1 A sE R M o· N I PREACHED AT THE REEDIFIED CHAPEL 0 F T HE R I GHT H 0 N 0 U R Able Earle of Exceter, in his Houfe ' C of Saint !ohm. HAc G AI l. 9· 7 heglor1 of the l,,mr hortfe]ball begmter than of thefmmr ,faith the Lordof Hojl s; •nd in thi>placewi/1 I give peace,f~tth the Lord ofHejls. we have Houfes ofour owne, fo God hath his; yea, as great men have more houfes than one, fo hath th~ great God of Heaven much more; more, boch in fucceffion (a.s here, the l•ner houf:, and the firft) and in variety: He hach an houfe of Adh, (Te are the Trmples •f the living God;) An houfe of !lone; ( S"lomon Jbalt build me an houfe;) An houfe imma· <eriall in the Heavens,> Cor. 5. J. ~herefore chen hath God I an houfe ~ Wherefore have we ours, but to dwell in ~ But doth not he himfclfc tdl Davui, and fo doth Strphm che Prowmaryr (upon whofe day we are fallen) tdl the J<wes, that 1/ed,ve/s not in Ttmples ' m11dtwith bAnds -: True, he dwels not in his Houfc, as we in ours by way of compre~ 1 heniioo; he dwels in it by td\ification ofpr<fence. Sq doe we dwell in our houfes,that 1 our houfescontaine us, tlmwe are only within chem,and they wichouc us. So dOth he E dwell in his, that yet he is elfewhere,yea every where, that his houfe is within him. " 1 Shonly, God dwells where he wime!fes his gracious prefence, that, becaufe he doth both in the Empyreal\ heaven, amongft his Angels and Saims, and in his Church up· on earth; therefore his dwelling is borh in the higheft heaven in perfeCl glory; and on Earth, in th< he.rts and alfembly of his children. As ofthe forme r,our Saviour i faith, fn,/omo pm is mei, Tnmy Fathers !Jo>tfe are many Manftons: Soalfo may we fay ofthe 1lattt!l', There is mucb variety and choice in it; There was the Church ofche Jewes, the Church ofeh< Gentiles; There is a material!, and a fpirituall houfe. In the one, Sttlomons, Zoroh.Wtls, fuch piles as t,his: ln the ocher, fo much rnultiplicitic, as there llfe N .uions, ye>, Congregacionsthac profeiTe the Name ofChrift. One o!thefc was a fi~.>m·• of the ocher; the Materia\1 , under the Law, of th< Spiritual\, under the Go[. pe\1. Ye fee no:v chcfirrt houfe, andthelatter, the fubjeCl of our Text and difcourfe. fh.: }urer, commend~d to us,complrativdy, pofid\'ely. Comparativel}' with the for· 1 mer, M<jergl.,ia. Pofidvely, inic felfe,fn this place 111ill l ~ive ptact, Both, fee out by the ft,k ofth" promiler, and avower; faith tht Lordof H'.]ts. All which challenge your Chriftian attention. T t '------~~· As
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