Exodus 26

REFLECTIONS UPON CHAP. XXVI.—How graciously God suits the tokens of his favour to our circumstances, as he formed a moveable residence, and furniture for himself, to the wandering condition of his chosen people. But herein may I contemplate Jesus, mean and debased in the view of carnal beholders, but inwardly decked with all the golden glories of Godhead, and the pure graces of manhood! I see how every thing about him, as Mediator, is founded and fixed in, erected and joined together, according to the purpose, and by the infinite wisdom and power of God. Let me behold, likewise, the Christian church, outwardly despicable in the view of a carnal world, but inwardly decked, established, and knit together, by every precious ordinance, spiritual grace, faithful minister, or true saint! Let my entrance into her be by Jesus Christ, the door, the way, the truth, and the life: and amidst all my outward infirmities, let me be all-glorious within, a meet habitation of God through the Spirit! Thus shall I have access with boldness, by the blood of Jesus, into the sanctuary of fellowship with God on earth, and in due time into the heavenly state, the holiest of all 4 RE: