An epistle to all Christians, Jews, and Gentiles shewing how that God dwells not in their temples made with hands. Fox, George, 1624-1691. 1682 Approx. 8 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A40170 Wing F1803A ESTC R220233 99831655 99831655 36120 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. 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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-necked and Uncircumcised Hearts and Ears , that were the Persecutors , as in the next Verse , that did resist the Holy-Ghost ; and therefore their Bodies , in that State , were not like to be Temples of the Holy-Ghost : as in 1 Cor. 6.19 . And therefore these Persecutors that did resist the Holy-Ghost , which comes from the Father and the Son , were the Cryers up of the Outward 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 proceeds from him , by which God is Seen 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 crying up Outward 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 Thunder . And though the Lord tells them by his Prophet , and Steven , 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 People in these words , What ? 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 . The 4th . of 7th . Month , 1682. G. FOX . LONDON , Printed for John Bringhurst , Printer and Stationer , at the Sign of the Book in Grace-Church-Street , near Cornhil , 1682.