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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A83667	The saints sacred laver. By Iames Eglesfield, master of arts, minister of Gods word at Knightsbridge. Preached at Padington, September the first, 1645	Eglesfield, James, b. 1601 or 2.	1646 (1646)	Wing E254A; ESTC R231737	12,295	39

Jezabel anoynted her face when David washed his hands and threw ashes upon his head a great disfiguring to his person yet was he cleaner in the sight of God then the slippery singing Queene of Israel Ezekiah cleansed his hands and Job made a covenant with his eyes pretious parts both yet none so pure so entire so holy as the bathing of our Hands in Innocency I meane not that Pharisaicall cleaning of the hands for that is not comparable to the cleaning sincerity of the heart if you paralell the parts but I meane the hands by way of a symbolicall and figurative resemblance the phrase not being so much to be ●●cand as it is an externall washing and so ●roper to hypocrites but as it is a symbole of internall purification and so proper to the Saints Now some washing their hands onely will rashly salute the Altar of God beeing coloured with seeming appearance this is Hypocrisie Others will wash their hands as a testimony of the purity of their hearts and so reverently approach the Mercy seate of God being beautified with reall integrity This is Innocency But why did David say his hands more then his feet or any other part of his body Because the principall Organs of all externall Actions are the hands and so Symbolycally the truest resemblance of all hearty and spirituall ablution When therefore it is said David washed his hands c. Wee must not understand onely an outward and visible cleansing of his carnall body but a generall cleansing of his soule and Spirit Hands being the Executioners of all externall Actions and so the Figure of a totall and generall both exteriour and interiour Sanctification Wherefore when thou lookest into the house of God look to thine Eye least that grow wanton take heede to thy Tongue that it speake no guile looke to thy feete that they slip not but especially wash thy Hands that they miscary not let not those be rough like Esau's but smooth as Iacobs set with gold Cant. 5.14 Then mayest thou put thy finger in thinge eye if it trouble thee then mayest thou nipp thy self by the Eare to keep them from sleep in security strike thy selfe on the feete if they stumble or tripp beat thy selfe on the heart if that prevaricate or play the whore smite thy selfe on the mouth if it talke idlesy rubb thy selfe on the Temples if they grow dull in a word then mayest thou doe all things decently as befitts the house of prayer So that the washing of the hands in Innocency is the true resemblance of all Spirituall ablution Now many will wash but few in Innocency Some with Pilate before blood publiquely Mat. 27.24 Some with the Pharisee before dinner hypocritically and some with the Gentiles before an oath superstitiously But let us with the religious Levite and Christian professor purifie and purge not onely the visible flesh of our hands but also the invisible taints of our Spirit Fo● the former sanctification is but only a figur● of that which followeth as you may read● Heb. 9. but the latter is a modell of that true and lively sacrifice of Christ himselfe who through the eternall Spirit of God offered himselfe without spot to God purging our consciences from dead works to serve the everliving God Wherefore O Lord sprinkle with thine hysope the blood of thy Sonne that the water of thy Spirit may never cease to purifie our hands till they bee as white through Innocency as thy Throne above is beautified with Ivery Especially wee of the seede of Aaron that every action of ours may bee acceptable our hands with which we hold the T●ble of the Covenant our hands with which we slay the Sacrifice our hands with which wee blesse the Congregation with which we gird about the linnen Ephod of an holy conversation with which wee lift up the sacred Challice with which wee distribute thy holy Body our hands by the continuall intention of which in our Prayers wee lift up the hinges of the everlasting doores that the King of glory may receive us Let all these bee made cleane and pure from all filthynes let us wash our hands in all our Actions that being thus prepared we may goe to his Altar Thus much for the Quo modo now followes the holy presence 〈◊〉 Lord. In which note two things first the Maesty Domine Secondly the Mirror in