ín t e Contrthantt f nt3Mbtription, 215 himfelfwithout /jot to God, purge your Confciences from Chap. deadworks toferve the living Gode' Wherein theApoflle Y , makes a double IHypothefas, r. That the Legal Sacrifi- ces were ineffectual to purifie from real guilt. 2. That by their Typical Cleanfing, they fìgnified the wafhinga- wayof moralguilt by the Blood ofChrift. r. Their infufficiency toexpiate Sin appears, if we confider the fubjeEt , Sin is to be expiated in the fame nature wherein 'twas committed ; now the Beafts are of an inferiour rank,and have no communion with Man in his nature : Or, ifwe confider the object, God was provoked by Sin, and He is a Spirit, and not to be ap- peafed bygrofs material things : His Wifdom requires Ptal. 5o, 15 that a rational Sacrifice fhould expiate the guilt ofa ra- tional Creature : And Juftice isnotfatisfied without a proportion between the Guilt and the Punifhment. Thisweaknefs and infufficiency ofthe Legal Sacrifices to expiate Sin, is evident from their variety andrepeti tion : For iffull Remiíionhad been obtained, thewar- He ro. Z fkipers once purgedj'houldhave hadno moreco/rfcienceofin. 'Tis the fenfe of Guilt, and the fear of Condemnation thatrequired the renewingof theSacrifice. Nowunder the Lam, the Miniftry ofthe Priefts nevercame toa pe- riod or perfeótion. The Millions ofSacrifices inall A- ges from the erec`ing the Tabernacle to the comingof Chrift, had not vertue to expiate one Sin. They were only fhadows whichcouldgiveno refrefhment to the in- flamedConfcietice, but as they depended on Chrift,the body and fubftance of them. But the Sonof God,who tieredhimfelfup by theEternal Spiritto the Father, is a Sacrifice not only Intelligent and Reafonable, but in- comparably more precious than the molt` noble Crea- tures in Earth or. in Heaven it felf. Hewas Prieft and Sacrifice in:refpeht ofbothHis i atures; His entire Per- fon was the Offerer and Offering: Therefore thealpoffle K k z from
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