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saint_n	altar_n	angel_n	golden_a	2,087	5	10.8116	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00667	A perfume against the noysome pestilence prescribed by Moses vnto Aaron. Num. 16. 46. Written by Roger Fenton, preacher of Grayes Inne.	Fenton, Roger, 1565-1616.	1603 (1603)	STC 10800; ESTC S105577	18,874	94

not in the power for any one to refuse it thogh through malitiousnesse they will not vouchsafe to accept any thing at our hands yea though they be set on mischiefe against Moses Aaron yet Aaron his Incense shall stay the plague that is begun amongst them But while we seriously reflect vpon our selues all that hath bin said will not comfort vs for we haue neither censer nor fire nor odours for the purpose Our harts which should be hallowed sanctified vessels for this holy action laid vp in the holy place of the tabernacle they are daily and hourely prophaned polluted by common vncleane vse Our fire the most of it is kindled either from the earth or a worse place for Sathan is euer casting his firebrands at vs or els blowing with the bellowes of one temtation or other and if we can beg any heauenly fire from the Altar we haue so many humerous affections as bee ready euermore to quench the same Our odours stinke the imaginations Gen. 5. 6. of our harts be only euill continually if good motions be inspired frō aboue there is such a damp of thoughts arising in our Luk. 24. 38. harts to meet with thē as must needs choake them Yea that excellent compound of prayer made by our Sauiour Christ himselfe for our vse if it once passe through our polluted lips we marre it in saving of it And to say the trueth our consciences doe accuse vs and our sinnes doe witnesse that we are the offendors who haue kindled this wrath of God against vs and shall wee now take our Censers and offer Incense so did Moses bid the rebellious people in the 17. verse of this Chapter Take euery one their Censer and put Incense Num. 16. 17. thereon before the Lorde two hundreth and fiftie Censers but this is the next waye to kindle the wrath of God more against vs to consume vs as it did them 35. verse It is true if we be obstinate in our rebellions but otherwaies though Aaron himselfe haue sinned yet we read that he may take the Censer as well for himselfe as for others and it shall be so accepted that the smoake of the Incense shall Leuit. 16. 13. couer the mercie Seat that is vpon the testimonie So he shall not dye And against all our infirmities and imperfections which can be alledged we are releeued aboundantly in the 8. of the Reuelation the 3. verse A● Reuel 8. 3 Angell stood before the Altar hauing a golden Censer and much Odours was giuen vnto him that he should offer with the prayers of all Saints Our high Priest made not an end of praying for vs vpon the Crosse but as he is a Priest for euer so he prayeth for euer without end It is God that iustifieth Rom. 8. 34. who shall condemne it is Christ which is dead or rather risen againe who is also at the right hand of God and maketh request for vs and as we euer sinne so the Apostle saith He Heb. 7. 25 euer liueth to make intercession for vs. There he standeth before the Altar in the presence of his father with a golden Censer for his pretious body which hath bin so often tryed as golde in the fire of persecution is now glorified in the heauens which before was an earthen vessell In which censer there wanteth no fire for he hath caried al his affections bowels of cōpassion with him into heauen neither may we thinke that he carieth lesse zeale or loue in his brest towardes mankinde now sitting in glory then bleeding in the gardē or dying vpon the crosse It was the effect of the theefe his petition Lord remēber Luk. 23. 42. me when thou cōmest into thy kingdom now in the midst of torment I know thou canst not forget vs since thou art partaker of the same misery with vs but wilt thou remēber me whē all is past and thou come into thy kingdom when thy body is glorified all teares wiped from thine eies shall not those pittifull affections be also wiped from thine hart no verily though he be ascended aboue the heauens stand behind the wall though the heauens be Cant. 2. 9. drawne like a Curtin or stand like a brazen wall betweene that we cannot behold our beloued with bodily eies yet euē now also doth he looke through the grate vpon vs with no lesse pittiful compassion then when hee hanged vpon the crosse for when that bloudie enemie Saul made a breache into his Church it affected him as much as if his owne person had been assaulted afresh Saul Saul why doest thou persecute me I am Iesus of Nazareth Acts. 9. 4. whome thou persecutest When the blessed martyr Steuen stood at the barre in great distresse then did he beholde our Sauiour standing at the right hand of his Father as Saint Iohn Act. 7. 55. Reu 8. 3. doeth here see him standing before the Altar who is wont to sit at the right hand of the maiestie in the highest places but when his Chucrh is troubled then doth hee stand vp and make intercession for the same such is his sympathie and compassion towards vs. Vpon this heauenly fire doth he powre sweete odours and offereth them to his Father togither with the prayers of Saints So then here is our comfort though our Censers be vncleane yet our prayers are offered in his golden Censer before they be presented vnto God and though they be in themselues neuer so vnworthy yet are they sweetned and perfumed by the sweete odours of Christ in whome there is more vertue to purifie and reforme them then is or can be corruption in our nature to infect them Therefore to conclude since we are not able of our selues as of our selues to 2. Cor. 3. 5. thinke a good thought let vs desire the holy spirit by his celestiall inspirations to raise holie desires in vs and since those desires when they are at the holyest must needes smell of the caske let vs humbly entreate our Sauiour Christ to take them out of our naughtie vessels and offer them in his golden Censer to perfume them with his sweete odours to present them in his owne name for vs so shall they be a sweete sauour vnto God the Father to whome with his beloued Sonne and blessed spirit what euer become of vs be giuen all glorie powre and dominion world without ende Amen A Prayer for this time of visitation O Eternall and euer-liuing God Creatour and disposer of all things in heauen earth wee thy poore creatures bound in dutie to giue thee humble thankes for that great benefite of our creation whereby thou didst raise vs out of the dust aboue other creatures to bee made conformable to thine owne selfe doe acknowledge here before thy deuine and vnspotted Maiestie to our shame and confusion that by our owne onely default wee haue vtterly depriued our selues not onely of the comfort of that most