The souls ingrafting into Christ. By T.HThe soules ingrafting into Christ. By T.H

First, the word Temple, besides the natural and literal sense of it, it is also taken Mystically and Spiritually, and so it is here to be conceived, and then it implies partly the Church of God, I mean the company of the faithful which serve God in uprightness of heart, and as in general, all the company of the people fearing God, are said, to be the Church of God, and his Temple, so also in particular, every man that is faithful, is the Temple of God, 2 Cor. 6.10. Ye are the Temple of the Holy Ghost. Look as it was in the material Temple in Jerusalem, the text saith, the Glory of the Lord fell upon it, and the Lord said, he would abide there, and reveal himself there, so the heart humbled and prepared is the Temple of the Lord, and the Lord takes possession of it, and rules in it, and will provide for it for ever. Look as a man dwells in a house prepared for ⟨p. 6⟩him, so the Lord dwells in a humbled Soul. Thus we have showed what is meant by Temple.

First, the word Temple, besides the naturall and literall sense of it, it is also taken Mystically and Spiritually, and so it is here to be conceived, and then it implyes partly the Church of God, I meane the company of the faithfull which serve God in uprightnesse of heart, and as in generall, all the company of the people fearing God, are said, to be the Church of God, and his Temple, so also in particular, every man that is faithfull, is the Temple of God, 2 Cor. 6.10. Yee are the Temple of the Holy Ghost. Looke as it was in the materiall Temple in Jerusalem, the text saith, the Glory of the Lord fell upon it, and the Lord said, he would abide there, and reveale himselfe there, so the heart humbled and prepared is the Temple of the Lord, and the Lord takes possession of it, and rules in it, and will provide for it for ever. Looke as a man dwels in a house prepared for ⟨p. 6⟩him, so the Lord dwels in a humbled Soule. Thus we have shewed what is meant by Temple.