for nd Oxen were by the Lyw to be | fices, fre Levit. 22-17, 18,19, 24, 22, 3% T | be true Types 57 the true Sacriice, which was to perfe& them. This | Bload was ſpringled on the Mercy-Seat, and betore it, and on the | Altar, £2v. 15. 14, 19, &-. expiting Sins, and taking away. the | guilt and lezal puniſhment. « Che rite of preparing it, read 1 | Numb. 19.1, toll. 4 red FHeifer was by the People given to the Prie{t , he was to briaz her without the Camp, and order her to ve flain, and then take tine Bloyd with his Finger, and ſprinkle 1t to- wards the Tabernacle ſeven times ; after whiciz he was to be wholly burnt in his fizht, with Ceder Wood, Hyſop and Scarlet. The Aſhes of which were reſerved ; when they uted them, they took them in a Veil], and put running Water to them, and then ſprink- led them with a bunch of Hyſop on Perſons legally unclean, wer. 18, 19, 20. and ſo they purified them from that Ceremonial Filth and Pollution ; but none of thele cou!d purine an unclean Soul, that was left unholy and unclean ſtill, w Theſe ſprinklings did Santtine thoſe who were lezally unclean, and did procure a legal purity and ac- ceptance of them in the ſervice of the Santtuary, trom which elte they were excluded ; by this they were lookt on as externally Holy with the Congregation, tneir Fleſh and outward Man being made pure by it for their external Worſhip, | ;
14 Row much more * thall the blood of Chriſt 7, who through the eternal ſpirit y offered himfelt with ice Iron
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(0.1.7. OUT |} ipor to God 2, Purge a your Con "Ep dead works b to ſcrve the living God c.
Apt pl —_ x The queſtion ſuppoſeth an unexpretfible difference between
ns Ehciſt's purifying, and the legal Sacritices. The td with which
ES Is - pierced within thc Vail to the Throne 1n the hizheft Heavens, on
which ſate the Juti God, the proper, precious, powerful Blood ot
God the Son incarnate. y hs in his Immortal Soul obeying all
God's Will in ſuffering, did through hrs own Eternal God-head, to
which both Body and Soul were united, and which fanetiticd the
Body offered, as the Altar, the Sacrifice, Matth. 23. 19. WICCA 15
called the Spirit of Holineſs, Rom. 1. 4. and gave value and vertue
ro the Sacrifice, offer up his Body a Sacrifice tor fin, when he d1ed
on the Croſs, not Sheep, Bulls, Goats, Turtles, Pidgeons gyc, Not
Man, nor the lite of Angels were his Sacrifice, but himlelt, pure,
holy aad unpolluted, an innocent, harmlefs Perion, 2 Cor. 5. 21.
How muc!': beyond his Types for Innocency and Purity, Levit. 22»
20, 21, Numb. 19. 2. 7 The offended injured Creator and Judge
| of Sinners, who conſtituted him to this whole Work; and was bY
this moſt perfett Sacrifice propitiated ; his Juſtice was ſatisfied, his
" ICT I Laiv obeyed, and himſelf ſet fully free to pardon and forgive Sin- * ners without Injuſftice ; and to be juſt, as well as gracious and mer- Ries, 8. 5, ciful, in doing of it, Rom. 3. 25, 26, and they might be put in pol- ,&%5, | ſetfion of his Favour, preſence and perſonagain, as their own God,
4 T5346 i Pet. 3. 18. a Though the Sacrifice be over, the vertue and ex- | cellent cauſuality of it doth abide, purging now as ever, not only juſtifying and abſolving of a penitent believing Sinner,but purtfying and ſandifying the Soul, procuring the Holy Spirit to renew 1t, and take away inherent Corruption, and infuſe Holineſs into it, Ephel.
; 4. 24. and making willing in the beauties of it, Pſal. 110. 3. 1 Cor. : 6. 11. Titus. 3. 5, 6. Making Body, Soul, and Spirit one frame 0 ; Holineſs to God ; 1 Theſ. 5. 23. So as the moſt quick, lively, and k | ſenſible part of the Immortal Soul, conſcious of Sin, is freed from the
guilt, filth and fears of fin that did cleave to it ; this thus purg- a | ed, no conſcioutne(s of guilt remains, nor fear of puniſhment, but | a | itis filled, from the intereſt it hath inthis Blood, and rhe work on . it of this Spirit fall of Joy and Peace and Righteouſneſs by belie- ving, Rom. 5. 1, 2, 5, 11. b All operations of Sin, wiich come from ſpiritually dead Souls, and work. Eternal Death, Epheſ. 2+ 1. of which they are as inſenſible as dead Men; all forts of Sin which do taint, pollute, and defile the Soul, much more Contagious, Pe- - ſtilent, . and Polluting the Soul than any of thoſe things forbid- | den to be touched by Mojes's Law, could the Fleſh, Namb. 159.18. they are as offenſive to God, and more than Carcafles are to us, and Peſtilential things themſelves, keeping Souls from any Commumien with him. c As under the Law there was no coming to the Con- ! gregation of the Tabernacle without legal purifying, Numb. 19.13, 20, So by this purifying correſpondent to the Type, Souls are quick-
_ enced, have boldneſs and confidence Godward in point of Duty, _ preſent themſelves living Sacrifices, Rom. 12. I. Aimat him through ny their whole Life, that he delights to keep up Communion with them - proportioned to himſelf, till he fit them tor their compleat ſerving Fa L and enjoying of him in the Holy of Holieſt in Heaven.
at JOS 15 And. for thiscaule he is the 4 Mediator of the þ | >" rew teſtament, e * that by means of death : tor the ly redemption of f the tranſgreſhons that were under We the fr{t tettament, they which are called g might re- _ ceive the promiſe of eternal inheritance.
4t d As Chrift's Prieſthood and Service, his Sacritice and purifying, 1d ſo the Teſtamental Covenant, and his Adminiſtrition of it, did in- ed comparably exceed all thoſe of Aaron's ; ſo that for what was ſpo- Or ken, vey. 14. Even the effetts of his Sacrifice, the Juſtification and
Becauſe they could not | trangreilion,
1al Sanification of Sinners, 1s he the great Goſpel-High-Prieſt, the , mediating Perſ9n between God and Sinners, confirming and ma-
Jn:
ito king effettual by his Death, God's Teftamenial Covenant to them, |