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…

We have but one Foundation, the infallible word of God: they have a new foundation, the voice of their Church, which they equalize in presumption of certainty with the other. We have but one Head, that is Christ; they have gotten a new head, & dare not but believe him, whatsoever Christ says. Sponsus Ecclesiae nostrae Christus, Christ is our husband: they have a new husband. While Rome was a holy Church, she had a holy husband: but now as Christ said to the ⟨p. 32⟩woman of Samaria, ¹He whom thou now hast, is not thine husband: so he whom the Romanists have now got, is an adulterer, he is no husband. So that here is Foundation against foundation, Head against head, Husband against adulterer, Doctrine against doctrine, Faith against unbelief, Religion against superstition, the Temple of God against Idols; and all these so diametrally opposed, that the two Poles shall sooner meet, then these be reconciled. Michael and the Dragon cannot agree in one Heaven, nor the Ark and Dagon in one house, nor Jacob and Esau in one womb, nor John and Cerinthus in one Bath, nor the clean and the leprous in one camp, nor truth and falsehood in one mouth, nor the Lord and Mammon in one heart, nor religion & superstition in one kingdom, nor God and Idols in one Temple. The silly old Hermite was sorry, that God and the Devil should be at such odds, and he would undertake to make them friends: but the Devil bad him even spare his labour, for they two were everlastingly fallen out. No less vain a business doth that man attempt, that would work an agreement betwixt the Temple of God and Idols.

We haue but one Foundation, the infallible word of God: they haue a new foundation, the voice of their Church, which they equalize in presumption of certaintie with the other. Wee haue but one Head, that is Christ; they haue gotten a new head, & dare not but beleeue him, whatsoeuer Christ saies. Sponsus Ecclesiae nostrae Christus, Christ is our husband: they haue a new husband. While Rome was a holy Church, she had a holy husband: but now as Christ said to the ⟨p. 32⟩woman of Samaria, ¹He whom thou now hast, is not thine husband: so he whom the Romanists haue now got, is an adulterer, he is no husband. So that here is Foundation against foundation, Head against head, Husband against adulterer, Doctrine against doctrine, Faith against vnbeliefe, Religion against superstition, the Temple of God against Idols; and all these so diametrally opposed, that the two Poles shall sooner meet, then these be reconciled. Michael and the Dragon cannot agree in one Heauen, nor the Arke and Dagon in one house, nor Iacob and Esau in one wombe, nor Iohn and Cerinthus in one Bath, nor the cleane and the leprous in one camp, nor truth and falshood in one mouth, nor the Lord and Mammon in one heart, nor religion & superstition in one kingdom, nor God and Idols in one Temple. The silly old Hermite was sory, that God and the Deuill should be at such odds, and he would vndertake to make them friends: but the Deuill bad him euen spare his labour, for they two were euerlastingly fallen out. No lesse vaine a busines doth that man attempt, that would worke an agreement betwixt the Temple of God and Idols.