this article ô First of his Majesty Domine Some writers divide the Names which ●re common to the Trinity by a foure fold ●ifference some onely pointe at the Essence 〈◊〉 Iehovah some at the distinction of per●●ns as Elohim some at the essentiall proper●●●s of his Diety as only wife only just c. ●●d some at the Relation which God hath 〈◊〉 his creatures as Lord of Lords King of ●●ngs And of this last order is the name u●●d in my Text. For power and authority ●●ve a certaine habitude and respect unto the by which hee is subjugated and tyed to a● awfull obedience for we have as Aquina● sayeth a certain reall relation unto God a● our Creator without whom we had had n● Being and God to us a Rationall becaus● he did humble himselfe to exalt us Where fore this name Domine in my Text is neither a Symbole of his infinite essence neither of any personall distinction but only o● a powerfull dreadfull and vindicatory relation he hath to Man which ought to caus● a reverent and fearefull approach into hi● presence Therefore if we refuse his Mercy as he is Deus and so can crowne us yet le● us not despise his power as hee is Dominus and so can crush us For as he is Deus he is a God of bowells and compassion an● carrieth the rod and staffe of comforte P●● 23.4 but as hee is Dominus he is a God 〈◊〉 vengeance that can scourge us with a rod 〈◊〉 yron Ps 2. for our iniquities Wherefore when David in the awfull resolution of his soule and cristall sincerity 〈◊〉 his Spirit commends the Sacrifice of his clevotion to heaven he proposeth such a pr●sence of God as is most extimulatory of feare and reverence I will wash my hands in Innocency O Lord. This Name shewing the Majesty and power of God over man By vertue of his name hee punished the Sacrifice of Cain Gen. 4.5 The rebellion of Corah Numb 16. The bleating and Hypocriticall Sacrifice of Saul By vertue of this he threatens the Israelites I am the Lord by vertue of this he bids battle to the Nations I am the Lord What shooke the Wildernesse The voyce of the Lord. What brake the Cedars of Lebanon The voyce of the Lord by vertue of this Name he ratifies his purposes the voyce of the Lord hath spoken it By vertue of this Name he rides upon the heavens the Chariots of the Lord. By vertue of this Name his wrath is published how long wilt thou be angry O Lord By vertue of this Name hee summons the quarters of the earth the day of the

spirit as that you neglect your owne who are of the Church and so Saints by calling The bright sunne of our righteousnes must not quite ecclipse the Star of yours but wee are all to shine though one exceed another in glory Wherefore to conclude this point when David saith I will wash my hands in Innocency as I am a King he satisfies the Magistrate as he is a prophet he sanctifies the Minister as a Saint by calling he sanctifies the people Thus you see he speakes to all sorts of people all trades of life to every condition of persons to every Mammonist none are exempted from holynes whether Demetrius the silver-smith Act. 19.24 or Andrew the fisher-man Matth. 4.24 or Gamaliel the Lawyer Act. 22.3 or Lydia the purple seller 16.14 or Dorcas the Semster 9.36 or Simon the Tanner 6.43.20.9 or to be short the meanest of all the Congregation is mixt and therefore I pray request you all to leave your dissimulation and to wash your hands in Innocency Thus much for Quis now followeth Quo modo praeparat and that is by washing I David Wash Now me thinkes I heare a voice which tells mee we are all a leprous generation a viperous and infectious brood full of sores ulcers and botches scarlet soules crimson consciences ramish unsavoury loathsome sinnes if so then let us see the remedy and that induceth two things the Bath and the Parts bathed and first of the Bath Innocency See but the ingredients and you shall easily see the vertue This Bath is made of Holinesse righteousnesse charity hope faith joy humility peace prayer thanksgiving meditation vigilancy equity sanctity chastity contrition repentance perseverance with many other heautious ornaments of the house of God All holinesse of mind righteousnesse of soule charity towards thy neighbour hope in thy Jesus Faith in his merits Joy in the Holy Ghost peace of conscience humility of carriage serventnesse of prayer meditation of Gods mercies delight in his word vigilancy over our affections sanctity of heart equity towards all men chastity of thought repentance for sinne heat of devotion and perseverance the Crowne of holy and vertuous actions Lo here 's a holy water for the