A30242:1145
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.
Secondly, Distributively. [Ye] that is, every man is the Temple of the Holy Ghost. As 1 Cor. 6.17. Your bodies are the Temple of the Holy Ghost. But the first sense, is here chiefly to be retained; he speaketh to them as a Church.
2. Here is the Matter we are compared to, The Temple of God. 1I shall speak more of this in verse 17 Only the word [Temple] is used sometimes for that magnificent and glorious building of Jerusalem, where God had appointed all his worship. Sometimes it is used for Heaven, as being that glorious Palace wherein the Majesty of God doth effectually demonstrate it self. The Hebrew word [Greek or Hebrew] signifieth any large Palace, or Tower, any Kingly House; and is attributed to the Tabernacle, 1 Sam. 1.9. It's used for Heaven as Gods House, Mich. 1.2. and Psal. 11.4. From Templum comes that word Contempl•r, because all behold the glory of the Heavens; as also some say, Consider from sidus. But metaphorically, the word signifieth,
2. Here is the Matter we are compared to, The Temple of God. 1I shall speak more of this in verse 17 Only the word [Temple] is used sometimes for that magnificent and glorious building of Jerusalem, where God had appointed all his worship. Sometimes it is used for Heaven, as being that glorious Palace wherein the Majesty of God doth effectualy demonstrate it self. The Hebrew word 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 signifieth any large Palace, or Tower, any Kingly House; and is attributed to the Tabernacle,