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A66830	Altare evangelicum. A sermon preached at Christ-Church in Dublin, on the 27th of April Before his Excellency Arthur Earl of Essex, Lord Lieutenant General, and general governour of the kingdom of Ireland. By Edward Lord Bishop of Clonsert and Kilmac-Duah. Published by his Excellencies order and command.	Wolley, Edward, 1603-1684.	1673 (1673)	Wing W3263; ESTC R217177	15,387	44

The Baptisterium or Front was scited at the West end or Entrance of the Church where the Christians were baptized and matriculated into Christianity The Suggestum or Pulpit 2. Suggestum was in medio Ecclesiae where the Christians might be better instructed with God's Will and Word The Altar or Holy Table 3. Altare was seated in the East End of the Church for more eminent service in God's Worship Here the Church our Mother teacheth the Clergy to read God's Commandments 1. Decem Praecepta as Aaron and his sons at the Altar or Holy Table to instruct the People in their Obedience and Duty towards God and towards man Here the Priest is obliged to read the glad tidings of salvation choicely wrapt up in the Epistles and Gospels of the Day 2. Epistola Evangelium Here is said or sung the famous Nicene Creed 3. Nicenum Symbolum Anno salutis 320. Magdeburgens Cent. 4â folio 617. Rubrick The Prayer of Consecrat Lit. General Confession composed by the Three hundred and eighteen Bishops in that Council called by Constantine the Great to vindicate the Truth of our Saviour Eternal Godhead and to suppress the venome and poyson of the Arian Heresie Upon the Altar or holy Table the Church commands the consecration of the Hoast and Blessed Eucharist Here the Priest and People make general Confession of their sins Here the Bishop or Priest pronounceth the absolution of sins Here the worthy Receivers take and participate by a lively Faith Church Catechism the real Presence of the Body and Blood of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament to their eternal comfort Here the Saints chant and sing the Angels Song saying Gloria in excelsis Glory be to God on high on earth peace Luke 2.14 good will towards men and hence in the Close the Bishop and Priest dismisseth the Holy Communicants with the Blessing of the Peace of God Rubrick for the Blessing Thus the Church our Mother sets forth the use of The Altar or Holy Table And besides this Practice of Piety and Devotion it is most observable that Christian Emperors Kings and Sovereign Princes receive their (s) Regalia ab Altari Regalia their Royal Diadems their Imperial Crowns their Swords their Scepters from Gods Altars Here they are anointed with Holy Oyle and invested with Royal Robes Here they receive the blessed Sacrament as a pledge of their Piety and take Sacred Oaths to defend Gods Church and their Subjects according to Law and Justice Spiritualia Cleri ab Altari And as Sovereign Christians Princes are thus honoured and thus honour Gods Altars so Christian Praelates Bishops Priests and Deacons here receive the Imposition of Hands at their Consecration and Ordination when they make those Sacred Protestations and Promises before Gods Altar to perform the Duties of their High and Holy Calling And as Kings and Priests so the choicest of the Peers and Nobles in the famous order of the Knights of the Garter Insignia Equitum Auratorum ab Altari entertain the honour of their installation from Gods Altar whence they receive their Insignia those Royal marks of their Princes Trust and Favour (t) Edvardus III. ut militarem virtatem honoribus decorar et nobilissimam conscripsit Equitum Auratorum Societatem Camden Britanniâ and the undoubted evidences of their own worth fidelity and merits Here the married couple make their vows to keep that holy state and the bed undefiled and hence they have the blessing and Lastly the holy Altar is adorned with the book of God as the Ark that kept the Oracles (u) Rom. 9.4 Sacramentum super Evangelium Opus Altare The blessed Evangels on which Sacred piece the People are admitted to lay their hands to kiss with their mouths as a Sacred obligation to utter truth and to decide all differences in Dispute or Controversie Thus the Church our Mother and Religion her Daughter hath taught us the use of an Evangelical Altar I have done with Jacobs building an Altar and come to speak of Locus the place where the Patriarch made choice to build Ibi There that is at Bethel 3. Parte Locus Bethel Now Bethel was a City of the Tribe of Benjamin (x) Josua 18.13 on the Southward betwixt Jordan and Jericho antiently called Luz here Jacob in his Travels flying to save his life was benighted and lighted on a certain place and tarried there all night (y) Gen. 28.11 12. custodes Angeli consolator Deus He took the stones of the place and put them for his pillows and lay down in the place to sleep and he dreamed and behold a ladder set on the earth and the top of it reached Heaven and behold the Angel of God ascending and descending on it And behold the Lord stood about it and said I am the Lord God of thy Father Abraham and the God of Isaac The land whereon thou lyest to thee will I give it and to thy seed And in thy seed (z) Gen. 12.3 18 18 22 18 26 4. shall all the Nations of the Earth be blessed (a) Gen. 28.15 Behold I am with thee and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest These were such solemn promises of grace and favour as the like were never to be Parallel'd And as God was infinitely gracious to Jacob so the Patriarch to his power will be dutiful grateful and obsequious For as soon as Jacob awaketh out of sleep (b) Gen. he expresseth his faith his hope his charity his faith saying surely the Lord is in this place and I knew it not Secondly his hope both admiring and adoring when he said (c) Gen. 28.17 Domus Dei Porta Caeli This is none other but the House of God and gate of Heaven Thirdly his charity love and zeal to Gods honour (d) Gen. 28.18 19. for he rose up early in the morning and took the stone that he had put for his pillow and set it up for a pillar and poured oyl on the top of it i.e. Domus Dei and he called the name of that place (e) Gen 28.19 Bethel when Jacob had erected his pillar he made his vow saying If God will be with me and will keep me in this way that I go and will give me bread to eat and raiment to put on so that I come again to my Fathers house in peace then shall the Lord be my God Gen. 28.20.21 22. and this stone which I have set for a pillar shall be Gods house and of all that thou shalt give me surely I will give the tenth unto thee Thus you have seen the Patriarch's Devotion and heard his own reasons why he made choice to build his Altar at Bethel yet here further it was not onely a place of Jacobs choice but likewise the Altar was built there by Gods Command Thus Moses records the sacred story God said unto Jacob arise go up to