Chap. zg' about Chráff. 6. From Ifaacarofe that proverb, in the mount will the Lori be feen. In le- feu its muchmore true : Forno man ha:hfeen the Father at any tine, but the Son, and he to whom the Son hath revealedhim : in him we fee all 41e love of God : For beholdwhat love the Father hath given me, in that he hath fens his /only begotten Sonns into the world , that whofoever believeth in him might not perifh, &c, Many filch Types had thofe times, like Profpeetive Glafcs to convey their glimmering fight to the only objeft of happinefre Chrift Jefus, as Jacob, who got thebiding in hiseldeft brothers garment. Jofeph whowas (tripped of his cote, fold by Judahs motion, flood before Pharaoh at thirty years old, whofe cote dipped in blood, turned the wrath of hisFather from his brethren : even as Ciliawas (tripped by the Souldiers, fold by 71444 treafon, flood before God in Office about thirty years old, and in whofe bloodwe beingdipped, are delivered from the wrath ofGod the Father. Thus before the Law : under the Lawwe (hall find nothing but Chrift. The Children of Ifrael in their Journey to 6anaan were guided by a pillar of cloudby day, andof fire by night, theirday was fome- thingovereat+ by a cloud, andyet th:;ir darknelle was fomethin, overcome by a li_ hr. Hence `Peter compares the word of the Prophets to light fhining in a dark places, a Pet. a. r9. Now all the light they had was borrowed from Chrift, as theStars doe theirs from the Sun, and all lead to Chrift again, as little Rivers to the Ocean. See this r. In their Sacraments, their ordinary Sacraments were Circumci(on , and the Patleover, which both had reference to the fame inward grace : For what ment the blcod-fhed in Circumcifion, and fprinkled on their door-poofts in the Paffe- over, but the blood of Chrift flied for the remillïon of fines, and fprinkeld onour hearts to cleanfe us from fin : Chria was the true Pafchall Lamb, inwhom there- fore the Lawof it is fulfilled, Not a bone ofhiesfhall be broken, where John calls him, the Lamb of God,t. c. Joh.r.a9. Again the pillar of cloud, and fire, and the Red Sea in which they were, Bap- tized, as t Cor, io. a. called in the Gofpel the Baptifmof water, and fire, fignt- fled the effufionof the blood ofChrift, and the effufion of his graces : the me- rit ofhis paflion , and theefficacy ofhis Spirit inour hearts to make it ours by application : The water that came out of the Rock,being fmittenwith the Rod, when the people were ready to perifh, fignified the blood ifl'uing our ofChriíts bo- dy inhis bloody fweat, when the wrath ofGod , the Rodof God lay heavy upon him , when the chaflifement of our fins was uponhim : fo that which ftreamed out of his fide when pierced by the Souldier, whichwas fpilt for our fakes, who oiherwife hadperifhed. The Manna wherewith they were fuflained in the Wilderneffe , was Chrift, that Bread of life that defcended from Heaven, Joh. 6. 3 S. So i Cor. ro.314 The brafen Serpent figured Chrift lift up upon the Crofs , and as that faved all that looked to it being flung with fiery Serpents : So Chrift Eaves us from the power of the old Serpent the Divel, &c. , a. All the laborious and tedious Pedagogyof their Ceremonies was only to lead them toChrift, the bloodof all their Sacrifices propitiatory, and gratulato- ry, of Bullocks, Rams, Goats, Lambs, &c. were all but Types leading to Chrift, who was the true Sacrifice, in which all others werefandified, and by which Gods juftice is fatisfied : and they were fomany, infuch variety toPeale to them his alfufficiency. So were all their curious Oblations, and coftlyOblations of Roll, Baked, Sod, Fried, to teachour perfee4 wafhing by hisblood, andperfeanourilhment byhis body,which fufferedthe heat ofGöds wrath, and fo was dreffed to our appetite, and faucedwith fuch diverfityCO take away our fatiety, _ Q9 The 297
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