Ch44 of the illiie of Beleevers. the price after Pale was his own, but now it was to ferve (by their voluntary act) only to a purpofe that was holy; The detaining of it is the violation of that wcl' is holy. And in thisway,both the places of publike worfhip,and the revenues for maintenance of.thofe that attend upon this worfhip,are feparate for God : It will be thought fomewhat out of myway to fpeak to thefe .things,yet having fo fair . an occafìon,I (half take a little liberty concerningthe places of wor- fhip, t (hall fpeak fomew hat in the negative,and by way ofconcef fion;There is not any fuchholineffe in them,as in the Tabernacle & Temple, this is difavowed by Chrift, f ohn 4-3. Thefe had the pre- eminence above our places of meeting in four feveral particulars. I. They had their jnDjutiofl, and immediate injunc`iion from God, Exod 3 IC), r I. I Icing s 5. 5. i Chron. 22.9,[O. 2. Their direaion and pretcription, fUeb.8.5. 2. The r promife, not alone refpedive to the worfhip, but the place, Exod. 29. i243. 4. Their fanCtion or penalty in regard of typical prophanation, Num. 19. 20. In all of thefe particulars we rnu(t give the Temple and Tabernacle the preeminence, betides that the Temple and Ta- bernacle were but one fer all Ifraael, we have many. In the affirma- tive' fhall lay down feveral polirions.. Firff, there is equall warrant and reafon for the building of our places of meeting, for the worfhip of God, as there w as or the Synagogues of the Jewes; though we put no fuch holineffe on thefe places to parallel them with the Temple, yet they have e- quail warrant, and are to have equall refpea with the Synagogues which the Jewes had in every City, eA(Els 15. zI. Not only in Judea, but where they were difperfed, As 13.14, I =,. There is no word in all the Scripture for the erecting of thefe Synagogues, i no mention made of them but once, where a fad complaint is made of the burning of them, Pfal. 74.8. But the people of God being by Gods command to be inftruced in the Law , they built them places for conveniency of meeting, and in fuch places they met,the Law was there preacht,Chrilt and his Apottles did preach there , our places of meeting then ftand in equall honour with thefe Synagogues : Thefe that can fay any thing for thefe Syna- gogues, which we cannot fay for our publike places of meeting,let them produce it, 2. There is as much reafon and equall warrant to call our pla. F f f z ces 4 °3 1 P laces for wor- Ihip and main - tet,anceofthofc that attend up- ' on woríliip fe. parate by dim vine approba- tion. Pòhtions can-.' corning places. Negative. Po itive.,
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