this mantle wee are a sweet savour to God who now speaks of us as Isaac of Iacob covered in his elder brothers garments My sonne is as the savour of a field which the Lord hath blessed Gen. 27. 27. 3. This garment hath a sweet sound as of golden Bells which to heare were most delectable because the garment of Christs righteousnesse brings grace to us no otherwise then by the sound of the Gospel For faith by which wee put on Christ is wrought by hearing the sweet sound and golden Bell of the Gospel Whence some have thought that by this part of the Priests Attire is shadowed the Propheticall Office of Christ. Sweet is the Proclamation of the Gospel of peace 4. The use That by these Bells the Priests must bee heard when hee goeth into the Sanctuary signifying the power of Christ our high Priests perpetuall intercession being entred into the Sanctuary of heaven for his elect and chosen The fourth peculiar garment was the Miter or bonnet upon his head verse 36. 1. Made of blue silke and fine linnen verse 39. like as it seemes to an halfe coronet 2. Beautified with a golden plate on which was written Holinesse to the Lord. 3. The use Aaron must ever have it on his forehead while he beares the iniquity of their offerings to make the people acceptable before the Lord verse 38. 1. The miter and crowne on the Priests head signified 1. The Deity of Christ our head which as a crowne or circle wants beginning and end 2. The Kingly Office of Christ with all that honour and crowne of glory set on the head of our Redeemer to whom all power is given in heaven and in earth And according to his power is his name for God hath exalted him and given him a Name above all names Phil. 2. 9. His stile is not onely King of Saints Revel 15. 3 But King of kings and Lord of lords Chap. 19. 16. 2. The golden plate in which was written Holinesse to the Lord did not onely distinguish it from the miters of the ordinary Priests which wanted such a plate but specially typified Iesus Christ our head in whom was most conspicuous as in a mans forehead a most divine and perfect holinesse purer then the gold of that plate Who was not holy onely as other sanctified persons but holinesse it selfe Holinesse in his person holinesse in his nature holinesse in all his actions and passions holinesse in the fountaine and originall whence all streames of holinesse issue forth to his elect members So Ioh. 17. 19. I sanctifie my selfe that they may be sanctified Never was there so pure a plate such shining holinesse so deeply ingraved as nothing can raze it out for ever 3. The use was significant that as the high Priest having on this plate with this inscription got the iniquities of the people pardoned which he bare before the Lord So our high Priest Jesus Christ presenting before his Father his most absolute holinesse gets a pardon for all our sinnes which he beares upon himselfe And as their sinnes were pardoned in respect of the high Priest who represented Christ So both theirs and ours are indeed and truth pardoned for the true and eternall high Priest who is Christ himselfe The fifth peculiar garment was the embroydered Coate of fine linnen verse 39. which was a beautifull costly and large garment reaching downe to his feet covering most of his body curiously wrought with most precious matter and cunning workmanship which noted the dignity of the person and office of the high Priest For in old time long white garments appertained to men of high place and excellent in wisedome As in Iosephs advancement Gen. 41. 42. hee was clothed with white fine linnen when he was to bee Vice-roy and next in authority to the King See Ester 6. 8. how Merdecai was apparalled by the Kings command This garment was most proper to our high Priest of the new Testament Jesus Christ who is by it described Revel 1. 13. clothed with a robe downe to his feet Noting 1. The excellencie of his person who is Prince of peace Isai. 9. 6 For so long white garments ever betokened peace both within the Church and without 2. That hee excelled in wisedome and counsell being the great Counseller and the spirit of counsell and understanding resting in his brest Isai. 11. 2 For to such also these garments belonged Dan. 5. 7 16. 3. The lovely and beautifull connexion and conjunction of his Propheticall Priestly and Princely Offices sincerely and perfectly fulfilling them and appearing before God in them as in a most costly embroydered garment consisting of many pieces and many colours fitly couched and laid together And this garment hee ware not onely in earth as the Priests did but now after his ascension he continues to performe the Offices of the high Priest for his Church in the same embroydered garment presenting before God the merit of his onely sacrifice and making intercession to the Father for it The sixth garment is the girdle of needle worke verse 39. Of diverse matter linnen blue silke purple and scarlet and of diverse colours Chap. 39. 29. The use of it was to fasten the Priests garments unto him that they might not hang loose upon him in his Ministration And specially points out unto us our high Priest Jesus Christ described after his ascension Revel 1. 