22. Jer. 32.41 Revel 21.6 Chap. 22.17 Wherefore the Oyl of Grace signified by this Oily Tree or these Olive-posts on which these Doors do hang do cause that they open glibly or frankly to the Soul. XXIX What the Doors of the Temple were made of 1. THE Doors of the Temple were made of Firr that is so sweet-scented and pleasant to the smell 1 King. 6.34 2. Mankind is also often compared to the Firr-tree as Isa. 41.19 Chap. 55.13 Chap. 60.17 and Chap. 14.8 3. Now since the Doors of the Temple were made of the same doth it not shew that the way into God's house and into his favour is by the same nature which they are of that thither enter even thorow the vail his flesh Heb. 10. For this Door I mean the Antitype doth even say of himself I am as a green Fir-tree from me is thy fruit found Hos. 14.8 4. This Fir-tree is Christ Christ as man and so as the way to the Father The Doors of the Temple are also as you see here made of the Fir-tree even of that Tree which was a type of the Humanity of Jesus Christ. Consider Heb. 2.14 5. The Fir-tree is also the house of the Stork that unclean Bird even as Christ is a harbour and shelter for Sinners As for the Stork saith the Text the FIR-TREE is her house and Christ saith to the Sinners that see their want of shelter Come unto me and I will give you rest He is a refuge for the oppressed a refuge in time of trouble Deut. 14.18 Levit. 11.19 Psal. 104.17 Psal. 84.2 3. Matt. 11.27 28. Heb. 6.17 18 19 20. He is as the Doors of Firr of the Temple the inlet to God's House to God's presence and to a partaking of his Glory Thus God did of old by similitudes teach his People his way XXX How the Doors of the Temple were adorned AND Solomon carved upon the Doors Cherubims Palm-trees and open Flowers and overlaid them all with Gold 1 King. 6.35 Ezek. 41.15 He carved Cherubims thereon These Cherubims were Figures or Types of Angels and for as much as they were carved here upon the Door it was to shew First What delight the Angels take in waiting upon the Lord and in going at his bidding at his beck They are always waiting like Servants at the Door of their Lord's house Secondly It may be also to shew how much pleased they are to be where they may see sinners come to God. For there is joy in the presence of the Angels of God over one sinner that repenteth and comes to God by Christ for mercy Luke 15.10 Thirdly They may be also placed here to behold with what reverence or irreverence those that come hither to worship do behave themselves Hence Solomon cautions those that come to God's House to worship that they take heed to their feet because of the Angels Paul also says Women must take heed that they behave themselves in the Church as they should and that because of the Angels Eccles. 5.1 2 6. 1 Cor. 11.10 Fourthly They may also be carved upon the Temple Doors to shew us how ready they are so soon as any poor Creature comes to Christ for life to take the care and charge of its conduct thorow this miserable World Are they not all ministring spirits sent forth to minister for those which shall be heirs of salvation Heb. 1.14 Fifthly They may also be carved here to shew that they are ready at Christ's command to take vengeance for him upon those that despise his People and hate his Person Hence he bids the world take heed what they do to his little ones for their Angels behold the face of their father which is in heaven and are ready at the Door to run at his bidding Matt. 18.10 Sixthly Or Lastly They may be carved upon these Doors to shew that Christ Jesus is the very Supporter and Upholder of Angels as well as the Saviour of sinful Man For as he is before all things so by him all things consist Angels stand by Christ Men are saved by Christ and therefore the very Cherubims themselves were carved upon these Doors to shew they are upheld and subsist by him 1 Cor. 8.6 Col. 1.17 Heb. 1.3 Secondly Again as the Cherubims are carved here so there were Palm-trees carved here also The Palm-tree is upright it twisteth not it self awry Jer. 10.5 1. Apply this to Christ and then it shews us the uprightness of his heart word and ways with sinners Good and upright is the Lord therefore will be teach sinners in the way in at the Door to Life Psal. 25.8 Psal. 92.15 2. The Palm or Palm-tree is also a token of victory and as placed here it betokeneth the conquest that Christ the Door should get over Sin Death the Devil and Hell for us Rom. 7.24 chap. 8.37 1 Cor. 15.54 55 56. Revel 7.9 10 11. 