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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18708	Two fruitfull and godly sermons preached at Dorchester in Dorsetshyre, the one touching the building of Gods temple, the other what the temple is.	Chub, William.	1585 (1585)	STC 5212; ESTC S109852	23,458	64

of the malefactor which was the Temple ordeined for godly exercises and therfore gyueth this sentence a little before That he that shall defile the Temple of GOD Cap 3 17 him shall God destroy because wee are called not to vncleanenes but to holines not to fulfill the desires of the fleshe nor to satisfie the lusts of our carnal minde but to purge our corruptible man of them and to adorne the Temple with godly ornaments that like as the Temple of Salomon Hagge 2 and the Temple of Zerubbabell were garnished the one with godly ornaments and the other with peace so our Temples I meane our bodyes should bée decked and furnished with ornamentes méete for such an inhabitant as the holye Ghost is and the ornaments méete for this Temple of ours is fayth loue truth mercy pitty chastity knowledge wisedome and so foorth which vndoubtedly are already sent downe by God to vs to garnish this his Temple in vs if by our owne disobedience and wickednes we doo not defile them and banishe them but I am afrayd and it doth partly appeare by this present age of ours that we so gréeue the holy Ghost with worldly affections and filthy delights that wee banish bothe the holy Ghoste and also defile those noble vertues which are giuen vs as ornamēts to pollish our Temple so that both fayth truth mercy loue honesty al are gon to heauen to chalenge the celestiall roome for that the harte of man is so defiled with sin and wickednes that all the whole worlde is corrupted and ouerflowed with iniquity and the inhabitants that now do holde the hart of mā as a dwelling place which are discorde selfe-loue carnall pleasure and worldly loue haue vtterly expelled and quite banished these former noble vertues from the mind and hart of man in so much that if we behold them as they are they worke a great confusion and ouerthrow of all christian order and corrupteth euery good conuersation and are set vp as Idols in the Temple of God for if you looke into the first of these inhabitants or Idols Discord which is discorde or variance that is to say the iarring and secrete malice among housholders citties prouinces and kingdomes yea euen within themselues one detracting and slaundering an other one eating vp an other one ouerthrowing an other one taking away from an other one robbing from an other one murthering an other and one vndooing an other it is euen an hel to sée it and a lamentable matter to sée the renting a sunder of Christes poore members the putting of loue and charity to flight miserable is that estate that shall sée such an exile Sathan dooth worke so mightily by flatterers and mens eares are so ready to heare them that discorde and variance being quickly sowen maketh a speedy haruest and it is so contagious that it hath almost infected all the worlde in somuch that it is to be demaunded who is frée from a hatefull harte or from a dysdainfull and malicious stomacke and our nature is such that wee can hardly sustayne it it is a token that we are voyde of good affection for when our neighbour or brother hath offended vs or trespassed vs a small matter to the value of one grote is not our nature ready to spende twentye shyllinges or twenty nobles to be reuenged by extreame Lawe thys procéedeth not frō Iustice to be restored our wrong or from patience as the Apostle sayth to forbeare one an other for then we would looke but for a bare recompence or restitution according to the measure of the damage yea and that with patience but it appeareth that we are hatefull and malicious when we can not endure a grote damage and yet can afoorde the spending of twenty shyllings thys procéedeth altogether from the rankor of stomacke Besides all thys the manner of thys present world is to stomacke at the happy estate of others who are eyther promoted to wealth or lyfted into fauour contemning them with a malicious hart iudging themselues euery man in hys owne opynion to be as worthy of the same happines as they that haue it In this thyng they obserue their malice and looke not into the distribution of Gods purpose gyuing to whom he wyll and taking away from whom he wyll God grant that these discordes doo not admitte our aduersaries boldnesse and courage to our ouerthrowe for if it shoulde come to passe I feare mee a greate manye woulde pray vppon their stomacked neyghbours bending their enuious harts rather then theyr country quarrel The great citty of Numantia being very strong and populous was besieged of Scipid and he layde siedge vnto it a long time and neuer could ransacke it in the ende the Cittizens fell out among themselues and were at variaunce then theyr force weakened and themselues drew not together by means whereof Scipio easily tooke the Citty to theyr great spoyle and ouerthrow Salust sayth Concordia res paruae crescunt discordia magnae chlabuntur By concord small things doo encrease and through discorde Math 18. great things come to decay Our Sauiour Christ sayth Euery kingdome deuided against it selfe can not endure Wherfore as the prophet Dauid saith O howe good and ioyful a thing it is for brethren Psal 133 to dwel together in vnity for that vnity is so swéete comfortable vnto thē as the dewe that falleth vppon Hermon and as the hils haue no other comfort but the dewe of heauen for it hath no running Ryuers to comfort the grasse thereof euen so nothing dooth make a more prosperous estate among men then vnitie as it is a fit ornament for the Temple of God euen so is discorde a foule pollution and a filthy spotte in the members of men An other inhabitant or Idoll Selfe loue that is placed in the Temple of God I meane in the hart of man is selfe loue a quality or disposition altogether purposed to vnfettell good order and to vnioynt the society of man and to extoll himselfe and to throw downe others this happeneth first in those that doo insatiably scratch heape vnto themselues although they take from others to theyr vtter decay these men are vayd of pitty hard of conscience not fearing God nor forcing the Lawe if they chance to be touched with the Lawe they wil alwayes haue a shift eyther to cosen the Law or to blind the Iusticers of law or to bribe the ministers of law and whatsoeuer they doo among the common sorte of people in company pleasure solace or trauell they wyll be sure if they be dealing of nutts How yee shall know them they will reserue the kernels to their owne share These men are knowen sometimes by a fayre flatteryng face as a Scorpion sometimes by groning and making themselues sicke as Achab did sometimes by a suddaine fitte of vnusuall liberality in giuing a cuppe of drinke but then beware the Fox I haue heard it reported that the Fox will tomble and

