A Lent-Sermon Preached at White-Hall, February 20, 1617 [1617/18]

              A 4 lent sermon preached at tfhite IValre hite alje hall hali hati february 20 201617 20.1617 r6i7 161718 l61718 r6r7lrsl lvc lac 23.40 2340 FEAREST NOT THOU GOD BEING UNDER THE SAME condemnation HE TEXTT it self is a christening christning sermon and a funeral sermon THE Tandasermonataconsecrationandasermonatthecanoni- zation of himself that makes it this thief whose words they are is baptized in his blood theres his christning christening Christning he dyes in that profession theres his funeral his diocess diocese is his cross and he takes care of his soul who is crucified with him and to him he is a bishop there theress his consecration and he is translated to heaven theres there s his canonization we have sometimes mention in moses his book of exodus according to the romane romans translation oleris operis ofens plumard Plu piumarii marli marll of a kind of subtle and various workmanship imployed implored imployed upon the taber- nacle for which it is hard to finde a proper word now we translate it sometimes embroidery sometimes needlework needle work sometimes other- wise it is evident enough that it was opus variegatum a work com- pact of divers pieces curiously inlaid and varied for the making up of some figure some representation and likelyest likeliest likelyest to be that which in sumptuous buildings we use to call now mosaick mosaico mosaic work for that very word originally signifies to vary to mingle to diversified diversifie diversifie As the tabernacle of god was so the scriptures of god are of this mosaick mosaico mosaic work the body of the scriptures hath in it limbs taken from other bodies and in the word of god are the words of other men other authors inlaid and inserted but this work is onely where the holy ghost is the workman it is not for man to insert to inlay other words into the word of god it is a gross piece of mosaick mosaico mosaic work to insert whole apocryphal books into the scriptures it is a sacrilegious defacing of this mosaico mosaick work to take out of moses tables such a