33.0 The Gofpel of theHoly Places. their Abode andRefidence, even in the Places that God chofe for that End. 2. In thefe Places were vifible Appearances of his Glory upon fpecial Oc_ cations. As when Mores had ereáed and reared up the Tabernacle, Exod. 40. 34. then a Cloudcovered the Tent of the Congregation, and the Glory of the Lord filled the Tabernacle; So Numb. 12. 5. the Lord came dozen in the Pillar of Cloud, and flood in the Door of the Tabernacle. So when Solomon had finifhed the Temple, and placed the Ark in the Holy Place, the Cloud filled the Houfe of the Lord, fo that the Priefts could not ftand to minifter, becaufe of the Cloud. For the Glory of the Lord filled the Houfe of the Lord, r Kings S. ro, r t. Ifaiah likewife faw his Glory in the Temple, Ifa. 6. r. I faw the Lord fitting upon a Throne high and lifted up, and his Train filled the Temple. 3. Thefe Places had their typical Significations of Chrifi and Gofpel-111y- fleries : Therefore much of the Name of God was in them, There were chiefly two great Myfteries in them, Chrifl and the Church. t. The Temple was a Type ofChrifi, John z. 19. deflroy this Temple, andwithin three Days I will ralfè it up.But he fpake of the Temple ofhis Body, Verf. 21. Therefore the Apoftle faith, that in him dwelletb all the ful- nefs of the Godhead bodily, Col. 2.9. He was a Minifter of the Sanfluary, and of the true Tabernacle, which the Lordpitched,andnot Man, Heb.9. r T. 2. It was a Type of the Church, r Tim. 3. r 5. how thou oughteft to be- have, thy felt' in the Idouf ofGod,which is the Church of the Living God,Eph. 2. 20, 21, 22. And it was a Type not only of the whole Church in general, but of every Believer in particular, t Cor. 6. 19. what, knowyou not thatyour Body is the Temple ofthe Holy Ghoft ? He dwells in their Bodies, much more in their Souls. The manner how the Deity dwells in thefe Temples is very myfterious and glorious. 4. Thefe Places were appointed of God to be Parts, yea principal and e- minent. Parts ofhis Worfhip. I fay, they were parts of his Worfhip or Ordinances; they were filch eminent Parts ofhis Worfhip, that they did fanaify both the Worfhippers, and all the Worfhip performed . in them. The Altar fanti~ified the Gift, the Temple fanttified the Gold, Mat. 23. 18, 19,. The Places did bring Acceptance to the Worfhip ; fo that the Places were principal, and the Duties lets principal, as fome exprefs it. There will 1 accept them, Ezek. 20.40. Exod. 20.24.. In all Places, where 1 record my Name, I will come unto thee, and I will blefs thee. i. They were by God's Appointment the Seat of all the Publick Church= Worfhip of thole Times. They did perform the moral Worfhipof Pray- era. and .reading and hearipg1 the Law, in all.their. Synagogues ; but their
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