Book IV. c H R I .s T OUR p A s s 0 V E R. 3 . It fhews the wonderful L ove of J efus Chri!l:, who freely laid down his Li fe for our fakes. Greater Love bath no Man tha;z thts, that a Man lay down hzs Lifej Jr lozs Frimd; but Chrifl bath laid dou11z his Life for us, when we were Enemies to him by wicked, Works, John xv. '3· Rom. v. 8-10. . . . . 4 . It tends to increafe our Love to Chn!l:, and our Fanh m h1m. 6· It !hews us that Chri!l: is our Life, and how and by what Means we come to be faved. 6. !t feals the Covenant of Grace to us, giveth us, in the riglu.Ufe of it, much Alfur• once that Chrifl: is ours. 7· There is a myfl:ical Conveyance or Communication of,all Chrifl:'s blefTed Mett,ts to our Souls through Faith held forth hereby, and 10 a glonous Manner rece1ved, m the riahc Participation of it. 8. It may animate and.encourage us to fulfer Manyrdom, .when called to it, for his .fake. 'CH R I s T OUR pAs s ·0 V E R. For Chrifl our PPjfover is Jacrijicedfor us, I Cor. v. 7· ' THE Palfover, or Pafchal Lamb, ·being a mofl: eminent Type of the Meffiah, of · which .fee our Sacred Philology, in the Chapter of Sacred Rites, where you have :the Reafon of its typical and metaphorical·Repr'Cfemation, we !hall .here run an apt .Parallel b~twixt that illufl:rious Type, and the moll:' holy Antitype. T y p E. :I. THE Pafchal Lamb mufl: be without Bkmin1, entire, ·whole, found, not blind, nor ' brokei1, nor fick, nor bruilt-d. I!. lfe was to be a Year old. PARALLEL. •I. SHADOWING forth the PerfeCtion and In– nocency of Chrifl:, in whofe Lips was found no Guile-: As·a Lamb, without blemifh, and with– out Spot. ·II. Signifying the'Experience Chrifl: lhould have ofour Miferies, whereofeven a Day's Conttnuance ·vields fufficient Proof; as alfo tfrat ·Perfetlion of Chrifl: ·in like fort: And .tbt in ful– ,;,els of Time he fhould come a-.nd ftrlfer; a Year being a perfect Revolution of the Sun's Courle. Guild. Ill. It was to be tak~n out of Ill. Chrifl: was taken ·from arnongfl: Mankind: ' the Flock. 'Forafmuch tl;en as the Children are Partakers ofFltfh and Blood, be alfo himfelf likewife took part of .tht IV. It was to be'feparated from ihe Flock. V. Invas to·be ·lJain, a,nd that i in the E vening. .fame, &c. Hcb. ri. 14-· IV. Chriil: was feparate from Sinnen. V. 5o Chrifl: died, faith Mr. Ainfworth, in that Seafon, viz. in the Evening of the Day; alfo in .the Evening of Time, in the latter Age of the •World. VI. The Bloo'd was to be'fprinkVJ. Signifying, that Chrifl:'s Blood mufl: be ap- ' led on the L intel, and Door·Pofl:s, plied by us; and where Chri!l: is received, and the !thlt the ,\ ngd feeing the fame, Soul fpri nkled by Faith, Sanctification outwardly might pals by, Exod. xii. 7· will appear in rhe Practice of the Life, 1 Cvr. i. 30. VI!.The Lambwastoberoailed VII. Signifying, faith Mr. Guild,* the Agony wrth Frre, Ver. 8. ·ofChrifl:.in rhe Garden, <md tloc Wrath of his Father, which he did endure both in Soul and Body. Ir w.s a Sign either of the Spirit of God, which is compared to Fire, through which Chrilr offered himfelf; or of the Fire of God!s ,wrath, which he fulfered ·when he wa• made a Curfe for us, Heb.• ;x, t+ Vlll. 1: was to be roafl:ed with .Head and Legs, and the Appur– ' tenances thereof; that is, it muft ·vm. This fignifies our full ·Communion ·With Chri(\, whole and undivided,.r Cor.xiii. Gal. ii. 20. !be roalled all and whole, not cut in pieces. • Mo/es unvailed, p,..fn.. '3 IX. Os
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