A30136:89
A confession of my faith and a reason of my practice
A confession of my faith and a reason of my practice, or, With who, and who not, I can hold church-fellowship, or the communion of saints
London: printed for Francis Smith, 1672
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Secondly, Because it is so often commanded in the Scriptures, That all the congregation should be holy. I am the Lord your God, ye shall therefore sanctify your selves; and ye shall be holy for I am holy. Ye shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy. Sanctify your selves therefore and be ye holy, for I am the Lord your God. Besides, 1. The Gates of the temple were to be shut against all other. Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation, that keepeth the truth may enter in: This Gate of the Lord into which the righteous shall enter. Thus saith the Lord, no stranger uncircumcised in heart, or uncircumcised ⟨p. 52⟩in flesh shall enter into my sanctuary of any stranger which is amongst the children of Israel. 2. Because, the things of worship are holy; Be ye holy that bear the vessels of the Lord. 3. Because all the limits, and bounds of communion are holy. This is the law of the house, upon the top of the mountain, the whole limit thereof shall be most holy: Behold this is the Law of the house. Lev. 11.44. chap. 19.2. chap. 20.7. 1 Pet. 1.15, 16. Esa. 26.2. Psa. 128.20. Eze. 43.12. chap. 44.9. Esa. 52.11.
Secondly, Because it is so often commanded in the Scriptures, That all the congregation should be holy. I am the Lord your God, ye shall therefore sanctifie your selves; and ye shall be holy for I am holy. Ye shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy. Sanctifie your selves therefore and be ye holy, for I am the Lord your God. Besides, 1. The Gates of the temple were to be shut against all other. Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation, that keepeth the truth may enter in: This Gate of the Lord into which the righteous shall enter. Thus saith the Lord, no stranger uncircumcised in heart, or uncircumcised ⟨p. 52⟩in flesh shall enter into my sanctuary of any stranger which is amongst the children of Israel. 2. Because, the things of worship are holy; Be ye holy that bear the vessels of the Lord. 3. Because all the limits, and bounds of communion are holy. This is the law of the house, upon the top of the mountain, the whole limit thereof shall be most holy: Behold this is the Law of the house.