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A05280	The first step, towards heaven, or Anna the prophetesse sacred haunt, to the temple of God. Preached at Standish Church in the Countie of Lancaster. By VVilliam Leigh, Batchillor of Diuinity and paster there. With the second edition of great Brittaines deliuerance, newly corrected and enlarged by the author.	Leigh, William, 1550-1639.; Leigh, William, 1550-1639. Great Britaines, great deliverance, from the great danger of popish powder.	1609 (1609)	STC 15424; ESTC S103610	66,134	240

to Babilon robbed of all thy riches and the virgin Sion mourne to see her sonnes or Eunuches in the pallace of the King of Babell If wee preach peace and they will not receiue peace wee may shake the dust of that place from our feete and bee gone that dust shall iudge dust in the great day Into the citie of Samaria enter ye not they looked for no redemption and therefore the secret therof might not be reueled vnto thē according to that Secreta domini timētibus eū the secret of the Lord is reuealed to them that feare him If any shall say beeing suncke in sinne wee are no worse then dogs and yet dogs may eate of the crums that fall from their masters table I answere true indeed if you rise out of sin be no such dogs as bite and barke at our deuotions but come in all humility and as the Chananite did sue and seeke in true faith and feeling the crūmes of mercy that fal frō your masters table then come and taste with Anna how sweete the Lord is then come speake of him with Anna to all that looke for redemption in Ierusalem And when they had performed all these things according to the Law of the Lord they returned into Galilie to their owne city Nazareth Although this scripture say nothing of Anna whose story hitherto we haue followed for the better manifesting of Christ in the flesh yet it is necessary to be annexed further to make plaine the history of Christ his incarnation by speciall growth in body and strength in spirit with al complements of wisedome fauour and grace both with God and man Wherein I pray you would obserue three things all clearing the truth of the incarnation and prouing our Christ to be perfect man against Ebion Carpocr●s Cerinthus and such like who dire the deity in denying some the humanity some the diuinity I say this is cleared in this place by a threefold subiection whereunto the Lord would yeeld himselfe as the Son of man but neuer as the Son of God The first is his subiection to the Law out of these words when they had performed all things according to the Lawe The second was his subiection to persecution which I may terme a iudgement of the Lawe in these words they returned into Galilie to their owne citty Nazareth The third and last is his subiection to increase and growth in body and strength in spirit by little and little infallible proofes of his humanity and no waye applyant to the diuinity out of these words And the child grew and waxed strong c. Christ was subiect and vnder the Lawe 1. Morall 2. Ceremoniall 3. Iudiciall According to that When the fulnesse of time was come God sent foorth his sonne made of a woman and vnder the Law that he might redeeme them which were vnder the Lawe that we might receiue the adoption of sonnes He was subiect to the Lawe Moral when he said Math. 5.17 Thinke not that I came to destroy the Lawe or the Prophets I am not come to destroy them but to fulfill them He was subiect to the Lawe Ceremonial when he was circumcised and presented in the Temple c all ended when the vaile of the Temple rent asunder from the toppe to the bottome which Temple after was ruinated body and all Nepopulus rediret ad Iudaismum He was subiect to the Lawe Iudicial when he endured his painfull passion and vpon the Crosse was cursed for vs all according to that Gal. 3.13 Christ hath redeemed vs from the curse of the Lawe when he was accursed for vs for it is written cursed is euery one that hangeth on a tree He performed all that he might make an end of all so as no lawe might rise vp in iudgement against vs. When Christ was transfigured vpon the holy mount it is sayde that Moses and Elias talked with him and told of his departure which he should suffer at Ierusalem Luk. 9.30.31 To teache you no other then that ye are here taught to wit that Christ is the end and accomplishment both of the Lawe and Prophets whereof Moses and Elias are chiefe for whereat points the Law but at a bloudy sacrifice whereon stand the Prophets but vpon the Messias sent and slaine and what is their communication with Christ but of his departure which he should accomplish at Ierusalem So then the Lawe and the Prophets do accompany Christ and Christ in person doth accomplish them Christ not Moses not Elias nor one of the Prophets and yet Christ with Moses with Elias and with all the Prophets they to find out his lyne he to finish their course And all this sprung from the endlesse