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yews
in
the
Wilderneffe,
by
a
Cloude
and Pillar offier:
which
as
they
were ere.
2 9
ated, and
Inaituted
fìgnes,ofthe prefence
of
God,
fo
they gave affuredprate-
ölion,
prefervation,
and
diretlion
to thePeople
in
all
their
waies.
The
fumme
ofthe
whole
intendment
of
the
Holy Ghoff
in
thefe
two
verfes
, kerning
to
be
comprized
in
the
tail words
of
the Fift,
and they being
a fuitablembottome
unto the
enfuing difcourfe, comprifing
as
they Rand in
Relation
to
the
verfes
foregoing,
the
whole
of
my
aymè,
with
the
way,
or method
wherein
it
may
conveniently
be
delivered
I (hall
a
little
ìnfift
upon
them :
Vpon
all
the glory
(ball
be
a
defence.
The
words are
a GofpellPromifé,
Exprefhed in
Lazy
termes, or
a
Net»-
Tefta-
4
7.
ment
Mercy,in Old
reitament
Clothes:
the
fubjee
of
it is,
all
the Glory,and
the
thing Promifed,
is
a
defence over
it,or
uppon
it.
By
the
Glory
fome
take the
People
themfelves
to
be intended,who are the
Glory
of
God,
Ifa.
46.
13.
In
whom
he
will
be
Glorifyed,
and who are
faid
to
be made
Glorious,
v,
2.
But
the Pillar
off
er,and
the
Cloud
lead
us an
other
way. As
the
Protection
here
Promifed,mufk Anfwet
the
ProteEtion
given
by
them
of
olde;
fo
the
Glory
here
mentioned, mull anfwer
that
which was
the
Glory
of
that
People, when
they had their Prefervation and Direction
from thofe
Signes
of
the
prefence
of
God,inthe
mida
of
them.
It
is
very
true the
figne
of
Gods Prefnce among
them
it
felfe,and
the
Prote&ion received thereby,is fometimes called
his
glo-
ry, Ezek, so. so. But here it
is
plainely differenced from
it,
that
being
af-
terwards
called a defence.That
which
moll frequently
was
called
the
Glory
in
the
Ancient difpenfation
of
God
to
his
People,
was
the
Arke:
when
this
was
taken by the
Philifiimr,
the Wife
of
Phineas calls
her
fonne
Jchabod,
and
fayes
the
Glory
k
departed
from Ifraell
s
Sam.
4.
2.
&
22.
Which the
holy
Ghoft mentionsagatne
Pfd.
78.
61.
And
delivered his Strength
into Captivity
and
his
Glory
into his
Enemies
hand.
The Tabernacle,or
the
Tent
wherein
it
was
placed
is
mentioned,
y. 6o.
He
forfooke
the
Tabernacle
of
Shiloh the Tent
which
he
had
placed amongthem.
And
the
People
to
whom
it
was
given,
v. 62.
He gave
the
People
over
alfo to
the
Sword.
That
Arke
being
the
Glory
and
Strength
which went into Captivity,
when
he
forfooke
the Tabernacle,andgave
his
People
to the Sword.
That
this
Arke,
the
Glory
of
Old
was
a
Tipe
of
Jefus
Chrift
(befides
the
end and ayme
of
its
Inaitutton,
with
its
ufe and place
of
its
abode)
appears
from
the
Mercy
feat
or Plate
of
Gold
that
was
layd
upon
it,which
Jefes Chri
ft
is
exprefly
Paid
to
be
Rom. 3.
35,
26.
compared with
Heb.
so.
5.
It
is
he who
is
the
Glory
here
mentioned,not
confidered
abfolutely
and in
his
owne
Perfon,
but
as
he
is
made
Beauty,and
Glory
unto
his
People:
as
he
is
made
unto them
Righteoufneffe
and
Holynefe
according
to the tenor
of
the
Promifes infifted on
before;
and
this is
indeed,
all
the
Glory
of
the
Ele
&
rta
of
God,
even
the
prefence
ofChria
with them
,
as
their
Jollification,
and
San-
clification,their
Righteoufnefe
and
Holyneffe..
The matter
of
the Promtfemade
in
reference
to
his
Glory
and them upon
',
48.,
whóm
it
doth abide,
Is
,
that
they
(hall
be
a
defence
upon
it
: the
word
Tranflated
here
a defence,comes
from
a
root, that
is
but
once read
in
Scrip-
ture.Deut.33.
12.
Where
it
is
rendred
to
cover:
The
Lord
fbball
cover
him
all the
day
long, So
it properly
fignifyes.From
a Covering,to a ProteClion,ot a
defence,
is
an
eafy Metaphor,
a
covering being giyen for
that
end and purpofe. And
this
is
the native
fgnification
of
the word
Protego,
to
defend
by
coverrng,as
P36'?.8'
Abimelek
called
Abraham the
covering
of
Sarahs
eyes,
or
a
proteetion
to her
97.1.
Gen.
20.56.
The
Allufion alto
of
a
Shade,
which
in
Scripture
is fo
often taken
63.7
for
a
defence,
arifeth
from hence.
This word
it
felfe
is
ufed twice more, and
4201:25:
in both
places fignifye
a
Bridechamber,
Pfal.
s
9. 6.
Joell
2.
16.
From the
peace,
49.2.
covert,andprotection
of
fuch a place.
The
name
of
the
Mercy
feateisalfooftek,
3t.e."
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3
the