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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02771	The temple A sermon preached at Pauls Crosse the fifth of August. 1624. By Tho. Adams.	Adams, Thomas, fl. 1612-1653.	1624 (1624)	STC 129; ESTC S100422	35,512	74

to gaine it from him If we loue the Lord we will loue the habitation of his House and the place where his Honour dwelleth that so by being humble frequenters of his Temple below we may be made noble Saints of his House aboue the glorious kingdome of Iesus Christ These bee the enemies to the Temple whereof the first would separate Dominum Ã Templo the other Templum Ã Domino they would take God from the Temple these would take the Temple from God Let mee conclude this poynt with two watch-words 1. The first concernes vs of the Ministery the wayters of the Temple It hath been an old saying De Templo omne bonum de Templo omne malum all good or euill comes from the Temple Chrys Where the Pastor is good and the people good hee may say to them as Paul to his Corinthians 1 Cor. 9.1 Nonne opus meum vos estis in Domino Are not ye my work in the Lord Where the Pastor is bad and the people no better they may say to him Nonne destructis nostra tu es in seculo art not thou our destruction in the world It is no wonder if an abused Temple make a disordered people A wicked Priest is the worst creature vpon Gods earth no sinne is so blacke as that shall appeare from vnder a white Surplesse Euery mans iniquitie is so much the hainouser as his place is holyer The sinne of the Clergy is like a Rheume which rising from the stomach into the head drops downe vpon the lungs fretting most noble and the vitall parts till all the members languish into corruption The lewd sonnes of Eli were so much the lesse tolerable by sinning in the Tabernacle Their sacrifices might doe away the sinnes of others no sacrifice could doe away their owne Many a soule was the cleaner for the blood of those beasts they shed their owne soules were the fouler by it By one and the same seruice they did expiate the peoples offences and multiply their owne Our Clergie is no Charter for heauen Such men are like the conueyances of Land Euidences and Instruments to settle others in the kingdome of heauen while themselues haue no part of that they conuey It is no vnpossible thing for men at once to shew the way to Heauen with their tongue and lead the way to Hell with their foot It was not a Iewish Ephod it is not a Romish Cowle that can priuiledge an euill doer from punishment Therefore it was Gods charge to the executioners of his Iudgements Ezek. 9.6 1 Pet. 4.17 Iohn 2.16 Begin at my owne Sanctuary and the Apostle tells vs that Iudgement shall begin at the house of God and Christ entring into his Propheticall Office began reformation at his Fathers house Let our deuout and holy behauiour preuent this and by our reuerent carriage in the Temple of God let vs honour the God of the Temple It should be our endeuour to raise vp seed vnto our elder Brother to winne soules vnto Christ Nunquam cessate lucrari Christo qui lucrati estis Ã Christo If Christ while hee was vpon the Crosse saith Bernard had giuen mee some drops of his owne blood in a Violl how carefully would I haue kept them how dearely esteemed them how laid them next my heart But now he did not thinke it fit to trust me with those drops but hee hath intrusted to me a flocke of his lambes those soules for whom hee shed his blood like whom his owne blood was not so deare vnto him vpon these let mee spend my care my loue my labour that I may present them holy Saints to my deare Lord Iesus 2. The other concernes all Christians that they beware lest for the abuses of men they despise the Temple of God For as the Altar cannot sanctifie the Priest so nor can the vnholinesse of the Priest dishallow the Altar His sin is his owne and cannot make you guiltie the vertue and comfort is from God and this is still able to make you holy When wee read 1 Sam. 2.17 that the sinne of the Priests was great before the Lord for men abhorred the offering of the Lord this we all confesse was ill done of the Priests and I hope no man thinks it was well done of the people Say their sinnes yea their very persons were worthy to be abhorred shall men therefore scorne the Sanctuary cast that contempt on the Seruice of God which belongs to the vices of man This were to adde our owne euill to the euill of others and to offend God because he was offended Cannot the faults of men displease vs but wee must needs fall out with God Doe we not prouoke him iustly to abhorre our soules when we so vniustly contemne his seruice Know that he is able to sanctifie thy heart euen by the ministery of that man whose heart hee hath not yet sanctified The vertue consists not in the humane action but in the diuine Institution Wee say of the Sacraments themselues much more of the Ministers Isti non tribuunt quod per istos tribuitur these doe not giue vs what God doth giue vs by them But this age is ficke of such a wanton levitie that wee make choyce of the Temple according to our fancy of the Preacher and so tye vp the free Spirit of God from blowing where he pleaseth that he shall be beholding to the grace of the Speaker for giuing grace to the hearer So whereas Paul ties Faith to hearing they will tie hearing to Faith and as they beleeue the holinesse of the man so they expect fruit of the Sermon