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joh._n 2.20_o 27._o and_o do_v receive_v of_o his_o fullness_n even_o grace_n for_o grace_n joh._n 1.16_o hence_o they_o bear_v his_o name_n and_o be_v call_v christian_n as_o be_v partaker_n of_o his_o anoint_v 4._o the_o tabernacle_n and_o the_o altar_n and_o all_o the_o holy_a vessel_n be_v anoint_v with_o the_o same_o sacred_a oil_n when_o he_o anoint_v aaron_n at_o the_o same_o time_n also_o he_o anoint_v they_o leu._n 8.10_o 11_o 12._o the_o mystery_n of_o this_o be_v evident_a it_o teach_v we_o that_o all_o ordinance_n and_o performance_n profit_v not_o unless_o they_o be_v anoint_v unless_o the_o spirit_n be_v in_o they_o with_o the_o power_n and_o presence_n of_o his_o grace_n this_o make_v they_o most_o holy_a and_o effectual_a for_o good_a exod._n 30.29_o and_o if_o he_o breath_n in_o they_o whatsoever_o touch_v they_o
and_o not_o of_o a_o angel_n for_o he_o say_v the_o tree_n which_o i_o command_v etc._n etc._n but_o the_o most_o famous_a instance_n hereof_o be_v at_o the_o give_v of_o the_o law_n upon_o mount_n sinai_n exod_n 19_o and_o 20._o where_o the_o lord_n speak_v with_o a_o audible_a voice_n from_o heaven_n chap._n 19_o 9_o 20._o so_o that_o the_o people_n may_v hear_v and_o chap._n 20._o 22._o and_o see_v that_o the_o lord_n talk_v with_o they_o from_o heaven_n deut._n 5.22_o 23_o 24._o these_o word_n the_o lord_n speak_v unto_o all_o your_o assembly_n in_o the_o mount_n out_o of_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o fire_n of_o the_o cloud_n and_o of_o the_o thick_a darkness_n with_o a_o great_a voice_n and_o when_o you_o hear_v the_o voice_n heb._n 12.26_o who_o voice_n then_o shake_v the_o earth_n so_o matth._n 17.5_o a_o voice_n out_o of_o the_o cloud_n say_v this_o be_v my_o belove_a son_n but_o they_o see_v no_o similitude_n deut._n 4.12_o 1_o king_n 19.12_o 13._o a_o still_o small_a voice_n 4._o by_o a_o inward_a instinct_n by_o immediate_a inspiration_n and_o impulse_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n so_o to_o david_n 1_o chron._n 28.12_o 19_o though_o he_o have_v it_o in_o write_v also_o and_o leave_v it_o to_o his_o son_n but_o it_o be_v reveal_v to_o he_o by_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n so_o to_o philip_n act_v 8.29_o the_o spirit_n say_v unto_o philip_n to_o peter_n act_v 10.19_o the_o spirit_n say_v unto_o he_o and_o acts._n 11_o 12._o the_o spirit_n bid_v i_o go_v with_o they_o to_o paul_n and_o silas_n act_v 16.7_o not_o to_o go_v into_o bythinia_n but_o the_o spirit_n suffer_v they_o not_o 5._o by_o legal_a type_n and_o shadow_n these_o be_v speak_v thing_n and_o what_o do_v they_o speak_v they_o speak_v forth_o gospel_n truth_n and_o mystery_n the_o ceremonial_a law_n be_v the_o gospel_n in_o type_n and_o shadow_n heb._n 10.1_o the_o law_n have_v a_o shadow_n of_o good_a thing_n to_o come_v a_o type_n be_v a_o legal_a shadow_n of_o gospel_n truth_n and_o mystery_n 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only_o have_v god_n himself_o for_o its_o author_n but_o in_o a_o type_n the_o lord_n do_v not_o only_o occasional_o use_v such_o or_o such_o a_o simile_n but_o set_v such_o a_o thing_n apart_o set_v a_o stamp_n of_o institution_n upon_o it_o and_o so_o make_v it_o a_o ordinance_n to_o hold_v forth_o christ_n and_o his_o benefit_n 3._o what_o be_v the_o difference_n between_o a_o type_n and_o a_o ceremony_n this_o be_v only_o that_o which_o be_v between_o the_o genus_fw-la and_o species_n for_o all_o the_o ceremony_n be_v type_n but_o all_o type_n be_v not_o ceremony_n the_o pillar_n of_o cloud_n and_o fire_n be_v a_o type_n but_o not_o a_o ceremony_n a_o ceremony_n be_v some_o law_n or_o external_a observation_n prescribe_v unto_o they_o to_o teach_v and_o shadow_v forth_o some_o gospel-mystery_n so_o that_o a_o type_n be_v more_o general_a a_o ceremony_n be_v one_o particular_a kind_n of_o type_n 4._o what_o be_v the_o difference_n between_o a_o type_n and_o a_o sacrament_n i_o 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