156 The Living Temple. Part IL intlru&ed them, and, by degrees, the rel1 ofthe World, ifthey would have underflood its true meaning andfignrfc cation, That God was yet willing to dwell with Men on Earth, and that it fhould be an Houf ofPrayer for all Na- tions, ,who ought upon thole glorious Appearances ofGod among that Peo- ple,to have gradually profèlyted them- felves unto them. It prefigured what he intended, viz. in his appointed feafon, by his own Son to defcend and inhabit, make and conllitute him a much more glorious Temple, than could be built ofWood, or Stone, cr by the bands ofMen. That in after time Shi- lohfhould come, Unto whom the gathering of the People fhould be, and by whom he would reconcile, and recolle& the Apofiate World backagain to himfelf, But all this was as unintelligible My(te- ry, on all hands entered not into the Minds of Men ofeitherfort, .hut much lets into their Hearts ; and the Jews did much more affea to Paganize, and go further offfrom God than the Pagans (which in this they ought) to 7u- daiz.e,and draw nearer to hi in. The na- tural Sentiments of Relig, n, which were 2o:n :none to all Men, did run out q
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