3. The people must follow the ark: Remove from your place and go after it, (1.) As those that are resolved never to forsake it. Wherever God's ordinances are, there we must be; if they flit, we must remove and go after them. (2.) As those that are entirely satisfied in its guidance, that it will lead in the best way to the best end; and therefore, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. This must be all their care, to attend the motions of the ark, and follow it with an implicit faith. Thus must we walk after the rule of the word and the direction of the Spirit in every thing, so shall peace be upon us, as it now was upon the Israel of God. They must follow the priests as far as they carried the ark, but no further; so we must follow our ministers only as they follow Christ.
{"chapter_id":"Jos.iv","chapter_title":"Chapter III","kind":"whole-body-P","position":8,"unit_key":"Jos.iv-p8","work_key":"Jos","work_title":"Commentary on Joshua","xpath":"/ThML/ThML.body/div1[3]/div2[4]/div[1]/p[7]"}