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Solomon's temple spiritualized, or, Gospel-light fetched out of the temple at Jerusalem, to let…Solomon's temple spiritualiz'd, or, Gospel-light fetcht out of the temple at Jerusalem, to let…
Solomon's temple spiritualized, or, Gospel-light fetched out of the temple at Jerusalem, to let us more easily into the glory of New-Testament-truths by John Bunyan.Solomon's temple spiritualiz'd, or, Gospel-light fetcht out of the temple at Jerusalem, to let us more easily into the glory of New-Testament-truths by John Bunyan.
London : Printed for and sold by George Larkin ..., 1688
Chapter 35: XXXV. Of the Stairs, by which they went up into the Chambers of the Temple.
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There was Stairs, by which Men went up into these Chambers of the Temple, and they were but one pair, and they went from below to the first, and so to the middle, and thence to the highest Chambers in the Temple; 1 King. 6.8. Ezek. 41.7.
THere was Stairs, by which Men went up into these Chambers of the Temple, and they were but one pair, and they went from below to the first, and so to the middle, and thence to the highest Chambers in the Temple; 1 King. 6.8. Ezek. 41.7.
1. These Stairs were winding, so that they turned about that did go up them. So then, he that assayed to go into these Chambers, must turn with the Stairs, or he could not go up, no, not into the lowest Chambers.
2. These Stairs therefore were a type of a twofold repentance. That by which we turn from nature to grace, and that by which we turn from the imperfections which attend a state of grace, to glory. Hence true repentance, or the right going up these turning Stairs, is called repentance to salvation; for true repentance stopeth not at the reception of grace, for that is but a going up these Stairs to the middle Chambers, 2 Cor. 7.10.