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down_o and_o worship_v he_o yea_o go_v to_o the_o stake_n and_o die_v for_o he_o 39.3_o psal_n 39.3_o when_o this_o fire_n burn_v within_o we_o we_o shall_v speak_v with_o the_o tongue_n and_o that_o with_o a_o cheerful_a accent_n ibimus_fw-la we_o will_v go_v into_o the_o house_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o so_o we_o be_v fall_v upon_o our_o last_o circumstance_n 5._o the_o place_n of_o their_o devotion_n the_o house_n of_o the_o lord_n when_o a_o company_n go_v to_o serve_v the_o lord_n they_o must_v needs_o go_v to_o some_o place_n for_o how_o can_v they_o serve_v he_o together_o but_o in_o a_o place_n adam_n and_o his_o son_n have_v a_o place_n gen._n 4.3_o 4._o the_o patriarch_n have_v a_o place_n altar_n and_o mountain_n and_o grove_n in_o the_o wilderness_n the_o people_n of_o god_n have_v a_o movable_a tabernacle_n and_o though_o solomon_n say_v that_o 8.27_o that_o act_n 7.48_o 1_o king_n 8.27_o god_n dwell_v not_o in_o temple_n make_v with_o hand_n yet_o 7.47_o yet_o act_n 7.47_o 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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
resolve_v together_o to_o go_v alone_o be_v dangerous_a s._n cyprian_n and_o other_o of_o the_o father_n will_v tell_v we_o that_o schism_n be_v a_o sin_n not_o to_o be_v expiate_v no_o not_o with_o martyrdom_n and_o that_o to_o die_v for_o the_o head_n will_v little_o avail_v he_o who_o have_v divide_v the_o body_n but_o the_o truth_n be_v if_o we_o resolve_v to_o serve_v the_o lord_n though_o we_o be_v million_o we_o shall_v all_o agree_v and_o be_v one_o religion_n pure_a religion_n and_o undefiled_a can_v raise_v a_o schism_n in_o the_o church_n for_o if_o there_o be_v a_o error_n she_o teach_v we_o to_o pardon_v it_o if_o a_o injury_n to_o forget_v it_o a_o religious_a man_n say_v nazianzene_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d simple_a and_o sincere_a in_o himself_o ever_o like_o himself_o but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d various_a and_o manifold_a towards_o other_o he_o appli_v himself_o as_o s._n paul_n do_v to_o all_o and_o be_v make_v all_o thing_n to_o all_o man_n and_o 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