I. Scripture-light the most sure light ... delivered in three sermons on 2 Pet.…

Lo, we heard of it at Ephrata, we found it in the fields of the woods; What is that? Lo, we heard of it at Ephrata; we heard of it, that is, we heard of the Ark (which he had spoken of before) and the Habitation of the mighty God of Jacob. We heard of it at Ephrata; as if he should say, it was commonly reported, and thought, that the Lord would settle his Ark, and his House, and Habitation at Ephrata, at Bethlehem, a plentiful place; but now we have found it in the fields of the Wood. Now we find that the Lord will settle his House, and his Ark at Jerusalem, which is compassed about with Hills full of Woods; in the Fields of the Forrest have we found it. Beloved, our eye is all upon Ephrata, upon Bethlehem, upon the plentiful place; but the Lord doth so order things in his Goodness, that when he brings his People into the Woods, the Fields, the Forrest, there they find his Ark, his Presence, and his Habitation in the midst of it. And what godly man is there, whom God hath called at any time from the Ordinance, but he may say thus; Lo, we heard of it at Ephrata, but we have found it in the Fields of the Woods; and if you do not find the Presence of God, and the Ark of God, and his Habitation at Ephrata; yet if ye find him in the Fields of the Woods, ⟨p. 313⟩in the barren Forests; have you any cause to complain? No surely you have not. O! but I am in a plentiful place for the present, I am at Ephrata; I am not in the barren Fields, I am under plentiful and precious Ordinances; but I do not remember, I hear, and I remember not.

Lo, we heard of it at Ephrata, we found it in the fields of the woods; What is that? Lo, we heard of it at Ephrata; we heard of it, that is, we heard of the Ark (which he had spoken of before) and the Habitation of the mighty God of Jacob. We heard of it at Ephrata; as if he should say, it was commonly reported, and thought, that the Lord would settle his Ark, and his House, and Habitation at Ephrata, at Bethlehem, a plentiful place; but now we have found it in the fields of the Wood. Now we find that the Lord wil settle his House, and his Ark at Jerusalem, which is compassed about with Hills full of Woods; in the Fields of the Forrest have we found it. Beloved, our eye is all upon Ephrata, upon Bethlebem, upon the plentiful place; but the Lord doth so order things in his Goodness, that when he brings his People into the Woods, the Fields, the Forrest, there they find his Ark, his Presence, and his Habitation in the midst of it. And what godly man is there, whom God hath called at any time from the Ordinance, but he may say thus; Lo, we heard of it at Ephrata, but we have found it in the Fields of the Woods; and if you do not find the Presence of God, and the Ark of God, and his Habitation at Ephrata; yet if ye find him in the Fields of the Woods,