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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01719	Eight sermons, vpon the first foure chapters, and part of the fift, of Ecclesiastes Preached at Mauldon, by G. Giffard.	Gifford, George, d. 1620.	1589 (1589)	STC 11853; ESTC S114031	104,274	286

which standeth vp in his steade This is to be vnderstoode of the succession of kings and great men of the earth He spake of an olde king that is a foole he doeth in contemplation behold him thrown down from his throne and forsaken of all his subiectes He doth also behold them euen all the liuing that walke vpon the earth walking or ioyning thēselues with y e newe king whom he calleth the second childe that standeth vp in steade of that olde foole cast downe He nameth him a childe because he had made the comparison betwéene an olde king that is a foole and a poore child that is wise The foole falleth from his honor the childe commeth out of prison for to raign He calleth him the second because he spake but of two What then shall the state of this second childe this wise king be ought saue vanitie Doubtles no. The sicknes of the people is such that he shall not be delighted in but for a time Those that come after will not reioyce in him He saith there is no ende of all the people that is no stop or stay they neuer come to rest in any that haue béene before thē which may be said those that haue béene rulers ouer them The people delight stil in new kings the sunne rising is honoured aboue the sunne setting and so the wise childe comming to raigne findeth nothing but vanitie and sore vexation of spirite The end of the seuenth Sermon The eight Sermon Ecclesiastes Chap. 4. TAke heede to thy feete when thou goest vnto the house of God and be readie to heare rather then to offer the sacrifice of fooles for they perceiue not that they doe euill Chapter 5. BE not rash with thy mouth neither let thy heart make hast to vtter a thing before God for God is in heauen and thou art vpon earth therefore let thy wordes be fewe 2 For as a dreame commeth foorth by the multitude of businesse so the voice of a foole by the multitude of wordes 3 When thou vowest a vow to God be not slack to pay it for he is not delighted with fooles perform that thou hast vowed 4 It is better not to vowe then that thou shouldest vowe and not performe it 5 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sinne and say not before the angell that it is an error why should God be angrie at thy voice and destroy the worke of thy handes 6 For as in the multitude of dreames there be vanities so in the multitude of wordes but feare thou God Ecclesiastes Chap. 4. 5. TAke heede to thy feet c. I did shew you beloued in Christ that the purpose of king Solomon in this book is to teach mē how to come to true blessednes I did also note that it consisteth of two partes For first he laboureth to draw men out of the wrong way that is from setting their heartes vpon any thing vnder the sunne to séeke good therein And this hath he dealt in from the beginning of the book vnto this place as we haue séene Now by way of digression cutting of that he toucheth the other that is y e right course vnto blessednesse which is in the true worship and feare of God Our miseries be many and great we féele it so here is a holesome medicine to ease and cure vs if wee take héede and applie it well There is none of vs so dull but knoweth that f●licitie is in god he is the fountaine of happines We haue this also engrauen in our mindes that such only are blessed as be in Gods fauor and therfore he must be worshipped and his displeasure must be appeased These pointes Solomon doeth not touch at all for he néeded not but how to séeke God aright and to worship him as he may accept and be pleased that is the thing For when it cōmeth to this men faile and are foolish they séeke him they worship him faine they would haue his anger appeased towards them and be in his fauour but they doe it so fondly that they be neuer the better but the worse Let vs therfore be taught here by Solomon how to auoyde so intollerable a mischiefe which we be all ready is run into Take heede to thy feet saith he whē thou goest to the house of God When thou goest to séeke God o● to worshippe him For God did appoint a special place for his worship the Temple in Ierusalem There he did so rea●ale him selfe that hee was saide to dwell in it among his people it was called his house Here they were to offer gifts sacrifices vnto him This Temple and all the worship in ceremonies which was 〈…〉 vnto it are taken away For they were ordeyned but while Christ should come and finish our redemption and therefore he said to the woman at the well Iohn 4. Woman beléeue me the hower commeth and now is that neither at Ierusalem neither in this mountaine ye shall worship the father And againe he saith that the true worshippers shall worship in spirite and truth God reuealeth himselfe in all nations of the world and men are to worship him euery where But yet neuerthelesse these words do stand still vnto vs. We haue Gods house where he is chiefly to be sought and worshipped euen the publike assembly For God hath ordeyned shepeheards and teachers to call the flocke together to ●éed them Ephes 4. There is speciall promise made of a blessing in the publike assemblies Where two or thrée are gathered together in my name there am I in the middest of them Matth. 19. The holy prophete of God did stagger when he beheld the prosperitie of the wicked and the affliction of the iust Psalm 73. He could not tell how to be satisfied vntil he went as he saith into the sanctuaries of God there God resolued him of his great doubt We must therefore goe to Gods house to séeke such blessings and to worship and praise God together No man can be a right worshipper of God in priuate that doeth not frequent the publike assemblies where God speaketh to his people We must all of vs if we be wise goe to Gods house but that is not enough marke what he giueth in precept take heed to thy feete This must néeds be a borowed spéech for wée may not be so simple as to vnderstand it of the bodily féet He doeth not set downe a charge to will men to looke how they step in the way when they goe to the Church It is to be vnderstood of the hart and mind approaching to séeke and worship God It is therfore as much as to say when thou wilt séeke God worship him take héed how thy heart and minde do come for thou mayest goe awry There is a right way and there is a wrong way if thou goe in the right way thou art blessed if thou goe in the wrong way thou doest marre all thou shalt kindle Gods wrath against thée Then