u6 Of Elef1ion. ~muft underftand to have been the SubjeCl: of his Admirationas well as ofhis BooK [1, faith. ~ · This Temple, and the Ark, in the Holy of Holies thereof, in which God dwelt between the Cherubins, was His Chrift that was to come in the ildh Otid's Immmmet, or Godwith tts .· Even the fulnef£ ol the_God-head dwelling bodtly and fubflant,ally m ail Human Nature, whereof thts Temple and Ark were but the Shadow : (which oppofition oflhadow and body, is another Inter– pretation we may take in, to make that phrafe ofDwelling bodily Compleat) It is Chrift who is that true Tabern~cle to be in Heaven,which not Man butGod pitch'd, and was to be the Ark ofhis Teflamtnt, as Chhfl under the New Te– ftameot is called. And Chrif\ not being then to come; there was nothing ex– tant on the Earth vifibly to fignifie that Prefence and Union of God with Man by, as this of Solomo11s did: So as this of Solomo11s was in a Shadow Ordained to be,and had Promifes belonging to it, and a Reverence peculiar to it; ihough it was but a dwelling indarknels, as Verft '2, of i Ki11gs 28. and in a Shadow. . Thi's Temple likewife fignified God•s Church and Saints on Earth, and iri Heaven likewife, as thofe in whom God dwells by fo intimate a Prefence. Wh1ch Inhabitation ofhis in them, is by derivation from and in the venue gf that perfonal union that the Mmz Jejits (Typed by the Ark) had with the Son ofGod, and dwelling in him therewith. . By thefe things fore!aid; the SubjeCl: Matter of Solomons wonderment [Will God intleed dwtlt os Earth ? ] cloth prove to be really and indeed intended (though thus veyled under the Temple, and Solomotu Admiration fo lmmenfe a God lhould dwell i~ it) ofa Wonderment that this God ibould vouchfafe io dwell in the Temple ofChrift's human Nature (as Chrift himfel f calls his body John 2. '9·) And the fulnefs ofthe Godhead bodily fill and p.ofiefs it; and th.at then through him, in the h(artS ofall his Saints, his Myflical Bod), whether in Earth or Heaven, united unto him as the Head.---And we that live un– der the New Teflamenr, and underftand the Myflery ofall thefc things, ibould therefore fall into a far deeper af\onilhing admiratiqn, with ravi!hment, at the thoughts of this, as Solomon did at God's dwelling in his Temple, and this, when we !hall further confider that Solomo1t in this hiS Prayer ofConfecration ofhis Temple, did therein fuflein the Type ofour Jefus, confecrating his ileth and !m– man Nature, by flrong cries, and tears, and humblings of himfelfto his father, whereofthe 16th. Pfalm, and 22th. Pjatm, (made for him) are evidences; as alfo his Story, and the Epiflle ro the Hebrrws !hew. So that indeed this Ar– gument in hand will rife in this : That the M a11 .7efus, wondred as much at his own advancement unto this Honour, That God lhould vouchfate to dwell Perfonally in {o forry and poor a Man as Himfelf ( confidered as a Creature) was. And that he fays as well as Solomon, (for Solomondoth it as reprelent– ing Him.) A11d will God indttddwell m a Ta6er11acle of f!db 1 And by vertue ofthat uniott takt Me ttp iuto Glory 1 So near himfelf, that Ilhould be abletofay, I ittmy Father, andmy FatherhtMe! Oh wonderful! And if all this will not make an imprellion hereof on you, that even this done to Cbrifl (who is that Holy thing, That Holy Otu, &c.) is matter offuch afionilb– ment; Then add to this of Solomons, that other more clear TeflimonyofVa– vidhis father, in P{al.8. wherein,whether you underfland Vavid himfelf as a Prophet,taking up the like Agaf\ment to fpeak in his own Perfon,or whether in the Name and Perf<>n ofCbrift,he utters it as that which the M rm7efzu as Man fboutd ta_kt up;His words ofhim are tbefe,Verf,4,)•6.What is Mrm that thott art mi?tdful:of him1and t.ht Soot of Mmt that thou vifittf/ htm? For thou haft made hima little tower than the Angels, and haft Crow11ed IJim wtth Glory a11d Ho– nour. Thou haf/ madt him to have Domi11io11 over theWorks of thy hauds: Tho14 haf/ p11t all thitJgs.tmder hisfeet.And that he fpeaks thefe ~hings of.'Je(us as he is Miln.TheApphcanon the Apof\le makes of thefe words,IS properly Intended ofChrifi,fo as ofno man elfein the 2d. Chapter to the Hebrews, Ver(. 6, 7, g, 9• do direClly !hew. But ont in a certain place tefli{ied, faying, What IS Matt that thou art mi~tdfulof him, or the So11 of Mcm, that thott vijitejl h1m ? Thou madtf/ hima!ittldower tbmt the Angels, thou Crow11rdjl him with Glory
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