558 Mans Soule mutt beere- newed, to make it a fit habitation for God. Prat. sa. Babtifinethe foundation ofChri ¡Han building. None fo largea Temple for God,as the heart of Man. Vpon the VVednefday after we haue all there things. Phylon faith, That anhoneft,a holy,and deuout Soule, is the Altar whereon God is adored. But here we are toconfider, Thatour heart, or the routeofa Chriftian man, is a higher rooft Temple, andfarre morefpacious. After thatSalomon hadmade anendofbuilding his Temple, he fayd , OLord, Ihauebuilt theeanHoufe to dwellin, butit is toolittle forthygreatneffe; for if the Heauens, and the Hea- uensofHeauens arenot able to containe thee , how much more vnable is this Houle that I hauebuilt,it being but a Thimble as it were,in comparifonofthee, for that thou arthigher than the higheftHeauens, and deeperthan theprofoun- deftDepth. What Houf is that (faithEfay,ina fleightingkindof manner ) which yee banebailtfor me, andwhat is thatplaceofmy reff ? Were not all things made bymy handl If thenaTemple made by filch powerfull hands, befo fmalla Houle for God todwellin, (for whichcaufe Saint Paul fayd,Iledwelleth not in Templer made with hands) Howgreat aone will that be,which man fha1l make forhim:' So that the leaft vnworthie,and the leaft narrow houle, is our breit ; Greater yet la God than ourheart, andyet Godfaith, If any(hall open, l willcomeInvnto bim,andwilfüp withhim. This isthat Templewhich Goddefires fhouldbee renewed. After that the Templewas prophaned by Anti«hmr, the Textfaith, They didwifelyconfider with themfeluer, That that Altar fhould bedeftroyed, andanew one built : forthey thought itnot fitto offer Sacrificevnto God vpon that Altar, whereon udntio- chres (whom the Scriptureftileth, TheRoot ofall wickedneffe) had performed fomanyabhominations. They therefore built anew Altar, anddid inftitute a Feaft inmemoriall ofit's re-edification; wherein theygauethankes vnto God, That he had giuen them atime wherein theymight trulyferue him,asthey had done heretofore. Nowas the councell was good in the Macbabees, TobuildanewAlter ( for had theymade the old one neuer focleane, yet the forepaffed abhominations would hauecaufed ácontinual horrour) fowillit be veriegood councell,vtter- ly to deftroya foule Soule, which hath beenan Inne for Vice,andan habitation for Deuils, and to create itanew,thatthere might not remainany relifhof it's former ill : And Dauid feemethto delire as muchof God in thofe words ofhis, Create inme,ôLord, anewheart. When Liquor bath laynea long time in a Vef- fell, though youwafh and rynfe it neuer fomuch, it retaineth fomewhat of it's old odour. The adulteric ofBerfhabe, and the murther ofyriab, bath layne a long time inmybreft,and though I haue wafhed and rynfed it with I knownot howmany LeesandSopes, yet haue I no hope tomake itas cleane as it was be- fore : and therefore, ô Lord, I befeechthee, that thouwilt createanewheart in me, wherewith Imay loue thee for euer.But ifthis cannot be, becaufethe foule isimmor tall,perdurable, and incorruptible, Renew a rightfßirit withinme , that there may notremaine any fent or fauour ofmy former fouines; eftablifh fuch a fpirit inme,that I may neuer fai from thy feruice; a fpiritthatmayrepaire thofe wrongs I did before : and ifthat were an occafion that many did blafpheme thy Name, let thisbe fucha one, that it may conuert many vnto thee, and that theymay truly feruethee. The gloriousDoólor Saint Llmbrofetouched vpon thisfiring, Dauid(faithhe) did delireof God, That he would create him anew heart, not that hefhould create it anew, but that he fhould fo renew it , that it might feeme tobe created anew ; for to cl enfe it, was all one as tocreate it. It is the refolution of aman that is truly nenit'nt,todelire to kauea lewd life, and to auoyd all occafions thereof. vinfclme faith, That the firft renouarion which
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