The Gofpel . of Solomon's Temple. 355 it was that the Yews took fo much Offence at Pant, when they thought he hadbrought Greeks into the Temple, and fo polluted that Holy Place, Aás zr. 28. There was allò another Court called the inner Court, z Kings 6. 36, and the higher Court, der. 36. to. and the Court of the Priefts, 2 Chron. 4.9. Both thefe vid. ptura on Res. it. r z. Courts, as it feemeth did compafs the Temple Ibis Reference in the 4u- on all fides round about, and they were four rbors Notes ¡hews be bad fquare. The length of each fide of the outer Text a indeed had, ; and jobehad, Court was a Furlong, as the Tewi/h Writers re- ,bicb may be publifbed iu port, and the whole about halfan Englifh Mile Time, if God will. in compafs. There were alfo, as they report, fome other Courts added unto thefe in after times ; but becaufe the Scripture takes no notice of them, I that) not. Neither !hall I fay any thing of the Walls about the Courts, and the Gates, and other Buildings belonging to them, as Chambers, Porches, and Treafuries to lay the Veffels and other things in; and for the Priefts and Levites to lodge in. For there is mention, i Chron. 28. rt. of thePorch, andof the Houfes thereof, and the Treafuries thereof, dre. and ver. 12. of the Courts of theHoufe of the Lord, and of all the Chambers round about, of the Treafuries of the Houfe of God, and of the Treafuries of the Dedicate things. Neither need I fpeak particularly to the myftical fignifications of the Houfe and the Courts. The whole as confider'd together may divided into three Parts, z. The outer Court. 2. The inner Court, with the Sanauary. 3. The Oracle, or the Holy of Holies. Some apply thefe three parts of the Temple to the three parts of a Chrittian mentioned by the Apoftle, r Theft: 5. 23., the Spirit, Soul and Body. The Body (fay they) is fignified by the openCourt, where all may fee what is done. The Soul ( fay they) may be compared to the San&uary, which as it was more holy than the outward Court; fo is the Soul of Man an higher and more Divine Part than the Body, whereby the Lamp of God's Spirit the Reafon and Underftanding is enlightened. The Spirit ( fay they ) is as the molt HolyPlace, where God dwelleth in Secret by Faith, which faith the Apoftle, is of Things not feen nor comprehended by Reafon. Others apply it to the three parts of the World thus. The outward Court to this inferiour World, where all Things lie open to theview and de of Man. TheSan&nary to theStarry Heaven, which is full of Z z 2 Lights
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