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A31910	Eli trembling for fear of the ark a sermon preached at St. Mary Aldermanbury, December 28, 1662 / by Edmund Calamy ... upon the preaching of which he was committed prisoner to the gaol of Newgate, Jan. 6, 1662 ; together with the mittimus and manner of his imprisonment, annexed hereunto.	Calamy, Edmund, 1600-1666.	1662 (1662)	Wing C231; ESTC R170346	16,302	26

will say unto me What was this Ark this Ark of God Why should old Eli tremble for fear of the Ark Why I wil ●ell you This Ark was the holiest of all the holy things of God it was so holy that it made every place holy where it came Solomon brought the daughter of Pharoah out of the City of David unto the house that he had builded for h●r for h● s●d My Wife shall not dwell in the house of David King of Israel because the places are holy whereunto the Ark of the Lord had c●me 2 Chro. 8.11 This Ark was the dwelling place of God Pray observe sirs this wil make way for an excellent discourse by and by This Ark of God was the habitation of God Psal. 9● 1 The Lord sitteth between the Cherubins no● the Cherubins were placed over the Ark this Ark was th● speaking place of God it was the place where God met the people of Israel when he gave them answer concerning any doubt They came to consult with God before the Ark Exod 25.21 22. Thou sha●t put the Mercy-seat above the Ark and there I will m●et thee and commune with thee from above the Mercy seat from between the two cherubins which are upon the A●k for the testimony of all things which I wil give thee in commandment unto the childr●n of Isra●l This Ark for which old Eli was so solicitous it was God's footstool and all the people of Israel did worship at this footstool fall down before this foo●stool Psal. 99.5 Let us come and fall down and worship at his footstool h.e. before the Ark this Ack was the strength of Israel so it is called Psal. 78 61. He delivered his strength into captivity that is the Ark the Ark it was the glory of Israel and it was the strength of Israel nay l●t me add this Ark was the terror of the Enemies of God therefore when the Ark came into the battel the Philistines were afraid and said What shall become of us wo to us for God is come down into the camp 1 Sam. 4.9 For indeed this Ark was called Jehovah When the Ark was to move there was a cry Num. 35. Arise O Lord and let thine enemies be scattered In a word the Ark was a pledge and visible symbole of Gods gracious presence with his people as long as the Ark was safe they were safe as long as the Ark was with them Gods presence was with them the token of Gods presence was with them but when the Ark was taken away that was a sign that God was gone his protecting preserving comforting presence was gone and therefore no wonder this good old man was so troubled for fear left the Ark of God should be taken prisoner I call him a good old man but many learned men think old Eli was not a good man indeed his fault was great in not punishing his two sons but surely surely he was a good man and there are these two reasons to make it out that old Eli was a godly man The one is this That he took the punishment of his iniquity so patiently when young Samuel had told him what the Lord had intended against him It is of the Lord saith he let him do what seemeth him good Secondly He was a good man as appeareth in the Text his solicitousness what should become of the Ark and the trembling of his soul left the Ark of God should miscarry Now before I speak to the point of Doctrine I must further tell you that this Ark was a type of Jesus Christs for as God spake by the Ark and from the Ark so God speaks to us by Christ. And then secondly the Ark was a type of the Church of Christ for as the Ark was a preserver of the ●wo Tables of the Law so the Church of Christ is a preserver of the Scriptures Thirdly T●e Ark was a type of the Ordinances of Christ for as God did communicate himself to his people by the Ark so God by his Ordinances doth communicate his counsels his comforts and his graces unto his people The Ordinances of God are Oraculum the speaking-place of God by which he conveys himself to his people The Text now being thus expounded there are these two excellent conclusions to be learned from it First When the Ark of God is in danger to be lost the people of God have thoughtful heads and trembling hearts Secondly That a child of God is more troubled and more solicitous what shall become of the Ark than what shall become of his wife and children or his estate he lays more to heart the danger the Ark of God is in than the danger his wife children and estate is in First When the Ark of God is in danger to be lost the people of God have thoughtful heads and trembling hearts But if I may put this doctrine into a gospel dresse take the doctrine thus That when the gospel is in danger of losing when the Ministry is in danger of losing when gospel ordinances are in danger of being lost then the people of God have trembling hearts and careful and solicitous heads I do not say when the Ark is lost for that was death to old Eli he broke his neck he was so troubled when the Ark was lost it cost the life of old Eli's daughter Phineas wife when the Ark was taken prisoner she took no comfort in her child that was newly born she regarded it not they told her a man-child was born that she had a son but she regarded it not for said she The glory is gone the glory is departed from Israel Therefore I do not say when the ark of God is lost but when it is in danger of losing when the Gospel is in danger