qz .r,-.111,,,,o. 9111,110 a LBVITICUS XVI. veth how the high Prieft went in , not without blood, which be feed for himfe , &c. wherein he figured Chrift, who should enter heaven, rwe by the blood of Goats andBuls,but by hie orme blood, Heb. 9.7.11,12. though. his blood was fhed, not for himfelfe, (in whom was no finne) but for our iniquities. (prink! with bis figer] this was one fprinklmg, as Sol. Iambi, and others doe note; and befides this, he after fprinkled Leven times. upon] Hebrew, on the face, that is , the upper part ; which the Greeke tranflateth, but upon : and fo the Hebrew itfelfe,asinserf.'15. and bere] Hebrew ,and to the face : fo in serf 15. [even timer] a num- ber oft ufed in the legali fervices ; it lignified a full and perk& applying, and purging by the bloodofGhrift: fee Lev. 4.6. and'compare Heb. 9, 14, -23. I Pet. I. 2. The Hebrews underftand thefefeven times, to be befides the, former, and fo to be eight in all: they relate the order of it thus: He killed the bubocigof the Sitroffring, which was for himfe /, and the goat on the which the Lot fell for the Lord. And be carried their blood into the Temple , and be prinked of the blood of the n both in this day , three and ferric pinking. Firft he fprinkled of the blood of the bullock, eight f rinklings, in the molt holy place , be- tween the barres of the Ark; here the Mercie -feat, within anbatul- bredth: as it isfaid, AND BE FOR! THE Mn RC isSE AT, Ha SHALL SPRIN. T L E, &c. (vest: 14.) And he)prinkled there , one a- bove, and feven beneath. By word of notetb wee have benne taught, that this which itfaid, Say e N. T I nE s, it more then the fir if (prinking. And be minted them one, two -, three, e.^'c. left he fhould forget. And after- ward, he fprinkled of the goats blood, betweene the barres of the Ark, eight times; one above and feven beneath; and counted them, of the firmer. And he turned and (prinked in the Temple, upon the veille, of the bullocks blood, eight times, one above andfeven beneath ; for fo it isfaid,OP THE BLOOD OF Trill BnL- LocIt, UPON THE Mn ac ia-S EAT5 AND BEFORE THE MERCIE-SEAT. And bee turned and fprid ed of the goats blvd likewife , upon the vedle, eight timer, one above and feven beneath (vert 15.) and counted them at the firmer. And afterwards, bee mixed together the two bloods, the bullocks blood, and the goats blood. And prinked of them both flare timer, upon the faune horses of the golden Altar, which was in the Temple, (verC 18.) and feven rimes on the milt of the fame Altar, (verf. 19.) And at all theft three and finie fp>inklings, he dipped bis finger in the blood, one dipping fir every prinking; and fprinkled not twife with one dipping. And the refs' of the blood, be poured at the Wefi erne bottome oftbe(brazen)Altar that was with- out. Maim. in Iom. bakipp c3 C4r5 5 V.15. hefhall ill the goat] after he had fprinkled of the bullocks blood, for himfelfe, he left it in the Temple, upon a bate of gold that wet there; and tiro-- ward went out of the Temple, andkilled the goat : faith Maimony i/idem, eh.4. fe &.2. fer thepeople] that as he had offred for himfelfe, fo he might doe, A. the ignorances of the people, as the Apoftle faith, Heb. 9.7. within the vent] into the moil holy place, a figure of heaven, whither Chrift, thefore - rmaer,eraredfer ut; and whither alfo ourhope, the i.ir a fore Ankr of our foules, entreth by him,Heb.6. r9.2o. and io. 19,4.23. Verf. r.6. becaufe of] or, from the rméleanneft, that is, purging it from them. Hereby appeareth the horror of fin : for though the people never went into the Holy place, much legò into the Mott ho- ly ; yet fuch was the power of their iniquities, that the holy Altar , Arke and San &uarie it felfe was defiled in the fight ofGod, and could not be cleanfed without blood : fo our fins doe defile Gods Church, 8t his n,ofl holy ordinances there- in, and doe come.up into heaven it felfe; wherin- to we can have no entrance, but by the blood of Chrift, cleanfing us and our and purging our confciences from deadworkes, to ferve theliving God, Heb.9. 7,5 1.14. &c. and all] or, in all their fins fee after, on verf2I. thatdwelleth] that is, isplaced, and remaineth; the Greeke tranllateth Wiled: unto which phrafe Pau! hath reference, fpeaking ofChrifts greaterand more perte& Ta- bernacle, not made with hands, that is , not ethic building, Heb. 9.11: The Temple of his bodie, (Joh. 2.21.) and vei/é of his ffefh, (Heb. so. zo.) were by imputation of our tint, made as unclean, and fprinkled with his owne precious blood; that he might reconcile us unto God, Efa. 53. 2 Cor. 5. 19.21. It was neceffary that (Mofls Tabernacleand Solomon Temple) the paternes of things in the heavens, fhmld be purified with theft (facrifices fore- mentio- ned:) but the heaven y things' themfelves, with better fe- crifiees then theft, Heb. 9.23. Verf. r 7. not be any man] neither of the people, nor of the Priests : only the high Prielt himfelfe performed this fervice in the fight of God. Figu- ¿ing herein, our high Prielt Chrift Jefias, on whom God laid the istiquitie of us all, E6.53.6. . . who bit ownefe/fe bare our fins is hie onme body on the tree, t Pet. 2. 24. who bath by bimfeift purged our firms, Heb.1.3.and God by bim,hath reconciled all things unto himfee feven by him; whether thry, be things in earth, or things in heaven, ColoC I. 20. no creature hel- ping, no nor comprehending the riches of his grace, Wherein be bath aboundedtowardt ue; in all wit: dame and prudence , and bath gathered together in one , all things in Chrifi ,both which are in theheavens, and which are on earth, even in him,Ephef.1.8,10. Thefe things,the Angels defire to lookinto, i Pet.1.I 2. and now una the Principalities and powersin heavenly places,is made knowne by theChurch, the manifold wifdomeofGod,Ephef..3. to. V.18. all go out] from the moltholy place. to the altar]oof incenfe which flood in the holy place. and of the blood of the goat] both bloods mixed together in a bafon; as before is noted. and put] Hebr. and give : fo this was a tiriking of his finger with the blood upon the homes. And be began (they fay) at the Nortbeafl born ; fo to the Northwefi: then to the Southwefl, asud fo to the Soutbeaft : Maim. in Iom.bakipp.c.4. fe&.a. And of this when God firlt appointed the Altar to be made, he faid, Aa- ron (ball make atonement upon the bornes of it, once in the yeare with the blood of the Sin-of ring of atonements, Exod.30. r o. This Altar being for incenfe,which figured prayers, (Pfal. 141. 2) and the bowel 16 17 Ió
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