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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66891	Aron-bimnucha, or, An antidote to cure the Calamites of their trembling for fear of the Ark to which is added Mr. Crofton's creed touching church-communion : with a brief answer to the position (pretended to be) taken out of his pocket and added to the end of a scandalous and schismatical pamphlet, entituled Jerubbaal justified.	Womock, Laurence, 1612-1685.	1663 (1663)	Wing W3335; ESTC R38319	81,961	126

these alone were enough to make it so Origen weighing that verse of the Psalmist See Magal in Josh c. 6. § 1. Aunnot 3. Blessed are the people that know the joyful sound Psal 89.15 He quaeres what it is that renders a people blessed He saith not blessed are the people that do righteousness or blessed are the people that understand mysteries or are able to give an account of the heaven of the earth and of the stars but he saith blessed are the people that know the sound the jubilation In other places the fear of the Lord maketh blessed but it maketh but one man blessed for so it is said Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord. Else where we find also that more are blessed as blessed are the poor in spirit blessed are the meek blessed are the peace-makers blessed are the pure in heart But here in the Psalmist the blessedness is profuse and I know not what so great cause of blessedness is intimated that it should make the whole people blessed that hears the Jubilation Unde mihi jubilatio videtur indicare quendam concordiae unanimitatis affectum whereupon it seems to me that this Jubilation doth import an affection of concord and unanimity which if it clasps the hearts and hands of two or three Disciples together in Prayer it makes them so prevalent offering up their devotions in the name of Christ that the heavenly Father grants all they pray for And if it be so great a blessedness that a whole people are unanimous that they all speak the same thing being joyn'd together in the same mind and in the same judgment the united devotions of such a people may be as prevalent as theirs were in the Acts of the Apostles They were of one heart and of one soul Acts 2.1 Chap. 4.31 32. they were with one accord in one place and there was a great earth-quake where they prayed in unanimity and the place being shaken the holy Ghost descended The joynt devotions of an unanimous faithful people might be thus effectual terrae-motu facto destruentur cadent omnia quae terrena sunt ac mundus ipse subvertetur saith Origen such an Earth-quake might ensue as should remove those Mountains of earth that oppose in our way to heaven and level the world under our feet and bring down the Comforter to inlighten and assist us Let us therefore approach the Ark of God with unanimity and this will make us inclinable to the last part of our duty in our demeanor towards the Ark. 4. To approach it with uniformity for our unanimity is to terminate and center there in uniformity Hence the Apostle is so pathetical 1 Cor. 1.10 Now I beseech you brethren by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ that ye all speak the same thing and that there be no divisions or Schisms among you but that ye be perfectly joyned together in the same mind and in the same judgment And why so why that ye may with one mind and one mouth glorifie God even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ Rom. 15.6 That promise of God I will give them one heart and one way Jer. 32.39 Ezek. 11.19 that they may fear me for ever hath reference certainly to the Christian Church But this is such a promise as implies our co-operation for the accomplishment of it I demand then whether God ●ath perform'd his Engagement to the Christian Church whether he hath done his part in giving his people one way if not then we are to expect some new Revelations for the discovery of that way for how shall it be set open to us otherwise But this is not only contradicted by the Apostle but sentenced too with the dreadful commination of an Anathema for thus he saith though we or an Angel from heaven Gal. 1.8 9. preach any other Gospel unto you th●n that which we have preached unto you let him be accursed And for the greater verification of this truth he doubles his asseveration as we said before so say I now again if any man preach any other Gospel unto you th●n that ye have received let him be accursed I am the way saith our Saviour and the truth too and that can be but one we have the mind of Christ 1 Cor. 2.16 saith the Apostle and no man can no man dare deny that to be the one way that God hath promised and this is set open to the world Acts 16.17 by the Ministry of the Apostles and Evangelists These men are the servants of the most high God which shew unto us the way of salvation And if you ask me why some men refuse to walk in this way I must refer you to some of their stubborn fellow travellers for answer Thus saith the Lord Stand ye in the ways and see and ask for the old paths where is the good way and walk therein and ye shall find rest for your souls but they said we will not walk therein Jer. 6.16 And why not why here lies the quarrel God hath appointed certain Guides to direct us and point out the way to us and we are offended at this we make our Guides our stumbling-blocks God hath also given a general Order to these Guides to set up some shades for our better accommodation and to hang up some lights for our more safe and regular walking in this way leaving it to their care and prudence what these shades shall be made of and where these lights shall be set up and here having an over-weening conceit of our own worth and wanting that due reverence for our Guides and Governours which we ought to have we fall out in and about the way too pride and prejudice Envy and Animosity strike in and make us NON-CONFORMISTS The Apostle foresaw this or rather had a present intuition of it in some Churches of his own planting and therefore when he injoyns this accord and uniformity for securing this duty he prescribes also these Caveats Let nothing be done through strif Phil. 2.2 3. or vain-glory but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better th●n themselves And the same charge he gives to the Ephesians Ephes 4.1 2 3. I therefore the prisoner of the Lord beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called with all lowliness and meekness with long suffering forbearing one another in love and by keeping this temper especially towards our Guides endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace Uniformity is this bond of the Churches peace and 't is that that makes her terrible as an Army with Banners which attribute no society of men can boast of Cant. 6.10 but where they all keep the same posture and observe the same motions and obey the same word of command under their respective Officers In obedience therefore to the Apostles command as well as for the honour and advantage of Gods Church Let us as many as be

