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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B09956	Several sermons: some preached in England, and some in the island of Barbadoes in America upon several occasions. / By Robert Scamler ...	Scamler, Robert, b. 1653 or 4.	1685 (1685)	Wing S807C; ESTC R223226	52,095	91

which if true the House of Prayer would soon be made a Den of Theeves for men would soon get the knack and Cunning to pretend a Call and then by tedious Discourses of Gods Grace so Insinuate themselves into the Bosoms of men that they would easily be Deluded by them others excuse their Illiterate rudeness by the Honest Plainness and Simplicity of the Apostles but can they manifest such Miraculous endowments such Power and Anointing from above as they were furnished withall St. Paul in reference to this Holy Function asked with trembling Who is sufficient for such Offices But they invert the question and cry who is insufficient I leave it to your selves is it probable that Farriers should turn Expeperienc'd Physitians much less that they who come from sordid Mechanick Offices can provide for mens Souls All accomplishments of Reason Learning and Judgement are decry'd as Carnal and Enemies to the Cross of Christ which makes me commend to you the Story of the Apes in the Fable Who because they had no Tailes themselves would have perswaded those who enjoyed that Ornament to cut it off as troublesome and superfluous your selves may make the Application and so I pass from the first to the second sort of Theeves who trouble the House of God Secondly They are those who rob God of his Titles for it is a gross mistake to think it is unto Us no it is unto God they refuse to render the things which are Gods Thus you may hear God himself declare it Will a man rob God yet ye have robbed me But you say wherein have we robbed Thee in Tithes and Offerings God takes the wrong wholly unto Himself and the reason why he made the Heavens Brass and would not suffer Rain to descend upon the Earth was because they had given him no Tithes of the Fruits wherewith he had Blessed them Thirdly But as the People rob the Priest of his Tithes so also the Priests rob the People in not affording them Divine Service That the Priest should reap mens Worldly things is unquestionable so it is also required that they should reap our Spiritual things If therefore we either omit the reading these Prayers commanded by the Church or shrink them into a lesser compass we deserve no better Appellation than that of Theeves As then we are earnest for all our Tithes so let us be careful that God may have all his Prayers for he that will cut God short of them will not fear to cut him short of any thing else whatever Fourthly There are many other Theeves which very much abuse the House of Prayer but I shall conclude all in naming the Church-wardens and other Officers who are the Guardians of the Church you are persons in whom the Church repose her Confidence that you will deal Faithfully with her in presenting all Abuses but how you discharge your Trust passeth my understanding for none are ignorant many things are Presentable but nothing Presented so that from hence especially the Church is made a Den of Theeves For would men dare to seperate from our Solemn Assemblies if you were not so remiss in your respective Duties Will it not be a most piercing Wound to your Consciences at the General Audit of God that by your omitting to execute the Laws of the Church our Holy Mother as Medea did her Children is rent into several Limbs Bitts and Pieces What can be more terrible to you then to consider that through the neglect of You the House of Prayer is made a Den of Theeves Let me then beseech all who are intrusted with the Concernments of the Church to think they hear God speaking unto them as he did unto Joshua Wherefore lye you on your Faces up and be doing take away the accursed Errors from amongst you Let the Laws be put in a severe Execution against all Dissenters from the Church for obstinacy must be Forced not Courted by Peswasions it is an Happy Violence that pull men out of the Fire They are Blessed Bonds which tye men to Christ Comfortable Fetters which keep our Feet in the wayes of Peace let them stile it Persecution Persecution God I am sure will take it well at your hands for 't is his own method to afflict the Body that he may save the Soul which if we do we shall see God will arise and his Enemies be scattered then will the Glory of God be Exalted Religion Flourish and the House of Prayer no longer a Den but an House at Unity in it self which that it may God Enlighten the Hearts of all in Authority Ecclesiastical and Civil that they may not be negligent in their Duties but Strong and of good Courage to Fight against them who Fight against God that there may be an advancement of Religion a composure of all Christian Animosities that Peace and Righteousness Religion and Piety may be Established among us for all Generations and let all who seek the Prosperity of Jerusalem say Amen Amen A SERMON PROVING A Late or Death-bed Repentance no Repentance Psalm xcv V. viii To day if you will hear his Voice harden not your Hearts SElf-Interest and Prudence oblige and command us to guard and fortifie our selves before the approaching Incursions of our mortal and malignant Enemy that we may the more effectually oppose and briskly resist their forces He who would not be constrained Cowardly to fly at the first Encounter of an Invading Adversary must be ready to Assail him before he hath Entrench'd himself least when his Canons are placed his Battering-pieces display'd he meet with a more vigorous and easie Repulse That subtile Serpent the Devil is the Arch-enemy of all Mankind if therefore we do not valiantly oppose and couragiously bid defyance to all his Temptations at the first on-set by more lessening Circumstances he will quickly become more Victorious over us and lead us into the strong-holds of Sin He then who is earnest to avoid this Slavery and be perfectly released from such a Servitude must in the Morning of his Age grapple with the Old Man and expel him put of this flesh wherein he hath so strongly Encamp himself and whilst we have the Recruits of Vigour and Strength to reinforce us For it is a Cessation of Arms that gives the Conquest to our Enemy and if we do not repel him in the Spring and Flower of our Youth in our greenest years Oh! the difficulty and hardness we shall find to rally our decaying Spirits in the Winter of our Age when Snow is on our Heads and Frost within our Veins Now then is the accepted time This is the day wherein we must proclaim open Wars-against that Inveterate Enemy of Mankind For that Warriour of Hell watches for Opportunities to lullaby us a sleep on the downy Beds of Sloath and Security thereby to gain those great advantages of a surprise because he knows if we don't cheerfully attend upon the Ordinances of God and make a continued Progress in Holiness we do