3. If we apply the Palm-tree to the Church as we may For she also is compared thereto Song 7.8 9 10. Then the Palm-tree may be carved here to shew That none but such as are upright of heart and life shall dwell in the presence of God. The hypocrite says Job shall not come before him The upright says David shall dwell in thy presence Job 13.16 Psal. 24.3 4. They are they that are clothed in white Robes which signifies uprightness of life that stand before the Lamb with Palms in their hands Revel 7.9 Thirdly There was also carved upon these Doors open Flowers And that to teach us that here is the sweet scent and fragrant smell and that the coming Soul will find it so in Christ this Door I am saith he the Rose of Sharon and the Lily of the Vallies And again * His Cheeks are as Beds of Spices and several Flowers his Lips like Lilies drop sweet smelling myrrhe Song 2.1 chap. 5.13 Open Flowers Open Flowers are the sweetest because full grown and because as such they yield their fragrancy most freely Wherefore when he saith upon the Doors are open Flowers he setteth Christ Jesus forth in his good favours as high as by such similitudes he could And that both in Name and Office. For open Flowers lay by their thus opening themselves before us all their beauty also most plainly before our Faces There are varieties of beauty in open Flowers the which they also commend to all observers Now upon these Doors you see are open Flowers Flowers ripe and spread before us to shew that his Name and Offices are savory to them that by him do enter his house to God his Father Song 1.1 2 3 4. All these were over-laid with fine gold Gold is most rich of all Metals and here 't is said the Doors the Cherubims the Palm trees and open Flowers were overlaid therewith And this shews that as these things are rich in themselves even so they should be to us We have a Golden Door to go to God by and golden Angels to conduct us thorow the World
this Man's snuff defile that Man's fingers as it doth Nor would the Temple of God be so besmeered with these snuffs and be-daubed as it is Ah Snuffs pull'd off lie still in the Temple-floor and there stink and defile both feet and fingers both the callings and conversations of Temple-worshipers to the disparaging of Religion and the making of religious worship but of low esteem with men And all I say for want of the due use of these Snuffers and these Snuff-dishes there Nay are not whole Churches now defiled with those very Snuffs that long since vvere plucked off and all for vvant of the use of these Snuff-dishes according to the Lord's Commandment For you must know that reproofs and admonitions are but of small use where repentance or Church censures are not thereto annexed When Ministers use the Snuffers the People should hold the Snuff-dishes Round reproofs for sin when they light upon penitent hearts then brave work is in the Church Then the Snuff is not only pulled away but carried out of the Temple of God aright c. And now the worship and worshipers shine like gold As an ear-ring of gold and an ornament of fine gold so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear Pro. 25.12 Ministers it appertains to you to use the Snuffers and to teach the People to hold the Snuff-dishes right Acts 20.20 21. 1 Tim. 4.2 We must often be snuffed vvith these Snuffers or our light vvill burn but dimly our Candle vvill also vvaste Pray therefore O men of God look diligently to your People Snuff them as you see there is need but touch not their Snuff vvith your WHITE Fingers a little Smutch on you vvill be seen a great vvay Remember also that you leave them no vvhere but vvith these Snuff-dishes that the Temple may be cleared of them Do vvith the Snuff as the neat House-wife doth vvith the Toad vvhich she finds in her Garden She takes the Fork or a pair of Tongs and therewith doth throw it over the Pales Cast them avvay I say vvith fear zeal care revenge and vvith great indignation 2 Cor. 7.11 And then your Church your Conversation your Fingers and all vvill be kept vvhite and clean XLVI Of the Golden Tongs belonging to the Temple THere vvas also Tongs of Gold used in the Temple of old 1 King. 7.49 1. These Tongs vvas used about the Altar to order the fire there 2. They vvere used too about the Candlestick and are therefore called HIS Tongs 3. Perhaps there vvas Tongs for both these Services but of that the Word is silent But what were they used about the Candlestick to do Answ. To take holy fire from off the Altar to light the Lamps vvithal For the fire of the Temple vvas holy fire such as at first vvas kindled from Heaven and vvhen kindled maintained by the Priests and of that the Lamps were lighted Levit. 