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life_n	aaron_n	ark_n	pot_n	50	3	9.5319	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10038	The godly mans inquisition lately deliuered in two sermons before the right honourable Henry, Lord Montague, late lord high treasurer, priuie counsellor, &c. other gentlemen of worship, at Kimolton on their annuall feast day. By R. Preston, Preacher of Gods word.	Preston, Richard, d. ca. 1624.	1622 (1622)	STC 20285; ESTC S111971	37,702	74

be in the familie Christian Discipline that if any member thereof should happen to be out of order by correction admonition reprehension or at worst excommunication it may be brought to reformation By these meanes the priuate house shall be made Gods house wherein he may be soone sought and our selues sweetly solaced But alas Vse how carelesse are the most in this case Mens Cottages are Sathans Courts and great mens places his Pallaces How is God sought at home when almost euery member in the house is a rough and vnhewed stone not grauen after the similitude of a Princely building Is not sin so rife that it runnes through the silent and secret Chambers and like leprosie defiles the foundation yea the whole building How is thy house Gods temple when the Idoll of prophanenesse disorder vngodlinesse c. worse then Aarons molten Calfe is erected How doest thou flatter thy selfe with a conceit of Gods presence in thy whole familie when thou mockest him Thou seemest humble at the Church but art disdainful scornefull hatefull arrogant and proud at home thou seemest to be louing kind and friendly at the Church but art full of malice bitter words frowning lookes and vnkind carriages at home Thou seemest in the publique house of God to yeeld obedience to wholesome Doctrine Heb. 10. but at home as the Iewes did deale with the bloud of Christ thou tramplest it vnder thy feete How doest thou enquire for God in thy familie when thou giuest a welcome entertainment to Atheist Papist Iew Pagan miser swearer oppressor and others of the same ranke and station alike How canst thou expect Gods presence on thy right hand any where if thou sufferest thy house to be as a cage of vncleane birds and neither pullest their feathers nor sweepst out their filth Oh I beseech you marke my words The outward magnificence and sumptuousnesse of building the pleasantnesse of scituation the costly hangings on the walls the rich furniture of houshold stuffe the goodly shew of tall and proper personable men are nothing nay outward ciuill order is nothing vnlesse all godly means with a godly mind be practised as well in the priuate familie as in Gods publique house Labour therefore to make your house by the industrious and honest exercises of reading praying catechizing examining singing of Psalmes of entertaining maintaining retaining godly seruants of punishing admonishing reprouing or excommunicating vngodly and sinfull people like Gods house then shall you haue cause of ioy and matter offered sufficient of Gods presence Thirdly A sanctified soule The third house where God is to be sought is the soule of a man That is the temple of the liuing God 2 Cor. 6.16 and he hath said that he will dwell there and walke there And often haue his sonnes and faithfull seruants reioyced that they might be in the least sort found worthie that God would come thither They sought him in their hearts and found him no where else or sooner then there But how shall I make my heart Gods Temple Quest First Ans As in the Temple God was daily worshipped there were daily sacrifices offered the Scriptures read and expounded and prayers preferred vnto God from his people So must thou get a proportion in all these if thy heart be Gods temple First thou must priuately yea secretly apart daily worship adore him in thy soule with personall worship concerning such thoughts and impressions of his vnutterable Deitie as the tongue in no wise can expresse Secondly Thou must offer the sacrifices of praise and thankes for his personall blessings and benefits call to mind how rich in his bountie he hath beene to thy soule and so expresse thy humble thankefulnesse vnto him Thirdly daily supplicate vnto him and powre out thy soule in prayer vnto his maiestie desiring the remission of sinnes past preuention of sinnes to come sorrow and humiliation for sinnes present begge graces fit for thy saluation and such strength therein as may vphold thee c. Fourthly Solely and apart euery day reade the Scriptures and other godly Treatises as occasion may giue leaue from honest labours and being read wisely discreetly vnderstandingly apply to thy vse and benefit Secondly thy Heart must be as the Arke within the Sanctuary wherein were kept the Tables of the Law written with Gods owne finger thou must endeuour in obedience to all Gods Commandements entreat God to write his law in thy heart that thou maist neuer depart from it Ier. 31.33 Thirdly thy heart as the Arke must keepe the Pot of Manna a type of Christ the foode of life close Christ within thy heart and hold him as thy life neuer to part with him for that Pot figured the Sacraments in which Christ is propounded the food of the soule Fourthly thy heart as the Arke must containe Aarons rod that had budded signifying the discipline gouernment of Christ vnto which thou must subiect thy selfe let this rod flourish in thee and stoope with reuerence and feare to this scepter By this meanes thy soule is Gods Temple where he will be found as a man in his house But alas Vse though this be so necessary a dutie to seeke the puritie of heart wherein is Gods delight yet who is it that addresseth himselfe to it Euery one is deficient in this point the cleansing of the soule is least thought of for Gods habitation And yet who is it that boastes not of such a good and honest heart that makes not his brags of such inward goodnesse as if God had dwelt there long Who is he that complaines of his want of spirituall furniture for his soule But looke to thy selfe narrowly peepe in through the windowes and thou shalt easily finde such inward crazinesse and lamenesse by corruption such halting betweene God and man such deadnesse in sinne and wickednesse such rouing thoughts fleshly desires carnall and worldly purposes naughtie intentions and such defects of graces as if thy heart had sworne against Gods presence and made an vtter deniall of his entrance Let these things be well examined and tell me if it be not more then needfull to call for helpe the spirit of sanctification to cleanse and wash all white within to purge the soule from dead workes and to make it a cleane house for God to abide in The way to finde the lost groat is to sweepe the house and to sift the dust and so labour for inward holinesse and sanctitie get thy heart ridd of deceitfulnesse and hypocrisie of sinne and iniquitie sift the corners set vp a light in it the Candle of Faith and vse a prospectiue continually into euery farre nooke of it and then get a weeding hooke to pull out Darnell and Cockle so shalt thou not be long absent from the Lord at length to thy consolation thou shalt finde him Thus we must seeke the Lord in his house the publique assemblies our owne Families and Soules ❧ The second Sermon Secondly