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1. It was called the golden Altar, because 'twas 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 Veil, to show, that it is our duty every Morning to make our Prayer to God by Jesus Christ, before the Veil: 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.

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;