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And they yt beleiued in him there bodyes came to bee ye temples
of God & Xt & ye holy ghoast: for ym to dwell in ym. & walke
in ym: & all such: was gathered Into ye name of Jesus
whose name was aboue euery name; & there was noe saluation
by any other name vnder ye whole heauen byutt by ye name
of Jesus: & these mett togeather in seuerall dwellinge houses
wch was not caled ye temple nor ye Church but there bodyes
was ye temples of God & ye beleiuers was ye Church wch. Xt was
ye heade off: soe Xt was not ʌcaled ye heade of an olde house
wch was made by mens handes: neither did hee come
with his bloode
to purchase & sanctifye & redeeme ʌ ian bolde house wch. they
caled there chuch but ye people: wch: hee is ye heade off.
ffor a great deale of worke had I with preists & people
with there olde houseesʌwch they caled there
churches w:ch was made
yt by mens hands for ye preists had perswaded people yt it
was ye house of God & ye Apostle saide heeʌXt purchased his
Church with his owne bloode & Xt calls his church: his
Spouse & his bride ye lambes wiffe: soe this title church
& Spouse was not giuen to an olde house butt to his church
yt was his people & true beleiuers• & ye Apostle saith whose
house wee are; soe ye people are Gods house & dwellinge:
And after this off a lecture day: I was moued to goe to vlverston
steeplehouse where there was aboundans of professors & preists &
people:
And I went vppe neere to Lampitt whoe was blusteringe on
in his preachinge: & one Jo: Sawrey a Justice of peace came
to mee after Ithe Ld had opned my mouth to speake: & saide
If I woulde speake accordinge to ye scriptures I should speake
& I stranged att him for speakinge soe to mee: And I
tolde him I woulde speake accordinge to ye scriptures & bringe
ye scriptures to proue what I had to say: for I had thin;some
-thinge to speake to Lampitt; ʌ& ym & then this Sawrey saide
I shoulde not speake contradictinge his owne sayinge
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and they that received and believed in him, their Bodies came
‘to be the Temples of God, and of Christ, and of the Holy Ghost to
‘dwell in them, and to walk in them. And all such were gathered
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‘into the Name of Jesus, whose Name is above every Name; and
‘there is no Salvation by any other Name under the whole Heaven,
‘but by the Name of Jesus. And they that were thus gathered,
‘met together in several Dwelling-houses, which were not called the
‘Temple, nor the Church; but their Bodies were the Temples of God,
‘and the Believers were the Church, which Christ was the Head of.
‘So that Christ was not called the Head of an Old House, which was
‘made by Mens Hands; neither did he come to purchase and sanctify,
‘and redeem with his Blood an Old House, which they called their
‘Church; but the People, which he is the Head of. Much work I
had in those Days with Priests and People, concerning their Old Mass-
houses, which they called their Churches: for the Priests
had persuaded
the People, that it was the House of God; whereas the Apostle says,
Whose House we are, &c. Heb. 3. 6. So the People are
God’s House, in
whom he dwells. And the Apostle saith; Christ purchased his Church with
his own Blood; and Christ calls his Church his Spouse, and his Bride,
the Lamb’s Wife: So that this Title Church and Spouse, was
not given to an Old House; but to his People, the true Be-
lievers.
After this on a Lecture-day I was moved to go to the Steeple-house
at Ulverstone, where were abundance of Professors, Priests
and People.
I went up near to Priest Lampitt, who was blustering on in his
Preaching: And after the Lord had opened my Mouth to speak, John
Sawrey the Justice came to me, and said; If I would speak according
to the Scriptures, I should speak. I stranged at him for speaking so to
me, for I did speak according to the Scriptures; and I told him, I
should speak according to the Scriptures, and bring the Scriptures to
prove, what I had to say: for I had something to speak to Lampitt
and to them. Then he said: I should not speak; Contradicting him-
self, who said
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