5-P Book IV. 1J..ootdng unto 'jlefu.s. Chap. 1. Seer. 8· in the La w t hat wbw the high Priejl w<nt within tbe vail; he took, the bloodofthe Bullock, Lcvit. t6. q. and fprini;!ed it with bw finger "P"' the me:c)'-fe•t Eafiward: a11d before the merCJcftat be fprink,ld :he blood wtth hu fing<r feven tzmer: nor only was the Prieil to kill the Bullock »itl10u t the holy of IIolies, but he was 10 cnttr with rhe blood imo·the holy of holies, and to lprinkle the .mercy-feat ther<in with, it; furely thelc Hcb. 9•23·'3• were patttnll of thmgr to be dom m the heavmr; Chnfi toat was fhin and 12 • Crucified with•ut the gatt, carryed his own blood into the holy of hohes or Hcb. 9. 12. into. the heaven of heavens, for. b; hli own blood ht entred in•nce intotheholy piace, b~vmg obtawed eternal redemptton f or It!; and thtthcr come, he lprinkles it (as it were) upon the mercy feat, (• ) he applys it, and obtains mercy by it; by the blood of dnill God's mercy and jufiice are reconciled in them{flves, and reconciled unto us; Chrill fprinklcs his blood on the mercy-fear [even timu; [even is a note of per– fcCl:i0o; where Chrifis blood is fpnnkled on a foul,that foul is fure to be waihed from all filth , and at lafi to be perfected and faved to the ve~y ut moll: Chrill's blood was . ihed upon the earth, but Clui{fs blood is fprinkled now he is in Heaven; wbat? is H<b. ,,, 2 2 , any foul fprinkltd, with the blood of Chrift; forely this fprinklingcomes from hea24· vcn' fo the Apot'tle, but ye are come to mou>tt Zion, and unto the City of the livi 11 g God,tbe beav"'IJ Jerufalem,-andtoJ•f~« the Mtdiator ofthe new Covtna~t,and then it follows, to tbe blood of /prin~ling, thatJpeak._<tb bttte>' things then that of ..Abet, le . IS up<>n mount Zio11 where thi; fprinkling is' there is Jef..s at Gods right hand, there LcvJt. r6. q, he Hands (as it were) upon the mount, and there he (prinkles his blood round about '9· him; heaven is all befpnnklcd,as themer'J'-Jeatin the holy ofhohes was; the earth is all bcfprinkled, as the Altar out of the holy of holies was; heaven agd earth arc all befprinklcd with the blood of J efus, fo that the Saints and people of God are no wh<re, but their dares, and th<ir pofls, and houfcs ( l mean their bodies and fouls}ue all bcfprinkled with the blood of the Lamb IJ.in from tAt beginning of the Worln. Why, this is that blood of Jprink,JiJtg that JPeA,s better things then that of A bel, Mirk, that Chrill's blood harh a tongue; it fpeaks, it cries, it prays, it intercedes. there's fome agreement, and fame difference betwixt Chrifis blood and Abtls blood. Gen. 4· 10. 1 • The agreement is tn thefe th1ngs ; ..Abets blood was abundantly ihed, for fo it is [aid, the v~ice of bloods ; and Chriti's blood was let our, with thornes and fcourges, Gen. 410 , nails and fpear, it was abundanti y ihed : Again, ..Abelr blood cryed out, yea it made a loud cry, foJhat it was heard from earth to heaven, the voice of thy brothers bla•ds cryetb uuto me from theground; and Chrifts blood cryeth our, it makes aloud cry, it fills heaven and earlh with rho noife, yea the Lords ears are fo filled with it, that it drowns all other founds, anu rings continually in his e~rs. z, The difference is in thefe thi1;g;; Abets l>lood cryed for vengeance againft CJill, but Chrilr's blood fpeaksfor mercy on all believers; .Abtls blood was fl1ed be– caufe he facriliced,and heand his facritfce acc<pted; but Chrifr's blood was lbed rhar he might be lacnticed, and that we through his faerifice might be accepted: Abets blood cryed thus, fee Lord, and revenge; but Chrifr's blood cryed rhus, Father for .. give tbemfarthey k,now not what tbtydo; and at this very inftant Chrifrs blood crys ior rtmiffion, and here's our comfort; if God heard tbe ftrvant, he will much rather hear the Son; if he heard the fer van! for fpilling, ht will much more hear the Son for ftving; yet that I may fprak properly, and not in .ii,gures; I will not fay that the very bl01od whi~:h Chrift ihed on tbe Crofs is now in heaven, nor that it lpcaks in heaven; thele cryiogs are merely Metaphorical; yet this I maintain as real and proper, that the power, merit, and vcrtue of Chrifts blood is prefented by our Saviour t0 his fa– ther both as a pubhke fatisfaCl:ion for our iin, and as a publike price for the purchafe of our glory. • ' 3· Chrift's Intnccffion confifrs in the prefcnting of his will, his requeft his ioterJohntP-1· peliation for us; grounded upon the vigor and vertue of his glorious merits. Father I will tb.t tiJEy alfu wbom thou bftgiven me be with me where I am, thattbey may behold my glory whicb thozt IJOjl givett me; This WJS a piece of Chrifts prayer while yea he wa<on earth; and l'ome fay i1 is afummary ofChrift's Intercdlion which now he makes fvr us in h•sglory; he prayed on earth as he meant to pray for us wl1en he came to heaven ; he hints at this in the beginning of his pr. ycr, for he fpeaksas ifall his work John '7· 4,5. had been done on earth, and as if then he were even beginning his work in heaven; I IHv< glor•fied tbet on eartb, l h•v< finijh ed the work,_ wbich thou gavtj/ meto do; and n•w 0 FJther glorifiethou me with th;ew;z Jelf, with the glory which I bad with thee before tlu World wat. I
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