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The reverence of Gods house· A sermon preached at St. Maries in Cambridge, before the Universitie on St. Matthies day, anno 1635/6. By Joseph Mede B.D. and late fellow of Christs Colledge in Cambridge.
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Mede, Joseph, 1586-1638.
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worship_n of_o the_o body_n in_o the_o gesture_n of_o bow_v kneeling_z standing_z and_o the_o like_a than_o to_o incur_v this_o danger_n of_o serve_v god_n with_o a_o dead_a and_o hypocritical_a service_n because_o it_o be_v not_o like_a the_o heart_n will_v be_v always_o due_o affect_v when_o the_o outward_a worship_n shall_v be_v require_v i_o answer_v where_o there_o be_v a_o true_a and_o real_a intent_n to_o honour_n god_n with_o outward_a and_o bodily_a worship_n there_o the_o act_n be_v not_o hypocrisy_n though_o accompany_v with_o many_o defect_n and_o imperfection_n here_o therefore_o that_o rule_n of_o our_o saviour_n touch_v the_o great_a and_o lesser_a thing_n of_o the_o law_n must_v have_v place_n 42._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d these_o thing_n i_o the_o great_a thing_n of_o the_o law_n we_o ought_v to_o do_v and_o not_o to_o leave_v the_o other_o though_o the_o lesser_a undo_v for_o otherwise_o if_o this_o reason_n be_v admit_v a_o man_n 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our_o outward_a gesture_n import_v the_o duty_n we_o owe_v unto_o he_o but_o be_v defective_a in_o i_o hope_v be_v not_o no_o more_o than_o the_o confession_n of_o any_o other_o sin_n for_o our_o worship_n in_o such_o a_o case_n if_o we_o will_v so_o intend_v it_o be_v a_o act_n of_o repentance_n and_o as_o the_o modern_a greek_n be_v wont_a to_o call_v their_o adoration_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d repentance_n so_o may_v we_o in_o this_o case_n make_v we_o to_o be_v namely_o as_o if_o we_o say_v lord_n i_o ought_v to_o come_v before_o thou_o with_o that_o religious_a fear_n humble_a reverence_n and_o lift_v up_o of_o heart_n which_o the_o gesture_n the_o posture_n i_o here_o present_a import_v but_o lord_n be_v merciful_a to_o i_o a_o sinner_n if_o any_o man_n heart_n be_v so_o profane_a and_o irreligious_a as_o not_o to_o acknowledge_v thus_o much_o i_o yield_v that_o such_o a_o one_o might_n better_o spare_v his_o labour_n and_o not_o come_v into_o the_o presence_n of_o god_n at_o all_o otherwise_o i_o conclude_v still_o with_o our_o bless_a saviour_n determination_n in_o the_o like_a case_n those_o great_a thing_n we_o ought_v to_o do_v and_o not_o to_o leave_v the_o other_o undo_v *_o âŽ_o *_o finis_fw-la finis_fw-la note_v that_o our_o copy_n of_o the_o lxx_o here_o corrupt_o read_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d heb._n 9_o 4._o ad_fw-la evegrium_n matth._n 5._o 17_o 18_o philip._n 4._o 3._o hermes_n trism_n in_o asclepio_n athenag_n legat._n pro_fw-la christ_n origen_n contra_fw-la cell_n lib._n 7._o &_o 3_o euseb_n praepar_n eu._n lib._n 5._o c._n 15._o 15._o verse_n 25._o gen._n 28._o 28._o that_o be_v come_v unto_o they_o rest_v upon_o sinai_n compare_v psal_n 68_o vers_fw-la 17._o or_o 18._o 18._o de_fw-fr bello_fw-la jud._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 16._o 16._o to_o who_o some_o think_v that_o voice_n may_v be_v refer_v before_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o temple_n migremus_fw-la hinc_fw-la hinc_fw-la as_o tree_n