/ I DJthe RE su R R E c T 1 o N. Sermon 1 -e: and never given in charge by G o D, to any (wee may bee fure.) 'sRcg.t.rB. For, Go n Himfelfe, [aid to Davidwirh Hisownemouth, Wherw itw . ~ Chron.U. thine heart to htli~d Me an Bouft; thou didJ.! weU, that th~11 waf!fo mirtdtd. Didf1 ::/;; well done, to thmke of bnzldmg? then, afen(ucontnmo, Ev1ll done, to thinkeofdif folving. And, rhatwhich is evill, CH R I s T will never enjoy. '· But, whatisto be thought of Solvite tcmpl11m, I would have you to judgeby thefetwo(theybebothintheText.) x. To whomthis is fpoken. 2. Andwb..t is meant by it. ri To whom SalvittTtltJw tlumisbi.cl.· / !!atth.>J.f· !4· ; ,17· I. To wh<?~>thi~ is fpoken: .Diflingtle;rempora, is ag~odRule_; s.o is, Dijlin. giul'er[onllf. D1fimgmlh the :ferfons then, g1ve every <?ne His owne,ltWlll makeyou loveS9lvtteTemplumthewor[e, as long as you know It. Solvite? To whom is this fpoken ~Whobethey~ The.Fhari[m. Tothem,isthis fpeech direcre9. Thar ~ tnade their worke, worke for aPharifee, todijfolve churches. And foit was. For' as hot and holy as they feemcd,wirh their broadphylalleries andlont prayers,ourS•; 1• o u .. faith ; they lovedthegold of the Temjle, better than the Temple. So doe theirpo– ficrity, to this day. To the Pharifeesthen with them; to their marrowes: thar would faine heareSolvite,given in charge.The other perfon,is CH 1t Is T : CH R ISr's W.ord and worke both, is excitabo: ExcitAtor TtmplorH~He, a Rai(tr of them; a Jl.aifer ofthem, when they be downe (we fee here.) Theyw1ll not let them Hand wl!cn they be up• C" tt I s T ,He{ttsthem :zp,forHis part :.Whe~ you ':"'ill have u 1 enz downe, you muft befpeake fome Pharifee: And they will doe It, levtUr rogui, For as His fpeech to them,is Solvite & excitabo ; So, theirs to Him may feeme to be,E.r~ cita & folvemtu. Set up,as many as He will, theywill downe with them; fir!\ with Templum hoc, then withTemplum ill11d; and fo, one after another (ifthey may have their will :) they lacke but one,to give theSol'llite to them,andto fer them onworke. DiJfingteeperfottMthen, And they, to whomSolviteis faid, are but bad perfomcer. tainly,andfit fora bad bufineffe, · ·, Wlut is 2. Willyeemarkeagaine, what is meant here by ir, by dtjlroyingthe1emple r me"';- by ror- Whar,but even the kiHing ofCHR IS T ~ Nowthefuiting and fortingof thefe two' ~"' ' 1111 ""'· rhus, hath but an evill afpecr neither: bur, this worfe than the former, though. And 1wilh but this one point well printed in all mens mindes. Solvite Templum: q•id 'VHit dicere l Solvite Templum (id eft) ocddite C H R Is Tu M : that he that goes abouttodif{olvethe church, it is all one,asifhewenr about eo make away CHRIST. One ofthefe is implied underrhe other. Enough ( I thinke) eo take offthe edge of any that are glad to heare, and ready to catchSolvite Templtemout of C. Htt r s r's mouth, but quire befides His meaning. for His meaning was (And it was onefpe· ciall end of CH tt Is ... 's comparing His Body to theTemple;) to !hew, Hewould baveus fotomakeaccountoftheTemple, and foro ufeit, as we would His owneve· ry bodie: And to be as·farre from deflroyingone; as we would be from t)1e orher. Thismay fuffice, /to let you knovv, the nature of Solvite TempiNm once for all, rhat ,. • you be not mifiakeninit. . . ·J B•l•"' Ttm· 3 • 0 f s olvite Templum (1 fay :) But now, to come toSolvttt Templumhoc, eo '-}:::;;;•_:.,Y of theTtflJpleof HiJ Body. Concerning it; that it{hould enter into any mans hearr, to .,,,,,,,.,.., thinkc, CH RI s 1' wouldopenHismouthrocommand, ortoc6tmfeU HMownerna. king aJ11a)'; (that is, the committing the moll: horrible foulc murrher that ever was) G o D forbid. It was a finne, out ofmeafure finfull, that, ifever any were. Andg1ve me any Religion, rather than that,that draweth Go D into the focicry offin: makes Him,or makes CH RI s T, hthcr AuthororAdvifer,Comm411deror Coun(eUoNr of ought that is evil!. Any (Ifay) rather than tlm. . Dutby.w,yof I How then~ Ifno&ommand, whatisit~ All thaccanbemadeoftr(fayrhe pr•d.ll"•· Ancient Fathers) is, but either, aprediiJi,m (in the !l:yle ofthe Prophets) S'~1 !'('H7·'' dorJine Babel· (that is ) Babe! {hall bee brought downe : So Solvite, yee Jhak 1"' jlroy • to wa;ne them, what Hee faw, they were now calling about, and whtther thcir'malice would carry them in the tnd, even robe thedejfroyers AndlfJ/Irthermof the $oQNN E. ofGoo, 1- Either
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