are these ceremonies fit for the holy Communion Doe this saith Christ in remembrance of me Can these paltry toyes bring to our memory Christ and his blood-shedding Did Christ minister the Sâ—crament in such manâ—ner to his Disciplâ—s at his last Supper Was there an altâ—r in the chamber where hee supt Did Christ put on a Cope laden with imagâ—s Or did he change his garments saith Hamingius Apage ineptias fie upon fopperies and superstitious vanities I hate them A decent Cope is commanded by our canons to be used sometimâ—s onely at the Communion Whether a stately Cope a sumpâ—uous Cope a Cope imbroydered with Idols of silver gold and pearle a mock-Cope a scornfull Cope used a long time at Masse and Maâ—-gamâ—s as some of ours wereâ— Whether I say such a Cope be a decent cope fit for the Lords table judge ye belovâ—d And if you condemne them as you cannot choose if you be good Christians how dâ—re yee communicate with us in our supâ—â—stitious vanities Have you not Churches at home in your owne Parishes not yet polluted wiâ—h Idols and Communion Tables not yet changed into altars Where you may receive with comfort the holy Communion without such All-a-flantara in plain and simple mâ—nner as our Saviour ordained and the primiâ—ive chuâ—ch practised till Antichrist arose and mightily prevailed against the truth Stâ—y at home in the name of God till things bee amended and reduced to the state and forme they were in our lesse ceremonious and more preaching Bishops time Duck no more to our altar when you come in and goe out I assure it is an Idoll a damnable Idoll as it is used Remember Gods commandement Thou shalt not make to thy selfe the likenesse of any thing in heaven above or in the earth beneath thou shalt not bow dâ—wne to them nor worship them How dare you disobey God nay mock God as the Priest doth who stands at the altar in a Copâ— and there reades with a loud voice Thou shalt not bow downe to them nor worship them and as soone as hee hath done reading as when hee began to read he turnes him about bowes downe againe and woâ—ships the altar Is not this derision of God and mockery Be not deceived saith Paul Theos ou mucterizetai God is not God will not be mocked Beleeve not those Balaams which lay stumbling blocks in your way to make you fall into spirituall fornication telling you when you bow to the Altâ—r you worship God not the Altar for so answere all popish and heathenish Idolaters Tell mee this Is not that woman a Whore who yeelds her body to an adulterer though shee say her mind is chaste shee keâ—pes her heart true to her husband So say J They are Whores and Whoremongers they commit spirituall fornication who bow their bodies before that Idoll the Altar notwithstanding thâ—y say their minds are cleâ—ne they lift up their hearts to heaven God appointed altars to be set up by King Salomon in his Temple at Ierusalem They were true Altars types and figures oâ— Christ to come as the Priâ—sts and Sacrifices were yet Gods people bowed not to them nor worshipped them No nor the Arke of the Covenant a symbolicall signe of Gods perpetuall presence which was so sacred that none but consecrated hands might touch it no â—or the cart that carried it they might not looke into it as the men of Bethshemis did of whom 50. thousand dyed presently for that trespasse David indeed danced before it on the way as it came from the house of Obed Edom and by consequence he turned his backe toward it unlesse hee leapt backward all the way in hiâ— dance wee reade not that he bowed his body to it or duckt so low as to touch the ground with his nose How dare yee then bow downe and worship an Altar a counterfeit Altar the Image of an Altar and no better Why feare you to turne your backes to the Altar Are the backes of Christian men and women more prophane then the backes of the Iewes that by no meaâ—es they may sit or stand or kneele with their backes Eastward But they must turne about and looke on the Alâ—tar when they pray or heare the Gospell or rehearse the articles of their faith Yee foolish Galathians what Iannes and Iambres AEgyptian Sorcerers have bewitched you that you should follow so readily such vaine superstitions and beggeâ—ly rudimâ—nts Ye mâ—y not behold altars ascribing holinesse to them you must looke up to God and his Sonne Christ when you pray The Iâ—wâ—s had onely two altars they weâ—e figures of Christ to come those shâ—dowes are pâ—st and gone the altâ—rs are demolished you may not mâ—ke new to gaze upon superstitiously but you must looke to your Makâ—r As God himselfe expresly commandeth in the 17. chap of the Pâ—ophecy of Esay 7. v. Read i◠〈◊〉 tâ—at day shâ—ll a man looke to his Maker and his eyes shall haue respect to the holy one of Israel Anâ— he shall noâ— looke to the altars the workes of his hands neither shall hee respect that which his fingers have made either groves or Images â—apers or candlâ—sticks Why will yâ— be Thâ—omachoi fighters against God in râ—sisting his will and doing the thing heâ— so earnâ—sâ—ly â—oâ—bids God will wound the hairy sâ—alpe saith David of him that continuâ—th in his wickednesse Take heed of Gods vengâ—â—nce if you continue in your folly which I pray Gâ—d give you grace to leave Hâ—â—rken whâ—t Peter Martyr saith that excellent Diviâ—e dispuâ—ing agaiâ—st Winchester Si vel Angelus de coelo nos pro vocare velit ad adoraâ—da vel Sacramenta vel altaria vel hâ—norem divinâ—m rebuâ— creatis exhibâ—ndum anathâ—ma sit If an Angell from heaven would provoke vâ—to aâ—oâ—e eâ—ther Sacrament or altar or any othâ—â—â—râ—atureâ— lâ—t him be accâ—â—sed And it is mosâ— câ—râ—aine thâ—t â—vâ—â—y creaâ—uâ—e that is bowed unto in respect of any holinâ—ssâ— therein â—or Religions sake that religious worship makes it an Idoll of which sort the altar is one a notable one religiously adored in this church every day Therefore leâ—rned Chemniâ—iâ—s in treatiâ—g of Images and reckoning up all manner of Idols he nâ—mes altaria â—xprâ—sly altars among the same Againe I doe not thinke saith Peter Martyr that any of the Fathers were pollutâ—d with so grosse Idolatry as to bow their bodies before altâ—rs especially when there is no Communion â—s is daily dâ—ne at Dorham not to the plâ—ce bâ—t to the very stâ—ne when they stand close by the altar But if at any time sâ—ith he they shall be discovered to have bin such altâ—r worshippers let none oâ— us be led by their bookes or examples vt a jâ—sta observantia divinae legis aberret to decline from â—hâ— strâ—ct observation of Gâ—ds law which peremptorily foâ—biddeth the making of