9.24 2 Chro. 7.1 Nor vvas there upon pain of death any other fire to be used there Levit. 10.1 These Tongs therefore was used to take fire from off the Altar to light the Lamps and Candlesticks withal For to trim the Lights and dress the Lamps was Aaron's vvork day by day Exod. 40.24 25. Levit. 24.2 3. Numb 8.3 He shall light and order the Lamps upon the pure Candlestick before the Lord and Aaron did so he lighted the seven Lamps thereof as the Lord commanded Moses What is a Lamp or Candlestick to us if there be not light thereon and hovv lighted vvithout fire and hovv shall vve take up Coals to light the Lamps withal if vve have not Tongs prepared for that purpose With these Tongs fire also vvas taken from off the Altar and put into the Censers to burn svveet Incense vvith before the Lord. The Tongs then vvere of great use in the Temple of the Lord. But what were the Tongs a type of The Altar vvas a type of Christ the fire of the Holy Ghost and these Tongs vvere a type of that holy hand of God's grace by vvhich the COALS or several dispensations and gifts of this Holy Ghost are taken and given to the Church and to her Members for her vvork and profit in this World. Tongs vve knovv are used instead of fingers vvherefore Aaron's golden Tongs vvere a type of Christ's golden fingers Song 5.14 Isaiah saith That one of the Seraphims flew to him with a live Coal in his hand which he had taken with the Tongs from off the Altar Here the type and antitype to wit Tongs and hand are put together Isa. 6. But the Prophet Ezekiel treating of like matters quite waves the type the Tongs and speaketh only of this holy hand And he spake to the man cloathed with linnen and said go in between the wheels under the cherub where the mercy-feat stood where God dwelt Exod. 2. Psal. 80.1 and fill thy Hand with Coals of fire from between the Cherubims Ezek. 10.2 Thus you see our golden Tongs are now turned into a golden hand into the golden hand of the man clothed in linnen which is Jesus Christ who at his ascension received of God the Father the Spirit in all fulness to give as his Divine wisdom knew was best the several Coals or Dispensations thereof unto his Church for his praise and her edification Matt. 3.11 Acts 2. 'T is by this hand also that this holy fire is put into our Censers 'T is this hand also that takes this Coal therewith to touch the Lips of Ministers that their Words may warm like fire And 't is by this hand that the Spirit is given to the Churches as returns of their holy prayers Luke 11.1 2. Rom. 8.26 Rev. 8.5 'T was convenient that the fire in the Temple should be disposed of by golden Tongs but the Holy Ghost by the golden hand of Christ's grace for that can wittingly dispose of it according as Men and things are placed and to do and be done in the Churches Wherefore he adds And one Cherub stretched forth his hand from between the Cherubims unto the fire that was between the Cherubims and took thereof and put it into the hands of him that was clothed with Linnen who took it and went out Ezek. 10.7 By this hand then by this man's hand the Coals of the Altar are disposed of both to the Lamps the Candlesticks the Censers and the Lips of Ministers according to his own good pleasure And of all this was the Tongs in the Temple a Type XLVII Of the Altar of Incense in the Temple THE Altar of Incense was made first for the Tabernacle and that of Shittim Wood but it was made for the Temple of Cedar and it was to be set before the Vail that is by the Ark of the Testimony before the Mercy-Seat that is at the entring of the Holiest but not within And the Priest was to approach it every Morning which as to the holiest he might not do Besides when he went in to make an Atonement he
was to take fire from off that Altar to burn his Incense within the Holy Place Exod. 30.4 5 6 7 8 9 10. Levit. 16.18 1. It was called the golden Altar because 't was over-laid with pure gold This Altar was not for burnt-offering as the brazen Altar was nor for the meat offering nor the drink-offering but to burn Incense thereon ver 7. which sweet Incense was a type of the grace of prayer Psal. 141.2 2. Incense or that called Incense here was not a Simple but a Compound made up of sweet Spices called Stacte Onycha and Galbanum These three and may answer to these three parts of this duty to wit Prayer Supplication and Intercession Exod. 30.34 35 36 37. Chap. 37.29 1 Tim. 2.1 3. This Incense was to be burned upon the Altar every Morning upon that Altar which was called the Altar of Incense which was before the Vail to shew that it is our duty every Morning to make our Prayer to God by Jesus Christ before the Vail that is before the Door of Heaven and there to seek knock and ask for what we need according to the word Luke 11 9 10 11 12. 