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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86098	A touch-stone, or, Triall and examination of a sermon, preached by Master Haslewood of Sutton at Hone in the county of Kent: and upon true touch, found to be reprobate silver, (false, and dangerous doctrine) wherein are handled these 3. particulars, 1. The unlawfulness to call any meeting house, the house of God. 2. The church. 3. The temple of God. / By R.H. a lover of truth.	R. H., a lover of truth.	1647 (1647)	Wing H115; Thomason E385_15; ESTC R201465	6,934	8

A Touch-stone OR Triall and Examination of a SERMON Preached by Master Haslewood of Sutton at Hone in the County of Kent And upon true Touch found to be Reprobate Silver False and Dangerous Doctrine Wherein are handled these 3. Particulars 1. The unlawfulness to call any Meeting-house the House of God 2. The Church 3. The Temple of God By R. H. A Lover of Truth MATTH 15.9 In vain do they worship me teaching for doctrine the traditions of men COL 2.8 Beware lest any man spoil you through Philosophy and vain deceit after the tradition of men after the rudiments of the world and not after Christ London Printed for Giles Calvert and are to be sold at the Black-spred Eagle at the West-end of Pauls 1647. To the READER And in especiall to the Inhabitants of the Parish of Sutton at Hone in the County of Kent HAving a desire that the truth might not be clouded or eclipsed by the mysterie of darkness and false Doctrine I have ventured to come upon the Stage who am the weakest that hath put Pen to paper but knowing that God is not tied to means but hath promised that out of the mouths of babes and sucklings he will perfect praise was pressed to make vse of that small talent to his glory though it be but plain yet it may satisfe the plain Christian and convince the greatest opposer therefore reade with desire to know not with prejudice against the truth for the persons sake but love the truth for the truths sake and the God of truth lead you into all truth and keep you from every errour which are the earnest prayers of Him who would be Joyfull to see Christ more exalted Antichrist more layd naked R. H. A Touch-stone A Speech intended to have been spoken in the Parish Meeting-house of Sutton at Hone in the County of Kent Decemb 1646. I Shall in all humility and meekness desire liberty to speak a few words concerning the Doctrine delivered last first day in this place in which I desire only Gods glory the vindication of the Truth and good of poor ignorant People You know friends and neighbours you had one here amongst you that taught the Doctrine of the Gospell plainly or the greater sin if you know not and not for lucre of gain as is known to most of you not having received one penny from you an ill requitall for his great pains as God and your own conscience can best witness● a sad sign you were not worthy of it and now so far as I conceive the Lord hath for a just Judgement suffered one to come amongst you again that not unknown to some of you threatned to starve your souls and I fear it is too true if God prevent not and my soul bleeds to think of your condition and may be God hath sent me a poor instrument to warn you once more to come out of your ignorance or else for a witness against you being a witness to the Truth that hath-been preached here when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty Angels in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God and obey not the Gospell of our Lord Jesus Christ 2 Thess 1.8 It seems there hath been lately taught in this place that this is none other then the house of God and these are the gates of Heaven from that place Gen. 28.17 By which doth appear gross ignorance in the party that so delivered it And my Reason is Because if we well weigh and consider the place there was no materiall house at all nor any gate unless he will make the visionall ladder the gate or house or the heap of stones under his head but by the ladder was meant Christ Iesus the one end reaching to heaven shewed his divine nature and the other end to the earth his humane nature shewing or holding forth thus much had not Christ descended from heaven and took our nature upon him and gave us a part of his divine nature we could never have ascended up to heaven but that which makes Jacob to speak those words was the Lords presence appearing to him in a way of promise in blessing of him so that indeed when God appears to any soul in any place with promise of blessing there is the house of God and gate of heaven opened to the soul and the rich treasure in that house manifested to be his And now for any man to raise that doctrine from Scripture which it will not warrant nor in no wise beare to me is no less then blasphemy because it derogates from the power and spirit of the word To make difference of places for the worship of God under the Gospel as one place to be more holy then other contradicts the practice of Christ and his Apostles and Christs own words John 4.21 Now that which doth so is a great sin 1 but that it contradicts Christs practice is evident Mat. 5.1 2. The first Sermon we reade Christ preached was on a Mountain though at that time the Temple was in use being not rent till his death that is the Vaile which is the Type or shadow Christ himself being the substance and Mat. 13.1 2. He preached in a Ship and on the Sea shore as also Mark 4.1 and John 4.20 21. There Christ tels the woman there was no set place of worship and Mat. 24.1 2. There the disciples take notice of the outward beauty of the outward Temple not meaning the Antitype Christ Iesus which it held forth and Christ tels them there shall not be left one stone upon another And why so To bring men wholly off from looking upon any externall and materiall holiness to the internall holiness which is in and by Christ for though the Temple was holy in regard of Gods command and appointment who commanded and gave pattern how it should be done to a very pin and ring and nothing of man either over or under yet I say for all that it was to vanish But the holiness that is in and by Christ shall never decay That Temple was gold within and without either to shew the glory beauty and pure perfection of Christ in both natures or else to shew what Christ was in his spirituall Temple his Saints pretious grace in them and glorious profession of the same outwardly The worship under the Law did consist much in carnall Ordinances as sacrifices purifyings and the like but the worship of God under the gospel is spirituall the worshipers spirituall Ioh 4.23 24. Now here lyes the great evill mos● men are under a legall spirit and are for carnall places carnall worship and worshipers but we dare not trust in such lying words crying the Temple of the Lord the Temple of the Lord Ier 7.4.2 As it contradicts Christs practise and word so also the practice of the Apostles both whom we are to imitate and not our own humane inventions and vain imaginations for which certainly God will call us