c H R I s T THE TRUE M A N N A. Book It METAPHOR. XIII. Lions arefull ofClemency to them that proftrate themfelves at their Feet; they will not touch fuch as do (as it wete) by Submiffion humble theinfelves to them. XIV. Out of the dead Carcafe ofSampfon'sLioncameforthSweet– hefs, as in his Riddle. XV. 'None can take away the Prey from an hungry Lion. XVI. It is affirmed, that if a Man be anointed all over with the Blood of a Lion, he fhallnever bedeftroy– ed by wild Beafts. * XVII. The Blood of a Lion (as Naturalifts fay) being rubbed or fpread upon a Canker or Sore, which is [welled about the Veins, will prefentl y cure the Grief. METAPHOR. THE Lion is cruel, blood-fucking,proud,preying,ftony-heart– ed, malicious, aDevourerofFlocks and Herds, the very Tyrant of lleafts. PARALLEL. XIII. The Lord Jefus is full of Clemency, Compaffion, and Tendernefs of Bowels to all that humble themfelves at his Feet. He refifteth the Pro,.d, (and will tear them in Pieces) but giveth Grace to the Humble, James iv. 6. XIV. Sampfon's Riddle is unfolded beft in the llain Body of the Lion of the Tribe of Judah l from thence comes all the Honey, the Sweetnefs of Grace and Glory. XV. None can deliver themfelves out of Chrift's Hand, when he rifes up for the Prey. XVI. That Perfon, whofoever he be, who ap– plieth Chrift's Blood by Faith, or have every Fa– culty of his Soul, viz. the whole Man bathed therein, fhall never be deftroyed by the Devil, nor the Powers of Darknefs. XVII. The Blood of Chrift cures all Wounds, Cankers, and putrefying Sores of the Soul, Or in– ward Man, when applied by tne Hand of Faith. D iS PAR I T Y. TfiE Lord Jefus is mild, mercifu1, tender– hearted, forgeting Injuries, the Preferver and Savior of the innocent, poor, weak, and helplefs Ones, &c. I N F E R E N C E ~ i. LET the Ungodly tremble, who think Chrift Jefus will never appear as a Lion, but always Jhew himfelf in his Lamb-like Difpofition. Chrift is a Lion as well as a Lamb, and will ere long rife up to the Prey. . 2. What will become of the Murtherers and Deftroyers of his Church, in the Day of his fierce Wrath, when he comes to make lnquifiticin for Blood? 3· 0 that Sinners from hence would learn to proftrate themfelves at his Feet! 4· This fpeaks much Comfort to the Godly; he is full of Bowels, and like a Lion, able to defend and deliver them. 5. By Faith and Prayer let us ftrive to roufe up this Lion of the 'fribe of Judah, to tear in Pieces all his implacable Enemies. c HR Is T THE TRUE M ANN A. 'fhis is the Bread which cometh down from Heaven, that a Man may eat tb~reof, and not die, John vi. 50. 'l'o him that ov~rcometh, will I give to eat of the hidden Manna, Rev. ii. 17. CHRIST, and the Graces of Chrift, are called Manna, the Antitype of that Manna that fell in the Wildernefs, Exod. xvi. M anna in Hebrew 11:l Man, from i'lJI:l Manah, prepaare, to prepare, becaufe it Wa5 Food prepared from Heaven for the lfraelites in the Wildernefs. t . . . Ftacc. Jllyricus, :t and others, fay, That when the Ifraeltt~s faw tt hke congealed Dew, or fmall Hail or Snow, lying up and down about the Ca,mp, they allted one an- • Sextu1. Cf'opfal, p. 367. . . . . · · t Cum rviderent ljraelit~ :'!lam, quaji quandam prurnam aut m'Vtf!l armm cajlra pa.!Jim;actre f3 albzcart. fttt:ejierunt fi}e iwviccm, Nl:-1 i10 0'c. J Clav. Script. in <tJ~(tfiJ, Hierotz, Laurett. Sy/<va A/leg. &c. othor
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