4. This Incense was to be kindled every Morning to shew how he continueth interceeding for us and also that all true praise of Men to God is by the work the renewed work of the Holy Ghost upon our hearts Rom. 8.26 5. Incense as you see was made of sweet Spices such as were gumme and so apt to burn with a smoke to shew that not cold and flat but hot and fervent is the Prayer that flows from the spirit of faith and grace Zech. 12.10 Jam. 5.16 6. The smoak of this Incense was very sweet and savoury like pleasant perfume to shew how delightful and acceptable the very sound and noise of right Prayer is unto the Nostrils of the living God because it comes from a broken heart Psal. 51.17 Song 2.14 7. This Incense was to be offered upon the golden Altar to shew us that no Prayer is accepted but what is directed to God in the Name of his Holy and Blessed Son our Saviour 1 Pet. 2.5 Heb. 13.15 8. They were commanded to burn Incense every Morning upon this Altar to shew that God is never weary of the godly Prayers of his People It also sheweth that we need every day to go to God for fresh Supplies of grace to carry us through this evil World. 9. This Altar though it stood without the Vail to teach us to live by faith and to make use of the Name of Christ as we find it recorded in the first Temple yet was placed so nigh unto the Holiest that the smell of the smoke might go in thither to shew that it is not distance of place that can keep the voice of true Prayer from our God the God of Heaven but that he will be taken with what we ask for according to his Word It stood I say nigh the Vail nigh the Holiest and he that burnt Incense there did make his approach to God. Hence the Psalmist when he speaks of praying saith 'T is good for me to draw nigh unto God Psal. 73.20 Heb. 10.22 10. This Altar thus placed did front the Ark within the Vail To put us in mind that the Law is kept therein from hurting us To let us know also that the Mercy-Seat is above upon the Ark and that God doth sit thereon with his Pardon in his hand to save us O! What speaking things are types shadows and parables had we but eyes to see had we but ears to hear He that did approach the Altar with Incense of old aright and then he did so when he approached it by Aaron his High Priest pleased God how much more shall we have both Person and Prayers accepted and a grant of what we need if indeed we come as we should to God by Jesus Christ. But take heed you approach not to a wrong Altar take heed also that you come not with strange fire for they are dangerous things and cause the Worshipers to miss of what they would enjoy But more of this in the next particular XLVIII Of the golden Censers belonging to the Temple THere were also golden Censers belonging to the Temple and they were either such as belonged to the Sons of Levi in general or that were for Aaron and his Sons in special as Numbers 16.6 17 18. The Censers of the Levites were a type of ours but the Censer of Aaron was a type of Christ's The Censers as was hinted before were for this use in the Temple namely to hold the holy fire in on which Incense was to be burned before the Lord Levit. 10.1 These Censers then were types of hearts Aaron's golden one was a type of Christ's golden heart and the Censers of the Levites were types of other Worshipers hearts The fire also which was put therein was a type of that Spirit by which we pray and the Incense that burnt thereon a type of our desires Of Christ's Censer we read Revelations the viii which is always filled with much Incense that is with continual Intercessions which he offereth to God for us and from whence also there always goes a cloud of sweet savour covering the Mercie-seat Levit. 16 13. Heb. 7.25 Revel 8.3 4. But to speak of the Censers and fire and Incense of the Worshipers For albeit they were all put under one rule that is to be according to Law yet often times as were the Worshipers such was the Censers Fire and Incense 1. Hence the two hundred and fifty Censers with which Corah and his Company offered are called the Censers of sinners For they came with wicked hearts then to burn Incense before the Lord Numb 16.17 37. 2. Again as the Censers of these Men were called the Censers of sinners shewing they came at that time to God with naughty hearts so the fire that was in Nadab Abihu's Censers is called strange fire which the Lord commanded them not Levit. 