interest in the death of Christ as also that Christ did not onely deliver himselfe to death for us as this Ram but also giveth himselfe to feed us to eternall life Iohn 6. 55. My flesh is meate indeed 3. It must be heaved up before the Lord aud shaken too and fro every way ver 26. Signifying 1. The lifting up and heaving of Christ upon the Crosse. 2. The heaving up of our hearts in thankfulnesse to God for so great benefits 3. That the merits of Christ our true sacrifice and benefits of his death should by the preaching and publication of the Gospell be spred abroad into all corners of the world as that sacrifice was shaken every way East West North and South 4. This sacrifice must alwayes be offered up with cakes of unleavened bread tempred with oyle ver 23. Signifying 1. the most perfect purity of Christs life and doctrine without all leaven of sinne 2. That Priest and people must in service to God lay aside all leaven of maliciousnesse 3. The oyle notes the soft and loving kindnesse of God and Iesus Christ chearing and suppling the conscience by the sweet meditation of it as also how joyfully and gladly we ought to serve the Lord and with cheerefulnesse present before him all the parts of his worship Note hence as the eare hands and feete of the high Priest must be touched with blood before he attempt any part of his office so our care must be that all our parts all our actions and affections bee touched and purged with the blood of Christ. So David Psal. 51. 2. Wash me throughly Reason 2. Because sinne hath defiled the whole man all his parts all his actions all within him all without him 2. This foulenesse sticks so fast as it is no easie matter to bee cleansed Nothing in the world can fetch out this soile but the blood of Christ. Not all the water in the sea nor all the holy water in the Sea of Rome can wash away one sinne 3. All thou doest or performest depends upon the merit of this blood and dignity of this person and passion for acceptance The knowledge of thy duty must be sprinkled with this blood for that is signified by the eare The undertaking of duty by the hand The progresse and perseverance in it by the foot All must bee presented in him and by him and finde grace and acceptance If I wash thee not thou hast no part in me Qu. How may I know that the blood of Christ hath touched and purged me Ans. 1. It is not enough that Christs blood be shed but it must also be sprinkled If thou contentest not thy selfe that Christ hath died for all but seest how necessary it is to apply it to thy self 2 If thou hast an hand to lay hold on Christs blood and besprinkle thy selfe with it A man washeth his face with his hand This hand is faith which takes up the blood of Christ and applyes it to ones selfe as did Paul who dyed for me 3. If it wash the whole man within and without which no other blood could do The blood of sacrifices under the Law could not sanctifie the conscience but onely the outside Heb. 9. 9. but this can and must purge the conscience from dead workes ver 14. And under conscience is contained the whole innerman purged by the merit of his satisfying blood and by his spirit renewing our nature And for the outward man 1. If thy right eare bee touched thou hast the hearing eare rightly to heare the word of God Thou hearest to learne for to hearken is better then the fat of Rammes 2. If thy right hand be touched that thou art an active Christian not an hearer onely of the word but a doer and unto knowledge of the doctrine of faith joynest obedience of faith thou keepest the faith working as knowing that obedience is better then sacrifice thou darest not doe what seemes good to thy selfe or is right in thy owne eyes but what is rightly ruled by Gods word for that is the right hand touched 3. If thy right foot be touched that thou walkest in the right way with a right foot not making crooked pathes to thy feet but ordering thy conversation aright And all this with right ends and affections the feet of the soule laying aside all sinister ends and intentions in all thy obedience and directing all to the honour of the true Aaron and high Priest Jesus Christ. 4. If thou findest the effects of Christs blood sprinckled 1. Pacification of conscience for this blood speakes better things then Abels for us and in us for us to God by intercession in us by perswasion that the Lord looking on the blood of Christ rests wholly on it as a full satisfaction for all our sinnes for this is the end of shedding remission of sinnes Mat. 26. 28 therefore of sprinkling 2. Daily sanctification through this sprinckling 1 Pet. 1. 2. For out of the side of Christ issues water as wel as blood the one redeeming from condemnation the other froÌ„ vaine conversation the one purgeth froÌ„ the death of works the other from dead works themselves The sprinkling of this blood admits not security or idlenesse and carelesnesse nor suffers a man to sinne against this blood by impenitency unbeleefe despising of grace horrible swearing and foule lusts But makes the Christian truely noble as one now descended of the blood of Christ scorning the base and foule courses he formerly affected Find these markes and comfort thy selfe thou art sprinkled with Christs blood Thy whole course is sanctified all thy hearing all thy obedience be it never so weake in it selfe bee thy unworthinesse never so great it shall bee no barre to thine acceptance with God for every thing sprinkled with this precious blood is sweetned and accepted Sect. III. III. The third thing in the deputation of the Priest to his office is his apparrell appointed by God and called holy garments glorious and beautifull farre differing from all other mens And they signified 1. The function to be glorious and excellent 2. The fitnesse of their persons to that office 3. The glory of the true high Priest Jesus Christ of whom Aaron was but a figure For all the glistering shew of these Priestly garments set forth the more the Angelicall brightnesse of all the vertues which should shine in Jesus Christ. The Priestly garments appointed by God were tenne in number of which â—oure belonged to the inferiour Priests Exod. 28. 40. 42. 1. A linnen garment Which signified the white garment of CHRISTS righteousnesse and innocency which they were to appeare in before the Lord if they would be acceptable in their persons or duties Noting to us by the way that every godly Minister weares a white linnen garment not woven and made by men but by God not without him but within him not a shadow or ceremony but the substance and truth to which all
militant and triumphant Heb. 10. 20. 5. The blood of that sinne-offering for the Priest must be put on the hornes of the Altar and the rest powred at the foot of the Altar vers 12 signifying 1. The sufficiency of Christs death to purge and reconcile us to God 2. The plenty of grace and merit in it for many more then are saved by it For being sufficient for all it is not helpfull to all nor to any that tread under foot this precious blood the extent of the benefit is to all the elect 3. The large spreading and preaching of the Gospel of salvation by Christs blood through all the coasts and corners of the earth as the blood sprinckled on the foure corners and that by the finger hand and ministery of men 6. The fat must bee offered unto God but the flesh skinne and dung must be burnt with fire without the host signifying 1. That Christ offered himselfe and the best parts he had suffering in soule and body 2. That hee must suffer without the host without the gate of Jerusalem Heb. 13. 12. and carried out our sinnes out of Gods sight 3. That nothing but blood comes on the Altar For onely the blood of Christ his Sonne cleanseth us from all sinne Note hence that the Priests in the Law must bee put in mind that they were sinners and needed a sacrifice for themselves By which they were to take notice of a difference betweene themselves and our high Priest 1. There was no perfection in their persons for they must offer and lay their hands on the head of the sacrifice confessing guiltinesse 2. Nor in their Ministery in which the high Priest need offer for his owne sins 3. Nor in all their Consecration they could offer no sacrifice to wash away any sinne their owne nor others onely they did point at the sacrifice of Christ but by his consecration he could offer himselfe a meritorious and sufficient sacrifice for the sinnes of his elect Thus is our high Priest advanced above them all The second of these sacrifices in the Consecration of the high Priest was to be a burnt offering or Holocaust The use of which was to signifie the dedication of himselfe and all that he had to be purified by the Spirit as by fire to the use of God in his service as that Holocaust was ver 15 and 19. Most things in this were common with the former 1. The blood must be sprinkled on the Altar round about signifying the full remission of sinnes purchased by the blood of Christ and the communication of all his benefits and the vertue of his whole passion to be applyed to the whole Church for sprinkling still betokens application 2. The inwards and legs must be washed in water ver 17. signifying that Christ should bring no uncleane thing in his offering but he should be absolutely pure within and without in his minde thoughts affections signified by the inwards and in his conversation motions and walkings signified by the legs 3. The burning of the offering wholly ver 18. signified 1. the ardent love of Iesus Christ who was all consumed as it were with the fire of love and zeale towards mankinde upon the Crosse. 