· Exceters in S.Jolms.~~ 1 A viSDrart~ in te or.; ([lr,Kn.owyounot, tbatyo•r bodies are the Templtt ofthe living God() - bm let me as cruely rcmrne it; In tc vis or are~ in templo ora, Wouldefr thou pray with effeCt at home? Pray at Church ; elf• thy devotion is but the facrifice oftooles; for he h1th faid it, who bath good rea!on to appoint the circumllances of his owne bene-. licence, In this place will! give pea&e. Will ye then fee the reafon why there is fo much empty Caskeinthe Cellcr of God~ Therefore are men void of grace, becaufe tbey are void of devotion. They feeke not God where he may be found; and therefore it is jull with God nocro be found of them, wheretbey precend to fecke him: for In hoc loco, in this place ,.;/IT givept4ce. I Gtr{on dillinouiOJes well in his Sermon de Angelu, that there is Dtiplex Cfl!lum, A 1 B double Heaven~ G!ori£ & Eccleji.e, ofGlory above,ofthe Church below; the Church is the Heoven on earth; where God is feen, heard, fpoken unto: where are his Saints (whofea!femblies are here;) where are his Angels: (Let the "'"''""have poroeron brr bt£d, btCAuftoftbe Angtls, 1 Cor. 1 1.) As the Jewcs then, whilell the Church ot God was National!, were wont (according to command) to looke towards the Temple, if they could not come to it, in their devotions: So now chat the Church is Cacholike, or nniverfall, and every of our Churches is equally Gods houfe, ( "P'">U\,) we Dull gladly with Ptttrandlohn, goeup to this Temple to pray; How can we looke tor a better incouragemcnt, than God gives us here,ln this piact will!givt peace~ In the latter, as ic is Auditorium, (o, I create the fruit of the lipsto be peace ( faith C God.) Naturally we are all (eventhofethat applaud themfelvesinthebellopinionof their harmele!fe and faire difpofition) enemiesco God: Enemies both atlively "nd paflively. Atlively, """'>"' 'God-haters, Rom.1. Paflively, Filii ir.<,The fans of difpleafure. We fell out in Adamchrough ourowne wilful! apollafieand difobedience; and we llill Hand out in the maintenance of our inward corruption. There is no w0y to peace buc by reconciliationj there is no way tO reconciliation, but by the Gofptll ofJefus Chrill, which is Evangdiumpatis; there is no proper element fort he Gofpell ofGod, but the Houfe of God 1 Loc/14 ijle, In this place ~Pill! give peace. It is not ( [ know) for every heart to appcehcnd, either the wane of this peace, or che mifery of this want. This is one ofthofe happineffes which is moll bragg'd of, where it isleafi I D had.Thefenfuall Securitan pleafes himfelfe in the conceit of hiso1•ne peac0.All is well I at home; he quarrels not with himfelfe, for he denies himfelfe nothing: God quarrels not with him, here are no checks of a chiding confcience; no frownesof <m angry judge; nothing but Pukhritudo P•cis (as the Prophet fpeakes.) Alas my beloved, call not this peace, call it llupiditie; even Hell it felfe is noc a Kingdome divided in , it felfe. There is no blefling, which is not alfo counterfeited, Pawn veram dabo, is the i llile of the Prophets, !er. '4· '3· This were a needle!fe Epitlm, if there were not a 1falfe peace1 fuch is this ot carnal! hearts. That word of ecernall Truth mull ll:and: There unopeace,[aitb my God, to thtJVickcd. Have you feene afore fuddenly fild "P with unfollnd AeOJ, and fairely skinned over, without all offence to the eye, which ere E long will breake out againe, and bewray a fecrec, and [o much-more-hardly.cured I corruption ~ fuch is a "icked mans peace. Have you feene a fiave fie quietly in the Gaily, not llrugling withhischaine, not repinin!;at his Oare ( nmjfitas fortiter,con(u1 ttudofacile? )Have you heard a dying man prote!fe, that he felt no paine ~ Such isa wickcdmanspeace,of which he ihall once fay, though now all feeme fmooth,and plaufible; In pace •maritNdo ,.,. amarifsima, In pt4cc I h£d great bittmu({e, Efay 38. 17. ·Neither is the want of this peace leffe perceived, than the mifery o(thiswanc. Men fee no difference in the face of Heaven, whacfoever chey doe; their blafphemies and prayero find the fame entcrtainemenc:therefore thecarele!fe man refolves, l o,.n have peace, though !follow the wayes ofmine owne heart. Oh che miferable fottiihne!fe of wilful! /inners! Sinne Iyes (like a lleeping Bandog) at the doore of their heart; they looke upon him as ifhee wou1d never wake ; or, as if though he lhould, yet he were fo clogged, and chained, and muzled, that t-here can be no danger ofhis hurt. LettGodbuc mwze him "P a little, he lball bay<hem todefpaire; he {hall Aieupon th~m, and pull out theirthtQJts : Then lhall their troubled heart projetl terrible thtngs,and theyfhall feelewl~c it is to live in the anger of a God: They lhall fee the ------ _ _ __ ------ _ A_!_~i,g::::htJ.y _____
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