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A61592 Reformation of manners, the true way of honouring God with the necessity of putting the laws in execution against vice and profaneness : in a sermon preach'd at White-hall / by ... Edward Stillingfleet ... Stillingfleet, Edward, 1635-1699. 1700 (1700) Wing S5628; ESTC R14333 14,491 18

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Reformation of Manners the true way of Honouring God With the necessity of putting the Laws in Execution against Vice and Profaneness IN A SERMON Preach'd at WHITE-HALL 1 Samuel 2.30 For them that honour me I will honour and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed By the late Right Reverend Father in GOD EDWARD STILLINGFLEET Lord Bishop of Worcester And Published by their MAJESTIES Special Command LONDON Printed and Sold by H. Hills in Black-fryars near the Water-side For the Benefit of the Poor 1 Samuel 2.30 For them that honour me I will honour and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed THese Words were spoken by a Prophet of the Lord to Eli at that time the High-Priest and Judge over Israel upon Occasion of the Wickedness of his Sons and the dishonour brought upon Religion thereby which was so great that it is said they made the People abhor the Offering of the Lord. v. 17. But that we may the better comprehend their Scope and Design there are some remarkable particulars to be considered with respect to the Circumstances that attend them 1 That their Sins were of a high and scandalous Nature being an open Affront both to the Ceremonial and moral Law The Offering of the Lord was that which himself had appointed in the Law of Moses wherein it was expresly required that the Fat of the Sacrifices of Peace-Offerings must be burnt upon the Alter Lev. 7.31 and after that the Joints were to be divided and the Priest was to have his share and the People that offer'd them the rest v. 33 34. But these Sons of Eli thought themselves to great to be tied up to such a strict observance of the Niceties of the Law and therefore they sent their Servants to demand what they pleased without any Regard to that Order which the Laws appointed v. 13 14 15 16. It is possible they might think although such lewd and profane Persons are not much given to thinking that the matter was not great how or in what manner they took the share which belong'd to them but God who best knew what was pleasing to himself saith The Sin of the young Men was very great before the Lord. v. 17. For God will and ought to be served in this own Way and they who thought to be Wiser than his Laws smarted for their Folly Thus Nadab and Abihu Lev. 10.1 two brisk young men had a mind to try the Experiment of offering strange Fire before the Lord Lev. 1.7 ch 6. v. 12. ch 16. v. 12. not taking it from the Alter as God had appointed And what came of this Presumptuous violation of God's Law They were immediately consumed by a strange Fire themselves for it is said A Fire went out from the Lord and devoured them and they died before the Lord i. e. ch 10. v. 2. they were struck dead with Lightning upon the Place and their dead Bodies were carried forth from before the Sanctuary out of the Camp v. 4. that all the People might observe the Truth of what Moses said to Aaron on this Occasion This is that the Lord spake saying I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me and before all the People I will be glorified v. 3. It is true God did not punish Hophni and Phineas in the same manner who added great Lewdness and Immorality to their other faults v. 22. but he severely threatens the whole House of Eli for their Sins and as a sign of the rest he declares that these profligate Wretches should both be taken of the same Day v. 34. Which was accordingly accomplished with dreadful Circumstances For the Ark of God was taken ch 4. v. 11. at the same time 2. That the House of Eli was advanced to that Dignity which it then enjoy'd by an extraordinary Method of Providence For when Nadab and Abihu the Sons of Aaron were destroy'd their remained Eleazer and Ithamar Lev. 10.6 1 Chr. 24.2 Num. 3.4 for the other died Childless from them descended two Branches of Aaron's Family Eleazer was of the Elder House but Eli who descended from Ithamar was in possession of the High Priesthood by God's Approbation And when Abiathar in Solomon's time was put by the High Priesthood it is said that he descended from Ithamar 1 Chr. 14.25 and was of the House of Eli and he was therefore thrust out that God might fulfil his Word which he spake concerning the House of Eli in Shiloh 1 Kings 24.27 By which we find that God had raised up the House of Eli after an extraordinary manner and no doubt according to the Wise Methods of Divine Providence for an Extraordinary End and we find no ill Character fixed upon Eli himself although he had judged Israel forty years 1 Sam. 4.18 but there were those about him and very near him who were loose prosane and dissolute Persons and although those who are most concerned do commonly hear the last of the Miscarriages of those related to them yet the Cry was so great that it came to his Ears and he took notice of it and reproved them for it And he said to them why do ye such things c. ch 2. v. 22.23 24 25. The good old Man seems to be heartily concerned and troubled for his Sons Follies but this did not answer God's End for the Reason He gives of the Heavy Judgments denounced against his Family was because his Sons made themselves vile and he restrained them not ch 3. v. 13. God expects something more than meer Words or bare Reproofs where his Honour and that of Religion are so much concerned But when Profaneness Looseness and Irreligion crept in among them and grew too hard for the Government God threatens to do such a thing in Israel at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle ch 3. v. 11. I need go no farther 3. That although God was justly provoked by the Sins of the House of Eli yet there was a concurrence of the People Sins in bringing down such severe and astonishing Judgments There was no great loss in Hophni and Phinehas unless they had been better but it was a terrible Judgment to have the Ark of God taken and carried Captive and thereby their whole Religion exposed to scorn and contempt among their Nieghbours who hated them for the sake of their Religion For when the Idolatrous Nations about them had corrupted themselves and the Worship of God He was pleased by the Ministry of Moses to set up a Form of Worship among the People of Israel according to his own Will This gave great dissatisfaction to all their Neighbours and encreased their Spight and Malice against them which they were ready to shew on all Occasions but never more than when the Ark of God was taken Captive and carried about in Triumph among them for this was the Symbol of God's particular Presence among the People of Israel The Tabarnacle with all its Rich and admirable Furniture was as his