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A02353	Moses vnuailed: or Those figures which serued vnto the patterne and shaddow of heauenly things, pointing out the Messiah Christ Iesus, briefly explained Wherevnto is added the harmony of all the prophets, breathing with one mouth the mysterie of his comming, and of that redemption which by his death he was to accomplish ... By William Guild, minister of Gods Word at King-Edward in Scotland.	Guild, William, 1586-1657.	1620 (1620)	STC 12485; ESTC S103525	82,830	313

an Idolatrous or superstitious abuse their abrogating is in a reformed Christian Church The Disparitie THe Brazen Serpent was destroyed as is said but our exalted Iesus can neuer bee destroyed It retained not alway the vertue of curing but our blessed Sauiour doth euer retaine the vertue and efficacie of sauing 21. The Tabernacle Exod. 26. 1. IT had three places therein the outward Court wherin the brazen Lauer and brazen Altar stood Representing the visible Church wherein is outward Baptisme and externall exercise of worship common to all Called and Elect Mat. 13. Secondly the Holy place wherein was the Candlesticke the table of Shew-bread and the Altar of perfume Representing the inuisisible true Church consisting of the elect onely militant on earth wherein is the light of the Spirit by the Word the true participation of Christ the bread of life and the sincere acceptable sacrifice of true prayer and praise Within this place enters onely the Royall Priesthood of God Rom. 12. 1. 1. Pet. 2. 5. Thirdly the Holiest of all wherein was the Mercy-Seat the glory of GOD betweene the Cherubims Representing the triumphant Church in the heauens wherein is seated Christ Iesus in glory the societie of the blessed Angels and the praise of the and the golden Censor glorified spirits with the continuall intercession of our Sauiour for his Saints on earth Heb. 8. 2. The entry to the Holiest was by the Holy place and to the holy place was by the vtter Court So our entry to the heauens is by beeing members of the i●…uisible Church through faith in a good conscience and our entry to be members of the inuisible Church is by associating our selues to the visible Church professing Word and Sacraments in the Primitue Apostolike sinceritie 3. The fixed Pillars of the holy place Signifieth the Apostolike doctrines in respect of the ministerie whereof the Church it selfe is called the Pillar of Truth 1. Tim. 3. 17. 4. The diuers ornaments and instruments thereof Typeth the diuersitie of spirituall gifts and functions in the Christian Church Rom. 12. 6. 5. The seuerall co●…erings thereof Doth note the Lords sure protection of his Church by his power and Angels Heb. 1. 14 6. Gold vvithin and skinnes without Shaddoweth the spirituall and inward glory of the Church and her account before God albeit contemptible to the world in outwards Cant. 1. 4. 7. The Tabernacle all the instruments thereof yea the very Ash-pans Snuffers of the Candlesticke must be made according to the patterne in the Mount Exo. 25. 40. Heb. 8. 5. Shewing thereby that the Church and all the exercise of worship that is therein whether doctrine or discipline must be conformed vnto the written Word Gal. 1. 8. 8. The voluntarie oblation of the people to build the Tabernacle Represents that willing allotment and portion that Christians should giue for the vpholding of Gods worship and ministerie amongst them and for the maintenance of the poore members of Christs mysticall body 2. Cor. 9. 8. 9. The principall builders of the Tabernacle were Bezaleel and Aholiab extraordinarily indued with cunning in euery worke and the secondary was euery skilful workman in whose minde God had put skill and will to assist the worke Exod. 36. These figuring the Apostles as Master-builders laying the foundation of the Christian Church and the other the ordinary Pastors building on their foundation aright beeing gifted and fitted for that effect 1. Cor. 3. 10. Ro. 12. 6. Ephes 11. 28. 10 The parts of the Tabernacle were so made that they might bee ioyned or separate when they list Deut. 12. 9. To shew the faithfull in this Tabernacle of their body which is to bee laid downe and raised againe to be farre from their resting place while they be in that gloricus Temple of the heauens settled and seated with Christ 2. Cor. 5. 4. 11. The Curtens of the Tabernacle imbroidered with Cherubims Signified the seruice and protection of the Church by the holy Angels Isa 6. 12. These Curtens were coupled by their strings and golden hookes that it might bee one Tabernacle Exod. 36. 