This is to make Paul something and Apollos something wheras Paul himselfe sayes they are both nothing God onely giues the encrease and who shall appoint him by whom he shall giue it Let the seed bee good and the ground good and the Lord will send fruit whosoeuer bee the Sower But while you make hearing a matter of sport Preaching is too often become an exercise of wit Words are but the Images of matter and you shall heare anon it is not lawfull to worship Images It dangerously misbecomes the Temple when any thing shall bee intended there but the glory of God and gaining of soules to Iesus Christ Thus much concerning the Temple the next poynt I must fall vpon is Jdols Idol in Greeke signifies a resemblance or representation and differs not from Image in Latine both at first taken in a good sense but the corruption of times hath bred a corruption of words and Idol is now only taken for the Image of a false god Euery Idol is an Image but euery Image is not an Idol but euery Image made and vsed for religious purposes is an Idol The Images of God are Idols wherwith Popery abounds An old man sitting in a chaire with a triple Crowne on his head and Pontificall robes on his backe a Doue hanging at his beard and a Crucifixe in his armes is their Image

shall bee called the house of prayer this was Gods Appropriation But you haue made it a den of theeues this is mans Impropriation Let vs take heed of impropriating Gods house remembring howhe hath reueÌ„ged such a profanation with scourges Wee are bought with a price 1 Cor. 6.20 therefore let vs glorifie God both in body spirit for they are his His purchase his Temple his inheritance his habitation do not lose so gracious an owner by the most vngracious sacriledge You see many ruined houses which haue bin once kings palaces learne by those dead spectacles to keepe your selues froÌ„ the like fortunes lest God say of you Hoc Templum meum fuit this was my house but now because it took in Idols I haue forsaken it Or what if wee doe not set vp Idols in these Temples when we make the Temples themselues Idols or say not with Israel Make vs gods while we make gods of our selues while we dresse altars and erect shrines to our own braines kisse our own hands for the good they haue done vs If we attribute something to our selues how is Christ al in all with vs Do we iustly blame them that worship the Beast of Rome and yet find out a new Idolatry at home Shal we refuse to adore the Saints Angels and yet giue diuine worship to our selues dust and ashes If victory crowne our battels if plenty fill our garners or successe answere our endeuours must the glory of all reflect vpon our own atchieuements This is a rivality that God will not endure to make so many Temples nothing but Idols But as the Lancashire Iustice said of the ill-shap'd Rood thogh it be not well fauoured enough for a god it will serue to make an excellent deuill So proud dust and ashes that arrogates the honor of God and impropriates it to himselfe though he be too foule for a Temple yet he is fit enough for an Idol When Dauid prayes Libera me ab homine malo Deliuer me from the euill man O Lord. Saint Augustine after much study and scrutiny to find out this euill man at last lights vpon him ab homine malo that is Ã me ipso Deliuer me from the euill man deliuer me from my selfe Deliuer Augustine from Augustine I am that euill man So of all Idolatries God deliuer vs from a superstitious worship of our selues Some haue Idolized their Princes some their Mistresses some their Manufactures but they are innumerable that haue Idolized themselues He is a rare man that hath no Idol no little god in a boxe no especiall sinne in his heart to which he giues vxorious and affectionate Indulgence The only way to mend all is for euery man to begin with himself In vain shall we blame those faults abroad which we tolerate at home That man makes himself ridiculous who leauing his own house on fire runs to quench his neigbors Let but euery man pull a brand from this fire the flame will go out alone if euery soule clense his owne Temple all shall be quit of Idols and God wil accept of all A multitude is but a heap of vnities the more we take away the fewer we leaue behind When a field is ouergrowne with weeds the best course to haue a good generall haruest is for euery man to weed his owne ground When we would haue the street cleansed let euery man sweep his owne doore and it is quickly done But while euery man censures none amends we do but talk against Idols with still vnclensed TeÌ„ples Let vs pray for vniuersall repentance like a good Iosias to purge the houses of God till lust and profanenesse pride and couetousnesse fraud and wantonnesse malice and drunkennes be no more found among vs till euery thing be cast out and nothing let in that is vncleane So shall the Lord dwell in vs with content and we shall dwell in him with comfort Here we shall be a Temple for Him hereafter he shall be a Temple for vs. So we find that glorious Citie described I saw no Temple therein Reu. 21.22 but the Lord God Almightie and the Lambe was the Temple of it Wee are Gods Temple on earth God shall bee our Temple in heauen To this purpose the Spirit of God sanctifie vs and bee for euer sanctified in vs. Amen Some may haply long ere this haue preiudicated in their censures How is this Opus diei in die suo What is all this to the businesse of the day I might haue preuented