EXODUS XXIX. I23 i4 WK.' 4. Intene]Icwas agencrallLaw, that no furoffring,w hofe blood was carried into the Ta- bernacle, &c. fhou(d he eaten , but burnt in fire, Levit.6.3o. and fifth fin- offrings as had not their blood caned in thither , fhould be eaten by the prielts, Levit. IC?. I S. Howbeit, this offring was burnt, though the blood were not caried into the holy place. One reafon whereof feemçth to be, that the prielts might not eate their owne fin- othing,1ev.4. .I 2.Becaufe they could not beare or take away their ówne finites, but needed ano- ther Saviour as well as all men; and the eating of any mans fin -offring, fignificd the bearingand expiating of that mans lin,Lev.io.i7. with - orat]a figure how Ghrilt,the true Sacrifice fo4 our fins, fhould fattier without the gate of Ierufìtlem, which was part of his reproach that he bare for us, Heb. i 3.11.12.13. a Sin] that is,an offing for f>nre; fo the Apostle (according to the Greeke verfion) tranûateth it fórfinne, Hebr. 16.6. front Pfd. 40.7. And after this Hebrew phrafe, may that be underilood ofChrift,that God made him, who knew no tin, to be fin fir ur,that is, afin- offring, or, an exceeding firmer, 2 Cor.5.21. Thus the law made men prielts which ha.l infirmitie and nee- ded to offer facrifice, first for their owne fins: but wee now have the Bann, who is confecrated for ever,Heb.7.27.28. 15 Verf 5. impofe] with both hands between the hornes;as before is noted on v, i o, and this every of them feverally , for if five men brings one facrifice, they all impofe hando upan it, one ef er another : faith Maimony, in treat. of Ojfriugfacrifice, c.3. S.9. By this rite, the prielts prelented the Ram, a figure of Chrift,unto God for them as a burnt offring; in whom theywere alto by faith to prefent their own bodies,a living facrifice,holy,acceptableun- to God,which was their reafonable frvice,Ro.1 s.I. 16 Ver t 6. fprmkle]this rite belonged to all burnt - offrings, Lev.t.5. See the annotations there. It figured thefprinkling of the blood of Iefus, for our reconciliation, & fanftification before God, I Pet.I,z, Heb.9, i 2.14. i7 V. i7. cut the ram] after the skinis flayed ofOf this and other rites, fee the notes on Lev.r.6. &c. 18 V.18. burnt riffling] or whole burntfacrifice,in Heb. an afcenfion ; becaufe it went up in fire all of it un- to God: fee Gen.8.zo. of ref] of quieting or pacifying the wrath of God : the Chaldeefaith, that le may be received with favourable a ceptation : fo in v.25. The Gr. tranflatetli it, afavour of Tweet final, which phrafe Paul ufeth,Ephef.5. 2. See the notes on Gen.8,zt, fire affriug] in the Gr. it is cal- led afaerifice, in Chaldee an oblation. The fire that fent up the facrifices, fignificd both the alili&ions on Chrift and his members; (for every one (ball bee falted with fire, Mat. 9.49. I Pet. 4. 12.) and the worke of Gods Spirit, Mat,3.I1. ip Verf. 19. the other] Hebr. the fedond ram which was for their confecration. bands] as they did in the former : fignifying that front God in Chrift (figured by that Rant) they expelled not only jollification and fan&ificatiou, (as by the twoformer facrifices;but dífecration alfo to their office, and grace front him to performe the fame, V.20. the tip] the higbeft part,as the Chaldeeex- plaineth ir. This putting of blood upon the care, &c. was alto tired in the cleanfing of the Leper, Lem 4.14. So here it fignified in the Melts, the cleanfing and finflifying of their eaves, to heare the word from the mouth of God which they fhould teach unto the people, Ezek.3.57. I Cor. 11.23. Efay 5o.5. Mar7.33 hand]that their worke and adminiftration,might alfo be fan£tifi- ed by the blood ofChrift,and acceptable to God, Dem. 33. i t. Aft. 5. t z. foot] that their wal- king and converfation might alfo be holy;& their imperfe&ions cleanfcd by the fame blood : Phil. 3.17. Ga1.2.14. i Cora i.I. The blood thus put on them from head to foot,might alto fignifie the füfferings of Chrift, whereof his minilters and people are partakers, Col. .24. Phil 3. I o. Altar] thatby Chrift, their purity and fanflifica- Lion might he fully perfe. fed, 2 Cor.3.5.6. V.21. fprinitle] for fantlification, as is after ex- z i preffed ; for the niinitters of God, both in their perfons,andintheir office (figured by the priefts garmemt)are by the blood of Chrift, and bile of his graces, fprinkled in their hearts from an evill confcience, and fanftified for the worke of the miniftery, Heb. I o.2 2. I Cor. q .1 o. and 3.1o. V.22. of filling] to wit, thebaiid,as v.9. that is, of zz cortfeeration,or initiation: the Gr. faith,ofp,tfi7ion, V.23.loafe i or,great- round -cake : for this,in Lev. 8.26. Mofes -faith one cake. So in I Chro.i 6.3.that is called abaft., which in 2 Sam. 6. 19. is called a cake. pile bread] tempered with oile,as in ver. 2. which it] or, as the Greeke explaineth it, which are fit before the Lord. V.24. wave] that is, move to and fro found a- bout, & fo to offer them unto God.The originall word is fomtime ufed for filing in a fieve,Efa. 30. 28. that fignifieth trials and aftliltions Luke 22. 31.& fo the Prophets apply this word unto trou- bles, Efay lo. 32. and 13.2. and 30. 28.'And as here the things,fo elfewhere the perfons are waved as a wave- offring, Nutn.8.I i . For wave,the Grecke tranflatethfparate:whichword Paul ufeth, (peak- ing of his defighation to the miniftery,Rorn. i.i. V.25. ref] Gr. of fie; fmell: fee v.18. This fig- nified that God would make manifeft the favour of hit knowledge by his minifters, 2 Cor.2. t4.í 5. V.26. thy part] Heb, to thee fora part (or portion:) to Bate the fame. That which was after given to the Pi iell, ver.28. Lev.7,34. is here allowed tinto Mofes, as he that extraordinarily did now the prielts worke. See this fulfilled inLev.8.29. V.27. heave-offri tg]fo called becaufe it was hea- ved or lifted up towards heaven. Arid there two parts the bref & the fhouider, thus waved & heaved up, and fo given to the Lord and his minilter,did teach the priefts now confecrated , how uvith all their heart, & with all their ffrength,they fhould give themfelves unto .the fervice of the Lord in his.Churth , with much labour andmanifold a. °- Liftions, even as the Prince of our falvation was confecrated alfo through of ihtioais 2 Cor. 6. 4, to. Heb.2.i o. L I 2 Verf. 20 23 24 25 z6 27
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