for_o tree_n leaf_n for_o leaf_n gen._n 3._o 2_o 7_o etc._n etc._n etc._n in_o morali_fw-la according_o the_o vulgar_a latin_a have_v ingredient_n domum_fw-la dei_fw-la apud_fw-la i_o amblich_fw-ge protrept_v 21._o edit_fw-la paris_n p._n 95._o 95._o eadem_fw-la planè_fw-la judaeorum_n magistri_fw-la prohibent_fw-la a_o suis_fw-la in_o synagogis_fw-la fieri_fw-la apud_fw-la maimoniem_fw-la misnae_fw-la part._n 1._o lib._n 2._o tract_n 7._o de_fw-fr benedictionibus_fw-la &_o conseâ—r_fw-la per_fw-la preces_fw-la quae_fw-la &_o in_fw-la templo_fw-la olim_fw-la observari_fw-la solita_fw-la et_fw-fr greg._n nazian_n iâ—_n orat_fw-la fun_n pro_fw-la patre_fw-la laudat_fw-la matrem_fw-la svam_fw-la nonnam_fw-la quòd_fw-la in_o templo_fw-la dâ—ine_fw-la vocem_fw-la quadem_fw-la emitteret_fw-la nisi_fw-la de_fw-la rebus_fw-la mysticis_fw-la &_o divinis_fw-la neqâ—e_fw-la unquam_fw-la tergum_fw-la altari_fw-la obverteret_fw-la aut_fw-la sacrum_fw-la paâ—i_fw-la nentum_fw-la conspueret_fw-la de_fw-fr quibus_fw-la lâ—ctor_fw-la pro_fw-la prâ—dentia_fw-la sua_fw-la statuat_fw-la a_o &_o q_o 〈…〉_z â—sque_fw-la nobis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d conducat_fw-la epist_n 93._o 93._o seneca_n 2_o lib._n 7._o nat_n qq_fw-la c._n 30._o intramus_fw-la templa_fw-la compositi_fw-la ad_fw-la sacrificium_fw-la accessuri_fw-la vultum_fw-la submittimus_fw-la togam_fw-la adducimus_fw-la in_fw-la omne_fw-la argumentum_fw-la modestiae_fw-la fingimur_fw-la 1_o sam._n 15._o exod._n 3._o 18._o &_o 5._o 1_o 3_o 8._o exod._n 8._o 27._o matth._n 23._o 23._o &_o luke_n 11._o 42._o
foot_n etc._n etc._n and_o for_o the_o mahometan_n what_o they_o do_v in_o their_o mosque_n bartholomew_n georgivez_n who_o be_v a_o long_a time_n a_o captive_a among_o they_o can_v best_o inform_v we_o in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr ritu_fw-la &_o ceremoniis_fw-la turcarum_fw-la quicunque_fw-la say_v he_o veniunt_fw-la ad_fw-la orationem_fw-la debent_fw-la abluere_fw-la manus_fw-la pedes_fw-la etc._n etc._n postremò_fw-la ter_z spargunt_fw-la aquam_fw-la super_fw-la capita_fw-la recitando_fw-la haec_fw-la verba_fw-la elhemdv_n lillani_n i_o gloria_fw-la deo_fw-la meo_fw-la deinde_fw-la exutis_fw-la calceamentis_fw-la patsmagh_n dictis_fw-la iÃsque_fw-la ante_fw-la januam_fw-la templi_fw-la relictis_fw-la introeunt_fw-la alii_fw-la nudis_fw-la pedibus_fw-la alii_fw-la habentes_fw-la munda_fw-la calceamenta_fw-la mesth_n dicta_fw-la i_o such_o as_o come_v to_o pray_v their_o duty_n be_v first_o to_o wash_v their_o hand_n foot_n etc._n etc._n at_o last_o they_o sprinkle_v water_n over_o their_o head_n thrice_o repeat_v these_o word_n elhemdv_n lillani_n that_o be_v glory_n be_v to_o my_o god_n then_o put_v off_o their_o shoe_n call_v patsmagh_n and_o leave_v they_o before_o the_o door_n of_o the_o temple_n they_o enter_v some_o barefooted_a other_o have_v a_o clean_a kind_n of_o sandall_n which_o they_o call_v mesth_n namely_o as_o the_o custom_n be_v with_o we_o when_o we_o pull_v off_o our_o hat_n to_o wear_v a_o cap._n last_o that_o we_o may_v not_o want_v a_o instance_n among_o christian_n zaga_n zabo_n a_o aethiopian_a bishop_n send_v ambassador_n from_o david_n king_n of_o the_o abyssine_n to_o john_n the_o 3._o king_n of_o portugal_n above_o a_o hundred_o year_n since_o in_o his_o description_n of_o the_o religion_n and_o rite_n of_o the_o abyssine_n christian_n thus_o inform_v we_o prohibitum_fw-la est_fw-la apud_fw-la nos_fw-la say_v