---=--·-. __ ___,-A--F:-ar-ew-ezc:-z s=-e-rm--on-,-~-.,c-.-- ----~-=--T 4~9 i A Tabtrn. 1defirfi, \Vhkhwa!arnov~ngTemple; andthentusTcmp'e) wh·chv.as · :.!l • .r:; I!', fixed Tabernade : bothofthem bad ooe me.1fc,,borh one name. Btrt, as one [,id i oponrhar, l!U.42. M~nfwefl,f"iildHdiound~JmrH; rh·u bol~l ;:~e Tatcrnack atJj! ?:)1:1 Tcmple were timilirodes ufGods houf<-, ra•her rhmrhe houfe 1t felfe: fo [w I rhat I rhcy were intende..! for notable refemblancesbcr\t of the holy Church ofGoJ upon . """ • 5· earth andoftbegloriousSanfruaryofheav.n. Tl,~istbe rrue,?:l'i1 of Goc', w~ich word tignilicth bmh a Temple, Ezra 4· r. and aPalace, .()a~.t •4• beooui<"he <lwels · where he iswat!bipped, and he is magnificent in botb: [r is themateriaU ral,·ernJcle :'h~~~a~d~\~.~~~~~~~ b~~~i~~~~~~i~~!~~~~J,~~;~~~}~~.:,:,~~~lc;,~.~~!f;;;~;; t ' ' · ' ' 1 'wentheyondrhe TabernacleofMofer: Neither J,tit rrcublennyr(l"n,rhu the name' j;,·, ofaTabernoclc irr.plic!flJitingand uncm,inry, Fotn• th<> Tcmpic, howf<,cver it ' were callcd(t::::J'lll nj) a houfeofAges;yot lafred nm(e1>hrr <h~lirftl mean,or((.· B cond)unto soo.yeers: fo thishonfe, though God call it a Tob~rO::;~Ie, yct he mak's "'~·~·.:.,.y·~ it anevcrlafiing habitarion; for be t~ls us;that both •!~C. ,odden.th.orc ~'"ne hJ-fvrc it L"'" 6 9 • I. ccmedowo ro men. Bur why ratherdorh the T.bertllcleof Gllli ·d, fi:cnd >Q men, than mcnafcend to it? Whflher rhisbe in refpttl: ofJohuvifion,ro wh~r. the new I Jcrufalem feemed toddcendfromheaven; tl~Jc.ondt_(asone{li(h;i!JKott{~•".!"\ .~n(i therefore it i! refembled by a!ltlle nche; of thtsmfenorworld, gol\f,'prtcKus ft 0 qes, peatle; Or wherher he•vete ittherefur~ f•_id to dcfcend.to us, bQ::Iufelc meets qs in the ayre, when ChriftJefus atrended~lf·l mnumerable An!!,<h llull dcfcend roferch r r•~.;:4-r6. his clefr; Or whether th;sphrafe benfed for agreater exprdlio~ oflove,oodmercy, lince it ismore fora Prlnee r() come rouo,than for nslo~oe to h:s Court. Cerrainly, God meanes onely in tbts to fet fOrth thatperp:'r:J.lll andreciprQCall convcrCtion, C which hcwi!lliaoe with men t rh..'Jfo40 dweUwithGari,G•ilfbqO drseUn•ith tlmn.Om glory begins ever in grace : God doth <!well with allthofz In grece, wirhwho'!l he : wi~l dwell i~ glpry: Ev.eryChrifrion carries ii'l hi; bofome a fbrine o~Go~: ~<m• J'' , ,.,;,; 11otthat chrijiJtJIH k ii'JOUJlliitbS. P4NI· WherefoeverGod dwds,tnere !Sius Tern· pie : wjlt thou pr~y in theTemple, pray In thyCdfe, faith Au{le11. Here is the A,! tar ofo cleaneheatt, from which the fweet incenfeofour prayers, as a pleafaotperfume,isfent upintothe.nontils ofGod; Hcre.arcthe purecanJbof our faith tvetbuming beforeGod,night and doy; neverto be extinguifhed: Here is the fpiriruall Shew-bread,the bread.oflif<O:anding evc~teady upon the Ta!Jieofthe foule: Heredoth theArke ofthe heart, in the imvardeft ofthe brcfr,kocpedlJ Law 1 ofGod,and thatManna th•t camedown from heaven :HereGod dVIel;,and here he 1 is wor!hipped.Behold,what needwe carewhither we goe,whilewe can )I thcGodo · heavenwith uslHeis with us asonr companion,as i:rur guide,asNugueft : No im· D potencyofperfon, no croffeofeftate, no.rlifranceofplace, nooppotition ofmen,no gates ofbell can fep:ll'ate him from us:He bath faidir,III'il! soli!lzv•,norforfafl! tbee: : We aro alloowpardn~ onefromanother: and now.is loafing a kudtofthcmg£1: lo- i vingand entire fellow!hip that evermet in rhe Coort ofany Prince : oud\veet Ml- I : fter (that wascompounded of alllavelioe!fe) infuicd this gracioush•rmony inro our 1 : hearts; nowwe arc !aiming our laft,andevery one i~with forrowenongh,uking his . ' own way: how fafe, how happy !hail webe,ifcachofusfballh>~·eGodrogoewith 1 him! Ccrtainly(mydeare fel!owes)we fball never complain ofthe want ofMa!lers, I offriends,while we find our felves fore of him; nothing can make usmiferable while wearcfurni01ed wirh him. Shall we thinke he cannot fare ill that harh money in his purfe; and !hall we thinkc he conmifcirrythat bathCod in hisheart( How !h.ill nor E all comforr, all happines accompJn}' tharGod1 whole prefence is the caufc ofa'! blef.. fednefTe? He lhall counfell us in ohrdo'llb1s;ditect"bs inourrefoluticm,difpofe cf us ino11!ellJtcs, cbeereusin ourdiftreffes,.. profperusi~>omlivcs,- and in curdeaths crowne us. And if fuch felicity follow upon Gods dwellingwith us in rhdefmoky cotrages ofourmottalitie,where we: through our unquiet cormprions)will not fuf. ~ ferourfelvesrohaveofullfruitionofGod· what h1ppincffe lha!l there be in our dwellingwith God, in thofeeternall Tab,;naclesofreftand glory? Beloved. th<re is no loffe, no mifery,which the meditation ofheaven cannot di,\efi : we have J iv~ j· ----------------------------------~--------------------~11~ ·
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