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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25410	Sacrilege a snare. A sermon preached, ad clerum, in the Vniversity of Cambridg, / by the R. Reverend Father in God Lancelot Andrews: late L. Bishop of Winchester. VVhen he proceeded Doctor in Divinity. Translated for the benefit of the publike.	Andrewes, Lancelot, 1555-1626.	1646 (1646)	Wing A3151; ESTC R169	19,082	31

Sodom did to Abraham though in another sense Give us the Soules and take the rest to You. But as they who thought they should find the Baptist in Kings Courts so they that think they shall find ABRAHAM there are both deceived Which Errour though a small one and a small one indeed it is if we compare it with those great and famous acts performed by them yet we may justly feare if not seasonably withstood will lie heavy upon succeeding Ages in which true-hearted honest men from that of Solomon Pro. 14. 4. Where no Oxen are the crib is cleane presage Barbarisme or somewhat worse which I will not speake of falsly perchance and I pray GOD it prove so but not rashly I am sure not without cause So that in very truth unlesse we would have the Universities to be broken up the Clergy to be trampled on and all that is called HOLY come to ruin there lyes a necessity upon us to plead for the Churches Patrimony That which is left of it let us aneil and rub over with this bitter juice let us shew them the Snare in which they take paines to trap themselves and that it is not lawfull for them to do what dayly they attempt unlesse it be lawfull for them to blot this Verse out of the Holy Scriptures And indeed to confesse the truth this blur upon our Age that Holy Things are so Devoured much troubles me though there were there were indeed in Solomons time such whose teeth itched to be at them But this troubles me more that we Divines see these things and are lukewarme nay silent that we put up and Devoure these Devourings that which the Apostle complaines of 2. Cor. 11. 20. We suffer if a man devoure us if a man bring us into beggery But this most of all that we our selves so it is dayly expose our selves to be eat and drunk up as I may so say by these Devourers of the Clergy This is not the way believe me to effect what we desire 'T is the wish of many and mine among the rest that we may have a Learned and a Teaching Clergy Grant it Lord IESUS grant it speedily It is a Holy and a wholsome wish But if wee suffer the Churches Meanes to be thus gnaw'd and shav'd eaten and devoured a Vaine wish This was one peice of Pharaohs madnesse He would have them sacrifice to the Lord but not a Sheepe or Oxe to be allowed Exod. 10. 24. And this is our Errour our Madnesse rather Commanders of Armys are a great deal wiser first they take care for Victuals then for Souldiers But we dayly list many strong good Souldiers we bring them in no Provision nay wee suffer that they have to be taken from them And which I have not seldome wondred at in these men wee are ever talking of increasing the Light seldom or never of allowing Oyle But we must preach for one as well as the other the Oyle as well as the Light We must often and vehemently call upon men to remember the Threasury of GOD Wee must labour to bring them to that passe Solomon brought his to esteeme it a part of Religion not to touch any thing set apart for Religion to fast rather then make their meales upon Holy Things to give themselves for choaked and strangled if they should even unwittingly swallow down that which is Holy This if accomplished I shall hope for dayes as good as SOLOMONS If not But I will not presage any thing greivous I goe on to my purpose The Verse I shall divide as it divides it selfe into 2. Parts The One concerning Holy Things not to be Devour'd 2. The Other concerning Vowes not anxiously to be inquir'd into The First for my more distinct progresse J shall part into 3. Members 1. What Things those are which Solomon calls HOLY 2. Who they are that Devoure them 3. They that do ingage themselves in a great sin catch themselves in a Snare 1. OF the first By Solomon in this Chapter that part of our substance is called Holy wherewith chap. 3. ver. 9. Hee told us God ought to be honoured For not Augustus alone hath power to tax the world God hath also His power of Taxing and that out of His full right over our Goods Of which to take away all obscurity or doubt from any Vnder the Law He commanded two diverse Coines of money 1 One stamped with the Sword and Scepter of the Prince 2 The other with the Pot and Rod of Aaron By the One allotting to the Prince his Tribute for his Protection of us by his Scepter against Injustice and Contention by his Sword against Hostility By the Other allowing the Priest his due by whose labour it is Gods pleasure of dry Trees to make us live and flourish and living to Feed Vs with Heavenly Manna to Eternall life God the Father commanded both God the Son paid both Doves to the Temple Tribute to the Prince That First is the sacred Tribute Of which to take a little more exact knowledge Four things there are which in Holy Scripture are called Holy 1 1. Among them that is the first and principall for which the other are sanctified I meane the first Fruits of the Spirit namely Holinesse it selfe with which they must bee adorned who looke to enter into that holy and heavenly Hierusalem It is the Encomium given to God by the Holy Angells so by them so by us P. Esay 6. 3. Holy Holy Holy So hath God commanded us under the Law Be yee holy for I am holy So under the Gospell 1 Thess. 4. 3. This is the will of God even your holinesse This is the will of God ought to be ours Since a God the Father hath chosen his Church which we are before the world b God the Son Redeemed from the world and c God the Spirit annointed in the world You have the first our Sanctification 2. But for the begetting of Holinesse first and then increasing it in us Hee hath sanctified a second sort of Holy things To wit Foure Meanes 1 The Word 2 Prayer 3 Sacraments 4 Censures 1 The Word principally d Sanctifie them by thy Truth thy Word is Truth 2 To which Prayer is coupled e Sanctified by the Word of GOD and Prayer 3 Then the Holy Sacraments 1 Of Baptisme Ephes. 5. 2 Of the Eucharist Hebr. 13. 4 Lastly Censures These Christ calleth f Holy not to be cast to dogs Sanctified by himselfe both to retain us in and recall us to our duty This the Second Holy Meanes 3. Further for the exercising of these Meanes and applying them to that use to which he hath ordained them Hee hath sanctified a third sort of Holy things Which is threefold 1 Of the Place where 2 Of the Time when 3 Of the Persons by whom they ought to be administred 1. Of the Place Which He therefore calleth Holy and the Sanctuary S. Matth. 24 15. 2. Of the Time Which