13. to bee girded about the paps with a golden girdle Noting in Christ foure things 1. The truth and constancy in accomplishing all the gracious promises of the Gospel seeing our high Priest is girt about with the girdle of verity 2. His justice integrity pure and uncorrupt judgement as gold Isai. 11. 5. Iustice shall be the girdle of his loynes and faithfulnesse the girdle of his reines 3. His readinesse to doe the office of a Mediatour Girding of the attire hath ever beene a signe of readinesse and diligence in businesse undertaken So Luke 12. 35. Let your loines be girded about 4. His mindfulnesse and care in performing his office For as not girding is a signe of carelessenesse and negligence So girding of care and industry So our Lord and high Priest never carelessely cast off any poore and penitent sinner But in the dayes of his flesh minded their misery and now in heaven keeps on his girdle casts not off the care of his Church but perpetually accomplisheth whatsoever is needfull for her salvation Sect. IIII. I. In these garments some things necessary for Ministers some things for the people 1. All about the Priest must bee gold silver precious stones curious colours signifying that no vile or base thing must be in the Ministers cariage or behaviour But as the Priests costly garments covered the frailty of their bodies and graced them in their office so the graces of their mindes must not onely hide their weaknesse but adorne and beautifie them for the honour and prosperity of their function And
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
be perfected Heb. 11. 40. 5. Their order They stand in foure rowes in a comely quadrangle signifying the comely order that Christ hath stablished in the Church some in higher place some in lower some of one ranke and vertues some of another as those stones but all stand seemely and fitly And this order wee must maintaine keepe our rankes as they did 6. The figure The foure square ver 16 signifying the stability and firmenesse of the Church as a foure square turne it any way is firme Satan and all deceivers shall not pick one stone out of Christs Pectorall The gates of hell shall not prevaile against him that is fixed in that rocke and stone of Israel 7. Their use That Aaron who before bare the names of Israel on his shoulders before the Lord might now beare them on his heart continually for a remembrance before the Lord when he goeth into the holy place ver 29 signifying 1. The ardent love of Jesus Christ towards his Church who beares it not onely on his shoulders as a shepheard nor onely in his armes as a nurse but upon his heart and in his heart never to forget our good If Aaron may forget the names he carries upon his shoulders he cannot the names upon his breast or heart so cannot Christ forget the Church he hath taken into his heart Isa. 49. 15 Can a woman forget her child and not have compassion on the sonne of her wombe though they should forget yet will not I forget thee 2. Bearing of the names continually before the Lord on his heart signifieth the continuall mindfulnesse and intercession of Jesus Christ for his Church in that heavenly sanctuary Heb. 7. 25. By vertue of which all our prayers get audience and acceptance 8. The quantity As all the names of Israell were gathered into a narrow compasse so Jesus Christ our Mediator shall gather together into one all the despersed sonnes of God and present them before God as the most beautifull and precious parts of the world Ioh. 11. 52. He shall make a short account in the earth in comparison of the wicked who will take up more roome II. In respect of the Urim and Thummim which were put in the brestplate of Judgement ver 30. Of which Rabbi David a Jew saith It is unknowne to us what these signifie And what this precious monument was put by Gods appointment into the fold of the Pectorall no man living can tell I take it to be no workemanship of man but a sacred monument immediately received from God But expresly they signified Jesus Christ 1 in their names 2 in their use 1. Their names Urim and Thummim Urim signifieth lights in the plurall number Note that there were not lights and shining before in the Pectorall by the many precious stones but here is a glorious light shining above them all to which their light is obscurity Plainly signifying Jesus Christ in whom are hid treasures of wisdome and knowledge Col. 2. 3. He is the light of the world Ioh. 9. 5. Which enlighteneth every one that commeth into the world Ioh. 1. 9. There are many lights as stones and stars in the world but he is the sun nay he is lights With him is many-folded wisdome And without him is nothing but darkenesse sinne death inner darkenesse and utter Ioh. 8. 12. Thummim signifieth perfections And to whom can this point us but unto Christ in whom alone are all perfections of holinesse and graces There is illumination in the twelve stones the Church but not any perfection there is some purity in the stones but farre from perfection of it In Christ is perfection in all parts and from him alone wee must expect our perfection II. The use of them was to receive by them answer from God when the high Priest consulted with him vers 30. For when the Priest asked counsell of God God is said to answer by Urim that is not by the colour of the stones nor the changing of colour by brightnesse blacknesse or bloodinesse of them as some Jews but the Lord answered by voyce Numb 7. 