The staves of beauty & bands opened in a sermon preached at Yarmouth, August…The staves of beauty & bands opened in a sermon preached at Yarmovth, August…

2. By the Purity of Spiritual Worship; When Sacrifices are offered with acceptance upon Gods Altar, (and none are so but^t spiritual Sacrifices) then doth he glorify the house of his Glory, and beautify the place of his Sanctuary, and make it an eternal Excellency; then doth he give gold for brass, and silver for iron; then doth he call the Walls of the Church Salvation, and her Gates Praise, Isa. 60. 7, 13. 15, 17, 18. Therefore the second Temple, though far inferior in outward Splendour to the former, is said to exceed that in Glory, because unto it the desire of all Nations should come, and set up therein his Spiritual Worship, ⟨p. 6⟩Hag. 2. 3, 7, 8, 9. For as the soul, which is the breath of Life, puts Beauty into the Body, so the Spirit of Christ poured out upon his Church, doth enliven and beautify that, and turn the^u wilderness into a fruitful field.

2. By the Purity of Spiritual Worship; When Sacrifices are offered with acceptance upon Gods Altar, (and none are so bnt^t spiritual Sacrifices) then doth he glorifie the house of his Glory, and beautifie the place of his Sanctuary, and make it an eternal Excellency; then doth he give gold for brass, and silver for iron; then doth he call the Walls of the Church Saivation, and her Gates Praise, Isa. 60. 7, 13. 15, 17, 18. Therefore the second Temple, though far inferior in outward Splendor to the former, is said to exced that in Glory, because unto it the desire of all Nations should come, and set up the•ein his Spiritual Worship, ⟨p. 6⟩