be such high degrees of holiness as have never yet been generally found in the Church of Gode.
By " the bells or bridles of the horses" may be meant the ornaments of horses, not merely of those used in war, but rather of those used for common purposes, whether of labour or pleasure. On them shall be in- scribed " Holiness unto the Lord," just as there was on the mitre of the high-priest f, in order to shew, that the owners of the horses consider them as con- secrated to the Lord, and desire to glorify God in the use of them. By this I understand, that, in all the comforts and conveniences of life, God will be acknowledged, as much as he formerly was in the most sacred ordinances and appointments.
Every service then will be, in fact, a religious ser- vice. In the tabernacle and the temple were " pots," both of earth and brass, for the use of the priests ; and " bowls" of gold for the blood of the sacrifices, which was to be sprinkled according to the prescribed forms. These were more holy as being used in the more immediate service of God. But in that day, " the pots in the Lord's house shall be like the bowls before the altar," every meal being partaken of in the same devout spirit as a sacrifice, and every common office of life being performed as unto God himself. Nor will this obtain amongst the priests only, but amongst the people also, and that of every rank and order in society ; for " every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the Lord." The seething of the flesh of the sacrifices in the pots formerly belonged only to the priests g: but under the Christian dispensation all are priests, even " a royal priesthood11," and are therefore entitled to " seethe therein ;" " the people who sacrifice" being in this respect as the priests themselves.
So universal will holiness then be, that " there will no more be the Canaanite in the house of the Lord." In the Promised Land the Canaanites retained a possession for many centuries, and were with great
e The text. f Exod. xxviii. 36.
g Lev. vi. 25—28. >' 1 Pet. ii. 9. Rev. v. 10.