10.1 3. This strange fire was a type of that strange spirit opposed to the spirit of God in and by which notwithstanding some adventure to perform Worship to God. 4. Again as these Censers are called the Censers of sinners and this fire called strange fire so the Incense of such is also called strange and is said to be an abomination unto God Exod. 30.9 Isa. 1.13 Chap. 66.3 Thus you see that both the Censers Fire and Incense of some is rejected even as the heart spirit and prayer of sinners are an abomination unto God Hos. 7.14 Chap. 4.12 Chap. 5.4 Prov. 28.9 But there was besides these true Censers holy fire and sweet Incense among the Worshipers in the Temple and their service was accepted by Aaron their High Priest For that was done thorough the faith of Christ and these were a type of our true Gospel-Worshipers who come with holy hearts the holy spirit and holy desires before their God by their Redeemer These are
And they shall come from the East and from the West and from the North and from the South and shall sit down in the Kingdom of God Revel 21.13 14. Luke 13.29 9. These Oxen bear this molten Sea upon their back to shew that they should be the foundation Workmen of the Gospel and that it ought not to be removed as was the molten Sea of old from that Basis to another 10. It is also said concerning these Oxen that thus did bear this molten Sea that all their hinder parts were inwards that is covered by that Sea that was set upon their backs Their hinder-parts or as the Apostle has it our uncomely parts 1 Cor. 12.23 24. 11. And indeed it becomes a Gospel-Minister to have his uncomely parts covered with that grace which by the Gospel he preacheth unto others As Paul exhorts Timothy to take heed unto himself and to his doctrine 1 Tim. 4.6 12. But alas there are too too many who can they but have their heads covered with a few Gospel-notions care not though their hinder parts are seen of all the World. But such are false Ministers the Prophet calls them the Taile The Prophet that speaketh lies either by word or with his feet he is the tail Isa. 9.15 Prov. 6.12 13. 13. But what a shame is it to hide his head under this molten Sea while his hinder parts hang out Such an one is none of Christ's Oxen for they with honour to their Master shew their heads before all the World for that their hinder parts are inward covered 14. Look to thy hinder parts Minister least while thy mouth doth preach the Gospel thy nakedness and shame be seen of those which hear thee For they that do not observe to learn this Lesson themselves will not teach others to believe the Word nor to live a Holy Life They will learn of them to shew their shame instead of learning to be Holy. XXXVIII Of the Lavers of the Temple BEsides this molten Sea there was ten Lavers in the Temple Five of which were put on the right side and five also on the left 2 Chro. 4.6 1. Of their fashion and their furniture you may see 1 King. 7. These Lavers as the molten Sea were Vessels which contained Water but they were not of the same use with it True they were both to wash in The Sea to wash the Worshipers but the Lavers to wash the Sacrifice He made the ten Lavers to wash in them such things as they offered for burnt offering but the Sea was for the Priest to wash in 2 Chro. 4.6 2. The burnt-offering was a type of the body of Christ which he once offered for our sins and the fire on which the Sacrifice was burned a type of the curse of the Law which seized on Christ when he gave himself a ransom for us For therefore that under the Law was called the burnt-offering because of the burning upon the Altar Levit. 6.8 But what then must we understand by these Lavers and by this Sacrifice being washed in them in order to its being burned upon the Altar I answer verily I think that the ten Lavers were a figure of the ten Commandments In the purity and perfection of Christ's obedience to which he became capable of being made a burnt-offering acceptable to God for the sins of the People Christ was made under the Law and all his acts of obedience to God for us was legal and his living thus a perfect legal life was his washing his offering in these ten Lavers in order to his presenting it upon the Altar for our sins The Lavers went upon Wheels to signifie walking feet and Christ walked in the Law and so became a clean offering to God for us The Wheels were of the very same as was the Lavers To shew that Christ's obedience to the Law was of the same as to length and breadth with its commands and demands to their utmost tittle and extent The inwards and legs of the burnt-offering was to be washed in these Lavers Levit. 