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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 church_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d house_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o so_o be_v esteem_v and_o not_o idol_n synagogue_n not_o sty_n till_o swine_n enter_v into_o they_o and_o defile_v they_o and_o help_v to_o pull_v they_o down_o we_o know_v god_n dwell_v not_o in_o temple_n make_v with_o hand_n 17.24_o act_n 7.48_o &_o 17.24_o nor_o can_v his_o infinite_a majesty_n be_v circumscribe_v we_o remember_v and_o therefore_o need_v not_o to_o be_v tell_v that_o christ_n say_v to_o the_o woman_n of_o samaria_n that_o the_o hour_n be_v come_v when_o man_n shall_v neither_o in_o that_o mountain_n nor_o yet_o at_o jerusalem_n worship_v the_o father_n 23._o john_n 4.21_o 23._o but_o shall_v worship_v he_o
that_o which_o be_v plain_a and_o evident_a in_o the_o open_a and_o bright_a way_n of_o righteousness_n the_o conscience_n never_o do_v never_o can_v err_v do_v ever_o any_o man_n conscience_n persuade_v he_o against_o a_o manifest_a law_n do_v reason_n ever_o tell_v any_o thou_o may_v kill_v thou_o may_v be_v perjure_v thou_o may_v bear_v false_a witness_n no_o it_o be_v not_o conscience_n but_o the_o love_n of_o this_o world_n that_o make_v a_o negative_a precept_n affirmative_a that_o be_v the_o tribune_n that_o set_v we_o at_o liberty_n and_o let_v we_o loose_v against_o the_o law_n itself_o though_o it_o be_v write_v with_o the_o sunbeam_n before_o which_o we_o draw_v a_o cloud_n of_o excuse_n or_o pretence_n and_o fight_v against_o righteousness_n with_o its_o name_n from_o the_o corruption_n of_o man_n life_n have_v corruption_n creep_v into_o religion_n which_o carry_v with_o they_o a_o near_a likeness_n and_o resemblance_n to_o those_o lust_n and_o desire_n which_o be_v 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〈◊〉_d where_o it_o shall_v be_v and_o where_o christ_n have_v place_v it_o on_o righteousness_n let_v we_o observe_v exact_o in_o our_o spiritual_a building_n what_o vitruvius_n require_v in_o architecture_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d order_n and_o disposition_n that_o in_o our_o religion_n there_o may_v be_v nothing_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ill-placed_a why_o shall_v righteousness_n come_v after_o these_o thing_n and_o god_n after_o mammon_n there_o be_v not_o there_o canâ—t_v be_v a_o great_a absurdity_n a_o great_a solecism_n than_o this_o a_o absurdity_n which_o make_v man_n and_o angel_n and_o god_n himself_o ashamed_a of_o we_o a_o thriftless_a destructive_a absurdity_n which_o make_v we_o poor_a by_o make_v we_o rich_a more_o vile_a by_o make_v we_o honourable_a and_o which_o â—hen_o we_o think_v it_o lift_v we_o up_o tumble_v we_o down_o into_o the_o low_a pit_n for_o as_o the_o school-man_n tell_v we_o to_o follow_v too_o much_o the_o sway_n of_o our_o sensuality_n 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