llook n. c H R I s T THE TRUE M A N N A. 341 other, !l1r'T ;rb What's that? what's that? And becaufe of frequent Repetition, that it might be more eafily pronounced, they added the Letter J, and pronounced Manhu, whence they retam the Word JD Man, Manna. TYPE. I. MANNA was a frrange and myf1:erious Thing at firll: to the !fraelites, they knew not what it was, Exod. xvi. I!. Mmma was Food prepared from Heaven. Ill. Manna came down or de– fcended from Heaven. ' IV. Manna was white, it was a pure, fair, and bright thing. V. Mmma was round in Form and Figure. VI. Manna w~~ a Gift, it was given to lfrael freely, it coll: them nothing. VII. Manna was given to all, to the Poor, as well as to the Rich; none were forbidden to partake thereof. VII[. Manna was pleafant, it had all the Taf1:e and Relifh of Sweet– nefs in it. PARALLEL 1. JESUS Chrill: is the Wonder of Men and Angels; and when he came into this World, yea, tO his OWn, they knew him not, I 'Iim. iii. John i. 11, 12. _ II. Chrill: had a Body prepared of the Father, that he might be Food for Believers, Heb. x. Ill. Chr!ft is the true Bread, or Manna from Heaven, John vi. IV. Sic Chr!ftus defcribitur, Apoc. i. So is Chrifr defcribed without Sin, Rro. i. 1 Pet. ii. 22. V. Chrijl, refpeCting his Divinity, is infinite, perfeCt, and entire, no Beginning, no End. VI. Chri/1 is called a Gift, the choicell: Gift that ever God bell:owed, given free!y for the Life of' the World, John iv. 10. VII. Chrif1: is fent to all, to Jews and Gentiles, to the Small as well as the Great, to the Poor a~ well as the Rich; none are excluded. VIII. Whatfoever is pleafant, fweet, and deli– cious in a fpiritual Senfe, is found in Chrill:; his Word is fweet as Honey, or the Honey-Comb: 0 tPjfe and fte how good the Lord is, Pfa!. xxxiv. 8. IX. Manna did nourifh well, and was given in great Plenty. IX. Chr!ftus fuificit ad omnes, &c. Chrif1: is very fullicient and plentiful, there is in him enough to nourifh and feed all. Vvhat Soul is there but may be filled to the full, if he comes to Chrill:? X. Manna was to be bruifed in X. Chr!ftus, ut anhnis nojlris cibus ef!et, doloria Mill, that fo it might become bus mortis in Crr;ce contundebatur: Chrift, that more ufeful for Food. he might be Food for our Souls, was bruifed: It XI. Manna was given equally to all the !fraelites; they had all a cer– tain Meafure, not one more than another, were all Fellow-commo– ners; every Man had his Part, his Omer. XII. Manna was a fmall and lit– tle Thing unto the Eye, like to a Coriander-Seed. XIII. Manna came down with the Dew, it was covered or hid as it were with Dew. XIV. Manna was not given to the lfraelites, whilll: they were in Egypt. XV. Manna fell round about the Camp ofIfrael, and in no other Place. pleaftd the Father to bruije him, !fa. liii. 1 o. XI. All true !fraelites have their equal Share in Chrill:, a whole Chrill: is given to every Saint; they have all one Portion, one Huiband, one Kingdom and Crown, that fadeth not away. XII. Chrill: was little, low, and contemptible in the Eyes of the World, ofno Reputation, Pbil. ii. XIII. Chrif1: came down with the Dew of the Spirit, being baptized or covered therewith, hence called, as fomeconceive,hiddenManna, Rro. ii. 17. XIV. Chrill:, who is the true Manna, is not given to Unbelievers, that remain in Bondage and Slavery, under the Power ofSin and Satan. XV. Chr!ft is converfant within the Limits of his Church. The Graces of the Spirit fall upon Mount Hermon; the Dew defcends upon the Moun– tains of Zion, Pfal. cxxxiii. 3· There God com– manded the Bleffing, even Life for evermore. Chrill: walks in the Midjl of the golden Candleflics, Re·v. i. . XVI. Manna was given to lfrael In the Wildernefs; it was their only XVI. Cbr!ft, and the Bleffings of Chrill:, are given to us, who are in the Defert or Wildernef~ 4 S of
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