Preached at Lincolns Inne, preparing them to build their Chappell

              number il100 preached at lincoins lincoiny coins inne preparing them to build their chappell GEN 2816 28.16 3816 and 17 THEN JACOB AWOKE OUT OF HIS SLEEPAND SLEEP AND SAID SURELY THE LORD IS IN THIS PLACE AND I1 WAS NOTA NOT dware AWARE WARE AND HE WAS wasafraidand AFRAID AND SAID HOW FEARFULL IS THIS PLACE THIS IS NONE OTHER BUT THE HOUSE OF GODAND GOD AND THIS IS THE GATE OF HEAVEN N THESE THESB verses jacob is a surveyor he considers a fit place for the INhouse of god and inthe verynext verse he is a builder he erects bethel the house of god it selfe all was but a drowsinesse but a sleep till he came to this consideration as soon as he amoke awoke aboe awoe he took knowledge of a fit place as soon as he found the place he went about the work but to that we shall not come yet but this text being a preparation for the building of a house to god though such a house as jacob built then require no contribution yet because such churches as we build now doe we shall first say alittle blittle a little of that great vertue of charity and then somewhat of that vertue as it is exercisd exercised by advancing the house of god and his outward worship and thirdly we shall consider jacobs steps and proceedings in this action of his this vertue then charity is it that conducts us in this life and accompanies us in the next in heaven where we shall know jnow god there may be no use of faith in heaven where we shall see god there may be no use of hope but in heaven where god the father and the son love one another in the holy ghost the bond of charity 111