The Goffiel of the Holy places 329 latter times both in Do&rive andOrder and Worfhip. Which Purity is begun here, and perfeEted in another and an higher Glory in Hea- ven. And throughout the Scripture the Elogies given to yeruifalem are very high and excellent. It is called the City ofGod, Pfal. 46. g.. The Bled City, or the City which God bath chosen, r Kings r r. 32. but be (hall have one Tribe for my Servant David's fake, and for Jerufa- lem's fake, the City which I have chofen out ofall the Tribes of Iliad. It is called the beloved City, Gog and Magog compafs the beloved City, Rev. 20. 9. The Holy City, Matth. 2,7.53. many Bodies of Saints whichkept, arofe and went into the Holy City, Rev. 22. 19. God/hall take his part out ofthe Holy City. The City ofthe Living God, the heavenly yerufalem, Heb. t a. 22. It is called the Throne of the Lord, Jer. 3. 17. at that time they(hall call Jerufalem the Throne of the Lord, and all Nations (hall be gatheredun- to it, to the Name of the Lord, to Jerufalem. Quell. What is the Ground of this Holinefs of thefe Places, and how are we to conceive ofit ? Anfw. You heard in general before, that it conlfts in the Lord's fe- parating of them for himself in a special and peculiar manner. But there be four Expreffions in the Text, the Explication whereof will a little further clear it. I. The Lord is faid to fet his Name there. 2. Thither'fhalt thou feek. 3. Thither shalt thou come. 4. Thither fhalt thou bring thy Holy Things. a. The Lord is faid to chufe thefe Places to fet bis Name there, and therefore they are called his Habitation, even to bis Habitation /hall ye feek; the meaning is, his Name dwelt there. What is God's Name ? And how is it fet in fuch a Place? God's Name is any thing by which he is known, the Difcoveries or Manifeftations of himfelf, by which he is known amongst his People, as a Man is known by his Name. He fets his Name in fuch or fuch a Place, when he constitutes or ap- points it to be the Place wherein he will give forth the Difcoveries and Manifeftations of himfelf unto his People. There be five Thingshere included. r. That here were the fianding Symbols and Tokens of bis Prefence. The Ark, the Mercy -feat, the Altar, the Sacrifices, here they had 11 u their
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=