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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04101	The Christian sacrifice by Iames Barker ...	Barker, James, fl. 1639.	1639 (1639)	STC 1418; ESTC S113337	35,264	174

actions do shew forth their internall affections The heart that is unscrutable to man but * gentis corporis Hirom Gestus est sermo quidem corporis Cic. de Orat. lib. 3. vox animi the outward carriage of the body is a faire testimonie of the inward disposition of thy mind and then is discovered what the heart thinketh by that which the body acteth for grace in the heart is the light of the body and this light must shine before men that they may see aswell as God And that men may reape the good God receive the glory Gods heavenly inspirations and mens holy desires should empty themselves here that the Church may outwardly testifie what Ad significandum debitum ordinem mentis humanae in Deum Aq. pri se quest 102. art 3. inwardly each man should be by such outward worship as might betoken the Majesty of God beseeme the dignitie of Religion and concurre with the celestiall impressions in the minds of men Idem 2. 2. q. 92. Art 2. The performance of all Religious services respect God and man to please him and edifie them and so must be equally poysed with the two theologicall vertues Faith and Charity Faith towards God and Charity towards men without faith it is impossible to please God and cordi creditur man believeth with the heart it is the heart that seasoneth our devotion and faith that seasoneth the heart directs it to the true object and in the right end of pure Religion And as faith seeketh to please God so charity to approve it self before men and charity in the performance of a duty unto God hath respect unto the benefit of man too God sees faith in the internall devotion of the Heart and therewith he is well pleased Men see charity in the externall carriage of the body and therewith they are edified God calls for that by Solomon in my text My sonne give me thine heart and he cals for this by St. Paul in another text to present your bodyes aliving Rom. 12. 1 sacrifice c. and then concludes and not til then your devotion to be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 your reasonable service and good reason there is God should be served both in body and soule for at the first he made both and he once redeemed both he dayly preserveth both and finally saveth both and therefore glorifie him in both And thus the Christian offers that Holocaust to God in substance and truth which the Jewes did offer in type and figure making his approches into the house of God with Davids hymn in his mouth Introibo Ps 66. 13. in domum tuam Holocastis I will go into thy house with burnt-offerings but now in Gods house there is no use of fire unlesse it be the Metaphorical fire of true zeale for true zeale is Gods fire of which St. Aug. in ps 66. alias 65 Austin thus totum meum consumit ignis tuus nihil mei remaneat totum sit tibi Let thy holy fire of zeale O Lord consume me wholy and make me thine in every part all thine and then is all his when he hath the heart for as the powers of it are inclined so are the parts of the body moved there is a league of amity betwene them like that betwene Ruth and Naomi the body like Ruth to Naomi cleaving to the soule and saying intreat me not to leave thee Ruth 1. 16 John 1. 16 Anima intellectiva quamvis sit una secundum essentiam tamen propter sui perfectionem est mul tiplex in virtute ideo ad diversas operationes indigit diver sis dispositio nibus in par tibus corporis cui ponitur Aq. prima q. 76. art 5. risp ad 3. arg or toreturn from following after thee for whether thou goest I will go and where thou lodgest I will lodge thy people shal be my people and thy God my God or as his souldiers did to Josuah all that thou commandest us we will do and whether thou sendest us we will go for albeit the soule in essence be one yet to the perfection of it there are divers faculties and for the severall operations of these faculties there must needs be an answerable disposition in the partes of the body to which it is united for as the fire first kindleth the fuell and that being kindled nourisheth the fire and as the body first warmeth the clothes and then they returne a reciprocall heat to the body so the heart first disposeth the parts of the body and these partes fitly disposed In divino cultu necesse est aliquibus corporalibus uti ut eis quasi signis quibusdam mens hominis excitetur ad spirituales actus quib Deo conjun gitur Aq. 2. 2. quest 81. art 7. Ecclesiam piis quibusdam coeremoni is elegantibus ritibus institutis tanquam sponsam ornatam viro suo decorarent Cornal Agrippa de van scientiarum cap. 6. affect the heart and make devotion in the heart like the fire in the Sanctuary a flame that goes not out And even experience it selfe teacheth us how merveilously outward forme and solemnity in Gods service doth helpe weakenesse and inbecility in us perswading the will inciting the affections and making some impressions of further knowledge in the mind winging our thoughts holding up the heart in her devotions and giving stength and vigour to such motions which are otherwise apt to languish and conclude in a lazie wish but the parts of the body fitly disposed keepes up the heart till Gods wil be fulfilled and mans duty discharged True it is God hath sometimes excepted against this outward worship but then when it hath been alone when the people drew neere him with their lippes and their hearts were farre from him But when or where * Externum cultum non reprehendit dominus imo etiam ab omnibus piis requirit nec enim tantum intus in animo colere debemus sed etiam coram hominibus testari c. Calvin ap Mart. in Matth. 15. 8. Jo. 4. 22. shew me was ever God offended with the humble lowly and reverend gesture of the body in his service or where did he ever condemne outward Solemnitie when it was joyned with inward sinceritie never did hee open his mouth against the use of that but the want of this The true worshippers shall worship God in Spirit and truth saith the Sonne of God but how in truth if not outwardly in body as well as inwardly in heart and spirit God is robbed of his worship when either is with-held and when both are not exhibited Gods house is made of a house of Prayer a den of theeves And the same spirit that by the Son of God commends inward worship doth by the servants of God and those no mean ones neither his Prophet Esay and Esay 45. Ro. 14. 12. his Apostle Paul command outward worship As I live saith the Lord every knee shall bow unto