God therefore hath left the Nation, and hath rilled the Church, and
hath considered her the mount of [His] habitation, and the throne of
glory, and the house of exaltation ; and as David said, "The mountain of God **• lxvlii'
is a mountain of fat, a mountain of arches. What think ye, ye arched 16
mountains ; this is the mountain which God hath chosen to dwell in ; the
Lord will tabernacle in it for ever." (S. + Ye see therefore how He speaketh
to others, "What think ye?" to those who erroneously suppose that there are
other Churches), for one only is the Church which is the mountain of the
Sanctuary of God. Isaiah also hath said, " There shall be in the latter is. ii. 2
days (S. + He shall establish) the mountain of the House of the Lord God
of Jacob (S. + in the top of the mountains and higher than the heights),
and all nations shall flow unto it, and many peoples shall go and say, Come, 3
let us go up to the mountain of the Lord; let us learn His way and walk
in it"; (S. + and again he hath said, "There shall be signs and wonders IB. viii. is.
in the midst of the people from the Lord of Sabaoth, and Him that
dwelleth in Mount Zion," and in Jeremiah also He hath said, "A high throne Jer.xvii.i2
is the house of our Sanctuary"). Because therefore the Lord hath forsaken
the nation of Israel, He hath also abandoned the temple (S. -f He hath
made them desolate, and cloven the veil of the door), and taken away from
it the Holy Spirit (S. 4- and cast it on those who believe from among
the Gentiles, as He hath said by means of Joel, "I will pour out of My joeiii. 28
Spirit upon all flesh,") and the power of His Word, and He hath taken
away all service from the Nation, and hath established it in the Church f. 68 a
of the Gentiles. In like manner also, Satan the Tempter hath gone away
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