2. The bitternesse of his passion in his whole man who was as it were consumed wholly with the fire of his fathers wrath due to the sinnes of man 4. As the burnt offering ascended up to heaven in fire So Iesus Christ having offered himselfe a whole burnt offering ascended up into heaven so obtained an everlasting redemption for his Church From whence also he sends the fire of his Spirit as on the Apostles so on all beleevers in their measure Iohn 14. Note from this sacrifice for the high Priest that first he must offer the sinne-offering and then the other sacrifices for consecration This burnt offering nor the others following could never have been acceptable if the sinne-offering had not gone before and sinne by it expiated Learne hence that so long as we are in our sinnes all our sacrifices and service are abominable Sinne unremoved lyes in the way of thy prayer The blinde man could say God heares not sinners And David If I have delight to sinne God will not heare my prayer Sinne unrepented and unpardoned makes thee hatefull in the house of God thy hearing doth but more harden thee the sacraments become poyson unto thee for thou by thy sinne castest poyson into the Lords Cup and so eatest and drinkest thy owne damnation Let this be our wisdome first to offer our sinne-offering It is the Lords owne counsell Isa. 1. Wash you cleanse you and then come and let us reason And as our Lord advised us in case of reconciliation with man wee must much more practice in case of our recōciliation with God If thou hast brought thy gift to the Altar and thou remembrest that God hath ought against thee first reconcile thy selfe to God and then to man and so bring thy gift There be two graces which we must bring before God in all our services in which we would finde acceptance The former of preparation that is repentance which prepareth aright to the performance of good duties The latter of disposition and that is faith which disposeth the party aright in the whole cariage of them for this purifieth the heart exciteth the will sees the weaknesse seekes a cover and findes acceptance The third sacrifice in the consecration of the high Priest was the peace-offering or the Eucharisticall sacrifice the use of which was both that Aaron should shew his thankfulnesse to God who had advanced him to so high an office as also to obtaine of God by prayer such high and excellent gifts as were needfull for the execution of the same and this pointeth directly at Jesus Christ. 1. The blood of this Lambe was to be put on the lap of Aarons eare upon the thumbe of his right hand and on the great toe of his right foot Signifying 1. That all the actions of Christ his hands feet and parts were red with his passion Psal. 22. 16. they pierced my hands and feet 2. The whole obedience of Jesus Christ to his father even to the death called a piercing or boaring of the eare 3. That it is Christ who sanctifieth the eares hands and feet of the Priest and people The eare to heare divine Oracles the Priests must first learne then teach The hands to worke the actions of grace and holinesse The feet to direct and lead into all holy motions and conversation all must be washed by the blood of Christ that we may be wholly cleane As both our Saviour teacheth by the washing of the disciples feet Iohn 13. 5 6. As also in Peters request Lord not my feet onely but my hands and head Iohn 13. 9. 2. A part of this sacrifice went to the Priest part to the offerer signifying that both Priest and people have part and
101 Qualities requisite in Ministers 102 Eminency of Christ above all creatures 105 Ministers must increase their gifts 106 Duties of private beleevers ibid. three sacrifices ibid. No perfection but only in Christ. 108 Sinne unpardoned all service is abominable 110 Wash and purge all with the blood of Christ. 112. Notes of it ibid. Effects of being so washed and purged 113 Priests garments common and peculiar to the High Priest 114 Seven uses thereof for Ministers 125 Three uses for the people Twofold instruction 128 Comfort to the godly in respect of their head and themselves 131 Beleevers highly esteemed as precious stones 133. sin to slight them 134 Temperance of Ministers 135. marriage 137. mourning for the dead 140 Ministers dutie 147. private Christians dutie as Priests to God 149 XIV Nazarites types as set apart for God abstemious nourishing the haire not to touch the dead and released of their vow 150 Christ and his excellency to be acknowledged and power wherein 155 Difference of the Nazarites vow and Papists 156 Be Nazarites unto God in five things 157 XV. Cleane persons types three sorts of legall uncleannesse 159 Meats and unclean how and why 160. two markes 161 Issues uncleane corporall and spiritual 162 Leprosie of body and of sin 164. signes 166 Church and members subject to many defilements 167 Looke narrowly on the misery of sin 168. good fruit thereof 170 Miserable effects of inward uncleannesse 171 Washing legal and of Christs blood 172 Smallest sinkes to be put away 174 and how 175 Offering purgeth the uncleane so of Christ typified 175 There is a way to cleanse every uncleannesse 180 Have recourse to the meanes 180. motives ibid. Be very careful to avoid spiritual uncleannesse 181 Oblation of birds 182. Comfort to the godly 185 Affect purity of heart and life Motives 186. Directions 187 Avoid all occasions of defilement 189 No easie matter to be rid of sin 194 Separate betweene the precious and the vile who must 195 Christ discernes the leprosie of sin 196 Only they are cleansed from sinne whom Christ accounts so to be 197 Markes of one cleansed from sinne ibid. What is to be done before this cure 199. and what afterward ibid. XVI Holy things types of Christ. 200 Vse of legal ceremonies 201 Their fitnesse to the Iewes nature 201. ends 202 Sacraments and sacrifices distinguished 203 Sacraments ordinary and extraordinary 204 Circumcision described in parts 205 A signe of Christ and seale of righteousnesse how 207 Be humbled for naturall corruption 208. and imperfection of grace 209 Be circumcised spiritually 209. what it is 210. notes 211 Mortification if right is painefull 212 Motives to get the spirituall circumcision 215 XVII Passeover a type in the choice preparation effusion of blood eating fruits 216 Christ a Lamb and his perfection 217 Christ two wayes set apart to bee a Mediator 219 The time of his ministery and passion ordered 220 Christ must dye a violent death time of it 221 Iewes division of the day intâ— foure parts 221 How Christ is to be conceived and received 222 In all worship look to Christ. 223 The preciousnesse of Christs blood 224 Applyed ibid. Faith resembled by hyssope how 225 Christs blood to be highly prized 226 Precious things procured by it 227 Profane not the blood of Christ. 227. how 2â—8 Feeding on the Lambe and Christ five conditions 229 Danger of the soule and how it is to be avoided 235 Directions for receiving the holy Communion 236 Similitude of purging out leaven and sin 238 Entire purging of the soule 239 Whole Christ must be received 241 and how 242 Popish abuses taxed about the Lords Supper 241 XVIII Pillar of Cloud and Fire a type of Christ. 243 how 246 Foure constant miracles to Israel in the wildernesse 244 Comfort by Christ as our guide 248 in seven things ibid. Confidence and security by Christ. 250 Notes of them that receive comfort by this Pillar 252 And how this comfort is to be esteemed 253 Mercy and Iustice met in this type 254 Follow Christ as a guide 255 and how 256 XIX The Red Sea a type 257 in three conclusions 259 Miracles in the miraculous dividing of the sea 257 Benefits sealed up by Baptisme foure 261 Observe the power of God 261 The way to heaven filled with difficulties and why 262 Many comforts by that great work of God 263 Duty of them that will enjoy these comforts 264 XX. Manna a type of Christ. 265 matters of resemblance 266 Why Manna putrified if reserved 271 Christ infinitely better than Manna 272 Gods patience and love to be noted 274 how it should worke in us 275 Gods watchfulnesse and care over his Church to be noted 275 Comfort thereby and instances 276 Gods bounty toward his Church to be noted 277 His wisedome in ministring to his Church to be noted 278 Manna why given daily yet not on the Sabbath 279 Moderation in naturall things and what is GODS measure 280 Man of himselfe is senselesse of the things of Iesus Christ. 281 Whence this comes 281 and of what use 282 Hunger and thirst for Christ motives 283 Take paines for him motives 283 Observe times and places to meet with Christ. 