1.9 13. 2 Chro. 4.6 To shew that Christ should be pure and clean in heart and life We know that obedience whether Christ's or ours is called a walking in the way typified by the Lavers walking upon their Wheels But I mean not by Christ his washing of his offering that he had any filthiness cleaving to his nature or obedience Yet this I say that so far as our guilt laid upon him could impede so far he wiped it off by washing in these Lavers For his offering was to be without blemish and without spot to God. Hence 't is said he sanctified himself in order to his suffering And being made perfect he became the Author of eternal salvation to all them that obey him Joh. 17.19 Heb. 5.6 7 8 9 10. For albeit he came holy into the World yet that holiness was but preparatory to that by which he sanctified himself in order to his suffering for sin That then which was his immediate preparation for his suffering was his obedience to the Law his washing in these Lavers He then first yielded compleat obedience to the Law on our behalf and then as so qualified offered his washed Sacrifice for our sins without spot to God. Thus therefore he was our burnt-offering washed in the ten Lavers that he might according to Law be accepted of the Lord. And he set five of the Lavers on the right side of the house and five of them on the left Thus was the ten divided as the Tables of the Law one shewing our duty towards God the other our duty towards our Neighbour in both which the burnt-offering was washed that it might be clean in both respects They might also be thus placed the better to put the People in mind of the necessity of the Sanction of Christ according to the Law in order to his offering of Himself an Offering to God for us XXXIX Of the Tables in the Temple HE made also ten Tables and placed them in the Temple five on the right hand and five on the left 2 Chro. 4.8 Some if not all of these Tables so far as I can see was they on which the burnt-offering was to be cut in pieces in order to its burning These Tables were made of Stone of hewen Stone on which this work was done Ezek. 40.40 41 42 43 44. Now since the burnt-offering was a figure of the Body of Christ the Tables on which this Sacrifice was slain must needs I think be a type of the heart the stony heart of the Jews For had they not had hearts hard as an Adamant they could not have done that thing Upon these Tables therefore vvas the death of Christ contrived and this horrid murder acted even upon these Tables of Stone In that they are called Tables of hewen Stone It may be to shew that all this cruelty was acted under smooth pretences for hewen stones are smooth The Tables were finely wrought with Tools even
to Solomon to make them by observe there was great exactness in these and need there was of this hint that Men might see that every thing will not pass for a right ordered Candlestick with GOD Exod. 25.31 32 33 34 35 36. 1 Chro. 28.15 16. These Candlesticks are said sometimes to be ten sometimes seven and sometimes one Ten here seven Revel 1. and one in Zech. 4. Ten is a note of a multitude and seven a note of perfection and one a note of unity Now as the precious stones with which the House was garnished were a type of Ministerial gifts so these Candlesticks were a type of those that were to be the Churches of the New Testament Wherefore he says The Candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven Churches Revel 1.12 13 20. 1. The Candlesticks were here in number ten to shew that Christ under the New Testament would have a many Gospel Churches And I if I be lifted up from the Earth saith he will draw all men unto me that is abundance For the Children of the desolate that is of the New Testament Church shall be many more then they of the Jews were Joh. 12.32 Gala. 4.27 2. In that the Candlesticks were set by the Lavers and stony Tables it might be to shew us that Christ's Churches should be much in considering that Christ tho' he was righteous yet died for our sins Though his Life was according to the holy Law yet our stony hearts caused him to die Yea and that the Candlesticks are placed there it is to shew us also that we should be much in looking on the sins by which we caused him to die for the Candlesticks were set by those Tables whereon they laid the Instruments with which they slew the Sacrifice 3. These Candlesticks being made according to form seems not only to be exact as to fashion but also as to work For that in Exodus with its furniture was made