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

But let all Church Members among us, look to it, that they be not wild Ravenous or Venomous creatures in the ARK of God. It seems probable, that the fiercest Creatures were miraculously so Cicurated at their Entrance into the Ark, that they expressed no Antipathies or Dissensions there: 'Tis credibly Reported, That […] sudden Flood in Somersetshire in England, produced such an Agreement between the most quarrelsome Creatures, the Dogs and Hares, the Cats and Mice that were driven into the Top of an Hill together. It should be thus in the Church of God; even according to that in Isa. 11.6. The Wolf shall dwell with the Lamb, and the Leopard shall lye down with the Kid. The Character which the Lord would have Church-Members •o wear, What is it? It is that in Joh. 10.14. My Sheep. Or it is that in Cant. 6.9. My Dove. I beseech you, Let us not have the Qualities of more Noxious Creatures in us. O let us not be Crafty, like the Fox; nor cruel as the Bear, nor bloody as the Tiger. Let us not be Blind like the Bat, or ⟨p. 32⟩Owl; nor let us be Revengeful, as the Crane, and let us not like the Serpent, sting those that are about us. The Ark of the Lord Jesus will not be opened unto us, until we have put off those cursed Qualities.

But let all Church Members among us, look to it, that they be not wild Ravenous or Venemous creatures in the ARK of God. It seems probable, that the fiercest Creatures were miraculously so Cicurated at their Entrance into the Ark, that they expressed no Antipathies or Dissensions there: 'Tis credibly Reported, That sudden Flood in Somersetshire in England, produced such an Agreement between the most quarlelsome Creatures, the Dogs and Hares, the Cats and Mice that were driven into the Top of an Hill together. It should be thus in the Church of God; even according to that in