the obiection by comparing Idolatrie with Treason the one being a breach of Allegiance to the Lord the other a breach of allegiance to the Lords Annointed Idolatry is a Treason against God and Treason is a kind of Idolatry against the King From both which the diuine grace and our holy obedience deliuer vs all I conclude with application to the Time This is one of those blessed dayes celebrated for the deliuerance of our gracious Soueraigne and well may the deliuerance of a King of such a King deserue a day of gratulation When God deliuers a priuate man he doth as it were repeat his Creation but the deliuerance of a King is alwayes a choyce piece in the Lords Chronicle The Story how he was endangered and how preserued this place hath diuers times witnessed and that in a more punctuall manner then I haue either strength or art or time to match A hard time it seemed to be when a King was imprisoned when he had no guard with him but his Innocency no subiect but a Traytor But there was a stronger with him then all they could be against him A good Prince hath more guards then one he hath 1. a subsidiary guard consisting of mortall men 2. An inward guard the integritie of his owne Conscience 3. A spirituall guard the prayers of his faithfull subiects 4. A celestial guard the protection of diligent powerfull Angels 5. A diuine guard his Makers prouidence that fenceth him in with a wall of fire which shall at once both preserue him and consume his enemies But my purpose is not to bring your thoughts back to the view of his perill but to stir your hearts vp to thankfulnesse for his preseruation He is iustly styled The Defender of the Faith he hath euer defended the Faith and the Faith hath euer defended him Hee hath preserued the Temple of God from Idols and therefore God hath preserued him from all his enemies Surely that Prouidence which deliuered him from those early Conspiracies wherewith he hath been assaulted from his cradle meant him for some extraordinary benefit and matchlesse good to the Christian world Hee that gaue him both life and Crowne almost together hath still miraculously preserued them both from all the raging violences of Rome and Hell Now when the Lord deliuered him what did he else but euen deliuer vs all That we might reioyce in his safety as the Romans did in the recouery of Germanicus when they ran with lampes and sacrifices to the Capitoll and there sung with shouts and acclamations Salua Roma salua Patria saluus Germanicus the Citie is safe the Country is safe and all in the safetie of Germanicus While we consider the blessings which we enioy by his gracious Gouernment that the estates we haue gotten with honest industry may be safely conueyed to our posterity that we sit vnder the shadow of peace and may teach our children to know the Lord that the good man may build vp Temples and Hospitals without trembling to thinke of sauage and barbarous violences to pull them down that our Deuotions be not molested with vproares nor men called from their callings by mutinies that our Temples be not profaned with Idols nor the Seruice of God blended with superstitious deuices that our temporall estate is preserued in liberty our spirituall estate may bee improued in pietie and our eternall estate assured vs in glory that our liues be protected and in quiet our soules may be saued for such a King of men blesse we the God of Kings and sing for his deliueraÌ„ce as they did for their Germanicus as priuatly euery day so this day in our publike Assemblies Salua Britannia Salua Ecclesia saluus IACOBVS Our Kingdome is safe the Church of God is safe our whole Estate is safe wee are all safe and happie in the safetie and happinesse of King IAMES O that as we haue good cause to emulate so also we would truly imitate the gratulation of Israel we for our King that hath preserued the Temple 2 Chron. 5.12.13 as they for their King that built the Temple while the Leuites and singers stood with Harps and Cymbals and Viols and the Priests blowing with Trumpets as if they had all been one man and made one sweet harmony to the praise of God For these publike extraordinary blessings God requires publike and extraordinary praises that this great Assembly with prepared hearts and religious affections should magnifie his glorious Name if it were possible by some vnusuall strain of our vnited thaÌ„ks pierce the very skies giue an Eccho to those celestiall Quires singing Honor praise and glory bee to our gracious God for all his mercifull deliuerances both of Prince and people Yea O Lord still preserue thine own Annointed conuert or confound all his enemies but vpon his head let his Crown florish Long long liue that royal keeper of Gods holy Temple the Defender of that Faith which he hath of old giuen to his Saints and let all true-hearted Israelites say Amen yea let Amen the faithfull witnes in heauen the Word Truth of God say Amen to it For our selues let vs heartily repent of our former sins religiously amend our future liues abandon all our intestine Idols serue the Lord with pure hearts and still and still God shall deliuer both Him and vs from all our enemies This God grant for his mercies sake Iesus Christ for his merits sake the Holy Ghost for his Names sake to whom three persons and one eternall God be all praise and glory obedience and thanksgiuing world without end FINIS

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