Biblical ideas are dominant themes in Thomas Traherne’s poem “The Preparative” where,  the speaker approaches the end of his existence on earth as he prepares his spirit to depart the material world into eternity with God. The body is becomes symbolic as a temple for the spirit as the speaker’s sight shifts from looking outwards to reflecting inward. The theology of the holy spirit as part of the biblical trinity which includes; the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit together as one is introduced in relation to the speakers spirit. The speaker alludes to the Holy spirit as he becomes aware that his body has been inflamed by the the Holy spirit as “divine impressions when they came/ Did quickly enter, and [his] soul inflame” (l. 55-56). This transition from the pursuit of the body to his dedication to the spirit reveals that the speaker believes his body is a temples of the holy spirit; “Did you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, who you have received from God; your body is not your own” (1 Corinthians 6:19). Therefore, the speaker has concluded that his body is a house for the Holy Spirit that must be protected. To further this idea the speaker uses sexual imagery of the spirit entering his body reveals his intimate relationship with the divine; it becomes a union between the spirit and body that is more desirable than his previous pursuits of the body.