An Exact collection of farewell sermons preached by the late London-ministers viz. Mr. Calamy,…An Exact collection of farewel sermons preached by the late London-ministers viz. Mr. Calamy,…

Lastly, I grant, that after the performances of holy duties, in places wherein we meet for the worship and service of God, it is our duty to abstain, not only from filthy and indecent actions of a natural or moral filthiness, unseemly, as looked upon by men against God's Law; but from all those civil, moral, lawful actions, at other times, that may reflect any dishonour upon the work that hath been done, or upon the work that shall be done, or that may render the place unmeet for religious services afterwards: And this is that that one calls a Negative, or a Privative reverence, a reverence, or not doing something, not because the place is more holy, but for decency and order, considering the religious duties performed in that place. So that things subservient to Religion call for a Negative reverence, and are not so to be used, as that the Religious services which are there performed and transacted, should be made disgraceful and dishonourable; as the Bread of the Sacrament, after the Sacrament is done, is not lawful to be cast unto unreasonable creatures, because it reflects dishonour upon the religious service which we were before doing; so, dirty water is not to be put into the Communion Cup, not that the Cup is holy, but because it is a reflection of disgrace upon that holy service wherein that Cup is made use of; and that Cup is not to be made use of to drunkenness. But in all this bear me witness that I say, all this is but a civil reverence, and so due to any place where there is any honourable Convention, as in the Parliament house, ⟨p. 295⟩or presence-Chamber, or the like. Having yielded this.

Lastly, I grant, that after the performances of holy duties, in places wherein we meet for the worship and service of God, it is our duty to abstain, not onely from filthy and indecent actions of a natural or moral filthiness, unseemly, as looked upon by men against God's Law; but from all those civil, moral, lawfull actions, at other times, that may reflect any dishonour upon the work that hath been done, or upon the work that shall be done, or that may render the place unmeet for religious services afterwards: And this is that that one calls a Negative, or a Privative reverence, a reverence, or not doing something, not because the place is more holy, but for decency and order, considering the religious duties performed in that place. So that things subservient to Religion call for a Negative reverence, and are not so to be used, as that the Religious services which are there performed and transacted, should be made disgracefull and dishonourable; as the Bread of the Sacrament, after the Sacrament is done, is not lawfull to be cast unto unreasonable creatures, because it reflects dishonour upon the religious service which we were before doing; so, dirty water is not to be put into the Communion Cup, not that the Cup is holy, but because it is a reflection of disgrace upon that holy service wherein that Cup is made use of; and that Cup is not to be made use of to drunkenness. But in all this bear me witness that I say, all this is but a civil reverence, and so due to any place where there is any honourable Convention, as in the Parliamenthouse,