fountaine of his loue which loue I may say with the blessed Apostle is the fulfilling of the Law Rom. 13.10 or end if ye wil for so saith the same Apostle The end of the commandement is loue out of a pure heart and of a good conscience and of faith vn●aigned which holy loue streamed with his bloud when it issued from all his veines to redeeme vs from this killing lawe Where by double right and authority he hath conquered First as the sonne of God Lord of the law Secondly as the sonne of man in our person which is as much as if wee had ouercome the lawe our selues for his victory is ours All the iurisdiction of the lawe was executed vpon Christ. First it accused him as a blasphemer and a seditious person Secondly it made him guilty before God of the sinnes of the whole world Thirdly it so terrified and oppressed him with heauinesse and anguish of spirit that his sweate was like drops of bloud trickling downe to the ground Luke 2● 44 And lastly it condemned him to death euen to the death of the crosse a maruellous combate where the law a creature giueth such an assault to his creator and against all right practiseth his whole tyranny vpon the sonne of God and he most innocent But to proceed it may seeme by the text that the Euangelist doth more specially ayme at some performance of the law done by Ioseph and Mary in that it is sayd When they had performed all those things c. True it is this their performāce may be a president to vs whereon to looke in all our deuotions First that we leaue nothing vndone which the Lord hath commanded by his law Secondly that wee performe nothing of our owne deuising but as it is enioyned vs by the eternall law of the eternall God The Babe was crucified Mary was purified and the childe presented according to the law they performed al left out nothing they did it according to no deuice of their owne but as the line and leuell of the same lawe ledde them And here two sorts of people are sweetly taught if not iustly taxed by the spirit of God of intollerable impiety First such as thinke they please

be witnessed of any but of men of worth and if any wil shew forth his glory let them take heed that they themselues be not ignominious Cum canerem reges praelia Cinthius aurem vellet admonuit To sing of kings and conquests is too high a subiect for homely shepheards you may not exceed your straine least Apollo plucke you backe And againe he said well who euer he was that sayd Quis tulerit Gracchos de seditione querentes Verrem de furto Who can endure Gracchus to cōplaine against sedition or Verres against theft the one being a base theefe the other a ranke rebell Ye haue taken a profession vppon you this day my deere brethren to confesse with Anna the Lords Christ to publish his praise and to solemnize the feast of his blessed birth and being it stands you vpon therefore to see vnto it that by no leud conuersation you blemish his birth but so to demeane your selues in all modesty piety and godlines as you may be worthy witnesses of his truth knowing with the blessed Apostle Paul that the grace of God which as this day brought saluation vnto all men hath appeared and teacheth vs that we should deny vngodlines and worldly lusts and that we should liue soberly and righteously godlily in this present world I dislike not of your feasting if Christ be your guest and withall if you feede vpon his faith in the faire assembly of his saints I dislike not of your houses trimmed vp with Holly Bay and Iuie so your hearts be prepared for God and Christ to be your garland your garments are tollerable if you wash your stoles in the bloud of the lambe and be arrayed with his righteousnes And for your musicke mirth and minstrelsie so ye strike out with Dauid a song of Sion and sing vnto the Lord with a grace in your hearts so ye dance as he did before the Arke of God and sound out with the angels the babes lullaby thus Glory be to God on high and in earth peace good will towards men ye may reioice I say ye may reioyce for such mirth musicke is pleasant vnto the Lord and sweet vnto his saints yea it is as one saith Mel in ore in aure melos in corde Iubileus Hony to the mouth musicke to the eare a Iubily to thy heart But if you will keepe this feast with your dough sowred and with the leauen of all corruption being enemies to the crosse of Christ making your belly your god your glory your shame for that you are wordly minded I say then you blemish the birth of your Sauior you grieue the spirit and you are not worthy to witnesse his truth with Angels Simeon and Anna. I say for conclusion let the Babes birth as this day bury all thy sin in this his solemnitie and in the middest of thy pride looke vpon his pouerty When thy house is full furnished with guests thinke how there was no roome for him in the Inne When thou art laid in thy bed of downe thinke how the Babe was found in the cratch When thou art lapt in thy warme