332 The Gofpel of the Holy Places. f Tour Sacrifices ] this is a general Word including'all that belonged unto the Altar. And your Tithes ] thefe were for the Maintenance of the Priefts whereofLevit. 27. 30, 32. They had two forts of Tithes, the firft went to the Priefts and Le- vites; then of that which remained they were to feparate a fecond Tithe ; and this the Owners were to eat before the Lord in the Place that he mould chufe, as infra Verf. t 7. 18. The Heave-Offerings o fyour Hand] that is, the Firft Fruits which they were to bring in their Hands before the Lord, Deut. 26.2. thou (halt take of the firft of all the Fruit of.the Earth, and (halt put it in a Basket,., and fhalt go unto the Place which the Lord tby God (hall chufe to place his Name there, and thou (halt fit it before the Lord thy God, and worfhp before the Lord thy God. Tour Vows and voluntary Offerings] of which fee Levit. 7. T6. Firftlings of your Herd and Flock] often declared to be the Lords, Numb. 3.. 13, becaufe all the Firfi-born are mine : For on the Day that d fmote all the Firft -born in the Land of Egypt, I hallowed unto me all the Firft-born in Ifrael both Man and Beaft : Mine they (hall be, Iam tbe Lord. For the yfe of all, there is a Four-fold Inftru&ion from all that hath been faid concerning thefeHoly Places under theLaw. I . The firft lnftrucîion is concerning the Ceffation of this Holinefs of Places under the New Teftament. For this being a part of the Ceremo- nial Law, it muff needs be ceafed and vanifhed away, now that Chrift the thing fignified is come. The Papifis have borrowed this ( as they, do many other of their Superftitions ) from the Yews. Some they bor- rowfrom the Pagans, and others are nothing elfe, but Pieces and Re- ligues of the Law of Ceremonies: So is this of the Holinefs of Places, and confecrating of Churches. For there is nothingmore clear, than that the Difference of Places is taken away under the Gofpel. When the Woman of Samaria plead- ed, Our Fathers Worfhipped in this Mountain ; butye fay, that Jerufalem is the Place where Men ought to Worfhip. efwsfaid unto her, Woman be- lieve me, the Hour cometh, and now vs, when ye (hall neither in this Moon- rain nor yet at JerufalemWorfhip the Father ; but the true Worfhippers #hall Worfhip him in Spirit and in Truth, John4. 2 r, 23. He turns her Eyes and Thoughts away from the Difference of Places, to regard and mind the Spirituality of the Worfhip. For as God is no refpe&er of Perfbns, fo he is no refpeaer of Places.. But wherefoever, for that indefinite [where ] is equivalent to an univerfal, wherefoever two or three
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