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Ephefians,
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are taken into
Gads
family,
to live
under
his
roof:.
The
eonfideration
Its
the fpeci-
of
this made
David
fo
to,defire the houfe
of
God
above all things.
ChriRiansf
to
one thing have
1
defred
of
the Lord,
that
I
will
_peke
after, that
1
may lc
taken into
dwell
in
the
haufeof
the
Lord, ali.the
¿ayes
efmy
life,
to
behold
the
beau-
y'
ty
ofthe Lord
:
for
faith
he
; They
that
dwell in
thy
houfe,
fhall
be
fats
f-
r
1;6,1
ffedwith
thegoodneffe
of
thy
houfc.
To
be
of Gods houle
and
family,
The
pri.
;tcd-
implyes'many excellent
benefits , dignities and
priviledges, which
gcsto
be
of
thole enjoy from
God that
are true
Chrifttans, which others are
not
Gds
family.
partakers
of
A
houfc
is
given for reft
and
fafe
harbour ,
and
quiet
re-
y
pole
:
So
the Lord
fpeakerh
for the comfort
of
his
Church
:
There
/flail
be
a
tabernacle
for
a
fhadow
in
the
day
time
from
the heat,
and
for
a
place ofrefuge,
and
for
a
Covert
fromfiarme
andfrom raine
:
his
meaning
is,
that
all his
people
fhall
be
as
men within
doores,
flickered and
defended againft
all evils,
others
(hall
be
as
menwithout doores, ex-
poled to
all
ftormsoftrouble
and
forrow.
It
is
the
office and
duty
ofa
Matter
of
a
houle, to
give.
quiet
and
comfortable
reif
to thofe that
are
under
his
roofe
; as
Lot pleaded
with
the Sodomites
for
the
three
vtngels,
Pfaff
,
.7,5
that
came
into
his
haute. The
Lord
maketh
his to dwell
in
fafety. The
Pfa.
rz
7.z.
beloved
ofthe Lord fhall
dwell
in fafety.
Canft thou not
fleepe
comfor-
tably nor fecurely,
but
artdifquieted
with
cares, feares, griefes
Con-
fider and fee,
if
finne
bath
not turned thee out
of
Gods favour,
and
flint
thee
as
a
dogge out
of
Gods
family
:
What
is
the reafon
men
live
fo
uncomfortably, barking, fighting
and
quarrelling
one
with another,
and
neither give themfelves reft nor
others
e
becaufe
they are dogs
¡hut
out
of
doores, from
under
Gods roofe
,
living
in
the
darkneffe
of
ignorance and prophaneneffe,
in
the night
of
this
world,
barking
at
the
moon,
and at
their own fhádowes,and
can
find
no reft
to their own
hearts, nor
fuller
others
to tell,
fuch
is
the Condition
of
all
thofe, that
live
out of the houle
and
Church
of
God.
If
then
thou
woulditreft
in
God ,purge
and
cat
out Gnne,
God
is
a
houle
and
habitation only for
his Saints, and
they are
his
temples
in
whom
he
dwels,
and
the temple
of
God
muff be
holy.
Muff men
think
God
is a
common Inne to entertaine álhcommers,
and
to
lodge
all
revilers and vagrants
,
be they
of
what condition they
will
,
they
may revell, fwcare,
lye
and doe
what they lift,
Every man
(fay
they)
for bimfelfe, and
Ged
form
all.
No
no,
God
is
no
Common
Inne,
but die onely houle
and
habitation for
his fervants
to lodge
in.
A
fecond priviledge
of
Gods
domeftick
is,
that
they have more
fpeciall acquaintance and
knowledge
of
God
in
his
houfe
then others
have:
For
as
no man
or
matter
of
a
houfe,.but
makes himfelfe
more
inwardly acquainted, and
his
Counfels,
purpofes and wayes
to
thofe
that
dwell
in his
houle, then to others:
So befides
that that God
ma-
nifefteth himfelfe
in
all
the world
,
yet
efpecially he
hath
chofen his
Church to
be
that
houle
,
where to
place his
Name
and to make him
-
felfe
knowne and
acquainted, where we
may have
belt
experience
of
Gods
faving
love, mercy, power
:
So that
if
we
would know
God
aright to falvation,and
be
throughly
acquainted with him and
with
his
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