t'2 The Gofpel o, f the occafoval Types. could have faid, be whole ; but he choofes rather to Express it by an infallible Effef and Fruit of it. To the Maid he faid Arife, Mark. S. 4t. To Latarns, core forth, 7oh. t z. 43. and verf. 44.. Let him go. To the Paralytick, Mat. 9. 6. Arife take up thy Bed, and go unto thine Hoist. On the Sabbath Day, that fo it might be the more taken Notice of ; the People would wonder to fee a Man carry his Bed abroad, and fo inquire about it. There were (befide thefe we have now handled) fotne other Occafo- nal Typical Things, as Noah's Ark, but that was fpoken to in the Hilt.o- ry of Noah, and force others may occur afterwards, but thefe are all I (hall fpeak unto here. Let me Conclude with a few Words ofV¡, to helpyou toa praaicàl Improvement ofall that hathbeen faid upon thefe Typical Things. r. We may here fee the compleat and perfelfulnefs of our LordYefus Cbrifï, to all the Neceffities of our Souls. That fpiritual Ladder reprefents him as theMediator and Means of all the intercourfe between Heaven andEarth, between God and us. The burning Bufh !hews his Prefence with, and Proteäion of his Church and People in theFires of Perfecution, and Afliiáion. The Pillar of Cloud and Fire holds forth that everlafting Bleffed Con- duty and Guidance of his People, by his Word and Spirit, through the Wildernefs of this World to their Eternal Refl. TheManna, and Water out ofthe Rock holds him forth, as our fpiritu- al Food. And now laftly, The Brazen Serpent, and the Pool ofRethefda teach us, that here is Healing alto; fo that he is both Meat, and Medicine. The fame thing is held forth alto under other Metaphors, Rev. 22. z. The Leaves ofthe Treeof Life are for beating ofthe Nations ; fo that Chrift is all in all. 2. Learn from hence not to defpife thefe Truths concerning the Types, how weakly foever they may be held forth by him that fpeaks unto you ; for you fee they are full of Gofpel Marrow and Myflery. Any thing of Chrift should be fweet and precious, and it is fo to you that believe. 3. We may here fee the Glory of Gojpel Truths and My f}eries ; and . withal how dull and flow of Heart we are are to apprehend them, in that 'the Lord teacheth us, and holds them forth in fo great variety of fpi- ritual Reprefentations, to out weak and narrow H.nderffandings. 'Here is Light andSafety, and Strength, and Meat and Drink, and Me- <dicine, and all laid up in Chrift .; and Chrift hereby held for unto us
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