284 Apply and feed on Christ. 285 And how 286 Bee never weary of this Manna 286 Motives 287 Prize and magnifie this Manna 287 XXI Water out of the Rocke a type of Christ. 288 in three respects 289 Christ resembled by a rocke 290 and waters 291 Christ euer present with his Church 295 our duty ibid. An almighty power in Christ for his Church 296 our duty ibid. Gods mercy to his people admirable 296 See the fountaine of grace opened and its super excellency 297 Thirst for Christ and conditions of it 298 continue it two rules 299 Have recourse to Christ in this thirst motives 299 Quench thy thirst and be satisfied ibid. motives 300 Meanes to get water out of this Rock hindrances helpes 301 XXII The brazen Serpent a type of Christ 302 Gods justice here to be noted and equity of it 303 Of fiery serpents and the old serpent the devil 304 Temptations called fiery darts why 305 Observations about sin deceit folly poison danger of loving it 306 God appoints the meanes of health to soule and body 307 A brazen serpent not golden five reasons 308 Christ lifted up before us how 309 Application of Christ a saving remedy farre most excellent 310 God helpes his people by weake unlikely and contrary meanes and why 311 Grounds for faith in these troubles of the Churches 313 Kingdome of Antichrist how fit for destruction 314 The eye of faith must shut the eye of reason 315 Foure things cannot otherwise bee obtained 315 Beleeve the Word absolutely 319 Pray for eye-salve and what it is 320 Captivate thine owne reason and wisedome 320 motives 321 Mans reason the mother of heresies 323. 324. Naturall reason an enemy to the power of godlinesse 325 What is to be done to be cured spiritually 326
shadowes give place Nay there is no private man that is godly but he must weare this white linnen garment having put it on in the laver of regeneration as Gal. 3. 27. whosoever are baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 2. A girdle vers 40. which signifies constancy and stability in the truth both in our high Priest Jesus Christ who was not a reed shaken but a firme rocke as also in his members who are commanded to stand fast their lines girt with verity Eph. 6. 14. Hence followes That the Ministers word must not be yea and nay his course must be constantly gracious and watchfull And for private Christians Heb. 13. 9. Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines for it is a good thing that the heart bee stablished with grace 3. A bonnet vers 40. A symbole and signe to them of Gods protection still covering them in their faithfull service signifying to us the Lords cover and faithfull protection both over our head and over his members for his sake So as every faithfull Minister hath a bonnet Christ carries him as a starre in his right hand and covers him from the rage of Satan and the world else should he not stand a minute And every faithfull member of Christ is so covered as an haire cannot fal much lesse the head without the will of his heavenly father 4. The breeches ver 42. putting more comelinesse upon the uncomely parts Signifying to them and us 1. What reverence we ought to use in the service of God farre remooving thence every uncomely thing 2. Shadowing out the true and perfect holinesse with which Christs humanity was cloathed and not onely with that but with the Majesty of his deity which highly graced and honoured the despised and fraile humanity which had no forme nor beauty Isa. 53. 2. 3. Not darkely representing that care and respect which our Lord and Saviour Christ hath of his inferiour base and despised both Ministers and members through the world Isa. 41. 14 feare not worme Iacob I will helpe thee To the high Priest belonged sixe peculiar garments First the Ephod ver 4. In which 1. The matter it was not wooll or silke but linnen which riseth out of the earth Ezech. 44. 17. Signifying that holy flesh of Christ which vayled his deity as a garment and that it was taken not from heaven but from his mother on earth as the matter of that garment grew immediately out of earth 2. The forme it was a long white garment signifying the long white garment of Christs absolute righteousnesse white innocent and unspotted and long to cover all our nakednesse without eeking or patching of merits 3. The ornament of it In it were set two Onyx stones and in them the names of the twelve tribes of Israel ingraven which Aaron carryed upon his shoulders signifying 1. That the names of the godly are not lightly written but fast ingraven in the love and memory of Christ as those names were ingraven in very hard stones 2. That Christ doth still carry his Church on his shoulders lifting them up out of dust and misery and bearing them upon the shoulders of his power and providence as on Eagles wings Deut. 32. 11. Or as the good shepheard brings home the sheepe on his shoulders Luke 15. 5. According to his gracious promise Isa. 46. 4 I have made you I will also beare you and I will carry you and deliver you 4. The use of it The high Priest in this garment carryed on his shoulders the names of Israel into the Sanctuary before God so our high Priest in the garment of his righteousnesse presents his Church shadowed by the twelve tribes without spot or wrinckle or any such thing and carries into heaven on his shoulders even into the true Sanctuary not made with hands those whose names are written in the booke of life 5. Distinction As the high Priest carryed the names in severall precious stones and severally ingraven so our high Priest takes speciall notice of every particular member of the Church neglects not the meanest but knowes them by name as the head can name every member of the body and contemnes not the meanest Rev. 3. 4 the Church of Sardi had a few names that is godly persons so well knowne to Christ as men by their names 6. The propriety of it It was not lawfull for any but Aaron and the high Priest to use this garment nor might any imitate it for it was the fall of Gideons house Iudg. 8. 26 27 for making an Ephod like that of the Sanctuary It is true there were ordinary Ephods holy garments common to inferiour Priests as Saul put to the sword foure score and five Priests that wore an Ephod 1 Sam. 22. 18. And used by the Levits as Samuel very young ministred in an Ephod 1 Sam. 2. 18. And it may be there were some garments called Ephods which great men did weare and no holy garment as 2 Sam. 6. 14. David danced before the Arke girt with a linnen Ephod But this Ephod was peculiar to the high Priest and in no garment else might he present the names of the twelve tribes signifying that no garment of righteousnesse may be expected or imitated in which God can behold his Church but this of Jesus Christ. And whosoever seeke elsewhere are abolished from Christ to their destruction Gal. 5. 2. 4. Oh the fearefull case of Papists that seeke to have their names written in another Ephod of their owne weaving and making The second garment peculiar to the high Priest was called the brestplate of judgement ver 15 the most precious part of all his garments I. In respect of the twelve costly and glistering stones which were set in foure rowes according to the number of the tribes ver 17. to the 22. In which 1. The shining of these stones signified the shining purity and innocency of Jesus Christ both in himselfe and in his members If they be pure as the sun faire as the Moone what is he 2. Their price of great value and worth signifying what a price the Lord Jesus valued his Church at He accounteth not beleevers as common and base stones but more precious then his owne life How vile and despicable soever they seeme to men and troden under foot heere below as common pebles yet Jesus Christ sets another price on them 3. Their place or situation They are set in the pectorall and Aaron must carry them on his heart signifying that Christ hath as much care of his Church as if it were inclosed in his heart le ts out his blood to make roome in his heart for them 4. Their number Twelve according to all the tribes noting that there is a roome in the heart of Christ for every one of the elect None can anticipate or prevent other With him is plentifull redemption The former without the latter shall not
