282 The Gofper of the ceremonial Uncleanneffes, &e. 2. He mentions Ceremonial cleanfing, to the purifying of the Flefh. To which anfwers the purging of the Confcience from Dead Works, to ferve the Living God. 3. The Means of the One, anfwers to the Means of theOther r The Blood of Bulls and Goats, and the Afhes of an Heifer fprinkling the Un- clean, which is the Means of legal cleanfing. To this anfwers the Blood of Chrifl, who by the Eternal Spirit, offered up himfel f without fpot unto God, which is the Means of Spiritual Cleanfing. Though withal the Apoftle (hews, that thefe Two anfveer not each other in a way of equal Analogy, there being indeed a pre-eminent Excellency of the one above the other, of the Antitype above the Type : Therefore he ex- preffeth it with an how much more. If thofe legal Purifications, attain the end of °legal Cleanfing for which they were appointed ; boro much snore thall the Blood of Chrift cleanfe the Confcience ? It hath a grea- ter Efficacy, and is a Truth of clearer and higher Evidence. Thefe Particulars of the Analogy between the Type and the Anti- type, we may caft into three doarinal Prop.fitioas thus. t. That they had a Ceremonial Uncleannefs under the Law, which gored the Moral Uncleannefs of dead Works. 2. That they had alfo Ceremonial Cleanfings or Purifyings of the Flefh, which fignified the purging our Confciences from dead Works, to ferve the LivingGod. 3. That the Means of Ceremonial Purification by the Blood ofBulls and Goats, and by the Afhes of an Heifer fprinkling the Unclean, fig- aged the Blood of Chrift, who by the eternal Spirit, offered uphim- 'aif without fpot unto God. t'> For the firft, namely, That they hadaCeremonial 7>ncleannefs under the Lam, which did figure out the Moral Z'ncleannef of dead Works. He sets them one againft the other ; fo that thofe Uncleanneffes did fig- nify dead Works; and what is meant by dead Works, we may fee Heb. 6. 1. .Not laying again the Foundation of Repentance from deadWorks. What do we Repent of ? We repent of our Sins. Thefe are therefore the dead Works here fpoken of, and Sin is called a dead Work, be- caufe it proceeds from Death, and is a part of fpiritual Death, and tends to eternal Death. As good AQions tend to Life, fo Sin tends toDeath. So then Ceremonial vncleannefs, fignifies Moral Vncleannefi of Sin and dead Works. There were two or three Sorts of Ceremonial Uncleannefs. it;., They had Unclean Touchings and Tailings ; here was Unclean- Iefs from without. 2. The
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