clothes thinke how the child was swaddled in clouts When thy tenants are about thee and thy friends fawne vpon thee thinke how solitarily the child was found with Ioseph and Mary all alone When thou art in thy peace thinke vpon his persecution and flight into Egypt I say thinke vppon the banished Babe When thou art in thy mirth thinke vpon his moane When thou art in thy life ioyous thinke vpon his death dolorous And i● thou wilt with Anna truly professe him be a prophe●esse go not in the streets to haunt the Theaters or see the shews of the Shechemits with Dina but abide in the temple as she did and serue God with fastings and prayers night and day Watch and play I feare these 12. dayes will be the exercise of many bu● watch and pray in the practise of few It may be all that heare me this day can say This is the day which the Lord hath made but I feare me few can say We will reioyce and be glad in it The Lord deliuer vs from Baltassars feasts that we neuer take the golden and siluer vessels brought from the temple at Ierusalem I meane our sanctified soules and holy bodies bought with a price thereout to drinke our wine vent our sinne praise the gods of gold and siluer of brasse of iron of wood and of stone But to preuent both the sinne and the iudgement Baltassar saw we will not cease by the grace of God whilest the dayes of your banqueting go about we wil not cease I say with the holy and patient Iob to sanctifie you with our prayers and preaching as he did his children We wil rise vp early in the morning and offer vp burnt offering● that is our broken hearts with sighes and sobs to the number of you all for Iob thought and so do we it may be that my sonnes haue sinned and blasphemed God in their hearts The Lord giue vs grace to temper our mirth with moane our solace with sorrow because of him whom we haue preached Fill our hearts O Lord with the feare of thy iudgements and feeling of thy mercies and as we professe thy name this day and acknowledge thy nature as this day to be made ours so graunt that our bodies and soules may be sanctified thereby and sinne may be namelesse and we blamelesse in all our dwellings Amen Amen Secondly in this testimony of Anna I doe obserue paucity o● professors and that they are few in the world who exercise the worke of faith to God or charitie towards men For of all the thousands in Ierusalē ten thousands in Israel onely foure persons to wit Mary Ioseph Simeon and Anna attended the busines in cherishing the child Iesus two at his birth in Bethlem receiued him into the world and only two in the temple presēted him according to the law of the first borne Where were the Scribes where were the Pharisees where were the Actuaries of the law They sayd nothing of their Christ they did nothing for their Christ. There was no King to protect him no Prophet to declare him no Priest to present him in the Temple he came I say Cum altum erat silentium nullus Propheta erat reliquus when all was hush and neuer a Prophet left Onely Marie was mother midwife nurse and all she fed him at her owne brests she swaddled him with her owne hands onely Ioseph was his triumphant coach and attendant he caried him in his armes from Bethleem to Nazareth from Nazareth to Egypt and from Egypt backe againe to Nazareth and so to Galily I say Ioseph and Mary they were no more they bare the burthen without pompe of princes or preasse of people to honour the babe yea and heere in the Temple when he should

fire She then comming at the same instant vpon them confessed likewise the Lord and spake of him to all that looked for redemption in Ierusa●●● We are now come to the last part and shutting vp of all which is Anna her profession of Christ in all verity without which what formerly hath beene said is nothing either to Anna her praise or perfection in piety For what is her gratious name what 's her godly family what 's her honorable tribe what 's the maturity of her age her chaste cariage in her virginity mariage widowhood what 's the resting of her selfe in the temple with the continuall seruice of her GOD there with fasting and praiers both night and day I say what 's all this good without the soueraigne good euē Christ the stone of our building the salt of our sacrifice the wedding garment we must put on the sweet perfume balme and incense that sauoreth and relisheth all our actions without which I say al our deuotion be it neuer so deare is dead distasteth with our God and endangereth our soules And this is the reasō why we say Quod opera infidelium sunt peccata The works of Infidels are sin be they neuer so iust neuer so chast neuer so patiēt 〈…〉 that it 〈…〉 Now 〈…〉 Christ I 〈…〉 when the 〈…〉 vpon 〈…〉 when 〈…〉 by 〈…〉 when the parents had brought in the babe Iesus to doe for him after the custome of the lawe then came Anna not by chance or vpon the call of any but by speciall motion of the holy Ghost no doubt and instinct of the