LEVITICUS Y. 4. 5. See after in the notes upon ver! 13,14. I a balla4Ja greater facrifice then the commonper- Cons, ver.28. or then the Rulers, v.12 and equal' to the Congregation, v. t 4. yottbling]Hebr. fen of the herd: fie Lev.1.5. fo after in ver(. 14. per - fell]without blemilh, as Levit. 1.3. therein figu- ' ring the perte lion ofChrif. a Sucre- offring] Hebrew, aSinm: fo called, bccaulc the finnewas confelfed, and laid on the head of this facrifice, offred for the finner. Figuring Chrift , whom God made finfar ut, though he knew no fin , 2 Cor. 5.21. The Apottle inGreeke trantlateth it , For fin, (Hcb. t o.6. from Pfa1.40.) that is,dn /Ping for fin. So after in this chapter and otherwhere, Exod. 29. 14. Verf. 4. by bu band] and confetti his fin which 41 he hath finned; as is noted on Levitt. 4.) fo put= ting it upon the head of the beaft,Lev.' 6.2 i. and this (hould alfo be with repentance, aid forfa- king of the fin ,Pro.28. t 3.and drawing neere with a true heart in of fnnmcc offaith in Chrill, whom that facrifice figured,Heb. t 0.4.10.22. Neither Reconci- liation day, ( Levit. 16.) nor Sin -af fritg, nor T refpaf - of f itg, doe malte atonement; (avine for them that repent, and beteeve in their Atonement; faith Maimony, treat. of Ignaranees, c.3. f. t o. kill the bullocks] a figure of the death ofCltriff, Heb.20.5,6,8,10. See the notes on Levit. r. 5. 5 Vcrf..5. anointed] inGreekè,Cbrifl; in Hebrew, Melgier : fo named, as a type cf our great high Prielt Chrif Jefus,who entred, not into the holy places made with hands , but intovery heaven , not with the blood of goats or bullocks , but with his atone blood, and obtained eternall redemption, Heb. 9. 24. 11, 12. This anointed Prieá, was the finner himfelfe, (for he offred up facrifice fir his tone firmes, Hebr. 7. 27.) The anointed Prie(fs bullock! brought fir any of the Commandements; the anointed Priefl himfelfè took the blood, and ffrinkled thereof, &c. Maimany, treat. of offing the facrifices,,chap. 5. fe&. 15. 6 Verf.6. feven times] a myfticall number,fignify- ing the full and perte& cleanfing of Pinne, by the fprinkling of the blood of Jefus,Hebr. 9.13,14. 1 Pet.1,2. 1 Joh.1,7. and,that our fins need much purgation, Pfal.51.2,3. Seven is a complete num- ber, ufed for the perte& finilhing of a worke ; as was in the (even dales of the Creation, Gen. 3.2. 3. and is ufed for many,' Sam.2.5.Pro.26.25. and 24.16. and in m fteries throughout the Scrip- tures, as the like feven times fprinkling of blood on atonement day,Lev.16,14.1.èven tintes fpri nk- ling of oile upon the altar, when it was confecra- ted,Lev.8.11 Ceven times fprinkling of the leper, and (even daies for his clenfing,Lev.14.7,9. leven dales fer confecrating the Prielts, Lev.?. 35. and for puryfy ing the unclean,Lev. t z.2.Num.19.19. (even tintes aaman waffled hint in lordan,z King. 5.10,14. Seven daies was Iericha befieged, & leven Prielts with leven trumpets blew,andthe wals fel down; Jof.6. (even Prielts blew trumpets before the Arke, when David brought it honte, i Chro. 15.24. The lambe(Chrift)hath (even hornes,and leven cies, which are the 7 fpirits ofGod, Rev.5. 6. there alto arc (even feales onGods Rook, Rev, 5. t. lèven Angels with trumpets,Rev.8.2. and (e- ven with vials, Rev.15.7. Every levettth day was a Sabbath, Exod. 20.1o. and the féventh yeare, a yeare of reif; & leven times (even yeares brought the Jubilee, Lev.2 5.3,4,8. Seven bullocks & liven rants were fan&ified by David, Chro.15.26. by Ezekiar,2 Chro.2 9.2 t. by lab for his friends, Job 42.8. & by Balaam,for K.Balak, upon (even altars,. Num.23.s.t 4. with many the like, as may be ob- ferved throughout the Bible,Ezek.43.25 and 39 9,12.Dan.9.24. And the myfterie of this member fever was obferved alto among other of the Hm- then. Topnrifie mf fèlfe, I wafh mein the lea, dipping my head feeven titer to the mates; fir the divim: Pyth goras bath taught, that that number is waft P, CPC y in religion L.Apuleij, de Afin. aun. ht t :he veile oftbe boy place] Hebr. fholimff : which the Greek tranflateth, the holy veil. It was that which parted the holy placeand the ntol. holy, called the feconi toile , Heb. 9.3. This figured the preparation of the way for us into the holy heavens , by the blood of Chri(t lived and 1prinkled, to remif(ton of fins : for,By the blood of lefut, we may be bald to enter into the holy placa , by the new and livingway, winch bee bath prepared far ur , through the veile, that it, brr f efb, Heb. t o. t 9,20. Moreover, there rites thus descri- bed in the Law ; were exa&ly to be oblèrvcd, as the Hebr. Doors fay , All the bloods that were to be bellowed within the Santluarie, iftbere wanted any y one f them,t here war no atonement made : but all of them were of the fatmdation of the atonement : for lot the Scripture is eareferll of the very number, fling fveen times.Bloodwhich it commanded to be bellowed before the Lord , in the Sari- Fivarie , and they bellow it on the Altar that it without or, that which fhauld be on the Altar without, obey bellow ie before the Lord, within the Santluarie, &e. behold tit llefb of thefacrifice is polluted; Maim", treat: of holy things polluted, c.2. (.3,10. Verf. y. offweet -ßieeo] the Greeke tranf teth, of compofrtion; it was the goldenAltar, on which the fweet confe&icn was burned, Exod.3o. 1.34. &c. The bullock: that were burnt , &c. the blood of every one of them, was fpriodtledfeven times, upon the veille that divided between the holy place, avid the molt holy : and forte Ames, upon the fan;a hornet of the golden Al. tar. And all the blood: that were put 'rpm the golden Altar, what (the Priefl) entred in, he ftoodbetweeae the Altar and the Ca¡dleflicle, and the Altar before him. And be put (the blood) on the harms of the Altar, on the outftde : beginning at the North -tali barn and f to the North -well , and to the South -weft ,and to the South-call : Maimmy, treat. of Offing the facrifrter, c.5 !13,14. This was done,to cleanse and f.GnSti- fie the Altar, front the uricicanneffe of the finned, Levit. 16.19. And the Altar ofItícenfe, figuring Chrilts mediation for us when wee pray in his name, (as is (hewed on Exo.3o. 6.) this rite here fignihed, how by faith in the blood of Chilli, ourprayers are acceptableunto God,and our in- firmities forgiven and purged. It may also pre- figure his bloody fweat , when hie prayed in the garden, Luke 22. 44. the bottonle1 or, fetada time; in Greeke, the bofe. And the Sinne+tffings that 7
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