stuffe out of earth but ours are spirituall and heavenly What the glorious robes of the Church are see Isa. 61. 10. I will greatly rejoyce in the Lord for he hath clothed me with garments of salvation and covered me with a robe of righteousnesse and decked me as a bride with Iewels What is gold silver silke pearles to righteousnesse holinesse life immortality and glory 3. Those were corruptible and soone cast off but these never weare not teare For all the sonnes and daughters of God are clad with incorruption and immortality and are heires of eternity Now it were no small comfort that we being so naked and foule wallowing in our blood and filthinesse or covered with filthy clouts and raggs of sinne and the apparell of death should have these taken away Zach. 3. 4. But to be thus arrayed and covered yea decked and adorned with such beautie and glory is more cause of joy and comfort II. In their parts they assure our happinesse and seale up our comfort I. The Pectorall shews how God esteemes of beleevers that they are the precious parts of the earth signified by the twelve precious stones 1. For price A great summe of money will not buy one of these precious stones For wee are not redeemed with gold silver or corruptible things but with precious blood Hee must bee some great King that must buy an Vnion but hee must bee the great God that can purchase one of these precious stones Act. 20. 2. For shining and beauty If a man were clothed with the Sunne he must needs shine gloriously The meanest beleever is clothed with the Sunne Revel 12. 1 and shineth in the firmament of the Church with the beames of Christs righteousnesse as the Sunne in his strength 3. For hidden vertues and secret operation The godly have not a shine and shew but the true substance of many vertues and graces secretly laid up in their hearts and working mightily in them the stones out of common Quarry that is common men have not such things 4. For rarenesse It is an hard thing to find a godly man these are rarer then most precious stones Elias could not see one in the world besides himselfe though there were many 5. For their estimation and the reckoning of them with God and good men Although the world out of ignorance and malice scorne this pearle and as swine tread them under foot yet the Jeweller knows them our high Priest placeth them upon his breast And a wise Merchant knowes that a pearle troden under foot is a pearle and in it selfe a pearle lying in the quarry or sands unknowen or trampled in the dirt or myrâ— is as good at when it is taken out Thou that art an enemy to good men 1. See how farre thou art from Gods judgement 2. If thou knewest their worth where now thou tramplest them thou wouldest take them into thy heart 3. One day thou shalt desire their glory but too late II. The robe of the Ephod hath comfort for the poore despised members of Christ whose estate is figured by the Pomegranats Which 1. In themselves have no great beauty without or on the outside 2. Their place is below and they hang in the skirt of the garment But within 1. They carry the colour of blood are washed in the blood of Christ. 2. They are full of excellent juyce and liquor of grace and pietie 3. They cast a sweet smell from them and leave a pleasant savour behind them And therefore Christ fastens them to himselfe inseparably as the Pomegranats were fastened to the high Priests garment Be thou a fruitfull Christian no matter what place thou art in or in what account among men Our high Priest hath use of thee and must not goe into the Sanctuary of heaven without thee though thou hangest in the skirt of his garment III. The Miter or crowne of our high Priest assureth us that we by his anointing shall attaine the like crowne For hee hath troden all our enemies not onely under his feet but under ours also Rom. 16. 20. Let us not cast downe our hopes and hearts our high Priest is stronger then all the enemies that can rise up against the Church And we may couragiously combat against sinne errours hereticks being sure of victory through the Crowne and Miter of Jesus Christ. This Miter of Christ shall fetch downe the Miter of Antichrist for us This Crowne of our high Priest shall shake downe his tripple Crowne and hath already blasted him And though these Babylonians begin to wriggle as a snake deadly wounded with hope to raigne in these Churches as sometime they did and for the sinnes of the land they may recover power by their craftinesse to surprize some ignorant silly and unstable persons yet shall they prevaile against none whose names are written in the booke of life but by the power of our Captaine wee shall tread downe both Satans and Antichrists kingdome and prevaile against all that riseth up against the power of Christ. Sect. VI. Priests types in the execution of their Office Having declared how the high Priest and priests of the old Testament resembled our high Priest of the new Testament Jesus Christ in respect of his solemne inauguration and investiture into his Office Now wee are to shew how he farther typified our Lord in respect of his administration and execution of iâ— Many are the speciall Lawes which the Lord gave to the Priests concerning their carefull cariage of themselves above others and these may be reduced to two heads 1. As concerning their common actions 2. As concerning their actions ministeriall Concerninig his common actions hee was prohibited diverse things which were lawfull in other men I will mention three I. The Priests must keepe an holy abstinence from wine and strong drinke for the time they entred into the Tabernacle Levit. 10. 9. a Law was made for all the Priests upon occasion of Nadabs and Abihues punishment who being as it seeme drunke offered strange fire and were burnt by fire before the Lord. And the Lord gives a reason of this law lest their mindes or sences might be distracted or disturbed so as they could not rightly discerne or execute the things pertaining to God and things pertaining to men Heb. 5. The use of the Law was 1. Typicall shadowing out the most holy and sober course of our high Priest Jesus Christ who was never unready or unfit for any part of his Office but in all perfection of judgement and understanding faithfully performed and fulfilled all righteousnesse 2. Perpetuall carrying in it a perpetuall equity for all Christian Pastors and Ministers who must use such creatures and liberties sparingly as they helpe their naturall infirmities by them and helpe themselves forward in the exercise of prayer study preaching and other Ministeriall duties but not to dull or to make themselves grosse or distempered by them And hence is the same law
that our principall mourning may be for our sinnes and binde up our affections for outward and naturall losses and crosses so as wee may have them loosed in spirituall This law tells us that sorow for our onely sonne or brother or the deare wife that lieth in our bosome ought to be no sorow in comparison of sorow for sinne Which 1. separates from God 2. makes Christ absent and stand aloofe 3. grieves the Spirit and makes him heavy towards us 4. seperates soule from body yea without repentance soule and body from heaven and happinesse Let us who have beene excessive in worldly sorow turne the streame against our sinnes and in all crosses set our heavinesse rather upon some sinne in our selves which might cause the crosse then on the crosse it selfe Sect. VII Now it followeth that we shew how the Priests figured Christ in their ministeriall actions Of these kinde of actions some were common to inferiour Priests some proper to the high Priest I. Common actions were six 1. The Priest must kill the sacrifices and none but he signifying Jesus Christ his voluntary action in laying downe his life for beleevers none could take away his life from him And hee was to be aswell the Priest as the sacrifice Iohn 10. 18. I have power to lay downe my life 2. The priests offred the blood of the sacrifices to God and sprinkled it on the Altar for they were ordained for men in things of God to offer gifts and sacrifices for sinnes No man might offer his owne sacrifice but hee must bring it to the Priest there was no comming to God but by the priest Figuring out Iesus Christ who offers up himselfe a sacrifice for the sinnes of the world upon the Altar of his Deity which gives both vertue and merit unto it No other can offer to God bloody or unbloody sacrifice upon this Altar but himselfe Iohn 17. 19. I sanctifie my selfe for them even as the Altar sanctifieth the gift 3. The Priests prepared the body of the sacrifice Lev. 1. 6. flayed it divided it into severall parts washed the intrailes put fire unto the burnt offering consumed the fat cast the filth and dung into the place of ashes Signifying that Christ himselfe alone did the whole worke of redemption He suffered the heate of Gods wrath and justice he puts away all our filth and covers it in his owne ashes he burnes up our fat that is the senselessenesse of our sin and all that savoureth of the flesh by the fire of his Spirit and inwardly purgeth and wholly washeth us in the fountaine of his owne blood 4. The Priest must teach the people His lippes must preserve knowledge and the people must depend on his mouth signifying the action of this great teacher of the Church who brought to us from the bosome of his father the whole counsell of God concerning the redemption of mankinde which could never have entred into the heart of man but by the teaching of this great Prophet Deut. 18. 15. He hath the learned tongue and Grace is poured into his lippes Hee therefore having the words of eternall life we must depend on him and heare him 5. The Priest must pray for the people and blesse them A forme of blessing is prescribed for Aaron and his sonnes laying their hands on the children of Israel signifying the strong prayers and intercessions of Iesus Christ for his Church who was heard in all things as himselfe witnesseth Iohn 11. 