Part IL The Living Temple. 22 3 when they offer themfelves, we need not be afraid to fee them. And when the Matter they concern is brought in quej1ion, thould be afraid of being fo Treacherous, as not to produce then,. Now that it was requifite, this Tem- ple should be fo founded, as hath been faid, is a Matter not only not repugnant to the Common Reafon of Man, but which fairly approves it felf thereunto. That is, fo far, as that, though it ex- ceed all human thought, the great Lord of Heaven and Earth, infinitely in- jur'd by the Sin of Man, fhould fò wonderfully condefcend, yet when his good Pleafure is plainly exprth, touching theetz4, that nothing could be fo apparently congruous, fo worthy of himfelf, fo accomodate to his De- fgn, as the Way whichhe hath avow- edly taken to bring it about. That it might be brought about (as in all Reconciliations, and as hath been faid concerning this) a Compli- ance was neceffary, and a mutualyield- ing of both the diftanced Parties. i. e. That God content, to return to his de- folute Temple, and that Man confent, or be willing he thould. %S'e
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