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5. 'Tis said, the Ark was brought to the Oracle of the House. Solomon was not content to say, it was brought into the Holiest: but he saith, his place was the Oracle, the holy Oracle, that is, the place of hearing. For he, when he ascended, had somewhat to say to God on the behalf of his People. To the Oracle, that is, to the place of revealing: For he also was there to receive, and from thence to reveal to his Church on Earth something that could not be made manifest, but from this holy Oracle. There therefore he is with the two Tables of Testimony ⟨p. 187⟩in his heart, as perfectly kept; he also is there with the whole fulfilling of the Ceremonial Law in his side, showing and pleading the perfection of his Righteousness, and the Merit of his Blood with his Father, and to receive and to do us word, who believe in him, how well pleased the Father is, with what he has done in our behalf.

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6. Into the most holy place. By these words is showed, whither also the Ark went, when it went to take up its rest. And in that this Ark was a type of Christ in this, it is to show or further manifest, that what Christ doth now in Heaven, he doth it before his Father's face. Yea, it intimates that Christ even there makes his appeals to God, concerning the worth of what he did on Earth, to God the Judge of all; I say, whether he ought not for his sufferings-sake, to have granted to him his whole desire, as Priest and Advocate for his People.