THE XXXV. SERMON 2 VPON THE 1VSDACESD11Y .SIFTER, PASSION SUNDAY. IOHN. IO. F4Elafont enveniaHierofly3nìs. TheFeaft ofthe Dedicationwas celebrated at Ierufalem. He Feaft de loEnzenias,or ofthe Dedication, was celebrated in Ierufalem : The Greekewordfrgnifieth, Renovation. The Iews had three Feafts of thisname : The firft , in remembrance of thegreat folemnitiemade by Salomonwhenhe hadfinifbed theFab rickofthe Temple,which was one ofthe Myracles of the world. The fecond, inmemoriall of the re- edification thereof, done byzorobabel and the Princes of luda, hauingCyrus his Warrant for ir,who reftored the gold and (Auer whichNebuchadnezzar robbed the Temple of. The third, in remembranceof that Altar which lull, Machabeus built anew, which Antiochushad prophaned by placing thereon theStatue of Jupiter Olym pus, and offering thereon coftlyand fumptuous Sacrifices.And this isthat Feaft whereofthe Gofpell makesmention ;it was celebrated on the twentie fifth of Nouember, whichin the Iewifh account was theninth moneth , about the be- ginningof Winter;and therefore it is fayd , It rows Winter. Now our Sauiour Ch rift pallingalong through the porch of theTemple, the Iewes flockedabout him, both Nobles and Plebeians, and fayd vntohim, How Iong dooft thou make vsdoubt . How longwilt thou hold vs in fufpence C if thou be the Chrift, tellvs foplainly without anymore adoo. But lefus gane them fo vnfauorie an anfver to this their vnmannerly demand, that they tooke vp (tones toftone him. Thefeaji of the Dedicationwas at lerufalem . It is the language ofthe Scrip- ture,and efpecially of the ApoftleSaintPaul,to call our Breft,Hearr,orBofome, Gods Temple ; as inthat to the Corinthians,reeare theTemples oftheliuingGod: And he citerh thatplace of Leuiticas, t ifsGodhath f id, landdwellamong them, andwalkethere. AndSaint Lrimbrofifurther addeth, That as in amateriali tem- ple made with hands, there are Porches, Floores, andAltars, &c. fowithin vs Aaa3 We 557 ThreeFeafts ofdedKan Ion among the (ewes aJieg.*. a:/'ar.s. tMacb.ts Mans Heart, GodsTemple 1. Car,6. Levit 16.
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