must be prefer'd before our own his glory before our salvation and because God heareth not sinners the atonement should be made first to reconcile our persons that our services of gratitude may find a gracious acceptation Hence the Psalmist Psal 51.7 9 14 19. Purge me with hyssop and I shall be clean hide thy face from my sins and blot out all mine iniquities Deliver me from blood-guiltiness and then * Cum ego perfecte ●eparatus justificatus fuero Bellar. in Psal 50. when my atonement is thus made then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of right cousness And if they be offer'd up in the memory and virtue of Christ that great Holocaust through him God will accept both of us and of our offerings which are no otherwise acceptable unto eternal life but only through Jesus Christ our Lord. And the Royal Prophet could not chuse but remember him in this solemnity for as well the Ark as the sacrifice was a Type of him and so they brought the Ark of God into the City of David and set it in his place in the tent which David had pitched for it and they offered burnt sacrifices and peace-offerings before God Would you know Davids inducements to perform all this service for the Ark they were four his need of it his love to it his interest in it and his advantage by it 1. His need of it and that we find him the more sensible of in his exile from it as men for the most part do Magis carendo quàm fruendo they understand the usefulness of things better by the want of them then by their enjoyment here was his Abyssus Abyssum Psal 42.7 one deep calling upon another for he was brought very low many times brought into inextricable perplexities why art thou cast down Psal 43.7 O my soul and why art thou so disquieted within me He was in the ●●●k and wanted comfort and nothing but the Ark of God could relieve and afford him Cordials O send out thy light and thy truth let them lead me Ibid. Vers 3. and lest my heaviness and stupidity should tempt me to make a halt let them bring me unto thy holy hill and to thy Tabernacles And in another place his need makes him more impetuous in his acclamations O God thou art my God early will I seek thee my soul thirsteth for thee my flesh longeth for thee would you know how importunate how violent these passionate appetites are you must first be sick you must be with child when you are sick of love when Christ is formed in you then you w●ll understand the nature of that sacred thirst that spiritual longing for it is only to be felt not fully to be interpreted Psal 63.1 But what is the reason his extream needs the aridity the driness and desolation of his soul it was in a dry and thirsty land where no water was But where the Ark is there God is and with thee is the well of life this therefore is the object of all my thirst and longing to see thy power and glory so as I have seen thee in the Sanctuary Ibid. Vers 2. 2. A second motive was his love to the Ark Psal 26.8 Lord I have loved the habitation of thy house and the place where thine honour dwelleth But more passionately Psal 84.1 2. Psal 84.1 2. How amiable are thy Tabernables O Lord of Hosts my soul longeth yea even fainteth for the Courts of the Lord my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God He hath in his soul the passions of a woman with child he longs and because be cannot have his longing presently there follows a Deliquium a defailance in his spirits his ●oul fainteth and as longers use to do many times he falls in travel and his pangs and throws are so great that his heart and flesh both cry out for the living God and nothing can keep him from miscarrying from losing the fruit of this travel of his soul but a sight of Gods Ark such a favour as this would allay and becalm and satisfie all these passions Vers 4. Blessed are they that dwell in thy house they will be still praising thee One day in thy Courts Vers 10. and door-keeper there is high preferment in the estimation of a pious Prince that hath a true devotion to the Ark of God 3. A third inducement was his interest in the Ark and this interest depending upon his interest in God Psal 43. Vers 3 4. they run as it were parallel hence Psal 43. O send out thy light c as before Then will I go unto the Altar of God unto God my exceeding joy and the God of my strength * Vers 2. yea upon the Harp will I praise thee O God my God He will bear a part in the solemn service before Gods Ark and the interest he has in it makes his banishment the more intolerable when I remember these things I pour out my soul in me grief and sorrow h●ving dissolved it for I had gone with the multitude I went with them to the house of God Psal 42.4 4. The fourth and last inducement was the advantage he had by the Ark and that was double I. Protection Psal 27 4 5. One thing have I desired of the Lord that I may dwell in the house of the Lord to behold the beauty of the Lord and to inquire into his Counsel for my safety For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavillion c. see Psal 31.20 2. Here he finds satisfaction here is a Julip will slack his thirst inebriabuntur they shall be inebriated abundantly satisfied with the pleasures of thy house c. upon this account such as do approach Gods Ark are blessed Psal 65.4 And now having given you these inducements of his devotion I have done with my Text. But I cannot enter upon my Application without a Preface and what Preface so suitable as a reflexion upon those signal impresses of Gods favour stamp'd upon us immediately before the late fatal revolution whereby we may take a prospect of our own happiness in the prosperity and flourishing condition of our Church and Nation we were like that Vine of Israel which God sometimes brought out of Egypt we were planted in a Land flowing with milk and honey and were twined about the walls of Gods house for our support and shelter Those Clouds and Umbrages that did eclipse and darken the glory of the Gospel in other parts of the World were dispel'd and scattered amongst us The face of the Sky over our heads was serene and calm and the countenance of Heaven did smile upon us Our Candlestick was scoured bright and instead of nasty stinking snuffs or filthy meteors exhaled from the slime of the earth we had stars of the first magnitude for their Piety and Learning set upon them So that this people which had sate in darkness saw