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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88538	A looking-glass (or vvarning-peece) for all such as prophane churches, and neglect prayer against the lawes of God, exprest in his Holy Word, the sacred Scriptures. In the reading hereof, I pray observe the A, B, C, &c. first look on your left hand for A.		1652 (1652)	Wing L3038; Thomason 669.f.16[67]; ESTC R211540	3,026	1

A Looking-Glass or VVarning-Peece for all such as Prophane Churches and neglect Prayer against the Lawes of GOD exprest in his Holy Word The Sacred SCRIPTURES In the reading hereof I. pray observe the A B C c. first look on your left hand for A. A. Holy Scriptures against the heinous sins of these Times in Profaning Godsholy House the Church Remember God saith Ye shall keep my Sabbaths and reverence my Sanctuary I am the Lord Lev. 19. 30. Chap. 26. 2. And the Lord said unto wise Solomon I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication that thou hast made before me I have hallowed this House which thou hast built to put my Name there for ever and mine Eyes and mine Heart shall be there perpetually 1 Kings 9. 3. Cha. 8. 29. Mark here Gods Punishments for the sins of the Priests and People The Chief of the Priests and the People transgressed very much afte● all the Abominations of the Heathen and polluted the House of the Lord which He had hallowed in Jerusalem Therfore he brought upon them the King of the Caldees who slew their young Men with the Sword in the House of their Sanctuary and had no Compassion upon young Man or Mayden old Man or him that stoops for Age He gave them all into his hand 2 Chron. 36. 14 17 ver Look up to the Top of the Steeple for B. B. Holy Ground Put off thy shooes saith God from off thy Feet for the Place whereon thou standest is Holy Ground Ex. 3. 5. Act 7. 33 Sec 1 Cor. 11. 4. Take heedto thy Foot or Keep thy foot when thou entrest into the house of God Ecl. 5. 1. see 1 Tim. 3. 15 look on your right hand for C C. Gods House How dreadfull is this Place this is none other but the House of God c. Gen. 28. 17. Ye look for Much and loe it came to Little and when ye brought it home I did blow upon it Why saith the Lord of Hosts Because of mine House that is wast and ye Runne every Man unto his own house Hag. 1. 9. Look again up to your right hand for D. D. Mark here I beseech you mark Jesus went into the Temple of God and cast out all them that Sold and Bought in the Temple and overthrew the Tables of the Money-Changers and the seats of them that sold Doves And said unto them It is written My House shall be called a House of Prayer but ye have made it a Den of Theeves Mat. 21. 12 13. Mar. 11. 15 16 17. Luke 19 45 46. Now mark here Christ did not pull down the Temples or Churches for the sinnes of the Priests and People But then he made a scourge of small Cords and drave them all out of the Temple with the Sheep and Oxen and poured out the Changers money and overthrew the Tables And said unto them that sold Doves Take these things hence Make not my Fathers House an House of Merchandise And his Disciples remembred that it was written The Zeal of thine Hous● hath eaten me up Joh. 2. 15 16 17. See for E. E And Jacob awaked out of his sleep and he said surely the Lord is in this place and I knew it not and he was afraid G●n 28. 16. DEar Brother the Psalmist saith Holiness becometh thine house O Lord for ever Psal 93. 5. And the Almighty God saith Ye shall keep my Sabbaths and reverence my Sanctuary I am the Lord Levit. 19. 30. Answerable to which his Saints and Servants have ever carried themselves esteeming the place of Gods worship holier then other places So Iacob did before the Law Gen. 28. 16 17. and said How fearfull is this place this is no other but the House of God And for the people of God under the Law they did so respect the place of Gods worship that David said Psal 26. 8. Lord I have loved the habitation of thy House thy place where thine Honor dwelleth And moreover said as one that had been ravished therewith How amiable are thy Tabernacles thou Lord of hosts Psal 84. And in his absence said My soul longeth yea and sainteth for the Courts of the Lord And esteems even the Swallows and the Sparrows happy that might make their nests neer it vers 3. And in the time of the Gospel while our Lord was on earth he shewed more wrath and jealousie against such as profaned the place of Gods worship then he did about any other thing for he made a whip and drove the cattel that were for sacrifice out of the Court-yard overturned the Tables that they told money on and said Make not my Fathers house a house of merchandise And he would not suffer that any should carry any vessel thorow the Temple Ioh. 2. 14 15 16. Mar. 11. 16. And after our Lord was ascended before Churches were built having only some ●ooms dedicated to that use S. Paul sharply reproveth the profaners thereof What saith he have ye not houses to eat and drink in but despise ye the Church of God 1 Cor. 11. 22. This being so it sheweth plainly that those which put no difference between a Church and a dwelling house are not of God for his people neither before the Law or under the Law in the dayes that Christ was upon the earth nor after his ascension never did so and whose example such do follow I know not except it be King Belshazar Dan. 5. that made the vessels of the Temple common drinking bouls he is the father of such wretches and let them expect to inherit his shame either here or hereafter But some will say How can there be difference in dayes in places in vessels in persons in vestments c. For the light of every day is of the Sun and he hath made of one blood all Nations Act. 17. 26. The son of Sirach gives answer Ecclus. 33. By the knowledge of the Lord they were distinguished Some he hath made high dayes and hallowed them and some of them he hath made ordinary dayes though all men be from the same earth yet in much knowledge hath he divided them some of them hath he blessed and exalted and made Kings and some of them hath he sanctified and set neer himself made Priests of whom he saith in another place Touch not mine Anointed nor do my Prophets no harm And therefore I will conclude and say he that regards not these distinctions is a most profane wretch to his God and in his mind little better than a enemy to the Commonwealth Now Peter and John went up together into the Temple at the hour of Prayer being the ninth hour Act 3. 1. Postscript ONe thing I prayed you to consider that if we must have no set-form of Prayer no solemn worship of God no evening and morning sacrifice but that which every man in his fancie extemporarily powreth forth in what condition then will this English Church be in and if it once be so whether it may not then be truly said The glory thereof is departed for the stream will be as the fountain what is in the heart will out at the mouth and then may we truly say Good Lord what stuff shall we have One man though zealous yet but silly ye shall have from him a great deal of nonsense and vain repetitions O Lord O God O Oh and another he affects words ostentations by which he ofttimes appears to his auditor like one preaching or acting a part upon a stage another his memory being not good especially beng out of his method he hackers and hammers but brings forth nothing readily another being given to stzife and contention le ts fall passages tending to anger and wrath exclaiming against such as he supposeth hath done him wrong another being affected with superstitious customs his affections and words in prayers will be byased thereafter another being a Schismatick prayes against the Customs of that Church whereof himself is a member and he cries out for reformation and removing of such things as in his profound judgement should not be he also prayes for vengeance upon such as are the hinderers of his supposed reformation another being an heretick his sacrifice tends to heresie blasphemie another being seditious as his mind runs upon state businesse so answerable thereto his prayer is interlaced sometimes with matter no better than treason it self in this wofull condition should we be in if for our sins God should cause our daily sacrifice to cease and suffer the idle fancies of mens brains to be offered in stead thereof From the which good Lord deliver us LONDON Printed for Richard Burton at the signe of the Horseshooe in Smithfield 1652.