Work upon the ark. Meditations upon the ark as a type of the church

The Wise Men that of old were Travelling and Enquiring after the Lord Jesus Christ, found Him a Babe in Swaddling Clothes and paid Respect unto Him, unto the King of the World ▪ As many of us ⟨p. 2⟩as are, and God forbid that any should not be Inquisitive after the Holy Child Jesus, may be hold Him in the Swaddling Clothes, which th• Types of the Old Testament Enwrapped Him in. When we there Behold, let us there Admire, there Adore our Blessed Lord, and offe• the best of our Devotions to Him. 'Tis Remarked by the great Apostle of the Gentiles in Heb. 4.2. Unto us was the Gospel Preache• as well as unto them. Those Christians, for 'ti• hardly a prolepsis to call them so, that Live before the Incarnation of our Lord, had glorious Gospel, in Shadows of good Things […] come. A Type is in short, An instituted Resemblance of Gospel Mysteries. The things which the Gospel gives us a naked Representation o• were veiled under many Signs and Seals, which God made unto his Ancient People as it were Sacraments of Good Things to come. And no• only the Person of the Messiah ▪ but his Conditions, His Endowments, His Benefits, and Hi• Ordinances too, yea, and the Miseries, and th• Enemies, from which we are by Him delivered; all of these were Preached in and by those Types of old. Now this Good-speech have we as well as They, by the Entertainment which the Types are every day giving to our serious Contemplations.

THe Wise Men that of old were Travelling and Enquiring after the Lord Jesus Christ, found Him a Babe in Swadling Cloaths and paid Respect unto Him, unto the King of the World ▪ As many of us ⟨p. 2⟩