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A78093	Temple-defilers defiled, vvherein a true visible Church of Christ is described. The evils and pernicious errours, especially appertaining to schisme, anabaptisme, and libertinisme, that infest our Church, are discovered. And directions to preserve from the sin and punishment of temple-defiling, delivered in two sermons preached at the lecture in Kingston upon Thames, Feb. 20. & 27. 1644. out of I Cor. 3.17. / By Richard Byfield pastor in Long-Ditton, Surrey.	Byfield, Richard, 1598?-1664.	1645 (1645)	Wing B6394; Thomason E278_20; ESTC R200019	46,454	48

the wayes and spirit of s●ducers Their wayes are such as these 1. To draw the heart from and to destroy the fundamentall truths the 2 Tin 2 18. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 first truths pretending they are low dry and saplesse in comparison of their depths and their high speculations giving metaphoricall and farre fetcht meanings and interpretation● as 〈◊〉 and Phil●●us did upon the Article of the Resurrection saying it was past already or annexing to those foundation truths opinions which overthrow them by consequence laying one foundation in appearance and another in deed as the Apostle implieth in 1 Cor. 3. 11. So the Papists do about the Article of Christs Ascension into Heaven when they teach his corporall reall pres●nc● in the Masse of th●se kindes of Seducers the Apostle saith that their word will ●a● as doth a Canker 2 Tim. 2. 17. 2. To beguile by Paralogismes or d●ceitfull reasonings and sophisticall Col. 2. 4. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Iam. 1. 22. Nitor ser p●o non Argumento Ambr. de spiritu Sancto Col. 2. 4. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Rom. 16. 18. 2 Tim. 3. 13. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Eustachius dicit 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 esse 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2 Thes 2. 10. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gal 3. 1. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 arguings when upon misconceived principles of 〈◊〉 said as premises wrong conclusions are drawn like Satan their Father who beg●●les mens hearts by a self de●●it when they set up a profession of the wo●d 〈…〉 hear●t often and thereupon conclude they ●re blessed though they neglect the practise and obedience 〈◊〉 against this ab●●d of the usefull Art of Logicke●it is safe to rest upon the plain Scriptures and avoid the sub●ilty of Argument brought to lead from plain truths 3. To use perswasive and enticing words that they might induce to their errours and the Morall Philosophy of Heathen Authors about ●●●●ue naturall abilities and the chief good which poste us of Christ and true consolation through Fai●●●in him these en●●●ing words are also e●ther the swelling words of Vanity ●●d of w●●dy ostentation or good words and f●ir speeches 4. To inchant the people through a mournfull behaviour the old g●●●e of most of the orders of Fryars and Monkes and the new gusse of many with us in 2 Tim. 23. ●● He useth a word for Seducers that signifieth an Incha●●er by 〈◊〉 and lamentation 5. To lead us out of the common b●aten high way when affectation of a Notion and of a curious ●each makes men innovate word● and phrases formerly received in the Church as best expressing the sense of Scripture 6. To bewitch with fascinations that is to delude simple mindes with glesings of some speciall care of t●●m abou● some point of truth pre●●nded as witches do doe eyes of the body that they thinke verily they see that which they do not see and do not see that which is absolutely necessary they should see and know these be witchings are most dangerous when the mist is cast over the soul with jugling pretexts of shewing you Christ and F●ee grace in a more excellent manner till you know neither Christ no● Free-grace 7. To wrest and w●y things that are streight and plain Act. 20. ●0 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Act. 8. 9. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2 Cor. 11. 3. 8. To lead people to the admiration of their persons another way of bewitching bringing them into astonishment and a trance upon the conceit of the great power of God in them and some inspirations of the Holy Ghost 9. To corrupt mens mindes from the simplicity that is in Christ by adding or diminishing somewhat of the purity of the Gospel whereby we ●all from the obedience of faith as the Serpent dealt with ●●ve 10. To alleviate the threats of Gods word with vain words and to promise Ephes 5. 6. 2 Pet 2. 19 liberty and turn Gods grace into wantonnesse These are the chief path● of Seducers and for the spirit that ●●rrieth I om●● that of Miracles and lying Wonders of S●tan in 2 Thes 2. them it is an unruly spirit a self-willed spirit a proud spirit a giddy inconstant unquiet spirit a self-seeking spirit a spirit of timorousnesse and base fear not of love power and a sound minde a spirit of earthly mindednesse a spirit captived to mens persons a spirit that creeps into houses and leads silly wom●n captive laden with divers lusts and a doting spirit Of their dotages and deceits I shall give you two instances the one is this that they conceive they have a great light and a new light when their new great light is either some old errour raised from Hell again and new painted or some matter of opinion which is very doubtfull and controversall or somewhat of lesser moment ●rged and pursued with such zeale that the great