42. Father I knowâ— thou hearest me alwaies And accomplished not only in his holy intercession upon earth and now in heaven but manifestly in that blessing of his disciples by laying his hands upon them which was his last action upon earth Luke 24. 50. 6. The Priests were to preserve the Oyle for lights and the incense and for the daily meat offering and the anointing oyle And the oversight of the whole Tabernacle and all in the Sanctuary and all the instruments belonged to their care for the safety in moving carying standing c. signifying Iesus Christ the preserver of all grace in his Church He onely watcheth for the safety of his Church for the upholding of his holy ministery and all holy constitutions which else would quickly be broken up He plants the Ministery and he removes it at his pleasure He hath the seven stars in his right hand Hee is the great Archbishop of soules to the whole Church and no other in this kinde but hee So much of common actions ministeriall II. Actions more peculiar to the high priest were 1. daily 2. weekely 3. yearely 4. continually I. Hee must daily 1. dresse the holy lamps and lights morning and evening before the Lord Lev. 24. 2 3. to preserve the lights from going out Shadowing Christ the true light by whom the light of true doctrine must ever shine in the Church and never goe out by which the true beleevers shall bee delivered from darkenesse and death This was formerly figured by Goshen there was light when three dayes darknesse was over all Aegypt And this was figured by the pillar of fire that never failed till they came to Canaan 2. he must daily burne incense before the Lord upon the Altar of sweet perfume signifying Christ our high Priest daily offering up 1. our duties and services done by his appointment and which through him smell as a sweete incense acceptable to God 2. our prayers called odours of the Saints and a sweet incense And as no incense pleased God but that which was offered upon that golden Altar so no duty or prayer of ours is farther accepted then offered up by him and from him whose golden purity gives merit and worth unto them And as the incense must be offered up by the high Priest morning and evening so the continuall vertue of Christs merit ascendeth daily before God and perfumeth all the Sanctuary neither is there any other way to the father but by him II. He must weekly make the shewbread and set it before the Lord continually Exod. 25. 30. And more expresly Levit. 24. 5 6. Every Sabbath he must set on the table twelve loaves according to the twelve tribes and take the old away to the maintaining of his family for which use they might well suffice every loafe weighing about seven or eight pounds Here was a figure of Christ the true bread of life who sets himselfe in the preaching of the Gospell and administration of the Sacraments before the face of God that is in the assemblies gathered together every Sabbath the most sufficient food and refreshing of the Church to continue it in life strength and good estate from Sabbath to Sabbath till that eternall Sabbath come III. He must yearely once and that in the day of expiation goe into the Holy of Holies Exod. 30. 10. and Lev. 16. 2. and 34. to make an attonement for himselfe for all his
our owne misery by sinne both in the cause and in the effects of it The former by bringing us to the contemplation of the foulenesse of our natures and uncleannesse even in our birth and originall For howsoever men little esteeme or bewaile this uncleannesse of nature and originall sinne yet the Apostle better acquainted with the nature of it calls it The sinne and the sinning sinne and the sinne which dwelleth in us and compasseth us about Rom. 7. 17. Neither can a man ever be truely humbled and prepared for Christ nor can expect a good estate in him whose daily corrupt issues from an overflowing fountaine make him not seeme marvelous filthy and uncleane in his owne eyes 1. What is the reason that so many do Pharisaically pride themselves if not in the goodnesse of their persons yet in some blinde hopes and presumptions that they be not so bad as they are or as some others be but because they never saw themselves in this glasse which onely lets a man see himselfe a masse of sinne a lump of uncleâ—nnesse and that no good thing is in his nature which in no part is free from the running issues of that festred and inbred sinne 2. Why do many doat upon their owne works and sightly actions either to Popish confidence in them as meritorious or at least with many Protestants to rest in the civility and morality of them without farther pursuit of the power of religion but that they see not that so evill trees cannot send forth any good fruit nor so bitter fountaines any sweet water which could they but discerne they would be weary of the best of their righteousnesse and cast it away with Paul as dung and conclude that when Aloes and wormewood yeeld a sweet taste then might their fruits be sweet and tastefull to God and themselves 3. Why do so many thousands contest against grace stand upon their honesty good neighbourhood hospitality charity they thanke God they are no blasphemers no drunkards adulterers murderers they wash the outside come to Church heare sermons are outwardly cleane and formall no man can challenge them no nor they themselves but because they never saw the infection of their soules nor the inordinacy of their inner man which is a fountaine ever overflowing all the bankes most dangerous most secret hardest to find out and hardest to cure and this deceives thousands in their reckonings 4. Why is the righteousnesse of faith in the blood of Christ so much undervalued and men so hardly driven out of themselves to seeke righteousnesse by him But because they see not their owne uncleannesse and therein their hatefull estate before God untill Christ the high Priest have made atonement for them For as that man who being sick to death feeles not his sicknesse nor discerns the depth and dangers of it seekes not greatly after the Physitian he applyes either no means or some idle and impertinent things to small purpose so he that sees not the misery of his disease of sinne sees not the need of Christ neglects the right meanes and contentedly deludes himselfe running any whither but to the right remedy It is fit and fruitful to looke a little neerer this disease of nature that we may not onely make conscience of the foulenesse of nature but be thrust out of our selves to the meanes of our cleansing Considering 1. That this uncleane issue which the legall issues poynt us unto is a sinne against the whole Law of God in all branches of it whereas other sinnes are against one of the Tables and one of the Commandements 2. This poyson of nature is the same in all men that all may be humbled who are borne children of the devill enemies to righteousnesse all of us being in our very birth sonnes of death for in Adam all are dead And as an image of rotten wood must needs be rotten so wee hewne out of so rotten a stocke Who is it that is not a Leper from the wombe Let any man thrust his hand into his bosome as Moses did Exod. 4. 6. and he shall pull it out againe leprous and as white as snow Every man hath cause to cry with the Leper I am vncleane I am uncleane The spawne of a Serpent are Serpents and what are wee but the spawne the seed of Adam 3. This Issue is a generall disorder of the whole man and of all parts Neither is bodily leprosie more generall and universally spread over all the members then sinne in the soule which is seated in all the members so as from the crowne of the head to the sole of the foot there is nothing sound but a generall ataxy or disorder in want of all goodnesse in all parts and pronenesse to all evill 4. Miserable are the effects of this close uncleannesse As 1. In this Image of sinne no ugly toad can bee so hatefull to us as wee unto God 2. The whole man lies subject under the curse and wrath of God Rom. 5. 18 the fault came on all to condemnation 3. Nothing can proceed from us but what is foule and damnable What can a Serpent cast out but poyson Whatsoever our owne strength or will can bring forth is tainted with this leprosie for freewill remaineth onely to evill 4. Nothing without us that we can touch but we taint till we be cleansed noted in the infection of houses vessels garments Both earthly things all the creatures all our comforts actions to the unpure all is so Yea divine actions the word Sacraments prayer almes all polluted by us and to us so long as we be unconverted and in our uncleane nature 5. An unregenerate man can converse with no man but as a Leper he infects him by example provocation corrupt opinions frothy speeches fruitlesse behaviour And if they that poyson mens bodies are worthy extreame punishment and every man detests them how much more severe wrath of God are they liable unto that do nothing but poyson mens soules 6. No Leper was so worthily cast out of the campe as all of us by nature are worthily cast out of the society of Saints in earth and in heaven yea from the presence fellowship of God and Jesus Christ and that for ever Sinne properly shuts out of heaven no uncleane thing comes there nothing more hateful to God nothing but that hated by him 7. All this misery we our selves can neither discerne nor remedy It makes us pure in our owne eyes though we be not washed Prov. 30. 12. We lye wallowing in our filthinesse and delight in it as the swine in the myre and never are cured till we get out of our selves to the high Priest in whom onely it is perfectly to cleanse and cure us Now seeing in this glasse our owne disease and need of cure let us returne to the meanes of our cure in these three severall sorts of uncleannesse and in the legall be led to the cure of morall uncleannesse Thus of the
