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The Scripture directory for church-officers and people, or, A practical commentary upon the whole…
The Scripture directory for church-officers and people, or, A practical commentary upon the whole third chapter of the first Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians to which is annexed The godly and the natural mans choice, upon Psal. 4, vers. 6, 7, 8 / by Anthony Burgess ...The Scripture directory for church-officers and people, or, A practical commentary upon the whole third chapter of the first Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians to which is annexed The godly and the natural mans choice, upon Psal. 4, vers. 6, 7, 8 / by Anthony Burgesse ...
London: printed by Abraham Miller for T.U., 1659
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Verse 16. Know ye not, that ye are the Temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
The Apostle, though he alter his Metaphor, yet continueth in the same matter. In the verses before, he compared the Church of Corinth to a building, here he showeth what kind of building it is, even a sacred holy building;1 The Temple of God. So that as in the Temple of old, which was consecrated to God, whosoever did bring in any unclean and unconsecrated things to the Temple, he did pollute it, and was to be punished; thus all corruptions in Doctrine, Worship, or Manners, are a pollution of this spiritual Temple. So that in the words you have a strong Argument against all Church pollutions, whether doctrinal or practical, from a similitude or comparison the Apostle useth: Those that are the Temple of God, must be dedicated to him, and not polluted with any unclean thing, but the Church of Corinth, is the Temple of God: And that this Argument might pierce the more, he puts the sting of a sharp Interrogation upon his words, Know ye not that ye are the Temple of God? Know ye not? as if he would have said, This is a confessed Principle, a truth acknowledged by all, none can or ought to be ignorant of it.
THe Apostle, though he alter his Metaphor, yet continueth in the same matter. In the verses before, he compared the Church of Corinth to a building, here he sheweth what kind of building it is, even a sacred holy building;1 The Temple of God. So that as in the Temple of old, which was consecrated to God, whosoever did bring in any unclean and unconsecrated things to the Temple, he did pollute it, and was to be punished; thus all corruptions in Doctrine, Worship, or Manners, are a pollution of this spiritual Temple. So that in the words you have a strong Argument against all Church pollutions, whether doctrinal or practical, from a similitude or comparison the Apostle useth: Those that are the Temple of God, must be dedicated to him, and not polluted with any unclean thing, but the Church of Corinth, is the Temple of God: And that this Argument might pierce the more, he puts the sting of a sharp Interrogation upon his words, Know ye not that ye are the Temple of God? Know ye not? as if he would have said, This is a confessed Principle, a truth acknowledged by all, none can or ought to be ignorant of it.