388 THE Gofpel of the Golden Candlef> icks in the TEMPLE. Decetnb. 6. 13, & Heb. 9. I, 2, 3, 4, S 20. 1668. Then"verily thefir) Covenant had alfo Ordinances of Divine Ser- vice, andaworldly SanEtuary. For there wad aTabernaclemade, thefrfl, whereinwad the Candlellick, and the Table, and the Shew-bread, which is called the Sanituary. And after thefe- condVeil, the Tabernacle, which id called the Holiefl of all; which hadtheGoldenCenfer, andthe Ark of the Covenant over- laid rojtnd about with Gold, wherein wad the Golden Pot that hadManna, and Aaron': Rod that budded, and the Tables of the Covenant; and over it the Cherubim: of Glory fbadowing the Mercyfeat ; ofwhich we cannot nowfpeak particularly. F the two Courts of the Honfe of the Lord, and of the fa- cred Furniture and Utenfils of the Inner-Court we have fpok'en ; viz. the Brazen Altar ofBurnt-Offering, fignify- ing our Reconciliation unto God by the Death and Blood of Chriít : The molten Sea and Layers, fignifying our Juftification by the applying or wafhing in that Blood : And the twoPillars Machin and Bo-yas, which fi nified dur Perfeverance and Prefervation through the Power and Faithfulnefs and Love ofGod, till we be crowned with the Crown of Glory. We are now to furvey the Honfe it ¡elf, all the Furnitureand Veffels whereofwere of Gold. And as to thefe I have pitch'd upon this Text, becaufe it gives us in a fhort compafs of Words the molt full and corn- pleat
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