Spirit which did suggest that euen now Shilo was come Christ was born a Sonne was giuen euen the expectation of Israell to all that longed for him In which longing she looked and saw sufficient for her saluation nor had she euer seene with her eyes had she not longed with her heart for in her 〈…〉 in her 〈…〉 notable 〈…〉 still to 〈…〉 good 〈…〉 vs in 〈…〉 the Lord was his guest Daniel by the bankes of Hula while he was speaking in prayer and confessing the sinnes of the people the man Gabriel appeared and informed him Daniel 9.21 c. While Zacharie attended the euening sacrifice and the incense was a burning the Angell sayde feare not Zachary for thy prayer is heard Luk 1.42 Isaac walked in the field praying and sawe Rebecca comming While the Ma●i followed the starre they found the babe And while Cleopas and the other talked of those things that had happened at Ierusalem Christ drew neere and talked with them And when did the holy Ghost fal vppon the assembly and fill the house where they late but when they were all with one accord in one place looking and longing after the promise Acts. 2.1 I say for conclusion watch pray and practise piety long and looke after the day of your redemption blessed is that seruant whom his master when he commeth shall find so doing Matth. 24.46 But woe woe and woe againe to all such as neither watch pray long nor looke but lie in their sinnes and are frozen in their dregges how will they answer the Lord at his fiery comming who are so found If iudgement begin at the house of God the saints shall hardly be saued where where shall the sinner stand when to hide themselues it will be impossible and to appeare it will be intollerable O that men were wise then would they vnderstand this then would they consider their latter end Deuter. 32.29 See againe and weigh with me how the faithfull good and godly do mutually help one another in the seruice of God Simeon was praising preaching Christ in the Temple behold Anna was ayding with all diligence to further that blessed worke superuenit as it is in one translation she was vpon him ere he was aware and did communicate with him in that holy seruice So was Aaron to Moses for that he had a stammering tongue Barnabas to Paul though Demas did forsake him The people to Dauid when they said Come we will go into the house of the Lord. So was hee who said well We together are Gods labourers ye are Gods husbandry and Gods building 1. Cor. 3.9 And so for the vse of the doctrine are all ye to vs when you helpe vs in our deuotions ayding vs with your prayers praises and presence in the seruice of God flocking hither like doues to their nests and comming vpon vs at vnwares as Anna did vpon Simeon when he had the babe in his armes with Ioseph and Marie assistants in that blessed worke We are too solitary in the seruice of God well it were if we were more ayding one another in the same Birds of a wing flye together beasts of a heard flocke together we are too single in our deuotions and the diuisions of Reuben are great thoughts of heart Now at Anna her comming in she shewed her religion in two things first she confessed him in heart and secondly published him to others when she spake of him to al that looked for redemption in Ierusalem iustifying that of the Apostle Rom. 10.9 If thou shalt confesse with thy mouth the Lord Iesus and shalt beleeue in thine heart that God raysed him vp from the dead thou shalt be saued Where note that heart and tongue are tied together nor can any man say he is religious if he be silent thinke he neuer so well if he doe not speake hee is of a dumbe and dead religion For euen as at the approach presēce of the Son vertue flowing from it trees wax greene florish and yeelde their fruite so Christ the sonne of righteousnesse shyning vpon his saints what maruaile is it if they breake out into prayses and smell more sweet then all the trees of incense Againe in that it is said she did likewise confesse See th● consent of faith and doctrine that her beliefe and speech of Christ was all one with that of Symeon to wit that he should be a light to the Gentiles the glory of Israell a rocke to the religious a ruyne to the reprobate and a sword to Maries heart all inuring that Christ should be both our life and mortification Learne further that if Christ being made man and taking vnto him the shape of a seruant as he lay in the cratch was sung of the Angels and seene of the sheepheards if in the Temple he was preached by Symeon and confessed by Anna to the wonder of Ioseph and Marie How much is it of greater wonder that now neither seene nor felt yet the godly should relish him in soules and found out his praise to their endlesse saluation O that we did know our own blessednesse in the certainty of our knowledge by a more speciall meane and manner For we goe not by sight but by hearing nor do we admire Christ ex his quae foris apparent for that which we see in