The True Nature of a Gospel Church and Its Government #270615

Loins, God takes them to himfelf in one Vi/ihle Body, a Na tional hut Congregational Church, to which he forms them Four hundred and thirty Tears afier the Promzfe in the W ildernefl and although all Abraham's Natural Poflerity, according to the External part of the Promije made to him, were taken into 'zzi/ihle church-fellow/hip, [0 that it hecame a National Church; yet it was fuch a National Church al ways, in the Wildernefs, and in the Holy Land, as was Congregational for it was hut onehcongregation during the Tahernacle, or Temple-flate, fir/t or fecond; they were al ways hound to aflemhle to the Tahernacle, or Temple, thrice at lea/t emery Tear hence the Tahernacle was flzll called the Tabernacle ofthe Congregation. They were to have hut one Altar for burnt-oflhrings and Sacrifices; what others were at any time elfewhere called high-places,were condemn ed hy God as Sin.