E:cq~ttJ .1ppttTtt ttauf,iffNmtffi tum Cl1rijlus tmiflf/Jiritum. The PaJ!ion Set'mou. ~~~~~~~:~~;,~;Te!~~:~~;!'.~~r~1;~~~~~:~:~~r:~r~~~~~~;~~1~:;,~~~~~~~~;, A I both the Alrars,the T abies ofShew·bread, rheCandlefiickes, the Vailc,thc Holyof Holies the Arke, the Propitiarorie, rile pot of Manna, llarant Hod, the High Priell, hisOrder and Line. his Habirs,his Inauguratiom, his Wa!hings, his Anoinrings,bis Sprinkling~,offering's,_rheSacr.ifices, iA.ct;Jr,;. iv~e~~YJ!.o an? w~ar ev~r Jewifh Rite; had their venue from Chnll,relauon ro h:m,and rhetr end mh:m.ThiS was thm thetr lafl gafpe. for now flraight they diedwith Chrifl, now the vaile oftheTemple reror: as llufti; weli notes out of Mallpew:t order;It rare then,when Chrifls lafi breath ~alfed. That conceire ofTheophJI•t1 ts wmy; that as the}ewes werewont ro rend rhetr garment$ when tltey hea~d blafphemy:fo rhe Temple not enduring thefe execrableblafphemies againfl the fonne ofGod , tore his vaile in peeces. But that is not all: the vaile rent, is the obligationof the ritual! lawcancelled; theway into the heavenly B Sanl:luary opened; the !hadow giving roome to the fobllance: in aword, it doth that which Chrilt faith, CotJfummat•mtft. Even now then the law ofCeremoniesdied: It had a longand folcmne burial!, a• A•g•ftcse faith well ; perhaps figured in Mofu, cMmor.id Jim who died not lingringly,but was thirty dayes mourned for: what means the Church !{.j~;:;:~J. ofRomerod!6them UJ?, now rorren i~ their graves? a~d that,.nor as rhey had heen fitus Jtducmd• buried • but fowneWith aplenteous mcreafe; yea, wuh rbe mverted u(ury ofroo ""' ' ,.,,,,,,.. manyofyouCitizens ; ten for one. It isa grave and deepe cenfure ofthat refolote ';t,';!":;~::C· Hitrome~Egceco,trl1r~o lotpt4rl~c.JfaJ,fait~ ~e,and inf}ight of41t!Jtrrorlddare flllliiJ· ~t[trflfd. mui- taine,tbat 1tOfP theJ{JJJifh ctremomu are ptrntctous anddeadl];acdwhofot7JcrjbtJI o!Jferve n~«.A"!."ft'"·. them,~htther he heJew orGentile,in htJtatbtum Di46oli devolutum;jluJIIfrie inHellfor ~''1, :;':;;;;~ ;t. Still Altars? frill Priell:s? facrificcs flill? flill walbings? llill unl:liom? fprinkling, ,. 9;;,>M,md•:•· !having,pmifying? llill al~and more than all?Let the!'l heare but AHguftiDu cenfur~, C '""!'". ~.;. f<uifquw nunc, &c. Whojowerjha/1now •fothem, dttt "'"' rak!ng thtm 11p o•toftherr ":.o":;:t;ju~.t~ it dufl, htjbaltfJDI he Pius dedullot corporiJ,fed impi111 fepullur~t vioJatof; an i111pion1 •,uJ ptrnie:uf•J tffr, facrilegioltl rrretch,tbllt rllnfacl:t the (Hid ton1htt oft he dead. ~m"''~;:;· I fay not that all Ceremonies aredead ·but the Law ofCeremonies,andofJewi!h• ..,;,;;;~ ..... ;, It isa fou:zd!dillinllion ofthem,that profound PeterM4rtJr bath in his Epifiletothat Jiv"xJ..l~• worthyMartyr, Father, Bi!hop Hooper: Some are typicall,fore-fignifying Chrill to {-;;:::,~;::· come: fomeoforder and decencie, thofe are abrogated, not thefe: the]ewes bad a '''~"' '""'u fa!hion ofProphecying in the Churches; fo the Chrifiians from them,as Ambrofo:the dtv~·r~,=~~~· Jewes had an eminent pulpit ofwcod; fo we : rhey gave names at their Circum.. ';i;,J:~,. ... cifion; fo we at Baptifme: they fungPfalmes, melodiooOy in Churches;fo doe we: lu~it,t•~IJ;lm they paid and received tithes,fa doe we:rheywrapt their dead in linnen wi1h cdors; !•fltDJ ':;':;;;;, fo we: rhe Jewes' bad fureries at their :.tdmiffion into the Church ; fo we: thefe D ,;:~:;.,, infiances might be infinite: the Spoufe ofChrifl cannotbe without her laces, and chaines,and border!. Chri{i came notto dilfolve order. But thcu0 lord,howlong? how long !ball thy poore Church finde her ornaments, her farrows? and fee the dearefonneoofherwombe, bleedin~ aboutthefeapples offirile: letmefo name them, not for their value (evenfmall things, when they are commanded, look for no (mall refpel:l)but fur their evem:theenemie isat thegates ofourSiracufe; how long will wefuffer our felves, taken upwith angles and circles in th.,dufi: yeMen, Brethren,arid Fathers, help; for Gods fake pur to yourbands, to rhe quenching ofthis common flame: theone fide by humility and obedience; the other by compaffion; both by prayers and roars: who am I, that I !hould revive ro you the fweet fpirit of that divineA•g•flim,who when heheard and faw the bitter contentions betwixt two grave and famous Divines,jerome and ll.H.ffine;HeH mihi,f:~irh he,g-Ni vosalic11bijimuJ E inveoire noiZ poj{um;AI~<,lhatljhould 1m1erfndJOIItwo togtther,borP r»o11ldifoU at JOUr 1 feet ,how:Iwoo/demhratt them,•ndweep •PM thmt,andbtfoechJou,eitbtf ofjoufor other, andt4chfor himfolf,botbo!J•• for theChurchofGod,bulejptc;aiiJ,for ther:ta~,for r.ho111 cbr;p died,r»ho not n>ithoHttbeirmngreat danger, JitJOIItwofighting in thi< Thtalfeof the 'l¥'orld. Yetlet medoewhac he faid hewould doe; beg for peace, asforlife: by your filial! piety to the ChurchofGod, whore ruinesfoliow upon ourdivifions;bY your love ofOods truth; by the graces ofthat oneblelfed Spirit, whereby we ore a\\
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