The Gofpel of the Legal Purifications. have accefs to, and Fellowfhip with God by the Blood of Chrift. And fo much for the meaning of the Ceremonial, A&ions relating to this Heifer. Now for Vfe and Application -a little, and fo we 'tall conclude. v ¡e. Learn this lnftruaion : See the fovereign Venue and tranfcetdent Excellency ofthe Blood ofCbrifl : And it gives Direction and Incouragea anent to unclean Souls to have recourfe to Jefus Chrift for Cleanfing. If there Things did fo avail to the purifying of the Flefh, how much morefiall the Blood of Chrift cleanfe your Confcsences from dead Works to rave the Living Godo? The T7ertue and Excellency of his Blood appears, as to the purging of our Souls and Conîciences in a fourfold Re- fpe&. I. Ifcompared with Ceremonial Blood, of which the Text fpeeks. The Sacrifices were but fhadowy Cleanfings, but a fhadowy Purification r But the Blood of Chrift Cleanfing the Confcience is the Thing aim- ed at. Thefe were the Means to fhadow out this fpiritual Cleanfing. This is the End, the Subftance aimed at. Theygave an outward Ho- linefs, no inward Holinefs. When they were made Ceremonially Clean, they did not change the Mind, they removed but the Shadow of Moral Uncleannefs, for Ceremonial Vncleannef was no Sin, but only a Shadow of it -: But the Blood of Chrift removes the Sin it Pelf ; the Guilt of Sin in juflification, and the Power of Sin in Sanfdification. So the Blood of Chrift hath a furpafïiog Excellency, being comparedwith the Blood of Bulls and Goats, &c 2. Compare it to theBlood of Souls and Sinners: The Blood of Jefus Chrift brings more glory to God, than if all the Elea themfelves had fuffered to all Eternity, more glory to God : And it is more efficacious for the good of Souls. If the Elea had fuffered, and. their Blood had been fhed for their own Sins, God had wanted much of that Glory, which he bath by the Blood of Jefus Chrift. And more, efficacious for good to them : For they could never have been faved by their own Sufferings. The worth of the Blood of Chrift appears. 1. In regard of the worth ofthe Perfon. 2. In regard of the fpeedy Satisfaaion. 3. In regard of the full Satisfaftion. 1. 7"he worth of the Perfon : This is often .,taken notice of in Scrip- tore, as belonging to the Efficacy of the Blood of Jefus Chrift, that it is the Blood of God, as Alts 20.28. and Zach. 13.7. He is the Man; that . is the Fellow of the Lord of Flofls : Therefore the Apoftie having fpoken in Cotlof. 1. how that we bave Redemption through his Blood, even the forgivenefs of Sin. In Verf 4. he falls into a Defcription of the Glory
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