oftheir State by Creation. The Reafon is, becaufe when God ufeth a Similitude to any purpofe,ail parts f""<,./.....,-l. of that Similitude, wherein to fpiritual Reafon 1t ts evtdem rhcy are alike, as Chap. to. well in what is not fo exprefly applyed by the Holy Ghofl already,as in what it ~ is, they all are fandified ro refcmble it , and are fo intended; fecing that the Similitude doth as readily and fully anfe at the firfi blulh, In the one, as in the other. The In!lance I 11·ould give, is in the Interpretation of Parables, in which this Rule holds good. Now, Hebr. 9• 9· the Types of the Old Law are cal– led Parables U rl< ""!"''•"] wbich w,u a Parable] rcndred by our Tranfla· tiod [which was tJ Figure] Now concerning the Interpretation of Parables, you ufually have the General Scope annexed by Chrifl in them all,but no more; he leaving us (according to the Analogy of Faith, and of that Scope given us as a Pole llar to freer our Courfe by therein) to apply the !everal Particulars our felves, according to that refemblance tha.t unto Spiritual Reafon doth ap– p::ar. T his Rule therefore will I obferve herein, and keep to it as facred ,Not to make any thing a Type, which the Holy 6hofl hath not ddigned out for one; But in openmg the Similitude between fuch as he bath defigned, and the things fignified, to take liberty for the fitting of Particulars, without once failing out of the fight of the Oeneral Scope given, or applying the Similitude ' of any Particular to fignifie any thing concerning Chrifi, which otherwife I have not authentick warrant for, in the exprefs Letter of the Word. This Rule thus premifed, I ddcend to the Particulars, Now the Comparifon lies in two things: . 1. In rcfped of their own Perfons. 2, As they both are ordained publick Pcrfons, to convey the Likenefs or I– mage of their Condition unto their Pofierity. I. Their Perfons are compared ; And that, 1. In the Subfiance whereof each confifled; AdtJmwas a livitrg Soul; that is, a reafonable Soul giving life to a Body made of Earth,and to live on Earth; not a Soul !imply, but a livi111; Sott!. And th.at Attribute of Livitrg is given to Soul, as 1t communicated L1fe to that Body mto whtch 1t was mfpircd, Gm. 2. 7. And fo, Chrifl was a Spirit (or God) quiclwing an Human Nature joyned unto it, And that that was the Nature alfumed for the Godhead to qurckm, and give life unto , the Apoflle declares, vtr{e 47· tailing him tJ Ma11. 2, In the infinitely differing Conditions of their Perfons, or fiate of Life which that Human Nature, by virtue of that Union, mufl needs enjoy, tranf– cendingthat which a Soul could convey toabodyofEarth. Thisfecond com– l'arifon, namely, of their Condition, is couched in · thefe words [ L ivi11g , Qiskuing J as that other, of the Subflana of their Perfons, in thofe words (Soul, Spirit]. . . . . . Now the firit Pani,cular of this Refemblanee lies (as I _'take it).in .compa– rmg the Formatton of Adflm'sBody , and the limonof hts Soul wtthn, with the Formation of Chrifl's Human Nature, and the Hypofiatieal Union of it with the Divine; which is the Foundation of all, that Chrifi, as a publick Perfon, did for us. For, firfl, Thi• being the firfl Formation of Adam, by which he becarne a Man, muflneeds typifie out the firfi Formation and Alfumprion of our Nature by Chrifl, by which he became a Man. And, fecondl v, The thing compared is the one's becoming a living Soul, and the others being a qt~zckumg Spirit; which notes out a Compari(oo of theJT Natures or Subflances. Adamwas made Soul, when into his Body the Rational Soul was infpired; which being united to it, ufed it as an fnfirument to perform the Functions of thot Life w11ich it led on Earth. But Chrifl be– came aqurckning Spzrit, when his Godhead affumed the Human Nature to work and dwell in it, and to glorifie it. And the Apoflle calls the whole Per– fan of Adam now made, by that which was mofl excellent in it, the Soul ; Mtus cti)11fque qttijque ejl: And fo, the Perfon of ChriflmadeMan, is, by that winch
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