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A conference Mr. John Cotton held at Boston with the elders of New-England 1.…
A conference Mr. John Cotton held at Boston with the elders of New-England 1. concerning gracious conditions in the soul before faith, 2. evidencing justification by sanctification, 3. touching the active power of faith : twelve reasons against stinted forms of prayer and praise : together with the difference between the Christian and antichristian church / written by Francis Cornwall ...A conference Mr. John Cotton held at Boston with the elders of New-England 1. concerning gracious conditions in the soule before faith, 2. evidencing justification by sanctification, 3. touching the active power of faith : twelve reasons against stinted forms of prayer and praise : together with the difference between the Christian and antichristian church / written by Francis Cornwell ...
London: printed by J. Dawson, 1646
A DESCRIPTION Of the Spiritual TEMPLE.A DESCRIPTION Of the Spirituall TEMPLE.
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 Spiritual Temple of the New Testament, the New Jerusalem which came down from heaven, the Bride prepared for the Lamb, the Lord Jesus the Christ, Revel. 21. 2. may not be unfitly compared to the material Temple of Jerusalem, in the letter, whose foundation stone was of earth; whose materials were hewen stones, compacted into one edifice or Temple: the furniture thereof was an Altar, a Sacrifice, and a Priesthood; ⟨p. 2⟩who were made after the law of a carnal Commandment, Heb. 7. 16. which was typical, and was not to continue for ever; but only to the time of Reformation, and then the glory of it should vanish away. In which material Temple, none must come thither to worship, but the circumcised Jews and Proselytes; for the uncircumcised and unclean were an abomination, and must not enter in at the gates thereof; Ezek. 44. 6, 7. And for the defects the people of Israel and Judah committed in their worship, so long as they continued in their integrity, the high Priest went once every year into the Holy of Holiest, and that not without blood, to offer up for himself, and for the errors of the people, Heb. 9. 7. Yea, and great were the privileges that belonged to the Jewish Church: To them (saith Paul) pertained the adoption, and the glory, and the Covenants, and the giving of the Law, and the service of God, and ⟨p. 3⟩the promises: Who are the fathers, and of whom, as concerning the flesh, Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever, Amen. Rom. 9▪ 4 5. But Christ being come an high Priest of good things to come, by a greater and a more perfect Tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not made of this building, Heb. 9. 11. reareth up a spiritual structure, or house.