A01981:1673
The saints sacrifice
The saints sacrifice: or, a commentary on the CXVI. Psalm Which is, a gratulatory psalm, for deliverance from deadly distress. By William Gouge, D.D.The saints sacrifice: or, a commentarie on the CXVI. Psalme Which is, a gratulatory psalme, for deliverance from deadly distresse. By William Gouge, D.D.
London: printed by George Miller for Edward Brewster, 1632
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Section 115: §. 115. Of the meaning and method of the last Verse.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
3 The outermost; called the ccourt of the Tabernacle. dInto this came all the people: in which respect it was called ethe great court. fHither they brought their sacrifices; here they stood and beheld the Priests offering them: for gthe great altar whereon the ordinary sacrifices were offered stood at the partition betwixt this court and the holy place. Hence was it, that the people are said to hcompass the altar: and to ilay hold on the horns of the altar. But we read not of any such courts appertaining to the Tabernacle which David made. Yea after David had made a Tabernacle for the Ark, kthe most solemn assemblies were notwithstanding at the other Tabernacle. It is therefore most probable, that by the Courts of the Lords house he here meaneth that public and solemn place of assembling at the Tabernacle of the Lord.
3 The outermost; called the ccourt of the Tabernacle. dInto this came all the people: in which respect it was called ethe great court. fHither they brought their sacrifices; here they stood and beheld the Priests offering them: for