1. The extraordinary presence of God was by his miraculous apparitions, and discovering himself by some miraculous token, vision, sign, or manifestation of his presence, as now here in this burning, and not consuming Bush; here was a miraculous token of Gods presence. We shall find in the fifth of Joshua, and the last verse, God commands Joshua to put off his shoes, Loose thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. And Joshua did so. And therefore, as I conceive, hence it is, the Mountain in which Christ was transfigured, is called, The holy Mountain, 2 Pet. 1.18. And this voice which came from Heaven, we heard when we were with him in the holy Mount. Why holy? Not as if it were holy at that time when the Apostle writ that Epistle, but it were manifest, there was an extraordinary manifestation and sign of Gods presence, and so long as this extraordinary manifestation of Gods presence continued, it was called holy. And this miraculous manifestation of the gloriousness of Christs God-head ceasing, the holiness of the place ceased also. And remember this place now, of Gods extraordinary miraculous manifestation of himself in the Bush, was holy for that time, and no longer, wherein he did manifest himself; for otherwise in the time of the Law, it were unholy to offer up sacrifice there.
1. The extraordinary presence of God was by his miraculous apparitions, and discovering himself by some miraculous token, vision, sign, or manifestation of his presence, as now here in this burning, and not consuming Bush; here was a miraculous token of Gods presence. We shall find in the fifth of Joshua, and the last verse, God commands Joshua to put off his shooes, Loose thy shooes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. And Joshua did so. And therefore, as I conceive, hence it is, the Mountain in which Christ was transfigured, is called, The holy Mountain, 2 Pet. 1.18. And this voice which came from Heaven, we heard when we were with him in the holy Mount. Why holy? Not as if it were holy at that time when the Apostle writ that Epistle, but it were manifest, there was an extraordinary manifestation and sign of Gods presence, and so long as this extraordinary manifestation of Gods presence continued, it was called holy. And this miraculous manifestation of the gloriousness of Christs God-head ceasing, the holiness of the place ceased also. And remember this place now, of Gods extraordinary miraculous manifestation of himself in the Bush, was holy for that time, and no longer, wherein he did manifest himself; for otherwise in the time of the Law, it were unholy to offer up sacrifice there.
