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The questions between the conformist and nonconformist, truly stated, and briefly discussed Dr. Falkner,…
The questions between the conformist and nonconformist, truly stated, and briefly discussed Dr. Falkner, The friendly debate &c., examined and answered : together with a discourse about separation, and some animadversions upon Dr. Stillingfleet's book entitled, The unreasonableness of separation : observations upon Dr. Templars sermon preached at a visitation in Cambridge : a brief vindication of Mr. Stephen Marshal.The questions between the conformist and nonconformist, truly stated, and briefly discussed Dr. Falkner, The friendly debate &c., examined and answered : together with a discourse about separation, and some animadversions upon Dr. Stillingfleet's book entituled, The unreasonableness of separation : observations upon Dr. Templers sermon preached at a visitation in Cambridge : a brief vindication of Mr. Stephen Marshal.
London: printed for Tho. Cockerill, 1681
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4ly. But yet black colour was not, I conceive, allowable about the Temple worship. The bread of Mourners, Hos. 9.4. was but unclean; hence the Text, Deut. 26.14. and that of Aaron, Levit. 10.19. when there was such a cause of mourning, did not eat. God required cheerfulness in his worship and service, Deut. 12.7. Whiteness was the colour that betokeneth cheerfulness in all sorts of persons, Eccles. 9.8. Let thy garments be always white. We find a threatening against the Chemarims, Zephan. 1.4. those black Priests, Atrati, because clothed in ⟨p. 48⟩black. So Schindl. Pagn. Buxtorf. Vatablis, Drusius, Jun. & Tremel. God had appointed white in his Priests and Worship. Lay all these together, and we may see good reason why the Levites chose white garments; and so David partly for lightness, and the joy, now dancing before the Ark. So that this instance doth not yet prove the question. Besides, I do not see how the carrying the Ark, or Davids dancing were parts of Worship.
4ly. But yet black colour was not, I conceive, allowable about the Temple worship. The bread of Mourners, Hos. 9.4. was but unclean; hence the Text, Deut. 26.14. and that of Aaron, Levit. 10.19. when there was such a cause of mourning, did not eat. God required cheerfulness in his worship and service, Deut. 12.7. Whiteness was the colour that betokeneth cheerfulness in all sorts of persons,