things of the Law and Gospel are neglected the very disposition of the Pharisees of old But if any say should we not seek an increase and growth in our light and do not we look for it yes in some sense we do and we ought to grow in knowledge but this is not to be understood of any light of new truths there are no new truth● to No new truths be revealed yet the light may increase exceedingly in the more full distinct and shining knowledge of received truths in the clearing and fulfilling We expect a new and great light increasing in 8. things of some prophesies in the power of practise when Christians in name shine in holinesse power of faith and godlinesse expressed in their lives as so many great lights in the frmament of the Church in taking away the various contentions and quarrels that now darken and offuscate the mindes of men Satan chained up more from deceiving in the further manifestation of Gods judgements upon enemies of all sorts which thing doth exemplifie and illustrate the things we do already know In the increase of the number of able and faithfull Teachers and knowing holy professors and in clearer resolution of some obscure places of Scripture together with a more perfect union of the Church of Christ on earth which will be full of Grace Majesty and Terror now not one of these is found in or by the means of our men that boast of their new light for why do not they shew it to us Another Instance of their do●ing deceivable spirit is this that they cannot be brought to measure themselves and their tenets by the standard of the Scripture without shuffling It were a plain and easie way to see the truth in any matter in question about Religion if men did not love to doat thus propose the tenet nakedly see whether there be any plain Scripture for it if there be not we need go no further if there be but yet some other Texts seeme to say against it or a question may be moved about the sense hold the Analogy of Faith and rule

the Prophets 2 King 2. 3. 7. which some think took their beginning in the times of Eli and Samuel The Levites had their Schooles instituted by Moses and Aaron preserved by the Iudges and Kings continued in the Babylonish Captivity propagated to the daies of our Saviour and an end put to them by the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans Out of these Schooles came their learned Rabbies and their Scribes and others 1. Paul was brought up at the feete of Gamaliel Christ had his Schoole in which were the Apostles and seventy two Disciples The Apostles opposed the Schooles of the Libertines Cyrenians and Alexandrians Act. 6. 9. they instituted Schooles in Antioch and Alexandria and other Provinces These opinionative persons say that the Apostles were unlearned Fisher-men We answer that part of that power from on high which the Apostles were commanded to expect and to tarry at Ierusalem till they were indued with it Luk. 24. 49. was the gift of the Holy Ghost inabling them to speak all Languages Act. 2. this supplied abundantly from heaven that defect of learning and did make them learned above all that can be attained in Schooles and Universities they had their Commission before to go and teach all Nations but were not to set out upon the execution of their Commission untill they were fitted in this manner he that can shew the like gift of the holy Ghost we say no Schools are required for the help of such but if from Heaven the Holy Ghost be not thus given let them use the ordinary helpes which God affordeth if any refuse shew such gifts and we shall blesse God The Languages the Greek and Hebrew are needed to understand the originall t●x● and derive our Doctrine from the fresh and pure fountaines the Latine is also needfull that we may not only the better receive the benefit of the gi●ts given to the Fathers and Writers of former ages for all gifts are given of God to profit the Church withall but also be acquain●ed with the Liberall Arts and Sciences that the Ar●s are needfull in a Minister is cleare hereby the Minister ought to be able to convince and confute errours and to maintaine the truth by disputation as well as to teach it and to comfort exhort and rebuke he is to stop the mouthes of Hereticks and Deceivers this he cannot doe without the helpe of the Arts especially of Logick whereby he discernes the fallacies of seducers and can open the truth out of the Scriptures which are delivered in a rationall discourse Who have been the famous Instruments of God to confute all the Hereticks of old Who have cut the sinewes of Harding Stapl●ton Bellarmine and other Popish Writers not any other save men famous for Learning Did you ever heare of such service done for the Church of God by any of the illiterate Anabaptists and Sectaries though they have boasted of the Spirit yet I say not that Learning gives Ministeriall gifts much lesse Grace but without Learning the Ministery would be but lame in many respects therefore the enemies of a learned Ministery are the friends of Popery and all Heresies of ignorance and blindnesse and the enemies of the truth and Gospell of the light and comfort of the Church of Iesus Christ 5. Novices newly converted ones at the best taking upon them to Preach and permitted so to doe this is to defile Gods House by prophaning the Ministery Holy Paul saith not a novice 1 Tim. 3. 