Chap. 24. ß,.1n Expction upon the Book of J O B. Vert t 5. 581 the Temple, who by che lawwere looked upon as prophase per- fons,and fo not to be admitted tocome there;they cry out,Thù is the man that barb polluted this holyplace(Ac`ts ii.28.)Much more may it he urged uponCofpd.profeffors,whar ! commit fuel' a fin as this ? what ! pollute the Temple of God ? Know ye not(which everybeleever is bound to know ) that your body is theTonpleof the Holy Gbtfl as well at the faule. The laft, argument concludes the r9th verfe and is profecuted in the 20th ; Ye are notyour own, ferye are bought with aprice, therefore glorifie god in your body, and inyourfpirit which are Gods . Redemption is a ftrong engages ment,ye are bought, and dearly paid for , ye are bought with a price, ye are notyour own. Some ( who take liberty in this fin ) would excufe themfelves by thecontrary argument. Our bsdyes ( fay they) are our own, and we may doe what we will with cur owne. No, faith the Apoftle,yeare bought with aprice, ye are not your own ; ye have your bodyes of God,in their naturali' confti tution,It is he who hath made su( in that capacity) and not we our (elves( Ptah ioo.3;) and ye,are not your own; for }'e are re- deemed or bought with a price, both body and foule.._Ye are bought out ofyour ownhands, as well as out of the hand ofdi- vine jufficeand difpleafure. The Apoftle (peaks efpecially to b,- lievers,For though it be a truth concerningall,whether believers,' or unbeleevert, that they are not their own, none ofthe Eons of men are their own,God bath a right to them by creation, as al- fo bybis continual! providence, provifion, and prefervation, yet believers or the redeemed in a fpeciall marner, are not their own, and therefore they ought above others to glorifie god in their bo- dy and in theirfpirit which are Gods. Having thusopened feverall: Scripture grounds and arguments to demonstrate the foulenefl'e and ftlthincffe of this fin of Adultery,which is the general fubjeft of this verfe ; I (hall nowproceed in the expofition ofparticulars in it. The eye a ltoofthe e/'dulterer waiteth &c. The word,alfo,referres to the murderer (pokes ofin the firmer verfe; implying, that the Adulterer and he, though their fins are verydiflerent,yet agreemuch in taking their opportunitiesof 1 n- ning.How contrary foever (inners are in their particular praftice, Set they have all one common principleand Spirit. The Murder- F1
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