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This Mount Sion wherein thou haft dwelt. lxxvi. 3. In Salem alfo is his Tabernacle, and his Dwelling-place in Sion. Ark with the Cherubim, 2 Chron. iii. 10. And made in the Houfe, the holy Place of the holy ones ficut Rubbim. 2 Chron. V.7. And the Priests brought the Ark of the Purifier Jehovah into its Place, into the Oracle of the Houfe, into the Holy of Holies. That of the Cherubim is already cited, under the Word, where there were typical Faces, Ex. xxxiv. 34. in the old Tabernacle, when Mofes went into the Faces of Jehovah to speak with him. Levit. xvi. 2, 15. To the Faces of the Mercy-Seat. Ibid. x. 17. xiv. 29. xvi. 10, 18. To make Atonement for them to the Faces of Jehovah. Levit. xvii. 3: What Man foever that killeth an Ox, &c.-and bringeth it not-to offer an Of fering unto Jehovah, to the Faces of the Tabernacle of Jehovah; Blood shall be imputed unto that Man, &c. Num. vii. 3. And they brought their Offering to the Faces of Jehovah-to the Faces of the Dwelling. Ibid. xvii. 7. And Mofes laid up the Rods to the Faces of Jehovah in the Tabernacle of Witness. Deut. xiv. 23. And thou shalt eat to the Faces of Jehovah thy Alcim, in the Place which he shall chufe to place his Name there. xvi. 11. And

And thou shalt rejoice to the Faces of thy Aleim, thou and thy Son, &c.-in the Place, &c.-Jof. vii. 6. And Joshua rent his Clothes, and fell to the Earth upon his Face, to the Faces of the Ark of Jehovah, until the Even-tide, he and the Elders of Ifracl-and Jofhua faid-and what wilt thou do unto thy great Name? And Jehovah faid, 2 King. xix. 14. And Hezekiah went up into the House of Jehovah, and spread it (the Letter) to the Faces of Jehovah, and Hezekiah prayed to the Faces of Jehovah, and faid O Jehovah Aleim of Ifrael, which dwelleft in the ficut-Rubbim, thou art the Alcim, &c. 2 Chron. i. 6. And Solomon went up thither to the brazen Altar to the Faces of Jehovah. vi. 24. And fhall return and confefs thy Name; and pray and make Supplication to thy Faces in this House: Then hear thou from the Heavens (Names) xx. 9. we stand before this Houfe, and 7 to thy Faces (for thy Name is in this Houfe) and cry unto thee in our Affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.

So one or more of these Words are applied to the Glory, the King of Glory already cited, to the Irradiator the Light, with the additional or diftinguishing Words

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To prove this, Ex. xl. 34, 35. And the Cloud abode thereon, and the Glory Jehovah filled the Tabernacle, & al. Pf. xxvi. 8. And the Place of the Tabernacle of thy Glory. Ifa. lx. 7. I will glorify the Houfe of my Glory. 1 King. viii. 12. 2 Chron. vi. 1. Jehovah hath faid he would dwell in a dark Cloud. Exod. xv. 2. My Strength and Song is the Effence, and he is become my Salvation; he is my Irradiator, and I will build a Tabernacle for him. v. 13. Haft led them in thy Strength to the Habitation of thy holy one. Pf. Ixxiii. 17. Till I go into the Sanctuaries of the Irradiator. Ibid. xxviii. 2. Hear the Voice of my Supplications when I call unto thee, when I lift up my Hands to the Oracle of thy holy one. x. 1. Was the Likeness of a Throne, &c. cited Zach. vi. 12. Behold vs the Man whofe Name is the Branch, and he shall grow up (branch up from under him) out of his Place, and he shall build the Temple of Jehovah; even he shall build the Temple of Jehovah, and he shall bear the Giory, and fall fit and rule upon his Throne, and the Counsel of Peace fhall be between them both.

Ezek. i. 26.

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The Prefence of the Three dwelt in the ficut Rubbim, as well as the Presence of the fecond Perfon dwelt in the Cloud, in the Emblem Glory, on the Throne, between the two Cherubim, in the Urim and Thummim, from whence he gave Orders or Refponfes; but he could not have been diftinguished from the other two, if he had spoken out of the Cherubim, nor could his Offices of Interceffor and King have been diftinguifhed from his being one of the Rubbim, or Aleim,

Nay the Heathens, fo apoftate Jews afcribed this fort of Prefence of their Aleim to the Reprefentatives of them, as appears not only by the Books of the modern Heathens, but by Scripture. Ifa. xliv. 13. And maketh it after the Figure of a Perfon; after the Beauty of a Man to inhabit the Temple. Ezek. viii. 3. Where was the Seat of the Image of Jealousy. xxiii. 41. And thou didst fet it upon a Bed of Glory, and a Table prepared to its Faces, whereupon thou hast fet my Incense and my Oil. So they thought of the golden Calf. Ex. xxiii. 5. And Aaron faw it, and built an Altar before it.

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fented in the Figures of the Rubbim, as a thing covenanted to be done, and so predictive, or a Pledge of the Completion, as his Refurrection and Afcenfion into Heaven is typified by the High-Prieft's entering within the Vail, into the Type of the Heavens, the Place of their Vifages immediate Prefence. So the Prieft at his Return out of the Sanctum Sanctorum, when he had offered fweet Incenfe, fprinkled the Blood, typified the second coming of Christ, when he fhall, as the Prieft bleffed those who were without waiting, till he had performed his Office in the Name of Jehovah, bless those who fhall be without, expecting the Acceptance of his Sacrifice, and Interceffion for them, and waiting for his coming; and put them in Poffeflion of the Kingdom he has obtained for them. And if the Jews will confider the Form which, they fay, the Pricft ufed when he returned. out of the Holy of Holies to the People. Numb. vi. 23. On this wife fhall ye blefs the Children of Ifrael, faying unto them, Jehovah bless thee, and keep thee; Jeho valı make his Faces to shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee; Jehovah lift up his Countenance upon thee, and give thee Peace; and they shall put my Name upon the Children of Ifrael, and I will bless

them.