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CHAP. XL.
The General Argument to the following
Chapter.
GOT) having forfaken the City and Temple of
Jerufalem, andgiven them up to Tie ft ruction,for
the Idolatries and other Sins committed there ;
in this and the following Chapters, he fheweth
to the Prophet in Vifion, the Model or Plan of
another Temple, of the fame T)imenJ?ons with
thvt built by Solomon; as Villalpandus, and
other learned Men, with great Probality fuppofe.
David had the Pattern of that Temple,
which Solomon was to build reveal'd to him
by God: See i Ch. xxviii. n, 19. as Mofes had
the Model of the Tabernacle reprefented to him
by a Vifion, while he was in the Moimt, Ex. xxv.
40. And here the Plan of Solomon 's Temple is
again di[covered r^.Ezckiel, whoforetelling the
c DeftrucJion of this Temple by the Chaldeans,
fiews how highly it was valued by the Jew s,when
he calls ii, The Excellency of their Strength,
and the Defire of their Eyes, Chap. xxiv. 21.
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