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VER.
2,I.
8phffians,
Chap.z.
329
Gad
:?
i
Pct.
2.5../Ind
ye as
lively
flones
be
made a
fpirituall
knife to
Gad.
It
is
nota
materiali houfe which
is a
Temple
f
or
Gpd;
he
is
a
fpi
rit,
and
as
Solomon
confeffèd in
the
dedication
;
and
as
Ifa.66. The
fpirit of
the humble
and
contritemen,
fearing before
him, they
are the
frttefl
houf
s
for
him: and
the
materiali
Temple
was
fymbolicall
, filch
as
had reference
to
a
further thing which
it fignificd
,
that
is
I.
the
xiarnfaletms
Humanity
of
Chrift,
the Temple
of
the God
-head,
in
the true
Im-
totype
manuel.
2.
The
multitude
of
the faithful'
here
in this
place. 3.
g_
th
a
ce wayes.
very
particular believer
,
t
Car. 3.
i6.
For the
fecond ,
How or
in
what regard they
are
a
Templee
t.ilnf
tv.
In refpedt
both
of
fohle and
body
:
primarily
of
foule,
fe-
condly, of body:
as
the
feat
of
God
was
theArke
of
propitiation pri-
marily,
fcondly
the whole Temple.
The
ufe
hereof
is,
to
let
us fee
the excellent
priviledge
of
us
,
that
Irfe r
are
the
houihold
of
Faith and therefore
Peter
Both reckon
it as
the a
great dig-
clat,-
firff,
that
we are
a
fpirituall
houfe.
It
was a
great
bleffedneffc
to
ap-
titans.
proach unto the materiali "temple, PA
/.
to4.
to
minifter before
the
Lord
in
it, but to
be the fpirituall
Temple,
even
the
true
refit
of
the
Lord, this
is
ableirng
above all we can conceive. Againe, this
doth
amplify
the dignity
of
it,
that
the
Lord
made fuch promifes
:
Fur
looke
what
was fpoken
concerning
the outward
Temple,
that
God
would
delight
in
ir,
reft
in
it for
ever,defend,
fanetify it, thefe things
have
the true
accomplifhment
in
that which
is
performed upon
the
believing.
Secondly, this
doth
teach
us
our duties',
that
we
muff
not
at
any
rrfe
hand averfeour
('elves,
that
is,we
muff
not alitnate
our
fclves
from the
ochk
nor the
Lord;
for
if
we
withdraw our
felves
from
him ,
wee rolibe him and
temple
of
commit facriledge;
If
we surrender our foules
or
bodies
to
fpirituall
God.
or bodily
uncleanenefte.
Church.
robbers
of
all
others
are counted
odious:
But
ifone
will
goe for
a
Chriftian,
and give himfelfe up
to
Gone,
or
offer
to corrupt the
foule
of
another,
and fo
fnatch him
into
one deftru
&ion
with
himfelfe,
this
is
to
deny the
Temple
it felfe.
The
world
is
full
of
Churcb- robbers
in
this fenfe.
So when men will
pinne themfelves upon
men,
call
themfelves
after
them,
fetting them
in
the
roomeof God,
it is
an
intervening
of
this
Temple,as orders doe the authors
of
them,as the
Corinthians
did.
Though
I know
the
Papilla
fay
they
hold nothing bu:diftinekion,
and
what
is
more, they hold not allowable.
It
teacheth
us
that
wee
muff
avoyd
all uncleaneneffe;
for
as
the
PP
former, fo this
is a
prophanation
of
the Temple:
now
in
vzzah,,
in
the
buyers and fellers,
and in
others
of
whom the
Ecclefiafticall and
pro
-
phane
Rory
mention, you
may learne
what
a
terrible thing
it
is
to
prophane a
Temple, wrath from
heaven following it. Prophane it
not with fornication. Prophane
it
not with
idolatrous
alUociatioo,
Separate
your
felves
and
come
out
from
amongfl them
, and
I
iviB
receive
you
.
Wharfoever
is
done
to
the withdrawing
man
from God,is
a
fpi-
rituall facriledge.
If
we yeeid
to
the inveigling
feducements
of
falfc
teachers,