he_o ne_fw-la aut_fw-la gentes_fw-la aut_fw-la cane_n aut_fw-la alia_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la animalia_fw-la in_fw-la templa_fw-la 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pedes_fw-la tui_fw-la premunt_fw-la sancta_fw-la est_fw-la i_o it_o be_v prohibit_v among_o we_o that_o either_o pagan_n or_o dog_n or_o any_o other_o beast_n shall_v come_v into_o our_o church_n moreover_o it_o be_v not_o permit_v to_o we_o to_o go_v into_o the_o church_n but_o bear_v foot_v nor_o be_v it_o lawful_a for_o we_o in_o the_o church_n conducat_fw-la to_o laugh_v or_o to_o walk_v up_o and_o down_o or_o to_o speak_v of_o secular_a matter_n no_o not_o to_o spit_v hawk_n or_o hem_n in_o the_o church_n because_o the_o church_n of_o aethiopia_n be_v not_o like_a unto_o that_o land_n where_o moses_n ready_a to_o depart_v out_o of_o egypt_n eat_v the_o paschal_n lamb_n where_o because_o of_o the_o pollution_n of_o the_o country_n god_n command_v they_o to_o eat_v it_o with_o their_o shoe_n on_o their_o foot_n and_o their_o loin_n gird_v but_o they_o be_v like_a unto_o mount_n sinai_n where_o god_n speak_v unto_o moses_n say_v put_v off_o thy_o shoe_n from_o thy_o foot_n for_o the_o ground_n whereon_o thy_o foot_n tread_v be_v holy_a thus_o zaga_n zabo_n of_o the_o abyssine_n christian_n whereof_o he_o be_v a_o bishop_n and_o till_o the_o contrary_n be_v show_v i_o i_o be_o prone_a to_o believe_v that_o some_o other_o christian_n of_o the_o jacobite_n sect_n may_v have_v the_o like_a custom_n as_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o in_o most_o of_o their_o rite_n they_o agree_v with_o they_o now_o the_o religious_a guise_n of_o the_o jew_n and_o other_o nation_n of_o the_o orient_a have_v ancient_o be_v and_o still_o be_v such_o as_o you_o have_v hear_v when_o they_o enter_v into_o their_o temple_n or_o remain_v in_o they_o the_o word_n of_o my_o text_n look_v to_o thy_o foot_n or_o foot_n be_v take_v for_o a_o expression_n borrow_v from_o and_o allude_v thereto_o will_v have_v the_o same_o sense_n as_o if_o we_o inflect_v they_o to_o our_o manner_n shall_v say_v look_v unto_o thy_o head_n i_o have_v a_o care_v thy_o head_n be_v fit_v as_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v 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with_o we_o not_o as_o if_o solomon_n or_o the_o holy_a ghost_n in_o this_o admonition_n intend_v the_o outward_a ceremony_n only_o and_o no_o more_o that_o be_v ridiculous_a to_o imagine_v but_o the_o whole_a act_n of_o sacred_a reverence_n commence_v in_o the_o heart_n and_o affection_n whereof_o this_o be_v the_o accustom_a and_o lead_a gesture_n to_o wit_n the_o very_a same_o and_o all_o that_o which_o the_o lord_n command_v in_o that_o original_a law_n levit._n 19_o 30._o sanctuarium_fw-la meum_fw-la reveremini_fw-la reverence_n my_o sanctuary_n which_o jonathan_n targum_fw-la explain_v you_o shall_v go_v to_o the_o house_n of_o my_o sanctuary_n with_o reverence_n solomon_n parallele_v here_o with_o look_v to_o thy_o foot_n when_o thou_o go_v to_o the_o house_n of_o god_n for_o so_o be_v the_o manner_n of_o scripture_n almost_o everywhere_o under_o the_o name_n of_o the_o gesture_n only_o to_o understand_v and_o imply_v the_o whole_a duty_n of_o veneration_n which_o such_o 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presuppose_v a_o work_n it_o be_v meet_v and_o right_a therefore_o we_o shall_v worship_v and_o glorify_v god_n here_o in_o this_o