The Gofpel of the Sea and Lavcr n tbe Temple. 383 Holy Ghoft bath forne allufion hereto in that Phrafe, Zed!. 13. a Fountain opened for 3dab and Nrufalem to wall in for Sin and for 1111- cleannefs. Certainly this point of our wailing and cleaning by the Blood of Chrift is of that Weight and Moment, that it was not with- out Caufe faid of it by Luther, Hic articular regnat in corde meo, this Article reigns in my Heart ; which he alfo ftiled Stantis aut cadenti,', Ecclefix articuliim, the Point upon which the Church doth either ftand or fall. So much fr the Explication of this Type. You fee how full it is of Gofpel-teaching and Inftruaion. Nor fhould it feem ftrange that one Type fhould have fuch a various and manifold Afpe& to fo many feveral Truths at once: For it is dual, as you have formerly feen, and it faits belt with the infinite Wifdom of the Holy Ghoft, that one of his teach- ing Signs fhotld teach many Things at once, and have many fpiritual Leffons and Itiftruaions thus included in it. And now from the Type thus explained we may gather forne further Light to confirm and fettle the true Interpretationof the Text ; What is meant by this Sea ofGlafs like unto Cryftal ? r. I argued before from the allufion, that is carried on all along in the Context to the Types of the Temple : Therefore this Cryftal Sea in the Text is the fame with that molten Sea of solomon's Temple,which fhadowed forth the Blood of Chrift for Juftification. Now to add forne further Arguments. A fecond may be this : Here are other Priviledges and Benefits of Chrift mentioned in the Context, which do accompany Jollification through his Blood, and go along with it. As in Verf. 5. here are ven Spirits before the Throne, that is, the fanaifying Spirit of Chrift. And again, Verf. 6. here are four Living Creatures. And cap. 5. i r. many Angels roundabout theThrone. Here is the Miniltry, and aGuard of Angels, and the Spirit of Sanaification : Therefore it is not incon- gruous that the Blood ofChrift for Juftification Mould be alfo mention, ed. And this therefore feems to be intended in this Cryftal Sea. Real.. 3. From the Properties and Circumftances belonging to this Sea in the Defcription ofit, which cannot Well be otherwife Accomo- dated, I (ball mentionbut thefe two. i. It is faid to be before the Throne : So weare faid to be ¡unified be- fore God ; this is one of the bleffed Efreas and Manifeftations of his Glory in the Church : So Heb, 12. 23, 24. we are fait! to comeunto God the 'judge of all, and to the Bloodof Sprinkling. 2. It is called a Sea of Glafs, like unto Cryjlal for Purenefs and Ex- cellency. This is fpolvtn not as by way of Diminution, but to ft out the
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