336. The Gofpel of the Holy Places. for there are the New Testament-Tabernacles wherein God dwells, and vouchfafes his blesfed Prefence. It is often noted, as a great Corruption of Worship among the zeros, that they facrificed in the High Places; yea though they did it to the Lord their God only. So in Manaffeb's Time, z Chron 3.7. 17. Ne- verthelef the People did facrificefill in the High Places; after force be- ginnings and degrees of Reformation ; yet unto the Lord their God only. And the reafon they were not taken away is fometimes noted tobe the perverfnefs of the People : So in Yehofaphat's Time, z Chron. ao. 33. Howbeit the high places were not taken away; for as yet the People had not prepared their Hearts unto the God of their Fathers. Yea there were force good People in thofe Times who were uncon- vinced of this Truth, that they ought to facrifice only at the Temple. andTabernacle, though they were againft the Worship of Baal, yet they were not againft the High Places : So we have force inour Days that are againft Popery ; but they are not againft mixt Commu- nions. They are not convinced that they ought to prefent their Ser- vices and Sacrifices, their publick Worship unto God in Gofpel-Tem- pies, that is, in pure Churches, and not among profanePeople. It is strange to fee the lupine Carelefnefs and Scepticifm of force MensSpirits in this particular they regard not, they care not with whom they join ; whether it be a true Churchor a falfe Church, whe- ther a pure or an impure Church, whether a Church or no Church. Search the Scriptures, and you will find no instance, that ever the Lord's Supper was difpenfed but in Churches, Gofpel-Churches, pure Churches. The firft Institutionof that Ordinance Was in the firft Gof- pel-Church, founded by Christ himfeif the chief Paftor, who did dif- penfe this Ordinance himfeif to the twelve Apostles, who were the Foundation Stones of the firft Gofpel-Church at yerufalem---then a- gain, Alts 2. 42. they continued fedfafly in the Apoftles Dollrine and Fellowfhip, and in breaking ofBread, and in Prayers. Breaking of Bread is there mentioned amongft other Ordinances, and therefore not to be understood of common but facred Bread, .Atts zo. 7. it is faid of the Church of Troas, that they came together on the firf Day of the Week to break Bread. The fame Ordinance .alfo was obferved in the Church of Corinth, t Cor. t . and whereas Corruptions and corrupt Members were crept in, the Apostle fpends a whole Chapter in exhorting them to purge out the old Leaven, 5th. Chap. of t ft. Epistle. ,Profesl'ors that lie amongst the Pots, never joyning themfelves as fixed Members in any particular Church, though they have Opportu- nity for it, do live in the neglefì of a Duty, a known Duty ; yea fah a neg..,
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