Again further there is abundance of cause to delight in them joined together, ⟨p. 182⟩in regard of their admirable privileges as they are joined together. They have privileges as they are alone, but as they are joined they have committed to them the oracles of God, Rom. 3.2. all the ordinances by which God conveys himself. To them are committed the seal of the covenant, you cannot singly have the seal of the covenant, but joined with the people of God, closing with them. To them is committed the very power of Jesus Christ: saith the Apostle, When ye are together with the power of Jesus Christ, 1 Cor. 5.4. a glorious privilege. Yea, further, take this one thing they are inheritors to all the promises that ever God made to the Church from the beginning of the world. There is no society of Saints that join in Christian fellowship, but they are so. See a remarkable place for that in Isa. 54.17. No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper, and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgement thou shalt condemn: this is the heritage of the servants ⟨p. 183⟩of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD. That promise that God made to the Churches before, this is their heritage. And conceive of this one now that is of great use, that all that is said in Scripture concerning Gods delight to be among his people, and in Zion, all were but to type out the excellent condition of Gods Church in the times of the Gospel. The most of the expressions are of Gods delight among his people in the time of the law: but know that all those expressions were but mere types, and there is a great deal more in the Antitype then in the type: therefore the Saints of God joined under the Gospel have abundance more of the glory of God, of the presence of God, and of privileges, then Zion had, or Jerusalem could have; because that was but a type of their happy condition under the time of the Gospel.
Again further there is abundance of cause to delight in them joyned together, ⟨p. 182⟩in regard of their admirable priviledges as they are joyned together. They have priviledges as they are alone, but as they are joyned they have committed to them the oracles of God, Rom. 3.2. all the ordinances by which God conveyes himself. To them are committed the seal of the covenant, you cannot singly have the seal of the covenant, but joyned with the people of God, closing with them. To them is committed the very power of Iesus Christ: saith the Apostle, When ye are together with the power of Iesus Christ, 1 Cor. 5.4. a glorious priviledge. Yea, further, take this one thing they are inheritours to all the promises that ever God made to the Church from the beginning of the world. There is no society of Saints that joyn in Christian fellowship, but they are so. See a remarkable place for that in Isa. 54.17. No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper, and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgement thou shalt condemn: this is the heritage of the servants ⟨p. 183⟩of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD. That promise that God made to the Churches before, this is their heritage. And conceive of this one now that is of great use, that all that is said in Scripture concerning Gods delight to be among his people, and in Zion, all were but to type out the excellent condition of Gods Church in the times of the Gospell. The most of the expressions are of Gods delight among his people in the time of the law: but know that all those expressions were but meer types, and there is a great deal more in the Antitype then in the type: therefore the Saints of God joyned under the Gospell have abundance more of the glory of God, of the presence of God, and of priviledges, then Zion had, or Ierusalem could have; because that was but a type of their happy condition under the time of the Gospell.