89. And therefore it is called the Urim of Judgement not because it selfe gave judgement or decided causes but because the Lord answered when the Priest applyed the Urim and Thummim This directly looked at Christ as to whom 1. all secrets and Mysteries are perfectly knowne He is the Lamb with seven eyes which are the seven spirits of God Rev. 5. 6. Onely worthy to open the booke ver 9. because of his abundant grace and wisdome signified by the seven spirits 2. Who makes knowne and continually reveales to his Church and members as their need requires whatsoever is meete for them to know by such meanes as himselfe hath sanctified Now although this was a great priviledge of the first Temple and the second did want it that they might not be kept from desire expectation of the true Urim and Thummim yet we in the new Testament are farre beyond them For as the Oracle by Urim was certaine for direction so Christ is the most perfect rule and direction shadowed by that As the Urim answered by voice so Christ by his word preached As God spake then by Urim to the Priest So now by his owne sonne Heb. 1. 2. Wouldst thou have God answer thee goe to the Urim 1. Frequent his ordinance God then answered when the Priest consulted 2. Pray for wisedome If any want wisedome let him aske of God and it shall be given him Iam. 1. 5. 3. Feare God Psal. 25. 14. The secret of the Lord is with them that feare him 4. Follow and obey the voice Iohn 14. 21. If any love me and obey my commandements I will love him and reveale my selfe unto him Iohn 7. 17. If any man doe the will of God he shall know the doctrine whether it be of God The third peculiar garment of the high Priest was the robe of the Ephod Exod. 28. 5 31 On the skirts of which were fastened 1. The Pomegranats of blue silke and purple and skarlet round about This fruit hath a most pleasant smell sweet in it selfe and sweetning other things round about it and is full of precious iuyce and liquor 2. Bells of gold between them round about a golden Bell and a Pomegranat the use of which was that his sound might be heard round about when hee went into the Sanctuary and holy of Holies The whole garment signified the righteousnesse of Christs humane nature which is 1. Most sweet it selfe having a most pleasant savour as the Pomegranate 2. Full of most precious iuyce and vertue to qualifie and abate the raging heat of Gods displeasure as the iuyce of Pomegranats doth allay the burning heat of an ague that would shake the body to pieces 3. Casts upon us a sweet savour being wrapped in it For wee by nature stinking in our sinnes and rottennesse are loathsome to the Lord but once covered with
to see any challenge it but the high Priest our Lord Jesus And hence for ever detest the wicked and abominable Masse with those sacrilegious Priests who usurpe these garments of Iesus Christ and tell us they offer propitiatory sacrifices for the sinnes of the quick and dead The theeves that spoiled Christ of his garments and divided them among themselves did him no such despite as these theeves doe who rob him and disrobe him of all his glory II. Every Christian is made a priest unto God by participation Rev. 5. 10. But not legall and externall for they were dated by the priesthood of Christ but Evangelicall improper and spirituall Neither to offer reall and externall sensible sacrifices which all had end by Christs onely sacrifice upon the Crosse but spirituall sacrifices such as Calves of the lips Heb. 13. 15. The sacrifice of a broken heart Psal. 51. 17. Of almes with which God is well pleased Heb. 13. 16. Of mortification Rom. 12. 1. and of good works and duties of all sorts Of prayer Psal. 141. 2. Now before any of these sacrifices can finde acceptance we must all put on holy and spirituall garments Never was any priest or performance pleasing without his garments the use of which was to cover and adorne Quest. What garments must we put on Answ. Iacob before he could get his fathers blessing must put on his elder brothers garment Gen. 27. 15. so must we put on the Lord Iesus Christ. Rom. 13. 14. Quest. How Answ. Put on whole Christ as the Priest all his garments 1. By making him our owne we must weare our owne garments Speciall faith unites to Christ and marieth us to him that he is ours and we his 2. Cover thy selfe with the sacrifice of his death Adam having sinned covered his nakednesse with skins of dead beasts signifying that all his sinfull posterity must cover themselves with the sacrifice of Christ dead the righteousnesse and perfection of which is the linnen Ephod in which thou being wrapped must offer up thy sacrifice 3. Array thy selfe with his vertues to adorne and decke thee This is the broidered coat which thou must weare of manifold vertues and graces which as jewels and ornaments must shine in thy life as the many glistering stones did in the breastplate So the Apostle Ephes. 4. 24. Put on the new man created after God in righteousnesse and holinesse 4. Put on Christ by Christian profession Our apparell is seene and makes us knowne to others Servants make themselves knowne by their cloth they weare whose they are The Priest must put on the Plate on his forehead and we are commanded to cary the name of God and the Lambe in our foreheads Rev. 14. 