John Owen 
True Nature of a Gospel Church and Its Government 

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. 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.