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A12763	De non temerandis ecclesiis A tract of the rights and respect due vnto churches. Written to a gentleman, who hauing an appropriate parsonage, imploied the church to prophane vses, and left the parishioners vncertainely prouided of diuine seruice, in a parish neere there adioyning. By Sr. Henry Spelman knight.	Spelman, Henry, Sir, 1564?-1641.	1616 (1616)	STC 23068; ESTC S100543	41,397	238

An house of praier for all people that is publike foreuer not priuate nor appropriate to any nor a denne of theeues that is no place of Merchandise or secular businesse as Saint I●rome expoundeth it It must not be an Impropriation no man can or may hold it in that kind The time also when our Sauiour pronounced these words is much to the purpose as it seemeth to mee For it was after he had turned out the oxen doues that is the things for the Sacrifice As though hee thereby taught vs that when the Sacrificall function of the Temple was ended yet the sanctification thereof to bee an house of prayer for euer remained 11 This doctrine of our Sauiour is continued vnto vs by Saint Paul who seeing the Corinthians to profane the Church with eating and drinking in it though much good might follow thereby being orderly done as the encreasing of amity and the reliefe of the poore yet because it was against the reuerence of the place hee not onely reproueth them for it demanding if they had not houses to eat and drinke in at home but skaring them also by shewing the daunger they were falling into hee speaketh to them as with admiration Despise ye the Church of God As if hee should say is your religion now come vnto that or is that your Religion To despise the place that God hath sanctified vnto himselfe by making it as Saint Ierome saith Triclineum epularum a banqueting house God wondered in Malachy that any should spoile their gods And the holy Ghost heere wondereth that any should despise the materiall Church for so Saint Ierome expoundeth it Thus both of them wonder at one the same thing that any man should be so irreligious as to profane the reuerence due vnto God and that that is his 12 So precise therefore were the Ancient Fathers in this point that that meeke Saint of God Saint Augustine would by no meanes endure that any should vse clamors or dācing within the vi●● of the Church Yea hee termeth them Miserable and wretched men that did it And denounceth against them that If such came Christians to the Church they went Pagans home But when the Church it selfe came to be abused Oh how Saint Ambrose taketh it euen against the Emperour himselfe great Valentinian that required it for an Arian O saith hee let him aske that is mine my lands my goods and whatsoeuer I possesse I will not deny them yet are they not mine but belong to the poore Verum ea quae diuina sunt c. saith hee but those things that are Gods are not subiect to the authoritie of the Emperour If my lands I say be desired enter them a Gods name if my body I will carry it him if hee will haue mee to prison yea vnto death it pleaseth mee well I will not defend my selfe with multitude of people neither will I flie to the Altar desiring my life but with all my heart will die for the Altars And after in speaking of the impious Souldiers O that God saith hee would turne their hands from violating the Church and then let them turne all their weapons vpon mee and take their fill of my bloud And many such excellent speeches he hath for the sanctity of the Church and of the reuerēce due vnto it in his Oration De Basilicis tradendis My purpose is to bee short I will not therefore now enter any further into the authorities of the Fathers or meddle with the Councels and ancient Canons of the Church which abound so in this kind of zeale and haue established it against the Eustathians M●ssalians and Fraticelli heretikes and all other the enemies thereof with so many examples admonitions exhortations precepts threatnings curses and excommunications as it requireth a booke alone to repeat them 13 It seemeth a small thing to daunce in the Church-yard or to eate and drinke in the Church But sanctification saith Ierome speaking on this matter consisteth also euen in the small things Therefore Ecclesiasticus aduiseth vs that we giue not the water passage no not in a little For he that oponeth the waters but a little knoweth not how great a breach they will make at length So is it to make an entrance into sin or to breake the reuerence of holy things in trifles Therefore God punished seuerely the petty offenders in this kind not Corah onely and his company that inuaded the high function of the Priesthood but euen him that gathered the stickes on the Sabath day Numb 15. 