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A Sermon;

had copied after an heavenly model when he raised the tabernacle , so did Solomon follow a pattern presented in spirit to David his father , who before his death instructed his son concerning the particulars of that house and its furniture . The execution also , as well as the plan , was from God . For this purpose Hiram , the master builder , could not do as he was directed , till God had filled him with wisdom and understanding . The invention and the workmanshiwere both of

p divine ori ginal . The former was no human thought , the latter was no human work . But thc building of God will be yet farther understood , when we consider that the temple , or house of God , at Jerusalem , was only a figure of the body of Christ , the residence of God : for the Godhead dwelt in him bodily , which is a p lain allusion to that glory of the Lord , with which the house had been filled at the

dedication ; that S ' nekinah , which resided in it so frequently afterwards . This figurative application we learn from the Lord himself : * destroy this temple , ' said he , ' and in three days I will raise it up again . ; ' which , as the evangelist assures us , he spake of thc temple of his body . What he meant by this raising , the Jews , who heard him , could not understandbut only as it related to the raising of atones

, and buildings . * Forty and six years -was this temple in building , and wilt thou raise it up in three days ? ' not knowing that his body was more truly a temple than the temple itself ; because it was , in a more strict sense , the dwelling of the Godhead . This temple of Christ's body , like the literal temple of Jerusalem , was twice

butlt ; first at his nativity , and afterwards at his resurrection . His enemies destroyed this temple , as he had predicted to themselves that they would ; and upon the same principles that thc idolatrous enemies of the Jews had before destroyed that temple which represented It : but it was raised up again as the natural temple had been rebuilt , by the power of God . And the glory of the latter house far exceeded the lory of the former in both cases .

g In this rebuilding of the temple of Christ ' s body , we have a glorious example of the power of God in building for the salvation of man : hut this is farther exemplified in the mystical body of Christ , which is his church . Other buildings last for a time , but this is built for eternity . All the members of this society are to be considered as the stones of one great spiritual building , which differs from all

other buildings we ever heard of in being alive . St . Peter , speaking to Christians as members of this mystical temple of Christ ' s body , tells them , that as lively stones they are built up in a spiritual house . ' And the apostles and ministers employed under the supreme architect in this work of raising the Christian edifice , are called ' labourers together with God : ' andto justify the expression to the Christian

, people , the apostle adds , ' ye are God ' s building . ' If we here take our ideas from a natural building , it will be p leasant and edifying to see how they are all verified in the church of God . I say edifying , because the right understanding of this subject may help to build us up in it , and make us more worthy members of it . The £ rn part of a building with which we ought to begin , because the

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LONDON: Article 2
TO CORRESPONDENTS, &c. Article 3
THE SCIENTIFIC MAGAZINE, AND FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY,. Article 4
PROCEEDINGS OF A GREAT COUNCIL OF JEWS, Article 5
HAWKESWORTH ON ROBERTSON'S HISTORY. Article 10
COLVILLE. Article 12
THE LIFE OF XIMENFS, ARCHBISHOP OF TOLEDO. Article 18
WISDOM AND FOLLY. Article 26
LONGEVITY. Article 30
ORIGIN OF THE LAND-TAX PLAN. Article 31
HORRID EFFECTS OF DISSIPATION. Article 32
RULES AGAINST SLANDER. Article 32
THE STORY OF APELLES. Article 34
SISTER OF MR. WILKES. Article 34
SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 35
THE COLLECTOR. Article 39
THE FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY. Article 42
A SERMON; Article 45
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 49
REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. Article 50
POETRY. Article 58
REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. Article 60
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 64
OBITUARY. Article 69
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A Sermon;

had copied after an heavenly model when he raised the tabernacle , so did Solomon follow a pattern presented in spirit to David his father , who before his death instructed his son concerning the particulars of that house and its furniture . The execution also , as well as the plan , was from God . For this purpose Hiram , the master builder , could not do as he was directed , till God had filled him with wisdom and understanding . The invention and the workmanshiwere both of

p divine ori ginal . The former was no human thought , the latter was no human work . But thc building of God will be yet farther understood , when we consider that the temple , or house of God , at Jerusalem , was only a figure of the body of Christ , the residence of God : for the Godhead dwelt in him bodily , which is a p lain allusion to that glory of the Lord , with which the house had been filled at the

dedication ; that S ' nekinah , which resided in it so frequently afterwards . This figurative application we learn from the Lord himself : * destroy this temple , ' said he , ' and in three days I will raise it up again . ; ' which , as the evangelist assures us , he spake of thc temple of his body . What he meant by this raising , the Jews , who heard him , could not understandbut only as it related to the raising of atones

, and buildings . * Forty and six years -was this temple in building , and wilt thou raise it up in three days ? ' not knowing that his body was more truly a temple than the temple itself ; because it was , in a more strict sense , the dwelling of the Godhead . This temple of Christ's body , like the literal temple of Jerusalem , was twice

butlt ; first at his nativity , and afterwards at his resurrection . His enemies destroyed this temple , as he had predicted to themselves that they would ; and upon the same principles that thc idolatrous enemies of the Jews had before destroyed that temple which represented It : but it was raised up again as the natural temple had been rebuilt , by the power of God . And the glory of the latter house far exceeded the lory of the former in both cases .

g In this rebuilding of the temple of Christ ' s body , we have a glorious example of the power of God in building for the salvation of man : hut this is farther exemplified in the mystical body of Christ , which is his church . Other buildings last for a time , but this is built for eternity . All the members of this society are to be considered as the stones of one great spiritual building , which differs from all

other buildings we ever heard of in being alive . St . Peter , speaking to Christians as members of this mystical temple of Christ ' s body , tells them , that as lively stones they are built up in a spiritual house . ' And the apostles and ministers employed under the supreme architect in this work of raising the Christian edifice , are called ' labourers together with God : ' andto justify the expression to the Christian

, people , the apostle adds , ' ye are God ' s building . ' If we here take our ideas from a natural building , it will be p leasant and edifying to see how they are all verified in the church of God . I say edifying , because the right understanding of this subject may help to build us up in it , and make us more worthy members of it . The £ rn part of a building with which we ought to begin , because the

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