A34165:290
A Complete collection of farewell sermons preached by Mr. Calamy, Dr. Manton, Mr. Caryl…A Compleat collection of farewel sermons preached by Mr. Calamy, Dr. Manton, Mr. Caryl…
A Complete collection of farewell sermons preached by Mr. Calamy, Dr. Manton, Mr. Caryl ... [et al.] ; together with Mr. Ash his funeral sermon, Mr. Nalton's funeral sermon, Mr. Lye's rehearsal ... with their several prayers.A Compleat collection of farewel sermons preached by Mr. Calamy, Dr. Manton, Mr. Caryl ... [et al.] ; together with Mr. Ash his funeral sermon, Mr. Nalton's funeral sermon, Mr. Lye's rehearsal ... with their several prayers.
London : s.n., 1663
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2. The reason by which this is backed, Because the place whereon Moses did stand, was holy ground. The meaning I take to be this, it is holy in regard of that visible and miraculous token, symbol, and sign of his presence, that is here discovered in this place; not because the place was (as I do not understand how any place is) of its own nature holy, but God ⟨image 33⟩did testify, that the place being the place of his special presence, had thereby a holiness; there being now a sign given by God to Moses, that he was extraordinarily and miraculously there. And thus I have opened the second Branch, whereon this Injunction was backed, This place was holy; so it was then. Now I do not understand how I can discourse of this so profitably unto you, concerning the holiness of places, unless we take notice of the holiness of places in the time of the Gospel, and consider, whether, and how in these times, one place may be said to be holy, or holier then another. And truly I am not put on this employment willingly, nor the handling of this subject; and if it were not extorted from me by something, I do not say that I have seen, but that I have read, that was written by men, and those none of the meanest neither, the learnedst of the Papists, I should not now have chosen to have entered upon this Task, concerning the holiness of places; in opposition to whom, I have entered upon this Discourse: I will give you expressions, which one of the devoutest, and the other of the learnedst of them hath: the learnedst of them, accounted so at least, (though blessed be God, his weapons have not been formidable to the Church) is Bellarmine, his words are these: Templum consecrandum merito venerabile & divina virtute preaeditum est: The Temple consecrated is deservedly holy, and venerable in worship, and endowed with divine virtue and efficacy; the Temple ought to be looked upon as honourable and venerable. And for the other, Durandus he tells us; So great is the Religion and holiness of Churches, that those things should be, and may be forbidden to be done in them, (he means perpetually, or else he said nothing, for we grant as much) which in other places may duly and lawfully be done.
2. The reason by which this is backt, Because the place whereon Moses did stand, was holy ground. The meaning I take to be this, it is holy in regard of that visible and miraculous token, symbol, and sign of his presence, that is here discovered in this place; not because the place was (as I do not understand how any place is) of its own nature holy, but God