I 22 The Gofpel of the perfonal Types. thenifh Idolatry of thofe Times : And to fignify the keeping himfeli from all Uncleannefs and Impurity : For when the Nazarite was pur- ged and cleanfed from Impurity, his Hair was fhaved off, ver. 9. and fo the Leper, Lev. 14.. 8, 9. therefore to keep it from !having feemeth to fignify the keeping themfelves from Uncleannefs.: So fome ex- pound it. It fhadowed forth alto the growth of the Graces of God's Spirit in . them, as in Samfon, who with the Lofs of his Hair, loft thePower of God : And as bis Hair grew again, fo his Strength in God renewed, Judg> 13, 25-.and 16. This Strength came not by the growth of the Bair, otherwife than as an outward Sign appointed unto them of God, who fanaifieth to his People what outward Signs Ainfwortb on himfelf pleafeth, to fignify and convey Grace;. as he fan- Numb' 6. 4,. äified the Waters of 5"ordan towaih away Naaman's Le- profie, which of themfelves had no fuch Efficacy, 2 Kings 5. 14. 3, Not to defile themfelves by the Dead, Numb. 6. 6, 7, 8. This re- fraining from the Dead, in whom the Image as it were of God's Curfe for Sinwas to be fecal (for the Wages of Sin is Death, 4infworth in Rom. 6. 23.) figured out abftaining from finful and dead Works, and from fuch as live in them, who are dead whilft they live, a 7im. 5. 6. And alfo it Chewed their Conftancy in the Rules of their Profeílion, and their Magnanimity in the lofs of deareft Comforts. 2. Muftification by Chriff alone was fhadowed forth in two Rules or Obfervations belonging to this Order. r. That legal ftrianefs and feverity of Purification in cafe of acci- dental Defilement, ver. 9.. io, II, 12. If a Nazarite chance to be de- filed, he is to begin again upon a new Score. This thews the abfolute Purity and Perfeaion of the Law of God, which will not admit the leaft Error or failing ; but whofoever continueth not in' all things, is cur - led and condemned by it, Deut. 97.26. Gal. 3. io. If a Man keep the whole Law, and fail but in one Point, he is guilty of all, James 2. i O. and fo -needs Chrift and his Blood to make Atonement even for the leaft Sins, and thofe which are in fome fort involuntary, as the Original Corruption of Nature is, and many a&ual Sins of meer Infirmity and Frailty. 2. Sacrifices of Atonement, even when they had fulfilled their Vow, ver. r 3------to 21. This taught the fecret and unfeen Guiltinefs, which cleaveth to the molt holy Men in their belt and molt per - Ainfwo+tb fe& Works, which, without Atonement by the Blood of. Chri{t,, cannot be pure and pleating in the Sight of God. foe
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