1. That God hath no where on earth so engaged himself and his presence, but that sin may drive him away: where was his name greater then at Shiloh; there was the Tabernacle, there was the Priests and Levites serving, there were daily morning and evening sacrifices, thither came the tribes yearly to appear before God, there were the seals of Gods Covenant, yet is Shiloh deserted and destroyed; Jerusalem may also witness this truth, the once dwelling place of God, where the Temple was, the place whereof God had said, this is my rest for ever, here will I dwell, for I have desired it. Psal. 132. 14. but now behold it deserted and twice made the subject of Gods fury, and not so much as the ruins of it left to testify what it was, a stone not to be found upon a stone; hence therefore learn we not to promise our selves security if we be found in the ways of sin, whatsoever engagement and covenant God may seem to stand bound in unto us, God knows how to keep up his glory in the world, though we be ruinated, he can keep up a Church in the world, though we be left desolate; the stones of the field, if he but speak the word, shall rise up children of Abraham; the remotest ⟨p. 16⟩ends of the earth shall come in, and the children of the Kingdom shall be thrust out; let not this therefore be your rest.
1. That God hath no where on earth so engaged himself and his presence, but that sin may drive him away: where was his name greater then at Shiloh; there was the Tabernacle, there was the Priests and Levites serving, there were daily morning and evening sacrifices, thither came the tribes yearly to appear before God, there were the seals of Gods Covenant, yet is Shiloh deserted and destroyed; Ierusalem may also witness this truth, the once dwelling place of God, where the Temple was, the place whereof God had said, this is my rest for ever, here will I dwell, for I have desired it. Psal. 132. 14. but now behold it deserted and twice made the subject of Gods fury, and not so much as the ruines of it left to testifie what it was, a stone not to be found upon a stone; hence therefore learn we not to promise our selves security if we be found in the ways of sin, whatsoever engagement and covenant God may seem to stand bound in unto us, God knows how to keep up his glory in the world, though we be ruinated, he can keep up a Church in the world, though we be left desolate; the stones of the field, if he but speak the word, shall rise up children of Abraham; the remotest ⟨p. 16⟩ends of the earth shall come in, and the children of the Kingdom shall be thrust out; let not this therefore be your rest.