and the Ordinances of God in danger of being lost then the people of God have trembling hearts and careful heads Thus we read Exod. 33.3 God threatens he would no● go with the people of Israel I wi●● n●● go with you for you a●e a stiff-neck●d people and they were ●o troubled for the loss of Gods presence that they put off their ornamen●s When the people ●eard this evil ty●ings that they should lose the presence of God they mourned and no m●● pu● on his Orname●ts You shall read that they were without the presence of God twenty years 1 Sam. 7.2 And i● came to pass that while the Ark abode in Ki●ah jearim that it was long for it was twenty years and all the h●use of Israel lamented after the Lord that is after the Ark after the presence of God speaking from above the Ark. So you shall read of Uriah Da●id would fain have had him gone down to his wife and make merry but mark what Uriah answered 2 Sam. 11 1● The Ark and Israel and Judah abide in Tents mark it I p●ay my Lord kno●e●h ●he serv●nts of the Lord ar● in the camp in the open field shall I go down to my house to eat and

to drink and to be merry and to lye with my wife as thou li●●st and as thy soul liveth I will not do this thing We read also of Elias that he was very zealous for the Lord of Hosts 1 King 19 10. The c●ildren of Israel have forsaken their Covenant they have thrown down thine altars and slain thy Prophets and I am very zealous Now all this proves that when the ark of God is in d●nger t●e people of God have very much trembled and there are these reasons for it why the people of God are so much troubled when the ark of God is in danger First Because of the love that they beat to the ark of God as God loveth the gates of Sion more than all the dwellings of Jacob so the people of God they love the Gospel they love the Ordinances they love the Ministry and the faithful Ministers of Jesus Christ above all other things in the world and therefore saith David Psal. 26.8 O Lord I have loved the habitation of thy house and the place where thine honor dwelleth and in Psal. 27.4 One thing have I desired of the Lord that will I seek after that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the dayes of my life Now you know love stirreth up affection You have heard me tell the story of Croesus youngest son to Croesus who when he saw his father ready to be killed though he never spake all his life time yet the very love that he did bear to hs Father burst the strings of his tongue and he cryed out O kill not my father kill not my Father Such is the love that the Saints of God have to the ark of God that it must break forth and they cannot be silent that they cannot but tremble for fear the ark should miscarry For Sions sake they cannot hold their peace and for J●rusalems sake they cannot rest til the Lord make the righteousness thereof to go forth as brightness and the salvation thereof as a Lamp that burneth Secondly The people of God cannot but be troubled when the ark is danger because of the interest that they have in the ark of God Now you know interest stirreth up affection when a man 's own house is on fire or when another mans house is on fire as you have had a sad and lamentable accident mu●h to be laid to heart that happened yesterday morning a very sad accident and such as I suppose if the Minister that was appointed to preach had been here he would have studyed to have affected your h●arts with that providence and indeed it is not to be ●orgotten How suddenly may we after we have been feasting be burnt to ashes Truly it was a very sad providence and ought to be laid to heart Now interest as I said stirs up affection how are they ●ffected that have an interest in those that were burned how are they afflicted with that sad providence Why now the peopl● of God have an interest in God God is the Heaven of a child of God God is the portion and inheritance of his people and when he begins to forsake them they cannot but grieve and be affected and so the Ordinances of God they are the Jewels the Treasures of a Ch●●stian and he cannot but be troubled for fear of losing the Ordinances Iesus Christ is the joy of a Christian and when he is departing from them they cannot go and be merry at such a time Thirdly The people of God cannot but tremble when the ark of God is in danger because of them m●schiefs that are coming upon a Nation when the ark of God is lost Wo be to that Nation when the ark of God is gone from it The Trojans had the Image of Pallas and they had a tradition that as long as that Image was preserv'd among them their City should never be conquered and therefore they kept it in a Tower and called it Palladium And the Romans had a Buckler and they called it Anselam and they had a tradition that as long as that Buckler was kept safe Rome should never be taken and they said that Buckler came down from Heaven But sure I am when God is present with a Nation to protect them where the gospel is preserved in purity in a Nation that Nation cannot but be safe but when the ark of God is gone when the gospel is gone then the Palladium then the Ans●●am then the safety of a Nation is g●ne My beloved had I the tongue of men or Angels I was not able to express ●he misery of a Nation where the ark of God is gone give me leave to set it forth bri●fly a little in a f●w particulars which I shall but just name First When the a●k of God is taken then the ways of Sion mourn and none come to her s●lemn assembli●s this was the complaint made in Lament 1.4 The wayes of Sic● moura because none come to her solemn Assemblies And is not this matter of