1. that men may never see our faces but therein reade the holinesse and innocency of our conversation 5. Put on the girdle Have thy loines girded Luke 12. 35. Stand in a readinesse 1. To all duties of Christianity 2. To all acceptable sacrifices of faith repentance prayer praises obedience 3. To offer up our selves by life or death to the glory and praise of God We had need bee thus begitt that we may stand to the confession and profession of the truth not knowing when or what tryalls will come besides that the world nor pleasure nor lusts seldome finde us unprepared And can he be a good subject who is alwayes unprepared for his Princes service but ever ready to serve his enemy III. From the being arrayed with these garments the poore members of the Church have a ground of much comfort in respect 1. of their head so arrayed 2. of themselves and in respect of themselves considering those garments 1. in the generall 2. in the particulars First in respect of our high Priest Jesus Christ thus gloriously arrayed 1. In the Ephod we see his mighty power who caries his Church upon his shoulders of power and protection Alas I where should wee lie if our Lord did not lift us up and beare us up But now we never need to discourage our selves by casting what shall become of the Church or religion if such and such projects prevaile for so long as we are on Christs shoulders we are safe 2. In the Pectorall behold the ardent and surpassing love of Jesus Christ to his Church For as he caries us on his shoulders by his power so he caries our names on his heart by his love This our true high Priest cannot forget his Saints when he seemes to turne his backe on them but still hath their names before his eye And this is the happinesse of the Church in which she may well rest her selfe that according to her prayer Cant. 8. 6. Christ setteth her as a seale on his heart and as a signet on his arme How is it possible to forget that which is sealed on the heart How can the eye look off the signet on the arme For a signet because it is most precious is most carefully kept and being upon the arm of Christ what arme can pull us off from him Object Oh that I might know my happinesse to bee set on Christs heart Sol. If thou wouldst be set as a signet on the Lords arme become the Lords servant and be faithfull in this service See Hag. 2. 23. O Zerubbabel my servant I will set thee as a signet 3. In his Miter wee see our high Priest crowned with honour and glory above all men and Angels And all the Church must say as Psal. 132. 18. On him let his Crowne flourish And if the dignity of the head be the honour of the members and the power of the head the safety of the members then from hence we have no small consolation 4. In his Plate wee see holinesse ingraven on his forehead that all our senses and thoughts must be fixed in the forehead of our onely high Priest from whom all holinesse floweth to his Church Oh what matter of joy is it to see that we in our selves so foule every way in our nature in our course shut out of heaven where no unclean thing commeth have in him a fountaine of holinesse set open for us For he is made to us of God wisdome sanctification c. Secondly in respect of themselves by meanes of Jesus Christ the members of the Church thus arrayed enjoy sure and stable consolation For 1. In generall they all afford us this comfort that through Christ our high Priest we are beautifull and glorious yea our beauty is made perfect through his beauty Psal. 45. 9. The Queen stands in most royall and costly garments Never had Solomons Queen in all her royalty such sweet perfumed and precious garmēts as hath the spouse of our true Solomon For 1. Those were provided by Solomon Kings daughters in thy precious garments but these provided by Christ out of his wardrobe and will not endure any other garment or ornament brought or procured elsewhere 2. Those were materiall gold silver and precious
thou refusest Christ himselfe V. We must beware of being weary of this manna The Jewes esteemed manna sweet at first and went out cheerefully to gather it yea the Sabbath and all which was a prohibited time so greedy were they of it but within a little while although it retained the sweetnesse they waxed weary of it Wee must take heed of this ficklenesse in goodnesse which hath ever bewrayed it selfe in most forward people At the first building of the Tabernacle men brought too much but after tooke it away as fast againe Iohn was a burning and shining light and they rejoyced in his light but it was but for a season and few shining lights but find it so The Galatians at first received Paul as an Angell but soone revolted from him What flocking and thronging was there after Christs doctrine and miracles that the kingdome of God suffered violence but soone they had enough of him and in short time did tumult as fast against him The like was observed in our owne land at the first falling of this manna and beginnings of the Gospell men were earnest glad joyfull forward then was a sweet time of the happy welcome of this Manna happy was hee could get his Gomer first and fullest But now what voices heare wee other then