34. And poore Vzzah himselfe whom Dauid so much lamented that did as it were but stay the Arke from shaking 2. Sam. 6. 6. and 1. Chron. 13. 9. and yet died for it because his hand was not sanctified to that purpose 14 I conclude this point with the saying of Salomon Pro. 20. 25. and let al men consider it It is a snare for a man to deuoure that which is sanctified and after the Vowes to enquire A Snare hath three properties First to catch suddenly Secondly to hold surely Thirdly to destroy certainly So was Vzza taken ere hee was aware hee did but touch the Arke and presently hee was catcht King Vzziah did but meddle with the incense and presently the Leprosie was on his face 2. Chron. 26. 19. Jeroboam did but stretch out his hand against the Prophet and presently it withered 1. King 13. 4. And as a man falleth suddenly into it so is it as hard to get out Vzza died in it presently Vzziah languished in it all his life and then died in it also Corah Dathan and Abiram were no sooner caught in this snare but it held them so surely as when all Israel else fled and escaped they their companions most miserable men were detained in it to their notorious destruction I might heere take iust occasion to remember what hath happened to many in this Kingdom that became vnfortunate after they medled with Churches and Church-liuings But I will run into no particularities Let those men and those families which are vnfortunate as wee terme them consider whether themselues their Fathers or some of their Ancestors haue not been fettered in this snare And let the Proprietaries of Parsonages also well consider these things For if Vzza died that did but touch the Arke to saue it what shal become of them that stretch out their hands against Churches to destroy them If the sticke-gatherer was stoned for so small a prophanation of the Sabbath what shall they looke for that by destroying the Churches destroy also the Sabbath it selfe in a manner as taking away the place appointed to the publike sanctification thereof And if Corah Dathan and Abiram offended so hainously in medling with the things of the Leuiticall Priesthood though they imployed them to the seruice of God what haue they to feare that vsurpe the things of the Gospel peruert thē wholly to their owne vse from the

in this point if I open not the windowes of heauen vnto you and giue you fruit without measure Lo wee haue proued how Tithes are more profitable vnto vs then to God O foolish men What hurt doth God command that he should not deserue to bee heard For he saith thus The first fruits of thy treshing floore and of thy Wine-presse thou shalt not delay to offer vnto mee If it be a sinne to delay the giuing how much worse is it not to giue at all And againe he saith Honour thy Lord thy God with thy iust labours and offer vnto him of the fruits of thy righteousnesse that thy barnes may bee filled with wheat and thy presses abound with wine Thou doest not this for God a mercy that by and by shalt receiue it againe with manifold increase Perhaps thou wilt aske who shall haue profit by that which God receiueth to giue presently backe againe And also thou wilt aske who shall haue profit by that which is giuen to the poore If thou beleeuest thy selfe shall haue profit by it but if thou doubtest then thou hast lost it Tithes deare Brethren are a tribute due vnto the needy s●ules Giue therefore this tribute vnto the poore offer this sacrifice vnto the Priests If thou hast no Tithes of earthly fruits yet whatsoeuer the Husbandman hath whatsoeuer Ar● sustaineth thee it is Gods and he requires Tithe out of whatsoeuer thou liuest by whether it be Warfare or Traffike or any other Trade giue him the tithe Some things we must pay for the ground we liue on and something for the vse of our life it selfe Yeeld it therefore vnto him O man in regard of that which thou possessest yeeld it I say vnto him because he hath giuen thee thy birth for thus saith the Lord Euery man shall giue the redemption of his soule there shal not bee amongst them any diseases or mishaps Behold thou hast in the holy Scriptures the cautions of the Lord vpon which hee hath promised thee that if thou giue him thy Tith thou shalt not onely receiue aboundance of fruites but health also of body Thy barnes saith he shall be filled