2a4 TkGof'el ofthe Ceremonial V'ncleannefres, &c. weft. What Creatures be they that were Clean ? And what were Unclean ? Anfw. They be fet down at large in Levit. i r. And there be three Rules obfervable about the Beafts, which were Clean and, which were. Unclean; which might be eaten and touched and which might not;, and they were known thus. I. By the parting the Hoof. 2. By chewing theCud. 5. By the Properties and Difpofitions of them. r. Such as parted the Hoof were Clean, Levit. i I. 3. Whatfoever par-_ teth- the Hoof, and is Cloven-footed among the Beafts, that (hall ye eat. And they that did not were Unclean. This plainly notes a right diftinguifhment of Things, which God requires of his. People, that we fhould walk in them with a right Foot, diftinguifbing of Things that differ, Phil. i. 9, to. And this 1 pray, that your love may abound more and more in Knowledge and in all fudgment, that ye may approve. Things that are Excellent. The Margin renders it thus, That you may difcern of Things that differ. For many Things there are of a diffe- rent Nature which a Chriftian fhould dilinguifh; as theDifference be- tween the Law and the Gofpel; between our general andparticular Callings; that there be not an Intrenching of the one upon the other. This is one Property, the parting of the Hoof. 2. The fecond is the chewing of the Cud, which intimates Meditation, ruminating on the Things of God, digefting Spiritual Food ; for the Word is compared to Food. Amos 8. i z. 1 will fend a Famin in the. Land; not a Famin of Bread, nor a Thirft for Water, but of hearing the Words of the Lord. The Word of God is Spiritual, and it mutt be chewed and ruminated upon by deep and ferionsMeditation, Pfal. c . BlefJed is the Man that meditateth in God's Law Day andNight. Luke 2. 19. It is fpoken in the Praife of Mary, That (he pondered on thoje Things, and laid them up in her Heart. It is the Mifery of Sinners and. unclean Creatures, that they cannot ponder the Path of Life. Prov,, 5..6. Her Feet go down to Death, her Steps take hold on.Hell, left thou (houldff ponder the Path of Life. The want of a meditating, confider- ing Frame of Heart undoes poor Sinners, they cannot confider what, they do, they are not fetious in meditating and ruminating on the Word of God. 3. There-is a third Difference and Chara&er between the Clean and the "Unclean, and that is, in the Properties of each. Some had good Properties, and force bad. As theSwine, which wicked Men are com- pared unto, for that foul and dirty Difpofition and Property of, wal- low ing,
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