6. lest puffed up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the Devill these five waies our Novellists strike the pillar of the Ministery thus of a fifth sort of Temple-defilers 6. I proceed to others which though they might be cast many of them under the head of Schisme yet because they are now late-sprung and trouble the Church of God I shall let them beare a distinct numeration as so many severall orders of Defilers though not distinct sorts and kinds therefore sixthly those that keep out of the Church any of the Ordinances of Christ those that keep Gods Houshold-stuffe in any part of it out of his Temple as those that deny Paedo-Baptisme or the Baptizing of the Infants of those that professe the faith of Iesus Christ the Scripture for Baptizing of such Infants beside many others urged by many is that in Acts 2. 39. For the Promise is unto you and to your children from these words with the former ariseth this Argument To whomsoever the Promise belongs to them Baptisme doth belong the truth of this is in the reasoning of the Apostle who requires them to receive Baptisme upon their Repentance professed because the Promise is to them this ground is Apostolicall and Divine But to the children of Professors of the Faith doth the Promise belong this is the very sense of the words of the 39. verse therefore to the children of the Professors of the Faith doth Baptisme belong those that deny these infants Baptisme call them common whom God calls holy 1 Cor. 7. 14. 7. Those that keepe out the members of Christ not admitting Saints every way as gracious as themselves unto the fellowship of the Church unlesse they will yeeld to their Church-way not admitting Professors of the true Religion that have knowledge are not scandalous are not refractory to any the Holy Ordinances of Christs Worship because they see not in them truth of Grace or that which may savour to the sense of Christians that the worke of Grace in the New-birth is truely begun in them so farre as man can conceive Where is the Rule given for this visible grace as they call it by which rule the non-admitted may see that he is justly proceeded withall according to the Word of God that so though he have no Grace yet all that will use their reason may see by vertue of such cleare Texts of the Word their power is rightly used for his non-admission that the use of it may be to edification not to destruction 2 Cor. 13. 10. for which end all Church-power is given of Christ 8. They that Dis-church the true Churches of Iesus Christ because they are faulty in Discipline or in Government and chiefly to dischurch them when they thirst after pray for use all meanes God affords them for Reformation 9. Those that would introduce into a Christian Church and State a Toleration of all sorts of Religions or all sorts of Opinions in Religion under the name of Liberty of Conscience These Scriptures are fully against it The Angel of the Church of Ephesus is commended by our Lord Jesus for his patience Rev. 2. 2. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and that he could not bear them which were evill and tried those that ●aid they were Apostles and were no● and found them lyars It is condemned in the Angel of the Church of Thyatira that he suffered or tolerated that woman Iezebell to teach c. And Christ saith to the Angel of the Church in Pergamos I have a few things

of righteousnesse see the tenour of the Scriptures and accordingly produce Arguments and answer Objections as for Example There are arisen among us some that utterly deny the Baptizing of Infants of Professors of the Faith of Iesus Christ now how easily might this matter be resolved among men of quiet and Christian spirits They say Infants ought not to be baptized What one Text in all the Scripture saith so Not one What Arguments can they alledge Not one that reacheth the matter in hand for they all go no further then this that persons of age ought first to professe their Faith and then receive Baptisme but not this that they only ought to receive Baptisme how dare men say they must be excluded when God saith no such word on the other side doth not the Scripture plainly take-in such Infants into the Covenant and acknowledge them members of the Church of God The Infant Israelites were not born Heathens without were circumcised were meant as part of Abrahams seed the Nations to whom the Gospel comes and who do receive it are now of the same body with the Iewes partakers of the same promise the grace of God is larger under the New-Testament which it were not if such a part as the millions of infant-Christians that die before they come to years were cut off from it The Children of believers are holy whole housholds were baptized Christ blessed Infants upon this ground Because of such was the Kingdom of God that is not onely Heaven but the Church of the new Testament which is called the Kingdom of God there is this ground why those that are of age that repent should receive Baptisme because the promise is to them and the promise is to their children therefore their children have the like ground on which they ought to receive Baptisme these with the like Arguments are strong and unanswerable were it not that these persons doted and in their Pride will resolve to be contentious Let not any think that a small errour which shuts out from Christ and his Church millions of his Members which runs against the constant tenour of both Testaments which confines and imprisons the Grace of God in the New-Testament which makes the grace of Christ the second Adam not to reach one sort and condition of men over whom sin and death passeth by and from the first Adam which evertes and destroyes at one blow all the Churches