31° -The Gofpel of the Legal Purifications. Application of Chrift's Blood. And what is the Inftrutnent by which we apply the Blood of Chrift, but Faith', and this Faith lays hold on the Promife. It is the Word of Promife that brings Chrift and his Blood unto theSoul, and the Soul receives it by Faith. This muft be call. into the Burning. It is by the Death and Suffer- ings of Jefus Chrift, that the Promifes are made dream!, and that they have the Virtue of cleanfing us from our Sins. And they were alto to caft Scarlet into the burning. Scarlet is of a red Colour, and we read in Scripture of Scarlet Sins. Ifa. t. r 8. Thougbyour Sins be as Scarlet, they than be made as Snow. The Death andBlood of Jefus Chrift faith the Apoftle,, cleanfeth us from all Sin, z Yoh. t . 7. And further, he that doth all this, muft yet be unclean until the Evening; fo before in the Sin-Offering, Levit. 4. with Levit. 16 27, 28. which plainly holds forth the Imperfe&ion of all Legal Sacrifices, and the Iniquity that cleaves to our holy Offerings, as was there ,hewed. 4. The fourth Thing is, The Afhes mull- begathered and referved to make an Holy Water of, to fprinkle the 'Unclean, Numb. 19. 9 --17, 18. This Water which was made by means of this facred Relick, is called in another Place ofScripture, Numb. 5.17. Holy Water. It is called Holy, becaufe it was appointed by God for a Holy Ufe. He can fet his Stamp upon, and hallow this Water, as he did on the Bread and Wine, appointing it for a Holy Ufe; and fo this, it muft be kept for an HolyUfe, and every unclean Perfon muff be fprinkled with it. Now the meaning of this Sanctifying to the purifying of the Flefh, is this, it plainly fignifies the fprinkling of the Blood and Spirit of Je- fus Chrift upon us, for Juftification and San&ification. 1 John 5. 8. There are three that bear Witnefs in the Earth, the Spirit and the Water and the Blood, and there three agree in one. There is the Spirit of Faith in Vo- cation. The Water ofSanitifcation. And the Blood of JeCus Chrift for Juftifìcation. Thefe three concur in their Evidence and Teftimony, that there is Virtue and Life in Chrift for them that believe. So you fee the Myftery of it : When Perlons were fprinkled with this Water, they became clean; others might converfe with them, they might come into the Tabernacle, and have Communion with God in his Ordinances. This holds forth Souls being fprinkled with the Blood of Chrift, and with the Spirit, which is often compared to Water, as when it isTaid, 1 will pour Water on the dry Ground, and my Spirit on your Off-fpring. Iía. 44. 3. fee alto Ezek. 36.2%. and Job., 7. 38139. So they that have this fprinkling by the Blood of Chrift, they have
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