`36e The Gofpel of the Brazen Pillars in the Temple. with his Sacrifices : And fo Solomon did when he dedicated the Tern: pie. For this inner Court feems to have been the Place of this Bra- zen Scaffold. It was five Cubits long, five Cubits broad, and three Cubits high : And there was a Pillar annexed, as it feemeth, to this Scaffold for the King to fit or lean upon, where 'oath flood at his Co- tonation, 2 Kings i t . 14. with 2 Chron. 23. 13. Soyofsab 2 Kings 23.3. when he made that Covenant before the Lord. Of this Nature was alfo the Covert for the Sabbath, mentioned 2 Kings s6. i8: which feems to have been force Roof ftanding upon Pillars, to be force fhelter for the Priefts from the Rain, when they were to offici- ate in the Court in Winter - weather. It is noted as an A& of Pro» fanenefs in Ahaz, to take it away, becaufe it was an Utenfil of natural Conveniency for theperformance of the Worfhip, though not a facred Veffel of Divine Inftitution, and fo not a part of Worfhip. Though it was not lawful for them to inftitute, or alter any of the facred Vefi'els that were myft cal ,and fignificant; yet they might make any thing that was of moral Ufe, or natural Necef ity, or Conveniency, for the better performance of the Worfhip : As for inftance, Ezra flood upon a Pulpit of Wood, Nehem. 8. q., s. to have an Hourglafs, or the like, to know the time of the Day, it isa weak thing to fcruple it. 2. But befide fuchUtenfils as thefe, there was a fec©nd fort that were enyftical and lignificant. And they may be referred to two forts. They were either witbout Doors, or within. Thofe without the Doors of the San&nary were of Bras. Thofe that were within Doors were of Gold. Thofe without Doors were molt of them fub dio, in theopenCourt > As the other were fub tetto, within the Houfe it felf. We (hall begin with theVef%ls of Brafswithout doors.And they were four, I. The two Brazen Pillars. z. The Altar of Burnt-Offering. 3. The Molten Sea. q.. The Ten Lavers. All thefe had their myftical Ufe and Signification, as in each 'parti- cular will appear. r. The two Brazen Pillars, of which this Text fpeaks. And the Doarinal Propofition is this. Do&. That Solomon by God's Appointment made two Brazen Pillars at the entrance of the Temple, and called them Jachin and Bo-yas. They Hood before the Houfe, 2 Chron. 3. r 5. and before the Temple, Verf. 17. Some think without the Porch. But they feem rather tohave floodwithin the Porch ; fo we render t Kings 7. 19, 21. but without the
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