we, if we hold faft the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end. Wherefore as the Holy Ghoft faith, To-day if ye will hear his voice. Publick worship carried on with confidence, boafling and glorifying in God, as reprefented above, is the house of God where he dwells with delight; wherefore SEMERON the new fabbath is necessary. It is plain by these paffages, that we ought to be diligent and attentive to get the true idea and doctrine of the houfe of God. And if we are, we fhall find that this houfe is mankind collected together for publick worship. That is, this forms a house, wherein he refides with fingular delight. This is the real tabernacle and temple, and the true bethel; the house of God and gate of heaven. In this houfe is to be carried on the work of the temple and tabernacle. That is, to offer up Ipiritual facrifices which are acceptable to God through Jefus Chrift. It is not walls and works of flone and wood, or gold and filver, can make a houfe for God. intellectual, human houfe; It must be a living, made up of mankind, met met together as above. Such a houfe in the ha bitable parts of the earth, is the feat and object of his delight. And fuch a house is neceffary for us. For here we must come and by prayer and fupplications with thanksgiving our requests may be made known unto God, that being careful for nothing, the peace of God may keep our hearts and minds in Chrift Jefus. Here we must be washed from guilt and ignorance by the frequent preaching of the word. Here also, the spirit of all wifdom and goodness is dispensed, to enlighten our mind and difpofe our wills and inclinations aright; teaching and helping us ceafe to do evil and learn to do well. to He therefore who keeps the chriftian fabbath and carries on its worship, is honorably employed. He builds a house for God to dwell in among the fons of men, where his heart is; does the work which Mofes, Befaleel and Aholiab did; the very fame. that David, Soloman and Hyram accomplished; and much nobler. He is engaged more honorably than the Jewish high priest himself, who officiated only in the fymbols and fhadows of the fervices of the gofpel gofpel church. Hereby alfo we have the honor of dwelling in the fame houfe with God, where we must be found at death if ever we mean to poffefs celestial happiness. Our heaven must begin here and in this manner. He then that will not keep the fabbath nor frequent the worshipping affembly, is as great an offender as he who would venture to tear off one of the curious curtains or boards of the tabernacle of Moses; or one of the beams or ftones in the temple, and a much greater offender. For he takes out of God's house a human living and rational ftone, bought with the blood of God. Yea, he refufes God a house on earth, does what he can to banish him from among men, and to turn him out of his own creation. He therefore who keeps the fabbath begins his " heaven, is in his introductory glorification, and enters upon that fociety and converfation with God, which will never come to an end. Then whatever others do, for my own part I will fay with the pfalmift, One thing have I defired of the Lord, and that I will feek after, that I may dwell in the |