3.54 The Living Temple. Part H. Rom. g. them Partakers of it : But none ferve 22, the Difhonourable `C1fe, but who are, :of themfelves, lieffell of Wrath fitted for Deftruclion. Our Lord was f lithfitl as a J'oni and was therefore content to die upon a Crofs, that he might, in a Way againfl which thefiridefiz Yufice Ihould not reclaim, obtain to.himfelf a Power ofgiving an Apoftate World, a Time of Trial ; and as Men thould acquit themfelves, by complying,' or not complying, with his Methods, glorify the Father, whole Glory he fought, as being fent by him, and vin- dicate the Rights of the Divine Go- vernment, both in them that are feed, and in them that pería. VII. 4. But it may gain us further Advan- tage, to confider the Great God doth not purfue Ends, as we are wont to do, who commonly apprehend our (elves tohand in need of the things we pur- .Aas 17. fue as our Ends. But he aers agreeably 2 to his f e.` f ficient FailneJs, who dwells not in Temples made with hands; nor in any Human Temple, as if he needed any thing, feeing hegives to all Life and Breath, and all things-and expe&ts hereupon, Menfho#ldfeee after hint --° - As
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