13. Shewing th●… th●… d●…uers members of the Church whether triumphant or militant and euery where dispersed make vp but one Tabernacle Eph. 4. 8. Heb. 9. 11. 13. The glorious doore of the Tabernacle Shaddowed Christ Iesus who saith of himselfe expressely I am the doore Ioh. 10. 7. by whom wee get entry either to grace or glory 14. The Tabernacle thus by all the couplings thereof being erected Did signifie the knitting together by every ioynt of the whole body of the Church in Christ the Head by the truth in charitie for the furniture whereof according to the effectuall power which is in the measure of euery part it receiueth increase of the bodie vnto the edifying of it selfe in loue Ephes. 4. 16. 15. Euery boord of the Tabernacle signified each seuerall member of Christ and his Church of Sittim wood that is chosen and sanctified ouerlaid with gold that is made glorious in Christ standing vpright by the erection of hope fixed by the tenons of Faith and founded on the socket Christ as also ioyned by barres which is the ●…itie of one Spirit and loue the couerture of this Tabernacle is Christ the linnen represents his innocencie the Goates haire his afflictions the Penitentiars garment beeing vsually made of such the third couering dyed red figuring his bloud couering our sins and the fourth of broken skinnes his abasement and humilitie The doore of the Tabernacle was not of any hard or debarring matter but of a vaile easily penetrable to shew our easie accesse to grace in Christ and acceptation in the bosome of his Church   22. The Vaile of the Holiest Exod. 26. 31. 1. IT was glorious of embroidered worke of diuers colours So was the body of Christ beautified with excellent diuers and heauenly graces Hebr. 7. 26. Col. 2. 3. 2. It was replenished and wrought full of Cherubims Noting thereby that seruiceable and ready attendance of the Angels on the person and body of Christ Ioh. 1. 51. 3. It was borne vp by glorious and costly Pillars ouerlaid with gold on Sockets of siluer which it couered and whereon it did hang. To shew that the Humanitie of Christ specially in his suffering should be borne vp by his Deitie which his manhood did oueruaile and vnder which it againe in a manner did lurke 4. By the Vaile onely there was entry into the Holyest place of all So by the vaile of his flesh onely rent vpon the Crosse hath Christ made a new and liuing way for vs to God and to Heauen Heb. 10. 20. 23. The Arke Exod. 25. 10. to 17. 1. THe Arke was made of Sittim wood which was durable and not subiect to putrifaction So Christ Iesus was neither subiect to the corruption of sinne nor putrefaction of the graue Psal. 16. 9 10. 2. The Wood was ouerlaid within and without with fine gold and pure So the excellent diuine nature of

hath Christ deliuered his Church which none else could doe from that fearful Giant Satan whom he hath ouercome albeit contemptible in the eyes of the world and with his own machinations hath trod downe his head Genes 3. 15. 9. The Lord honoured him with many and great victories 1. Sam. 18. 2. Sa. 21. So likewise did he Christ Iesus ouer that old Serpent and all our spirituall enemies 1. Cor. 15. 10. Hee brought back the Arke againe 2. Sam. 6. So hath Christ Iesus the trueth that lay obscured by the false interpretation of the Scribes and Pharises Math. 5. 6. c. and hath reduced the Church from the spirituall captiuitie thereof fully and from the obscurenesse of types to the cleere beholding of the bright substance establishing it in that estate for euer Heb. 9. 11. Euen those that sate at his Table rose vp against him Psal. 41. 9. So one of Christs Disciples Iudas who did dip in the platter with him betrayed him Math. 26. 12. Last in many Prophetical speeches hee typed Christ Iesus as Thou wilt not suffer thy Holy One to see corruption and They parted my garments amongst them on my vesture did cast Lots My God my God why hast thou forsaken me and such like many as are quoted and set downe orderly in the Treatise following All which in competencie of substantiall trueth agreed properly to Christ Iesus alone The Disparitie DAuid was a man of bloud but Christ Iesus was meeke and peaceable Dauid for that cause was not suffered to build the Temple but Christ Iesus is the sole and onely builder of his holy Church His life was tainted with sundry blots but the life of Christ was altogether spotlesse 48. SALOMON 1. SAlomon or Shelomoh peaceable the sonne of Dauid greatly beloued of God 2. Sa. 12. 24. So was Christ peaceable yea the Prince of Peace it selfe called also the sonne of Dauid because hee came of him according to the flesh and who receiued that Testimony from Heauen that he was the Lords Well-beloued in whom hee is well pleased Math. 3. 