the blood of this red cow he leads us to the blood of Christ saying If the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling them that are uncleane sanctifieth as touching the purifying of the flesh how much more shall the blood of Christ purge your conscience from dead workes wherein he not onely compareth but infinitely advanceth the truth above the type For 1. that was symbolicall and figurative this spirituall and substantiall 2. that was externall and temporary this internall and eternall 3. that onely a purifying of the flesh this of the Spirit and conscience 4. that cleansed from legall and bodily pollution this from morall called dead works 1. because they proceed from death of sinne 2. because they lead to eternall death For the explaining of this ordinance consider foure things 1. whence the Cow must be 2. the properties or qualities 3. the actions about her 4. the use and end of it I. All the congregation must bring an heifer to Moses out of the heard 1. All the congregation for not one in the congregation but needs a meanes of purging 2. This meanes must be a Cow not an Oxe or Bull. The imbecillity of the sexe noteth the great humility of our Lord Jesus who being the mighty Lion of the tribe of Judah would so abase and weaken himselfe for our sakes 3. They must take her from the heard so our cleanser must be taken from among our selves being true and perfect man taking our nature and our flesh yea our infirmities as the weak sexe importeth in all things save sinne like unto us II. The properties required in this Cow are foure 1. She must be an heifer in her youth and strength Christ offers himselfe and must be taken for a sacrifice in the flower of his strength at three and thirty yeares He offers his best gifts and dyes in his strength and so his offering was more free and acceptable And wee also should offer up our youth strength best times and gifts to Jesus Christ who offered himselfe in his best strength to death for us 2. The Cow must be red Signifying 1. the truth of Christs humane nature being of the same red earth that the first Adams body was 2. the grievousnesse of sinne which he was to undertake and the scarlet staine of it 3. the bitter and bloody passion of Christ and his cruell death The red skin of the Cow resembled the red garments of Christ all besprinkled 1. With his owne blood 2. with the blood of his conquered enemies 3. presented unto his father like the coat of Ioseph all stained with blood 3. The Cow must be without spot or blemish to signifie the purity of our Lord Iesus in whom was never any spot or staine of sinne Though he was contented to be counted a sinner yet he was no sinner And though he had sinne on himselfe he had none in himselfe as the Cow was slain for sin not being sinfull Christ was ruddy through his passion yet most white and spotlesse by his most perfect and absolute righteousnesse She must be without yoke on which never yoke came signifying 1. that Christ not necessarily but voluntarily tooke our nature that he might free us from our yoke 2. his absolute freedome from all the yoke of sinne farther then he voluntarily undertooke the burthen of it 3. that he was never subject to the yoke of humane precepts and commandement being the Law-giver to prescribe Lawes to all not to receive Lawes from any 4. that none could compell him to suffer for sinne but his whole obedience active and passive was a freewill offering hee having power to lay downe his life and to take it up againe 5. he was more free from the yoke then any red heifer could be She indeed must be free in her selfe he not onely free in himselfe but he must free all beleevers from the yoke whom the sonne sets free they are free indeed III. The actions about the Cow were five ver 5. 1. Action 1. The congregation must deliver the Cow to be slaine so was Christ delivered to be slaine by the whole body of the Iews 2. She must not be delivered to Aaron but to Eleazer his successor signifying that the death of Christ serveth all the successions and ages of the Church and must be taught by the ministers of all ages 2. Action She must be led out of the Camp and there burnt whole to ashes her skin flesh blood and dung ver 5. Signifying 1. that Christ must be led out of the gate of Ierusalem to suffer Heb. 13. and there 2. must be crucified by which he was made a whole burnt offering 3. that whole Christ is our comfort his flesh our meate his blood our drinke yea the very base dung of those contumelies cast upon him were a part of his sacrifice offered up in the fire of his passion for us to sweeten and sanctifie ours 3. Action Eleazer must take of the blood with his finger and sprinkle towards the foreside of the Tabernacle of the assembly seven times ver 4. Signifying 1. the purging of us by the blood of Christ sprinkled on the conscience 2. that Christs death profits none to whom it is not specially applyed for the Cowes blood must be not shed onely but sprinkled 3. that onely the people and congregation of God have benefit of the death and blood of Christ for it was sprinkled directly before the Tabernacle 4. the seven times sprinkling noteth 1. that that one oblation hath vertue and merit enough 2. the perfection of justification 3. the need of often application of Christs death 4. the duration of it to all ages 4. Action She must bee burnt with Cedar wood scarlet lace and hysope all which must be cast into the fire with her ver 6. signifying 1. three things in Christ. 1. the Cedar of uncorrupt life 2. the scarlet of fervent love to mankinde 3. the hysope of savoury obedience in all things to his father all which were in all his sufferings and fire of his passion sweetning it 2. they noted three things arising from Christs sufferings 1. immortality signified by the Cedar which is not subject to putrefaction 2. the scarlet the merit of his blood applyed to justification 3. the hysope of mortification healing our corruptions as hysope hath an healing quality All these three properly arise from the passion of Christ. 5. Action A cleane person must gather the ashes of the heifer and lay them without the Campe in a clean place ver 9. signifying 1. the buriall of Christ in a cleane and new tombe wherein never man lay a cleane place never used before 2. that the merit of Christs death is ever laid before God in the highest and holiest heavens 3. the Christians account of Christs merit and passion who layeth them up as his chiefe treasure in the cleane place of a pure heart and conscience an onely fit closet to keep the mystery
must not bee privately performed and figured our entrance by Christ the doore 3. One must bee made a sinne offering the other a burnt offering The sacrifices were types of that onely sacrifice of the Sonne of God our Redeemer performed upon the Altar of his Crosse for the expiating the sinnes and foule issues of the whole world In them both 1. what they were 2. what were the ceremonies about them 1. The sinne offering was a sacrifice in which the whole beast or bird was not consumed with fire as the burnt offering was but slaine for the expiation of sinne The use of which was to figure and seale up to the Jews the expiation of their sinnes in Christ. Now Christ is made manifest for the doing away of sinne by the slaine sacrifice of himselfe and see verse 28. The burnt offering was a sacrifice in which the whole beast or bird was consumed with fire offered up therein to God for a savour of rest namely to appease and pacifie Gods wrath for some sin or sinnes committed Which signified that Christ was to bee a whole burnt offering and to bee wholly consumed in soule and body with the fire of his Fathers wrath that hee might bee a sweet smelling savour for us Hee gave himselfe for us a sacrifice and oblation for a sweet smelling savour Neither did the beleeving Jews thinke that God was appeased by any vertue in the burnt offering but through the eternall sacrifice of Christ shadowed therein 2. What were the ceremonies about these fowles for they all pointed at Christ. 1. For the sinne offering of fowles the ceremonies are appointed Levit. 5. 