The Gofpel ofthe Cei.eiìthn al Zincleannef`es, &c. 283 2. They had unclean Itl:ues; here was Uncleannefs from within a Mans felf. 3. That Difeafe of the Leprofy, was a Difeafe Of Ceremonial Un- &annefs : And here was both an inward and outward Unclean. Hers. t . There was a Ceremonial Uncleannefs by Eating or Touching anyVn.. clean Thing, Levit. i I . In that Chapter it is treated of; which Chap- ter thews what Beafts, what Fiches, what Fowls, and what creeping Things might, and what might not be eaten. And it is faid of thofe that might not be eaten, Whofoever toucheth the Carcafe of them, ¡hall be unclean, Verf. 24. And this was a Thing of fo great Weight, that the Lord ufes thofe Vehement Expretrons about it. Te ¡halt not make your [elves abominable with anyof thofe unclean Things and creeping Things, sec, Vert. 43. For I ars the Lord your God ; you (hall therefore.Sanftif your (elves. It did make the Perfonabominable, who did defile him- felf with thofe Things. We read of Two Kinds of Uncleannefs of Beasts under the Law. I. There was an Uncleannefs of Beafts for Sacrifice, and anUnclean.. nefs of Beasts for Food. That Diftinaion of Clean and Unclean which referred to Sacrifices, was from the firft Entrance of Sin into the World. Therefore in Noah's Time, there were fo many Clean and fo many Unclean Beafts withhim in the Ark. 2. The Uncleannefs of the Beafts for Meat, feems now to be ap- pointed by God. There having been .a more general Liberty in the Time of Noah, and ever fince, to eat of any wholefom living Crea- ture ; God now laid a Reftraint upon it by Afofes. . Oueft. But why fuch a Difference ? Is not every Creature ofGod good ? Anfw. They are good in themfelves. It is not any natural Unclean. nefs; but an inflituted Uncleannefs, that Uncleannefs that is in them by Virtue of the Ceremonial Law. And the Reafon is, Theabfolute fupreamAuthority and Dominion of God over all his Creatures. He wouldhave all Men know, That whatfoever they eat, it is by his Al. lowance, and they muff forbear fo far as he reftrains them. And this further Account may be given of it : That it did make up and ftrengthen that Partition Wall between Yew and Gentile, which the Lord thought good to Pet up in thofe Times. The Gentiles being un- convinced of any fuch Things, and the Jews being ftrialy trained up to it. 0 02 ,euefi,
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