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…

Christ saith, The time comes when you shall neither in this Mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father: That is, Gods Worship and Service shall not be confined and limited to those places, as if others were not as good and holy as they. 1 Cor. 1.2. To them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be Saints, with all that in every place call upon the Name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours. One place for the calling upon Christ is as good as another; and therefore, Where two or three are gathered together, I will be in the midst of them. And this is fore-told in Zeph. 2.11. and in Mal. 1.11. So that this is the sum of all, Gods Institution makes the Sabbath holy; and the Bread and the Wine set apart by Gods own Institution, after the duty, may be used in secular uses

But fourthly and lastly, to name no more, No place is so sanctified by God, as that after the ceasing of that presence of God, any holiness should belong unto it; as now when the signs and tokens of Gods presence ⟨image 39⟩ceased and was gone, the holiness of that place was gone, and then it was lawful for Moses to put on his shoes. And so when Gods presence ceased in the Ark, the Altar, and Mercy-seat, the places became no other than secular, and civil. And now for us to go about (as the Papists do) a Pilgrimage to Jerusalem, as if that place had any more holiness than others, is a foolish and abominable thing: How many bloody Battles have been fought, to the disgrace, as well as the loss of Christianity, for the regaining of the Holy Land.

But fourthly and lastly, to name no more, No place is so sanctified by God, as that after the ceasing of that presence of God, any holiness should belong unto it; as now when the signs and tokens of Gods presence ⟨image 39⟩