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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

an Internal Worship be manifested better than by an External Deportment All Nations not only Jews but Gentiles had Rites in the Adorations of their supposed Deities All meeting in this as a Principle of Nature that Divine Worship cannot be rightly Celebrated without some Outward Solemnity Did not God command the use of Ceremonies unto the Jews Now the Moral and Ceremonial Law were not promulgated at different times but both together And those whom God hath joyned let no man put asunder Will it not cause a Dis-respect to hear the Service of God hudl'd over as a Scrivener reads a Bond or an Indenture Are we so great Enemies to Innocency that a Surplice should afright us from attending the Ordinances of God That the Priest should 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 was so general a practice in all Ages of the Church that none did Officiate in Holy Offices but he was clad in Raiment White as Snow They are not the Embroideries of Religion I so admire as to have its Garment too heavy and weighty nor such a plainness as to abhor all Decency and Comliness For let us suppose the worst that there are some Spots which may be spared cou'd they be handsomly taken out yet what Because of this must I rend my Garment in pieces and be naked Or shall I suffer rude Hands to cut and tear it in pieces as they please to the great injury and Perturbation of the Church Ceremoniae tanquam Cerei They are as Lights which give Lustre and Brightness to Gods House and the Services performed there and one way to make it a Den is to extinguish this Light that it may not give Light to them entring the House of Prayer Secondly As the Church can't but be dark without Ceremonies so if the Life of Doctrine requir'd in the Priest be not a Lamp unto our Feet and Light unto our Paths to guide us into the wayes of Peace The Blessed Jesus himself hath stiled the Preachers of the Word not only the Lights of the World but also the Salt of the Earth a City set upon a Hill they are not only Stars but Angels chosen Vessels men of a thousand their Feet are stiled Beautiful and they themselves the Glory of Christ good reason then if our Lights should shine before men for seeing we are called to this Eminent Function having the Title of Light attributed us we cannot think it sufficient we have Lamps unless furnished with Oyl that our Doctrine may promote the Glory of God and save both our own and the Souls of them committed to our Care The House of Prayer may be a Den if the Flames therein be not real but Painted Thus St. Paul chargeth Timothy To take heed unto himself and his Doctrine and put them in remembrance to stir up the Gift of God 'T is not enough to fill the Golden Candlestick of the Temple unless they give Light to those that enter in otherwise what are they more than prettily contrived Antickes under a Building who seem to groan under the oppression of that which doth support them 'T was our Saviours Command That we should always have our Loyns girt that is with the Girdle of Sincerity and Truth or with other Expositors by External Conformity in our Habits we must be Pillars of Fire to guide others out of the night of Ignorance and wilderness of Errour For are not the Priests Lips to preserve Knowledge and are not we to enquire of them what concerns our Souls for they are the Messengers of the Lord of Hosts I shall conclude this only minding you of that Solemn Oath at our Installment into this Sacred Office That we would give Faithful diligence to Minister the Doctrine and Discipline of Christ For if the Lights of the Church be darkened how great is that Darkness And what will be the House of Prayer but a Den c. Thirdly As there must be the Light of Doctrine so also of Conversation in the Priest yes and it must be Perspicuous too that Religion and the Doctors thereof may have a good Report amongst all men of whatever Sect or Perswasion that they may find no occasion to Revile or Blaspheme us Blaspheme us I say for in doing it unto us they do it unto Christ we have Motives sufficient to incite us to a circumspect walking For waving the express command of our Saviour let us consider how many Enemies we have in the World who watch for our Halting and are so quick-sighted that they discern the least Lint hanging on a Black-Gown No Cloath so subject to be discoloured as that of ours Men are not like that Pious Emperour who would cover the Nakedness of his Clergy with his own Royal Robe but joyful to embrace every little occasion to render us Contemptible This then should awaken us but if this will not do let us consider how absurd it is to undo that on the Week-day which we Preached on the Lords Shall we be diligent in Instructing of others and we our selves remain Ignorant and Foolish Shall we speak brave flourishing words in commendation of Religion and reclaim Rhetorically against Vice yet make it our Trade and Practice The Vrim and Thummim were both put into Aaron's Breast-Plate that he might be a Living Sermon as well as a Preacher of Sound Doctrine He who wanted an Eye Hand Foot or had any blemish in his Body was forbidden by God to attend at his Altar then much more sure polluted in Soul They who bear the Vessels of the Lord must be Clean Ye have made it a Den of Theeves was a great aggravation of the Churches Prophanation Secondly I descend to the Theeves or Persons defiling Gods House The first of them is he who crept into the Ministry without Commission thus the Saviour of the World tells us He who creeps into an House by the Window the same is a Theef and a Robber And if so what can he be stiled less who thrusts himself into the Priest-hood and not by the door of Lawful Authority Thus to run without Commission is an Usurpation of that which none should take upon him but he that was called of God as was Aaron by an External as well as Internal call The Apostles were trained up a long time before Christ sent them on that Employ they were not sent to Preach the Word so soon as they were Enrolled into the number of his Disciples like hasty Births with Shells upon their Heads but they attended and waited for a full Authority and Commission But alas Authority is now so much slighted and trampled on that men fancy if they can but spare so much time from their Shops they have Authority enough to skip into the Office of the Priest but are they not Theeves and Robbers who force themselves into the Ministry without License or Abilities they pretend indeed to a large share of Spiritual Influences which they resume will supply all other Defects and adapt them fit Ministers of the Gospel