of Christ in the whole world All this doth this unchristian error of the Anabaptists do The like might be said concerning Church Government whether the Hierarchy or Independency or Presbytery be of Christ in the Scripture It might soon be determined were it not for a spirit of Dotage Pride and Contention but I leave that to the Assembly where it depends and is in Agitation I hold you from the perusall of the Sermons which you heard with much attention I have written some particulars in the enumetation of Temple-Polluters under the second Doctrine which time cut off from delivering as I then told you the rest you have as near as I could set down save that one thing throughout the Sermons the Printer could not ●●nde any Characters or Letters to expresse that is the spirit with which they were delivered with lively voice You have the Instrument and Stick I cannot help you to the Rozin The Spirit of God make supply thereof while you read them in that superabundant measure Take me into your prayers and let me be in your esteem what I desire for ever to be whiles remaining in the flesh Even From my house in Long-Ditton April 7. 1645. Yours in the service of your faith RICHARD BYFIELD Errata Page 5. line 14. read converted for committed p. 6. l. 24. r. worlds end for world and. p. 23. In the Title r. Temple Defilers for Hereticks l. 6. r. Cavillers for Cavaliers p. 25. l. 6. r. continue for contemne Temple Defilers Destroyed 1 COR. 3. 17. If any man defile the Temple of God him shall God destroy THE circumstantials of this Text may profitably serve for our Exordium or entrance they are three who speaks how he speakes and to whom 1. Who speaks Paul an Apostle of Iesus Christ therefore it is a Gospel sen●e●ce Paul the Doctor of the Gentiles therefore you Gentiles ought to hear him Paul the mouth of Christ the Pen-man of the Holy Ghost and therefore he that despiseth this word despiseth not man but Christ but the Spirit but God 2. How he speaks First by way of denunciation of judgement The Gospel hath fire in it the Preachers threaten destruction yet the Preachers thereof no legall Preachers for our God is a consuming Fire it is true life and immortality are brought to light by the Gospel and it is no lesse true then Hell fire and Damnation is Language peculiar to the Gospel never any Preached in so frequent and plain termes the flames of Hell and that unquenchable fire as did our Lord Jesus who was sent of God Anointed with the spirit that oyle of gladnesse to preach the Gospel to the poor to heal and binde up the broken hearted that meek Lambe of God whose office it was to speak a word in season to the weary soul How often hath he Hell and Hell fire in his mouth in one Sermon Mat. 5. 22. 29 30. Three times in one breath with amazing illustrations Mar. 9. 43. 45. 47. At another time all his discourse almost beset as Paradise with a flaming sword with as sore as plain and equivalent expressions utter darknesse where shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth the Prison out of which there is no coming by any means till they have paid the utmost farthing the losse of the soul cutting asunder and appointing them their portion with hypocrites in no case any entry into the Kingdom of heaven no reward of their Father which is in Heaven Will any dare to deny that Iesus Christ was an Evangelicall Preacher And it stands with all reason that such Preaching should be for Gospel times for the greater and more glorious are the manifestations of Gods grace the greater and more glorious are the manifestations of Gods grace the greater is the sin and the heavier the wrath and condemnation due to the refusers Heb. 12. 25 29. ●he abusers the turners of such grace into lasciviousnesse and w●ntonnesse No marvell then if that Ministry of the New Testament that is as a mirrour to shew us the glory of grace with open face do with as great plainnesse of speech set Hell before us in open view Heaven is the more Heaven to them that see what Hell is It is not unbeseeming an Apostle a Teacher of Grace and of the Gospel to denounce the judgements of God Paul here speaks by way of threatning Secondly he speaks by way of Argumentation 1. Against building up the Church with wood hay and stubble ver 12. By which is meant not Doctrine Hereticall blasphemous and impious though that

out of the Church the place abused is that in 2 Cor. 6. 14 15 17. To separate to come out from among them is not to separate or come out from the Church and Temple of God but from Idols from Belial from Infidels from Darknesse from Unrighteousn●s●e that they from whom we ought to separate are Idolaters Infidels Belialists Heathens of whom it is said ye were once Darknesse Unrighteous ones and they are not the Church and Temple of God to separate in the Apostles sense is not to touch the unclean thing that is to have no communion with them in their Idolatry in their unrighteousnesse of any kinde but other communion with them is not condemned and if he will come to the Ordinances of worship of the true God with the Church we may and ought to admit him to Communion with us in all Ordinances that are for conversion and this is not to touch the unclean thing I dolatry and unrighteousnesse is the unclean thing which we may not touch but the man is not the unclean thing the separation commanded and the coming out from them is not to be un●qually yoked together with them the Greek is elegant lively significant 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 it is a Simile taken from