A30242:1149
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.
The ancient Temple was not more glorious and admirable to the humane eye, then such Societies should be to the eye of Faith. Thus Antichrist is said to fit in the Temple of God, 2 Thes. 2.4. that is, in the Church of God, where the true Church was. And learned men think, that latter part of Ezekiel's prophecy, though very obscure, concerning the measuring of the Temple, is nothing but the Promise of the building of the Church in the new Testament, in an heavenly and glorious manner. The Scripture ⟨p. 198⟩delights to allude to those ancient usages in the Old Testament. So that Evangelical Duties, are sometimes called Sacrifices; thus the people of God, a Temple, in this place.
The ancient Temple was not more glorious and admirable to the humane eye, then such Societies should be to the eye of Faith. Thus Antichrist is said to fit in the Temple of God, 2 Thes. 2.4. that is, in the Church of God, where the true Church was. And learned men think, that latter part of Exekiel's prophesie, though very obscure, concerning the measuring of the Temple, is nothing but the Promise of the building of the Church in the new Testament, in an heavenly and glorious manner. The Scripture ⟨p. 198⟩delights to allude to those ancient usages in the Old Testament. So that Evangelical Duties, are sometimes called Sacrifices; thus the people of God, a Temple, in this place.
To open this Doctrine,1 let us consider what is in the Church allusively to the Temple. And
- 1What there is in the Church allusively to the Temple.