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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…
The temple A sermon preached at Pauls Cross the fifth of August. 1624. By Tho. Adams.The temple A sermon preached at Pauls Crosse the fifth of August. 1624. By Tho. Adams.
London: printed by A. Mathewes for John Grismand, 1624London: printed by A. Mathewes for Iohn Grismand, 1624
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God will dwell with no Inmates: if uncleanness be there, 1will the fountain of all purity abide it? Will Christ dwell with an adulterer? He that will suffer no unclean thing to enter his city above, will he himself dwell in an unclean city below? O think how execrable that sin is, which doth not only take the members of Christ, and makes them the limbs of an harlot; but even turneth Christs Temples into stinking Brothels. Our hearts be the Altars to send up the sweet Incense of devout prayers and cheerful thanksgivings; if the smoke of malicious thoughts be found there, will God accept our oblations? Is it possible, that man should please his Father, that will not be reconciled to his brother? The Lamps of knowledge and sobriety are burning within us; will not the deluge of drink put them out? Will the Lord dwell in a drunken body? Must we not cease to be his Temples, when we become Bacchus his Tuns and tunnels? There is Manna, the bread of life within us; will not Epicurism & throat-indulgence corrupt it? There is peace in us, will not pride and contention affright it? There is the love of heaven in us, will not the love of the world banish it? Shall the graces of God cohabitate with the vices of Satan? Will the Temple of God endure Idols? No, these Eagles plumes will not brook the blending with common feathers: this heavenly gold scorns the mixture of base and sophisticate metals.
God wil dwel with no Inmates: if vncleannes be there, 1will the fountain of all purity abide it? Will Christ dwell with an adulterer? He that will suffer no vncleane thing to enter his citie aboue, will he himselfe dwell in an vncleane citie below? O think how execrable that sin is, which doth not onely take the members of Christ, and makes them the limbs of an harlot; but euen turneth Christs Temples into stinking Brothels. Our hearts bee the Altars to send vp the sweet Incense of deuout prayers and cherefull thanksgiuings; if the smoke of malicious thoughts bee found there, will God accept our oblations? Is it possible, that man should please his Father, that will not be reconciled to his brother? The Lamps of knowledge and sobrietie are burning within vs; will not the deluge of drink put them out? Will the Lord dwell in a drunken body? Must we not cease to be his Temples, when we become Bacchus his Tuns and tunnels? There is Manna, the bread of life within vs; will not Epicurisme & throat-indulgence corrupt it? There is peace in vs, will not pride and contention affright it? There is the loue of heauen in vs, wil not the loue of the world banish it? Shall the graces of God cohabitate with the vices of Satan? Wil the Temple of God indure Idols? No, these Eagles plumes wil not brook the blending with cōmon fethers: this heauenly gold scornes the mixture of base and sophisticate metalls.