Sermtm zo. Of theRE s v K RE c T 1 oN. } U6odie, wee are parrs (and the whole cannot be without his pans:) Every of us, ea b f this body for his part: Every onelnttngJis'!"of thtsJPmtuall Temple. Di}- · ,em '"·~ta rejldurdbit denu'o (faith origen: ) (careeredwemay be, He will gather us Jipe~111~'1 :red He will knit us; fall downe anddie, Hewill(et11s together andfet m"'' a...ttne' ooJ' ' ." ... - d.. b h. ;}d. ;r. A d fo r . 5". A''-ter tr•o da•es He wm revtvem,an znt et tru ~J rat 1 eus, n we alllive Hofca 5 , a•ame. J' • 1 ' · - .r. • 11 ··•· .~If' fight [airhtheProphet H'1ea, o. us a • :n ~ld d;is,is to lis all, matterof great Joy. For, tothis Solvite,in theend wcmufi II . StatMtflm '1ft hommtbus.There IS an ACl: palfedfophediJTolutzon ofthcfe our Heb..9, . a ~~~liernacles. Looftdthey !hallbe, spirit from jlejb,Flefb from bone, each bone 7 eat.,. y .d. . (rom other; Noavm mg tt. . . ,- · .r All ourcarero be this ;how to come toagood excttabo. Good (I fay: )for,ex. b o"""'"" -, - 1 ,; 0 :~lie {hall never need to take-thought for : we !hall-come to that, whetherwee d""'· ~re-tbr it-orno. But to agood F,xcitabo: fach an one, as He, as C '' R I s r, as this ~emp1il< u' come to (that is) to ajoyfilii refurreflion (as we ca1l it.) THat, is worth' 0 ur carefFOr, in the ena, that wi!l be wonh all. . . Th~t !hall w~c6rne to, 1f we can take order,that whlle we be here}cfo~ewegoe To,.,,,.., hmce, (o~r be'die,:) wee get rhemTemplijied(as I ~ay fay:) procure?~hey beefra. bodi<sTtmpltt.' med after th~ fimtliwde of aTtmple,thu'LemplemtheText: For, If It beSolvite 'fempluns ; at thedijfbllltim, attmfle; aTemple it will rife againe, there is no doubt of that. · ~' . · OurGodies(aswe ufe the matter rriany ofus) are farre fromTemples; rather Pro– fliGula than 'l'empla; brotkel-hotJ(es, brokersjhops, wine-c~t~kes (or I wot not what) ra. ther thanTempfes. Or, tf Temples, Templestbewrongway, of Ceres, Bacchus, ve. "'"' , or (to keepet~e Scripture phrafe, of Camos, Aj/>tttroth, Bd.alpeor; and not Do• mtu Patris mei (as thishere, He fpeakes of.) But if this bcthefruitof ourlife, andwehavenoother, but this; tofilland farce ou'rbodies,tomake them !hrines ofpride,and to maimaincthem in this excelfe; tomake amoney-change of all befides, Commun-wealth, Churchand all : I know not w~lJ •ii.Vhil~'{o'!.(:ty toit :. I doubt, at their rifing, they will rather make blockes' for . .. 'bel\'Jrre· 'toadbemade1'i!lars'iritheTemple of 'Go o, in the'holy placeS m4'de withetit AHpeoc b J·,'" ' ~L hands. · · Otherwife, ifthey prove to beTemples here,ler no man doubt,then, let them be 'loi(U/whenor1i0wthcy wilt,Heethat raifedtbUTemple(fo they beTemples) will rti{e;hem lilmvife; and that,to the fameglori•us <:ft.ite,Himfelfe was raifidro. -)1 Jf cidurltlhen mufi be taken, that whilewearc here, we doeSolvere Templa h-1c, Th~ morall . 'tlijfolve thefeTemples (of Camos andAjhtaroth;) and upon thedilfolution of them, folv'" of them ·~E.![ethemup, veryTemplesro the tr11e and living Go o ; Thatwedowne with Beth-Aven, thishoufc ot !hop of vanity (as by naturethey are;) and up withBethel, ,Go os hoNfe, as bygrace they may be. . · . For, aSolvite, and anexcita6o, we are to palfe here in this life: and this,thisexci- Themo,M: t•ho, is thefirjl refurreElionhere to be palfed : He that bath hupart in thisfirfl, he]hall Excitaoo. ~f;fifB:Iiul~e,'ij(!Jt~~frx'opi/t.' ~'-~~/f.~ ·": ·. · .' · , ~· · (';~ ~1~ o,. ;, • · Apoc.1.~.~.j rr then,7'emj>lesthey would be, that wefo make'them' : for, to maki:t&em fo, is theExcitabeof this life. . And fo lhall we'makethem,evcnTemples : and no way fooner, than ifwelove Th" theynuY. th1splacc (theTemple) well,and love to reforr to ir, and to bemuch in it. By being bcT<mptu, • x;:~ch1n1t, we !hall even rume imo it. And4iJre, if ever wehaveatiquidTempli,any t 1 1ng of aTemple in us ;then it is, whenwe areduly and devoutly occupied, and imp oyed, they and we, in His wor!hip andfervice. Then are weTemples. :mdt~ur,_ to bee Temples, is notal!; weare_furthertobeTemplttmhoc,thhTemple: Terop!:s,co~ when"' •V~sthe Temple of Hu~ody. Anc! that arc we, ifat any time, then cerramely? r•mf••, ft ' as ,f wewcreTemplum very deed we prepare to receive not the ArkeofHu pre ence, but Himfelfe, that Hemaycom;imousandbeinus: Which is, at what thmebre~ prefcnt our [elves, to receive Hi> blejfed body andblo11d: thatb6dte, and t at ou ' which for our fakes was diffolved; diJTolved three dayes fince, when it y y z ' f#jfere;l
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