precisely of one Talent of Gold perhaps to shew that Christ's true Spouse is not to be a grain more nor a dram less but Just the number of God's Elect. This is Christ's compleatness his fulness one more one less would make his Body a Monster 4. The Candlestick was to hold the light and to shew it to all the House and the Church is to let her light so shine that they without may see the light Mat. 5.15 16. Luke 8.16 Chap. 11.33 Chap. 12.35 5. To this end the Candlesticks were supplied with Oil-olive a type of the supply that the Church hath that her Light may shine even of the Spirit of Grace XLII Of the Lamps belonging to the Candlesticks of the Temple TO these Candlesticks belonged several Lamps with their Flowers and their knops 2 Chro. 4.21 1. These Lamps were types of that profession that the Members of the Church do make of Christ whether such Members have saving grace or not Matt. 25.1 2 3 4 5 6 7. 2. These Lamps were beautified with Knops and Flowers to shew how comely and beautiful that Professor is that adorns his Profession with a suitable Life and Conversation 3. We read that the Candlestick in Zecharias had seven Lamps belonging to it and a Bowl of Golden Oil on the top and that by Golden Pipes this Golden Oil emptied it self into the Lamps and all doubtless that the Lamps might shine Zech. 4. 4. Christ therefore who is the High Priest and to whom it belongs to dress the Lamps doth dress them accordingly But now there are Lamp-Carriers of two sorts such as have only Oyl in their Lamps and such as have Oyl in their Lamps and Vessels too and both these belong to the Church and in both these Christ will be glorified And they should have their proper places at last They that have the Oyl of Grace in their hearts as well as a Profession of Christ in their hands they shall go in with him to the Wedding but they who only make a Profession and have not Oyl in their Vessels vvill surely miscarry at last Matt. 25. 5. Wherefore O thou Professor Thou Lamp-Carrier Have a care and look to thy self content not thy self with that only that will maintain thee in a Profession for that may be done without saving grace But I advise thee to go to Aaron to Christ the trimmer of our Lamps and beg thy Vessel full of Oyl of him that is grace for the seasoning of thy heart that thou mayst have wherewith not only to bear thee up now but at the day of the Bridegroom 's coming when many a Lamp vvill go out and many a Professor be left in the dark for that vvill to such be a vvoful day Levit. 24.2 Matt. 25. Some there are that are neither for Lamps nor Oyl for themselves neither are they pleased if they think they see it in others But they that have Lamps and they that have none and they vvhich vvould blovv out other folks light must shortly appear to give an account of all their doings to God. And then they shall see vvhat it is to have Oyl in their Vessels and Lamps and vvhat 't is to be vvithout it in their Vessels though 't is in their Lamps and vvhat a dismal thing 't is to be a Malignant to either but at present let this suffice XLIII Of the Shew-bread on the Golden Table in the Temple THere vvas also Shew-bread set upon a Golden Table in the Temple 1 Kings 7.48 The Shew-bread consisted of twelve Cakes made of fine Flovver Two tenth deals was to go to one Cake and they were to be set in order in two rowes upon the pure Table Exod. 29.33 Levit. 8.31 Chap. 24.5 6 7 8 9. 1. These tvvelve Loaves to me do seem to be a type of the twelve Tribes under the Law and of the Children of God under the Gospel as they present themselves before God in and by his Ordinances thorow Christ. Hence the Apostle says For we being many are one bread c. 1 Cor. 10.17 For so were the twelve Cakes though twelve and so are the Gospel Saints though many For we being many are one body in Christ Rom. 12 5. 2. But they were a type of the true Church not of the false For Ephraim who was the head of the Ten Tribes in their Apostacy is rejected as a Cake not turned Indeed he is call'd a Cake as a false Church may be called a Church but he is called a Cake not turned as a false Church is not prepared for God nor fit to be set on the Golden Table before him Hos. 7.8 3. These Cakes or Shew-bread was to have Frankincense strewed upon them as they stood upon the Golden Table which was a type of the sweet perfumes of the Sanctifications of the Holy Ghost To which I think Paul alludes when he says The offering up of the Gentiles is acceptable to God being sanctified by the Holy Ghost Rom. 15 16. 4. They were to be set upon the pure Table new and hot to