Church of Rome to wash in here 's a Jordan for all leprous Naamans to cleanse in t is no river of Damascus but of Israel here 's a poole of Bethesda for our lame and creeple conditions here 's a river of life as cleere as cristal proceeding out of the throne of God and the Lamb in midst of which groweth the tree of life Revel ult Who so enters into the Temple of God without these who so offers to set foote within the porch which is called Beautifull without these doth but only peep through a craney of the mount Horeb but shall never with Moses ascend up his holy hill they only sound forth harsh melody into the ears of God through the untuneablenesse of their spirits which should sing Gorapically as the Coristers of heaven for holinesse becometh thy house for ever Nazianzen is so religiously scrupulous and conscionably timerous of his unworthy approach into the house of prayer that it hath often affrighted mee saith hee from the Mercy feat of God not that I shund the beauty of his Altar but that I feared mine owne unhallowed presence and so consequently the suddain vengeance of Heaven I am ashamed saith he of those that come with unwashen hands and unsanctified hearts to such holy mysteries as these are I feared to draw neere said hee and yet my hands were innocent mine eyes cleare my heart single mine eare erect and attentive my speech savoury and my members were weapons of righteousnesse and like so many Instruments to tune forth the praise of my Creator Here was an innocent and vertuous Churchman well known squared and cut out of a spirituall building of a holy and heavenly tincture and yet he feares his own weaknesse But is there the like devotion found among us No For were it as it is not it would draw many a brinish teare from the eyes of these marble and Stone witnesses to see our irreverent and hallowed approaches for wee come with our hands filthy our feet polluted with sleepy eyes with drowsy heads with full stomacks with quailes in our mouthes and our bellies full of bread Some sleepe with Euticus Act. 20.9 some are offended with the Scribes Pharisees Joh. 7.48 some are angry with Herod Mat. 2.16 some seoffe with Ahab 1 Reg. 22.8 some glance laciviously with Iesabel some are only lukewarm with Agrippa Act. 26.28 and some make bargaines with Iudas Matth. 26.15 Few here with a chaste and dove-like simplicity few with patience few with Faith scarce one with a good conscience No our eyes are playing the harlots our hearts are gon a whoring our eares are stopt with the adder our tongues broaching vanity our hands in our counting-houses our feet prickt with thornes never at ease ever straite at the instep till we can whip forth of the holy congregation and make it the house of folly So that it is Gods great goodnesse wee are not stricken dead with Nadah and Abihu Numb 3.4 for offering strange fyer upon his Altar It is his infinite mercy that we are not burnt down with the men of Sodom Lev. 10.1.2 or swallowed up quick with Corah Dathan and Abyram Numb 16.1 for comming thus rashly and unprepared into his holy Sanctuary our hearts being full of evill intentions which is to play the hypocrite But David saith I will wash and so must it bee with all those that approach the face of God Thou must arise oh Sion thou must put on the garments of thy beauty oh Ierusalem thou must shake the dust of thy feet and unloose the yoak from thy neck when thou drawest neere unto the presence of the most high Nay yee ought to use all reverence with fervency of Prayer with fire of devotion with sanctity of life with purity of Spirit with contrition of heart and the like acceptable offices in the eye of heaven Then shall thy righteousnesse break forth before God as the light and thy just dealing as the nooneday Therefore bath thy heart often in sorrow full sighs and desire the Lord saying O Lord grant I beseech thee an equitie towards all men piety towards thee my God honesty of mind and a heart seasoned with the leauen of Religion that is a Soule ever prepared to come into the house of my God and visit towards his holy Temple And thus much of the Bath Innocency Now for the partes bathed Hands I will wash my hands c. There is a glorious stipend set downe in Scripture for such as have cleane hands who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord Even he that hath cleane hands Ps 24.4.18.20 Againe God shall recompence me according to the cleannesse of my hands So then we must know that as innocency shewed the vertue of the Bath so Hands the wisedome of the party Bathing