3o6 0_.1.01..._... 010 ------- T H E Go pel ofthe Legal PVRIFICArIONS. september 20: Heb. IX. 13, T4.- a668. j_'(Aving f,oken of the Ceremonial Uncleannefïes, and the Moral Uncleannefs figured thereby : It follows in the next Place to (peak of theCeremonial Purifications, and the Spiritual Cleanfing fignified thereby, together with the Means thereof. If the Blood of Bulls and Goats fanitifted to the purifying of the Flefh Thefe general Expreffions include ail : But the Apoftle fpecifies one particular, viz. The Apses of an Heifer fprinkling the Vnclean. The Law for it, is in the 19. Chap- ter of Numbers. There be Two Things chiefly tobe confidered in it, as in other Sad crifices. t . The Matter of it. 2. The Ceremonies, or Anions about it for Purification. z. The Matter; and under this There be Four Things obfcrvablea t. That it was an Heifer. 2. A Red Heifer. 3. Without Spot or Blemifh, q.. On trhichnever came Yoke.. t. It mutt be an Heifer : So in the Text, fo in Numb. 19. Vert. r2; The Lord,[pake unto Mofes and unto Aaron, faying, this is the Ordinance of the Law which the Lord bath commanded, laying, [peak unto the Chil- dren of Ifrael, that they may bring thee a Red Heifer without Spot, wherein is no Blemifh, and upon which never Yoke came. Here is God's Authori- ty, fo appointing that it fhould be an Heifer, though ordinarily they were to offer Males yet here the Law you fee is exprefly otherwife; it muft not be a Bullock, but an Heifer : Therefore this was a peculiar kind of Sacrifice. God by his fovereign Authority did, and might appoint what he pleafed to be offered in his Sacrifices, 2. It
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