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The second tome of homilies of such matters as were promised, and entitled in…The second tome of homilees of such matters as were promised, and intituled in…
The second tome of homilies of such matters as were promised, and entitled in the former part of homilies. Set out by the authority of the Queens Majesty: and to be read in every parish church agreeably.The second tome of homilees of such matters as were promised, and intituled in the former part of homilees. Set out by the aucthoritie of the Queenes Maiestie: and to be read in euery parishe church agreeably.
Imprinted at London : In Poules Churchyarde, by Richard Jugge, and John Cawood, printers to the Queens Majesty, 1571Imprinted at London : In Poules Churchyarde, by Richarde Iugge, and Iohn Cawood, printers to the Queenes Maiestie, 1571
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And first of all, I will declare by the scriptures, that it is called (as it is indeed) the house of God, and temple of the Lord. He that sweareth by the temple (saith our saviour Christ) 1sweareth by it and him that dwelleth therein, meaning God the father, which he also expresseth plainly in the Gospel of Saint John, saying: Do not make the house of my father the 2house of merchandise. And in the book of the Psalms, the Prophet David saith, I will 3enter into thine house, I will worship in thy holy temple, in thy fear. And it is in almost infinite places of the scripture, specially in the prophets 4and book of psalms, called the house of God, or the house of the Lord. Sometime it is named the tabernacle of the Lord, and sometime 5the sanctuary, that is to say, the holy house or place of the Lord. And it is in likewise called the house of prayer, as Solomon, who builded 6the temple of the Lord at Jerusalem, doth oft call it the house of the Lord, in the which the Lords name should be called upon. And Isaiah in the. 50. Chapter, My house shall be called the 7house of prayer amongst all nations. Which text our saviour Christ allegeth in the new Testament, as doth appear in three of the Evangelists, ⟨p. 8⟩and in the parable of the Pharisee and the 8Publican which went to pray, in which parable our saviour Christ saith, They went up into the temple to pray. And Anna the holy wydo we and prophetess, served the Lord in fasting and prayer in the temple, night and day. And in the 9