Sermon _r6_.__ -'0f'--tb--:e_R--:--E_s--:u_R~R::-:B.-:--c-:--T-I _o_tv_.______ 4.:.,8_-;'--"".- ~from the firft to the la!l:, all His lifeiong. · 20 ;I ea 'the onely trueTrej}aJfe-efftringof His DetJthand Pafion (the Solviteof . Ti ~~~lee,) farisfattory to the full, for all the trefpalfes and rranfgreffions of'tlie thts emi who~~~::d~he (}l{eat-and.drinke-uffering of His blejfed Pedie and moll preci•' ousBload. . 'fi h " f h '1 f' 'h . h L , AndrhcExtaofrhtsfacn ce,t e 1 ato t centra, e_so 1t,t attst e ovewbere~ Lukeu.r;;: with He did tr; the Jejire, the longtNg dejire He had to tt; that, that v:as the perfeCl: Colorr~.~·,'.f_· iffi. · that{<tatoncal!thmgshothmheavenandearth. That,whateverwasSubji- · ----- 0 '~"'g'li,e"'•lo tflo was reafly and in truth exhibitediu TemplP hoc. • gt~ra 111 "'I ' Ill 'd b S · ' And judge now, whether theStgne~ere not we ai your " v _I o u1t 111 h Temple which was it felfe a ftgne ofHtm. And whether, as He fard maplace, ~c~em•JorTemploMc: So He mrghtnothavefaid, Eccema]m !emplm1Jhtc, when M•ul•n.~. HewasintheTemple; Behold, agreat~r, a truer Temple now, tn the Temple, than the 'temple it felfe. Now to the fecond maine point, Sslvite. •The faying it firll:; h theexecuting it II. after. The Solvite, and theSolutum eft. • Solvite, •he 1 Firr\, bySo!vite (that is) dijfolv_ing is meant de.ith: .* CufiO di({olvi~ ye kno':V, {'§:i'.f#e,Deltfl what that is : AndTempw dijfolrmoms me• tnftat, the ttme of my dijfoltittln (that IS; al"fi•l· - my death) iot h4nd. For, de4t~, isaverr dijfolflti01J: aloojingthe~emenr, thefoul:; : r~~···l· and bodieare held together wtth. Which rwo, as aftame orfabnke, are compagt. - :!. ·4·~' nate at firl!:· and afrer, as the timberfrom the lime, or the lime from theflsne, fo are theyraken i~fundel' againe. But death, is nor, this way onl)', a loojing; but afurther thanchis. For uponthe looflng the{o~tle from the body, and llf~ from both, there fol..! !owes an univer[aU loojing, ofall the bonds and knots here : of the F•ther from the Sonne ·and other-while oftheSonnefrom the FAther firft: Of Man from Wifo, of fienlfrom friend, ofPrince frompeople: So great aSolvite is dwh ; makes all, rhaf is faf'r,loo{e: makes all knots fly in funder. z Andall this in n4tt~rafldeath. But afurther matter there is inSolvite. For that i s.tvitt; is againl!: nature, •liisfolveutiluu,by the hands oforher,thac are<he S1lventes (them, Yiol;ns · to whom thisis fpoken.) This Temple, drops not downe for age, or weaknelfe; diffohmnot ofit felfe: Others (they towhom,Solvite is here laid) they, pull it downe. Iris then no IWttrafl, but aviolent death, this. Well therefore turned (Solvite, deftroy it:) there is nodeflmflion, but with force or violtnct. 3 Soviolent though, on theirs; as voluntary yet, on His parr. Not againll: His J sotvi:~. willquite, not by con.ftraint: For, He Himfelfe,that is tob,:dijfolved, Heir is, doth V~lun~><y, here fJy Solvite. He could have avoided it, if He would; He would not: In figne He: would not (we fee) Himfelfe faithSolvite. AndSolvlte He mull: have faid; He mufr have fJid it, or they could not have done it. It had palfed all their cunning and firengrh,to have undone this knot ever, but that He gave way to it; . 4. Gave way to it (I f.1y)thatwe take not this Sof.viteorherwife, tlunHe meant tr. Ius not ofrhenarure of a&harge, this; nor we, fo toconceive it. Very expedi– ent It rs, that we know the nature of SolviteTemplt~m. - Solvtte Templ11m is no· Commandemmt (be fure) in no fenfe· He commands not • S•lvittTtl~; anyTemple; not that, they themfelves meant, to bede.ftroyed; It ~vere $•crikge that, ~:,";;;:,~::"'~ and11 n~ berter. AndSacrilege the Apol!:l-erankes with iliolatry; as being full out as .R.o"'·'·'', evt ,tfnot worfcrhanit. And~~~ indeed worfe :for, what Idolatry but pofllites, Sacrilege pt~fls quite downe.' 1 ' r'er lt 1s,to new hallow aTemplepoltuted; than, to build one anew, out ofall 1eape o !\ones. '1, Anfid tf, but to fPo;/e a Church, bee racrile"e: (as, it is oranted:) yet, that eaves ome 1 1 1 J' o " thin" 0 · d vm; at eafl, thewafls and the r 0 ofe (fort benot le.rde:) To leave nob> ut 0 'vnenmlnt, lsthe cr1e ofEdom,rhe worfi cry,theworll:facnlege, ofall: Pfal.un'!' and
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