Tabernacles] This feast was to be kept in gratefull memoriall of Gods providence, and protection of the Israelites in the wildernesse, where they had no houses, but moveable habitations, as Tabernacles, Tents, and Boothes, Winter and Summer, for fourtie yeares together, vers. 43. And it was instituted also, for thankesgiving to God for the fruits which the yeare before brought forth; not onely their corne, but the fruit of their vines and olives, and were all usually gathered at this time, to wit, in September, when this feast was celebrated, Deut. 16. 13, 14. See Exodus 23:16. They that turne this History into Mystery make an allusion of it to Christ and to Christians; to Christ taking our tabernacle of flesh, John 1:14. to Christians, as they are pilgrims and strangers in the world, having no certaine habitation, Hebrews 11:13. but travelling in this world toward heaven, as the Israelites in the wildernesse towards Canaan, 2 Corinthians 5:1. See Zach. 14. 16, 19.