3g1 'The Gofpel of the Sea and Layers in the Temple. Wheels and Oxen ; nor no fear and reverence of God's Inftitution, who did ordain and appoint them. 6. The life of it being to wafh in y both the Priefts and Sacrifices were waffled in the Water of thefe typical Vefl'els, the Sea and La- vers, that they die not, Exod. 3o. 19, 20, 21. For Aaron and his Sons /hall wafh their Hands and their Feet thereat, when t hey go into the Taber- nacle of the Congregation they /hall wa¡h with Water, that they die not : Or when they come near to the Altar to Minifter, to burn Offering made by Fire unto the Lord : So they fhall wafh their Hands and their Feet that they die not ; and itihall be a Statute for ever to them, even to him and tk his Seed throughout their Generations. You fee with what Emphafis and Earneftnefs it is required and ingeminated. This teacheth us, that both our Perfons and our Duties and Services muff be wafhed and made clean in the Blood of Jefus Chrift, or elfe we die Eternally, that they, die not, it is twice repeated. As both the Priefts and Sacrifices ; fo bothour Ptrfons and our Services muff be waffled ; or elfe the fame difafter that befel Nadab and Abihu, may befal us, of whom it is faid, they died before the Lord, Lev. to. z It is a fearful thing for Men to come before God in their Sins, in their Uncleannefl'es ; unwafhed and un- cleanfed from them : They/hall wafh, that they die not. 7. The Laver was never covered, but always open, when the reft of the Vefl'els were ftilded up. Ainfvorth on Numb. 4. Vert 14 bath this Note; It feemeth to be not without Myftery, that Mofes mentioning Fire- pans, Flefhhooks, and other 1e0 things, fhould quite omit the Laver, which ufually is reckoned among the Holy Things of the Sanauary, Exod. 35.16. and 38.8. and 39.39. and 4o. 3o. And as in Metchifedek's Hiftory, Gen.14. he omitted his Parentage, Kindred, Birth and Death, froth which Silence in the story the Apoftle reafoneth, as if he had been without Parents or Kindred, beginning of Days, or end of Life, Heb. 7. fd here, ifit may be lawful to coojeeture the like, the Laver is left uncovered, and always open to the Eyes of the People, that it might be a lively Reprefentation of God's Grace in Chrift, continu- ing and opened as an ever-fpringing Fountain, that by the waffling of the New Birth, by Repentance and Faith in the Blood of Chrift, we may in all our Travels at all Times cleanfc our Hands and Feet, our Works and Ways, as the Sacrificers did from the Laver, E od..3o. 19;1o. that albeit the Face of the Church is fometimes hid ( the Tabernacle wrapped up) and theLight of the Word thin th not, nor . ppùblick Worthip performed ; yet always God's Elea ha i 16 Faith in híïñ' áy wain and purge themfelves in Chrift's Blood unto forgivenefs ofSins, and San6tíficationof the Spirit and Salvation. It may be the Holy
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