17. 2. Hee was very wise and rich yea a-aboue all others therin 1. Kin. 3. 4. So is Christ the very wisedome and full treasure of the riches of the Father and matchlesse in both Col. 2. 3. 3. The Queene of Sheba came to see Salomon from afarre and brought gifts vnto him 1. King 10. So came the Wise men from the East to see Iesus and offered Gold Myrrh and Incense to him Mat. 2. 4. The fame of Salomons speeches and doings spred afarre off So did the fame of Christ Iesus his doctrine and miracles Mat. 5. 31. 5. Hee built the Temple and dedicate it to the Father 1. King 6. So hath Christ built the Church and consecrate it vnto his Father Gal. 3. 7 8. He desired that all that should pray within the Temple might be heard 1. King 8. So Christ intercedeth that all that pray in his holy Church as true members thereof may bee likewise heard Ioh. 17. 7. Hee appointed the seuerall Ministers and Office-bearers in the Temple So hath Christ established the seuerall ministeriall functions and offices that should bee in his Church 1. Cor. 12. The Disparitie SAlomon did fall away in the end of his life from that sinceritie especially in Gods worship which hee had in the beginning therefore procured a heauy punishment on his house after him but Christ Iesus constantly perseuered vnto death in that perfect obedience that hee yeelded alway to the Father and therefore procured great blessings on his Church thereby for euer 49. Salomons Temple 1. King 6. as it was a type of Christs personall body Ioh. 2. 19. 1. IT was a most glorious edifice 1. King 5. 6 7. Chapters So was the excellent Fabricke of the Immaculate body of Christ. 2. It was stone without and gold within To shew the resplendent glory of diuine Maiestie lurking within a humane and humbled body Esa. 9. 3. It was full of light through the many windowes therein So our Sauiour was full of heauenly knowledge in the will of God which hee reuealed to mankinde Ioh. 1. 4. It was carued round about with Cherubims Palmes and Flowers To note the seruiceable ready attendance of the holy Angels vpō the person of Christ the Palme-trees signifying his triumphant victory ouer his and our enemies and the Flowres his heauenly diuers and flourishing graces Math. 4. 5. In the seuenth yeere and Haruest moneth it was accomplished To shew not onely the perfection of his person signified by that perfect number of seuen and ripenesse of such a season as Harnest but also that in the fulnesse of time to accomplish Gods Decree hee should come and bee incarnate Psal. 40. 7. 6. The Temple was solemnely consecrate vnto the Lord. So was the person of Christ by perfect obedience in life and death vnto his Father ibid. 7. There was pleasant Musicke vsed in the one Which signified the heauenly harmony of diuine graces to the comfort of his Chosen which should bee in this other Col. 2. 3. 8. In it was the Arke where the glory of GOD did appeare which glory did fill also the Temple So in Christ is the full treasure of all true wisedome knowledge grace and in whom the Godhead personally inhabited and did replenish likewise this other Col. 1. 19. 9. It was seated on Mount Moriah and in the midst of Ierusalem it did stand So Christ is on high placed and in the midst of his Church is to bee found Psal. 110. 10. It was not lawfull but in the Temple to offer sacrifice So is not any spirituall sacrifice of ours but in Christ and through him acceptable Heb. 7. 11. Many presumed in the one saying The Temple of the Lord The Temple of the Lord yet were destroyed So many presume in the verbal profession of Christ that they beleeue in him and are baptized in his Name yet shall bee damned Math. 7. 22. The Disparitie FOrty and sixe yeeres the Temple was in building after that the same had beene destroyed and cast downe by the Babylonians but within three dayes the Temple of the body of Christ Iesus did arise after that the same had beene in a manner destroyed and crucified by the Iewes and Romanes Ioh. 2. 19 20 21. 50. The Temple as it was a type of Christs mysticall body the Church 1. King 6. 1. IT was of hewne polished stones and costly So is the mysticall body of Christ of liuely polished stones euen purged and reformed soules costly precious in the Lords sight Col. 1. 18. Psal. 45. 10. 2. In the building of it there was no noise heard So in the building of the Church the vnity of truth and of the Spirit of loue is hereby recommended without iarring either in opinion or affection As also in that the stones were fitted for the worke before they were brought to be built therein it shewes that before we can thinke that we are to be