The Gof)el of Cleaning from the Leprofy. 313 trerefore as to thofe Dïfcouragements, I than never get Power againjk thefe Sins, againft there Corruptions, they will be my ruine i There are deep Refleaings on JefusChrift, as if Sin were ftronger then he, as if thy Sin were more powerful to damn thee, then Chrift is to fave thee. Therefore be encouraged; how unclean foever thy Heart and Life have been, make ufe of this Atonement, which hath been made toGod by the Blood of Jefus Chrift. What is the Preaching of the Gofpe!, but the fprinkling of this Blood ? It holds forth Chrift, and ifMen will refute thisP' 1, their Deftru&ion is of themfelves ; they peril!' not under thß Apel , becaufe there is no means of Salvation, no Means to h o Means to cleanfe and purify them ; but becaufe they e ake ufe of it. And what a vpoful thing is this, when Light is into the World, and helpbrought by Jefus Chrift ; for Sinners to .efufe it, for Sinners to ftancl on their own Objeaions, this is to bid Defiance to the Gofpel, and to fay, that Jefus Chrift is no fufficient Saviour. But apply it, and make aft of it, and it will cleanfe thy Soul for ever. Sept. 27.166S. Hebr. 9. 13, 74. THe Aponte in thefe Exprefïions, [ the Bloodof Bulls and Goats 3 includes, by a parity of Reafon, all the other Ceremonial Clean-. ngs which are not particularly mentioned. As they had three forts of Ceremonial Vncleannefs; fo they had three ways of Purification. I. For the Uncleannefs by touching any unclean Meat or Thing. The Purification for this was by the Red Heifer, which the Holy Ghoft mentions in theText particularly, whereof we fpake the lait time. 2. For unclean Iffues r Two Turtle Doves or two young Pigeons, the one for a Sin-Offering, the other for a Burnt-Offering. Lev. a y. rq., 15. and Lev. i 2.8. Or a Lamb and a young Pigeon, Verf 6. The Rites whereof being the fame with the Burnt-Offering and the Sin- Offering, were there handled, and fo need not be fpoken to here again. 3. The third -fort of Ceremonial Uucleannefs, was that unclean Dif.. cafe of Leprofy, which is treated of at large in Lev. 13. and the clean- fang of it inCap. 14. Of the Difeafe we have formerly fpoken in the Expofition of the r3th. Chapter, and (hall therefore now proceed to the cicanjingofit; S f which
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