2. The veil of the Temple was rent from top to bottom, probably it was effected by the Earthquake, and the accomplishment of the Prophesy which the Apostle maketh mention of, Heb. 12.26, 27, 28, 29. whose voice then shook the Earth, but now he hath promised saying, yet once more I spake not Earth only, but also Heaven. And this word yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken, may remain, &c. The Prophecy which the Apostle quoteth is Hag. 2.6, 7. which is eminently fulfilled by God, laying aside the Tabernacle and Temple worship, which were the works of mens hands, by the Commandment of the Lord, and in their stead instituting the Souls of believers to be his Temple, and his visible Church to be built of such materials, who are living stones laid and built upon the Rock of Ages, even Jesus Christ, by faith, and in the Communion of such a spiritual Temple, hath the Lord erected his Gospel polity. By this rending of the Veil, Christ hath opened Heaven for all that will come unto. […] Gentiles as well as Jews, Eph. 2.14. he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of Partition between us, viz. the wall of Partition between the Court of Gentiles and of the Jews. The Apostle probably would not say, he hath rent the veil, because he would not provoke the Jews, but it is the same thing that he here speaketh.
2. The vail of the Temple was rent from top to bottom, probably it was effected by the Earthquake, and the accomplishment of the Prophesy which the Apostle maketh mention of, Heb. 12.26, 27, 28, 29. whose voice then shook the Earth, but now he hath promised saying, yet once more I spake not Earth only, but also Heaven. And this word yet once more, signifyeth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken, may remain, &c. The Prophecy which the Apostle quoteth is Hag. 2.6, 7. which is eminently fulfilled by God, laying aside the Tabernacle and Temple worship, which were the works of mens hands, by the Commandment of the Lord, and in their stead instituting the Souls of believers to be his Temple, and his visible Church to be built of such materials, who are living stones laid and built upon the Rock of Ages, even Jesus Christ, by faith, and in the Communion of such a spiritual Temple, hath the Lord erected his Gospel polity. By this rending of the Vail, Christ hath opened Heaven for all that will come unto. 〈…〉 Gentiles as well as Jews, Eph. 2.14. he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of Partition between us, viz. the wall of Partition between the Court of Gentiles and of the Jews. The Apostle probably would not say, he hath rent the vail, because he would not provoke the Jews, but it is the same thing that he here speaketh.
