Selected quad for the lemma: church_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
church_n	earth_n	heaven_n	militant_a	4,766	5	11.7120	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17283	Sutton's synagogue, or, The English centurion shewing the vnparallelled bounty of Protestant piety / by Perci. Burrell ...	Burrell, Percival.	1629 (1629)	STC 4126.5; ESTC S258	18,879	33

as there shall be one man vpon the earth let the memorie of our Founders be as a banquet among posterities I am not besides the cushion while in the Synagogue I honour Arts for whatsoeuer was in the Schoole was after a most eminent manner in the Synagogue but I haue stayed too long among the lower formes Now wee may heare a diuinity lecture or a sermon Cices As the Orator did desire another Crassus to decipher to the life the excellent worth of Oratorie so I confesse ingeniously that I heartily wish some powerfull and eloquent Apollo would lend mee a tongue to speake the admirable and soule sauing excellency of learned and deuout sermons As euery thing of price so the knowledge of diuine mysteries doth require trauaile Prayer meditation and song studie are expected in the preacher memory deuotion and attention in the hearer Hocker l. 5. Ecc. Pol. it is well obserued by that Oracle of our Church that we bring not knowledge with vs into the world and therefore the lesse opportunities or abilities the people haue in themselues the more they need the helpe and should be thankfull for the labours of learned ministers Christ was not onely the word but a Preacher nor did hee onely merit the crowne but direct his Auditors in the way of euerlasting saluation I may compare good sermons to Moses and Aaron conducting the Israel of Christians to the Canaan of heauen to the keyes of Dauid to the salt whereby conuersation is seasoned M●th ● 1●.14 1. Cor 1● or to light whereby the soule is guided the Apostle hath all It pleased God by preaching to saue them that belieue God hath giuen the heart and great is the number of our Synagogues God hath giuen the word and greater is the number of Preachers but where is the armie of conscionable hearers Chrysost the obedient sonne doth often visit the house of his father so the Saint doth frequent the earthly Mansion of his heauenly God Saluianus l. 5. Spernitur Dei templum vt con●urra tur ad theatrum but may not the complaint of Saluianus bee reuiued The Temple of God is despised and the stage more honoured Churches are empty but Tauerns and Brothel-houses are throngued A Recusant can haue no apologie art thou a sinner in the Temple thou shalt finde a Sauiour hast thou a bleeding conscience here shalt thou finde the Balme of Gilead art thou a Saint here shalt thou find God ready to establish thee Psal 122.1 Oh for the spirit of Dauid Hee was glad when they said vnto him they would go vp to the house of God The way to the Church triumphant in heauen lyeth through the Church militant on earth I will conclude this meditation with the word of Iacob which was vsually engrauen vpon the frontispice of ancient Synagogues The Temple is the house of God and the gate of heauen the Righteous will enter in and heare what the Lord will say vnto him and meditate what he shall say vnto the Lord and that is the second benefit of the Synagogue To honour God In vaine shall the most cloquent Apollos touch the care of man by Sermons vnlesse the eare of God bee m●●●d for a b●●ssing by prayers Prayers are the Alpha and Omega ●f all religious exercises in sermons God vouchsafeth to sp●a●● to man in prayers man is admitted to speake to God in sermons God descendeth vnto man in prayers man ascendeth vnto God Sermons are the seed from whence g●od prayers spring prayers are the deaw which make sermons flourish wherefore as the two Tables and the po● of Manna were in the Arke so the Tables of sermons and the Manna of prayers are conserued in our Synagog●e I dare not aduenture vpon the copious diuision of the Apostle and shew vnto you the difference and the excellencies 1 Tim. 2.1 of prayers intercession supplication and thanksgiuing onely thus Prayers 1 Supplicat●rie for blessings to be obtained 2 Gratulatorie for blessings receiued First of Supplication Supplications are the Iacobs ●ather where by the soule mounteth vp to heauen they are the delight of God and the happinesse of man zealously to ●eseech is powerfully to command thus did Iacob wr●s●le with the Lord and triumph nay the kingdome of heauen inuiteth and suffereth violence the p●easing violence of importunate and strong supplications The omnipotent Maiestie whose title is inuincible loue●h t●●●e euer come by an Army of humble suppliance Would you ●●e vic●orious o●er your insolent enemies prayers are the most prosperous Souldiers While Moyses holdeth vp his hand the troopes of Amalecke fall to the ground let vs therefore furrow our cheekes with an inundation of teares and beleaguer the Lord of Hoasts with our continuall prayers let our deuoutest supplications sharpen the swords of our Souldiers prosper the designes of our Commanders beautifie the Crowne of our religious Soueraigne and continue a roome for euery man of this Iland to sit vnder his owne vine Cry mightily vnto God and pray instantly for the well faire of Ierusalem Would you bee blessed with the pardon of your sinnes with the hidden Manna of a peacefull conscience with a crowne of eternall glory or with what euer the magnificent hand of God can conferre Prayer is the price and the Temple the house of prayer Psal 48.9 We will pray and wayt for the louing kindnesse of our God in the midst of his Temple Now of Thanksgiuing in the Temple euery man speaketh of the praise of God and no maruaile for as St. Augustine largely No penne Aug. ep 32. it ep 77. no tongue can bee better employed then in expressing no heart no soule then in conceiuing the great debt of our thankefulnesse vnto God such and so infinite is the bounty of our God that night and day with bended knees inflamed hearts and wel tuned tongues Arnob. l. 1. we ought to pay the hourely tribute of our deuoutest praises What can God do more then crowne man with louing kindnesse what can man do lesse then exalt God with thankfulnesse no man so poore but he may no man so great but hee should offer this cheape yet pretious incense To this end Altars Temples Synagogues Churches are raysed to this end man and Angels created that God may receiue the glory of praises In all things giue thankes for 1 Thess ● 18 therefore was our Synagogue builded Apply The building is a Synagogue It is not onely lawfull but commendable to call vpon and praise the name of God in our priuate families and secret closets but the greatest blessings do accompanie the sacrifices of a Synagogue that is a Congregation The Lord is in his glory when he is inclosed with the greatest multitude of petitioners Oh that men would praise the Lord in the assembly of the Elders Psal 107.32 in the midst of the Synagogue Againe each soule should be a liuing a holy Temple God indeed is the Lord of heauen and