The Gofpel of the coca/Zonal Types. 149 4, This Brazen Serpent muff be looked, upon by the Ifraelites whenflung, Numb. 21. 8. So muff Chrift by the Eye of Faith, gob. 3. i 5. Faith isoften expreffed unto us by that Metaphor of looking. Look unto me allye Ends of the Earth and be faved, Ifa. 45. zz Ifa. 65. z, Ifaid behold me, bebold me. Faith looks with a fixedEye, and with a MourningEye. A Man's Spirit is much feen, and doth muchdifcover it felf by his Eye. 5. In this way it gave healing unto thofe that being Stung did look upon it, Numb. 21. 8. whom nothing elfe could heal ; Mores and his Law could not do it. So Chrifl ; Mal. 4. 2. vetoyou that fear my Name, /hall the Sun ofRighteoufnefs mile with healingunder his Wings Pfal. 103. 3. who bealetb all thy Difeafes. And none but be can do it, Ali. 4. i z. There is no healing of a wounded Confcience, but by Jefus Chrift alone, as liftedup upon the Crofs, and beheld by theEye of Faith. TheBrazen Serpents being lifted up was not enough, but it muff be looked upon; fo Chrift muff be believed on, , or elfe the Soul .cannot be healed. Ignorant Souls that fee not Chrift, or that defpife him, (hall not beSaved by him : As if any of the People had faid, what Virtue can there be in fuch a brazen Serp nt to Health, and fo would not look up to it? Such defervedly erifhed, fo do Unbelievers and Defpifers under theGofpel. Tho' they were but---weak and 'dim-eyed, blear - eyed, dim-lighted, &c, yet looking up to the brazen Serpent, they were :healed ; fo, tho' Faith be weak, yet being fincere it faveth. Tho' in the utmoft parts of the Campforce fay it took upTwelve Miles ; Tet look unto me all the Ends of the Earth and befaved, Ifa. 45. 22. 6. ?he brazen Serpent retained this Virtue, only while Militated by God for that end ; and therefore when the facred Stamp of Inftitution was taken off, we Read no-more of any Miracles wrought by it ; andMze- kiab brake it inpieces, 2 Kings 18. 4. Now this part of the Hiftory cannot be fitly Accommodated to aryl bimfelf, but to his Ordinances, thus. That the very fame. Things and A&ions which ate good. and ufeful when God appoints them, are ufelefs, yea abominable, if-there be. no Stamp of Inftitution upon ._ them. Thus we may fitly apply it ' becaufe the Types (as bath been faid) relate to all Gofpel Truths : And the fame TruthChines forth in .. all the reff of thofe ancient Types and Shadows. The Lord then appointed miniftringGarments, for his Pr.ieffs and Miniffers : But for Minifters.to ufe facred Veftmneats now, is unlawful and abominable,.
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