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A16943	The house of God The sure foundation, the stones, the vvorkmen and order of the building. The incomparable strength of that house, and the vaine assaults and batteries of Satan and all his power. In a sermon preached at Pauls Crosse, December 24, 1626. / By Matthevv Brookes.	Brookes, Matthew, fl. 1626-1657.	1627 (1627)	STC 3836; ESTC S119308	25,408	48

in the third yeere of his Ministrie which was the 33. yeere of his age An. Osiand Harm Euang. lib. 2. cap. 32. went the second time vnto the borders of the Gentiles and vpon the confines of Caesarea Philippi propounded vnto his Disciples this question Whom doe men say that I the sonne of man am and when as hee had receiued their answer reporting the opinions or diuers conceipts which the people had of him Mar. 6.14 15. Luc. 9.7 8. some giuing out that he was Iohn the Baptist some Elias some Hieremias or one of the Prophets Our Sauiour who was not ignorant of this hauing for this purpose asked the question doth from thence take occasion to come neerer to their consciences that so he might see what good vse they had made of that heauenly doctrine which hee had taught them and those diuine Miracles which he had wrought before them and to demand further saying Whom say ye that I am To which proposition when Peter readily replyed saying Thou art Christ the Sonne of the liuing God hee hath then that he look't for and taketh occasion from thence to cleare the whole matter and to make it appeare who are his chosen people by what lawes he will gouerne them what that building of his might be which the Temple figured and that elected place which he would neuer leaue nor forsake First he assureth Peter that the answer which he had giuen him was not nati ex carne sanguine the sensuall wisdome of a man borne of flesh and blood but renati ex spiritu sancto the heauenly wisdome of a man borne againe of the holy Ghost Flesh and blood hath not reuealed it vnto thee but my Father which is in heauen Secondly he letteth Peter to vnderstand what prerogatiue he had obtained by laying vp in his heart that good lesson taught him by the Spirit of God viz. hee is made a member of that spirituall building which Christ would to bee built vpon himselfe as the foundation the fruite and effect whereof is that he should neuer fall away from Christ to his destruction And I say vnto thee Thou art Peter and vpon this Rocke will I build my Churh and the gates of Hell shall not preuaile against it Lastly he doth amplifie this prerogatiue by declaration of that priuiledge which he receiued by his Ministeriall function and the fruit and effect of the same And I will giue vnto thee the Keyes of the Kingdome of Heauen and whatsoeuer thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in Heauen whatsoeuer thou shalt loose on earth shall be loofed in Heauen That which I will set before you is the prerogatiue which Peter obtained by the faith which he had receiued the fruite and effect whereof was his good confession and heerein confider three things First his personall benefit Thou art Peter Secondly whereunto that personall benefit hath relation viz. the building this is described and the dignitie and worthinesse of it expressed by a double exposition the first is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 for it is not only a Church but the Church of Christ my Church Secondly 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and hence you haue the definition of that Church as if he should say My Church is that building which I will build vpon this Rocke which thou hast confessed and therein you haue two propositions First The Church is builded by Christ I will build my Church Secondly Christ his Church is builded vpon a Rocke and that not euerie Rocke but vpon this Rocke Vpon this Rocke I will build my Church Lastly the inference or conclusion because it is the Church of Christ because he builds it because hee builds it vpon that Rocke therefore the gates of hell shall not preuaile against it Heerein consider two things First what those gates of hell are secondly how they preuaile not against that My Church the Church of Christ I shall shew you that the Iewes were not onely the Church of Christ the Mount Moriah not properly the foundation or the stones of the Iewes Temple the stones of that building I will shew you that the Church is the company of Gods Elect and chosen that Peter was not the head of it but a stone of the building that Christ is the sure foundation and that whosoeuer is builded on him shall neuer be broken downe no not by the gates of hell Let me beg your attention in the name of Christ Of Peters prerogatiue and therein first of the personall benefit which he receiued which is the first thing THou art Peter The word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in the Originall doth signifie a stone the prerogatiue therfore which Peter had is this he is made a stone non conuersione naturae not by conuersion of his nature into stone sed done gratiae but hee is made a stone by the gift of grace And he is made a stone two manner of waies by his faith and by his function Heere is our Sauiour as good as his word and performeth that promise which he made vnto him Ioh. 1.42 when his brother Andrew first brought him vnto Christ Thou art Simon the sonne of Iona thou shalt bee called Cephas which is by interpretation a stone And our Lord did reserue the confirmation of his promise till Peter had made this good confession The Church of God which is the companie of those whom God hath elected to life eternall is often in the Scriptures resembled to a materiall Temple and in particular to the Temple of Hierusalem so that as that was called a house Mat. 21.13 the house of prayer so is this called a house 1 Pet. 5.2 a spirituall house for distinctions sake The materiall house was built of stones layed one vpon another the spirituall house is likewise said to bee builded 1 Cor. 12.26 1. Pet. 2.5 builded of stones not naturall stones but liuing stones The naturall stones of the materiall Temple were ioyned and cimented one to another that so the building might rise vp to perfection and the spirituall stones are fitly framed together Eph. 2.21 that the building may grow vnto an holy Temple of the Lord. Now to make the similitude more plaine the materiall Temple had a strong foundation a Rocke next to which were stones of great strength to support the whole fabricke of the building which stones might not improperly be called the foundation being indeed a second foundation most necessarie for so great a pile and afterwards it was raised with costly and curious stones 1 King 6.7 such as Salomon made ready and brought thither or such as those stones which the Disciples did maruell at in the Temple Mar. 13.1 for the fairenesse and the greatnesse of them Antiq. lib. 15. cap. 14. which stones as saith Iosephus were 25. cubits long 8. cubits high and 12. cubits broad In like maner this spirituall building is built on Christ a most strong and sure foundation that is the first