1. It was been thus in other places, who once had the Glory of the Lord among them as long and longer then we have had it. Was it not so with Shiloh? Jer. 7.12. Go ye now to my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my Name a• first, and see what I did to it, for the wickedness of my People Israel. And what was it that the Lord did to it? He caused the Ark (and so the Glory) to ⟨p. 57⟩be removed from that place, and never to return thither again; although it had continued there Three Hundred and Forty Nine Years: And the ten Tribes (among which Shiloh was situated) were delivered into the hands of their Assyrian Enemies. It is then possible that in after Ages, it may be said, Go and see what God has done to New-England, because of the Apostasy, and the Iniquity of the People there. Thus also concerning Jerusalem, which was the City of Solemnities; and there was more of the Glory of God in it, then in all the world besides: Nevertheless, that Glory was removed from them for Seventy Years together. And, although the Lord was so Gracious, as in some measure to restore the Glory, they at last Sinned it quite away. Nor has there been any Glory there for these many Generations. What is Jerusalem at this day, but a Miserable Town, in which are no Inhabitants, besides Infidels and Idolaters; not one man in whom the Divine Glory dwells. And on Mount Zion, yea, in that very place where Solomons Temple stood, there is now a Moseh, ⟨p. 58⟩for Mahometan Worship. What has God done •o the Ten Tribes? Has He not written on them Lo-Ammi, as well as Loruhamah, saying, They are not m• People, and I will no more have Mercy on them. A•e they not swallowed up in Heathenism among the Nations where they were dispersed? The Land of Israel was once the most Glorious of all Lands, but it is at this day far from being so· The Divine Glory dwelt in the First Temple Four Hundred and Twenty Years, and after that removed: And in the Second Temple above Six Hundred Years; and then departed never to return again. Now what befell the Lords People of Old is written for our Instruction and Admonition. The design of Recording those Providences in the Holy Book of God, is to give us to understand that God will remove His Glory from us, as He hath done from them, if we sin and provoke Him as they have done.
1. It was been thus in other places, who once had the Glory of the Lord among them as long and longer then we have had it. Was it not so with Shiloh? Jer. 7.12. Go ye now to my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my Name a• first, and see what I did to it, for the wickedness of my People Israel. And what was it that the Lord did to it? He caused the Ark (and so the Glory) to ⟨p. 57⟩be removed from that place, and never to return thither again; although it had continued there Three Hundred and Forty Nine Years: And the ten Tribes (among which Shiloh was scituated) were delivered into the hands of their Assyrian Enemies. It is then possible that in after Ages, it may be said, Go and see what God has done to New-England, because of the Apostacy, and the Iniquity of the People there. Thus also concerning Ierusalem, which was the City of Solemnities; and there was more of the Glory of God in it, then in all the world besides: Nevertheless, that Glory was removed from them for Seventy Years together. And, although the Lord was so Gracious, as in some measure to restore the Glory, they at last Sinned it quite away. Nor has there been any Glory there for these many Generations. What is Ierusalem at this day, but a Miserable Town, in which are no Inhabitants, besides Infidels and Idolaters; not one man in whom the Divine Glory dwells. And on Mount Sion, yea, in that very place where Solomons Temple stood, there is now a Moseh, ⟨p. 58⟩for Mahome•an Worship. What has God done •o the Ten Tribes? Has He not writtn on them Lo-Ammi, as well as Loruhamah, saying, They are not m• People, and I will no more have Mercy on them. A•e they not swallowed up in Heathenism among the Nations where they were dispersed? The Land of Israel was once the most Glorious of all Lands, but it is at this day far from being so· The Divine Glory dwelt in the First Temple Four Hundred and Twenty Years, and after that removed: And in the Second Temple above Six Hundred Years; and then departed never to return again. Now what befel the Lords People of Old is written for our Instruction and Admonition. The design of Recording those Providences in the Holy Book of God, is to give us to understand that God will remove His Glory from us, as He hath done from them, if we sin and provoke Him as they have done.
