24 The Gofpel of the Meat-Offering. Ike Prieft is to burn the Memorial of it upon the Altar, before the Lord, verf. 2, 9, and 16, [For a Memorial] This (as Interpreters well obferve) is fpoken after the manner of Men, to put God in remem- brance of thePerfon, or rather of his own Love to him, and Covenant with him in Jefus Chrift: Pfal. ao. 3, The Lord remember all thy Offer- ings, and accept thy Burnt-Sacrifice Afts r o. 4. Thy Prayers and thine Alms are come tip for a Memorial before God. Hence Nehemiah prays, Remember me, O my God, concerning this, .Neh. r 3. 14, 22. The mean- ing is, That the Smoke thereof was to ,come up before God with ac- ceptance ; therefore there was Frankincenfe burnt with it, to make a fweet Smell. 3. The Remnant was Aarons and his Sons, verf. 3. And again, verf lo. That is, To eat it in tbe Sanctuary, Levit. 6. 16, IS. Except the Meat- Offeringof the Priefts, which might not be eaten, but was to be all :burnt for a whole Burnt = Offering, Chap. 6. verl: 23. This may be applied Two ways, 1. To theCommunion and Participationof Chrift, by all Believers ; For they are all Priefts unto God, Rev. t. 6. A Royal Prieflhood, I Pet. 2. 9. Verf. g. An holy Prieftbood to offer up Spiritual Sacrifices. And Chrift is out Meat- Offering, he is the Bread of God, the Bread of Life, John 6. 33. So then the Priefts eating the Meat-Offering, is, Be- =lievers feeding upon Chrift by Faith. As the Meat - Offering was partly burnt upon the Altar, and partly eaten by the Priefts ; fo Jefus Chrift having offered up himfelf once for all, doth alwayscontinue a fpiritual Meat-Offering, and Food for the hungry Souls of all Believers to feed upon. His Flefh is Meat in- deed, his Blood is Drink indeed, John 6. 2. This was ;.part of the Priefts maintenance. As indeed they had fome- thing out of every Offering ; fee Numb. 18. 9, to. From whence we ,fee, that they who fern at the Altar, fhould live of the Altar ; they that preach the Gofpel, fhould live of the Gofpel. 3. The Third thing concerning the Meat-Offering, is the Scope and Intent of it; or, its Meaning and Signification. This is hinted in verfe 3. To be an Offering made by Fire of a Beet Savour unto the Lord. More particularly, there was a fourfold Myffery fhadowed forth by it ; I fpeak now as to the general Scopeof the whole : For the myfteries of par- ticular Rites and Ceremonies about it mutt' be fpoken to under each particular Rite. i. It did prefigure and fhadow forth the Atonement or Expiation of Sin, by the Righteoufnefs of Jefus Chrift, both by his Sufferings and ABiugs, his aaive and pafllve Obedience. That this was one part of he
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