.o The Gcfpel ofthe perfona! Types. thefe mere `types for Its. ..zuv°ra d' Túzot si r iysril&oxv. and t Cor. to. IT all thefe things happened unto them in Types. Sc the word ?tans anfwers the Hebrew rill i- exemplar, figura, forma ran. cedificavit. They arecalled Shadows aria. Col'. 2. 17. a Shadow of things to come, Heb. 8. 5. which f rve unto the example andfhadow ofheavenly things, Heb I.o. I, a Shadow ofgood things to come. They are called Figures or Patterns, 4'7rod`e yuadu Hebr. S. 5. Zrad'e;y1.447 axial the Example and Shadow, Heb. 9. 23. Patterns. They are called Signs ar11440r, Mat. 12. 39. the Sign ofthe Prophet Jo- nas : So is Circumcifion, Rom. 4.. II. the SO n of Circumcifion. Figures, or to render it more Emphatically,. parabolical Figures sve CoìY3, Heb. 9.: 9. a parabolical Figure for the time. This anfwers 'ta the Hebrew word And force fo uaderftand, Heb. a c. 19. from whence alfo he received him in a Figure. They are called Allegories, Galat r}.. 24. which things are anAllegory. They are called Seals, e¢ duc, Rom. 4. i i. The Seal of the Righteouf. nefs ofFaith. Alfo the Lam and the Letter, 2 Cor. 3.. 6. the Letter, that is, the Law killeth, but the Spirit, that is, the Gofpel quickeneth. The Antitype, or the thing typed and figured, is called in Scripture fometimesby this Name, [Antitype] I Pet. 3.21. the Antitype whereon. to even Baptifm doth alfo now fave The Type being called a Shadow : The Antitype is called the Body, Col. :2. 17. the Body is ofChrift. - The Types are called **Act, the Antitype Harar, lieb. ro. t. The very Image ofthe things themfelves. Futuregood things, Heb. to. r. a Shadowofgood things to come. Heavenly things, Heb. 9. i3. Patterns ofthings in the Heavens. True, Heb. 9. 24. which are the Figures of the True, fob. i. 17. the Law was given by Mofes : But Grace and Truth came by Yefus Chrift. Laftly, they are called Spirit, and fpiritual things, 2 Cor. 3.6. the Let- ter killeth ; but theSpirit giveth Life, Revel. t r. 8. In thefireet of the great City, which is fpiritually called Sodom and Egypt. There is literal and fpiritual Egypt. vfe.. We may receive Encouragement from all that hath been faid, to look into the Types, and toRudy this Subjea. For that they doadumbrate and fbadow forth Jefus Chrift, and Gofpel- Truths and Myfteries exhfr bited and revealed by him. It is not good to defpife any part of Scri- pture knowledge, much lefs fucn parts as ftand in façh a dire& relation to Jefn's Chrift. Tho' there is fomething of difficulty Oro' our own larknefs and weaknefs yet the Fruit will countervail the Pains and Labour;_
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