of the ungracious Israelites Oh our soules are dryed up with this manna here is nothing but manna so much preaching so many Sermons and it was better with the world in Aegypt before all this preaching And whereas our fathers would have ridden far to a Sermon wee their lazie off-spring will scarce steppe over our thresholds Let us consider here for our incitement 1. how hard it is to begin well but harder to hold out and not holding out we lose all our labour 2. that manna is as sweet as ever though wee see not our owne neede which if we did see wee would be no more weary of Gods word were it daily preached then wee are of our bread we daily eate VI. We must be so far from wearinesse as that we must highly esteeme this true Manna as the sweetest gift that ever God gave from heaven and never forget so miraculous a mercy That Israel might not forget Gods extraordinary mercy in this type they must for ever keepe a pot of Manna which was preserved so long as the Temple stood for many hundred yeeres And that wee might not forget this mercy in the true manna hee hath and doth for ever preserve his word preached and instituted Sacraments in which he perpetually holdeth this mercy before the eyes of the Church Let us raise monuments of Gods mercies to our selves and not forget lesser favours if we would not forfeit them But such a mercy as this is in Jesus Christ the true Manna let it live in our hearts in our memories sences affections actions in walking worthy of it for thus it becommeth the just to be thankefull CHAP. XXIII Water out of the Rock a type THe second extraordinary Sacrament sealing up to Israel their nourishment and strength in the Covenant was the water out of the Rocke After the Lord had brought Israel through the dangerous Sea hee brings them to Elim a sweet and fruitfull place where were twelve fountaines of water and seventy Palme trees there they camped and breathed Exod. 15. 27. Not long after they must come into the dry desart of Sin where they want both bread and patience for they murmure against God and exclaime against Moses and Aaron At this time the Lord feeds their bellies and fills them with miracles of which Manna was full Thence at Gods commandement must they come unto Rephidim Exod. 17. 1. Here have they bread from heaven but no water Now contend they as fast with Moses for water as before for bread And as thirst is the more eager appetite so it ineagers their affections that Moses complaines to God they are ready to kill him God sees their rebellion and puts it up and instead of revenge of their horrible obstinacy and ingratitude satisfies their thirst as miraculously as formerly hee had done their famine and hunger Hee commands Moses to take his rod and speake to the Rock and then should issue waters in abundance to satisfie all the Campe both man and beasts and so he did Exod. 17. 6. Now wee may not thinke that this fact concerned onely Israel in the wildernesse but even all the Church and Israel of God passing through the wildernesse of this world And that for these reasons 1. The Apostle 1 Cor. 10. 4. calleth it a spirituall rocke both for being miraculous in effects and for being a type of what was to come It was both miraculous and significant and therefore called spirituall 2. The same water which they drank we also drink as in the same Chap. and ver because in the holy Supper of the Lord the matter of our spirituall drink is the same with theirs and that is the blood of Christ resembled by theirs The difference is onely in the maner of drinking 3. Including this water of the Rock the Apostle saith they are all types to admonish us and are written for vs vers 6. 11. 4. Most plainly he affirmeth vers 4 and that Rock was Christ not in substance but in signification saith Aquinas Now wee having as much to doe with Christ as they wee must farther enquire into this type 1. To parallel it with the truth by comparing them 2. By applying it in some fruitfull observations to our selves The Rock was a type of Christ three wayes 1. As it was a Rock 2. As out of it issued water 3. In the manner of obtaining I. As a Rock it elegantly typed out Jesus Christ fitly compared to a Rock in five resemblances 1. For the despicable appearance The Rock is in appearance dry and barren the most unlikely thing in all the world to afford water so as it was incredible to Moses and Aaron themselves to fetch water out of a Rock If God had commanded them to have beaten fire out of a flinty rock it had not been so unlikely but to distill water out of a flint or rock must be miraculous Even so Jesus Christ was for outward forme and appearance in the world most unlikely of all men to afford any such waters of grace and salvation Isai. 53. 2 3. hee was as a dry root without forme or beauty as an hard barren and despised rock the most abject of men the refuse of the world a worme and no man of whom when the Prophets preached they could finde none almost that would beleeve their report 2. A Rock for exaltation and advancement A Rock is a promontory lifted up above the earth Such a Rock was Christ advanced above the earth yea and the heavens advanced above all men and creatures 1. In holinesse and purity 2. In power and authority 3. In place and dignity So Ioh. 3. 31