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As therefore the Lady is above the Servant, the Queen above the Steward, or the Wife above all her Husband's Officers, so ⟨p. 41⟩is the Church, as such, above these Officers. The Temple was higher than the Pillars.

2. Again, as the Temple was highest; so it enlarged it self still upward: for as it ascended in height, so it still was wider and wider: even from the lowest Chambers, to the top.

The first Chambers were but five Cubits broad, the middle ones were six, but the highest were seven Cubits (1 King. 6.5, 6.) the Temple therefore was round about above, some Cubits wider then it was below: For there was an enlarging and ascending about still upward to the side Chambers; for the winding about was still upward round about the house: therefore the breadth of the House was still upward, and so increased from the lowest Chambers to the highest by the midst, Ezek. 41.7.

The first Chambers were but five Cubits broad, the middle ones were six, but the highest were seven Cubits (1 King. 6.5, 6.) the Temple therefore was round about above, some Cubits wider then it was below: For there was an enlarging and ascending about still upward to the side Chambers; for the winding about was still upward round about the house: therefore the breadth of the House was still upward, and so encreased from the lowest Chambers to the highest by the midst,