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A66890 Anti-boreale an answer to that seditious and lewd piece of poetry upon Master Calamy's late confinement, supposed his who wrote Iter boreale. Womock, Laurence, 1612-1685. 1662 (1662) Wing W3334; ESTC R31824 84,472 126

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holiness to the Lord. But there must be holiness not upon Aarons Bells only in the purity of his Doctrine but the inscription upon his forehead must be so too Holiness to the Lord Psal 132.9 let the Priests be clothed with righteousness he must be white and pure in his conversation as well as in his vesture And 2. Because Sancta sanctè holy things must be performed after a holy manner therefore a special sanctification is requisite unto the address if a beast should rush in to the holy Mount Heb. 12.10 he should be transfixed with some dart or other for it hereupon the Psalmist I will wash my hands in innocency Psal 26.6 and so will I compass thy Altar O Lord. And now for Directions to the people All the mysteries of the Ark are comprehended and unfolded in the Festivals of the Church and such as do constantly frequent them can be ignorant of nothing that is necessary to their Salvation But your address must be duly qualified that it may find a gracious acceptation You must approach with Humility with Alacrity with Unanimity with Uniformity These four will make your approach welcome to the Ark or Ordinances of God 1. It must be with Humility and Reverence There are some that bear no more reverence to the Ark of Gods worship then if it were but an Ark of Bull-rushes But holinesse becometh thy house for ever saith the Prophet Ye shall observe my Sabbaths and reverence my Sanctuary I am the Lord Lev. 19.31 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the Saints and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him Psal 89.7 Psal 89.7 and Psal 68. O God thou art terrible out of thy holy places Psal 68. ult c. therefore serve the Lord with fear and rejoyce before him with trembling Psal 2. We will go into his Tabernacles we will worship at his footstool Psal 132.7 Psal 132.7 and Psal 99.5 Exalt ye the Lord our God and worship at his footstool And as that expression had reference to the Ark then * See Josh 7.6 so hath it to the holy Sacrament now as we are taught by St Ambrose a Dè Spir. Sancto l. 3. c. 12. and St Austin Per scabellum terra intelligitur per terram autem caro Christi quam hodie quoque in mysteriis adoramus By footstool we are to understand the earth and by the earth the flesh of Christ which at this very day we adore in the sacred mysteries And St Austin b In Psal 98. to the same purpose Quaero quid sit scabellum pedum ej us dicit mihi Scriptura terra scabellum pedum meorum Not to do it at his name nay at the holy Mysteries c. Bishop Andr. Serm. 9. of the Resur Fluctuans converto me ad Christum quiaipsum quaerohic invenio quomodo sine impietate adoretur terra sine impietate adoretur scabellum pedum ejus Suscepit enim de terra terram quia caro de terra est de carne Mariae carnem accepit Et quia in ipsa carne hic ambulavit ipsam carnem nobis manducandam ad salutem dedit NEMO AUTEM ILLAM CARNEM MANDUC AT NISI PRIUS ADORAVERIT inventum est quemadmodum adoretur tale scabellum pedum Domini non solum NON PECCEMUS ADORANDO sed PECCEMUS NON ADORANDO I demand what is his footstool and God in the holy Scripture tell me the earth is my footstool But being in some fluctuation and doubtfulness I turn me unto Christ for him I am to seek here and in him I find how the earth may be adored without any impiety how without any impiety I may adore his footstool For he took earth from the earth for flesh is of the earth and of the flesh of the blessed Virgin Mary the took flesh And because in that flesh he conversed here amongst us and gave that flesh to us to eat for our salvation AND NO MAN EATETH THAT FLESH UNLESSE HE HATH FIRST ADORED We have here found how such a footstool of the Lord may be adored and we should not only NOT SIN IN A DORING but WE SHOULD SIN certainly IN NOT ADORING Thus St Augustine And above all others the Apostle expecteth that this service should be worthily perfomed 1 Cor. 11. otherwise sad effects did many times follow for whosoever shall eat this bread and drink this cup of the Lord unworthily shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord Ver. 27. He eateth and drinketh damnation to himself not discerning the Lords body Ver. 29. and for this cause saith the Apostle many are weak and sickly among you and many sleep that is they are struck dead Ver. 30. It is considerable in the Bethshemites they took notice that the Ark of God had been in Captivity amongst the uncircumcised Philistines that they had set it up in the house of Dagon and had committed it to the conduct of Oxen upon a new Cart and this homely usage of it gave them incouragement never considering the judgments that had been inflicted upon those Philistines to be Familiar with it and to gaze upon it without any reverence at all 1 Sam. 6. as if it had been alienated from Gods care and service and was become an ordinary common thing But God does dreadfully vindicate this their prophanation he strikes more than 50000 of them dead upon the place that the sharpnesse of his severity might recover that respect and veneration to the Ark which he saw was not like to be paid to it otherwise Men have made themselves very familiar with Almighty God in these late times and his dreadful Ordinances having been held in a kind of Captivity and sullied by the reproaches of ignorant and prophane persons they have been looked upon as sleight and common things but be not deceived God is not mocked neither will he always suffer himself to be affronted in his sacred Assemblies and holy Institutions if you have not ingenuity enough to render all due reverence to Gods Ark if the arguments of Reason and Religion cannot prevail with you to this effect if severity must be used to procure this from you which concerns your own eternal good no less then Gods glory believe me in the end when all must stoop you will find that severity very sharp and costly too Rom. 14.10 11. therefore approach the Ark of God with Humility and Reverence 2. You must approach it with Alacrity and Chearfulness It is admirable in devout souls to consider how passionately affected they are with Gods solemn worship and the place where it is performed When they are sequestrated from it they breathe out their devotions in fits of longing If I forget thee O Jerusalem if I do not remember thee let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy Psal 137.5 6 7. How