166. The Gofpel ofthe perpetual Types. TheReal Types we have alfo begun to fpeak unto, and we difiribu. ted them into two Sorts, Occaftonal and Perpetual. Occafional .Types are fuch as God gavethem upon fpeccial Occalians ; themolt of- -them before the ordinary and perpetual ones were fettled. Such as the Pillar of Cloud and Fire, Manna, the Brazen Serpent; their pang through the Red Sea ; and other fuch like occafional and extraordinary Difpenfati- ons, of whichwe fpoke from i Cor. lo. it. All theft things happenedun- to them inTypes. By the Perpetual Types we in nd fresh as Gqd by Inflit«tion fettled and Rated in that Church, to the end oktbat Sgt; of that whole Old Teftanent- Difpenfatian, till the coming of Cbrift, the Truth Subfiance, and Scope of them. Ofthere we are now to fpeak, as the Lord (hall enable us. It is the Scripture Phrafe. It calleth them Perpetual Statutes, or Everlafting Statutes. The Phrafe is firft ufed, as I remember, in reference to Cir- cumcifion, which is called Berith Tolam, aperpetúal Covenant, Gen. 17. 7, 8. Afterwards wehave it again concerning the Paffover, Exod. 12. 14, 17. which is called =1719 rpm Statutum feculi, an Everlafting Sta- tute. See likewife Exod. 27. 21. and 28.43. A Statute for ever, and 29.9. A perpetual Statute : So Levit. 3. 17. and 24. 9. An Everlafting Statute, Levit. 16. 34. And indeed this Phrafe of Speech doth occur between twenty and thirty times in the Books of Mofes ; It(hall be a perpetual Statute, or an Everlafting Statute, or aStatute for ever through- out your Generations, that is, a ftanding Type, and not meerly tranfient and occafional Only there bath been force Miftake and Mifunderffanding of this Phrafe, which mutt be cleared before we leave it. The unbelieving Yews have Teemed to interpret and underhand it, concerning an ab- folute Eternity : Whichhash been one occafion or pretence alledged by them, for their Rumbling at Chrift, and his Gofpel, becaufe he bath removed and taken away the Law of Ceremonies. Befides many other things that might be faid, to Phew the Weaknefs and Folly of their Pretence in this Matter, I (hall but note there two Things. 1. That this Word, for ever, is oftenufed in Scripture for a limit- ed Duration. As for inflame, it is ufed for Duration till the Tear of Jubilee, Exod. 21.6. He (hail be a Servantfor ever, that is, only till the Year of Jubilee, in cafe he lived fo long. For then he was to go free by Vertue of that Law, Levit. 25.13, 28, 40, 41. Sometimes it is ufed for a continuance during Life. As 1 Sam. 1.2. that hemay appear be- fore the Lord, and there abide for ever. Explained ver. 23. Therefore al- fo
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