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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13528	The beavvties of Beth-el Containing: sundry reasons why euery Christian ought to account one day in the courtes of God, better then a thousand besides. Preached in Cambridge, and now published especially for the benefite of those that were the hearers.	Taylor, Thomas, 1576-1632.	1609 (1609)	STC 23820; ESTC S107524	54,350	140

continue each time in his worshippe together many daies preuenteth all their obiections for they might say but wil not this giue great aduantage to the enemy to watch such times to win their coūtries again Which in any one of those three times in our so long absence from our houses leauing none to defend thē but women childrē they might easily enter vpō Or were it not fit if there must be three such meetings y t the people of one prouince should assemble at one of them they of another at the second and so in the third then to leaue the whole coūtry at once without men and strength exposed to such certaine danger No saith the Lord come before me euery man thrise a yeare for no man shall desire thy land when thou shalt appeare before the LORD Exodus 34. 24 himself would be the strength of it at y t time so watch it as the enemy should not so much as desire it the like we may obserue in their gathering of Mannah euery day in y e morning w c was not only an obediēce vnto gods cōmandemēt but a special resemblance and shadow of seeking Iesus Christ in y e parts of his worship Now herein seemed to lie no smal danger towards them For either the enimies w c were continually troublesom vnto thē might take their camps whilst the whole host was abroad gathering Mannah or else they might lye in ambush in the wildernes for the host about y e place wher the Mannah fell yet for al their danger notwithstanding they had many skirmishes in y e wildernes wee neuer read y t this was any disaduantage vnto thē The Lord so watched them theirs that neuer by their gathering of Mannah nor in that time and place they wer disparaged no nor set vpon for the eye of the Lord is most vpon them y t ar nearest vnto him Set thy selfe to gather Mannah in the ministry thou shalt not faile of Gods protection And this the Prophet Dauid in the second place teacheth in the vers following For God is the Sun and shield And hereby he prouoked himself often into the presence of God in the assemblies and the rather in that now he was so hunted out of euery corner and euery day brought him more danger then other that there was often but a step between him and death hee had great cause to long after that defence and safety which the Lord reacheth out to such as haue libertye with good heartes to worship before him in his Temple Thirdly strong consolation for al conditions of life euen such as otherwise would be most vncōfortable For when the people of God are compassed with such iudgements and terrors whether without or within them as they cannot tell what way to turne them when changes of sorrowes come thicke and threefold one in the neck of an other when whole armies of temptations besiege them so as they see no way of issue escape here are they incouraged to set their eies vpon y e Lord who pittying them as a father the child which he loueth wil not suffer them to sink in their sorrow but holds them vp by the chin that they perish not in their trouble For heere come they to know 1. that the Lords manner is first to giue strength and then the burden w c shal not bee aboue that strength 2. that the Lord must rule in his house and necessarily must administer out of his iustice as wel correction as reward and draw euen his deare ones vnto him as well by the rods of men as by the cords of loue which is a singular prop vnto their patience So as they can be wel contented vnder it 3. y t though their troubles be neuer so great yet he will deliuer them out of al in due seasō 4 that he wil make these afflictions soueraign and wholesom vnto them and turn euen their sufferings to their best all things fall out to the best to them that loue God Thus the Lord maketh good his promise to such as conscionably seeke him in his ordinance as one whom his mother comforteth so shall you in Ierusalem Whereas if the word were not their comfort they were sure to perish in their trouble Besides here the people of GOD reape the comfort of their prayers for as a King receiueth petitions at the Court or as a maister of a family is ready to heare and receiue all the complaintes and requestes of his children and seruantes euen so the LORD in this house giueth free accesse vnto him-selfe and for their incouragement herein freely promiseth that hee will bee ready to heare their prayers behold their sighs put their teares into his bottle send no man awaie emptie and cast none in the teeth for his importunity so it bee guided aright Seeing thererfore that heere are such consolations to bee attayned as the whole Worlde besides cannot giue nor take away so certaine so seasonable so spirituall so perpetuall Which of vs haue not as much reason to wish the fruition of such a gratious presence of GOD were it but for one day aboue all other all our dayes as Dauid did This holy man well knewe that one day was but short in comparison of many dayes But yet their reioycing with the Church in the Church assemblyes for one daie was worthily to bee preferred before the reioycing of many dayes without the Church in that the waight of this ioy recompensed the shortnes of it self counteruailed the length of the other being vnspeakably glorious This third priuiledge is that w c he in the third place mentioneth as a steele spur to his affection where in the next vers he addeth that the Lord is not onely the Sun shield but grace in his church that is gratiously accepteth in his Christ 1. the persons and then the prayers of such as are assembled in spirit truth to worship him and call vppon his name Fourthly Blessednes and saluation w c is not ordinarily out of these assemblies to be attained A true saying it is that none can haue God his father that hath not the church for his mother neither can any testifie himselfe a childe of the Church but by the dutiful acknowledgment of hir whensoeuer God shewes hir face Whē Iacob was awake out of his sleepe in which the Lord had appeared vnto him Hee said This is the house of GOD this is the gate of heauen in like manner may wee conceiue and speake of these places in which it pleaseth the LORD so gratiously to appeare vnto vs this is no other then the gate these are surely the suburbes of heauen Out of the Church is no saluation whosoeuer remained without the Arke a tipe of the visible Church was drowned The Lord sauēth none whom he first addeth not vnto the Church And the Scriptures attribute saluation but yet ministerially to the wombe brests and lappe of the Church which