288 The Gofpel of the Ceremonial Vncleanneffes, &c. the Vnclean, every thing is Vnclean. That is, a wicked Man, every thing infe&s and hurts him, he receives a fecret Spiritual Impreffion as it were, of Hurt and Defilement from it : And doth alfo defile whatever he meddles with, efpecially the Perfons they converfe with. A wicked Man leaves a Defilement on thofe he converfes with, and he is defiled by them. One wicked Man corrupts and infeEts another : We fee it in bad Company how they infeEt, and are infeEted by one another mutually. Therefore take heed left there be any Fornicator, or any Profane Perron amongyou, any Root of Bitternefs rpinging up and fe many be defiled, Heb. 12. 2. There be unclean'frises, running Sores, Ira. 1.5,6. putrifying Sores, no found part. And what is this but the out -breaking of Corruption in aaual Sins. Original Sin is like a corrupt Fountain, and aaual Sins are unclean, evil, and bitter Streams-that iffàe from it. 3. There is an unclean Leprofy in the Heart of every carnal Man, which Solomon fpeaks of and deplores, t Kings 8. Knowing every one the Plague ofhis own Heart, or the Leprofy of his Heart The fame Word that is ufed in Levit. 13. And hence it follows, 4. That they are unworthy anduncapable to Converre in Holy Things, and to draw near to God in bis 'Ordinances. For the uncleanPerlon was to be feparated during the time of his Uncleannefs till purified and made 'clean again. Vfe 3. See Chrift and the Gofpel in the Law of Mofes : labour to fee 7efcts Chrift and the Gofpel in the Ceremonial Law. How excellently doth the Apoftle put them together ? The fprinkling the `Unclean, fan11`ifieth to the purifying of the Flefh : The Blood ofChrift purgeth the Confciencefrom dead Works to ferve the Living God. If we cannot fee thefe Divine ti'fyfteries in thei Text ; if we cannot fee Gofpel- Truths in thefe legal Ceremonies, and how admirably they are adapted and fitted the one to the other ; the Type to inftru&, teach and inform us about the An- titype, it is becaufe ofour own Darknefs and Dimfightednefs in Spiritu- al Things. tfe 4. Behold allo the Pre- eminence and Excellency of Chrift above "Mofes, and the Gofpel above the Law. How much more fhail the Blood of Chrift purge your Confciences from dead Works ? [How much more? 3 It hath a greater and an irrefiftible Efficacy, to cleanfe the Soul and Confcience. And this is a Truth of clearer and higher Evidence than the Ceremonial Cleannefs by thofe legal Wafflings and Purifications, which were the means of that Ceremonial Cleannefs. The Apoftle isles the like Note of Pre-eminence when he compares Adam and .Chrift. Adam was a perfonal Type, as is was a real Type, Rom. 5. 15,
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