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A91415	The Jewes synagogue: or, A treatise concerning the ancient orders and manner of worship used by the Jewes in their synagogue-assemblies. Gathered out of the sacred scriptures, the Jewish Rabines, and such modern authors, which have been most conversant in the study of Jewish customes. Wherein, by comparing the scriptures in the Old and New Testament together, many truths are fully opened, and sundry controversies about church-government truly and plainly stated. By William Pinchion of Springfeild [sic] in N. England.	Pynchon, William, 1590-1662.	1652 (1652)	Wing P4309; Thomason E802_4; ESTC R207368	80,705	99

Convocation cannot be understood of their general Church-Convocations for their general festival Convocations were commanded to be observed only three times in the year neither were they bound to observe their festival Convocations in the time of their travels in the wilderness but the observation of those Convocations were adjourned until they were settled in rest in the Land of Canaan Numb 15. 2. Secondly this Convocation of holiness Levit. 23. 3. Differs from their National-Convocation in respect of place because their National-Convocation was commanded to be observed only before the Tabernacle or Temple which place was a great way off from the most part of their dwellings after they were setled in Canaan But this Convocation of holinesse in verse 3. is at hand and therefore it is commanded to be observed in all their dwellings that is to say not far off but nigh to every ones dwelling so that all sorts of persons might resort thither with ease every Sabbath or seventh Day without breaking the rest of the holy Sabbath by long toyl of travel for the Text saith plainly Yee shall not do any work it shall be a Sabbath to Jehovah in all your dwellings but if all the twelve Tribes had been commanded to repaire to the Tabernacle or Temple every Sabbath or seventh Day they must have toyled hard and so have broken the rest of the holy Sabbath Therefore seeing this Convocation in verse 3. is so expresly limited 1. To the time of the Sabbath or seventh Day And 2. to the place of their dwellings that is to say in a convenient nigh distance to their dwellings It doth necessarily follow that this Convocation of holinesse spoken of in verse 3. must needs be understood only of their particular Church-Assemblies which Christ ordained as well as their general Church-Assemblies It is said in Psal 87. 2. That Jehovah loveth the Gates of Zion above the dwelling places of Iacob That is to say Christ did more delight to manifest his visible Presence in the Cloud of his presence between the Cherubin upon Mount Sion then in their Synagogue-Assemblies but he did graciously blesse their Synagogue-Assemblies with his Spiritual presence to the conversion of souls as he did the place of his visible presence in Mount Sion But I chiefly alledge this place in Psal 87. to note out unto us that their particular Church-Assemblies were called the dwelling places of Iacob because they were many and conveniently dispersed in all the Towns and Villages of Israel Secondly if Jesus Christ had left his people to their own libertie and discretion whether they would have met together in particular Church-Assemblies to worship him every Sabbath or no all the while they were in their travels in the wildernes which was for the space of thirty eight years together Then doubtless they would have used that liberty to the increasing of Idolatry and profaneness as experience doth teach us in all places where the strict exercise of Gods worship in particular assemblies hath been neglected and then the generation that entred into Canaan would have been worse then those that came out of Egypt but they must be better instructed before they could enter into Canaan therefore there was a necessitie that Jesus Christ should enjoyn them to observe particular Convocations of holiness by particular Church-Assemblies every Sabbath or seventh Day even whiles they were in their travels in the wildernesse Sholar What other proof have you to confirm this Tenent that the Iewes Synagogues were particular Churches of Iesus Christ Teacher The truth of this Tenent doth further appear by the term Church and the term Synagogue which are used as terms convertible or synonima First the Apostle Iames calls a Christian Church a Synagogue Iames 2. 2. If there come saith he unto your Synagogue a man with a gold ring c. Here the term Synagogue in the singular number is put for Synagogues in the plural number for Iames writes not to one particular Church or Synagogue onely but he writes to the converted Iewes of the twelve Tribes which were dispersed into divers heathen Countries Iames 1. 1. For they had Synagogues in every heathen Countrey and they had many godly Christians that still lived with them though some were separated into particular Churches Iames saith to them all in general as if he spake to one particular Church meeting c. Secondly David calls the Jewes-Synagogues by the name of Churches as M. Ainsworth noteth in Psal 26. 12. In the Churches saith he will I blesse thee And again David doth exhort all the faithfull to blesse God in the Churches Psalm 68. 26. That is to say in their particular Synagogue-meetings so then by the Testimony of Iames and David it is evident that the term Church and the term Synagogue are terms convertible or synonima Thirdly The seventy do make the terme Church and the terme Synagogue to be Synonima These seventy Translators were Jewes and therefore in reason were able to render the Hebrew word Kahal which we translate Church in a right sense and they translate Kahal seventy times by Ecclesia and thirty seven times by Synagogue as Kirkerus in his Hebrew-Greek Lexicon doth note it to our hands Fourthly The Prophet lamenteth that the enemy had burned all the Synagogues of God in the land Psal 74. 4. 8. The Prophet calls them the Synagogues of God because they were appointed and ordained by Jesus Christ for the use of his publike worship every Sabbath day Hence it follows that if any of the Jewish Synagogues in the dayes of the Apostles did embrace the Gospel they might well be called a Christian Church without any alteration of their Discipline as the whole Synagogue of Antioch in Syria did for I believe there was a Jewish Synagogue in that City because there were many Jews there though the terme Synagogue be not expressed in the text For as yet the Apostles preached to the Jews onely Acts 11. 29. and therefore that Synagogue might well continue in the same order of Discipline as it stood before and why should it be thought a thing incredible that a whole Synagogue might not be converted by the preaching of the Gospel as well as whole Families seeing the Jews of this Antioch did not oppose the believing Grecians as the malignant Jews of other Synagogues did we never read of any opposition that this Church or Synagogue made against the Gospel except by some Jews that came from Judea and taught the Brethren saying Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses ye cannot be saved Acts 15. 1. Neither do we read of any separation that Christians made from this Synagogue as they did from other Synagogues when they were persecuted Therefore I conceive all the Jews of this Synagogue were converted in general and this Synagogue was first called a Church of Christians Acts 11. 26. and yet there were synagogues in Judea Galilee and Samaria that were called Churches before this Acts 9. 31. but they were