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The presence of Christ with the ministers of the Gospel, opened & applied in…The presence of Christ with the ministers of the Gospel, opened & applyed in…
The presence of Christ with the ministers of the Gospel, opened & applied in a sermon preached at Swampfield, January 1st. 1717[/]18. Being the day of the gathering of the church, and the ordination of the Reverend Joseph Willard their pastor. / By Solomon Stoddard, A.M. & Pastor of Northampton.The presence of Christ with the ministers of the Gospel, opened & applyed in a sermon preached at Swampfield, January 1st. 1717[/]18. Being the day of the gathering of the church, and the ordination of the Reverend Joseph Willard their pastor. / By Solomon Stoddard, A.M. & Pastor of Northampton.
printed by B. Green, 1718
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1. Consider, What time this has reference unto: And surely it don't respect the time immediately after the Babylonish Captivity; for the Temple here spoken of is not Zerubbabels Temple, for it was not built in that place where Zerubbabels Temple was, neither was Zerubbabels Temple built after the measures here spoken of, neither was the Land then divided according to the form here laid down, neither was there such a Portion laid out for the Prince, neither were there such Waters run out from the Sanctuary, either properly or figuratively, as is here expressed; but it doth respect the time of the Gospel Church, & probably more especially the time after the destruction of Antichrist. And the state of it is set forth by phrases borrowed from the worship that was in the Jewish Church.
1. Consider, What time this has reference unto: And surely it don't respect the time immediately after the Babilonish Captivity; for the Temple here spoken of is not Zerubbabels Temple, for it was not built in that place where Zerubbabels Temple was, neither was Zerubbabels Temple built after the measures here spoken of, neither was the Land then divided according to the form here laid down, neither was there such a Portion laid out for the Prince, neither were there such Waters run out from the Sanctuary, either properly or figuratively, as is here expressed; but it doth respect the time of the Gospel Church, & probably more especially the time after the destruction of Antichrist. And the state of it is set forth by phrases borrowed from the worship that was in the Jewish Church.
2. The Persons spoken of: who are the Ministers of the Gospel Church. They are compared to the Sons of Zadock, for he speaks of those that have the charge of the Sanctuary, that are to teach the People, and to carry on the Public Worship. And several Rules are given to them to observe, that were given of Old to the Levitical Priests; as being clothed with Linen Garments, not drinking Wine when they enter into the inner Court, or Marrying a Widow, not coming at any dead Person.
2. The Persons spoken of: who are the Ministers of the Gospel Church. They are compared to the Sons of Zadock, for he speaks of those that have the charge of the Sanctuary, that are to teach the People, and to carry on the Publick Worship. And several Rules are given to them to observe, that were given of Old to the Levitical Priests; as being clothed with Linen Garments, not drinking Wine when they enter into the inner Court, or Marrying a Widow, not coming at any dead Person.