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21._o 21._o he_o bid_v they_o do_v what_o they_o mean_v to_o do_v he_o speak_v of_o the_o temple_n of_o his_o body_n say_v the_o text_n and_o they_o do_v destroy_v both_o his_o body_n and_o their_o own_o temple_n for_o they_o who_o have_v nothing_o more_o in_o their_o mouth_n then_o the_o temple_n of_o the_o lord_n 7.4_o jer._n 7.4_o set_v fire_n on_o the_o temple_n of_o the_o lord_n with_o their_o own_o hand_n as_o josephus_n relate_v and_o so_o their_o ceremony_n have_v a_o end_n so_o their_o temple_n be_v destroy_v but_o not_o to_o the_o end_n that_o all_o church_n and_o place_n of_o public_a meeting_n shall_v be_v for_o ever_o bury_v in_o its_o ruin_n before_o they_o be_v build_v that_o house_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v dissolve_v indeed_o but_o at_o the_o dissolution_n thereof_o there_o be_v no_o voice_n hear_v that_o do_v tell_v we_o we_o shall_v build_v no_o more_o in_o any_o other_o place_n the_o first_o christian_n we_o may_v be_v sure_a hear_v no_o such_o voice_n for_o assoon_o as_o persecution_n suffer_v they_o to_o move_v their_o arm_n they_o be_v busy_a in_o erect_v of_o oratory_n in_o a_o plain_a manner_n indeed_o answerable_a to_o their_o present_a estate_n but_o when_o the_o favour_n of_o prince_n shine_v upon_o they_o and_o their_o substance_n increase_v they_o pour_v it_o out_o plentiful_o this_o way_n and_o found_v church_n in_o every_o place_n nor_o do_v they_o think_v they_o can_v lay_v too_o much_o cost_v upon_o they_o none_o count_v that_o waist_n which_o be_v expend_v about_o so_o good_a a_o work_n they_o build_v sumptuous_a house_n for_o god_n worship_n and_o rejoice_v and_o after-age_n applaud_v it_o both_o by_o their_o word_n and_o practice_n they_o magnify_v it_o and_o do_v the_o like_a such_o cost_n have_v ever_o go_v under_o the_o name_n of_o piety_n and_o devotion_n till_o these_o late_a time_n when_o almost_o all_o be_v ready_a with_o judas_n to_o condemn_v mary_n magdelene_n for_o pour_v forth_o her_o ointment_n 3-6_a john_n 12_o 3-6_a 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they_o fear_v death_n who_o may_v present_v themselves_o with_o comâ—fort_n before_o god_n and_o shall_v meet_v christ_n himself_o in_o all_o his_o glory_n come_v iâ—_n the_o cloud_n to_o conclude_v death_n shall_v be_v to_o they_o who_o love_n god_n and_o keep_v a_o good_a conscience_n a_o messenger_n of_o peace_n a_o gentle_a dismission_n into_o a_o better_a world_n a_o ostiary_a to_o let_v we_o in_o to_o the_o presence_n of_o god_n where_o there_o be_v fullness_n of_o joy_n and_o pleasure_n for_o evermore_o our_o apostle_n here_o call_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o a_o depart_a or_o dissolution_n to_o which_o we_o shall_v lead_v you_o but_o we_o can_v now_o so_o full_o speak_v of_o it_o as_o we_o will_v and_o as_o the_o matter_n require_v we_o will_v therefore_o reserve_v it_o for_o some_o other_o time_n the_o seven_o and_o thirty_o sermon_n 1_o cor._n xi_o 1._o be_v you_o follower_n of_o i_o even_o as_o i_o also_o be_o of_o christ._n that_o which_o the_o philosopher_n 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he_o shall_v reprove_v the_o world_n v._o 8._o and_o in_o the_o precedent_a chapter_n he_o shall_v testify_v of_o i_o v._o 26._o which_o be_v proper_a and_o peculiar_a operation_n of_o the_o bless_a spirit_n and_o bring_v he_o in_o a_o distinct_a person_n from_o the_o father_n and_o the_o son_n and_o therefore_o s._n augustine_n rest_v upon_o this_o dark_a and_o general_a expression_n est_fw-la lib._n 6._o de_fw-fr trinit_fw-la spiritus_fw-la s._n est_fw-la common_a aliquid_fw-la patris_fw-la &_o filii_fw-la quicquid_fw-la illud_fw-la est_fw-la the_o holy_a ghost_n communicate_v both_o of_o the_o father_n and_o the_o son_n be_v something_o of_o they_o both_o whatsoever_o we_o may_v call_v it_o whether_o we_o call_v he_o the_o consubstantial_a and_o coeternal_a communion_n and_o friendship_n of_o the_o father_n and_o the_o son_n or_o nexum_fw-la amorosum_fw-la with_o gerson_n and_o other_o of_o the_o school_n the_o essential_a love_n and_o love-knot_n of_o the_o undivided_a trinity_n 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