with wheate and thy presses shall abound with wine and there shall bee in them neither diseases nor mishaps Seeing then by payment of Tithes thou maiest gaine to thy selfe both earthly and heauenly rewards why doest thou defraude thy selfe of both these blessings together Heare therefore O thou zeale-lesse mortality Thou knowest that all things that thou vsest are the Lords and canst thou finde in thy heart to lend him that made all things nothing backe of his owne The Lord God needeth not any thing neither demandeth he a reward of thee but honour he vrgeth thee not to render any thing that is thine and not his It pleaseth him to require the first fruits and the Tithes of thy goods canst thou denie them O couetous wretch What wouldst thou doe if he tooke all the nine parts to himselfe and left thee the tenth onely And this in trueth hee doth when by with-holding his blessing of raine the drought maketh thy thirsty Haruest to wither away and when thy fruit and thy vineyard are strucken with haile or blasted with frost where now is the plenty that thou so couetously didst reckon vpon The nine parts are taken from thee because thou wouldst not giue him the Tenth That remaines onely that thou refusest to giue though the Lord required it For this is a most iust course that the Lord holdeth If thou wilt not giue him the tenth he will turne thee to the tenth For it is written saith the Lord Insomuch as the Tithe of your ground the first fruits of your Land are with you I haue seene it but you thought to deceiue me hauocke and spoile shall bee in your Treasurie and in your houses Thus thou shalt giue that to the vnmercifull Souldier which thou wouldest not giue to the Priest The Lord almighty also saith Turne vnto me that I may open vnto you the windowes of Heauen and that I may poure downe my blessing vpon you and I will not destory the fruit of your Land neither shall the vines of your field or the trees of your orchards wither away or be blasted and all nations shall say that you are a blessed people God is alwaies ready to giue his blessings But the peruersenesse of man alwaies hindreth him For hee would haue God giue him all things and he will offer vnto God nothing of that whereof himselfe seemeth to bee the owner What if God should say The man that I made is mine the ground that thou tillest is mine the seed that thou sowest is mine the cattell that thou weariest in thy worke are mine the showers the raine and the gentle winds are mine the heat of the Sunne is mine and since all the Elements whereby thou liuest are mine thou that lendest onely thy hand deseruest onely the tithe or tenth part Yet because Almighty God doth mercifully feede vs hee bestoweth vpon the labourer a most liberall reward for his paines and reseruing onely the Tenth part vnto himselfe hath forgiuen vs all the rest Ingratefull and perfidious deceiuer I speake to thee in the word of the Lord. Behold the yeere is now ended giue vnto the Lord that giueth the raine his reward Redeeme thy selfe O Man whilest thou liuest Redeeme thou thy selfe whilst thou maiest Redeeme thy selfe I say whilest thou hast wherewith in thy hands Redeeme thy selfe lest it greedy death preuent thee thou then lose both life and reward together Thou hast no reason to commit this matter ouer to thy wife who happily will haue another husband Neither hast thou O woman any reason to leaue this to thy husband for his minde is on another wife It is in vaine to tie thy Parents or thy kinsfolke to haue care hereof no man after thy death surely shall redeeme thee because in thy life thou wouldest not redeeme thy selfe Now then cast the burthen of couetousnesse from thy shoulders despise that cruell Lady who pressing thee downe with her intollerable yoake suffereth thee not to receiue the yoake of Christ For as the yoake of couetousnesse presseth men downe vnto hell so the yoake of Christ raiseth men vp vnto heauen For tithes are required as a debt and hee that will not giue them inuadeth an other mans goods And let him locke to it for how many men soeuer die for hunger in the place where he liueth not paying his tithes of the murthering of so many men shall he appeare guilty before the tribunall seate of the eternal Iudge because he kept that backe to his owne vse that was committed to him by the Lord for the Poore He therefore that either desireth to gaine a reward or to obtaine a remission of his sins let him pay his tithe and bee carefull to giue almes to the poore out of the other nine parts but so