in tieConttíbance of atio' latotinptíoi: 2.15 Blood ofthe New Covenant into the Celefiial Sandua- chap, z 4 ay. For the opening this, we are to confider there are çç j two parts of the Prieflly Office, I . To offer Sacrifice. z. To make interceflion for the People by venue of the Sacrifice. This was performed by the High Priefl 4, I 5. in the Feaft of Atonement which was celebrated in the month Tifri. The oblationof the Sacrifices was with- out, at the Altar : the Interceffion was made in the Ho- lyofHolies, intowhich none might enter but the High- Friel' once a year. And fini he muff expiate his own fins, and the fins ofthe people by Sacrifices, before he could remove the vail, and enter into that facred and venerable place, where no finner had right to appear. Thenhe was to prefent the precious ,Incenfe, and the Heb. 9.4 Bloodof the Sacrifices, to render God favourable to them. Now thefe were fhadows ofwhat Chrift was to perform. The Holyof Holies was the type of the third Heaven, in. its Situation, Quality and Furniture. For it was themolt fecret part ofthe Tabernacle, feparated by a double Vail, by that which was between it and thé firíf Sanctuary, and by another that diffinguifht the firft from the outwardCourt. Thus the Heaven ofHeavens is the molt diftant part of the Univerfe, and feparated from the lower World, by-the Starry Heaven, and by the Airy region, which reaches down to the Earth. Be fides, the moff Holy part of the Tabernacle was inaccef- fible to finners: as Heaven is filled by the Apoffle the place ofinaccefble light. And it was the Throne ofGod where he reigned : according to the Language of the P al: So x. Pfalmifl, Hedwelt between the Cherubimms. The figures of the Cherubims reprefented the Myriads of holy An- gels, that adore the incomprehenfibleDeity,-andareal- ways ready to execute his Commands. The Tables of the Lawwere a Symbol of that infinite Wifdom and. Holinefs
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