The Gofpel of the Peace-0 era7lg. 227. third: Tola, Mincha, Shelamim. We may open it in this Method, which I hope will be plain and edifying. I. The Name. 2. The Ends, Occafions and Seafons of it. 3, The Matter of it. 4. The facred Rights and Ceremonies, or ceremonious A&ions a- bout it. r. For the Name ; it is Shelamim which we render the Peace.OWer- ing, and Zebach Shelamim the Sacrifice of the Peace-Offering ; from Shalom, pax, fo called, becaufe it was a Sacrificeof Peace. Offering a- mong all the Parties: God, and the Priefls, and the People being all Partakers of it, as being all agreed, and therefore Sociable Partakers of the fame thing. The Word may be otherwife rendred but this Interpretation is moil generally received, and fuits well with the Na. ture of this Sacrifice of Peace-Offerings. 2. The Ends, Occajions, and Seafons of the Peace-Offerings ( for we may put all thefe together. ) Firft as to their .Ends, they were of a mixt Nature, they were both Hilafiical, Euchariflical and Eutlical ; both for Atonement, and for 7bankfgiving, and for Prayer ; they were in general for Peace and Reconciliation with God. Some I know have queflioned this, which I muff confers I have of- ten wondred at, and they have thought it meerly exprefve of moral Duties, of Homage and Thankfulnefs to God, &c. But it was a Fire- Offering upon the Brazen Altar; all the reft of which, were for Re- conciliation and Atonement, and therefore why not this ? It is fail to be a favour of Re,Fk, verf. 5. which lignifies God's Acceptation. The Aaions about it, fpeak forth this End ; for it was (lain and burnt upon the Altar, the Blood poured forth and fprinkled upon the Al- tar round about, &c. All pointing to 7efus Chrifl, who is indeed the true Peace- Offering, Epbef. 2. 14. He is our Peace, and he loath made Peace by the Blood ofhis Crofs ; Col. 2. 20. Yet this was but the gene- ral, and not the fpecial, nor the only End of them. There be Two particular Ends mentioned in Cap. 7. r. Peace enjoyed, to teflify their Thankfulnefs. 2. Peace defired and fought after. Each of which had their different Rights, of which afterwards. r. One end was for Thankfgiving, by way of Retribution for Mer- cies received, Levit. 7. II, 12. of which Pfal. 107. 22. And let them facriftce the Sacrifices of_7'hankfgiving, and declare his Works with rejoycing, Heb. 13. r 5. By him therefore let us offer the Sacrifice of Praife to God con- tinually, acknowledging Chrift in all our Mercies. G g z. Ano.
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