the Plough where the Teeme that drawes the same plough is by yokes and paires of Draught-cattell Oxen or horses or the like which are yoked in the same yoke and so do draw each his part of the same Plough to be yoked together is to draw one part in the same Draught which is in the sense of the Apostle to be joyned in the same communion and counsell of the wicked in which they draw the Plough of their wickednesse be the wickednesse Idolatry unrighteousnesse drunkennesse or any other to have Communion with an Idolater in his Idolatrous worship counsell to uphold that worship or such leagues of nearest conjunction voluntarily chosen and run into which may be a temptation to entice one to Idolatry this is to be unequally yoked with the Idolater It is to have fellowship with them “ Hoc non est consentire malè facientibus esse cum eis in ecclesia sed mala facta corum approbare atque laudare Aug. Tom. 7. Contra. Epist Parmen l. 1. c. 3. in the unfruitfull works of darknesse that the Apostle disswadeth us from and not from the fellowship with Christ in his fruitfull Ordinances and with his people in duties of publique worship of the true God because an incestuous brother is there present and through none of thy approbation of his wickednesse or of his presence but through neglect of the Church and those officers in whom the power and execution of the power lyeth for excommunication of such scandalous brethren is suffered to be there Lastly he truly in the Apostles sense doth separate from the unclean thing that cleanseth himself from all filthinesse of flesh and spirit 2 Cor. 7. 1. That is purifying from all his sins inward and outward and not he that to avoid communion with the world shuts himself up in a Monastery lives an Hermite in a wildernesse nor he that to avoid Communion with Swearers and Drunkards forsaketh the Assemblies of Orthodox Christians using Christs own Ordinances of the Word and Sacraments to hold fellowship with Swearers and Drunkards in their Swearing and Drunkennesse and drunken meetings is to go to plough with them and to tumble with them in the filth but to hold the fellowship of the Gospel if these come to the same assemblies with us and sit there as Gods people is to hold Communion with Christ and they have fellowship with us outwardly in Christs Plough and yoak we have none with them but with Christ and his Saints and with them in the Profession and duty of Saints 13. But now the same Text doth condemne as Temple-Defilers those that are unequally yoked together with unbelievers in Idolatrous worship and Idolatrous feasts 2 Cor. 6. 17. that have communion with them in the Idol-service What fellowship hath the Temple of God with Idols Those that separate not from such that is from the assemblies of Idolaters they partake of the table of Devils 1 Cor. 10. 21. and cannot partake of the Lords Table Those that separate not from the Popish assemblies and that separate not from their false Catholick Church do also touch the unclean thing and sin against the Apostles command for separation We must separate from them that hold not Christ in all things wherein they hold not Christ and no farther 14. It is a sore pollution of the house of God to set up mens Commandements and inventions for Doctrine Matth. 15. 9. Col. 2. 18. 20 21 22. These be the births of mens fleshly mindes which are begotten and quickned by a spirit of Whoredomes These are heathens brought into Gods holy Temple 15. The prophanation pollution or contempt of Gods Ordinances Discipline or Government is the defiling and wasting of Gods Temple hitherto you may referre the prophanations of the Lords Supper in divided Communions and in comming without examination and selfe-judging 1 Cor. 11. 16. Ranke with these such as disgrace the publique and solemn Assemblies either troubling them by barbarous confusion 1 Cor. 14. 26. Every one hath a Psalm an interpretation a Doctrine a Revelation Our new disturbers boast of a fals gift in these particulars though they have not yet they will have an Interpretation a Psalm a Doctrine a revelation they cannot have the face yet to say a Tongue and if they may not have liberty to speak in the publick Assemblies having no such gift they will deny their presence to the Publick fling dishonour upon them all they can or else despising the Church 1 Cor. 11. 22. or place of the Publick assemblies like unto these are such also as puldown Churches and set up their Chamber-meetings David complaineth they have burnt up all the Synagogues of God in the Land Psal 74. 8. It was the Cen●urions Luk. 7. 4 5. high commendations to our Lord Iesus he is worthy for he loveth our Nation and hath built us a Synagogue Such also as deny the maintenance Neh. 13. 10 11. of the publick Ministery solemn worship and places for publick worship such as devour things Holy and Consecrated or convert them to private uses Abhorrest thou Idols Rom. 2. 22. and yet committest thou sacriledge Why should any Tobiah live in the chambers of the Temple Neh. 13. 5. and eate up the Tythes all which belonged to Gods instituted Ministery There yet remaine foure notorious Temple-Defilers that make Gods house their prey it shall suffice to name them 17. Persecutors Tyrants and oppressours of Gods Heritage of whom we have that mournfull complaint Psal 79. 1 2 3. O God! the Heathen are come into thine inheritance thy holy Temple have they defiled they have laid Ierusalem on heapes the dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the Fowles of the Heaven the flesh of