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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	brazen_a	look_v	serpent_n	839	5	9.9901	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B10086	The safety of appearing at the day of judgement, in the righteousness of Christ: opened and applied. By Solomon Stoddard ...	Stoddard, Solomon, 1643-1729.	1687 (1687)	Wing S5709; ESTC W22065	210,940	366

David has reference to these purifyings when he says purge me with hysop and I shall be clean Psal 51.7 and hence it is that we have such expressions in the Prophets he shall sprinkle many Nations Isa 52.15 I will sprinkle clean water upon you and you shall be clean Ezek. 36.25 hence also it is said of them Rev. 7.14 They had washed their Robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 4. The freedom of the manslayer at the death of the High-priest holds out the same truth he that casually slew a man was to abide in the city of refuge till the death of the High-priest and then was to return to his own city Numb 35.25 Joshua 20.6 that was to signifie to them that spiritual liberty that is proved for us by the death of Christ Christ Jesus is our High-priest Heb. 3.1 Heb 7.26 and by his death has wrought out deliverance for us Zech. 9.11 as for thee also by the blood of the covenant I have sent forth the prisoners out of the pit wherein there is no water 5. The brazen serpent was a type of this the brazen serpent was lifted up in the wilderness that they that were stung with the flying fiery serpent might look upon it and be healed Numb 21.8 9. this did shadow forth the healing vertue of Christ crucified the application of the type is made by Christ himself John 3.14 15. as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness so must the Son of man be lifted up that whosoever believeth in him might not perish but have everlasting life mind 1 A similitude between the condition of him that was stung and the sinner the venome of the serpent was very tormenting and that may be one reason why the serpents are called fiery because this poyson burnt like fire thus it is with the guilty sinner his heart is full of perplexing sorrow and he is tormented with the fiery darts of the Evil One. 2. There is a similitude between the lifting up of the brazen serpent and the manner of Christs death therefore his death is set forth by that phrase of being lifted up that phrase notes his sufferings Joh. 8.28 when ye have lift up the Son of man then ye shall know that I am he John 12.32 33. and if I be lifted up from the earth I will draw all men unto me this he said signifying what death he should dye 3. There is a similitude between the carriage of him that was stung and the guilty sinner he that was stung must look upon the brazen serpent the guilty sinner must behold this Lamb of God with an eye of faith believe in him and he shall be saved 6. The Manna and the watter out of the rock held forth this truth they were fed with Manna for forty years and the water out of the Rock followed them almost so long whereby God represented unto them the nourishing vertue of Christ crucified and therefore the Apostle calls the Manna spiritual meat and the water of the rock spiritual drink and not onely so but he calls them the same spiritual meat and drink that is the same which we partake of under the Gospel 1 Cor 23.3 4. and Christ sayes that it is his flesh that is the true spiritual meat and his blood that is the true spiritual drink John 6.55 my flesh is meat indeed and my blood is drink indeed and Christ Jesus teaches the Jews that he is the true bread that came down from heaven John 6.49 50. your Fathers did take Manna in the wilderness and are dead This is the bread that cometh down from heaven that a man may eaten hereof and not dye 7. The white garments of the Priests and the beautiful garments of the High-Priest hold forth this Truth whereby is taught that comliness in the sight of God that does arise from the righteousness of Christ this is evident from the interpretation given Zech. 3.4 take away the filthy garments from him and unto him be said I have caused thine iniquity to pass away and thou shalt be cloathed with change of raiment the taking away of filthy garments notes the taking away of iniquity therefore the cloathing with change of raiment not●s the putting on of the robe of Christs Righteousness so the Righteousness of Christ is set forth by white raiment Rev. 3.18 God sets forth the efficacy of Christs righteousness by these various types that the Church of old might be well principled in this doctrine God was leading of them into an understanding of this way of salvation directing of them to look for salvation only through the sufferings and obedience of Jesus Christ the various representations whereof was of great use to beget faith in such as understood the meaning thereof and were a great evidence of that delight which God took in the righteousness which Christ was to fulfil in the fulness of time Argument 3. Because God has had such love to sinners as to send his Son to dye that they might be reconciled unto him therefore there is no question to be made of it but he will bestow salvation on all those that have an interest in the death of Christ this is the Apostles argument Rom. 5 8 9. but God commendeth his love towards us in that while we were yet sinners Christ dyed for us much more being now justified by his blood we shall be saved from wrath by him and in the next verse he repeats the argument in other terms for if when we more enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son much more being reconciled we shall be saved by his life the meaning of the argument is that if God had so much love to us as to send his Son to purchase our reconciliation when we were Offenders then certainly being brought into a state of reconciliation by Christ we shall be saved by him In opening this argument we shall consider First the foundation that he builds it upon and then the force of the consequence 1. The foundation that he builds this argument on is That God had such love to sinners as to send his Son to dye for them this was an act of wonderful love it was great love in Christ to come to dye and great love in the Father to send him to dye this was more than man could hope for when he had sinned it was quite beyond his expectation this was such compassion as could enter into the heart of none but God himself to contrive if the thoughts of holy Angels had been asked they would have thought it too great a mercy to have been bestowed on sinful man they were wonderfully affected with it when it came to pass Luke 21 13 14. there suddenly was with the angels a great multitude of the Heavenly Host praising God and saying glory to God in the highest and on earth peace and good will towards man indeed in this affair God acted principally from a love to his