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THus ſaith the Lord, Heaven is my Throne, and Earth is my Footſtool; Where is the Houſe that you will Build unto me, where is the Place of my Reſt? This the Lord ſaid unto the Jews that built the Temple. Iſaiah, 66.1.
And Solomon ſaith, The Heaven of Heavens cannot contain God, how much leſs the Houſe that he Built? 1 Kings, 8.27. And the ſame in the 2 Chronicles 6.18.
And again, Steven ſaith to the Jews High-Prieſt, when he was examining him, Though Solomon Built an Houſe for the Lord, howbeit the Moſt High dwells not in Temples made with Hands; for Heaven is Gods Throne, and Earth is his Footſtool; what Houſe will ye Build Me, ſaith the Lord, or where is the Place of my Reſt? Hath not my Hands made all theſe Things? Ye Stiff-necked and Uncircumciſed in Hearts and Ears, ye do always reſiſt the Holy-Ghoſt, as your Fore-Fathers did, ſo do ye.
Now here all may ſee, that it was the Stiff-neckCor. 6.19. And therefore theſe Perſecutors that did reſiſt the Holy-Ghoſt, which comes from the Father and the Son, were the CryOutward Temple: they were not like to ſee God, as Steven did, who dwells not in Temples made with Hands; and Heaven to be his Throne, & Earth his Footſtool, who reſiſteth his Holy Spirit that proSeen and Known.
And the Apoſtle Paul ſaith, God that made the World, and all Things therein, ſeeing that he is Lord of Heaven and Earth, dwelleth not in Temples made with Hands, neither is Worſhipped with Mens hands, as though he needed any thing, ſeeing he giveth to all, Life, and Breath, and all things, and hath made of one Blood all Nations of Men, for to dwell on the Face of the Earth, &c. That they ſhould ſeek the Lord, if happily they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us; for in him we live, and move, and have our Being, &c. Acts 17.
So you may ſee here are many Witneſſes before mentioned, that God that made the World, and all things therein, who is Lord of Heaven & Earth, dwelleth not in Temples made with Hands, but as the Prophets, Chriſt, and the Apoſtles ſay, Heaven is Gods Throne, and Earth is his Foot-ſtool. Mat. 5.34, 35.
So all come to know God, who hath made of one Blood all Nations of Men for to dwell on the Face of the Earth; he gives to you all, Life, and Breath, and all things; I ſay, all to know him by his Spirit which he poureth upon all Fleſh, Heaven to be his Throne, and Earth to be his Foot-ſtool; yea, all that dwell upon the Face of the Earth, know the Earth that you dwell upon, and walk upon, to be Gods Foot-ſtool, and Heaven to be his Throne, who is Lord of Heaven and Earth, who gives you Breath and Life, and poureth his Spirit upon you, or in you, Joel 2. and Acts 2. That with his Spirit you may know the Day is come that Joel ſpoke of; & that with his Spirit you may all know, that God hath poured his Spirit upon you, or in you, that with it you live in God, and move in God, and have your Being in God, who is Lord of Heaven and Earth, and Heaven is his Throne, and Earth is his Foot-ſtool, upon which Face of the Earth you dwell, and walk; and ſo all to ſee and know that ye are the Temples of the Living God, as God hath ſaid, I will dwell in them, and walk in them, and I will be their God, and they ſhall be my People, 2 Cor. 6.16. and Levit. 26.12.
And thus ſaith the Lord who dwells not in Temples made with Hands, but the Saints that are lead by the Holy-Ghoſt, are the Temples of God and his Holy-Ghoſt; for the Lord ſaith, The Children of Iſrael & Judah had provok't him to anger with the Works of their hands. The Lord ſaith, For this City (to wit) Jeruſalem, and the Temple, hath been to me a Provocation of my anger, and of my Fury, from the day that they built it, even unto this day (to wit) Jeruſalem and the Temple; that I ſhould remove it from before my Face, (ſaith the Lord) and deſtroy it, &c. Jer. 32.
So you may ſee here, that ſuch as reſiſted the Holy-Ghoſt, were cryOutward Jeruſalem, and the Outward Temple who were the Stiff-necked Perſecutors, and Uncircumciſed in Hearts and Ears, as you may ſee in the Prophets Time, and in Iſaiah's Time, and in Chriſt's, Steven's, and the Apoſtle Paul's Time; and ſuch Uncircumciſed in Hearts and Ears, that are Perſecutors, that did, and do reſiſt the Holy-Ghoſt now, are crying up Outward Temples, and Impriſoning, and Perſecuting, and ſpoiling the Goods of People now, becauſe they will not give Money to mend their Temples or Churches, of ſuch as make no uſe of them, and yet they ſay, The Gates of Hell ſhall not prevail againſt their Church; and yet dayly want Repairing, either by reaſon of Weather, Storms, or ThunSteven, and his Apoſtles, That God that made the World, and all Things therein, dwells not in Temples made with Hands, but Heaven is his Throne, and Earth is his Foot-ſtool, and he is the Lord of Heaven and Earth. And ſaith of his PeoWhat? know you not that your Bodies are the Temples of the Holy-Ghoſt, which is in you, which you have of God. And again, For ye are the Temples of the Living God (as God hath ſaid) I will dwell in them, and walk in them, and I will be their God, and they ſhall be my People, and I will be a Father to you, and ye ſhall be my Sons and Daughters, ſaith God Almighty. Jer. 31.33. And therefore all that receive the Holy-Ghoſt, know your Bodies to be the Temples of the Living God, and his Holy-Ghoſt and Heaven to be Gods Throne, and Earth his Foot-ſtool, and that you dwell and walk upon his Foot-ſtool, and that you do live and move, and have your everlaſting Being in God, who dwells not in Temples made with Hands, but God dwells and walks in you his Temple, and he is your God and Father, and you are his People, and the Sons and Daughters of God Almighty. So that every one may truly ſay, I live and move and have my Being in God, and Heaven is his Throne, and Earth is his Foot-ſtool, which I naturally dwell upon and walk upon; and Spiritually in God I live and move, and have my Being to his Praiſe and Glory, Who is Lord of all, both in Heaven and Earth, from Everlaſting to Everlaſting, bleſſed and Praiſed for ever, Amen.
One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. Epheſ. 4.6. All People know God the Father ſo to be.
LONDON, Printed for John Bringhurſt, Printer and Stationer, at the Sign of the Book in Grace-Church-Street, near Cornhil, 1682.