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What
e_2ountairre
it
tras
(brill
'Preached
on,
are
only
geffngs
:
Others
I
find
doe Allegorife very
much
how
a
Miniller fhould be
as
upon
the
Mountaine, and
how heavenly
he fhould be
when he is
a
preachìng,but
I
like
it
not
to
itraine Scripture
any
further then
I
think
to be the mea-
ning
of
the
holy
Ghoft:
therefore
I
think
there
is
nothing elfe
to
be confidered
then this,
the
conveniency of
the
Mountain,
becaufe
it
was a
retired
place
,
and
there
being
a
clutter of
people he could not be
fo
compofed among
them
to
ipeake
fo
freely
to
Edification, therefore he retires unto
a
Mountaine
againe, where he had fpent
fo
much
time
in
prayer.
Chrifl
loth
not
flay
till
he comes
to the
Synagogue
to
preach;
or
the Temple
:
No,
but
takes
any
place that
was a
fitting
place
to
preach unto
the
people:
'Tis
not necelfary
that there
should
be
a
confecrated place for
the
preaching
of
the
Word.
what
Mountaine
xvas
this
?
You will
fay.
Some have
thought
it
to be the Mountaine
of
Olivet,
but
that
cannot
po.fible
be,
for
Chrift
was
in
the upper
Gallile
at
this time,
and Mount Olivet
was
neer to
yerufalem,
as
neer
to
lerufalem
as Iflington is
veer the
City, but
i.
hrift
was
about
40.
miles from
Jerafalem at this time,
therefore
Jerome and
others think
it
to
be Mount Tabor.
And certainly,This
will
further
juflifie
that
preaching may
be
in any
place where Minìfters have
opportunity,
and may
be
with peace and edification.
There
is
a
double vanity
of
conceit in people
:
Some
men
think
that
fome places are fo
prophane by prophane ufes,
that there
muff
not be
no preach
-
ing
there
:
and
others think
that
fome
place's
are too
fuperf
dti-
oufly
tiled,
and becaufe
of
the fuperftition that
hath
been
there,
there
muff
be
no preaching
there,
they
will
notgo
to
heare
a
Sermon
becaufe of
the
Superflition
ofthe
place:
Truly
this
may
helpe
us
againft
both thefe.
Far
prophane,Certainly
there
is
nothing don
in
any
place
that
loth
fo
defile the
place
but that
if
occafion
ferve
there
might
be
preaching in
that
place,
and
would
be
acceptable
to God,
.
though
it
were
in
a
place that
had
been
a
Play-houle,
it
would
not
defile
the
work
at all, if
there
can
be
no
more convenient
place