406 Chap. 3 3. An Expofition upon the 30ok, of J o B. Verf.2.4, The Merey,feat, was it felf aCoveringofpuregold, laidover the arke, in which Arke the Lawwas put ( Exod, 25. 17. z z . ) 7 hot,:/halt put the Mercy-feat above tIon the Arke, and in the Ark, thoufhalt put the refttmony that Ifloat!give thee. And as the di- menfions of the Arke were two Cubits and a halle in length, and a Cubit and a half inbreadth, fo the lame were the dimenfions of the Mercy-feat; (Verb s(3. 17. ) which figured that as the Mercy-feat fully covered the Arke wherein the Law was, fo Chrift fhould fully cover all our fins, which are tranfgreffions of the Law. The righteoufnefs of Chrill is as long and as broad as the Law , and fo , our fins being covered with that Ihall never appeareagainft us. Therefore alfo from above this Mercy-feat 'between the two Cherubim: ( the Lord faid (verf, 22.) Imill meete thee, and I will commune with thee. There was a gracious manifeftationof the pretence of God above the Mercyfeat, be- caufe that typified ,eftsChrift the true Propitiatory or ranfome, covering and hiding out of the fight ofGod forever all our de- fedtions iniquities And tranfgretlions. And hence the fame word which lignifies expiation or redemption, lignifieth allo thepro- curingcaufe of our Redemption, here called (as alto in the New Tellament) A Ranfome, Ihavefound aRanfoam. A ranfome is properly a price deman- ded for releafe out ofbondage. And when the Captive is relea- fed, the price is paid. To be redeemed and tobe ranfomed is the fame thing. (Ifa. 35. 9, Io.) The redeemed(hall paffe there, and the ranfomedofthe Lord fhall returne andcome toSien,and ever- (Pad dlcunt Wins Toy upon their heads, they(hall obtaine joy andgladnef:, and r op quoi furrowand /'ghing (halfflee away. Thus here, Deliver him (faith non eft aliud the Lord ) from gongdown to the p't Iamfatisfted, Ihavefound guam fa"8oi a price, a ranfome. Both Law and Gofpel meet .n: this ; here is Cbrtfii,in quema the Law, by which the man being humbled confetfeth his own etveteres ire- fin, and the wrath of God, due to ic. Here is allo the Gofpel, by diderunt, Meta whichhe hith been tatThr ro beleeve, this his finsare pardoned, and the wrath of God turned away from him forthe ranfome which Cbrill ha' h paid,. So then, 'tis not as ponifht Expofiters tell us, I have found c ranfome, that is,I have found he mans good workes,I have found his repentance, I have found his rears, his prayers, hisaimes. I now fee that in him for whichI may be propicious to him, and deliver
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