An Exposition of the Last Psalme by John Boys
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father in heauen, especially such as dwell with him [bq]in heauen,
O praise the Lord all ye blessed Angels and Saints inhabiting his sanctuarie which is highest and holiest. [Sidenote bm: _Idem Genebrard et alij._] [Sidenote bn: _Esay 57. 15._] [Sidenote bo: _In loc._] [Sidenote bp: _Bellarmine in loc._] [Sidenote bq: _Genebrard Agellius Acernensis epist. in loc._] [br]Other apply the word _sanctuary_ to the Temple, so termed for two respects especially. 1. because God manifesteth _his holines_ toward vs in that holy place more principally, calling it expresly [bs]_his house_. 2. a _sanctuarie_ in regard of our _holy seruice_ toward God, for albeit euery day be to the good man a sabbath, and euery place a temple; yet the God of Order hath appointed certaine times, and certaine places also, wherein hee will bee worshipped publiquely, saying Leuiticus 19. 30. _Ye shall obserue my sabbaths, and reuerence my sanctuary_. For our holines toward God concerneth vs [bt]one way in that we are men, and another way in that we are ioyned as parts to that visible mystical body which is his Church as men, wee are at our owne choyce both for time, and place, and forme, according to the exigence of our owne occasions in priuate, but the seruice which is to bee done of vs as the members of a publique body, must of necessity bee publique, and so consequently to bee performed on holy daies in holy places, and for this doctrine the scriptures afford both patent and paterne, the |
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