Andrewes - Heaven Collection BX5133.A56 X3 1641

Ofthe GuN~POWDJtB...TREASON, s~-;;;;.1 (no matter how we live:) Nor with thesadum, live indifferent honeftly~ ~ll.>J.' ~. beleev~ (firit, norloo~e for refurrefl_ion : beChriftill!'s, li~e Agrippa;in ~Qdic~eu/~ J\Cl.>~ •• s. tle Rehg10n, upon a-kmves-pomt, w1ll ferve us. Ne1ther mh~lmej[e then onet'ya tt • inrighteoufneJTeaneiy,tbutinboth. . , · ,no~ Hotintffi ft•l· In both, but in their order though, as they fiand; Andhollneffe fiands firll s':-, to reckon ofthat asour-prime fervice. For, ifthere had not·beene fome mea~ ?• it,it is fute, ri$h!eoufn~f{e m!9ht ~ave f.erv~d for both .: ·!leligio~l holi11,ejJe; all ve~~ ~~~!!:_;!. -are ~'"':"-"•m1t. Sunm Gtllffr (faJ._th mghteoufne/JeJand 10 that, IS qua: Del;·:beo. Evt ryone,hlsi:lue;And(o GonHIS. .· , ; ·. ' Yet are they ever thus parted,here,and elfe•where : .Pai:tly; tofet oui G 0 n'S: ~1!'!·•7·.': part by it felfe (as the fat from the facrifice) for the dignitie ofHis perfon : Partly' to_keepe up the diftinCl:ion,which ever hath, and ever mull: b~maintained;offeveriug thmgs facred fr~m common; ·!lndholy, from humane d~tles. And partly alfo, to checke•the concett that runnes mthe world abroad, O,he IS agoodman livesquiet ' Iy with his neighbours, P~yes every man his due: Every man his due'~ and ho~ then~ !hall Go n lacke His due~ I trow not, but have His-too~andHis fir!r. Reafoq is, He be fir!l: (ervea'. , • J . . . And holimffe is His due: you may reade it; in thepl~te ofgold;_ln theHigh-', i~~;,:';36• Pneftsfore-head,Ho!me./Je to the L o ~ n : Y_ou may heare 1tltom themo¥th ofthe •-.Y - : 3 , . •. Seraphzm; they menuon none ofall H1s ~tmbutes,but that: Thanhey doe;and doe . · it, thrice over. Pointing us thereby,what is chiefein Him,and ihouldbo~hiefe'with us, and whereto we lhould chiefly direCt ourfervi•e. Holine/Je;is His~ile:ahd(heare ft,b.s~.!i:· you) [d His due, as the Ap~le is'dirett, totidem '<itrbis, witholitdus duepayed, witiJ~ ~ut holinef!e,fhaUnoman everfee Go n. · .., , . • .? '"' , . 'Tofl"'~Rim . But then, you will marke,it is to{erve Him, in Holinejfe;\Holil(t{fds one thing i .".!!!~~"5' 'I'oferve ·Gon inH~linife,isanother: HolinefTe·wemayhave..(?-t lea!l:, thinke out · · felvestohave)but, a ftately, furly kinde of liolinef{eiliis, {o as in our hounef['e, wee ferveHim not. Butit.is not enough to beholy .~aferviee i11 hllinef{e is required at out hands: that we ~c~nowledgeaflrvire inholinej[e, andas fervants,.carry·, our felvesi · :mdferveHzm,mlt. . , • . , .•.,. . . . Oltftf'!Jiliill' Ourfervice inholintjf'eI divide, as the Pfalm'edoth : Eitherinfo~reti<S-Anflorumi ;,,;.,g,m<h<_ when we are alone by oudelves (as, there, in fecret, good folkes faile nqt 0 to [er'fll. Cong«g'." 00 ' Him.) .0r, in SynagogJ, in the open Alfembly;with theCongregation• l'fal., u. '· Our fecret holinef{e I meddle not with. Abfe~ndita Del noJJre; Heave it to·G on.' ~~~!9·'~· • 1hope, it is better, and more (ervice-like,thanour outwardis. Asabfcondita Deo, fo revelata nobu. Our Chur~h-Service,our Servie~ in Synagog~,~;he.out-fideoftic_( fo) that isnofecret; all menfeewhatitis, that full homely it is, nay,fullrudi:it is (and ,.,,., - lightly the meaner tht~ perfons; the more faulty in it.~ Ourf,~linef{e isg~~wan w:e familiar, and fellow-like; Our carriagethere, can hardly b'et'ermedfer'lli(fjthere IS fo very little ofafervantin it. . .; .. . · ' :·' . · 1 When we doenot onlyferve Him,but doe ourfervmbeforeY.w1(both,?re1nth~ ~11!,,~:39; Text, z//i,and coram zll6) as, that we doe when we come hitbe.r.;- it is to profelfeour mt.91:r: p[al.,6.g. I Th<fi 44• t!!!~~=·=· fervice,that we come.When wecome,before thepre[ence 9/tfoeLQJt n;tlteprefl~ce 6 f the L o·Jt n of the whole earth (fo thePfalmedoublesir, to !1)$~.us thio.ke.t;n tt the better) then, faith he; worlhip Him in deem Sanflo,inaholykindeofdecencte,?r (~s we rcade it) in the bea11ty ofholinef{e. 0 ur holineffe.lhould have akind ofpe.wtyW,1th 1 ;• Holinejfe andhonour,the Apojlle joyneth th,e'm together;GQdljne/feandgrav!tJ,•""~"; '!) "'f''h"',and them roo. Now this is tha:,rhe world complrunes·of; there IS not.t 3 deccr,that beauty: not that hQn6t~r, not that "'I'';Tn{, that venerable grave behhl10~,?. in our !Jolinclfe,wecarry not our felves' in 1\is holy Sanctuary, where our 0 tnlpl lhouldbe at the holieft, nor atHis{ervice there, as fervant~ lhould, andufe t~ doedu: Ourflrvie~in · We ftuinble at the very threlhold. Our very firftfervtce(orrather, the mtrob : •~ol'l.<io• or · cHon to our{ervice) in the firft T<!ble(the Table ofhQ/inef{e)isthere fet ~own~~O, e, H::;,~;f,~£ adcrabu. We turne it,jhAlt worjhip. How that is,we are told'every day mthe/;:"111 ;~ ;~,~{.~;· !-t~ m rmjbip,and fa~d~'!_n_t,4'!_~~n_~el~ 6efor.e ~!.~ ~ ~ !': ~ ~'- ~'!.!~r~ !S wa:> &;;{~~ivq A •

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