74 I Nojournyingfor Ifrael till Heb. 8. i o I 7,42 & Amos. 5.25.26. Arkof theCovenant, and theGolden pot ofManna, and Aa- rons rod that was alwayes green,- flowrifhing and budding, &c. The Holy Ghoft fignifying, that the way into the holzefl of all was not yet made rvanifefl, whichwere onely figures for that time, and could not make him that did the ferviceperfe,as per- taining to the confcience, whichflood in meats anddrinks,and divers wafhings and carnal Ordinances initiated on them, until the time of reformation. But Chrift being become an high Priefl ofgood things to cone, by a greater and more poled Ta- bernacle, andnot made with hands , that is to fay, not of this building, and fo he goes on. 0fwhich things, I muff fay, as the Apoftle doth that of themwe cannot now fpeak particu- larly : Jefits Chrifl, He is the light jet upon the Candleflick, giving light to all that are in the Houfe, and Hee is the Hidden Manna to nourifh us to eternal life ; and it pleated the Father that in himfhould all fulnef? dwell, even the fulneß of the God- head, bodily. Oh Beloved, He is that true Tabernacle, which-the Lordhath pitched, and not man : From this Ta- bernacle muff the foul expect all its leadings,all its teachings, andnot from the wifdonn ofman, or the ordinances of man ; for here they are all taught ofGod, and they 'boil no more teach every one his Brother,Jaying,know the Lord;far they(hall all know me from the lee to thegreatefl. And, whofoever is not led by this light, and by this Star onely to behold the Lord Jefus Chriff,as his only and true Guide, ifhe look any other way, he does the fame thing that the Prophet faid ofold to them thatfollowed the Tabernacle ofMoloch, and the Star of their godhemphan; and followeth after .lyes,and the inventions of their own evilAdulrerous hearts,fi ures lrhich they have made to worjhip , faith the Holy Ghoft , in the fifth Chapter of Amos, and the twenty fifth and twenty fixth verfes. Now then, you may hence fee and take notice, that until the cloud be removedby theLord himself, there muff be no journyinç, no going forward by any of the Ions ofmen : and tis theLord, andnot man can remove it: the children of Ifraelmuff wait the Lords time (when he pleafeth) man he is alwayes furnifhed and ready ; your time is alwayes ready, (faith our Savrouir,) but my time is not yet ; There are cer- tain
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