The lmprefe ofGod. --~-~4-~} f utrh~Alm: God fayesoftheminway of rejct1ion, NMejf mibivolur.l<lJ i~vvbi;, I---\ l•fii.J.Henc;the Pridr hood ~!the~ew Lawrs Ltvt rdined,M•i+3·Etp_,rg.,~ .' fi·l \ llo! Lroi;whrch Hitr•m not unhkely,mterprets ofd10 mm1nene ofthe Gufpoll: lt ey 1 •re the foonesofLev1,whkh fignHie£Cop1114ltiun; 'JHM homiua ctJrtl Dto co}'Hiant; bnr 1 ofLerllpurged,aod purged as gold: As much dilfe,ence between them, osbe<wi:u gold in rheOce,and in thewedge.Hence il doublehonour challenged to the Evangehcall ~iniflery,yea,and given: Y ee receivedme, t3ith S. Paul, as ao Ange!l ofGod, yeaasChrif[ Jefus,G•/·4·'4· Hence the Angell,ofhan(elfe to ]obn, I am thy feliowfervant. Woebe ro rhem thereforewhich tpet in the facesofrhofewhomGod harh honoured : 1t isGods fecond charge, this ofhi& Prophets: His firf[ is, To• rh nol 111int •11oi11ttd. his fecond, H•rt11•t ltiJ Prophe/J. And ifonedif~racefull word i'poken bur by rude children to aProphet ofthe o.ld Tefbmcnr, con fo tiUUY throat;; B God he mercifull 10 thofe dangerous anddeadlyaffrom; that have been,and are dli· lv offered 10 the Prophersofrhenew: What canwe fay, burwith the women ofTe- ~<q.h, serv• o 11tx. Wc blelle God that wemay bemoancour felves to the tender and n.JulgenrearsofagraciomSoveraigne, fenGbleof thcfefpimuall wron~s; who yet (wcnnow)may well anfwer us with'jocobs quellion,Ao loco Dei ego[ua? l t grievesme to rhmk and fay ofour (elves, that for a great parr ofrhi•, Ptrditio tu• ex le. Woe eo rhofe corrupted fonnes ofHeli, which through their infuffdency ond uncou!C'ona· blendfe, have powredconrcmpton their own faces. That proud fiJJ;idve C•mpllln coutdfay,MiflijlrisiUori< ,Uhilvili•s,O'c.As f•lfly dS fpighrfully. Let heaven & earth ·~irnes, whether any Nation in rhe world can afford fo le:IJ'ned, fo glorious aClergy. Bur yet, among fo many pots GftheTe<nple, it is nomarvel! iffomebe dry for wam nf liquor, others rufiy for want of ufe, others full ofliquor wi..houtmeat. otll,rs fo C full ot meatthat theywant liquor. Letthe Lords anointed, whn1C ex.ample and tll- -r(_ cour~temenu have ra1fed even rhis divine le>rning to this excellent perfeCtion, by ~is !!"cious countenance difpell contempt from the profeffbr>of it, and by his elf~- au ·11 enrlevours reltlGverhe caufesoftbis contempt. Ror as every ChrilHao under the Gofpell isaPrielt and Prophet, let the people be ·~efe pots, or the offeringsofthe people.That lball be in rrfpefr ofthe frequence,ot fi'aJ!rance,according to the double acception ofthat particleof comparifon(~amifra rbi,.)asthebowles1fornumber,orqu>hty. For the frequ~nce. A fe(\1 fecthmg pots lerved thefacrrlice; bnt bowles they ufed m1ny: what for the ufeofche Altarofiocenfe, what for the rcceivingofrhebloodofthefacrilice, S1/omon made an 1 oo of gold. NowrhenfaithGod, inrhedayesofcheGofpell, there!lnllbe(uchlloreof oblations to God , that the number of the pots 0Jall eqt~alize the number of the bnwlesofthe A I tar: norunlike,becaufeofthe following words; Every pot in T<ru- , D (alem !ball be faine robe employed to rheldcrifices. This frequence then , is ci.iber ofthe officers,orofferings,perfons,or aCts. For the perfons;they were few incompl· rifon.under the Law. All Pa/r{line,whichcomprehendsallcheirollicers,except fomel few Protelytes,wasbut(as ]tromt, w~icb was aLieger there,reckons it)m r 6orniles 1 long from Dan toBeerjheb•b,'& 46mrle; broad from ]•PP• to Belhlmv. Now thep,r• i tirion wall is broken down, all nations under heaven yreld franke offerers to rho; AltarofGod. Therewas no offering then but at Jerufalem : nowJetufalemis every , where. Somuch therefOre as the world iswider thanJudea,fo much as Chrif[endome i is larger tbao thewallsofthe Temple; fo many more officers hath the Gofpellthan: the Law.And it werewell,iftherewere as many,as they feem.lfburas many alla!lthti ~orld overotfer their prcfence t~ Godsfervice onGods day(leave rhofe that fpend ir mthe Srewts and Tavemes, tohrm whom they ferve) were rrue offerers, how rich E would the Alrsr be, and rheTemple how glorious? Hilt alas, ifGod will be'&rred withmoutbes full ofoarhes,curfes, bitternerfe, with he~~ds full of wine, with tyes full of!uft,with hands fullofblood, with backs full ofpride,wirll p1och.es full ofglueronie, with foules and livesfull ofhorrible fins, he may. have olf<rer~•s many as men : el~eas ll[4J, relttla eft iur6e folitM'b; afew.pors wj1Jholdour facrifices: an<:! what iO tht!, but throughourwtlfult di(obedience, to crolfe himwhi(b hatl!f.lid, that;,, this day rho pors of the Temple!lull be·asche bowles ofthe Altar.Th<! :lfr or comm~dity is
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