8 9. and they bee three 1. Rite The Priest must wring the necke of the Dove asunder but not plucke it cleane off and the same rite in the burnt offering The necke must bee pincht with the naile of the Priest to let out the blood but the head must not bee pluckt off from the body Signifying 1. That although Christ was to die yet his divinity and humanity should not bee severed 2. That the death of this innocent Dove should not interrupt his head-ship of the Church Hee was to bee pinched to death but his head should not bee severed from his body and members which is his Church 3. That Christ should die indeed but no bone of him must be broken Ioh. 19. 36. shadowed also in the Passeover 2. Rite The Priest must sprinkle the blood of the sinne offering upon the side of the Altar vers 9. and the like in the burnt offering Chap. 1. 15 signifying that all the vertue and merit of Christs blood for the purging of sinne was drawen from the Altar of his Deity He must be God that must purchase the Church with his blood and 2. Cor. 5. 19. God was in Christ. 3. Rite All the rest of the blood must be powred out at the foot of the Altar signifying not onely the powring out of the blood of Jesus Christ our true sinne offering upon the Altar of the Crosse without which shedding of blood can bee no remission of sinnes but also the blood powred at the foot of the Altar that is those clots and drops of blood plentifully flowing from him in his agony before his passion Luke 22. 44. as hee was going up to the Crosse. 2. For the Dove appointed for the burnt offering besides the former rites some other are appointed 1. The Priest must plucke out the maw with his feathers and cast them besides the Altar on the East side in the place of the ashes For these were things uncleane and signified that Christ should bring no uncleane thing to his suffering but present a most spotlesse and holy oblation to the Lord for else had it not beene of sweet smell 2. The Priest must divide and cleave the bird with his wings but not asunder signifying Christ who seemed by his death to bee burnt extinct and perished for so he was in the esteeme of his owne disciples as they were going to Emmaus but yet hee was not quite sundred but rose againe by his owne power and ever liveth sittting at his Fathers right hand to make requests for us Yea his owne words might seeme to imply a sundring when he saith Why hast thou forsaken mee but that the ingemination of his former words my God my God doth strongly prove the contrary 3. This bird must bee throughly consumed to ashes to make it a sweet savour to the Lord Levit. 1. 17 signifying that never was any thing so gratefull and acceptable to the Lord as the whole burnt sacrifice of his Sonne in which hee smelled a savour of eternall rest To which the Psalmist alludeth Let him smell a savour of all thy oblations and turne thy burnt offerings into ashes 4. When all these rites were observed the party that was uncleane shall bee cleane Levit. 12. 8. and Chap. 15. 13 28 signifying that a party justified by Christs blood and exercising true repentance and the study of holinesse and new life is brought in againe into the right and fellowship of God and his people whatsoever his uncleannesse formerly hath beene And thus hath the legall cleansing of this person brought us to the Evangelicall in Jesus Christ. I. Sundry grounds of consolation to the Church and people of God 1 As Christ seemed cleane divided and sundred from his Father and from his Church but was not so his members often seeme quite sundred from God and all comfort but are not 2. Cor. 4. 8. and Chap. 6. 9. A godly man may bee in such a straight as David was when thus he brake forth to Ionathan As the Lord liveth and as thy soule liveth there is but one step betweene me and death and yet when hee can see no passage God makes a passage forth Hence may a Christian with Paul challenge all perills and dangers and contemne them as too weake to separate us from Christ Rom. 8. 39. yea in all things wee are not onely conquerours but more then conquerours So was Christ in death and from under the grave more then a conquerour Let a Christian be slaine it hinders him not from being a conquerour and what ever hee may lose he loseth not the love of God who loveth him to the end whom hee once loveth and therefore onely the sound Christian is in a sure estate If sorrow be for a night joy will returne in the morning after darkenesse as sure to see light As Jesus Christ keepes his headship and death cannot sever him quite so the members may bee pinched yet not quite off but abide members still 2. As the speciall providence of God watched his owne sonne that though hee was in wicked hands that wanted no will yet they were kept from breaking one bone of him soe doth the same prouidence watch over his members that howsoever the wicked of the world pinch and presse them yet the promise is made to them He keepes all their
my selfe Sol. 1. Therefore as the woman having the bloody issue thrust in daily to touch the hemme of Christs garment Marc. 5. that his blood may heale thy bloody issues 2. As seeing need of daily mercy to true watch joyne prayer as Hezekiah The good Lord be mercifull to him that is sanctified although not according to the purification of the Sanctuary And the Lord heard him So will he thee where he findes a true endeavour after cleannesse Sect. VIII Now followes the oblation for the uncleannesse of leprosie The cleansing of the Leper is in Lev. 14. where we read of two sorts of oblations prescribed 1. For the cleansing of him that hee might come into the tent 2. After his cleansing and comming into the tent hee must offer three Lambes one for a trespasse offering one for a sinne offering another for a burnt offering with a number of ceremonies about the Lambes all leading to Christ. But in this place we are onely to speake of the former concerning his cleansing Lev. 14. from ver 2. to 8. Where 1. The Leper to be cleansed must bee brought to the Priest For he onely must discerne and pronounce of it whether it be cured or uncleane signifying that the sinner that desires to be cleansed must hasten to Jesus Christ the onely high Priest of the new Testament who onely is able to cleanse and heale our leprosie of sinne and herein is farre beyond all those types The Priest could discern of bodily leprosie and pronounce them cleane if they were so but hee could not make them cleane if they were not But Iesus Christ can properly forgive sinne the soules leprosie being the healing God and onely Physitian of soules 2. The Priest must goe out of the campe unto him to consider him to signifie how Iesus Christ findes us when he first comes unto us namely such as having the most loathsome leprosie running upon us have no right to the communion of Saints nor to any of the priviledges of Gods people but outcasts and aliens from God from the faith and from the common wealth of Israel Ephes. 2. 12. 3. The Priest must first see him healed and then proceed to the exact cleansing ver 3. signifying a twofold action of Iesus Christ in the curing of the leprosie of sin For 1. he must heale the sinner by the grace of justification and sound conversion but this is not all for there remains a great deal to do before we can be fouÌ„dly cleansed And therefore 2. he must bestow on us his Spirit to worke in us a daily growth and proceeding in sanctification before we can be pronounced cleane 4. The Priest must prepare 1. two little live birds of the clean kinde ver 4. 1. two birds to note the twofold nature of Iesus Christ his deity and humanity 2. two little birds to note the humility and meane esteeme of our Lord and Saviour Christ. 3. two cleane birds to note the unspotted and surpassing purity of both his natures 4. two live birds one to die and the other to live to note that Christ had one nature to dye in another not subject to death As also the twofold estate of our Lord Iesus his suffering and dying estate and his glorious and exalted estate 2. he must prepare Cedar wood scarlet and â—ysope noting as we have heard the excellent graces that Christ brings to his oblation both in regard of himselfe his Church and his father And signifying that Christ and his graces are inseperable And teacheth that no man can thinke to bee cleansed by the blood of Christ that is carelesse to receive his graces which thou must as eagerly desire as himselfe 5. The use of these materialls of cleansing concerne 1. the dying bird 2. the living bird 3. the party to bee cleansed First concerning the dying birde 1. One of the birds must be slaine pointing at the death of Christ without which is no purging or cleansing of sinne Heb 9. 22. But one bird onely dyed so Christ was put to death concerning the flesh 1 Pet. 3. 18. 2. It must bee slaine over running water that the blood might fall into the water The blood falling into the water signified 1. that a fountaine of grace by the death of Christ is opened both for justification and sanctification For water and blood here meet shadowing the streames of water and blood issuing from the side of Christ in his passion 1 Iohn 5. 6. 