J'Sermom at the Earleof 1 AHhe firft houfe (which was mareriall)was a figure of the fecond, which is fpiritu. 1 all: fothe glory ofthat mat<riall, w~s.a figure oft~eglor~ ofthis fpirituall. Now be- ~ A caufeall the lifeand glory ofthe fpmtuall, !lands m Chnft the Meffias,the Prophet looks through the type oft he materi>ll,at him which !hall beamifie, yea glorifie, the fpirituall, of whofe exhibition."1e Prophet fpeakcs, Adhue moJtcum,ytt almlt IV hilt, Ai1dlwilt{bakt tht /{tA.,tns. Th•s Modte11m was but fame 500. and odde yeares; much tomen but amo4tcumto the Ancient of daycs, with whom rooo. yeares are but one day. It'is in and by him, thatthis latterhoufe under<he Go(pell, fi1all in glory furpafle that fir!! unper the law. The Prophets had fpoken glorioully of the temple thar llwuld be; and now, ldl when the people fiwuld fee thehomely and comge-like reedi· fication of Zorobb,btl, they !hould be dif.heartned and offended, the Prophet defires todrowtheireyesfromthe !tone and tinlbef, tothe fpitiruall infideoftheEvangeli· B call Church, !hewing the glory ofthislatter Houfe, to exceed the former. · · Some gro(J'e interpreters have lookt with jewill1 eyes upon the outward fabricke, which was threofold: Sa/or~~oni,Zotobabtls, Htrods. S•lomln}, fumptuous and magnifi· cent: z~rQb4btls, meanc :md homely; Herods, rich and majdlicalL irnmDdico fomptu, incrtdibiti Jpltndore, as one fayes. Sa/omons was before defaced. Now becaufe Zorobabet was fofarrefrom making his Word good, that the peoplewept,whentheyfawthe difference (which Calvin well ohferves, was not without a fpeciall providence of the al-wife God; elfe the Jowcs wouldfo have fixed theit eyes upon the outward fplen· dor,that theywouldneverhavelooked for the fpirituall and inward Grace of the Hou{e ofCod :)therefore they have taken it of Hmds temple; the walls and lining C whereof were indeed anfwerable to this Prophefie, more glorious. But this conceit, as it is too carnall, fo is quite diffonant from the context, both in r<gard ofthe prece· dents, and fitbfequencs. Of the precedents: For how did the delirc of all notions come to that Pile of Htrods? Of the fubfequents: For, what peace was under the Heradian Temple~ fir!!, the builder ofit, was the chiefe oppre!for of the Jewi!h li· berty: and then; fecondly, it gave occafion to the perpetual! miferie ofthat people. Pi/ate would expilate the rreafures ofit for •1•" dull.., which dehied, co!l1he Jcwes much bloud. Under C/a~lditl4, twenty thoufand llaine in a Fcaft of unleavened bread. lonathaJthe Pridlllaine by theeves fuborned by Ftlix, in the very Temple; and ever after, it was the harbour and fpoile of Villaines. What hills of Carcaffes ~ What D !lrearnesofbloud was in't at the !aft vaftation ~ Enough to amaze any Reader: fo as ill that 79· yeares wher~n it flood (longer it did not,) it wasnobttterthanaftage of Tragedies, a finmbles ofcruehy. Ofthat therefore God could notliy, Dabo pactm; it was ·nmplum tJdn/urtnum, as one cals it jufrly, and bad neither command nor pro~ mife: It was the Spirituall Temple, the Evangelicall Church, whofe glory !hall be greaterthan tbe Jewi!h, which llull be bleffed wich the defire of the Nations, IYith the affurance of Peace. But why then doth the Holy Ghoft fpeake of Gold and Si!· ver, the coftly materials of an outward ftrueture ~ Even thefe very metals are figu· rative, not that Cod cares fo much for them, but becaufe we doe j becaufe our eies E ufetobe dazled with this belt parcel! of Earth; Therefore when he would dcfctibe a glorious Church, he bonowes the ref<rnblance of Gold, Silver, precious fiones, E[ay 6o and even by thefe doth he fet forth his new •nd Heavenly Jorufalem, Rtvt· /at. 2 t. Wherein then is the glory ofGods EvimgelicaU Houfe grearer,than oftbe Le· gall~ Yea, wherein- is it noc greau:r ~ Whether ye look. to the dficienr, the matter, the duration, the exrent, the fe•vice. The efficient, that was built by man though direeled by God: [n this, God h.imfelfe is the Archired, not onely giving the model!, butthe frame. The matter, whether of firocture, or ornament, The ftruClure oftbe one was of Clone and wood: ofthe othe• is of living- !tones. The ornament ofthe one was Gold and Silver: of the other, divine Graces ofFaith, Charity, Hope,SanCli· ty, Truth, Piety, and all other vertnes, rowbich, Cold it felfe were but tra!h. The duration of the one (even that longll-lived Temple of SalomD!I, though called ( Btth 'Y' "'"I' do,)us [tculi) was put 430. yeares. Of the other, beyond time to ete.rni· tie. The extent ofthe one to l»mea(ured by a few poles, y.ea, (though ye toke in the Courtsand all) by a few Acres: Ofthe other, univerfall, fo far as the King of Heaven hath
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