calling it (a) Deu. 4 wisdome some a (b) Psa 119 light some the (c) Rom 1 power of God and some (d) Eph 6 a sword according to the mighty working and power thereof from the which foundation if any man flée following his owne wyll or the inuentions of men let him be perswaded that his workmanship is in vaine for his building will not stande The third and last disposition of these godly men The thyrd disposition of the godlye differed far from the purpose of the vngodly as appereth euen in the plaine words for the aduersaries sayd vnto Zerubbabell and the rest We seeke and doo sacrifice vnto the Lord your God and Zerubbabell the rest sayd Wee will builde vnto the Lorde our God in the which let vs sée euen the confession of the vngodly in that they haue not the power to name the Lord their God and againe the confession of the godly in that they hold a firme faith assurance to cal the Lord their God nowe in that they are directed the one by Ezer Haddon an Idolater and the other by Cirus a worthy and noble King it dooth appeare that the one fauoured Idolatry and the other true religion for in that Zerubbabel with the reste builded together vnto their God which they farder interpreted to bee the God of Israel they shewed a good a deuout and a godly christian profession for as indéede we ought to offer the sacrifice vnto God and put our trust in God as the prophet sayth so ought we to haue a spirituall care to vnderstand what he is Psal 4 5. whether of right all honor appertaineth vnto him which we shall easily perceiue by beholding hys maiesty his power his strength his mercy his loue his omnipotencye in creating vs and all the worlde in gouerning vs ruling all things in defending vs in redéeming vs in sanctifying vs and in calling vs and in giuing all things necessary for vs in lightning our minds with vnderstanding in refreshing our consciences with good things whereas on the other side for the iudgment of Idolatry we finde not the like vertues consolations in the workmanship of mans hands made to be honored worshipped as a god no nor in any the creaturs vnder heauē nor in heauē as the sun moone stars woods stons calfs hylls gold siluer c. Wherfore this name God being an vnspeakable name among the Iewes dooth minister vnto the godly so many powers and operations that when they shal say Our God they haue a heape of comforts and consolations in their hart which doth worke many godly knowledges and exercises and extinguishe many ignoraunt and Idolatrous opinions As for example if we shold reason this wyth our selues who hath made vs and hetherto preserued vs God who sustaineth the heauens to giue light and to powre downe dewes for the comfort of the earth God who giueth encrease on the earth for our sustenaunce God who giueth all things necessary for vs here on earth God who hath redéemed vs from the bondage of sathan God who hath prepared for vs the kingdome of heauen GOD the same God with hys mightye power worke so in the heartes of all good beléeuers that they may so learne him know him follow him in this world the in the world to come euen in the kingdome of heauen they may haue life euerlasting to the which I beséech God the father the son and holy ghost to send vs all Amen A Sermon shewing what the Temple of God is 1 Cor 6 19.20 Know ye not that your body is the Temple of the holy Ghost which is in you whom yee haue of God and ye are not your owne For ye are bought for a price Glorifie therefore God in your body and in your spirite for they are Gods THe Temple which is consecrated and dedicated to an holy vse for the learning and exercising of holy thinges for the reading of the Lawe couenant and promises of GOD and for the enriching of our selues in the true knowledge of Gods worde and the vse of the Sacraments finally for all godly vses and exercises is the same place where in all the congregation dooth méete together in a deuout minde and pure hart to call vpon God the creator and maker of all things to whom he dooth in the power of hys spirit appeare which place is therefore called the Temple or his house because of the holy exercises and godly seruices which are there doone and for those exercises sake because it is called Gods house it ought to be kept cleane and not defiled neyther ought it to be reserued for any other vse then for the exercise of holy thinges Ioh. 2.15 and for that cause our Sauiour Christ did cast out the buiers and sellers out of the Temple yet buying selling is a lawfull trade among men Howbeit because of the place it was not allowed but shaply and with expulsion reprooued by our sauiour Christ himselfe But now the Apostle speaketh not of a Temple made of stones lyme and sande in this place but of our bodyes which he calleth a Temple because of the vse and exercise which ought to be therein vsed and daily exercised which is godlines therefore it is called the Temple or tabernacle of the holy ghost wherin the holy ghost as a patron president of Gods power dwelleth And as on the one side euery manne and woman should in hys hart reade learne exercise and dayly vse godly meditations godly lawes and godly obseruations and also yéelde the Sacrifice of thanksgiuing and the offering of righteousnes and dayly strengthen the same with a féeling conscience a faithfull hart a charitable mind and an humble deuotion So on the other side hath God gyuen hys holy spirit to be resident therein as a pledge of his loue which dayly worketh in vs knowledge desire chéerefulnes ioyfulnes patience loue al heauenly riches assuring our spirits that we are the children of God to our great and endles comfort for which occasions sake we are wylled by the Apostle not to gréeue the same spirit of God by the which we are sealed vnto the day of redemption for in that hée is dwelling in vs and remayning as in an house among vs wee trouble greeue him when we prophane and abuse his tabernacle or dwelling eyther with pryde whoredome drunkennes enuy theft murther idlenes filthy talke surfeyting or like because they are not exercises agréeable for the Temple of God and then yf buying and selling which is lawfull bee prohibited the Temple in respect of the materiall Temple much more these filthy abuses ought to bee caste out of the Temple in respect that it is our bodyes being of greater price and estimation then the building of stone Herevpon the Apostle spake in this place of the abuse of filthy fornication and incestuous incontinencye that it was such a great spot as greatly defiled and polluted the whole body