2. The bird slaine over running water signified the innocency of the death of Christ for though he must dye yet his blood is in pure streames as running water is 3. That this water must be running water not standing signifying that there is a continuall cocke and conduit of grace overflowing from this fountaine ever running and issuing from Christ to the refreshing of thirsty and weary soules beleeving in his name 4. By the falling of the blood into running water might also be signified that the death of Christ should run into the Ministery of the Gospell as the waters from under the Sanctuary every way As Christ spake of Maries fact preparing him to his death so much more of his death it selfe what he hath done and suffered shall bee every where preached to the worlds end 3. This water must be in an earthen vessell Not onely to signifie that Christ must sweat and powre forth in his death water and blood according to his humane nature which for the time of his abasement was a fraile and brittle vessell subject to infirmities and contempt and in all things like unto ours onely sinne excepted but also that this blessed treasury of the Church should bee retained and held in earthen vessells that is the faithfull ministers of Christ how contemptible soever they are in the world yet these shall cary and disperse these blessed mysteries unto men as 2 Cor. 4. 7. Secondly concerning the live Sparrow The generall signification of it was Christ now alive raised from the dead who can dye no more but ever liveth and sitteth at the right hand of God and that by the power of his divinity And 1. This Sparrow must be used also to the cleansing of the Leper For neither the humanity of Christ without his deity nor his deity without his humanity can cleanse or justifie the sinner Neither the life of Christ without his death nor his death without his life can availe us to righteousnesse Acts 20. 28. God shed his blood to purchase the Church to himself 2. The Priest must dip the live bird and the Cedar and scarlet lace and hysope in the blood of the Sparrow slaine and pure water ver 6. signifying 1. That the deity of Christ which is impassible in it selfe can yeeld us no comfort alone had it not been joyned to an humanity subject to passion which is plainly meant by dipping the live bird in the blood of the slaine For therefore the sonne of God must take our nature to better our nature
naturae Communis gratiae Juris singularis Primogenius ante queÌ„ nullus Vnig enitus post quem nullus Hieron advers Hâ—lvid Heb. 1. 6. Psal. 45. 7. Vse 1. Every mercy is the greater engagement unto God Vse 2. Honor Christ as the first born of God and how Vse 3. Threefâ—ld comfort in the birthright Vse 4. Forfeit not the birthright by sin Vse 5. Resemble Christ our Elder brother Priests types of Christ wherein The choice respected 1 Tribe 2. The perfections Note 1. A cover for all deformities of soule and body Note 2. Qualities requisite in Ministers In the consecration three things 1. Washing 2. Anointing When. Vnctus Dei Nolite tangere unctos meos Matter Measure Communication Psal. 133. 2. Note 1. Eminency of Christ above all creatures Heb. 3. 1. Note 2. Ministers must increase their gifts Note 3. Duties of private beleevers 3. Sacrificing Three sorts of sacrifices 1. A sinne offering Particulars 6. Note No perfection but onely in Christ. 2. A burnt offâ—ing or Holocaust Particulars 4. Note Sin unpardoned all service is abominable Iohn 9. 31. Psal. 66. 18. Vse 3. A peace offring or sacrifice Eucharisticall Particulars 4. Psâ—l 40. 6. Note Wash and purge all with the blood of Christ. Notes of it Merito â—anguinis satisfaction Spiritu naturam nostraÌ„ regeneraÌ„te Effects two Heb. 9. 14. The Priests garments in number tenne whereof foure belonged to inferiour Priests 1. A linnen garment 2. A girdle 3. A bonnet 4. Breeches To the high Priest sixe 1. The Ephod where Matter Forme Ornament Vse Distinction Propriety 2. The breast-plate of judgement Precious stones Shining Worth Place Number Order Figure Vse Quantity Vrim and Thummim Non est manifestuÌ„ apud nos quid haec significent Rab. Da. Names 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Vse of them 3. The Robe Particulars 4. 4. The Miter Particulars 3. Propter summum Sacerdotem 5. The embroydered Coate Three things in Christ noted hereby 6. The girdle Foure things in Christ noted thereby Seven uses for the Ministers No basenesse in a Minister Variety of gifts 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Ministerii Personae 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Typus fidelium in doctrina integritate morum Speciall holinesse They must bee good preachers and good livers Love the flock dearely Illud quod Christiani sumus propter nos est quod autem praepositi sumus propter vos est Aug. de Pastor cap. 1. Illud quod mundani sumus potius quam Christiani propter nos est Still keep on these holy garments Three uses for the people Two fold instruction Vse 2. As a Priest offer spirituall sacrifices In our priestly garments How put on Vse 3. Comfort to the godly 1. In Christ so arrayed 2. In respect of themselves In generall Psa. 45. 9. Ezek. 16. In the particulars Beleevers highly esteemed as precious stones Sin to slight them As Pomegranats As heires of the crowne of righteousnesse Common actions of the Priests 3. Abstinence from wine and strong drinke 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The use of this law Prou. 31. 6. Intemperance in Ministers very hurtfull Prov. 31. 5. Prov. 23. 33. Hos. 7. 5. Ministers marriage how ordered Whom they may not mary And whom they may Typicall use of this ordinance 2 Cor. 11. 2. Perpetuall Ministers marriage lawfull Against the practise of Romanists Bale De actis Romanorum Pontificum Mourning for the dead Whether for the Wife Levit. 21. 12. Ceremoniall use hereof Numb 25. 3. Revel 4. 9 10. Perpetuall 1 Thes. 4. 13. Mat. 8. 22. Ierem 9. 1. Sin the proper cause of mourning Mischiefes of sinne Ministeriall actions of the Priests Common actions of all Priests 6. Heb. 5. 1. Levit. 7. 4. Mal. 2. 7. Isa. 52. 4. Psal. 45. 2. Numb 6. 23. Heb. 5. 7. Iohn 17. Actions proper to the high Priest Daily Exod. 32. 7 8. Revel 5. 8. Psal. 141. 2. Revel 8. 3. Weekely Yearely Isay 63. 3. Continually Vse for ministers Rom. 12. 1. Act. 20. 27. Vse For the people 1. Thess. 5. Reasons for a yearely fast Nazarits types of Christ 5. wayes Separate or set apart 3. wayes Christ eminent for sanctity in 6. respects Abstemious and why Nourishing the haire Rom. 13. 14. 1 Cor. 11. 14. Pictoribus atque Poetis Quidlibet audâ—ndi semper fuit aequâ—potestas Hor. Not touch the dead Released of the vow Vse 1. Christ and his excellency to be acknowledged And his great power wherin Object Answ. Vse 2. Difference of the Nazarites vow and Papists Nazareus non fuit caeteris iuâ—â—â—or sed aptior ad officia Vse 2. Vmbra legisâ—vaâ—â—iâ— illuxit veritas Evangelii Be Nazarites and how 1 Thes. 4. 3. Cleansing the uncleane a type of Christ. 3. Sorts of uncleannesse By meats or creatures that were uncleane Whence this uncleannesse When it began How it could be Meates why prohibited Marke of cleane beasts Revel 21. 8. By an uncleane issue What it teacheth Generatum sequitur naturam generantis Iohn 5. 5. By leprosie Per sensâ—â—â—lia ad intelligibilia Sinne declared odious Poena culpa In alâ— God hates Infection Excommunication Quoad Consortium Quoad Locum Quoad Praemium Paine and danger Signes of sinne and leprosie Note 1. Church and members subject to many defilements And why Note 2. Looke narrowly on the misery of sinne 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Good to see and know our filthinesse by sinne 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Miserable effects of inwaâ—d uncleannesse Vncleannesse cured by washing offering Washing blood of Christ. Externi symboli professionis Veritatis internae Resemblance Vse 1. Smallest sins to be put away Vse 2. Goe to Christ wash and be cleane Offering Christ offered himselfe Washing not sufficient without offering Red Cow Christ. Pro Christoaries pro Christo agnus pro Christo vitulus pro Christo â—ircus totum Christus Aug. Difference Dead workes why Isay 1. 18. Isa. 63. 1. Cant. 5. 10. Psal. 51. 7. Note 1. There is a way to cleanse every uncleannesse Note 2. Have recourse to the meanes Motives Isai. 1. Ex opere operato Note 3. Be very careful to avoid spirituall uncleannesse Iustus metuit non solum a peccato sed a contagione laâ—e peccati Ambr. de institut virg Birds Heb. 9. 26. Ephes. 5. 2. Levit. 1. 15. Act. 20. 28. Levit. 1. 16. Psal. 20. 3. Note 1. Comfort to the godly Psal. 34. 20. Note 2. Affect purity of heart and life Motives Casta Deus mens est casta vult mente vocari Hos 4 12. Begin with the heart why How the heart may be cleansed Proceed in cleansing the life Avoid occasions of defilement Vt salivaore excutitur sic sermo 2 Chron. 30. 18 19 20. Leper two wayes cleansed Heb. 2. 14. Heb. 7. 23. Vse 1. No easie matter to be rid of sinne Separate betweene the precious and the vile Vse 2. Christ discerns the leprosie of sinne Onely they are cleansed from sinne whom Christ accounts so to be Marks of one