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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77496	Church reformation, tenderly handled in fovre sermons, preached at the weekly lecture in the parish church of Great Yarmouth. / By John Brinsley.	Brinsley, John, 1600-1665.	1643 (1643)	Wing B4711; Thomason E55_7; ESTC R14020	53,339	78

what they want and would have as that in the meane time they sleight if not forget what ever they already have as little or nothing worth this may nay it cannot but provoke the God of Heaven against them and it may be for their sakes against the Nation causing him to with-hold from it that good which otherwise he intended towards it Herein let me use a ministeriall {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} an awefull ●oldnesse Give me leave to discharge my thoughts freely My feares are I wish they may prove Pannick and groundlesse feares that this one sinne of unthankefullnesse the commonnesse whereof I feare begins to take away the sense of it in ●leighting undervaluing if not over-looking and forgetting the spirituall mercies which we have will doe more in putting from us then all our Prayers can in pulling to us the mercies which we would have What ●s all that God hath hitherto done for us nothing or as good as nothing That he hath brought his Church amongst us as a Vine out of Aegypt give me leave to goe along with the Psalmist running descant upon his words Psal. 80. enterlacing there with some passages of the Prophet Isaies Isa. 5. A vine out of Aegypt that Romish Aegypt Casting out the Heathen those Romish Idolaters and planting it I planting it in a very fruitfull Hill a place plentifull and abundant That he hath made roome for it inclining and inlarging the hearts of Princes and People to the receiving and imbracing of the Gospell causing it to take root to be established by a law in so much as it filled the land and the hils were covered with the shadow thereof it became a Nationall Church making the boughes thereof like the Cedars of God the goodly Cedars the Members thereof many of them Saints and that glorious ones in their personall walkings Thus planting it that hee should fence it making a hedge a wall about it fencing it by his owne gracious providence and protection Not suffering the wilde Boare out of the wood to waste it nor the wilde beast of the field to devoure it enemies fierce and potent to prevaile against it though often assailing it Thus planting thus fencing it that he should build a Tower and a wine-presse in it furnish it with all necessaries for the Churches subsistence and his peoples salvation What is all this nothing or as good as nothing and all because there are as yet some stones in this Vineyard left ungathered out or because there wants a Pruning-knife for the pruning and taking off of superfluous Branches or some other Instruments or Implements of like nature commodious and usefull for the Culture and dressing of this noble Vine What hath God not onely layed the foundation of his House amongst us but raised up the walles thereof to such a conspicuous and envied height And not only so but furnished it with such store of necessary Temple-furniture placing his Arke amongst us which alone maketh a Temple where ever it resteth as the Kings personall residence doth the Court giving to us those {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} as S. Stephen calleth them those living lively Oracles of his Law and Gospell Speaking to us so plainly so familiarly so powerfully as never to any Church any Nation under Heaven more In so much as we may herein say as Moses once of his Israel What Nation is there or hath there beene to which God hath come so nigh as he hath done to us He hath placed his Arke amongst us the Glory of a Church the glory of a Nation To whom pertained the glory saith Paul speaking of the Arke Besides this he hath furnished this House of his with those necessary pieces an Altar a Laver a Table an Altar for Sacrifice a Laver for Washing a Table for Shew-bread not unaptly representing to us those great Ordinances of God Prayer and the Sacraments Prayer offered up upon that Golden Altar in and onely in the Name and mediation of Jesus Christ Sacraments Baptisme that {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} as S. Paul calleth it the Laver of Regeneration The Lords Supper sh●wing and setting forth unto us that true Shew-bread that Bread which came downe from Heaven the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ All these we have and I think it will be acknowledged at all hands that we have them for substance rightly dispenced and administred And is all this nothing ●or as good as nothing and all for want of some other usefull utensiles Suppose a Beesome a Shovel a paire of Snuffers Temple furniture too A Beesome to sweepe the Floore a Shovel to cast out the Dust or Ashes Snuffers to toppe the Lights to make them burne the cleare● all excellently shadowing out that usefull Ordinance of Christ the Censures of the Church rightly dispensed And what for want of these all nothing What hath Jesus Christ brought his Fanne into this Floore purging out so much Chaffe and Dr●sse of Antichristian Idolatry and Superstition wherewith the face thereof was so wholly overspread and covered fanning and dressing up so much Corne here giving such liberty and efficacy to the Fa●●e of his Word amongst us and is all this nothing or as good as nothing and that because of some remainders of Chaffe in this Floore or for want of a Wing to back and second the Fanne Oh my Bretheren what unparalleld ingratitude is this How should it be but that such unthankfullnesse should even cause repentings in Heaven moove God to repent if not of what he hath done yet of what he may have intended to doe Surely so would it worke with us to see all our former kindnesses sleigh●ed and forgotten as nothing wo●●h and all because they are not seconded with a continued succession of new favours Would it not make us at the least stay our hands for the future Let our own hearts herein tell us what we may expect and looke for from that God who is in this kind every day so highly provoked Which that we may prevent withall procuring further Grace and Favour from him towards this endeared Church of his for the perfecting of the great and good worke which he hath begun in it and the completing of it with what ever Ordinance or Ornament it yet wanteth learne we to set a higher price upon what already we have Learne we to cry Grace Grace to every stone in this Building Not to the Top-stone onely As it is said of Zerubbabel Zach. 4. He shall bring forth the Top-stone o● Head-stone thereof with shoutings crying Grace Grace unto it Thus happily many amongst us would be ready to doe could they see the Head-stone the Top-stone brought forth the Finiall of the House the Pin cl● of the Temple set up the worke of Reformation perfected this they would entertaine with joyous Acclamations and shoutings crying Grace Grace to it But in the meane time as for that