The temple A sermon preached at Pauls Cross the fifth of August. 1624. By…The temple A sermon preached at Pauls Crosse the fifth of August. 1624. By…

I Paul say unto you, ¹that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. He that would not endure a little leaven in the lump, what would he have said of a little poison? If Moses joined with Christ, the ceremonial Law with the Gospel, were so offensive to him; how would he have brooked Christ and Belial, light and darkness, righteousness and unrighteousness, the cup of the Lord and ⟨p. 31⟩the cup of devils, the Table of the Lord, and the table of devils, the Temple of God and Idols? In the tuning of an Instrument, those strings that be right we meddle not with, but set the rest higher or lower, so as they make a proportion & harmony with the former. The same God who of his gracious mercy, hath put us in the right & uniarring harmony of truth, bring them home in true consent to us, but never suffer us to fall back unto them. Hitherto the contention between us hath not been for circumstance, but substance; not for the bounds, but for the whole Inheritance: whether God or man, grace or nature, the blood of Christ or the milk of Mary, the written Canon or unwritten Tradition, Gods ordinance in establishing Kings, or the Popes usurpation in deposing them, shall take place in our consciences, and be the rule of our faiths and lives.

I Paul say vnto you, ¹that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. He that would not endure a little leauen in the lumpe, what would hee haue said of a little poyson? If Moses ioyned with Christ, the ceremoniall Law with the Gospell, were so offensiue to him; how would hee haue brooked Christ and Belial, light and darknes, righteousnes and vnrighteousnes, the cup of the Lord and ⟨p. 31⟩the cup of deuils, the Table of the Lord, and the table of deuils, the Temple of God and Idols? In the tuning of an Instrument, those strings that be right we meddle not with, but set the rest higher or lower, so as they make a proportion & harmony with the former. The same God who of his gracious mercy, hath put vs in the right & vniarring harmony of truth, bring them home in true consent to vs, but neuer suffer vs to fall back vnto them. Hitherto the contention between vs hath not been for circumstance, but substance; not for the bounds, but for the whole Inheritance: whether God or man, grace or nature, the bloud of Christ or the milke of Mary, the written Canon or vnwritten Tradition, Gods ordinance in establishing Kings, or the Popes vsurpation in deposing them, shall take place in our consciences, and be the rule of our faiths and liues.