2 Chronicles 4

REFLECTIONS UPON CHAP. IV.—What a mercy is it that Jesus, his church, and heavenly state, are suited to his people’s condition! As the great atonement, and as the fountain which cleanses from all sin, he is openly exhibited before us, and accessible to us, in the ordinances of the gospel. By him, as such, we have access to dwell in God’s house, enjoy his light, feed on his fulness, and live by his intercession, through which our services are accepted. Yes, under the gospel we have more than a tenfold exhibition of Christ, in his cleansing virtue, his illuminating and soul-nourishing influence. He can make all tempers, gifts, and graces, useful in his church, brass as well as gold. And great is their honour who lay out their eminent gifts in the service of Christ. • The rawere ten times as many lovers, candlesticks, and tables of shew-bread, in the temple as in the tabernacle