The Gopel of the pefonal7ypes. lox on the other fide : So (hall Ordinances ceafe when we tome to Hea- ven, Rev. 21. God himfelf is inftead of all. 2. jolhua was a Type of Chrift in regard of the Miracles wrought by bim, we read of three. - t. He divided Jordan, Jofh. 3. But herein, as in all Things, Chrift bath the Preheminence ; for Chrift in the fame fardan divided the 1-leavens when he was Baptized, Matth. 3. And he commanded the Winds and the Seas, and walked upon the Waters, as upon dry Ground. 2. Moreover, fofhua threw down the Walls of Yericho, by the founding of Rams-Horns, a weak and an unlikely means, for fo great a Work ; yea, ridiculous and contemptible in the Eye of Reafon, fofh. 6. but it was done by Faith, Heb. it. 3o. So Chrift by the Foolifhnefs of Preaching fubdueth Souls unto himfelf, and throws down, ftrong holds, 2 Cor. to. 4, 5. And as 5ofhua did it again and again, fix Days ; yea, fevers Days before the Walls fell. So it is in the preaching of the Gofpel : There mutt be Afliduity in that Work ; Line ,van Line, and Precept upon Precept ; and at laft the ftrong holds are won, and the Sinner fubdued unto the Lord. 3. 7ofhua commanded the Sun to ftand (till, till he had flain his E- nemies, Nth. to. I; 13. ver. 14. and there was no Day like that; before it, or after it, that the Lord hearkened unto the Voice ofa Man. So 7efits Chrift, when fighting with Principalities and Powers upon the Crofs, Matth. 27. 45. when the Sun was afhamed, and the Moon con founded, and all the Angels in Heaven flood agaft. Thus you fee how great a Perfon this Yofhua was, in that all the Creatures, all the Elements obeyed him ; the Earth, the Walls of Yericho proftrate themfelves and fell before him, the Waters alto, viz. in 7ordan were at his Command, yea the Heavens alto, the Sun and Moon obeyed him.; thus God magnifiedbins in thefight of all Ifrael,. as it is Paid, 4. 14. But behold a greater than 4ofhua is here: For it is faid of Chrift. That Gadbath given him a Name above every Name, Phil. 2.9. that in the Name of yefus every Knee fhonld bow, oftbingsin Heaven, and things in Earth, and things under the Earth, ver. 10. 3. yofhtta was a Type of Chrift in regard of his Conqueflsand Väil ries over. bis Enemies : We read of five Kings at once fubdued by him,, 7ofh. to. and he bids his Captains tread upon their Necks, and capi. 12. of one . and thirty Kings which he fmote ;:. yet notwithftandiag there were fore few Enemies left, though weak and inconfideralale But not one that durít or could oppofe or difturb the.publick Peace of God's People ; yet they were left for a time, for /Peters Good, leaft the,
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