44 Thegreat Gofpel-Myftery ofthe Saints comfort andholinefl: Y. gainfi Mofes, and Aaron : Aaron was the High-Prieft : And (faies the text) all the Congregationofthe children of Ifrael mur- mured againft Nkdes, and againfl Aaron,faying, Tehave killed the people of the Lord. They had murmured against Mofes, and Aaron. Then (at the46. verfe) MofesPaid untoAaron, Take 'a Cenfer, putfire therein fromoffthe Altar, put on incenfe go quickly unto the Congregation, andmake, an atonementfor them: f r there is wrath gone out from the Lord, the plague is begun. And fee what Aaron did : AndAaron tookas Mofes comman- ded, and ran into the.midii ofthe Congregation, and behold, the plague Wm began among thepeople : and he put on incenfe, and made an atonement for the people. And he flood between the dead and the living, and the plague war flayed. Theyhad finned againft Aaron the High-Prieft, and yet Aaron (but the Ty- pical High-Prieft, he was but a Type of Chrift) he ran in, although they had finned againft him,and he flood betwen the dead and the living, and made an atonement for them. Oh iftherewas famuch bowels, and compailions in the Type, in Aaron, when they had, finned againft him, as to go and intercede for them : How much more is there in our Lord jefus Chrift, who is the Typified High-Prieft, to poor fouls, to intercede for them. tut now, this may be more fully made out to us, if we do but takein theThird thing, and that is : The Lord 7e- fus Chrili, he is infinitely willing to intercede for us. We have feen who thole are unto whom the Interceffion of Chrift belongs : namely) Such as have had any fellowfhip withGod the Father, or with Chrift : Such asdo beleeve, or than hereafter beleeve : And all thofe poor tranfgreffors that come unto God the Father byChrift. Now obferve, how infinitlywilling theLord Jefus Chrift is to intercede for us that are thus : That will appear thus : Firft, He muff needs be willing to do that which behatb read- vedhis anointing,P. It is faidnfAaron, that he was anoin- ted and that ointment ran down uponhis beard, andun- to the skirts of all his garment : notapiece of Aarons gar- ment, but was perfumedwith the ointment that Aaronwas anointed
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