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matically. When one or both filled the Tabernacle or Temple, or covered them, as Exod. xl. 34, 35. 1 King. viii. 11. 2 Chron. v. 14. Ibid. vii. 1, 3. Ezek. xliii. 5. xliv. 4. that what it or they reprefented fhould fill the Church. That there fhould be no Occafion for thofe typical Priefts, &c. to enter, to facrifice, or ferve there. More particularly every thing that is reprefented in Ezekiel was prophetick to threaten the Wicked with Deftruction, and comfort the Church The Defcriptions and Reprefentations which were exhibited in the Cherubim, in the Temple, and what was therein delineated, were typical of what was to be. The Perfon above the Cherubim was he which was to rule in the Chriftian Church, or State. The Lion and Man joined, in the Temple, and the Palm were what was to be inftead of the Cherubim; that joint Perfon was to be not only the fecond Perfon and Man joined, but the Supporter, the Conqueror, the Ruler. So that this Glory, Ezek. i. and iii. 23. ftood among the Gentiles. Ezek. xliii. 2. came from the Eaft, and entered at the Eaft Gate, and the Earth fhined with it. And when the Glory of the Aleim of Ifrael, and its Splendor, and the Cloud departed, or went up from the Cherubim,

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rubim, and went to the Threshold of the House, and the Cloud filled the House, and afterwards the Glory returned, and ftood upon the Cherubim. And the Cherubim with the Glory went out of the Temple, and ftood at the Eaft Gate; and the Glory went up from the Midft of the City, and stood upon the Mountain which is upon the East Side of the City. As Ezek. viii. 4. ix. 3. x. 3. 4. 18, 19. xi. 22, 23. Thofe, who these Visions represented, after their Appearance in Splendor there, fhould leave that Church and that City, &c.

He, who this Type bore the Name of and represented, was predicted, promised, and prayed for in Words. But as thofe who, for want of understanding the Hebrew Tongue, the Types, fo Manner of expreffing them, and the Originals by them, and had no other Idea but that the Father muft be elder than the Son, have attributed every thing, though every Perfon is Jehovah, is one of the Aleim, is in many Senfes Father; to Jehovah, to Aleim, to the Father, as in Property, &c. I am to fhew that keeping to the Types reclaims all thofe, each to each Perfon, and puts an End to all thofe Difputes. As the Subtance of the Heavens the Names, is the

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Type of Jehovah, of the Aleim; fo Fire, Light or Glory, Spirit, &c. is of Jehovah, of the Aleim. As Fire is the Father of Light, of Glory; fo the Light the Glory, is the Light, the Glory of the Father,

c. Begetting or proceeding, &c. is not to give an Idea of their Beginning, but of the Manner of their Existence; any more than fending or being fent is any Evidence of Superiority or Inferiority, but their Oeconomy in the Covenant, as in the Types. Whenever there is Fire, it is begetting and fending out Light; and Light is going out. And the Spirit is proceeding from Fire and Light. The Light fhews the Son, the Son reveals the Father. These Connections are not used in any manner of Property or Superiority, but in Distinction to the Light the Glory, the Spirit of the Names, or any other. So, in Diftinction to the Effence, which was the Glory, had laid it down, or vailed it, taken on Flesh, through which only the Splendor appeared for the Time, but had Power to re-affume his Glory; and the Manhood, who was to appear like a Servant, was to fuffer, was to be raised, and taken more immediately into the Effence, and with it to be glorified. I fhall cite a few of the Texts, Numb. xiv. 20. I have pardoned-all the Earth fhall be filled

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filled with the Glory Jehovah. But those who had feen it and rebelled were not to cnter into Canaan. Pfal. Ixxii. 19. And bleffed be his glorious Name for ever, and let the whole Earth be filled with his Glory. Ibid. lxxxv. 10. Surely his Salvation is nigh them that fear him; that Glory may dwell in our Land. lxxxiv. 11. Jehovah will give Grace and Glory: No good thing will be with-hold from them that walk uprightly. Ifa. iv. 2. In that Day fhall be the Branch of Beauty and Glory.-4. When Jehovah fhall have washed away the Filth of the Daughters of Sion, and shall have purged the Blood of Jerufalem from the midst thereof, by the Spirit of Judgment, and by the Spirit of burning. And Jehovah will create upon every Dwelling-place of Mount Sion, and upon her Affemblies a Cloud and Smoak by Day, and the Shining of a flaming Fire by Night: For upon all the Glory fhall be a Defence (a Covering.) Ibid. vi. 3. And one cried unto another, and faid holy, holy, holy is Jehovah of Hofts, the whole Earth is full of his Glory. Ibid. xi. 10. And in that Day there fhall be a Root of Jeffe, which shall ftand for an Ensign of the People; to it fhall the Gentiles feek, and his Reft fall

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be Glory. The Reason of the coming of the Glory, which had been predicted and forefhewed, was also predicted, Isa. xvi. 4. For the Extortioner is at an end, the Spoiler ceafeth, the Oppreffors are confumed out of the Land: And in Mercy hall the Throne be established, and he fhall fit upon it in Truth, in the Tabernacle of the Beloved, &c. Ib. xxiv. 23. When Jehovah of Hofts shall reign in Mount Sion and in Jerufalem, and before his Ancients the Glory. Ibid. xxxv. 2. They shall See the Glory of Jehovah, the Excellency of our Aleim.-Then fhall the Eyes of the Blind be opened; and the Ears of the Deaf. Shall be unstopped. Ibid. xl. 3. The Voice of him that crieth in the Wilderness, prepare ye the Way of Jehovah, make straight in the Defart a Highway for our Aleim. -And the Glory Jehovah fhall be revealed, and all Flefh fhall fee it together. Ibid. xlix. 5. Though Ifrael be not gathered, yet fball I be glorious in the Eyes of Jehovah, and my Federator fhall be my Strength. Ibid. lviii. 8. Then fhall thy Light break forth as the Morning, and thine Health (or Medicine) fhall Spring forth Speedily, and thy Justice shall go before thee, the Glory Jehovah fhall gather thee up. Ibid. lix. 19. So fhall they fear the Name of Je

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