sadness S●condly When the Ark of God is taken the Minis●●rs of C●rist are driven into corners and that is matter of heart-trembling Thirdly T●e souls of our wives and children are in danger to miscarry when the Ark of God is taken and the Gospel gone Fourthly The enemi●s of God will then be ready to blaspheme and say Where is now your God W●ere is now your A●k Now the en●mies of God triumph o●●r the people of God and as David saith P●al 42 10. As with a Sword in my bones mine E●emies rep●oach me daily while t●ey continually say unto me Wh●re is n●w thy God Fifthly When the Ark of God is taken Jesus Christ is t●en trampled und●r feet the Ordinance of God are shut of door then Bla●phemy Atheism and all manner of wickedness comes in like an armed man Fourthly Another reason why the people of God must needs tremble when t●e ark is in danger is b●cause of their acc●ssariness in losing of the A●k An● this was that which made old Eli so much tr●mble because he kn●w it was for his sins that the Ark was taken Prisoner and that God suffered it to be tak●n away he knew that his not punishing his two sons was one great cause of the great slaughter that the people of Israel met withall and that made him to tremble There is n● p●rson here in this Congregation this morning but his heart will tell him if ●ver the ark of God should be lost in this N●tion that he hath contributed something towards the loss of it I sa● there are no●e of us so holy bu●●ur consciences must ac●us● u● th●t we h●v● contributed something towards the lo●s of the ark if it should be ●ost And this Mr. B●ad●ord that blessed Mar●y● a●k●no●ledged in his prayer as you have it record●d in ●●e Book of Martyrs Lord sayes h● it was my untha●kfulness that that caused the untimely death of King Edward 〈◊〉 6●h And those Christians that were banished and fled in Q● Ma●yes

had spared the five Cities for ●he ten mens lakes Now through mercy there are many hundreds that fear God in this Natio● and that do not give God rest night nor day but cry to God for mercy on the Nation and who knows but for their sakes God may continue the Gospel to us Thirdly Another ground of comfort is this and I am much affected with it God hath dealt with England not by way of Rule but by way of Prerogative For beloved we have had Church and Sermon-sins in the midst of us all along Queen Elizabeths dayes King James and King Charles the first his dayes we have also been an unthankful Nation and our Ministers have threatned ruine and destruction upon us from year to year but God hath hitherto saved England by way of Prerogative though we have those sins among us for which he destroyed other Nations yet God hath spared us because he will spare us according to that Text I will be graci●●● to whom I will be gracious God is not tyed to his own 〈◊〉 God may make an exemption and who knows whether God may not make England an exemption from his common Rule Fourthly Another ground of comfort is this God is now a pouring out his Viols upon Antichrist and all those Wars that are in Christendom shall end in the ruine of Antichrist Observe this and carry it home with you I say God is pouring out his Vials upon the Throne of the Beast and all those Wars that are in Christendom shall end in the ruine and destruction of Antichrist both Easte●n and Western Antichrist and though some drops of these Vials may drop upon the Reformed Churches and they may smart for a while God may severely punish them yet it is but for a little while but the Vials shall all be poured upon Antichrist there shall it rest there shall it center indeed the Lord may chastise his people and scourge all the Reformed Churches before the Vials be all poured out I say God may scourge all the Reformed Churches and a sound of persecution may go through them all which are called drops of these Vials but the Vials are intended for Antichrist and shall all end in the ruine of Antichrist and in the fall of Babylon which is ground of great consolation to the people of God and whatsoever becomes of us yet our children and our childrens children shall see the issue of these Vials poured out at last upon the Whore of Babylon to the ruine of Antichrist and all his adherents Fifthly and lastly to draw to a conclusion I am to exhort you all to contribute your utmost endeavours to keep the ark of God from being lost Now here I should shew you what the Magistrates must do to keep the ark from being carryed into captivity and what the Ministers must do and what the people should do First What the Magistrates are to do and not being to speak to them I shall speak little of them The Magistrates are to use their Authority for the setling of the Ark for the Ark of the Covenant will be like Noahs Ark alwayes floating upon the top of the waters till the Magistrates that are set over it will endeavour to settle it Thus we read of David Sam. 6. David and all his men were gathered together thirty thousand men all his noble men went in great pomp to the fetching home of the ark you may read the chapter at your leisure And in 2 Chron. 5. 2. there you find Solomon and all his Nobles with a great deal of pomp fetching home the ark Oh how should this encourage our Nobles and our Magistrates that they might be solicitous in setling the ark of God Give me leave to say thus much to Magistrates You must not do as the Philistins did they had the ark bu● what did they do with it why they set it up in the house of Dagon but Dagon and the ark will never agree always when Dagon and the false Religion goes in at one door the ark and the true Religion goes out at the other door We must nor therefore put the ark and Dagon together Secondly What must the Ministers do to keep the ark from being lost Why the Ministers that bear the ark must be ho●y the ark will never prosper upon the shoulders of Hophni and Phineas carry that home with you it is not your wicked Ministers that can sertle the ark it is not your prophane drunken Ministers no it must be the godly sober pious and religious Ministers How holy ought they to be that draw near to the God of holiness So much for the duty of Ministers Thirdly What must the people of God do why there are four things that I will commend to you and I will commend you to God First Do not idolize the ark Secondly Do not undervalue the ark Thirdly Do not pry into the ark Fourthly Do not meddle with the ark unless you have a call Fifthly keep the Covenant of the ark Briefly of these and I have done First do not idolize the ark that was the sin of the people in the Text they thought the very presence of the ark would have secured them and therefore they carryed the ark into the camp though they did not repent and reform yet they thought if the ark were in the camp they were secure and thus many think if they can get a good Minister certainly God wil bless them though they themselves be never so wicked This is to idolize the ark there is nothing that will secure a Nation but repentance and reformation 't is not the having the gospel but the living answerable to the gospel that wil secure the gospel Take heed therefore of idoliziog the ark Secondly We must not undervalue the ark this was Michal her sin David danced before the ark and Michal mo●ked him but said David it is before the Lord if this be to be vile I will be more vile still There are some men b●gin to say What need we have any preaching wil not reading of prayers serve the turn What need we preach say others what need is there of so much preaching will not once a day serve What needs all this Oh! but firs this is so undervalue the ark and the faithful Ministers of Christ must say if this be to be vile to preach twice a day to fast and pray for the safety of a Nation we will be more vile still Thirdly We must not pry into the atk this was the sin of the Be●hshemites God destroyed 50000. of them for lo●king into the ark You must not be curious in prying into wha● God hath not revealed There are great thoughts of heart when God intends lo deliver his people give me leave to speak plainly to you There are many that talk of 1666. they think the year of deliverance shal be that year when Antichrist shall be destroyed and there is a Book printed to prove that Antichrist shall be destroyed in 1666 and there are strong impressions upon the hearts of many learned men as to the year 1666. some go to the year 1669. for the ruine of Antichrist some pitch upon a time that 's nearer which I am loth to name to you But truly my Brethren if you would have my judgement and I am glad of this opportunity to tell you so this morning this is to pry too much into the ark Remember that text and live by it t is not for you ●o know the times seasons you must not say such such a year for when that year is come you find you are deceiv'd 't is the way to make you atheists to believe nothing Certainly those Ministers do no good to the Church that prescribe times and seasons for when those seasons are come and we find our selves disappointed after that we will believe the Minister no more Give me leave to tell you a story in the year one thousand which I have from ancient Authors wherein it was believed throughout all the Chri●tian world that the day of Judgement should begin and great humiliations and repentance was in all Christian Churches but when they saw the year end and the day of Judgement happened not they al● fell to their old professions and afterward would believe nothing 'T is more dangerous then you imagine for men to pitch on times and seasons Gods time is the best time and he that believeth maketh not hast We must not pry too much into the Ark lest the punishment of the Bethsh●mites be our portion Fourthly You must not meddle with the Ark unless called to it this was the sin of Uzzah he touched the Ark you know the story the Ark was in danger of falling he good man meaning no hurt to keep up the A●k to touch the Ark but it neither did him good or the Ark for he was destroyed himself making a breach and hindering the carrying home of the Ark. We have had great disorder heretofore and God is now punishing us for that disorder There was abundance of well-meaning men that usurped the Ministerial Office and forsooth they were afraid the Ark was falling and they laid to their shoulders but their touching the Ark undid the Ark and themselves too and brought a scandal on the Gospel If you would have the Gospel settled remember They that are Consecrated must touch the Ark. Fifthly and Lastly if ever you will preserve the Ark keep the Laws that the Ark preservs for in the Ark were the first and second Table of the Law now these two Tables the first and second Table of the Law you must keep keep the Law and God will keep the Ark but if you break the Law you forfeit the Ark. The Ark is called the Ark of the Covenant keep the Covenant with God and God will preserve your ark but if you break your Covenant made with God in your Baptism and the Covenant renewed at the Sacrament if you break this Covenant God will break the ark and you And thus beloved I have adventured out of that great affection I bear to you to give you this morning this discourse The Lord give a blessing to what hath been spoken FINIS